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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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07THEHAGUE1153 | NETHERLANDS: JUNE GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch eagerly await details of the German proposal for a European treaty. Barring sufficient changes in size, form, and content, a new treaty is unlikely to win passage in the Netherlands. The Dutch hope for a robust Sudan sanctions package from the UN but are prepared to [...] | 2007-06-15 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV SOCI |
07THEHAGUE1186 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On June 11, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of States Parties and chemical industry representatives for the preparation of the Second RevCon. In his opening remarks, the Director General made mention of: UNSC 1540, the chlorine gas attacks in Iraq, the importance of establishing nat [...] | 2007-06-20 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE120 | DUTCH RECEIVE USG INVITATION TO EIGHTH [...] Econoff discussed on January 19 reftel regarding the Eighth International Export Control Conference -- to be hosted in Bucharest, Romania -- with Florian Antohi, Counselor, Romanian Embassy to the Netherlands. Antohi agreed to work closely with post to invite appropriate Dutch export control o [...] | 2007-01-23 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO NL |
07THEHAGUE1234 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) held an 18 June 2007 consultation to discuss the Director General's Note "Summary of Developments in the Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention from 16 February to 25 May 2007 (EC-49/DG.12 dated 7 June 2007). In brief, Legal A [...] | 2007-06-26 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1260 | E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES: [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points and non-paper regarding the U.S. designation of four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13882 on June 18 to Anne Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Foreign Affa [...] | 2007-06-29 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE1274 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The June 26-29 Executive Council session was an exercise in punting. Only 13 of some 50 items for EC action were actually decided and everything else was deferred to EC-50. On the most important issue of all, the Council deferred consideration of the verification plan and facility agreem [...] | 2007-07-05 07:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1305 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 3, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK),the RevCon Working Group Chair, convened a meeting to discuss: the list of potential NGOs to be invited to a meeting with States Parties on 19 November; the final CWC clauses (Articles XII to XXIV); the protection of confidential information; and the functi [...] | 2007-07-09 10:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1335 | NETHERLANDS: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) Per reftel, Office of Defense Cooperation officer delivered the host nation notification regarding USAFE reorganization and manpower reduction in the Netherlands to MOD America's Desk Officer LTC Chris Parthesius on July 11. Parthesius appreciated the notification, but offered no substanti [...] | 2007-07-12 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1347 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 10, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, U.S.) chaired a consultation on late declarations, which was well-attended. The discussion centered around the latest facilitator's draft decision text, as well as the Technical Secretariat's supporting paper, both of which were SIPDIS distrib [...] | 2007-07-16 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1348 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S. [...] (U) At mid-year, a number of U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 have been achieved. An Executive Council chairman very supportive of the U.S. was selected. The Director General proposed a 2008 budget with zero nominal growth and increased funding for inspector training. The Technical Sec [...] | 2007-07-16 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1360 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYAN [...] (SBU) Dr. Hesnawy of the Libyan National Committee provided a copy of the Detailed Facility Information (DFI) for the facility the Libyan government is contracting S.I.P.S.A., an Italian engineering firm, to construct. In discussions on Libya's decision to terminate its cooperation with the U [...] | 2007-07-18 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1413 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S.-CHINA [...] (S) On June 25 and 28, chemical weapons (CW) experts from the United States and China held bilateral discussions on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) compliance issues on the margins of the 49th Session of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council in The Ha [...] | 2007-07-27 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CH CWC |
07THEHAGUE1421 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 23, del rep met with Bill Kane (Head, Industry Verification, Technical Secretariat) and Jorge Bernal Ramirez (IVB),who works closely with the TS mission planners. 2. (U) The first topic was lessons learned from the recent sequential inspections that were held at a Schedule 3 and [...] | 2007-07-30 10:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1460 | NETHERLANDS/US NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE: DUTCH [...] A GONL representative will attend the international meeting on October 22-23, 2007 in Spiez, Switzerland hosted by the US Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. On August 6, poloff delivered the meeting invitation and r [...] | 2007-08-06 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL AR AS BR CA CI CH EZ |
07THEHAGUE1486 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Based on numbers provided by the Administration Division, it appears the Technical Secretariat is hemorrhaging personnel, especially those with critical skills. As the proposed 2008 budget requests an increase in funding to handle staff turnover, and discussions with TS staff had indica [...] | 2007-08-13 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1525 | NETHERLANDS/CFE: DUTCH ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION [...] (C) On August 21, Vincent van Zeijst, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Arms Export Policy Division at the MFA, told poloff that ratification of the Adapted CFE by summer 2008 would be "ambitious but not impossible." Discussing reftel points, Van Zeijst noted that such a timeline would usual [...] | 2007-08-21 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KFCE NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1526 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Del reps, along with UK rep Karen Wolstenholme, met on August 16 with a group of senior Verification staff to discuss planning/follow-up on Iraq's initial declaration. Verification chief Horst Reeps was well prepared with an agenda and copies of CW and industry declaration general status [...] | 2007-08-21 11:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE160 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maartin Lak (Netherlands) held a January 25 consultation to review 2006 accomplishments and taskings for 2007 work. Lak noted A/S Commerce Padilla's initiative and called for states to assist implementing states, focusing on those states with industries, but remain without leg [...] | 2007-01-29 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1615 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR TWO [...] (U) On August 29, Diana Gosens (Netherlands) chaired the first consultation on the DG,s Draft Program and Budget for 2008. She was careful to point out that this meeting was only to cover Programme 1 (Verification),thus avoiding premature (and expected to be contentious) discussions on num [...] | 2007-08-31 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1684 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 12:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1713 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) There has been a certain malaise since delegations returned from summer holidays, with widespread acceptance of the view that there will need to be a special session of the Executive Council during the Conference of States Parties to pass the budget and perhaps other agenda items. Alexan [...] | 2007-09-18 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1714 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER IAEA [...] (SBU) During a September 17 joint press conference with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner, Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen announced GONL support for a French initiative to increase economic pressure on Iran. Verhagen said the GONL prefers the UNSC decide to impose tougher sanctions, and added [...] | 2007-09-18 14:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE1786 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On September 17, Ambassador Romeo Arguelles (Philippines) chaired the preparatory meeting for EC-50 and review of the agenda. There was little discussion. Ambassador Javits urged delegations to address the issues for decision and avoid the deferrals of routine business that have characte [...] | 2007-09-26 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1791 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: MODIFIED U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) The GONL is currently reviewing the modified U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile proposal in preparation for the November 2007 MTCR Technical Experts Meeting in Athens. MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Nuclear and Nonproliferation Affairs Ceta Noland confirmed that the GONL had [...] | 2007-09-27 10:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA NL |
07THEHAGUE180 | NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Although not initially invited, the Dutch plan to attend the February 21-22 Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, and are wary of any resulting restrictive framework. The GONL policy on restricting cluster munitions use is evolving, although current formulations focus on a potenti [...] | 2007-01-31 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1851 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) ACTION ITEMS -- see paragraphs 31 and 69. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Executive Council 50 approved the OPCW's zero nominal growth budget for 2008, in a newly productive spirit of getting things done after the large agenda of unfinished business it inherited from the previous s [...] | 2007-10-04 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1857 | NETHERLANDS: HESITANT ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION [...] (C) The GONL is "quite hesitant" regarding the draft resolution for the UNGA's First (Disarmament) Committee to de-alert nuclear forces. According to MFA Director for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Henk Cor van der Kwast, the GONL is leery of the resolution for many of the same reasons [...] | 2007-10-05 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA NL |
07THEHAGUE1905 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR TWO [...] (U) On October 2, Del Reps were invited to join the Executive Council Bureau meeting to answer questions on the upcoming visit to the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Gabrielle Coman-Enescu of the Technical Secretariat also attended for the same purpose. The SIPDIS Ambassadors h [...] | 2007-10-17 14:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1909 | PAKISTANI CANDIDATE FOR CRITICAL OPCW CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will hold a five-year Review Conference in April 2008, only the second such conference in its ten-year history. Negotiations are in full swing to choose a chai [...] | 2007-10-18 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PK PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1931 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On October 15, Kimmo Laukkanen (Finland) chaired a consultation to draft decision text for the upcoming CSP on Article VII. The meeting was well-attended but not productive. Iran raised two significant points that seriously sidetracked discussions: (1) as the EC did not make recommendati [...] | 2007-10-24 10:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1935 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On October 15, Kimmo Laukkanen (Finland) chaired a consultation to draft decision text for the upcoming CSP on Article VII. The meeting was well-attended but not productive. Iran raised two significant points that seriously sidetracked discussions: (1) as the EC did not make recommendati [...] | 2007-10-24 12:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1944 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES DELIVERED TO DUTCH [...] (U) Econoff shared on October 26 reftel points concerning the designation of Iranian entities and individuals under U.S. executive orders with Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor [...] | 2007-10-29 06:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN KTFN IR NL |
07THEHAGUE1952 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (SBU) The November 5-9 Conference of the States Parties will either be extremely hectic or rather uneventful. When Executive Council 50 passed the 2008 budget, expectations for a meeting of the EC during the Conference faded. Del believes an EC meeting will be necessary during the week of t [...] | 2007-10-30 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1958 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR/IRAN: PREPARATION FOR THE PLENARY [...] (S) Summary: The GONL will support the modified U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile proposal at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Athens on November 5-9. In addition, MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland said the Dutch gre [...] | 2007-11-01 14:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IR NL |
07THEHAGUE1962 | PAKISTANI CANDIDATE FOR CRITICAL OPCW CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 4. 2. (C) We received word today informally from Embassy Islamabad that a key official being demarched on the issue of Ambassador Sibte Yahva Naqvi,s extension to chair the OPCW,s Second Review Conference (Refs a, b and c) is Colonel Shahab Ab Din [...] | 2007-11-02 17:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PK PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1963 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) During the October 19 consultation (at which Iran was noticeably absent),significant progress was made on a draft decision. As a result, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, Del) prepared a new draft to reflect the general consensus achieved during this most meeting. Based on subsequent consu [...] | 2007-11-02 18:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE1968 | FATF/IRAN STATEMENT: DUTCH TO ADDRESS WITH BANKS [...] Econoff shared on October 31 reftel points concerning FATF's public statement and guidance on Iran with Dutch officials Huib Mijnarends and Wendela Haringhuizen, both Senior Policy Officers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Terrorism and New Threats Unit, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advis [...] | 2007-11-06 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN IR NL |
07THEHAGUE1990 | RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...] | 2007-11-15 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL |
07THEHAGUE1998 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Twelfth Conference of States Parties (CSP -12) approved a series of decisions to intensify action on Article VII implementation, to continue consultations on specific measures to implement Article XI, and to continue work on the action plan on universality. The Iranian price for allo [...] | 2007-11-16 14:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LY PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE2000 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S.- CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S DeSutter requested a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador on November 6, on the margins of the Conference of the States Parties in The Hague, to discuss separating the CWC Article IX compliance dialogue and the CWC implementation dialogue that includes assistance on abandoned [...] | 2007-11-20 14:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE2010 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held its normal weekly meeting on November 13. Discussion was dominated by the review of the Conference of States Parties the week before. While several delegations began by noting that all,s well that ends well (quoted in different languag [...] | 2007-11-21 17:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE2024 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR [...] (U) Despite being a much shorter session than normal (a day and a half as opposed to the usual four),Executive Council 51 did manage to clear several lingering issues from the Council agenda, including a decision on late declarations shepherded through by U.S. facilitator Larry Denyer and sev [...] | 2007-11-30 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE2032 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the December 6-8, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA officials Charles Messick and James Adam. The purpose of the travel is to coordinate with the Petten Nuclear Facility. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Vis [...] | 2007-12-05 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP NL OTRA PARM |
07THEHAGUE2034 | CWDEL IDEAS FOR THE SECOND REVIEW CONFERENCE - [...] (U) Now that the Conference of States Parties and the final Executive Council session have ended, OPCW delegations and the Technical Secretariat turn their attention more fully to the upcoming Review Conference. The Director General,s ¬e8 and lengthy TS annex have just been issued)a copy [...] | 2007-12-05 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE2037 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: NIE DISMAYS DUTCH DIPLOMATS, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 4, 2007, Political Counselor and POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA officials Herman Quarles and Loek ten Hagen, Deputy Director and Senior Policy Officer at the North Africa and Middle East Department, and Joan Wiegman, Deputy Director for Nuclear Affairs and [...] | 2007-12-06 07:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM NL IR |
07THEHAGUE204 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Javits spoke with the Ambassadors of the UK, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea, as well as OPCW Director General Pfirter on the unacceptability of Iran as the Chair of the OPCW Executive Committee. There was unanimous acceptance of that position, nuanced differe [...] | 2007-02-02 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
07THEHAGUE2047 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On December 4, UK Ambassador Lyn Parker chaired a meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on Preparations for the Second Review Conference to discuss initial reactions to the recently distributed &Note by the Technical Secretariat: Review of the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Conventio [...] | 2007-12-10 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE2069 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met on December 12 to discuss preparations for the Review Conference (RevCon). The coordinator, Annie Mari (France),also proposed at the request of the Netherlands to hold an expanded WEOG meeting either January 22 or 20 to discuss voluntary [...] | 2007-12-17 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL RS UK CWC |
07THEHAGUE2084 | SHIELD S15A-06: DUTCH RESPONSE TO SYRIAN CW-USEFUL [...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on December 20. Noland appreciated the points, noting that Syria was a "country of concern" for the Australia Group and the Dutch intelligence service (AIVD). She said the Dutch d [...] | 2007-12-21 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY NL |
07THEHAGUE223 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In response to inquiries over the past several weeks, del rep briefed WEOG on recent press articles concerning the U.S. chemical weapons destruction program. With respect to Dupont's recent decision not to treat the VX hydrolysate from Newport, del rep explained that the program impact wa [...] | 2007-02-06 13:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE256 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UPDATE ON [...] (C) On February 6, Japanese Ambassador Komachi reported to Ambassador Javits about his discussions with Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin. Ariffin said she was aware of Iran's interest in becoming EC chair, but admitted that it would be hard to build an Asian Group consensus around an Iranian ca [...] | 2007-02-09 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
07THEHAGUE284 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Amb. Javits and del rep met with DG Pfirter, at the DG's request. Pfirter said he had been contacted by "concerned delegations" (read: Germany) regarding the latest information on the U.S. destruction program. The DG's priority is, of course, to view this in terms of what it will mean f [...] | 2007-02-14 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE298 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP [...] (C) On February 15, Malaysian Amb. Ariffin spoke with Amb. Javits and reported that Indian Amb. Sabharwal had expressed a strong desire to serve as the EC Chair. Ariffin said that South Korea and the Philippines will not compete, and absent some unforeseen development, the Asian Group candid [...] | 2007-02-16 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
07THEHAGUE304 | UNSCR 1737: DUTCH ON EU COMMON POSITION ON IRAN [...] (SBU) EconCouns conveyed on February 12 reftel nonpaper regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1737 to Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). EconCouns also delivered the nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Joost van Ettro, Policy O [...] | 2007-02-16 18:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR NL |
07THEHAGUE313 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) On February 12, the P-5 Ambassadors met to discuss universality efforts. Following welcoming remarks by Amb. Javits, DG Pfirter provided an update on universality efforts. On the three Caribbean non-SPs, the DG said he had specifically mentioned the Bahamas, Barbados and the Dominican [...] | 2007-02-20 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE343 | DUTCH VIEWS ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Both Foreign Affairs and Finance officials say the Dutch will not sanction additional Iranian entities until the EU completes negotiations over implementing regulations for UNSCR 1737. Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer responsible for sanction issues, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, [...] | 2007-02-23 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM KTFN KN IR NL |
07THEHAGUE344 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP [...] (C) On February 22, Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin reaffirmed to Ambassador Javits that there is no/no expressed support in the Asian Group to select Iran as the group candidate to be the EC Chair. She added that her canvassing of the group indicated it had now moved toward Philippine Ambassad [...] | 2007-02-23 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBM IR |
07THEHAGUE357 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the open-ended working group for the Second Review Conference on February 20. The meeting covered the modalities for a possible meeting of States Parties and NGOs, as well as the implementation of the CWC relating to general obligations and dec [...] | 2007-02-27 11:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE365 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) There are two important U.S. goals at EC-48. The first is to ensure that the Asian Group does not select Iran as its candidate to serve as the next EC Chair. The Malaysian Ambassador informed Ambassador Javits on Feb. 26 that the group decided that day to nominate the Ambassador of the [...] | 2007-02-27 14:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE37 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: UPDATE ON AVIATION SERVICES [...] (S) Summary: The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has issued a new WMD-related "catch all" under the MTCR in connection to Aviation Services International's attempts to circumvent Dutch and EU export restrictions. However, Dutch legislation does not prohibit conventional military sales to [...] | 2007-01-09 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL |
07THEHAGUE404 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On February 27, del rep met with Canadian delegation (Ian Mundell) regarding their Article VII outreach plans. Mundell said that Canada's efforts in the past have been reactive. Their biggest effort to date was to provide logistical support (i.e., security, transportation, meeting space) [...] | 2007-03-06 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE413 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: NO MAJOR OBJECTIONS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has no major concerns regarding the latest U.S. proposal to modernize Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) controls on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles, and suggested that the EU will support it. However, the Dutch have minor reservations regarding t [...] | 2007-03-07 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA NL |
07THEHAGUE448 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) presided over his final Article VII consultations. Delegations congratulated him for his work over the past year. Amb. Onate (Legal Adviser) then gave a brief summary of the Progress Report (EC-48/DG.10 27 Feb. 2007) noting that the cut-off for new i [...] | 2007-03-14 11:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE504 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) What promised to be an uneventful EC-48 on March 13-16 turned into a lengthy session that previewed important, upcoming issues. Iran's tactics have focused the minds of delegations on how to keep Iran from delaying work at future EC sessions. The handling of the Albanian destruction is [...] | 2007-03-21 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE565 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the open-ended working group for the Second Review Conference on March 23. The meeting covered the modalities for a possible meeting of States Parties and NGOs (discussion continued from the February 20 meeting),as well as activities not prohi [...] | 2007-03-27 13:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE60 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) During the U.S.-China bilateral meetings held in The Hague, December 11-13, 2006, the Chinese delegation submitted written questions to the U.S. (Note: Questions were submitted in Chinese and translated by Michael Yan, State Department interpreter.) Questions covered a wide range of t [...] | 2007-01-12 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE614 | DUTCH SERIOUS ABOUT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Econoff shared on April 2 ref A nonpaper on the U.S. designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Integrity Division, Dutch Finance Ministry and Dutch Foreign Affairs officials Huib Mijnerands, Senior Policy Advisor responsible f [...] | 2007-04-03 05:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC PREL IAEA MNUC TRGY UNSC |
07THEHAGUE658 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH ACCEPT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Per reftels, MFA Director for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Henk Cor van der Kwaast reported April 10 that the Dutch have decided to accept the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Van der Kwaast said Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen approved the [...] | 2007-04-11 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE660 | NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS' GROUP INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Polmiloff delivered reftel information on USG plans to make two presentations on Iran at the Information Exchange Meeting (IEM) of the Cape Town Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) Plenary to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on April 11. Noland said the [...] | 2007-04-11 09:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL |
07THEHAGUE661 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) Gary Mallard (Head, OPCW Laboratory) provided the Del with an update on this issue, which he recently raised with the Del. Mallard initially had reported that there was consideration of moving the OPCW Equipment Store from under the Technical Support Branch (TSB) to the Operations and P [...] | 2007-04-11 11:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE741 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW [...] (C) Summary: On April 18, Rogelio Pfirter, the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),hosted discussions with an Israeli delegation headed by Miriam Ziv, MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs. The Israeli delegation was largely in a [...] | 2007-04-20 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC IS |
07THEHAGUE762 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Luis Garcia (Spain) held an April 17 consultation to discuss the opinion of the Legal Advisor Santiago Onate regarding what information could be made available on an anonymous facility list. Onate carefully laid out his opinion, based on the Verification Annex part IX, Section [...] | 2007-04-24 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE804 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Status of efforts toward Middle East Universality: UK Ambassador Parker opened the meeting with a briefing on the recent meetings in Cairo. DG Pfirter met with Egyptian MFA officials as well as members of the NGO Council on Foreign Relations, but found no sign of movement towards adherenc [...] | 2007-05-01 11:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE838 | NETHERLANDS: ENDORSEMENT OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] Post received the following note verbale from the Dutch MFA endorsing the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles: BEGIN TEXT: No: DVB/NN-223/07 NOTE VERBALE The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Unite [...] | 2007-05-04 11:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE839 | NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY PARTICIPATION [...] (S) The Dutch will present briefings in both the Information Exchange and Enforcement Experts meetings of the Australia Group Plenary in Paris, June 4-7, said MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on May 3. According to Noland, the Dutch will build upon a pre [...] | 2007-05-04 11:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW NL |
07THEHAGUE867 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The Technical Secretariat held a regional workshop of the National Authorities of the GCC States on the practical implementation of the CWC April 29-May 2 in Kuwait City. All GCC States were scheduled to attend. Four of these States - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE - are of high prio [...] | 2007-05-08 08:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE924 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The May 9 events commemorating the tenth anniversary of entry into force of the Convention went off smoothly, and Secretary Rice's message of congratulations was delivered to SIPDIS DG Pfirter. The dedication by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands of a memorial for the victims of chemical [...] | 2007-05-15 14:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
07THEHAGUE934 | NETHERLANDS: TOTAL BAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS NOT [...] (C) Summary: The GONL does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM). However, the Dutch will attend the next CM meeting in Lima on May 24-25 with the goal of working to revise the draft text proposed by Norway that calls for a total CM ban. The Dutch agree the Convention on Conventio [...] | 2007-05-16 13:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE946 | NETHERLANDS: A/S DE SUTTER'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon discussion at the MFA on May 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter addressed Russian President Putin's April 26 remarks and attempts to link the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty to [...] | 2007-05-18 13:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KCFE CWC NL |
07THEHAGUE988 | UNSCR 1747: DUTCH SUPPORT EU COMMON POSITION ON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points May 23 to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, and Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer on Iran Sanctions within the MFA's Terrorism and New Threats Unit. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-05-25 08:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NL |
07TIRANA1064 | ALBANIA: GROWING DEMILITARIZATION EXPERTISE [...] (U) Albania in early December completed the destruction of over 2,700 metric tons of its largest munitions (over 3,000 sea mines, torpedoes and aerial bombs),some of which contained as much as 700 kg. of TNT. In July 2007, Albania became the first country to destroy its chemical weapons stock [...] | 2007-12-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PARM PREL NATO AL |
07TIRANA1075 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- November 13: The DAMEN/GoA patrol boat contract was formally signed. The plan calls for four 42 meter off-shore patrol boats to support Albanian Naval forces, and is part of the $43.8 million naval development project (which incl [...] | 2007-12-26 13:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
07TOKYO100 | DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES: JAPAN AWARE OF POSSIBLE [...] (C) Japan is aware that Chinese banks may be involved with North Korea, given their close geographic proximity to the DPRK, MOF International Bureau Legal Office official Shunichi Fukushima told Embassy financial attache January 9 in response to reftel demarche. Fukushima expressed thanks for [...] | 2007-01-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA |
07TOKYO1031 | RERF CONTINUES VALUABLE RADIATION RESEARCH DESPITE BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: The Radiation Effects Research Foundation's Scientific Council meeting on March 5 and 6 in Hiroshima underscored the importance of continuing research on long-term health effects on atomic bomb survivors. Multi-year studies involving voluntary participation of atomic bomb survivo [...] | 2007-03-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH PREL SOCI ENRG PARM JA |
07TOKYO1211 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...] | 2007-03-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG |
07TOKYO1280 | TOKYO SMALL ARMS WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON DEMAND [...] (C) Summary. The MOFA-sponsored March 12-13 workshop on small arms and light weapons (SALW) shared best practices in addressing SALW among the participants, according to MOFA Conventional Arms Division Officer Michiko Makino. Discussions focused on demand reduction and arms transfer issues, wi [...] | 2007-03-23 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JA UNGA |
07TOKYO1376 | IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) FINATT met with Ministry of Finance, Legal Office, International Bureau official Hiroshi Yamashita on March 27 to discuss the details and importance of UNSCR 1747. Using Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's comments to underscore our committment to implementing UNSCR 1747, FINATT and Yamash [...] | 2007-03-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EB ISN KNNP IR EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AEMR |
07TOKYO1413 | JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL [...] Japan welcomes the opportunity to participate in the FBI hosted Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Law Enforcement Conference in Miami, Florida, June 11-15, 2007. Please find below the names of the three participants MOFA forwarded to Embassy EST on 29 March: --Mr. Kentaro Goto T [...] | 2007-03-30 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL |
07TOKYO1516 | USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (S) According to Ministry of Finance (MOF) Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) hosted an inter-ministerial on Monday, April 2, to determine how the government of Japan will proceed on implementation of UNSCR 1747. MOF requires a revisi [...] | 2007-04-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP EFIN PARM JA |
07TOKYO1520 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Embassy passed a non-paper (reftel) regarding designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) on Monday, April 2, 2007 to Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima, who noted that such information was "precious". POLoff delivered the non-paper t [...] | 2007-04-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN ISN JA |
07TOKYO161 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC JA IR KNNP PARM PREL PTER |
07TOKYO1716 | JAPAN CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with Political-Military Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull on April 11, MOFA Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and Science Department Director-General Takeshi Nakane called for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM),and requested th [...] | 2007-04-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO1793 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS FRANK RUGGIERO AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 26-28, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Frank Ruggiero and Katherine Baker (PM/WRA Policy Analyst). A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...] | 2007-04-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC AFIN MARR PARM PREL KS JA |
07TOKYO184 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO 1718 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw, Deputy, Politica [...] | 2007-01-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO19 | VISIT TO JAPAN'S SHIMANE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 04:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PARM PREL PGOV JA |
07TOKYO1919 | MOFA SPEAKS TO EMBASSY REGARDING UPCOMING FCLP. [...] (C) In a scripted exchange using language employed prior to other rounds of Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) MOFA DDG of North America Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto spoke with A/DCM Mike Meserve on April 25 regarding the May 2 to May 11, 2007 FCLP. Umemoto asked for the U.S. Government to: [...] | 2007-04-30 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA PARM |
07TOKYO1982 | GNEP: MOFA RAISES CONCERNS FOLLOWING MAY 1 [...] (U) Note - This is an Action Request - See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) On May 2 EST Deputy and EST Officer were called in by MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma to discuss questions that arose following the May 1 pre-ministerial [...] | 2007-05-02 10:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO2004 | JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...] | 2007-05-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO2080 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE: IRANIAN INVITATION FOR REACTOR [...] (SBU) EST Minister-Counselor met with Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007 to pass reftel points. Ambassador Nakane reassured Embassy Tokyo that Japan has no intentions to bid on Iran's tender to build two nuclear re [...] | 2007-05-10 04:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG |
07TOKYO2094 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] EST Minster-Counselor met with her counterpart, Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007, to discuss reftel points. Ambassador Nakane stated that Japan shares the view that the global WMD threat will not go away and expa [...] | 2007-05-10 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS |
07TOKYO2097 | JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...] | 2007-05-10 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA |
07TOKYO210 | CORRECTED COPY: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRILATERAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. Notional schedules for each event will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the delegation to the January 24 Tril [...] | 2007-01-17 22:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP JA PARM PREL |
07TOKYO2157 | GNEP: "DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS" ON FAST REACTOR [...] (C) On May 14, ESTOFF delivered points in reftel A to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Naganuma said he appreciated the clarity of Washington's response on the question of cooperation on fast reactor technology with Russia an [...] | 2007-05-14 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA |
07TOKYO2258 | UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA |
07TOKYO2268 | JAPAN OPPOSES NORWEGIAN DRAFT TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On May 18, Embassy Tokyo delivered ref (A) demarche regarding U.S. concerns about the Norwegian draft text on cluster munitions (CM) to MOFA Conventional Arms Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa, noting that Tokyo was "really concerned" about the draft text, reiterated that Japan r [...] | 2007-05-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO2328 | BSL-3 LAB REPORTED AT NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE [...] (C) In a meeting with Embassy Science Fellow Alan Lindquist and EST FSN on May 1, Dr. Yasuo Seto of the National Research Institute for Police Science (NRIPS) in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, said that NRIPS maintains a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory. Dr. Seto mentioned the BSL-3 la [...] | 2007-05-24 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL PARM SENV JA |
07TOKYO2359 | THE U.S. BASE REALIGNMENT BILL: WHAT IT IS AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Upper House of the Diet passed legislation to support U.S. base realignment under the Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI). The legislation designates certain local governments as "special municipalities connected with U.S. force realignment," and will provide s [...] | 2007-05-28 22:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR JA PARM PGOV |
07TOKYO2462 | JAPAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DOD CHINA REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JA CH |
07TOKYO2483 | JAPAN URGES U.S. TO CO-SPONSOR NEGOTIATING MANDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a June 1 briefing on the May 24-25 Lima conference on cluster munitions (CM),MOFA officials stressed that there had been no change in the Japanese position and that Tokyo still sought to balance security and humanitarian issues. Citing concerns about growing momentum in t [...] | 2007-06-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO2787 | JAPAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, embassy officials raised the DPRK,s possible procurement of Japanese-manufactured currency counterfeiting equipment with the government of Japan. We explained that, given the unlikelin [...] | 2007-06-20 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
07TOKYO2830 | NISSAN MOTOR CO. PROJECT WITH THE RUSSIAN [...] (S) On June 22, 2007, EST officer delivered the points in the reftel to MOFA's International Science Cooperation Division, Ms. Ryoko Henna and Tetsuo Takagi. MOFA officials thanked Embassy for passing the information. However they requested time to study the new information with other GOJ coll [...] | 2007-06-22 05:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM TNGD |
07TOKYO2852 | JAPAN'S POLICE RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST [...] (S) FINATT, DHS/ICE, and LEGATT met with National Police Agency (NPA),Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department, Assistant Director and Police Superintendent Tomoaki Onizuka June 21 to share ref C information. Onizuka confirmed that NPA was both able to access Interpol's June 2006 Orange A [...] | 2007-06-25 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
07TOKYO2854 | JAPAN RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (C) Poloff and FINATT delivered designation of Iranian entities information to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance, International Bureau, Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on June 18 and J [...] | 2007-06-25 03:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR EUN JA KN KNNP |
07TOKYO2908 | GNEP: JAPAN ON EXPANSION, FUTURE MEETINGS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: Following the May 21 GNEP Ministerial, Japan continues to voice concerns about expanding GNEP beyond the existing core group. Japan is cautious about undertaking cooperative research on sensitive nuclear technol [...] | 2007-06-27 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA |
07TOKYO2971 | JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...] | 2007-07-01 23:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JA |
07TOKYO2972 | JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...] | 2007-07-01 23:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP JA NK |
07TOKYO3004 | JAPAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Foreign Policy Bureau's Isami Takada on June 28. Takada noted that Japan is always happy to cooperate with the United States, and thanked us for our efforts on both UNS [...] | 2007-07-02 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN PARM IR JA |
07TOKYO3235 | JAPAN PRESSES IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: UN Security Council "confrontational moves" towards a new resolution would only lead to minimal Iranian cooperation with the IAEA, Iranian Director General Hamid Baeidinejad declared at non-proliferation talks in Tokyo on July 11, according to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science an [...] | 2007-07-16 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM JA PREL IR |
07TOKYO3376 | JAPAN GEARED TO RATIFY THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO3479 | RESPONSE TO JAPANESE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: Post delivered ref A non-paper to Japan,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and National Police Agency (NPA). While the meetings revealed ongoing efforts by the Government of Japan to prevent Japan,s Kom [...] | 2007-07-30 22:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KN JA |
07TOKYO3515 | JAPAN RESPONDS TO U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request - see para. 4. 2. (SBU) EST and POL delivered the non-paper in reftel to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on July 30 and 31. MOFA Arms Control and Disarmament Division Principal Deputy Director, Junichiro Otaka, noted that MO [...] | 2007-08-01 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV IAEA JA |
07TOKYO374 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...] | 2007-01-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA |
07TOKYO3765 | WEAKENED PRIME MINISTER ABE TO VISIT INDIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, weakened by his party's defeat in last month's Upper House elections and facing dropping support from the public and rising criticism from within the LDP, will depart Tokyo August 19 for a visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. He returns to [...] | 2007-08-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PARM IN ID MY JA |
07TOKYO438 | JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...] | 2007-01-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO JA |
07TOKYO454 | METI TO REVIEW SECURITY CRITERIA FOR FDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has established an outside study group to recommend possible revisions to the law that governs those sectors in which foreign direct investment (FDI) requires prior government notification and approval. The study group's ideas w [...] | 2007-02-01 03:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PARM JA |
07TOKYO461 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] On February 1, ESToff delivered reftel demarche to Principal Deputy Director Nobuharu Imanishi and Officer Masamichi Ito in MOFA's Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division. Imanishi said that he would share the demarche with other officials for interagency coordination. He reported [...] | 2007-02-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC EIND |
07TOKYO5086 | RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS [...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...] | 2007-11-02 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL |
07TOKYO5087 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN JA |
07TOKYO5092 | RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS [...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...] | 2007-11-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL |
07TOKYO5456 | INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...] | 2007-12-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA |
07TOKYO5480 | JAPAN: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY CONSULTS ON [...] (S) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met in Tokyo on November 14 and 15 with Government of Japan officials to discuss recent U.S. sanctions against Iran, reactions to the FATF statement on Iran, and the need for additional financial meas [...] | 2007-12-07 00:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN PARM PINR PINS JA IR |
07TOKYO5491 | ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...] | 2007-12-07 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA |
07TOKYO5492 | TENTH U.S.-JAPAN COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PTER TRGY KGIC IAEA |
07TOKYO5609 | JAPANESE AGAIN RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda lunched December 19 with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Moshen Talaeli and urged him again to help resolve the case of missing American Citizen Robert Levinson. Other topics discussed included Iran's nuclear [...] | 2007-12-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | CASC PREL PTER PARM IR IZ JA |
07TOKYO5624 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes the optimal solution to the cluster munitions issue is a legally binding agreement arrived at through the CCW process. However, because such an outcome is not certain, Japan will continue to participate in the Oslo Process in order to be able to influence any final [...] | 2007-12-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS JA |
07TOKYO617 | JANUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING [...] SUMMARY: On January 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, [...] | 2007-02-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM JA ENRG |
07TOKYO696 | JAPAN WELCOMES SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT, REMAINS UNEASY [...] (C) Summary. Japanese reaction to the Six-Party Talks (6PT) agreement is mixed. Popular reaction to the 6PT agreement is shaped by the strong and passionate view the Japanese public has on the abduction issue. PM Abe, who holds deep personal views on the abductions, shares the public view t [...] | 2007-02-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JA |
07TOKYO742 | MEETING WITH MEXT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED BILL ON [...] SUMMARY. On January 30, 2007, Embassy EST section met with MEXT officials to glean additional information on the Government of Japan (GOJ) plan to submit to the Diet a bill intended to prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism. The bill is being introduced to the Diet to ratify the U.N. Inter [...] | 2007-02-22 05:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL |
07TOKYO799 | ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to counterparts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Finance (MOF). MOF officials stated they were already aware of reftel designations from their regular monitoring of Treasury,s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website. 2. [...] | 2007-02-26 04:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KN IR JA |
07TOKYO805 | NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: ""NUDGE"" COULD HELP [...] (U) NOTE: This is an action request -see par. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On February 9, MEXT Nuclear Safety Division Officials suggested that U.S. encouragement of G8 allies to ratify the Nuclear Terrorism Convention could positively impact their efforts to achieve ratification by the Japanese [...] | 2007-02-26 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JA UNGA |
07TRIPOLI946 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER [...] (U) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri November 1. Fituri offered no substantive response, but undertook to convey to the appropriate authorities the request that the GOL take parallel measures. Noting Libya's recent election to a non-pe [...] | 2007-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN |
07TUNIS1435 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TS |
07TUNIS1436 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICAO MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM TS |
07TUNIS1442 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] On October 30, 2007, reftel points were transmitted to the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tunisian Financial Analysis Commission (Tunisia's FIU) and the Ministry of Finance. Any reactions, comments, or response received from the GOT will be reported septel. 2. In [...] | 2007-10-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KTFN TS |
07TUNIS1552 | GOT INFORMED OF IRAN NIE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR TS |
07TUNIS381 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TS |
07TUNIS408 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR TS |
07TUNIS819 | IRAQI WMD SCIENTISTS REDIRECTION PROGRAM: TUNISIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S/NF) Further to Ref A response on the Iraqi WMD scientist redirection program, MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today told the Ambassador that the GOT is still considering the proposal, but that the GOT needs further information before making [...] | 2007-06-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF TS |
07ULAANBAATAR105 | Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...] | 2007-02-16 03:13:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR106 | Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...] | 2007-02-16 03:13:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR107 | Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...] | 2007-02-16 03:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR587 | GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA WELCOMES DOE PROPOSAL FOR PURSUING [...] S. Enkhbat, Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Commission of Mongolia, has said he welcomes overtures by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to discuss possible areas of cooperation on securing sealed radioactive sources. He also looks forward [...] | 2007-10-16 02:28:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KOLY MG PARM KNNP TRGY |
07UNVIEVIENNA738 | IAEA/IRAN: EXPLAINING THE NIE TO KEY BOARD MEMBERS [...] (C) South African Governor Abdul Minty told Ambassador Schulte that the NIE is an opportunity for P5 1 negotiations and offered President Mbeki as an intermediary with Iran. Separately, Nuclear Counselor briefed key Board members, including P5 1 DCMs/Counselors, on the implications of the NIE, [...] | 2007-12-05 15:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNPP PARM AORC IR |
07UNVIEVIENNA742 | IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED AMBASSADORS REGROUP POST-NIE [...] (S) In the aftermath of the Iran NIE our priority in Vienna has been to maintain IAEA and Board member government pressure for full disclosure of Iran's past activities and compliance with UNSC requirements. Like-minded Ambassadors shared concerns about the NIE and next steps on Iran in a Dec [...] | 2007-12-07 13:56:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | IAEA AORC PARM KNPP IR |
07UNVIEVIENNA778 | IAEA/IRAN: UK AND FRANCE LOOK FORWARD, DG TO MEET [...] (S) Summary: UK Ambassador Smith discussed DG ElBaradei's forthcoming trip to London with Ambassador Schulte December 21. He expected Foreign Secretary Miliband to underline the central message that international pressure on Iran must be maintained. The UK was leery of the DG's possible tra [...] | 2007-12-21 16:02:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | IAEA KNPP PARM IR |
07USEUBRUSSELS1043 | U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...] | 2007-03-28 09:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH |
07USEUBRUSSELS2984 | DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 13:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL |
07USEUBRUSSELS3189 | CHANGES IN EC MINE ACTION FUNDING [...] (U) USAID Special Assistant delivered demarche contained in reftel to Laura Figuori of the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations, Security Policy Unit. Figuori was a member of the now dismantled operational unit which managed mine action funding. 2. (SBU) Accordi [...] | 2007-10-19 07:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHDP SOCI PARM EAID EUN |
07USEUBRUSSELS3227 | RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN AND SYRIA: EU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 16:30:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL IR IZ RU SY EUN |
07USNATO129 | WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING MARCH 7-8, 2007 [...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Shirley Grosner to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-03-01 10:27:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC |
07USNATO132 | WELCOME FOR EUR/RPM DEPUTY BRENT HARTLEY, MARCH [...] U.S. Mission welcomes EUR/RPM Deputy Mr. Brent Hartley to Brussels for consultations March 5-7, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-03-02 08:13:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC |
07USNATO144 | WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Mark Shepard to Brussels for the March 8 Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. A [...] | 2007-03-06 11:16:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO167 | WELCOME HLTF MARCH 21-23, 2007 TO NATO [...] Mission welcomes Karin Look, Larry Schultz, Jennifer Laurendeau, Sharon White, Jeffrey Gibbs, James Starkey, Christopher Beecroft, Powell Moore, and Stephen Olejasz to USNATO for HLTF meetings March 21-23. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32) [...] | 2007-03-15 15:20:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ASEC AADP NATO OSCE PARM |
07USNATO169 | WELCOME FOR NATO EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE [...] Mission welcomes Anita Friedt, Michelle Azevedo, and Paul Iarrobino to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) [...] | 2007-03-15 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO177 | NATO/VCC: MARCH 8 VCC EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: After the U.S. representative executed guidance, the experts agreed (ad ref for Germany, whose representative agreed but stated that he had to go back to Berlin for full approval) that revision 2 of reference B would focus in Annex 1 of table B as directly answering the tasking, [...] | 2007-03-20 09:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE OSCE |
07USNATO178 | DATA MANAGEMENT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING, MARCH 8, [...] (U) Summary: The Data Management Expert Group (DMEG) met on March 8, 2007. Italy, Spain, and Romania introduced new representatives, and the Chair reported on staff activity since the January meeting. After reviewing the status of the NCFS and VERITY XXI for the current CFE, the group focused [...] | 2007-03-20 11:12:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE |
07USNATO181 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 1, 2007, Ms. Laura Gross, Director, Counterproliferation Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discussed Streng [...] | 2007-03-20 15:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO190 | WELCOME FOR NATO NRC AMBASSADORIAL MEETING AND [...] Mission welcomes Donna A. Phelan, James Starkey, Jon Errickson, and Adam Xavier to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support will be provided by [...] | 2007-03-23 16:18:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO218 | VCC AND EXPERTS MEETINGS, MARCH 29, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings on March 29, VCC experts reached agreement on procedures for reporting ambiguities related to BRM-1K vehicles and use of GPS during inspections; they will continue to address use of digital cameras to report ambiguities and definition of inspection site. The V [...] | 2007-03-30 16:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE |
07USNATO227 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL ARMS CONTROL DISCUSSION, MARCH [...] (C) Summary: In the NATO-Russia Council arms control discussion on March 29, 2007, Russian Ambassador Totskiy claimed that Russia "did not know what it needs to do" to get NATO to ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE),and asked for a list of outstanding Russian "debts" related to ratification. All [...] | 2007-04-04 09:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE |
07USNATO241 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR A/S JOHN ROOD AND SENIOR [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John C. Rood, Assistant Secretary, and Mr. Hugh A. Amundson, Senior Advisor, Bureau of International Security and Non proliferation to USNATO on April 17-21, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer Reece Smyth. Office: (32)2-724-3268 Fax: (32)2- [...] | 2007-04-12 10:20:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OTRA OVIP BE |
07USNATO252 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed Implementation of the Co [...] | 2007-04-17 09:55:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO256 | WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS APRIL 24, [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Jon Erickson to Brussels for the April 24 for the Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476- [...] | 2007-04-19 12:52:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO266 | HLTF MEETING MARCH 22, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite determined efforts by the U.S. and many other Allies, Germany derailed agreement at the March 22 High-level Task Force (HLTF) on the text of a NATO paper on cross-group stationing of forces under the CFE Treaty. Most allies, in particular Turkey, Greece, Norway, Bulgaria [...] | 2007-04-24 07:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS |
07USNATO300 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF, NRC(ACE),AND VCC TEAM [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF, NRC(ACE),and VCC meetings, May 15-18. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-05-11 14:32:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE |
07USNATO320 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...] | 2007-05-21 16:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO321 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...] | 2007-05-22 08:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO329 | ACTION REQUEST: PROPOSED NATO STUDY ON CLUSTER [...] (C) USNATO acknowledges receipt of Ref regarding a Proposed NATO Study on Cluster Munitions. Following consultations with SHAPE and the U.S. Military Delegation to NATO, USNATO recomQnds that Qe USG does not formally request a NATO study on cluster munitions. USNATO feels that initiating su [...] | 2007-05-24 14:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO337 | HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...] | 2007-05-25 15:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS |
07USNATO340 | MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...] | 2007-05-25 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO351 | CFE: VCC AND VCC EXPERTS' MEETINGS, MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 16 VCC and VCC experts' meetings: a. The U.S. announced an upcoming Vienna Document inspection in Sweden during the time a Swedish exercise below Vienna Document thresholds will be conducted; b. Experts agreed to attempt to hold a NATO Vienna Document course in Cen [...] | 2007-06-04 14:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE |
07USNATO354 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF AND CFE MEETINGS, JUNE [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF and CFE meetings, June 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-06-06 13:04:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE |
07USNATO356 | WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING JUNE 18-22, 2007 [...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Horacio Vignale to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-06-06 14:15:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC |
07USNATO381 | WELCOME FOR NATO SGP MEETING JUNE 27-29, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes William Silkworth, C.S. Eliot Kang, Terry Godby, Michael Scott Davis, and Thomas A. Wuchte to Brussels for the June 27-29 meetings of the Senior Politico-Military Group on Proliferation (SGP). Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (3 [...] | 2007-06-21 14:32:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM OTRA NATO |
07USNATO388 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF JUNE 28, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF meetings, June 27-28, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul and Denise Corbin(32)2-724- [...] | 2007-06-25 14:42:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCFE NATO OSCE OTRA PARM PREL |
07USNATO392 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 24 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed two Food-For-Thought [...] | 2007-06-27 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO409 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, JUNE 28 2007 [...] (C) Summary. The all-day HLTF June 28 was focused on both assessing the Extraordinary Conference June 12-15, 2007 and preparing to deal with the likelihood that Russia may soon trigger a 150 day countdown to suspension of performance of its CFE obligations or (less likely) of Russia,s su [...] | 2007-07-10 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO431 | JULY 17 MEETING OF THE VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and experts met on July 17. Regarding the food-for-thought (FFT) paper (Ref A) on coordinating Vienna Document (VD) inspections, consensus could not be reached due to German objections. There was much unfocused discussion over ho [...] | 2007-07-27 15:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO433 | NRC/CFE: RUSSIA WANTS COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 15:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL MARR KCFE RU |
07USNATO445 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...] | 2007-08-06 14:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO490 | RFG FOR NATO REVIEW OF THE LONGER-TERM ANALYSIS OF [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, September 11. 2. (S) Summary: NATO's Senior Political-Military Group on Proliferation (SGP) failed to come to agreement on the text for NATO's Review of the Longer-Term Analysis of Ballistic Missile Risks and Threats at the September 5 Pl [...] | 2007-09-07 14:54:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC NATO PARM PINR PREL |
07USNATO521 | SUBJECT: HLTF: NATO ALLIES ENDORSE U.S. PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 13 HLTF, Allies endorsed the U.S. &Parallel Actions Plan8 as the basis to end the current impasse with Russia on the fulfillment of the remaining Istanbul commitments and ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty. U.S. HLTF Representative Karin L. Look also successf [...] | 2007-09-21 15:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO524 | NATO/VCC SEPTEMBER 13 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on agreeing on procedures to deconflict Vienna Document Inspections with four non-Allied OSCE states (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria) for the 2008 year. The NATO Staff will sen [...] | 2007-09-24 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO525 | NON-PAPER CIRCULATED BY SOME ALLIES ON RAISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Permanent Representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Spain circulated a non-paper (see below) to all Allied PermReps on September 19 on exploring ways to strengthen NATO's profile in arms control and disarmament prior to t [...] | 2007-09-26 15:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE |
07USNATO532 | RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...] | 2007-09-28 15:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO578 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...] | 2007-10-24 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO579 | ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...] | 2007-10-24 16:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS |
07USNATO613 | NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...] | 2007-11-21 17:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO615 | CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...] | 2007-11-23 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO624 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met on September 14th 2007 and October 11th 2007 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Both meetings were co-chaired by senior representatives of the United States and of Poland. 2. (C) A paper entitled &Maritime Int [...] | 2007-11-30 15:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO625 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...] | 2007-11-30 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO632 | UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS [...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...] | 2007-12-11 14:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO |
07USNATO640 | HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE [...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...] | 2007-12-17 19:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS |
07USNATO648 | RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...] | 2007-12-20 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO89 | USNATO WELCOMES JAMES STARKEY FOR VCC EXPERTS [...] Mission welcomes Mr. James Stakey to Brussels for the February 12-13 VCC Meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel rese [...] | 2007-02-12 16:03:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM UP |
07USNATO92 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 January 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed policy guidance from t [...] | 2007-02-14 11:35:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK1056 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BURANS, WARD TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 20:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK1080 | BRIEFING ON THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL AT THE UN [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UN Secretariat hosted a briefing on November 27, 2007 on recent developments concerning the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Larry Johnson, Assistant-Secretary-General for [...] | 2007-11-28 16:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREF PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK1095 | NOV 28 ICTY/ICTR UNSC WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: Members of the UNSC Working Group on Residual Issues concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on Nevember 28 to discuss a non-paper prepared by the Chair (Indonesia) on the preparati [...] | 2007-11-30 18:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL RW |
07USUNNEWYORK1110 | CTED DIRECTOR MICHAEL SMITH MAKES INITIAL BRIEFING [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met November 29 to welcome Michael Smith (Australia),the new Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). Smith praised CTC's role in UN counter-terrorism efforts, and said the CTC should continue [...] | 2007-12-03 13:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1137 | U/S ROOD BRIEFS UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN/NIE [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Undersecretary John Rood briefed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. Rood stressed that the NIE does not diminish USG concerns regarding Iran,s nuclear weapons program and, if anything, heightens our concerns. T [...] | 2007-12-07 19:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IR MNUC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK127 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH, [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting February 7, the 1540 Committee discussed outreach activities; a proposed roadmap for implementing its program of work; and proposals for coordination among the Committee's experts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and th [...] | 2007-02-13 15:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK179 | DDA, IAEA, OPCW, AND WCO BRIEF COUNCIL ON [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the World Customs Organization briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on February 23, concer [...] | 2007-03-06 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK211 | IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS [...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...] | 2007-03-15 21:11:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY |
07USUNNEWYORK217 | IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...] | 2007-03-19 14:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK381 | IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...] | 2007-05-17 15:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK498 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE - UK DRAFT PRST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2 below. The UK distributed the draft UNSCR Presidential Statement (PRST) contained in paragraph 3 below to the Special Court for Sierra Leone Management Committee on June 15. The UK indicated that since the June 8 UNSC meeting on the S [...] | 2007-06-20 14:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK504 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ISN/MNSA OFFICER [...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN/MNSA officer William F. Menold Jr. to attend the first one-week session, beginning June 25, of the open-ended working group (OEWG) on convening a fourth special session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament (SSOD IV). 2. UNGA Resolut [...] | 2007-06-21 00:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK519 | 1540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...] | 2007-06-25 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM |
07USUNNEWYORK532 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] As instructed in reftel, USUN joined consensus on the UK drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The PRST was adopted by the UN Security Council on June 28. KHALILZAD [...] | 2007-06-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK546 | EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...] | 2007-07-03 14:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK553 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR 1540 ASSISTANCE PROVIDER [...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN officers Pieter Ott, Yvette Wong, Thomas Wuchte and DoE officer Todd Perry to attend the July 11-12 meeting of the 1540 Assistance Provider Meeting. 2. Control officer will be USUN Mark Groombridge who will join delegates at the [...] | 2007-07-06 15:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCFE OTRA PARM PREL SC UN WMD |
07USUNNEWYORK586 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ISN/MNSA OFFICER [...] Mission clearance is granted for ISN/MNSA officer Alexander T. Liebowitz to attend the second one-week session, beginning July 30, of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on convening a fourth special session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament (SSOD IV). 2. USUN POC is Bridget Lines at 212 [...] | 2007-07-18 14:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK66 | UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING [...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...] | 2007-01-26 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK80 | UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL [...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KTIA UN |
07USUNNEWYORK86 | UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL [...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...] | 2007-01-31 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KTIA UN |
07USUNNEWYORK947 | KOREAN PENINSULA RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS [...] (U) Summary. On October 31, 2007, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on "Peace, Security, and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula," co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Khalilzad delivered the U.S. [...] | 2007-11-01 20:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN KS UN |
07VATICAN138 | A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...] | 2007-09-28 16:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS |
07VATICAN68 | HOLY SEE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VT |
07VIENNA1072 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] EconPolOff met on 25 April with Alexander Marschik, Deputy of the Foreign Ministry's office for arms control and nuclear nonproliferation. Marschik said he has been in touch with Christopher Ford, the U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and knows the U.S. position on the [...] | 2007-04-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL NPT AU |
07VIENNA1104 | AUSTRIA'S STEYR-MANNLICHER WEAPONS COMPANY -- NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconPolCouns and EconPolOffs visited the new CEO and owner of Steyr-Mannlicher, Franz Holzschuh, on April 26. We conveyed Post's desire to continue cooperation and keep an open dialog with the firm. We also stressed our ongoing concerns about the firm's sale of assault weapon [...] | 2007-04-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ECON ETTC AU |
07VIENNA1239 | AUSTRIA: RESPONSE ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE AT [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on May 9 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation and urged the GoA to make a presentation at the upcoming Australia Group (AG) Plenary meeting. Benedict mentioned that [...] | 2007-05-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW AU |
07VIENNA125 | TALKING POINTS ON DECEMBER 2006 PSI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AU |
07VIENNA1342 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: IRANIAN LIGHT WATER [...] (C) EconPolCouns and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points on May 16 to Kurt Pribil and Heinrich Traumueller, Co-Executive Directors of Austria's Financial Market Authority. Traumueller characterized the Iranian Mission's use of its diplomatic account as a repository for bidders on [...] | 2007-05-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU |
07VIENNA1362 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS UN-PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] EconPolOff met on May 22 with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. EconPolOff explained reftel points on why the U.S. opposes the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and laid [...] | 2007-05-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM AU |
07VIENNA14 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AU |
07VIENNA1406 | UNSCR 1747: AUSTRIA USES BROAD DEFINITION FOR [...] (SBU) On May 22, EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. Bruck-Friedrich confirmed with the MFA's Legal Department that the GoA had alre [...] | 2007-05-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC AU IR |
07VIENNA1407 | SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TO ACQUIRE CW [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that there is only one firm in Austria, located in Krems, which produces Australia Group-controlled precursor chemicals. Krehli [...] | 2007-05-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU |
07VIENNA1413 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SPANISH AND [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik noted that Steyr Motors was a very reputable firm. He promised to contact Steyr Motors to alert the firm to be on guard against any [...] | 2007-05-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07VIENNA1605 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...] | 2007-06-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU |
07VIENNA1647 | AUSTRIAN REACTION: POSSIBLE E.O. DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 12 with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Import and Export Division to present ref B points. According to Krehlik, the public prosecutor will soon charge Daniel Frosch under Article 37 of Austria's Foreign Trade Act (FTA) with f [...] | 2007-06-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
07VIENNA1753 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designations of four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel i [...] | 2007-06-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR AU |
07VIENNA1878 | AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND [...] (S) Acting Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel nonpaper on July 3 to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's JHA Department, and on July 13 to Elisabeth Ottawa, the Ministry of Finance's Counterterrorism Coordinator. Froehlich and Ottawa promised to provide any unclassified identifier and backgr [...] | 2007-07-16 06:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM IR AU |
07VIENNA2325 | AUSTRIA MISSILE DEFENSE: FURTHER EMBASSY ACTION [...] (C) Embassy discussions with MOD, MFA, and diplomatic contacts suggest some governmental disagreement on handling the missile defense (MD) issue as well as a degree of disarray within the Defense Ministry. For domestic political reasons, the MD issue could continue to rumble in Austria. An Em [...] | 2007-08-31 15:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AU |
07VIENNA2366 | AUSTRIA'S POSITION ON IAEA ISSUES: ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Austria supports a consensus outcome that would eliminate the Israel-specific agenda at the IAEA BoG and expects the EU to work toward this outcome. However, Austria is unlikely to raise any concerns regarding the Iran-IAEA "work plan" at the BoG. Rather, it wishes to protect I [...] | 2007-09-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC AADP AROC KNNP KDEM PARM PREL IAEA AU |
07VIENNA2436 | IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR DANIEL FROSCH [...] (SBU) Per ref C request, post has obtained the following identifying information on Daniel Frosch: DOB: April 26, 1982 POB: Feldbach, Austria Austrian Passport: L0798512 McCaw [...] | 2007-09-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
07VIENNA2448 | SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TOACQUIRE CW [...] (S) Helmut rehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' (MoE)Export and Import Control Division told EconPol ounselor and EconUnit Chief on September 19 that Astrian authorities had determined that Interchem Austria had recently shipped a licensable chemical precursor to an Iranian entity. Acc [...] | 2007-09-20 07:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETT IR AU |
07VIENNA2489 | AUSTRIA, ESDP, AND BATTLEGROUPS: ANOTHER CHALLENGE [...] (C) Austria's expected early November final cabinet decision to assign troops to EU battlegroups has already prompted one dust-up between the Defense and Foreign Ministries, with FonMin Plassnik opposing DefMin Darabos' statement that Austrian troops could only deploy on an EU mission under a [...] | 2007-09-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EU AU |
07VIENNA2618 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (SBU) Following up on his interim response (ref A) to ref B questions, Markus Zehentner, Deputy Director of the Austrian National Bank's (ANB) Legal Division, contacted EconUnit Chief on October 12. Zehentner maintained that Austria's September 25 notification to the UNSCR regarding payments [...] | 2007-10-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR AU |
07VIENNA262 | COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on February 2 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Benedict said Austria is very concerned about the negative humanitarian impact of cluster munitions (CMs) and e [...] | 2007-02-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO AU |
07VIENNA2688 | AUSTRIA: DELIVERY OF IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM PTER EFIN IR |
07VIENNA2836 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Austria recognizes and is disappointed by Iran's failure to cooperate fully with the IAEA and expects leading EU states in IAEA BOG to issue a statement expressing many of the themes identified by the U.S. End Summary. El Baradei Report ----------------- 2. (C) Econ/Pol Co [...] | 2007-11-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EU AU |
07VIENNA2875 | ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On November 29, EconPol Counselor and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points to Thomas Baier, Head of the MFA's Multilateral International Law Division, and to Yvonne Desmedt-Tonic from the MFA's Energy and Nuclear Safety Division. Emboffs urged the GoA to support EU designation of addit [...] | 2007-11-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR EU AU |
07VIENNA437 | UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...] | 2007-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU |
07VIENNA477 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) On February 20, post conveyed reftel information on the domestic USG designations of three additional Iranian entities to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Financial Markets Directorate. Post also passed the information to the MFA's Int [...] | 2007-02-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR AU |
07VIENNA509 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On February 26, DCM delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, urging Austria to join and actively participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kyrle received the information with interest, and promised to provide a considered response after [...] | 2007-02-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AU |
07VIENNA584 | AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 2 to Alexander Benedict from the Austrian MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Department. Benedict said that his department would review the revised proposal, but he did not foresee any problems in endorsing the proposal. Mc [...] | 2007-03-06 15:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA |
07VIENNA626 | UPDATE ON THE DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE [...] (S/NF) On March 9, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Controls Division to receive an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case and to convey ref A information. Krehlik said that an appeals court had indeed released Erich [...] | 2007-03-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR |
07VIENNA791 | (S) PALFINGER CRANES SHIPPED TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On March 26, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was unaware of the impending shipment, but promised to inquire with Palfinger Europe GmbH immediately. Krehlik exp [...] | 2007-03-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR |
07VIENNA810 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT [...] (S) On March 28, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel statement from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Director General and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Financing Coordinator. EconUnit Chief underscored the importance of imp [...] | 2007-03-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM KNNP EFIN KTFN ETTC AU IR |
07VIENNA853 | AUSTRIA ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND THE [...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 29 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Per ref (b),on March 28, EconUnit Chief had delivered ref (c) demarche the implementation of UNSCR 1747 to the Austrian Finance Ministry. 2. Scheide echoed r [...] | 2007-03-30 09:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AU |
07VIENNA86 | AUSTRIAN PARTICIPANTS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] Post delivered reftel letter of invitation for the Eighth International Export Control Conference (March 6-8, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania) to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior's Office for the Protection of the Con [...] | 2007-01-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO AU |
07VIENNA882 | AUSTRIA: GOA URGES BANKS TO CLOSE SEPAH ACCOUNTS [...] (S) EconUnit Chief conveyed ref A points on March 30 to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's Director General, and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Finance Coordinator. In a separate meeting (ref C) on March 30 with the MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa, Eco [...] | 2007-04-03 08:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM AU IR |
07VIENTIANE496 | ASSORTED LAO UXO NEWS FRAGMENTS [...] (U) Charge and econoff attended the annual UXO review meeting June 5, which addressed the 2007 workplans for the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) and UXO Lao. The meeting provided a useful synopsis of events in the Lao UXO sector in 2006 and presented the UXO goals of the Government of Lao [...] | 2007-06-14 09:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHDP PARM EAID LA |
07VIENTIANE601 | ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC-IMPOSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP LA PARM PREL |
07VIENTIANE602 | PRESSING THE LAO FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met with Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Acting Director General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver referenced demarche on July 25, 2007. Saleumxay said the issue of nuclear terrorism is new for the Government of Laos (GO [...] | 2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP LA MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
07VILNIUS123 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel list of entities designated under E.O. 13382 to Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the MFA. Ziugzda once again thanked the USG for providing this information in a timely basis. He assured post that the list wou [...] | 2007-02-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR LH |
07VILNIUS214 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC LH |
07VILNIUS221 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN ETTC KNNP IR LH |
07VILNIUS233 | POINTS DELIVERED TO LITHUANIA ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR LH |
07VILNIUS360 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS BROAD SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC LH |
07VILNIUS438 | (C) LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania plans to intervene on neighborhood policy at the June 18-19 GAERC. The GOL is happy with the German Presidency's handling of this issue, but still has some points to add to the conclusions. Lithuania expects a shortened period of discussion for all agenda items to save [...] | 2007-06-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL LH |
07VILNIUS499 | LITHUANIA WELCOMES UPDATE OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN KNNP LH IR |
07VILNIUS543 | LITHUANIA: RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 09:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM LH |
07VILNIUS595 | LITHUANIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON ADAPTED [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to Algis Dabkus, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA. Dabkus expressed surprise at the fast-paced timeline. He said that the GOL has always been willing to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty once the Istanbul Commitments are met. 2. (C) Dabkus [...] | 2007-08-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL LH |
07VILNIUS617 | LITHUANIA PLEASED TO GET INFO ON UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KNNP LH IR |
07VILNIUS629 | U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...] | 2007-09-07 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS |
07VILNIUS635 | LITHUANIA: EU STILL DISCUSSING IAEA ISRAEL AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL IAEA LH IS |
07VILNIUS725 | LITHUANIA WELCOMES INFO, UNDECIDED ABOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC LH |
07VILNIUS784 | LITHUANIA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT FATF GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (C) On October 29 we met with Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel. Ziugzda promised to consider the information and discuss it with the head of the Threat Analysis, Crisis Management and International Operations Divisi [...] | 2007-10-31 13:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON LH |
07VILNIUS786 | LITHUANIA WILL REVIEW US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) We discussed reftel points with Donatas Ziugzda and Rigale Karciauskaite of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Divison on October 26. They planned to contact Lithuania's EU representative office in Brussels with reftel information. They suggested that Lithuania cou [...] | 2007-10-31 15:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN LH |
07VILNIUS805 | LITHUANIAN PREPARATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA [...] (C) We provided Department views per reftel to Rimgaile Karciauskaite and Dovydas Spokauskas of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division November 5. Spokauskas informed us that he would likely represent the GOL at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting on November 22-23 [...] | 2007-11-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC LH IR |
07VILNIUS809 | LITHUANIA IMPLEMENTED FATF GUIDELINES AND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LH |
07WARSAW1265 | POLES ADVISED AGAINST MANPADS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, advising that Poland not sell MANPADS to Georgia, to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki on May 29. Chomicki appreciated hearing the U.S. position, but politely cautioned that, "This decision rests with the highest authorities in Poland." As if to pre [...] | 2007-05-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1295 | POLES OPPOSE RUSSIAN AGENDA FOR CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff, Polish MFA's expert on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, Mieczyslaw Kozinski, labeled Russia's agenda "a non-starter," and called for "NATO solidarity" to oppose Russian goals for the 12-15 June Extraordinary Conference under t [...] | 2007-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL PL |
07WARSAW1331 | CFE EXTRA CONFERENCE: U.S. THINKING POINTS [...] On the morning of June 6, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on CFE Extraordinary Conference Preparations to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Head of Regional Security Policy, MFA. As per instructions contained in Calvin Peterson's June 5 e-mail with subject line "Urgent: Instructions to NATO posts for del [...] | 2007-06-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07WARSAW1748 | POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...] | 2007-08-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1821 | MANPADS SOLD TO GEORGIA BY POLAND ACCORDING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1870 | POLAND: RUSSIAN RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL RETURN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Econcoff met with Anna Mank, a director in the Polish Ministry of the State Treasury (MST) and Ivan Bolshinsky, a senior technical advisor with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),on August 27 to discuss the status [...] | 2007-08-31 13:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS |
07WARSAW2063 | POLES SUPPORT U.S. OPPOSITION TO DE-ALERTING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 13:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA |
07WARSAW2104 | CFE: POLAND SUPPORTS PARALLEL ACTION, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Poland supports the U.S. proposal for parallel action on the A/CFE but has noted that since the Russians labeled it "insufficient" there is no basis for Poland to pursue ratification at this time. On October 11, in the wake of the of the informal CFE seminar held by all 30 state parties O [...] | 2007-10-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE PL |
07WARSAW2154 | ACTION REQUEST: LETTER FROM MFA PROPOSES [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that the Department respond positively to the Polish government's invitation to participate in a Polish-U.S. seminar on export controls in Tbilisi, Georgia as outlined in the letter text quoted below. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (C) Background: Ambassador re [...] | 2007-10-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW2171 | POLAND: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 29, post delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski and Marian Siemakowicz of the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz of the Department [...] | 2007-10-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ECON PL |
07WARSAW2266 | POLES FORMULATING PLAN FOR JOINT EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL |
07WARSAW2368 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO [...] (C) In response to Poloff's deliver of reftel demarche, Andrzej Suda of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, underscored Poland's support for the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and urged immediate action to counter the growing momentum of the Oslo process. Suda noted that Oslo [...] | 2007-12-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO |
07WARSAW2381 | POLAND'S REACTOR FUEL RETURN PROGRAM: REACHING [...] (C) Summary: Poland's stalled reactor fuel return program may finally be getting underway, thanks to an executive order establishing a new inter-ministry coordinating group. However, the Poles estimate transferring their reactor fuel waste to Russia could take until 2016 or 2017, beyond the [...] | 2007-12-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL |
07WELLINGTON232 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO PSI [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Government Officials listed below to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on/about March 23 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) Meeting. 2 [...] | 2007-03-16 03:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON336 | NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON462 | NEW ZEALAND - ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-20 04:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR NZ |
07WELLINGTON559 | NEW ZEALAND - INVITATION DELIVERED TO NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 23:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON63 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 06:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ETTC PARM PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON686 | NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETINGS [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Hill has cleared this message, which was drafted by ConGen Auckland and approved by Embassy Wellington. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's New Zealand interlocutors emphasized the need to ensure that, as New Zealand approaches national e [...] | 2007-09-19 04:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM KNNP NZ XV AF KN FJ TT |
07WELLINGTON73 | FOLLOW-UP: NZ PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-24 04:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KNNP PREL PARM AORC PTER OSCE ETTC ASEAN |
07WELLINGTON742 | NEW ZEALAND WILL PURSUE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On October 10, P/E Counselor met with Carolyn McDonald, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Disarmament Division, Deputy Director Jillian Dempster, and Policy Officer Raylene Liufalani regarding the USG position on New Zealand's draft resolution on de-alerting of nucl [...] | 2007-10-10 22:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL UNGA NZ |
07WELLINGTON766 | ACTION REQUEST - RESPONSE TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Affairs at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr. Dunn said MFAT was formulating their response and was in the process of doing their internal research and seeking clearances. He said [...] | 2007-10-18 04:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP NZ |
07WELLINGTON811 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLAUDIA MORA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Claudia Mora from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from November 23 - 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Third Forensic Isotope R [...] | 2007-11-13 20:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ ENRG KNNP PARM |
07WELLINGTON827 | NZ VIEWS ON IRAN AND IAEA COMPLIANCE IN SYNC WITH [...] (SBU) On November 21, Pol/Econ Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT Disarmament Division Director Carolyn McDonald and the Division's Senior Policy Officer Raylene Liufalani regarding the demarche outlined in reftel. Both McDonald and Liufalani had been in touc [...] | 2007-11-23 03:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM IAEA KNNP NZ |
07WELLINGTON842 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (S) DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary Alan Williams December 4 to present NIE and talking points per reftel. Williams said that MFAT would immediately prepare a summary for cabinet and the Prime Minister. 2. (S) Williams commented that New Zealand has been clear in its messages to Iran in [...] | 2007-12-04 18:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM IR NZ |
07YAOUNDE1071 | CAMEROON'S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TELL FOREST [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's Forestry Minister (MINFOF) was caught off-guard when EU representatives responded to his August 22 appeal for donor assistance by suggesting that the Government of Cameroon's problem is "not money, but will." The ambassadors encouraged Ngolle to continue MINFOF's fi [...] | 2007-08-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE539 | POACHERS BEWARE: CAMEROON'S LAST GREAT APE IS ON [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Last Great Ape (LAGA) organization deploys passionate staff and proven law enforcement techniques to achieve spectacular results in prosecuting wildlife traffickers in Cameroon and, increasingly, the Central African region. In their unorthodox pursuit of wildlife tr [...] | 2007-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE927 | CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...] | 2007-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM |
07YEREVAN1008 | ARMENIA HAS SIGNED, STILL WORKING TO RATIFY, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 05:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PINS PINT MCAP KNNP AM |
07YEREVAN1012 | CDA CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER RAISES IRAN, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA met August 6 with Energy Minister Armen Movsisian to discuss the Armenian nuclear power plant (ANPP) and Armenia's economic relations with Iran. Movsisian assured that the GOAM aims to close the plant by the target date (2016). He believed that Armenia's only option is to [...] | 2007-08-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETTC PREL PARM IR AM |
07YEREVAN1015 | ARMENIA DISMAYED BY RUSSIAN POSITION ON CFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian strategists are unanimously chagrined by Russia's plan to withdraw from the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, believing that a functioning CFE is very much in Armenia's national interests to restrain a regional arms race. FM Oskanian and MFA experts tell us t [...] | 2007-08-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM AM RU |
07YEREVAN1274 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT LOW-KEY, BUSINESS-LIKE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Oskanian for an immediate readout of President Ahmadinejad's visit. Oskanian said that the Iranian delegation's early departure (a fact which dominated local media coverage) was at the Iranian side's request, and that only vague explanations were offered of urge [...] | 2007-10-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD EINV ENRG KNNP IR AM |
07YEREVAN1313 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM EFIN KNNP IR AM |
07YEREVAN1420 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH INITIATIVE: INITIAL [...] Varduhi Asaturian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Liudmila Shahinyan, Export Control Commission 3. Vahe Demirchyan, Ministry of Justice 4. Sona Avanesyan, Ministry of Justice 5. Aida Avetisyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority 6. Alexander Stepanyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Autho [...] | 2007-12-13 02:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL AM |
07YEREVAN265 | ARMENIA CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN, BUT RELUCTANT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | IAEA TRGY ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IR AM |
07YEREVAN362 | UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DFM KIRAKOSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC TRGY AORC KNNP UNSC IAEA |
07YEREVAN383 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 WITH RESPECT TO BANK [...] (C) On March 30, Pol/Econ Chief and EconOff met with Armenian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) director Nerses Yeritsyan to discuss GOAM implementation of UNSCR 1747 (ref A). We mentioned that EUR DAS Bryza has raised our Iran concerns March 28 with President Kocharian and FM Oskanian (septel [...] | 2007-03-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PARM KNNP IR AM |
07YEREVAN405 | ARMENIA JOINS THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Post met with Head of Global Security at the MFA Arshak Manukyan to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (GICANT) and conference scheduled for June 11-15, 2007 (refs). Manukyan confirmed that Armenia fully supports GICANT and the Statement of Principles. According [...] | 2007-04-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL AM |
07YEREVAN419 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RIBBON CUTTING AT THE NATANZ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UNSC IR AM |
07YEREVAN457 | NIGHT OF 1000 DINNERS RECEPTION RAISES FUNDS FOR NGO'S [...] (U) Summary: At a fundraising reception held as part of the Night of 1000 Dinners (reftel),Post helped raise over 4,000 USD for the Armenian Red Cross Society, a local NGO working to reduce landmine casualties through a Mine Risk Education program. The event drew more than 70 guests, includi [...] | 2007-04-16 12:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | DMIN PHUM KMDR KPAO EAID KHDP MASS PARM PREL AM |
07YEREVAN502 | ARMENIA: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Post delivered reftel points to MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Division chief Arshak Manoukian on April 20. 2. Armenian Government points of contact for Global Initiative issues are: Primary: Arshak Manoukian, Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Division Chief, [...] | 2007-04-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM ETTC PREL KGIC AM |
07YEREVAN510 | ARMENIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 06:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG PARM AM |
07YEREVAN520 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 12:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL AM ENRG KNNP |
07YEREVAN603 | ARMENIA SLOW TO IMPLEMENT BANK SEPAH ASSET FREEZE [...] (S) Per ref A, on May 8 we met with Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Head at the Armenian Central Bank Nerses Yeritsyan to discuss what steps Armenia had taken to implement UNSCR 1747 and specific actions taken against Sepah Bank. Yeritsyan confirmed that Sepah Bank maintains correspondent [...] | 2007-05-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | EFIN PARM KNNP IR AM |
07YEREVAN688 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NEW GLOBAL INITATIVE PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 04:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIT PARM PREL PTER IC NO SZ AM |
07YEREVAN689 | ARMENIA WILL SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 04:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR AM |
07YEREVAN699 | MARKING FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF PSI WITH AN OP-ED [...] Post concluded the best way to accomplish reftel goals was to place an op-ed from the CDA in the governmental newspaper Hayastan Hanrepetutyun, which we also conveyed as a courtesy to the MFA's International Security Department. The op-ed ran on May 30. Complete text follows. 2. TEXT OF [...] | 2007-05-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XG AM |
07YEREVAN735 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) We delivered reftel information to Arshak Manukyan, head of the MFA's Division of Non-Conventional Arms and Global Security, who thanked us for the update. GODFREY [...] | 2007-06-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL FI PL PO SW AM |
07YEREVAN755 | CDA RAISES ENERGY SECURITY,NUCLEAR POWER, AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with Energy Minister Movsissian June 1 to explore Armenia's current plans and thinking with regard to replacing the Soviet-era Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). Press reports had suggested Armenia had made deals with Russia for the construction of a new nuclear plant, [...] | 2007-06-08 11:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ETTC PARM ETRD AM IR |
07YEREVAN782 | FM OSKANIAN ON PUTIN'S GABALA STATION MISSILE [...] (U) Several Armenian media outlets quoted Foreign Minister Oskanian's comments on the Gabala idea during his interview on Kentron television. Oskanian commented that he saw no physical danger to Armenia from the proposed project, noting that the facility would only be a radar station, not an [...] | 2007-06-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KMDR AM AJ RU |
07ZAGREB1009 | CROATIAN RESPONSE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) PolOff reviewed reftel points with Ambassador Mario Horvatic, Croatia's IAEA Governor, on November 8. Horvatic said that Croatia agrees that the IAEA Work Plan could represent a positive step toward resolution of the crisis, but "only if Iran implements its commitments." He appreciated ou [...] | 2007-11-14 12:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR HR IAEA AORC |
07ZAGREB1015 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----18 October, met with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) General Police Directorate, Deputy Head of Border Police to present the Coast Guard Toughbook computer donation and finalize coordination of the Coast Guard Port Asset Protection and Security Tra [...] | 2007-11-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB1033 | CROATIAN REACTION TO IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 15 and discussed issue with him again November 20. Simunovic agreed that IAEA Director General ElBaradei's report was not one to celebrate, revealing little new information about Iran's current [...] | 2007-11-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM AORC HR |
07ZAGREB1034 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE - DETECTION ARCHITECTURE [...] Post delivered reftel document to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 20 and he repeated GoC support for the Global Initiative. Just ahead of November 25 Parliamentary elections, he was unable to name a definitive POC or commit to attendance at the proposed January w [...] | 2007-11-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS HR |
07ZAGREB1035 | (S) SHOCK CHAMBER FOR IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM - [...] (S) Post delivered name of German firm attempting to provide a thermal shock chamber to Iran's missile program to MFA's head of international security Sanja Bujas-Juraga in early October and followed up with her again on November 20. She reported that she has passed the name to all relevant ag [...] | 2007-11-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR |
07ZAGREB1041 | PAKISTAN NUCLEAR FACILITY: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from EconOff November 28 regarding renewal of a services export license for Croatian nuclear scientists to offer technical training in "Sym [...] | 2007-11-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL PK HR EXPORT CONTROL |
07ZAGREB131 | SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT RATIFIED, PSI EXERCISE IN [...] Parliament on February 2 ratified the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Shipboarding Agreement that the GoC had signed with the USG in June 2005. The reciprocal agreement, which facilitates PSI cooperation by establishing contacts and procedures to expedite requests to board and search [...] | 2007-02-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB178 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----04 January, met with Minister of Interior (MoI),Deputy Head, Border Police (BP) Directorate, to discuss the FBI Terrorism and WMD Proliferation and Coast Guard Port Security trainings scheduled for January and February respectively, along with pl [...] | 2007-02-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB218 | CROATIAN PM NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT USG HOPES FOR [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met March 2 with PM Ivo Sanader to discuss the way ahead on Bosnian constitutional reform, promoting the existing package of US-brokered reform measures as laid out in ref A. 2. (C) Sanader said the USG-supported revisions would not succeed and would be a divisive ele [...] | 2007-03-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PINR BK EUN HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB224 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----02 February, accompanied the Minister of Interior (MoI),Deputy Head, Border Police (BP) Directorate, to Slovonia to meet with Osijek and Vinkovci District Chiefs to discuss border issues and monitor the opening session of the MoI Sensor Deploymen [...] | 2007-03-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB259 | LIBYA: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Agency Alan, the MoD's arms marketing agency, has unofficially approached Post seeking guidance on conventional arms sales to Libya. Alan General Manager Ivan Nekic told PolOff February 28 that he believes the L [...] | 2007-03-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL LY HR ARMS CONTROL |
07ZAGREB262 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: CROATIAN GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW ETTC HR |
07ZAGREB294 | CROATIA FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 15:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM AORC KNNP IAEA MNUC UNSC IR HR |
07ZAGREB349 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----01 March, attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador at Large, which also included Customs Directorate and Ministry of Economy representatives to discuss the topics for inclusion in the Chemical Weapons Conventio [...] | 2007-04-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB358 | SALE OF CROATIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT [...] PolOff delivered ref A points March 29 to Ivan Nekic, general manager of Agencija Alan, MOD's arms marketing branch, and MFA head of Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga. Both were pleased by USG position. Nekic reported that he did not know if an actual tender was open bu [...] | 2007-04-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MARR LY HR |
07ZAGREB360 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP IR HR |
07ZAGREB365 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----01 March, attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador at Large, which also included Customs Directorate and Ministry of Economy representatives, to discuss the topics for inclusion in the Chemical Weapons Conventi [...] | 2007-04-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB428 | SUMMARY OF MARCH 2007 AUCKLAND OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MHUC PARM PREL HR KNNP |
07ZAGREB459 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----14-15 April, attended the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Customs Authorities Workshop in Cavtat. As requested, a presentation was made on the topic of "The Role of Customs in Achieving Effective Enforcement Export Controls". This theme was r [...] | 2007-05-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB475 | NUCLEAR MEASURING EQUIPMENT TO INDIA: GOC SEEKS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff May 10 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian company "Sistemprojekt" to export a CryoBIND T magnetic ac [...] | 2007-05-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL IN HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB490 | CROATIA JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] The GOC has responded in the affirmative to reftel request. On May 15, 2007, Embassy received diplomatic note No. 2276/07 relaying Croatia's support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. 2. Text of the note follows: (complimentary opening) The Republic of Croatia consid [...] | 2007-05-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL HR |
07ZAGREB530 | CROATIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] Pol Counselor delivered reftel information to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Director of MFA PSI Non-proliferation Department on May 30, 2007. Explanatory notes, calendar and the plan of work (received by e-mail from ISN/WMDT on May 23) were delivered to the same office on May 24. Ms. Bujas-Juraga note [...] | 2007-05-31 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB56 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----04 December, Participated in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) presentation of the findings of the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Survey of Croatia. The findings revealed the presence of approximately 968,000 weapons in civilian [...] | 2007-01-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB582 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----4 May, attended the EU Regional Code of Conduct Workshop coordinated by SIPRI and BAFA. The workshop provided a forum for networking and coordination among regional states and EU member states to aid effective development of their respective Muni [...] | 2007-06-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB625 | CROATIA ADOPTS UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR HR |
07ZAGREB637 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----13 June, Held attended a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Department Head for International Security who requested EXBS Advisor support and assistance to their Diplomatic Academy Training Program by creating and delivering a pre [...] | 2007-07-02 12:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB682 | CROATIAN SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT POCS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KTIA EWWT KNNP PREL HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB713 | CROATIA PARTY TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL HR |
07ZAGREB721 | PROPOSED 2008 PSI EXERCISE UPDATE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 5. 2. Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga advised PolOff July 16 that the GOC's National Commission for Non-Proliferation of WMD has accepted the GOC's proposal to host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) e [...] | 2007-07-30 15:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP HR |
07ZAGREB722 | PAKISTAN SMALL ARMS SALE: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff July 27 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian company "HS Produkt" to export 9mm pistols to the private [...] | 2007-07-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PTER PK HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB73 | CROATIA CONCERNED ABOUT CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Drawing from reftel, DCM discussed cluster munitions with MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic January 22. 2. (C) Simunovic said he would be representing the GOC at the Oslo conference February 22-23. Simunovic said that given Croatia's exp [...] | 2007-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PARM HR |
07ZAGREB762 | CROATIA TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPT TO BROKER TEST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. 2. (S) PolOff delivered ref A points to head of MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament Mirko Capjak on August 10 and to Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic on August 13. Capjak, who serves as MFA's rep on the GoC's inter-ministerial export c [...] | 2007-08-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR |
07ZAGREB914 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----12 September, Met with the Director and staff of State Office for Nuclear Safety (SONS) to tour their new office spaces, discuss issues related to operation of portal monitors and deliver two (2) Ludlum 192 survey meters. ----13 September, met [...] | 2007-10-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB989 | CROATIA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 07:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON HR |
08ABIDJAN301 | DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (SBU) Emboffs verbally delivered demarche points to Pierre Nemlin, Americas, Deputy Desk Officer, on April 30 and delivered a French text non-paper with key talking points (reftel) on May 6. Nemlin indicated that Cote d'Ivoire would not be sending a delegation to Geneva for PrepComIII, and [...] | 2008-05-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL IV |
08ABUDHABI1003 | UAE MFA ON CHINA'S WEAK NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION [...] (S) During a September 4 meeting at which A/DCM and EconOff sought Emirati assistance with sensitive nonproliferation cases (interdictions),MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani expressed UAEG frustration with efforts to improve nonproliferation cooperation with China. [...] | 2008-09-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PTER PREL PGOV KNNP IR CH AE |
08ABUDHABI1017 | UAE ASSURANCES FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR-RELATED INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG PGOV KNNP TRGY AE |
08ABUDHABI103 | PROPOSED CTF DATES AND EXPORT CONTROL LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally notified post via diplomatic note that it welcomed holding a proposed Counterproliferation Task Force meeting in February and requested a proposed agenda for the meeting. The UAE, however, declined the proposed seaport interdiction training p [...] | 2008-01-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC ENRG PARM PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI1046 | UAE ENGAGING CHINA ON PROLIFERATION-RELATED TRADE WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM ENRG ECON EFIN PTER PINR PGOV IR AE |
08ABUDHABI1072 | UAE NONCOMMITTAL ON IAEA BOG MESA GROUP SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | IAEA PARM MNUC AE |
08ABUDHABI1086 | UAE REQUESTS US COMMENTS ON DRAFT NUCLEAR LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC ENRG AE |
08ABUDHABI1089 | UAE WRITTEN ASSURANCES FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG PGOV KNNP KNUC TRGY AE |
08ABUDHABI120 | UAE PROPOSING EXPERT LEVEL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) On January 29, Econchief discussed the UAE's proposed expert-level visit to the US to discuss peaceful nuclear cooperation with Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority Director of Economic Affairs David Scott (refs b and c). Scott proposed sending a UAE delegation to the U.S. in the Febru [...] | 2008-01-29 14:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI1203 | UAE PRENOTIFIED ON INKSNA DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM MNUC PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI121 | UAE PROPOSING EXPERT LEVEL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) On January 29, Econchief discussed the UAE's proposed expert-level visit to the US to discuss peaceful nuclear cooperation with Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority Director of Economic Affairs David Scott (refs b and c). Scott proposed sending a UAE delegation to the U.S. in the Febru [...] | 2008-01-29 14:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI1302 | LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 04:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI1318 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] (C) General: we look forward to your first visit to the UAE in your capacity as CENTCOM Commander. ------------------------------ Punching above its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as a regional powerhouse, using its financial c [...] | 2008-11-18 04:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1338 | Revocation of Iran's U-turn general license [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-23 11:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI1347 | UAE REACTION TO FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) PolChief raised reftel concerns about UAE abstentions in UN First Committee voting on the Resolution on Compliance with MFA's Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani on November 24. Al-Hosani said the UAEG agreed generally with the resolution but had one reservation abo [...] | 2008-11-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC UNGA AE |
08ABUDHABI1354 | UAE UNAWARE OF IRAN NUCLEAR MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM TRGY IR AE |
08ABUDHABI136 | U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH MIDDLE EAST STATES ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide input on planned U.S. engagement with select countries in the Middle East that have expressed a serious interest in developing a peaceful nuclear power program. We agree that an early positive engagement is key to both demonstrating that countri [...] | 2008-01-31 15:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI1382 | EXPORT CONTROL UPDATE [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA recently confirmed that its proposed amendment to the Export Control Law -- to set up an independent authority to oversee the law -- had been altered by the Presidency, which assigned oversight to an existing committee in the Ministry of Interior. Staffing a new authority [...] | 2008-12-04 08:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI1418 | CROWN PRINCE'S MEETING WITH SENATOR BAUCUS [...] (C) Summary. During his December 13-15 visit to the UAE (reported septel),Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) discussed the UAE's strategic vision with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Baucus noted his amazement with the UAE's progress. MbZ presented an overview of the [...] | 2008-12-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP PREL PARM KPAL CVIS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI1430 | SENATOR BAUCUS'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) During his December 13-15 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and accompanying delegation from the Senate Finance Committee staff met with senior government and financi [...] | 2008-12-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD ENRG OREP PREL SENV PARM KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI1434 | UAE NOTIFIED OF FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING IN JUNE [...] Following coordination with Dutch DCM, PolOff discussed reftel with MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani on December 21, 2008. Al-Hosani was appreciative of the timely notice and pleased with so much time to coordinate a "high level" delegation. He did ask for further i [...] | 2008-12-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC AE |
08ABUDHABI147 | DELIVERED COMMENTS ON UAE NUCLEAR POWER WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) On February 3, Econchief and TDY PolEconoff met with David Scott, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority Director of Economic Affairs; Hamad Al-Kaabi, Executive Affairs Authority (and MFA); Ali Al-Frayhat, General Counsel for the Executive Affairs Authority; Mohammed Al-Hamadi, GM of the [...] | 2008-02-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM ECON AE |
08ABUDHABI148 | U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH MIDDLE EAST STATES ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide input on planned U.S. engagement with select countries in the Middle East that have expressed a serious interest in developing a peaceful nuclear power program. We agree that an early positive engagement is key to both demonstrating that countri [...] | 2008-02-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI159 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi again welcomes you for a visit to the UAE, where we look forward to your engagement with U.S. personnel on the ground and your discussions with the nation's top strategic defense planner, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Arme [...] | 2008-02-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR KPAL IR IZ AF LE |
08ABUDHABI236 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] In the absence of MFA director for International Cooperation Yacoub Al-Hosani and other senior MFA officials, Econchief followed up on reftel message with senior America's Desk Officer Rowda Al-Otaiba and urged that the UAE consider signing on to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. [...] | 2008-02-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC AE |
08ABUDHABI260 | UAE JANUARY 31 NOTICE ON BANK SEPAH - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On February 14, Econchief contacted Ahmed Al-Qamzi, Head of the International Division for the UAE Central Bank's Anti Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU) to ask the UAE to delay or withdraw its notification and to provide more information on the origin of money used to [...] | 2008-02-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM IR AE |
08ABUDHABI296 | MARCH 11 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND MARCH 12 JOINT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the March 11 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and March 12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) as opportunities to renew our mutual commitment to shared strategic goals with the UAE, to remind the UAE military of U.S. appreciation for its support and i [...] | 2008-03-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ LE AE |
08ABUDHABI323 | First UAE Export Control Prosecution [...] (U) On March 13, UAE Arabic and English papers reported that the Dubai Public Prosecutors Office had referred a case to court regarding an attempt to import -- with the intent to re-export -- 250 KG of the corrosion-resistant metal Zirconium in violation of the UAE's 2007 export control law. [...] | 2008-03-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI325 | US - UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (S/NF) Summary: During the February 25 Counterproliferation Task Force meeting, the UAEG asserted that it was enforcing the 2007 export control law, but was in the process of amending it to make it easier to implement and enforce. The UAE pushed for better coordination and follow-up from the [...] | 2008-03-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI326 | ACTING A/S MCNERNEY MEETS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary: On February 25 and 26, UAEG officials asserted that the UAE's export control law was in force, but that it was being amended to make it easier to implement. The UAE would create an autonomous organization to implement the export control law. The UAE interlocutors raised concerns [...] | 2008-03-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI352 | MFA ON STATUS OF INTERDICTIONS [...] (S/NF) On March 19, Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani to discuss ref a demarche and other outstanding interdictions. Econchief informed Al-Hosani that the U.S. is requesting China's assistance in arranging for the goods to be recalled. Econchief also [...] | 2008-03-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI383 | THAI CONTACT INFORMATION PASSED TO MFA [...] (S) On March 25, Econchief contacted MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani with regard to the shipment of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) shipped from Thailand to Iran via Dubai. Econchief thanked Al-Hosani for the continued detention of the shipment and told Al-Hosani tha [...] | 2008-03-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETRD ETTC TH AE |
08ABUDHABI391 | UAE REPORT ON MAYROW [...] (C) Action request. Please translate UAEG submitted paper on the results of the Mayrow investigation (ref a). 2. (C) On March 27, MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani passed Econchief two Mayrow related papers. The first responded to specific information passed during ( [...] | 2008-03-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI441 | UAE INVESTIGATION OF SUPPLY OF MATERIALS TO IRAQI INSURGENTS [...] (S) Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani on March 26 to request an update on the status of the investigation of Modern Plastics Industry (MPI) and the A&N group for possible involvement in the shipment of components to manufacture improvised explosive devi [...] | 2008-04-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI445 | UAEG Committed to Implementing UNSCR 1803 [...] (S) Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director (and MFA representative on the UAE's Counterproliferation Task Force) on March 27 and again on April 4 (for the third non-proliferation related meeting with Al-Hosani in three weeks) to reinforce the importance of swift and effecti [...] | 2008-04-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI447 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - UAE STILL [...] (SBU) Embassy passed ref a non-paper on the global initiative to MFA Director for International Cooperation Yacub Al-Hosani on April 1 and to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's Executive Affairs Authority (EAA) on April 2. Econchief reiterated our desire to have the UAEG endorse the G-I Statement of P [...] | 2008-04-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KNNP KGIC DTRA AE |
08ABUDHABI448 | UAE-BASED FIRM'S EFFORTS TO SUPPLY MTCR-CONTROLLED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE IR AE |
08ABUDHABI460 | CNO VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your April 16-18 visit to the UAE, arguably the most important facilitator of naval operations among the Gulf countries. We are seeking meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Moh [...] | 2008-04-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR IZ AF AE |
08ABUDHABI472 | MFA on Interdictions and Export Control Prosecution [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 3, MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani denied requests for USG access to the remaining containers (interdicted at USG request yet still sitting in Dubai awaiting further processing),explaining that there was increasing UAEG concern that the USG le [...] | 2008-04-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI497 | MBZ DISCUSSES EXTREMISM WITH CNO [...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) on April 16, in his first meeting with the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO),sounded out ADM Gary Roughead on missile defense and commented extensively on his concerns over extremism. The Crown Prince affirmed the UAE's commit [...] | 2008-04-21 10:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MASS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI527 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] Econchief discussed reftel papers with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani and passed him copies on April 24. Al-Hosani said that the papers had arrived just in time, as the delegation was departing the UAE the next day. Al-Hosani told econchief that the UAE would review [...] | 2008-04-28 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI574 | MFA on Status of Export Control Law Amendment [...] (C) On May 8, MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani told Econchief that the UAE Cabinet's Legislative Committee should meet in the next week to review the amended export control law. Al-Hosani did not have many details to share, explaining that the law was with UAE Foreign M [...] | 2008-05-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI699 | INVITATION DELIVERED AND REITERATED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On June 11, A/DCM and TDY ECONOFF met with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani to follow up on the invitation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Meeting in Madrid, Spain, June 16-18. The formal invitation was provided by Spain, but Post had str [...] | 2008-06-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TER KGIC KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI769 | UAE MFA ON NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (S) On June 30, ECONCHIEF and TDY ECONOFF met with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani to follow up on several non-proliferation related issues and to deliver ISN nonpapers, including reftel A relating to implementing robustly paragraph 11 of UNSCR 1803, and to discuss [...] | 2008-07-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI865 | WARNING UAE OF VISIT BY KOMID REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE IR AE |
08ABUDHABI866 | MAYROW NON-PAPER DELIVERED TO UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR AE |
08ABUDHABI867 | NONPAPER DELIVERED ON UAE FIRM'S INTEREST IN CONTROLLED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE KGIC KNNP IR AE |
08ABUDHABI948 | Designation of additional Iranian entities [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi's OFAC Officer transmitted reftel non-paper via diplomatic note number 739 on August 19, 2008. To date post has not had a response to the note. 2. Note: Post's OFAC Officer is in Washington for consultations and will return to Abu Dhabi on/about September 7, 2008. Qui [...] | 2008-08-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN AE |
08ABUDHABI974 | ABU DHABI NUCLEAR POWER AUTHORITY CONCERNED THAT USG VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation officials told Emboffs August 27 that they were concerned that comments attributed to USG officials could disadvantage US private sector participation in the UAE's nuclear energy program. Officials stressed that they hope to see strong US parti [...] | 2008-08-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP AE |
08ABUJA1150 | IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran and the U.S. response to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 2. Ms. Laose oversees IAEA and nuc [...] | 2008-06-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA PREL NI |
08ABUJA1394 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 23 to Maria Laose, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division, which handles IAEA matters. Laose indicted that Nigeria will likely support the IAEA-India Safeguards Agreement. She told Poloff she was [...] | 2008-07-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1433 | DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES LIST DESIGNATED UNDER [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Charles Ononye, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division. Mr. Ononye said that he would pass the information on to the In [...] | 2008-07-25 13:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR NI |
08ABUJA1435 | NIGERIA: REINFORCING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN TO SELECT [...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting between Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jeffery and Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to present reftel demarche concerning the Iran issue at the forthcoming NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting. The Ambassado [...] | 2008-07-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM TRGY IR NI |
08ABUJA1501 | NIGERIA: PSI WORKSHOP NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NI |
08ABUJA1737 | NIGERIAN MFA DENIES IRANIAN-NIGERIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) Rabiu Shehu (protect),Director of the Office of MFA Minister of State Alhaji Tijjani Kaura (who nominally headed the Nigerian delegation in talks with the Iranians),emphatically denied to PolOff on August 29 that Nigeria had entered into any sort of nuclear agreement or signed a memorand [...] | 2008-09-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PINR PINS KFPC ENRG ETTC MNUC KSTC |
08ABUJA1767 | COMMERCE MINISTER DENIES IRAN-NIGERIA NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Econ Counselor met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh Friday evening August 29 to inquire about press reports of an agreement on nuclear power between Iran and Nigeria (reftel). After glancing at local and AP reports stating that such an agreement had been reached dur [...] | 2008-09-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PARM KNNP ENRG KFPC ETTC MNUC KSTC NI IR |
08ABUJA1920 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 63RD UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 08:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PREL CDG UNGA NI |
08ABUJA1928 | NIGERIA: IAEA BOARD ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 26 to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, strongly urging Nigerian support for Afghanistan's candidacy for election to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy A [...] | 2008-09-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM IAEA MNUC NI |
08ABUJA1955 | DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (U) Per reftel, on October 3, PolOff delivered copy of UNSC Resolution 1835 (regarding Iranian compliance with all non-proliferation resolutions) and accompanying nonpaper to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolOff noted the [...] | 2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR MNUC PARM |
08ABUJA2397 | NIGERIA: USG PROVIDES SEARCH AND SECURE TRAINING AND [...] (C) Summary: U.S. experts from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Global Threats Reduction Initiative (GTRI),in collaboration with the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA),provided training on search and secure techniques for radioactive materials and the use of radiation [...] | 2008-12-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PTER TRGY PGOV NI |
08ABUJA318 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Maria Laose, Head of First United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Though Ms. Laose affirmed that Nigeria was firmly committed to the Oslo Process, she had no substantive reply at the time. She said she would forward our conc [...] | 2008-02-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA422 | NIGERIA: IRAN UNSC SANCTIONS DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] On March 4, PolOff delivered demarche and associated nonpapers on UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran approved March 3 per SECSTATE 21770 to Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for International Organizations Charles A. Ononye. Mr. Ononye expressed support for a [...] | 2008-03-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP IO NI |
08ABUJA45 | IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM NI |
08ABUJA574 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM NI |
08ABUJA582 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSC RES. 1803 ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM NI |
08ABUJA585 | SALE OF NIGERIAN C-130S TO SENEGAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 29 meeting with Nigerian Air Force officials, ODC Chief and Air Attach were apprised of the Government of Nigeria's sale-in-progress of three of their U.S.-purchased C-130 fleet to Senegal. While it initially appeared that Nigeria might be in violation of end-use ag [...] | 2008-04-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PM KFPC IS SG NI |
08ABUJA755 | NIGERIA: INVITATION TO PSI WORKSHOP DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP XX NI |
08ABUJA796 | NIGERIA: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY PREPCOM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and papers to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ambassador Secudo on April 24. Amb. Secudo informed Poloff on April 30 that he passed the papers to the Nigerian PrepCom participants in Geneva and that Nigeria is prepared [...] | 2008-04-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NI |
08ABUJA813 | NIGERIA: ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA PGOV NI |
08ABUJA837 | NIGERIA: PSI ENDORSEMENT DEMARCHE RE-DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 16:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NI |
08ABUJA874 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTEROPERABILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NI |
08ABUJA947 | NIGERIA: ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] EconOff met with Dr.Imoro Kubor, Director, Air Transport Management, to discuss reftel points on May 16, 2008. According to Dr. Kubor, Nigeria is actively collaborating with other African countries and does not, as of May 23, have an answer on the U.S. positions. SANDERS [...] | 2008-05-27 06:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PARM KTIA KNNP AORC NI |
08ACCRA1319 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Economic Chief Philip Cummings delivered the reftel demarche and non-paper on UN Security Council Resolution 1835 regarding Iran and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to Mr. Akwasi Agyare, acting Director of the AmericaQs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) In respo [...] | 2008-10-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KNNP IR GH |
08ACCRA1428 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) Economic Chief Philip Cummings delivered the reftel demarche and non-paper on the additional Iranian entities and individuals named under Executive Order 13382 to Mr. Akwasi Agyare, acting Director of the AmericaQs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The MFA had no substantive res [...] | 2008-11-05 16:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KNNP EFIN IR GH |
08ACCRA1586 | GHANA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE REGARDING DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | PARM PREL IR XA GH |
08ACCRA236 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL GH |
08ACCRA293 | GHANA: IAEA BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NONCOMPLIANCE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR GH |
08ACCRA337 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 16:51:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08ACCRA430 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON DUAL USE ITEMS PROVISION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 16:17:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NSG MNUC IR GH |
08ACCRA537 | GHANA: INVITATION TO PSI WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC GH |
08ACCRA542 | ACCRA: NPT PREPARATORY MEETING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREF NPT IAEA GH |
08ACCRA788 | ACCRA DEMARCHE ON SUPPORF FOR IAEA INSPECTION IN [...] (S) Ambassador Pamela E. Bridgewater delivered reftel demarche on June 23 to Ghanaian Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Charles Brempong-Yeboah. Brempong-Yeboah expressed agreement with the measure and said that he would pursue the issue with Ghana's representative with the IAEA, Professor Adzei Beko [...] | 2008-06-23 18:08:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM SY |
08ACCRA934 | ACCRA RESPONSE: RALLYING SUPPORT FOR INDIA-IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC GH |
08ADDISABABA18 | MANPADS STRATEGY: COMMENTS FROM ETHIOPIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Addis Ababa supports pursuit of the proposed Horn of Africa MANPADS strategy (reftel). While counter-proliferation and acquisition-related strategy elements would likely be well received in Ethiopia, and will complement on-going arrangements, elements of the stockpile [...] | 2008-01-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS PARM XW WET |
08ADDISABABA2969 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN |
08ADDISABABA87 | (C) DEFENSE OFFICIALS IMPOSE LAST-MINUTE [...] (S/NF) Despite Prime Minister Meles' apparent receptivity to discussing Ethiopia's arms supply relationship with North Korea (Ref A) as well as discussion with the Secretary during her visit, Ethiopia's Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD),General Samora Yonus, adamantly opposes U.S. scrutiny of Ethi [...] | 2008-01-14 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MARR PREL KN ET |
08ADDISABABA952 | NORTH KOREA: ETHIOPIA REQUESTS ALTERNATE SUPPLIER [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Yamamoto delivered reftel demarche on Ethiopia's procurement of rocket fuel and oxidizer to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a one-on-one meeting April 3. Without either confirming the veracity, or otherwise substantively commenting, on the arrangement, Meles noted simply that [...] | 2008-04-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | ET ETTC KN MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL |
08AITTAIPEI1100 | DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION OF [...] (S) AIT officers conveyed Ref A demarche on implementation of the IRISL cargo inspection provision of UNSCR 1803 to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on July 15, the Foreign Ministry on July 18, and Customs on July 21. Michael Hsu, Acting Director of MOFA's North American Affairs Department, [...] | 2008-07-25 10:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1142 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 05:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1325 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2008 [...] (SBU) On August 14, the Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to discuss trade promotion activities in North Korea and Burma. TAITRA is a non-governmental organization funded partly by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). TAITRA works closely [...] | 2008-09-05 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1472 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (S) On October 3, AIT officers conveyed reftel non-paper on the U.S. designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) and 18 subsidiaries under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters") to the Department of North Ame [...] | 2008-10-15 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1473 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On September 4, the Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to discuss Taiwan's trade promotion activities in the Middle East. TAITRA is a non-governmental organization funded partly by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). TAITRA works clo [...] | 2008-10-15 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1474 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPERS: IRAN FIRMS SEEKING TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 02:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR |
08AITTAIPEI1499 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: RESPONSE TO BOFT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR MY |
08AITTAIPEI1500 | DELIVERY OF REQUEST FOR MEETING TO REVIEW THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1523 | TAIWAN ACTION ON UNSCR 1835 [...] (SBU) On October 24, AIT received a copy of the instructions the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs sent to relevant authorities to take action pursuant to UNSCR 1835. The following authorities were requested to take action: the Financial Supervisory Comm [...] | 2008-10-28 02:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1577 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On October 6, the Advisor met with the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) to review the progress of software development and export control related issues. Development is on schedule and completion is expected by end of CY 2008. 2. (SBU) On October 6, the Advisor met with the Directorate [...] | 2008-11-07 08:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI158 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor reported on two recent investigations of Taiwan companies for export control violations. The investigations are detailed in refs A and B. 2. (U) On January 15, the EXBS Advisor was informed by an official of the Bureau of [...] | 2008-02-01 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1618 | IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTION PROVISIONS OF UNSCRS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: On November 14, AIT received a letter from the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs requesting detailed personal data on individuals listed in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 s [...] | 2008-11-18 02:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM KNNP TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI1693 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On November 3, the Advisor spoke at an Export Administration Regulations Seminar organized by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of the Republic of Korea. Over 150 representatives of Korean and foreign subsidiary companies attended the Seminar. The Seminar was followed by one-on-one coun [...] | 2008-12-05 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1747 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Industry-Government Outreach Program in Taichung (December 10 - 11),the Advisor met with an official from the National Science Council (NSC) to get an update on the Transfer of Intangible Technology Legislation. The official stated that the legislation still is in [...] | 2008-12-18 07:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1772 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] Post passed information as requested to the Banking Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission. The Bureau will share information with other agencies and financial institutions and report any action taken by Taiwan on this matter. SYOUNG [...] | 2008-12-24 04:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IR KNNP PARM TW |
08AITTAIPEI217 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORTS TO [...] (S) On January 31, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Possible exports of controlled items by Arix CNC Machi [...] | 2008-02-15 07:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC IR MTCRE PARM PREL TW AE |
08AITTAIPEI302 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following four individuals and one entity designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13438 on January 9, 2008: Four individu [...] | 2008-03-05 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI322 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - FEBRUARY AND FIRST [...] (U) From February 20 - 22, the Commodity Identification Training program was conducted in Kaohsiung. Approximately 45 Taiwan officials attended the training. The Department of Energy trainers did an excellent job conveying technical aspects of identifying controlled commodities. The "show an [...] | 2008-03-10 09:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI36 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) On December 11, the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Advisor met with Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) officials to get an update on export control cases. As part of MJIB's update, the EXBS Advisor received written summaries of closed and o [...] | 2008-01-09 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI431 | (S) DEMARCHE TO TAIWAN ON MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) Director met with Defense Minister Michael Tsai at 1730 hours local (0530 EDT) to deliver reftel points and leave as a nonpaper. Chief of the General Staff General Huoh Shou-yeh and other senior advisers also attended the meeting. Minister Tsai expressed appreciation for our candid expla [...] | 2008-03-25 10:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH |
08AITTAIPEI478 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2008 [...] (U) A five-day Target and Risk Management Training, implemented by Customs and Border Protection, is being planned for the week of April 14 in Kaohsiung. 2. (U) A three-person delegation of Taiwan officials is expected to attend the International Transit and Transshipment Conference in Moro [...] | 2008-04-02 07:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI607 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORT TO [...] (S) On April 30, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Please find BOFT's findings regarding a Syrian-base [...] | 2008-05-02 07:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PREL TW SY AE |
08AITTAIPEI960 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY AND JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On May 16, the EXBS Advisor made a courtesy call to the Deputy Director of Keelung Customs and the Chief of the Keelung Harbor Police. Both organizations actively participate in EXBS programs. During the visit, Keelung Customs gave a comprehensive presentation on its operations, spec [...] | 2008-07-03 04:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08ALGIERS1091 | GOA RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR AG |
08ALGIERS1093 | DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi, who usually covers human rights, was covering the sanctions portfolio and much of multilateral affairs for several colleagues who are currently in New York at the UN [...] | 2008-10-07 16:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KKNP EUN EWWT PREL IR AG |
08ALGIERS1248 | ALGERIA RESERVED ON IRAN AND SYRIA IAEA REPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 08:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY AG |
08ALGIERS187 | OSLO PROCESS AND BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche February 13, highlighting U.S. humanitarian concerns with the use of cluster munitions, and expressing U.S. support for the ongoing negotiations on ths issue within the Convention on Conventional Weapons. We urged Algeria not to adopt any language that would i [...] | 2008-02-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AG |
08ALGIERS660 | IAEA/IRAN: ALGERIA WANTS TO AVOID THREATS [...] (SBU) On June 4, we delivered demarche (ref A) to Rabah Fasih, Deputy Director for disarmament issues at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). We had also previously delivered the demarche on June 2 to the North American desk officer, and sent a French version of the non-paper to M [...] | 2008-06-04 20:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR AG |
08ALGIERS797 | ALGERIA NONCOMMITTAL ON INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AG |
08ALGIERS831 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIANS: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR AG |
08ALGIERS916 | BOUTEFLIKA CAUTIOUSLY DEFENDS IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 11 speech at an official breakfast in Tehran, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika cautiously affirmed Iran's legal right under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to develop a peaceful civilian nuclear energy program, but urged Iran to continue negotiations with the We [...] | 2008-08-19 06:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PINR IR AG |
08AMMAN1020 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING DUAL-USE ITEM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JO |
08AMMAN1051 | Jordan's Nomination for the International Transit and [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Colonel Hassan Mahmoud Al Otoum, Director of Petra Police, to participate in the International Transit and Transshipment Conference to be held in Tangier, Morocco, May 20-22, 2008. 2. Colonel Otoum's biodata follows: Personal Information: A. Fu [...] | 2008-04-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
08AMMAN1136 | Additional Jordanian Nominations for the International [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Mr. Hassouni Mheilan, Director of Trade and Storage, Ministry of Industry and Trade; Engineer Ibrahim Al Nawayseh, Assistant Director General for Technical Affairs and Projects of the Aqaba Ports Association; and Mr. Khaldoun Al Saket, Assistant Director [...] | 2008-04-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
08AMMAN1464 | DEMARCHE ON RETENTION OF THE OFFICIAL SMALLPOX VIRUS STOCKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 06:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO JO |
08AMMAN1833 | CONVEYING THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN - [...] (S/NF) Reftel points were delivered to FM Salah Al-Bashir by NEA/IR Acting Director Philo Dibble on June 15 (Ambassador was present). In general, the FM portrayed Iran's nuclear program as nothing more than a bargaining chip, saying that Iran has been "studying" and "declaring" its nuclear i [...] | 2008-06-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP MNUC IR JO |
08AMMAN2004 | JORDAN WELCOMED AS PARTNER TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and accompanying documents to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on July 7. Post was unable to coordinate delivery with the Russian Embassy before the due date, but will inform contacts there that we have [...] | 2008-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RS JO |
08AMMAN2160 | JORDAN: NAM - IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office. Shamayleh agreed that Iran should not be allowed to use the NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting to shore up its diplomatic position, but was not able to offer a more substant [...] | 2008-07-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL KNNP IR JO UR |
08AMMAN2221 | NAM FM'S MEETING IN TEHRAN: "JORDAN WILL NOT FALL [...] (C) Charge followed up on ref B demarche July 20 with Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir. Bashir, who had just returned from an overseas trip, did not offer a substantive comment but promised to study the issue. On July 23, Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the FM's private office, offered few s [...] | 2008-07-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL KNNP IR JO |
08AMMAN2349 | DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALS UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR JO |
08AMMAN2356 | INFORMING JORDAN THAT MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ JO |
08AMMAN2506 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN JO |
08AMMAN2717 | GC VOTE ON IAEA BOG MESA SEAT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to Nabil Masarweh, Acting Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, on September 21. (Note: Bashir departed for UNGA on Friday and was unavailable to receive the demarche. End note.) Masarweh agreed that neither Iran nor Syria were appropriate [...] | 2008-09-23 03:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC JO |
08AMMAN2810 | IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR MNUC PARM JO |
08AMMAN2823 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO |
08AMMAN2852 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO |
08AMMAN2898 | DOE/NNSA/NA242/NNTRAV/EXBS: DIPLOMATIC NOTE SENT TO GOJ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
08AMMAN295 | JORDAN TO ATTEND FEBRUARY 7 PSI OUTREACH EVENT IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Khalid Takhayneh from the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Takhayneh said he received last week the UK's invitation to the February 7 Proliferation Security Initiative meeting in London, and that his office had [...] | 2008-01-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PARM PREL KNNP ZR JO |
08AMMAN2986 | JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON CO-SPONSORING COMPLIANCE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Salaheddine Al-Bashir reiterated Jordan's support of the compliance resolution (reftel) to visiting Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Paula DeSutter and indicated he would consider joining as a co-sponsor, but made no further commitment. D [...] | 2008-10-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | CDG JO PARM PREL UNGA |
08AMMAN2994 | GOJ Officials Confirm to ISN PDAS Jordan's Commitment to [...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashi [...] | 2008-11-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO |
08AMMAN3172 | VCI A/S DESUTTER DISCUSSES WMD, IRAN, AND NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In conversations with GOJ officials during her October 25-29 visit to Jordan, visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter discussed the importance of countering Iranian and North Korean weapons of mass destruction (W [...] | 2008-11-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PARM PINS KNNP KTIA JO |
08AMMAN3177 | JORDAN INDICATES IT WILL SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered on November 23, reftel demarche to Ayman Aamiry, the MFA's head of International Organizations. Thanking him for Jordan's support for the first committee resolution on compliance, she encouraged Jordan to back the measure in the plenary session. Aamiry said that Jor [...] | 2008-11-24 05:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC UNGA JO |
08AMMAN3361 | U.S. AND JORDAN SIGN MEGAPORTS AGREEMENT [...] (U) Following more than two years of negotiation, the Ambassador and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Director General Dr. Jamal Sharaf signed on December 16 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Megaports Initiative designed to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferatio [...] | 2008-12-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC JO |
08AMMAN455 | JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO |
08AMMAN708 | UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC IR JO |
08AMMAN856 | PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: INVITATION DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 09:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP KSTC JO |
08ANKARA1049 | TURKEY WILL ATTEND 4TH GI MEETING, UNCLEAR AT WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1068 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...] | 2008-06-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1076 | TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU |
08ANKARA1136 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY TO URGE IRAN TO ACCEPT P5+1 [...] (C) During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (reported septel),Ambassador shared information on the P5 1 offer, explained the strategy behind it, and urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the package. Drawing on reftel points, Ambassador stressed that the package was generous, builds [...] | 2008-06-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1157 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY RAISES P5+1 OFFER WITH IRAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sinirlioglu told the Ambassador June 23 Turkey followed up with the Iranians on the updated P5 1 package EU that foreign policy chief Solana presented during his recent visit to Iran. FM Babacan met in Kampala June 20 on the margins of the Organization of the Isl [...] | 2008-06-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1238 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2008) [...] (U) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator attended annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Washington DC June 9th-13th, 2008. EXBS's long awaited Nonproliferation Agreement was placed into force on June 9th, 2008 by GOT. MFA agrees to co-host a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar in Ankara in Sept [...] | 2008-07-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1309 | TURKEY: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on July 22. Ulgen expressed appreciation for the information, and said although Turkey has not used cluster munitions in operations for over a decade, it retains a significant st [...] | 2008-07-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08ANKARA1311 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 22. She reiterated GOT's reticence in participating in Global Initiative activities, even technical, working-level events, since Cyprus became a partner in 2007. She offered to circulate the information she [...] | 2008-07-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
08ANKARA1313 | TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...] | 2008-07-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK |
08ANKARA1340 | (S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...] | 2008-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK TU |
08ANKARA136 | TURKEY-U.S. RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Turkish MFA U/S Apakan reviewed developments in bilateral relations in the wake of President Gul's January 8-9 talks in Washington. They agreed to coordinate measures for a set of high-level meetings in Washington in mid-April. END SUMMARY. STRENGTHENING U.S.- [...] | 2008-01-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM ENRG EPET ECON TU |
08ANKARA1417 | GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1426 | TURKEY: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM GG RU TU |
08ANKARA1441 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator visited Kapikule and Ipsala Border Ports of Entry to review Customs Inspection and Enforcement operations and assess Turkish border security capabilities. MFA confirms Turkish interagency participation in a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar at [...] | 2008-08-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1459 | TURKEY: NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on August 12 to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Bora Kerimoglu. Kerimoglu expressed appreciation for the information provided and our offer to respond to any questions the GOT might have on the issue, and pledged to convey th [...] | 2008-08-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC AORC ENRG IN TU |
08ANKARA1476 | SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1509 | TURKEY: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1547 | TURKEY LINKS USS MOUNT WHITNEY PASSAGE WITH GLOBAL [...] (S/NF) This is an urgent action message. Post requests immediate guidance on request for USS Mount Whitney to transit the Turkish Straits. 2. (S/NF) As noted in ref b, Turkey has granted permission for overflight of its airspace by Global Hawk missions to conduct surveillance over Georgi [...] | 2008-08-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM GG TU |
08ANKARA1603 | MFA SUPPORTS IRAQI SCIENTISTS PROGRAM, AWAITING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ TU |
08ANKARA1619 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2008) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator finalized agenda and logistics for the Sept. 17-18 EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar, to he held in Ankara. DOE/SLD provided Turkey's first training on SLD provided radiation detection pagers, survey instruments and RIDDS to TNP's Bomb Disposal experts. Turk [...] | 2008-09-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1715 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
08ANKARA1716 | NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We passed the non-paper contained in reftel and a copy of the publicly-released paper to MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on September 25. Gun welcomed the information and confirmed that the Turkish defense attache in Washington has received a brief [...] | 2008-09-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM |
08ANKARA1737 | TURKEY: RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche requesting an update on the status of Turkey's efforts to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Albania and Croatia to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhane Ulutekin on October 6. She said the bills to approve the accession protocols have been drafted and [...] | 2008-10-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA TU |
08ANKARA1771 | REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel request for third-party transfer of M113 armored personnel carriers to Yemen on October 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz. Ozyildiz pledged that MFA would give the request serious consideration but said the decisi [...] | 2008-10-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM YM TU |
08ANKARA1787 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT - (SEPTEMBER 2008) [...] Summary: Activities this month focused primarily on executing the Sept. 17-18 Nonproliferation Seminar and making arrangements for the Customs VIP visit to the U.S. in November. EXBS also accompanied DOE/SLD rep to meetings with the Turkish national Police in support of their program. End Summ [...] | 2008-10-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1841 | TURKEY OPPOSES BLANKET MTCR OUTREACH, CONCERNED [...] (C) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head of Section Mustafa Yurdakul convoked us on October 17 to raise GOT concerns about the US proposal on technical outreach at the MTCR (reftel). Yurdakul, who will lead the Turkish delegation to the MTCR Plenary in Canberra , said while Turkey suppor [...] | 2008-10-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC PREL PARM KSCA TU |
08ANKARA1852 | TURKEY TO ABSTAIN FROM FIRST COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UNGA PARM TU |
08ANKARA1870 | TURKEY: MOU SIGNED ON HEU FUEL RETURN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction, and from the Department's Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security (ISN/NESS) met with the president and other officials from the Turkish Atomi [...] | 2008-10-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
08ANKARA1923 | TURKEY NOT PLANNING TO HOST PSI OR REGIONAL OEG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1942 | TURKEY: EXPORT CONTROL INTERAGENCY CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS IN NONPRO COOPERATION [...] (C) We delivered letters from DOE/NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey (Ref a) and ISN/ECC Director Yvette Wong (ref b) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament DDG Ahmet Gun on November 3. He thanked us for the letters and provided a readout of the October 24 meeting of the interagency Export [...] | 2008-11-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU ETTC |
08ANKARA1948 | TURKEY TO SEND MOI OFFICIAL TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The MFA confirmed on November 10 that the GOT will be represented at the November 13-14 Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting (ref a) by Hasan Huseyin Gercek, a superintendent from the Ministry of Interior's Directorate General for Security Affairs. 2. (C) Comment: To our [...] | 2008-11-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
08ANKARA1974 | TURKEY/NSG: TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT "SUBJECTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA TU |
08ANKARA1975 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: TDY EXBS Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator met with Turkish Customs Enforcement officials during this period and provided a comprehensive briefing on U.S. Customs. Final preparations have been confirmed for the November 12-24 visit of Director General of Customs Enforcemen [...] | 2008-11-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA199 | TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...] | 2008-02-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN |
08ANKARA2003 | TURKEY: IRAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche to MFA Near East and South Asia Deputy Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu on November 19, underscoring that, as a member of the NSG and the IAEA Board of Governors and soon-to-be member of the UNSC, GOT participation in the conference would send the wrong sign [...] | 2008-11-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR TU |
08ANKARA2057 | TURKEY/IAEA: TURKEY WILL EXPRESS "NUANCED" [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Security and Disarmament DG Tomur Bayar on November 25. Drawing on reftel background, CDA stressed that, as a neighbor of both Iran and Syria, a member of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) and soon-to-be member of the UN Security Council, [...] | 2008-11-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY TU |
08ANKARA2064 | TURKEY WILL NOT SIGN THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (U) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul confirmed on November 28 that the GOT will not/not sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey SILLIMAN [...] | 2008-11-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MOPS TU |
08ANKARA2065 | TURKEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) We delivered the demarche regarding the "Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments" (reftel) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 29. Yurdakul said the USG can count on GOT support for the res [...] | 2008-11-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TU |
08ANKARA2114 | INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT: ANOTHER STEP FORWARD [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ambassador in Turkey delivered ref a request to the Turkish Foreign Ministry during the morning hours of December 15. MFA officials told us that the GOI note, together with the U.S. request to extend the validity of agreements regarding support to OIF through Turkey, was sent [...] | 2008-12-15 17:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MARR TU IZ |
08ANKARA2134 | INCIRLIK CARGO HUB: GOT MOVING TOWARD EXTENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PARM IZ TU |
08ANKARA2159 | TURKEY: REACTION TO READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
08ANKARA2162 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports Turkish Nonproliferation interagency continues to review findings and recommendations of September EXBS and Nonproliferation Seminar. EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator accompanied five senior Turkish Customs Enforcement [...] | 2008-12-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA2168 | TURKEY/ENR: STILL REVIEWING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Following Ambassador's 12/15 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (ref a),Pol-Mil Couns met with MFA DDG Ahmet Gun on 12/23 to press GOT to support the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) guidelines on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR),drawing on reftel guidance. DDG Gun said [...] | 2008-12-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
08ANKARA2188 | TURKEY/ENR: TURKEY WANTS TO KEEP DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Pol-Mil Couns met again with MFA DDG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on December 30 to ask for an update on Turkey's position on the draft Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) guidelines on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR)technology and equipment (Refs a and [...] | 2008-12-30 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
08ANKARA263 | TURKEY WILL CONDITION OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AIR [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on February 11. Given the likelihood that the cargo contained in this flight may be in violation of UNSCR 1718, Ulgen said the MFA had decided to require an inspection of the aircraft and carg [...] | 2008-02-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA265 | TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who is coordinating Turkey's interagency position on cluster munitions and was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen sai [...] | 2008-02-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO TU |
08ANKARA271 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor met with EU Commission representative to coordinate future border security assistance programs with Turkish Customs. EXBS program completed Customs clearance of CT-30 Kits and Gerber tool Kits and moved them into temporary storage at Post, awaiting MFA acceptance of new [...] | 2008-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA282 | CFE: TURKS SEEK COPY OF U.S. ACTION-FOR-ACTION [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 14 that he appreciated being in close contact with DAS Karin Look and other U.S. officials on the way forward on CFE. Gun said he understood the U.S. had prepared a revised draft of [...] | 2008-02-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO TU |
08ANKARA314 | TURKEY: NO OBJECTIONS TO US PLANS TO SEEK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM NATO PREL TU |
08ANKARA33 | TURKEY: INSUFFICIENT TIME TO RECALL SHIPMENT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EWWT GM PARM PK PREL SN TU |
08ANKARA418 | TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA438 | TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA456 | TURKEY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1803, DENIES [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk, Deputy Director General (DDG) for South Asia Babur Hizlan, and DDG for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun. We highlighted the resolution's call on states to exercise vigilance in dealing with Iranian ban [...] | 2008-03-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA460 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEBRUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor attended dedication ceremony in Izmir for one of five new Customs Enforcement container x-ray and inspection facilities donated by European Union (EU) Commission as part of the EU Accession project to provide border security assistance programs to Turkish Customs at majo [...] | 2008-03-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA467 | TURKEY PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE IMMINENT SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun on March 10. Gun pledged to investigate the matter on an urgent basis, and immediately inform all relevant agencies, including [...] | 2008-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV TU PK |
08ANKARA506 | TURKEY: MFA STOPS M72 LAW TRANSFER/SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Following up on ref a demarche on the potential transfer of U.S.-origin M72 light antitank weapons to Georgia (ref b),MFA Department Head for Caucasus Affairs Firat Sunel told us on March 13 that the GOT interagency investigation [...] | 2008-03-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC GG MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA573 | TURKEY SAYS IT IS IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Head Elif Ulgen expressed appreciation for reftel non-paper and stressed Turkey's commitment to implementing the dual use item prohibitions of UNSCR 1803, during a March 27 meeting. Ulgen shared that Turkish Customs officials had prevented the shipment of dual [...] | 2008-03-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC TU |
08ANKARA585 | TURKEY SAYS IT IS IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803, BUT [...] (S) We delivered reftel B and C demarche and non-paper on March 28 to MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk, and Iran Desk Officer Mehmet Sekerci. They thanked us for the information, and said they would translate the paper and distribute it with appropriate classification [...] | 2008-03-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC |
08ANKARA6 | REQUEST FOR NIE BRIEFING TEAM TO VISIT ANKARA [...] (C) Post requests Ankara be added to the Iran NIE briefing team's itinerary. We understand that Ankara is currently not among the twenty posts that the Iran NIE briefing team plans to visit. Turkey, as the only NATO member bordering Iran, has substantial economic ties with Iran, and is in p [...] | 2008-01-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KMNP MNUC PARM IR TU |
08ANKARA614 | TURKEY: STATUS REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF TET [...] (S) We delivered ref C points as non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on April 1. Ulgen appreciated the additional information and stated she would share it with other agencies involved in the investigation. She provided the following update on G [...] | 2008-04-02 04:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE TU PK |
08ANKARA631 | TURKEY: U.S. AUSTRALIA GROUP PROPOSALS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW TU |
08ANKARA632 | TURKEY WILL MAINTAIN AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA692 | TURKEY: A NONPROLIFERATION PARTNER ON ITS OWN TERMS [...] (C) Summary: As the only NATO ally bordering Iran and Syria, Turkey plays a pivotal role in our nonproliferation efforts in the region. Turkey shares our nonproliferation goals, but is also sensitive to its relations with neighbors. Turkey is frequently called upon by the U.S. and others to [...] | 2008-04-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM ETTC TU IR SY |
08ANKARA707 | TURKEY/PSI: MFA DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY TO LEAD GOT [...] (U) MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on April 15 that her office, which is responsible for PSI and all nonproliferation matters, has proposed having newly-appointed MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Ecvet Tezcan lead the GOT delegation t [...] | 2008-04-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA722 | (S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING [...] (S) We followed up on this case April 17 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General (DAS-equivalent) Ahmet Muhtar Gun and Department Head Elif Ulgen, emphasizing our strong belief that Tet Makina Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret is seeking ways to evade export controls to sell filame [...] | 2008-04-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE PK TU |
08ANKARA731 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MARCH 2008) [...] Summary: The EXBS Program advisor met with Turkish Customs officials to review proposed CBP offered training in anticipation of the EXBS Agreement going into force. EXBS team completed preparations for DHS/CBP's Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) training for Turkish Customs, which began on April 10. C [...] | 2008-04-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA74 | TURKEY: CONSIDERING ACTION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT LEAD TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL EWWT SN GM TU PK |
08ANKARA745 | (S) ADVISING THE GOT OF TET MAKINA'S PREPARATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK TU |
08ANKARA78 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER [...] Summary: The EXBS Program Manager for Turkey met with post and Turkish officials to review the state of the program. EXBS Advisor completed transfer of the Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) has requested a joint proliferation "threat" assessmen [...] | 2008-01-15 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA780 | TURKEY CONDITIONS CLEARANCE FOR SUSPECT NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP NK SY TU |
08ANKARA855 | U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA TU |
08ANKARA907 | TURKEY SHARES USG'S OSLO PROCESS CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Department Head for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on May 8. Ulgen said the GOT shared USG concerns about Article 1 (b) and (c) of the Oslo Process draft text, and agreed with the U.S. position that the workarounds developed for the Ottawa Co [...] | 2008-05-12 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN TU |
08ANKARA908 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (APRIL 2008) [...] Summary: The EXBS Team met with Turkish Customs officials and DHS/CBP Training specialist to review previously offered training and expand new training initiatives to include accession and OJT training programs. DHS/CBP training team completed Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) training for Turkish Cus [...] | 2008-05-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA92 | TURKEY ASSERTS INFORMATION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT INCORRECT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EWWT PARM PK PREL TU |
08ANKARA950 | TURKEY: DRAFT LEGISLATION SHOULD STRENGTHEN GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Underseretariat of Foreign Trade (UFT),in coordination with all other GOT entities with export control responsibilities, has submitted to the Prime Ministry draft export control legislation as part of an effort to meet EU standards, close loop holes, and rationalize Turkey [...] | 2008-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA989 | TURKEY: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP TRGY MNUC IR TU |
08ANTANANARIVO831 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MODEL [...] (SBU) On December 11, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and associated documentation to Ms. Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and GOM POC on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In contrast to previous [...] | 2008-12-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL KGIC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO871 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION [...] (U) On December 23, the Charge and Russian DCM Dmitri Kirizliev delivered reftel joint demarche to MFA Secretary General Mboara Andrianarimanana, inviting Malagasy participation in the 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague. He responded that the GOM intends to be present, most l [...] | 2008-12-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MA |
08ASHGABAT1090 | DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATON OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT111 | PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1296 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CDG PREL UNGA TX |
08ASHGABAT1326 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CDG PREL UNGA TX |
08ASHGABAT146 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: LOGISTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER EWWT TX |
08ASHGABAT1483 | EXBS: TURKMENISTAN COUNTRY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The EXBS Advisor is responsible for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Advisor has been unable to travel to Uzbekistan since July because of visa and passport problems. The Advisor received a new three-month visa for Uzbekistan, effective November 27, 2008. The Advisor will be TDY to Uzbekist [...] | 2008-11-12 02:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT1488 | TURKMENISTAN: OVERVIEW OF USG BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] The following report about USG border security assistance to Turkmenistan is post's response to reftel request by the Export Control and Related Border Security Interagency Working Group (IWG) for Central Asia to compile an overview of all of nonproliferation, law enforcement, counter-narcotic [...] | 2008-11-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT1510 | 63RD UNGA: DEMARCHE TO INCREASE PLENARY SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 13:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TX |
08ASHGABAT1514 | 63RD UNGA: DEMARCHE TO INCREASE PLENARY SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TX |
08ASHGABAT1651 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM TX |
08ASHGABAT268 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request: see para four. 3. (SBU) Embassy's Defense Attache delivered reftel notification to Turkmenistan's First Deputy Defense Minister, Colonel Atabayev, on February 22, 2008. Atabayev said he had s [...] | 2008-02-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT TSPA TX |
08ASHGABAT304 | TURKMENISTAN: UNSC ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC IR TX |
08ASHGABAT325 | TURKMENISTAN: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: OFFICIAL INVITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP KSTC TX |
08ASHGABAT351 | EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP (EPG) OF THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 06:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TX |
08ASHGABAT352 | TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO QUERY ON HAGUE CODE OF [...] Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 17 under cover of a diplomatic note forwarded a letter from Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev responding to Ref A request urging the Government of Turkmenistan to submit its Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferati [...] | 2008-03-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TX |
08ASHGABAT371 | NON-PAPER ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL-USE ITEM PROVISION OF UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 08:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT384 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS THREAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TX |
08ASHGABAT426 | TURKMENISTAN: NOT INTENDING TO SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PARM MCAP TX |
08ASHGABAT473 | BAHRAIN ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 12:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER DTRA KGIC KNNP BA TX |
08ASHGABAT477 | DATE AND MEETING DETAILS FOR A GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT478 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA RESPONDS AFFIRMATIVELY TO PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP KSTC PARM TX |
08ASHGABAT520 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP KN SY |
08ASHGABAT554 | U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 07:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA TX |
08ASHGABAT648 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER KGIC PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT696 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC TX |
08ASHGABAT705 | IAEA/IRAN: LATEST IAEA REPORT DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA TX |
08ASHGABAT711 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: ENCOURAGING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT757 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT758 | TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...] | 2008-06-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX |
08ASHGABAT772 | THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR TX |
08ASHGABAT813 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN TX |
08ASHGABAT825 | DEMARCHE CONVEYING INFORMATION FROM THE MEETING ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 06:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP KSTC TX |
08ASHGABAT922 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR TX |
08ASHGABAT927 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE ON LEGAL AND REGULATORY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT954 | (S) TURKMENISTAN INFORMED OF FLIGHT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC TX |
08ASHGABAT975 | MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT976 | MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 07:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASTANA1004 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COOPERATION [...] (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points thanking Kazakhstan for its cooperation regarding an Air Koryo flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on May 29. Kaliyev was appreciative, and remarked that this is the type of cooperation clearly envisioned by [...] | 2008-05-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KZ KN |
08ASTANA1021 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MAY [...] Kazakhstan will conduct an operational-tactical exercise "Atom-Antiterror- 2008" in Almaty on June 6 under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. This exercise is targeted to improve interaction between state bodies in order to prevent and localize a possible terror [...] | 2008-06-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1027 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL ATTEND FOURTH MEETING OF GLOBAL [...] Sergey Savelyev, Head of the MFA's International Security Section, told Poloff on June 3 that Kazakhstan will attend the fourth meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kazakhstan's delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan Danenov. Savelyev will also part [...] | 2008-06-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1074 | KAZAKHSTAN: JCIC-DIP-08-002 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM KACT START JCIC KZ |
08ASTANA1075 | KAZAKHSTAN: JCIC-DIP-08-003 RESPONSE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 05:08:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM KACT START JCIC KZ |
08ASTANA1263 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JUNE [...] On June 23, 2008, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),in cooperation with the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee, commissioned the first eight sites outfitted with radiation detection equipment completed under a joint project. The radiation detection s [...] | 2008-07-15 02:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1286 | KAZAKHSTAN SHARES INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KN KZ |
08ASTANA1342 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN DENIES DPPK OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1348 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DPRK - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1440 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JULY [...] On July 28, 2008, Kazakhstani Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Bozhko participated in a six day working visit to the United States at the invitation of the Arizona National Guard. He is studying the U.S. system of emergency response measures and risk management techniques. On July 31, [...] | 2008-08-08 11:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1500 | KAZAKHSTAN ASKS FOR GREATER USG ASSISTANCE ON GI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On August 12, we met with Sergey Saveliyev, MFA's Deputy Director of International Security Department, to discuss the upcoming seminar on battling nuclear terrorism organized under the auspices of Global Initiative. The semin [...] | 2008-08-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1512 | KAZAKHSTAN -- CODEL REID MEETS WITH PM MASIMOV, [...] (C) CODEL Reid met with Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Masimov on August 7 to discuss several aspects of the U.S. - Kazakhstan relationship. Masimov opened the meeting by highlighting Kazakhstan's progress on democratic and economic liberalization since independence. He thanked U.S. companies fo [...] | 2008-08-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL OVIP PARM PHUM ETRD OREP KZ |
08ASTANA1519 | KAZAKHSTAN SEES SEVERAL ISSUES WITH NUCLEAR [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on the latest developments regarding the U.S.-India civil nuclear initiative to Sergei Saveliyev, the MFA's Director of International Organizations and International Security, on August 15. Saveliyev told us that as far as he knew, the GOK's Vienna mission had [...] | 2008-08-15 11:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC IN KZ |
08ASTANA1648 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK FLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ |
08ASTANA1662 | KAZAKHSTAN DECLINES OFFER OF JOINT DEMARCHE ON GI [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on the USG offer to do a joint demarche encouraging participation in Kazakhstan's upcoming Global Initiative event to Sergey Saveliyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on September 2. Saveliyev thanked the USG for its willi [...] | 2008-09-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KZ KNNP PARM PREL PTER |
08ASTANA1805 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (AUGUST [...] On August 7, 2008, a U.S. Senate delegation lead by Nevada Senator (and Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid visited Kazakhstan as part of a multi-country trip. Other senators making the trip included Jeff Bingaman (D-NM),Bill Nelson (D-FL),Johnny Isakson (R-GA),and Bob Menendez (D-NJ). 2 [...] | 2008-09-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1858 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING MESA [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Sarybay on September 23, stressing that the U.S. is marshalling support for Afghanistan's candidacy for the open IAEA BOG MESA seat, but would like to assist Kazakhstan in resolving questions about its membership in the IAEA MESA [...] | 2008-09-23 11:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC KZ |
08ASTANA1967 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper reaffirming the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions adopted on Iran to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on October 3. Kasenov expressed the Gov [...] | 2008-10-03 12:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA2161 | KAZAKHSTAN PROVIDES UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On October 21, we delivered reftel points requesting updated Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism contact information for Kazakhstan to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Kasenov expressed the Government of Kazakhstan,s continu [...] | 2008-10-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MCAP KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA2168 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on designating additional Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 on November 3 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev promised to pass our non-paper to appropriate a [...] | 2008-11-03 16:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2181 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE [...] On September 22-23, the EXBS Advisor to Kazakhstan traveled to Washington, DC, for consultations with personnel from the Department of State's Office of Export Control Cooperation, the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Cooperative Threat Reduction Policy and Defense Threat Reduction Agency, [...] | 2008-11-05 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2234 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REQUESTING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support from Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) participating governments for amending NSG guidelines on transfers of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment on November 10 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Depart [...] | 2008-11-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA2294 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PSI OPERATIONAL [...] (SBU) On November 21, we delivered reftel points and non-paper on the results of the proliferation security initiative,s operational experts group September 2008 meeting to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev pr [...] | 2008-11-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2295 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING [...] (SBU) In coordination with the UK Embassy in Astana, we delivered reftel A points and non-paper on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium on November 21 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation. We had previously delivered the [...] | 2008-11-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EMIN ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IR UK KZ |
08ASTANA2298 | KAZAKHSTAN APPROVES LIMITED FUNDING TO MAINTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, U.S. and Kazakhstani officials met in Aktau to celebrate the construction of the $3.35 million U.S. government-funded sodium proces [...] | 2008-11-24 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY UK KZ |
08ASTANA2316 | ENCOURAGING KAZAKHSTAN TO MEET ITS BN-350 SPENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 1997 agreement, &Implementing Arrangements between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Sciences ) [...] | 2008-11-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY UK KZ |
08ASTANA2346 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD MUSIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Ambassador met Aslan Musin, Head of the Presidential Administration, to discuss Kazakhstan's broad goals as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and the package of legislative amendments currently be [...] | 2008-11-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM ECON EFIN EINV SOCI KNNP KDEM KPAO |
08ASTANA2348 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on discouraging participation in Iran,s November 30 "First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" on October 31 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Coope [...] | 2008-11-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC TRGY KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA2352 | KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fundamental strategic aim of the U.S. Mission is a stable, secure, democratic and prosperous Kazakhstan. The strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan for border security is based on our common security interests including bolstering Central Asian sovere [...] | 2008-11-26 02:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC SNAR KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2379 | KAZAKHSTAN FY 2009 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy Astana Country Team and Ambassador approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2009 1206 funding proposals. The two separate proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brig [...] | 2008-12-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MCAP PARM PINS EAID KACT KCFE KOMC KZ |
08ASTANA239 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMING NON-MEMBERS OF THE RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 06:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTRCE KSCA ETTC TSPA |
08ASTANA2403 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) From November 10-14, the ninth session of the Kazakhstan-Russian demarcation commission took place in Almaty. Discussed at this session was the determination of locations for the installation of border markers. The 6,846 kilometer border between Kazakhstan and Russia is the longest co [...] | 2008-12-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
08ASTANA2405 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism,s Model Guidelines Document for Nuclear Detection Architecture on December 2 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev said he would repo [...] | 2008-12-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KZ |
08ASTANA2406 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support from the government of Kazakhstan for amending NSG guidelines on transfers of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment on December 4 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooper [...] | 2008-12-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA241 | KAZAKHSTAN: NSG DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT ON INDIA [...] (SBU) On February 6, Poloff notified MFA Department of International Security Director Sergey Savelyev that the U.S. is waiting for the IAEA and India to complete their discussions before circulating the draft Nuclear Suppliers Group policy statement regarding India. Savelyev responded that h [...] | 2008-02-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA242 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON REQUEST FOR MORE NSG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL KZ |
08ASTANA2421 | PREVENTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support on preventing the implementation of Syria's technical cooperation project on December 9 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev said he would report back to us any comm [...] | 2008-12-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY KZ |
08ASTANA2573 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on designating additional Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 on December 30 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev promised to pass our non-paper to appropriate [...] | 2008-12-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EFIN KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA2583 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE FIFTH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with the Ambassador from the Netherlands and a representative from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, PolOff delivered reftel A points on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's upco [...] | 2008-12-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA284 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee, visited Kazakhstan on January 10-11, 2008, to discuss energy cooperation, as well as Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program implementation. Subsequent to this trip, Senator Lugar introduced legislatio [...] | 2008-02-08 02:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA421 | CONVEYING USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA BRIEFING ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA KZ |
08ASTANA437 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (FEBRUARY [...] U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Kazakhstan from February 9-11, 2008. On February 11, 2008, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and discussed Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship, energy issues, and re [...] | 2008-03-07 03:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA54 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER 2007) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA691 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MARCH [...] President Bush nominated Richard E. Hoagland to be U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan. Mr. Hoagland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, currently serves as Charge d' Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan. Prior to this, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan. Earlier in his [...] | 2008-04-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA797 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED [...] (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche regarding the latest schedule of a North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev said he would immediately relay the information to the appropriate Kazakhstani government agencies. [...] | 2008-04-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR |
08ASTANA858 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KZ |
08ASTANA888 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (APRIL [...] Gulnara Abildaeva, Program Coordinator/Manager for the EXBS program in Kazakhstan has been named the "Astana Foreign Service National (FSN) of the Year for 2008". This award is given in recognition of the high standards of performance and value to the U.S. Government through special contribut [...] | 2008-05-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASUNCION326 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 AND IRANIAN [...] (SBU) PolOff spoke with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of International Organizations Carlos Ruckelshaussen May 8 and delivered reftel demarches. PolOff briefed Ruckelshaussen on U.S. support for UNSCR 1803 and left a copy of the UNSCR 1803 text and annexes as non-papers (ref [...] | 2008-05-20 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP UNSC PARM IAEA NSG EFIN AORC ETRD |
08ASUNCION352 | MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION ASSISTANCE [...] (U) The Paraguayan government seeks USG assistance in destroying the 2,900 firearms and 130,865 pounds of rockets, missiles, and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Stockpile Management and Destruction Effort Program. Currently, most of these firea [...] | 2008-05-30 11:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MASS PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION726 | PARAGUAYAN MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION YIELDS EXPLOSIVE [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan military destroyed over 75 percent of its total munitions stockpile -- all of it expired -- with PM/WRA assistance in two phases during July and September (ref A). Paraguayan Military Forces Commander General Bernardino Soto thanked the USG for its assistance in destroyi [...] | 2008-10-27 19:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS PGOV PA |
08ATHENS1043 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S JULY 27 - 29 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. I am pleased that you are coming and the Embassy stands ready to make your visit a success. Your visit is opportune, as the Greeks are thinking carefully about Iran. On the one hand, those handling non-proliferation matters largely share international community concern [...] | 2008-07-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR |
08ATHENS1109 | UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Athens on July 28 to discuss Iran-related developments at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the broad two-track approach to negotiations with Iran and [...] | 2008-08-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR |
08ATHENS1165 | NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DRAFT EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy political section coordinated this demarche with UK embassy political counselor, Lisa Whanstall. On 12 August, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Director D1 Directorate of UN and International Affairs. On 13 August A/Polcouns discussed the issue [...] | 2008-08-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC GR |
08ATHENS1202 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] On 19 August, Poloff delivred reftel points to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. On August 26, A/Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Tho [...] | 2008-08-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS123 | GREEK MFA ON IRAN ISSUES [...] (S) On January 24, DepPolCouns met with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis to discuss various Iran issues, including a readout of the Iranian DFM Bagheri's January 14 visit to Athens, Greece's overall posture towards Iran, and Iran's role in Iraq. DFM Vali [...] | 2008-01-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV CASC KDEM IR IZ GR |
08ATHENS1249 | GREECE SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] On August 27, Poloff delivered reftel points to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Tsokos said Greece would support the resolution at the upcoming 63rd UNGA, just as they had supported it in 2005. SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-09-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
08ATHENS128 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRIVATE-SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PTER KGIC GR |
08ATHENS1297 | GREECE AGREES ON PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF [...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium to Pantelis Margaris, Counselor-Expert for Disarmament Issues in the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations. Margaris agreed that preventing Iran's acquisitio [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETTC GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
08ATHENS1346 | MFA SECRETARY GENERAL: NO TO IRAN AND SYRIA ON [...] (S) MFA Secretary General Agathocles told DCM on 9/19 that Greece opposes the possible election of Syria or Iran to the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG). He said that there is a "common view" within the EU that they should not be elected; however, many in the EU consider Afghanistan "not ready" [...] | 2008-09-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL IAEA PARM MNUC SR KV AF SY IR GR |
08ATHENS1347 | GREECE/IRAN: FM BAKOYANNIS INSTRUCTS THAT ADVISORY [...] (S) DepPolCouns discussed ref A points on Greek interactions with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. He later informed us that FM Bakoyannis had agreed to the requests and that an advisory would be [...] | 2008-09-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN |
08ATHENS1433 | GREECE/UNGA: DELIVERY OF FIRST (DISARMAMENT) [...] (U) On October 9, Poloff delivered reftelQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ issues at UNGA First (Disarmament) CommitteeQ!QQ Q$ Q!Q Q Q e MFA D2 Directorate f/Q NQO and the Western European Union (WEU). Poloff also delivered demarche to Evaghelia Kamariotou, Attache at the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and Internat [...] | 2008-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR MNUC PARM PREL UNGA |
08ATHENS1437 | GREECE/IRAN: GOG IMPLEMENTING 1835 AND IRISL [...] (S) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman discussed ref A and B demarches on UNSC 1835 and the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Issues deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis stated categorically that Gree [...] | 2008-10-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MNUC PARM KNNP IR GR PREL |
08ATHENS1470 | GREECE MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC GR |
08ATHENS1491 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...] | 2008-10-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN |
08ATHENS1570 | GREECE/TURKEY: NAVAL STANDOFF OVER OIL EXPLORATION [...] (C) In a 11/17 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathocles confirmed that the immediate crisis is "over" with Turkey over a Norwegian ship accompanied by a Turkish frigate that had been conducting oil exploration approximately eighty miles south of the Greek [...] | 2008-11-18 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS GR TU |
08ATHENS1574 | GREECE ANNOUNCES 15 PERCENT CUT IN MILITARY [...] (U) In a November 14 statement before Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis announced he would reduce military spending by 15 percent in the 2009 state budget in a bid to save money. While the revised budget has not yet been sent to Parliament, Karamanlis indicated the funds would instead be [...] | 2008-11-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS PARM GR |
08ATHENS1586 | GREECE WILL VOTE YES ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered ref A demarche on increasing UNGA Plenary support for the U.S. First Committee resolution on "Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation, and disarmament agreements and commitments" to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations deputy head Loukas Tsok [...] | 2008-11-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA GR |
08ATHENS1606 | GREECE/CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS - GOG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL GR |
08ATHENS1636 | GREECE TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) On December 4, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA D1 First Secretary Loukas Tsokos and Expert on Disarmament Issues Pantelis Margaris. Tskokos confirmed that Greece will join consensus on the text for amendment of NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of ENR equipment and t [...] | 2008-12-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETTC GR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TRGY |
08ATHENS1725 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...] | 2008-12-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP EFIN PARM GR |
08ATHENS1730 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: U.S./DUTCH/RUSSIAN TEAM [...] (U) On December 22, Poloff, together with Dutch Ambassador Von Rij and Russian Poloff Dimitriy Novikov, delivered reftel demarche on the Fifth Global Initiative Meeting in June 2009 to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Head of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organization [...] | 2008-12-31 09:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR PARM PINR PINS KGIC |
08ATHENS226 | GREECE: CFE INSPECTION PLANNING AND DECONFLICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GR |
08ATHENS30 | GREECE: SHIELD S15-A-06: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 15:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY GR |
08ATHENS320 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR |
08ATHENS321 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...] | 2008-03-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GR |
08ATHENS322 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS345 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS348 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GR |
08ATHENS349 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR |
08ATHENS354 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS369 | LEBANON: GREECE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points on encouraging attendance at the March 14, 2008 convention in Beirut to Georgos Ayfantis, Deputy Director of the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfantis said Athens was unaware of the convention, but after hearing [...] | 2008-03-11 08:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08ATHENS390 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (SBU) On March 7, Economic Section delivered reftel points on UNSCR 1803 to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks for the Bank of Greece. 2. (SBU) On March 13, Economic Counselor [...] | 2008-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM KNNP GR |
08ATHENS453 | GREECE RELUCTANTLY ACQUIESCES TO CWC MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 17:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR |
08ATHENS454 | ISRAEL LOBBIES GREECE ON IRAN [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with A/PolCouns on non-proliferation matters, Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations and Conferences and Non-Proliferation, told us that Greece had hosted a delegation from Israel on March 21 at Israel's [...] | 2008-03-27 06:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM GR IS IR |
08ATHENS468 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREECE REVIEWS FAVORABLY U.S. [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche and non-paper to MFA D1 Director for UN and International Organizations and Conferences, Ambassador Alexandros Rallis on March 21. Rallis delegated the matter to his staff, Loukas Tsokos, who informed Poloff on March 28 that he would brief Greek delegates [...] | 2008-03-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR PARM ETTC |
08ATHENS469 | SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...] | 2008-03-31 07:47:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS492 | NO GREEK AGENDA ITEMS ADVANCED FOR NATO HLG [...] Poloff delivered the refereced letter from the Chair of the High Level Goup (HLG) of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group soliciting agenda items for the HLG meeting schduled for May 8th in Brussels. The letter wasdelivered on March 27 to Mr. Andreas Kintis o the Greek MFA D2 Directorate for NATO an [...] | 2008-04-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL PGOV MCAP MNUC |
08ATHENS503 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREEKS TO REVIEW U.S.-UK PROPOSAL [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2nd to Loukas Tsokos, officer in charge of Australian Group issues from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that the Greek delegation would consider the U.S.-UK proposal on dual-us [...] | 2008-04-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS509 | GREECE: REPRESENTATIVE WILL ATTEND GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 05:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GR |
08ATHENS581 | NPT PREPCOM PAPERS DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 24 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and SIPDIS International Organizations. The D1 office received the points and letters without comment. Poloff will report any future response in follow-on cable. SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-04-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT IAEA |
08ATHENS616 | GREEK MFA FORWARDS NPT POINTS TO ITS GENEVA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 30 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office forwarded the talking points and key engagement topics to its delegation in Geneva in advance of the May 2 deadline. SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-05-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP GR NPT IAEA |
08ATHENS63 | GREEKS SHARE U.S. NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (S) On January 14, 2008, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on the possible sale of camouflage systems to Iran by the Greek firm XXXXXXXXXXXX S.A. to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos, the lead Greek MFA non-proliferation official. Kyvetos responded that following our previous [...] | 2008-01-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY IR GR |
08ATHENS647 | GREECE SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS ON [...] Poloff delivered reftel A points to Andreas Kintis from the D2 Directorate for NATO and the Western European Union (WEU). Kintis expressed appreciation for the background and Washington's acknowledgment of Greece's position to refrain from the Oslo Process based on concerns stemming from clus [...] | 2008-05-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GR PGOV |
08ATHENS654 | GREECE/TURKEY: GREECE OBJECTS TO TURKISH MFA [...] (C) Greek FM Bakoyannis has publicly objected to statements on the Turkish Foreign Ministry website related to Greece, terming them "absolutely groundless." The Greek MFA has called in a Turkish Embassy representative and delivered a protest note in Ankara. The issue rose to public consciou [...] | 2008-05-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM TU GR |
08ATHENS665 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO RHODES DURING USS TRUMAN [...] (U) Ambassador Speckhard visited Rhodes May 7-9 in conjunction with the visit of the USS Truman, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier transiting the Mediterranean on its return to Norfolk from nearly seven months in the Persian Gulf. The visit afforded the Ambassador the opportunity [...] | 2008-05-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU GR PARM NATO |
08ATHENS718 | GREEK MFA HELPFUL ON IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCounselor delivered reftel A demarche on May 19 to the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East, Giorgos Ayfantis . Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 22 to Loukas Tsokos at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Points were also p [...] | 2008-05-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC UNSC KNNP IR GR IAEA |
08ATHENS736 | PSI: GREECE OBJECTS TO NAME TO BE USED FOR [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with DCM, MFA Secretary General Agathocles said Greece would "leave" the PSI fifth anniversary meeting in Washington, should Macedonia be present as "Macedonia" or "Republic of Macedonia." Agathocles said Greece had raised its concerns with how PSI refers to Macedonia [...] | 2008-05-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS760 | IAEA: GREEK VIEWS ON IRAN REPORT [...] (U) On 2 June poloff delivered reftel points on l of UN and International Organizations and Pantelis Margaris, the D1 Counselor-Expert on disarmament issues. Tsokos and Margaris both had serious concerns over the latest IAEA report but said "diplomatic dialogue must be exhausted" before Gre [...] | 2008-06-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA |
08ATHENS764 | PSI: GREEK SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NOT DEAD [...] (C) Although Greek Ambassador to Washington Mallias told USG officials and the press that the proposed PSI bilateral shipboarding agreement was "dead," following Greece's departure from the PSI 5th anniversary meetings in Washington due to the seating of Macedonia as the "Republic of Macedoni [...] | 2008-06-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR |
08ATHENS804 | UPDATE ON POTENTIAL SALES TO IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) On 2 June poloff met with Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations at the latter's request to discuss GOG findings on potential sales to Iran and Syria by Greek firm, XXXXXXXXXXXX. Tsokas said XXXXXXXXXXXX's main product was fishing ne [...] | 2008-06-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL GR IR SY PGOV |
08BAGHDAD1249 | POSSIBLE MUSTARD GAS CACHE LOCATED IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following a lead from a local source, Coalition Forces located a metal tank buried under two meters of concrete near Fallujah in Anbar province on March 18. A non-intrusive test resulted in a positive reading for the blister agent mustard (HD). The tank appears to be intact. Fu [...] | 2008-04-23 01:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | CWC IZ OPCW PARM PREL |
08BAGHDAD1665 | SADR CITY DISPLACEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PARM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08BAGHDAD1735 | TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment t [...] | 2008-06-08 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL CA IZ |
08BAGHDAD1775 | JUNE 11 MEETING WITH GOI ON TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE [...] (S) SUMMARY: EMIN and Energy Attach met with GOI's Science & Technology Minister Raid Fahmi on June 11 to inform Fahmi that the current estimate is USG will deliver the 550 MT of GOI's natural uranium (Yellow Cake or YC) to Cameco, Inc. in Montreal, Canada on July 3,2008. Fahmi expressed alarm [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ECON ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |
08BAGHDAD1893 | BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE [...] (S) During a June 10 meeting, Coordinator for the Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Charles Ries reiterated to Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih Iraq's obligation to comply with its international obligations regarding the operation of Iranian banks in Iraq, including Bank Sepah. Ambass [...] | 2008-06-22 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1971 | JUNE 25 MEETING WITH GOI REGARDING TUWAITHA YELLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY: EMIN and Energy Attach met on June 25 with Minister of Science and Technology, Raid Fahmi,to hear Fahmi's views about the financial consequences of USG's delivering the 550 MT of natural uranium (Yellow Cake) to Canada after the Sales Contract's June 15 delivery date. Fahmi asked [...] | 2008-06-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ECON ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |
08BAGHDAD2144 | CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ [...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on June 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...] | 2008-07-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2156 | CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ [...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on July 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...] | 2008-07-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2179 | SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM: EMBASSY [...] (S) In the wake of the January 8 kidnapping and subsequent recovery of bio-weapons specialist, Dr. Nassir Hindawi, there have been discussions both in Washington and Baghdad of whatever adjustment of the program was required. Initially, the debate focused on mass relocation of all of the scie [...] | 2008-07-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PARM PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2192 | MOST OK'S TUWAITHA PAYMENT DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Fahmi agreed in principle to make a contribution of USD 7 million to defray part of Defense Department transport costs of the uranium from Tuwaitha to Canada, with the funds to be used in the I-CERP account; DOD needs to send shipm [...] | 2008-07-14 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD252 | (C) TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE BUYER UPDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On Jan 25, 2008, a DOE and MNF-I team met with Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raid Jahid (FAHMI) to discuss next steps for Iraq to begin contract negotiations with a qualified buyer for the Tuwaitha yellow cake. Although Minister Fahmi and team are not yet ready to meet [...] | 2008-01-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG PARM PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2721 | DEMARCHE REPORT: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on August 23 to Mohammed al-Humaimidi, MFA's Deputy Director for International Organization Affairs and primary POC for threat finance coordination. Treasury Attache and POLMIL are also in possession of talking points to be distributed to [...] | 2008-08-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2769 | IRAQ MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEEKING [...] (C) Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Ra'id Fahmi Jahid told EMBOFFs on 25 August that one of the Government of Iraq's biggest problems is that the Ministries have no effective mechanism to coordinate their strategies. Fahmi said he thus requested the UNCTAD science, technology, and i [...] | 2008-08-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA |
08BAGHDAD3143 | MOVING FORWARD FROM UNMOVIC/UNSCR 1762: THE BALL [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on Iraq's normalization of its civil nuclear program and lifting UNSCR restrictions, Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Ra'id Fahmi told EMIN that "the ball is in Iraq's court." Betraying limited understanding of the international nonproliferation regime, [...] | 2008-09-29 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA |
08BAGHDAD3428 | IRAQ ENACTS CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) After long administrative delays, legislation authorizing the Government of Iraq to accede to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC) was published in the Offici [...] | 2008-10-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |
08BAGHDAD355 | JANUARY 2008 UPDATE ON IRAQ'S INTERNALLY DISPLACED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The latest reports on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the United Nations (U.N.) Cluster F and Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) show an increase in the number of IDPs in the past 3 months. This increase likely reflects a lag in data processing and a spi [...] | 2008-02-07 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOG PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD36 | TUWAITHA UPDATE: MEETING AT MOST -- GOI LETTER TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON PARM PREL IAEA IZ |
08BAGHDAD3730 | 63RD UNGA: DEMARCHE ON FIRST COMMITTEE COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) On November 23, we conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Talal Al-Khudairi, MFA's IO Chief, urging that Iraq support the First Committee resolution on Compliance when it comes before the UNGA Plenary. In a November 25 follow-up phone conversation, Al-Khudairi said Iraq had followed th [...] | 2008-11-25 17:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA IZ |
08BAGHDAD3734 | TREBIL PORT OF ENTRY: YET A LONG ROAD TO SECURITY [...] (C) Investigating reports of orphaned radiation sources at the Trebil Port of Entry (POE),a joint USG/GOI interagency team conducted a POE assessment on November 6, 2008. Although it faces a long list of infrastructure and budgetary woes, Trebil POE sends approximately 12 billion Iraqi Dinar [...] | 2008-11-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD PREL PARM MARR PTER ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD3865 | CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION (CWD) ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With one of the highest levels of landmine and unexploded ordnance contamination in the world, and possibly millions of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) in the hands of insurgent groups, militias and private citizens, Iraq has struggled to make progress in reducin [...] | 2008-12-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD3891 | EXTENSION OF INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 05:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | TU IZ PREL PARM MARR EPET |
08BAGHDAD3927 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TRAINING FOR GOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Baghdad hosted a three-day conference for Iraqi Government officials on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),building knowledge and relationships that will help Iraq to implement the CWC after it accedes to the treaty. The GOI has ratified and signed the CWC - the pri [...] | 2008-12-16 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA KLSO CWC IZ |
08BAGHDAD410 | (S) TUWAITHA UPDATE: PREPARING FOR PARIS MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: Energy Attach Parks and DOE/NNSA Representative Boudreau met with Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Raid Jahid (FAHMI) on Tuesday evening, Feb 5, 2008, at the Al Rasheed Hotel. The key points included moving the material as quickly as possible after completing repackaging, [...] | 2008-02-12 07:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG PARM PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD427 | TUWAITHA UPDATE: MOST GOES TO PARIS [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Ries met with Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Minister Raid Jahid (FAHMI) on Feb 8 to provide an updated calibration of the US position on issues such as cost sharing. Fahmi asked for the estimated total US cost for removal and transporting the yellow cake and [...] | 2008-02-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG IZ PARM PREL |
08BAGHDAD591 | TUWAITHA BUYER UPDATE: POST PARIS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG PARM PREL POL EXEC |
08BAGHDAD63 | (S) GOI PROVIDES PAPER ON ALTERNATIVE IRRADIATION [...] (S) In a Jan 8, 2008 meeting held at Iraq's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),Minister Raid Jahid (FAHMI) provided NNSA Representative Boudreau a paper outlining the agricultural purposes for which Iraq used the four irradiation sources the US has prepared for shipment from the Tuwait [...] | 2008-01-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON IZ PARM PREL |
08BAGHDAD736 | DEMARCHE: URGING ATTENDENCE AT MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (U) On March 11, PolOff conveyed reftel points via e-mail to Foreign Minister Zebari's Chief of Staff Qusay Alkoubaisi, who is accompanying the Minister to the March 13-14 Dakar OIC Summit. Post will report response septel. CROCKER [...] | 2008-03-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IS PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM |
08BAGHDAD845 | TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE SALE NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Attache Parks (Parks) (together with Energy Officer Albert Walgreen (3/7) and MNFI's Colonel Henderson (3/14)) met with Science & Technology Minister Fahmi (Fahmi) on March 7 and 14, respectively, to receive updates on GOI's sale contract negotiations for the yellow cake ma [...] | 2008-03-20 05:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PARM PREL EXEC POL |
08BAGHDAD865 | CODEL LEVIN MEETS WITH DPM SALEH [...] (S) In a cordial meeting on March 16, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh told Senator Carl Levin that recent political developments were proof that the Iraqi political system was working. He expressed confidence that provincial elections would take place in October. Saleh acknowledged there [...] | 2008-03-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM XF IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD896 | CODEL LEVIN MEETS WITH DPM SALEH [...] (S) In a cordial meeting on March 16, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh told Senator Carl Levin that recent political developments were proof that the Iraqi political system was working. He expressed confidence that provincial elections would take place in October. Saleh acknowledged there [...] | 2008-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM XF IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD899 | TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE SALE NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Attache Parks (Parks) (together with Energy Officer Albert Walgreen (3/7) and MNFI's Colonel Henderson (3/14)) met with Science & Technology Minister Fahmi (Fahmi) on March 7 and 14, respectively, to receive updates on GOI's sale contract negotiations for the yellow cake ma [...] | 2008-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PARM PREL EXEC POL |
08BAGHDAD942 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IZ KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
08BAKU1091 | AZERBAIJAN BEGINNING TO CONSIDERING FUTURE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy Frank Mermoud met with the Minister of Emergency Situations during his November 10-14 trip to Baku. They discussed successful past projects, as well as areas for future cooperation and trade in both goods and services, including possible projects for soil remediati [...] | 2008-11-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG EFIN PARM ECIN SENV |
08BAKU214 | U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELBARADEI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 12:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM |
08BAKU312 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP AJ |
08BAKU380 | RUSSIA REPORTEDLY SEEKS APPROVAL TO TRANSIT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: An Azerbaijani MFA officer informed us that the Azerbaijani Government has received repeated requests from the Russian Government to allow the transit of unspecified equipment to Iran's light water reactor at Bushehr. The [...] | 2008-04-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ |
08BAKU382 | AZERBAIJAN HALTS RUSSIAN SHIPMENT TO BUSHEHR AT [...] (S) Summary: Azerbaijani officials, including Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, confirmed press reports that the GOAJ had detained at the southern Astara border crossing a Russian shipment destined for Iran's Bushehr reactor. Mammadyarov said that the Russian Government still had not provided an [...] | 2008-04-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ |
08BAKU389 | AZERBAIJAN'S HEAD OF CUSTOMS CLARIFIES STATUS OF [...] (C) In an April 23rd conversation with the Ambassador, Aydin Aliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan's Customs Service, provided further details on the Russian shipment halted at the Astara border crossing (reftel). Aliyev said that per usual GoAJ procedures, Customs has the right to allow goods to en [...] | 2008-04-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ |
08BAKU434 | BUSHEHR LIGHTWATER REACTOR-BOUND EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Further to reftels regarding the stranded Busheher lightwater-reactor bound nuclear equipment that was being held on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border at Astara, On May 2 Poloff spoke with Azerbaijani MFA First Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament Yusuf Mammadaliyev. Mammadaliyev said [...] | 2008-05-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ |
08BAKU645 | DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION [...] (S) As instructed in reftel, the Embassy delivered the nonpaper on the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) cargo inspection provision to a working level officer in Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The officer thanked us for providing him the information and promised to pa [...] | 2008-07-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | AJ IR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL |
08BAKU702 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP EFIN IR AJ |
08BAKU913 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs desk officer Hikmet Hajiyev on September 24. Hajiyev said the GOAJ would consider supporting Afghanistan's candidacy for a seat on the MESA Group on the IAEA's Board of Governors, but his departme [...] | 2008-09-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC AJ |
08BAKU918 | AZERBAIJAN: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT [...] (C) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs desk officer Yusuf Mammadaliyev. Mammadaliyev said he would have to raise this issue with his colleagues and authorities before pledging Azerbaijan's support for the draft resolution. DERSE [...] | 2008-09-26 11:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM CDG PREL UNGA AJ |
08BAKU956 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ISLAMIC [...] (S) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel demarche to outgoing and incoming Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs Division Directors, Yusef Mammadaliev and Nurat Suleimeinov, on October 7. Iran Watcher delivered all reftel-suggested points, and provided the MFA officers with cop [...] | 2008-10-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM EUN EWWT PREL AJ IR |
08BAMAKO222 | IRANIAN NONCOMPLIANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA ML |
08BAMAKO667 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM ML |
08BAMAKO846 | DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC IR ML |
08BAMAKO908 | MALI: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AND [...] The Embassy delivered demarche on UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Amadou Toure, the Deputy Director of Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, on November 24 (Ref. A). Toure said he would pass the information on to his superiors, but made no substantive comment beyond noting that [...] | 2008-11-25 08:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN101 | BRUNEI: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY [...] (U) Per reftel B, Ambassador met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary Datin Maimunah to urge formal Government of Brunei (GOB) endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) prior to the May 28-29 PSI Fifth Anniv [...] | 2008-03-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN135 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] (U) DCM delivered ref A and B talking points and non-paper on April 24 and May 2, 2008 respectively to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Organizations staff working on NPT issues. No immediate response was given. Post will inform the Department of any follow-up substantive r [...] | 2008-05-06 06:15:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN199 | PSI: BRUNEI NEEDS ACTION FORCING EVENT TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A PSI meeting notes and ref B letter on June 30 to Datin Hajah Maimunah Elias, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) and policy lead on PSI for the Government of Brunei (GoB). Charge stressed that while the USG considered the GoB's a [...] | 2008-07-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN97 | BRUNEI/IRAN: UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE, READOUT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Brunei (GOB) readout of Foreign Minister II Lim's trip to Tehran paints it as a non-substantive event designed primarily to satisfy the diplomatic requirement of responding to a long-standing Iranian request for a high-level visit. The majority of the abbreviated [...] | 2008-03-19 04:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ECON IR BX |
08BANGKOK1435 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Hanoi, April 8-10. Advisor met with Customs specialists from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and European Commission (EC) to assess potential areas for collaboration or deconfliction. The Thai translation [...] | 2008-05-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK1678 | MAY 26 IAEA REPORT ON IRAN -- RESPONSE TO ACTION [...] (SBU) Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with the background information and non-paper on the May 26 International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) report on Iran's nuclear activities, we called on Third Secretary of the Peace [...] | 2008-06-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA TH |
08BANGKOK1705 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) A Technical Introduction to Strategic Trade Control Licensing Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, May 14-16. Almost one-half million dollars of equipment was donated to Vietnam Customs and Border Army on May 21. Advisor and POLOFF met with officials from several Vietnamese ministries. An [...] | 2008-06-05 03:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK1916 | SCENESETTER FOR ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ms. McNerney, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance our nonproliferation and security interests and to meet with key counterparts. In these meetings, you will have an opportunity to discuss ongoing cooperation on export control and nonprolife [...] | 2008-06-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETTC TH |
08BANGKOK1997 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE [...] (C) Having previously provided copies of the updated P5 1 package for reference, PolCouns and Poloff met with Counselor Dao Vibulpanich and First Secretary Pimpiree Pyramarn (Iran desk officer) of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affa [...] | 2008-06-29 23:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR TH |
08BANGKOK2029 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Vietnamese licensing officials received Tracker software training in Washington, DC, June 9-12. Advisor and FSN Program Assistant attended the EXBS Annual Conference in Washington, DC, June 9-11. Advisor took annual leave in US, June 16-20. Advisor participated in meetings with ISN Actin [...] | 2008-07-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2112 | THAI VIEWS ON THE CSC [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Mr. Chouvana Rodthongkom, Secretary General of the Royal Thai Government's Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP). Chouvana emphasized that Thailand is still in the very early stages of planning for a nuclear power plant and the legal framework for nuclear [...] | 2008-07-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM |
08BANGKOK2206 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON 2008 NON-ALIGNED [...] (C) Having conveyed reftel points on July 16 regarding the July 2008 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting, Poloff discussed Thailand's perspective on the meeting and Iran's proposed text for the NAM Foreign Ministers' statement on July 17 with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...] | 2008-07-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR TH |
08BANGKOK2343 | AMBASSADOR AND THAI FM TEJ DISCUSS POTUS VISIT, [...] (C) The Ambassador and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag agreed in a July 31 courtesy call that all arrangements were proceeding smoothly for the upcoming visit to Thailand of President Bush. Tej expressed appreciation for USG assistance in preventing the UN Security Council from fo [...] | 2008-08-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PREF PARM KJUS UNSC UNGA ASEAN |
08BANGKOK2394 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS held a Technical Introduction to Licensing Workshop in Hanoi, July 9-11, and a National Control List Workshop in Bangkok, July 22-24. EXBS donated six Toyota Landcruisers to the Vietnamese Border Guards on July 10. EXBS coordinated with the Defense Attache Office (DAO) to send a Thai [...] | 2008-08-08 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2588 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Three Thai officials and EXBS FSN attended the Export Control Academy, August 11-15 in Athens, GA. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted Tracker User Training in Hanoi, August 11-14. Advisor represented ISN Bureau at a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) [...] | 2008-08-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2745 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Post delivered non-paper per reftel on September 5, 2008. Among the relevant offices notified were the Anti-Money Laundering Organization (AMLO),the National Coordinating Center for Combating Terrorism and Transnational Crime (NCC-CTTC)and the International Security Unit at the Ministry of [...] | 2008-09-11 01:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TH |
08BANGKOK2813 | AMBASSADOR WOLCOTT DISCUSSES CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 25, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott led an interagency delegation to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with officials from Thailand's Nuclear Power Plant Development Office (NPPDO, responsible for overseeing the introduction of nuclear power) and the Office of Atoms for Peac [...] | 2008-09-17 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PARM TRGY KNNP TH |
08BANGKOK3004 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (U) Pursuant to reftel action request, Embassy Bangkok provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Peace, Security and Disarmament Division and Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs, Iran Desk copies of the United Nations Securit [...] | 2008-10-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR MNUC PARM PREL TH |
08BANGKOK3068 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor conducted meetings with embassy and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Sept. 22-23. Advisor met with Royal Thai Customs officials on Sept. 25. New EXBS Program Assistant in Vietnam started work on Sept. 3. Upcoming events include an Enterprise Outreach Seminar and a regional UN 1540 W [...] | 2008-10-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3268 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Ninth International Export Control Conference in Croatia, Oct. 20-22. The EXBS program co-sponsored an Industry-Government Outreach Seminar with the Ministry of Commerce on Oct. 22. The ASEAN regional UN 1540 Workshop in Bangkok, scheduled f [...] | 2008-10-31 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3302 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On October 28 and 29, Econoff passed ref a points (regarding the United States' designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran and three affiliated entities under E.O. 13382) and ref b points (regarding the UN 1267 Committee's addition of three Gulf-based Al-Qaida financiers to its lis [...] | 2008-11-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MNUC PARM EFIN |
08BANGKOK3461 | THE THAI PLAN NOT TO ATTEND IRAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Thai MFA officials were not aware of Iran's First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development, and are not planning to attend. Political and Economic Officers delivered reftel demarche November 21 to Ms. Pimpiree Pyramarn, First Secretary, De [...] | 2008-11-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY |
08BANGKOK3489 | THAILAND SUPPORTS UNGA RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TH |
08BANGKOK3579 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Bangkok, Nov. 3-5. ECC Desk Officer Rachel Owen met with Vietnamese officials, Nov. 3-4. Advisor, Vietnam Program Assistant and Thai and Vietnamese officials attended the Export Control [...] | 2008-12-08 06:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
08BANGKOK3698 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Advanced National Control List Workshop in Hanoi, Dec. 10-12. Rapiscan x-ray system installation and operator training in Vietnam was completed Dec 5. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue is being prepared for shipment from [...] | 2008-12-19 04:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
08BANGKOK411 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) CBP conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT II) course at Laem Chabang port, Thailand, January 7-11. A planning session and System Administrator training for the Tracker licensing system was conducted in Hanoi, January 14-18. EXBS Advisor visited Bangkok Port on J [...] | 2008-02-08 05:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK44 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing, and at Border Guards Headquarters in Hanoi. Officials were uniformly supportive of U.S. assistance. Australia, Japan, and the European Union are also providing trade contro [...] | 2008-01-04 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK864 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor participated in a foreign embassy drug enforcement community trip to the northernmost land and river border crossing sites from Thailand into Burma and Laos, Feb. 11-13. Advisor visited Danang port and Lao Bao border crossing in central Vietnam, Feb. 28-29. The Washington State [...] | 2008-03-19 03:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TH VN |
08BANGKOK974 | RTG IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (C) POLOFFs delivered REFTEL points on March 26 to Chamsai Menasveta, First Secretary in the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While Chamsai agreed with the importance of enforcing UNSCR 1803, discussion quickly turned to the difficulty of implementat [...] | 2008-03-28 00:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM NSG IR TH |
08BANGKOK976 | RTG ASSESSING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) POLOFFs delivered REFTEL points on March 26 to Chamsai Menasveta, First Secretary in the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chamsai stated that Thailand is still evaluating whether to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement [...] | 2008-03-28 00:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL TH |
08BANGKOK997 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) US Customs and Border Protection conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT) course, March 3-7, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted an Export Control Enforcement Training course, March 10-14, in Bangkok Thailand. Advisor me [...] | 2008-03-28 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGUI240 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN BANK EDBI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook informed CAR Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya of reftel demarche and the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran under E.O. 13382 in a meeting on December 17. The MFA did not provide a substantive response, but promised to study the demarche. [...] | 2008-12-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CT |
08BANGUI241 | UN FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA promised to study the demarche, and engage with the PermRep in [...] | 2008-12-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MNUC PARM CT |
08BASRAH28 | PM MALIKI'S TRIBAL INITIATIVE IN BASRAH [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reversed his previous opposition to a tribal initiative in Iraq's Shia south. Shunning Coalition involvement, Maliki affirmed the nascent scheme will be GOI-led and appears to be under the direction of Acting Minister of Justice Sa [...] | 2008-04-11 18:44:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINS PINR PARM PTER IR UK |
08BASRAH62 | IRANIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iranian investment in Basrah province appears to be limited as Tehran focuses on influencing Basrah's political and security environment. Basrawis suspect Iranian front companies exist, but given their clandestine nature and the use of Iraqi intermediaries have difficulty [...] | 2008-06-22 14:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ELTN ENRG EPET ETRD PARM PBTS PGOV |
08BEIJING1049 | (S) PRC REQUESTED TO RECALL M/V SEVENTH OCEAN [...] (S) PolMinCouns delivered reftel information to MFA Arms Control Department Counselor Li Song on March 19, urging China to recall a shipment of potassium perchlorate seized in Dubai from the M/V Seventh Ocean and to take appropriate steps to ensure PRC companies cease trade with Iranian entiti [...] | 2008-03-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL AE IR CH |
08BEIJING1050 | FOLLOW-UP ON CHINA NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION [...] (S) PolMinCouns and MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song discussed our bilateral plan to enhance nonproliferation cooperation on March 19. Li said China was very pleased with the January export control workshop and noted that China is "ready for more" cooperation of this sort. PolMinCouns upda [...] | 2008-03-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH |
08BEIJING1111 | PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...] | 2008-03-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING1141 | STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN, [...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonprolifera [...] | 2008-03-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR |
08BEIJING1144 | STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN, [...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonpro [...] | 2008-03-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR |
08BEIJING1171 | PERSONNEL CHANGES AT MOFCOM MAY AFFECT EXPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an informal off-the-record meeting, a working-level official provided hints of imminent personnel changes at the Minstry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and opined on the possible impact of these changes on export control cooperation with the U.S., including implementation of the Vali [...] | 2008-03-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL |
08BEIJING1201 | NORINCO BRIEFS EMBASSY ON ITS EXPORT CONTROL [...] (C) NORINCO management wants to end the "distorted image" of the firm and become a "decent member of the international community," NORINCO Vice President Zhi Yulin told the Charge in a March 27 meeting. Zhi believes the firm's experience building infrastructure projects creates an opportunity [...] | 2008-03-31 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM ETTC PREL CH |
08BEIJING1203 | VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS [...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...] | 2008-03-31 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY |
08BEIJING1209 | CHINA HAS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS REGARDING A HONG [...] (U) This is an action request; please paragraph 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi asked PolOff on March 31 if the United States can provide additional information to assist China with its investigation of a possible delivery of Chin [...] | 2008-03-31 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR HK |
08BEIJING123 | CHINA URGED TO EXPLAIN JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE [...] (S) China has explained many times its position on its January 2007 anti-satellite test and wishes the United States would put this issue behind us, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo told us January 11 in response to our expression of continued concern o [...] | 2008-01-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH |
08BEIJING124 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-CHINA SENIOR DIALOGUE, [...] (C) The upcoming 5th round of the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue kicks off an important year for China and for bilateral relations. Taiwan's presidential and UN referenda votes in March and the PRC's hosting of the Olympics in August are the focus of Chinese concerns, and the Chinese believe the [...] | 2008-01-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR CH TW |
08BEIJING1252 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs delivered points in reftel March 27 to Tang Xu, Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau. Tang responded that over the past two years, the PBOC has increased its attention to interactions between Chinese bank [...] | 2008-04-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PARM EINV CH IR |
08BEIJING1253 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] (C) Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs delivered points and non-paper in reftel March 27 to Tang Xu, Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau. Tang responded that over the past two years, the PBOC has increased its attention to interactions betw [...] | 2008-04-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PARM KNNP MNUC CH BA IR |
08BEIJING1263 | (S) SHIELD S06-08/S18-05/S26-06: CHINA URGED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH KN |
08BEIJING1264 | (S) PRC INFORMED OF UPDATED SCHEDULE OF AIR KORYO [...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi on April 3 of the scheduled change from March 11 to April 11 of a planned Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Syria with a stop in Iran. PolOff reminded He Yi that we suspect [...] | 2008-04-03 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP KN XB XG ZK ZL XD XF CH IR |
08BEIJING1284 | The United States-China Economic and Security Review [...] (SBU) A "responsible government" would never "initiate, sponsor or support" cyber attacks on other countries, a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences told United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission members on April 1. However, the scholar described cyber warfare [...] | 2008-04-07 09:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM CH |
08BEIJING1309 | (S) SHIELD S05-08: PRC INFORMED OF IMMINENT [...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8 that China Northern Chemical and Minerals Company is planning to load 1000 metric tons of sodium sulfide flakes on the M/V Iran Teyfouri as early as April 10 for shipment to I [...] | 2008-04-08 07:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING1311 | (S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) PolOff urged China to take immediate steps to investigate the transfer of missile-related material by a Chinese company to Syria, including via a North Korean intermediary, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8. [...] | 2008-04-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KN SY |
08BEIJING1354 | M/V IRAN TEYFORUI: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHARED [...] (S) PolOff provided additional information on the shipment of sodium sulfide to Iran on board the M/V Iran Teyfouri (ref A) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 10. He urged China to investigate and prevent the transfer to Iran. W [...] | 2008-04-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING1373 | (S) M/V IRAN TEYFOURI: PRC SAYS INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING1463 | (S) PRC URGED TO INVESTIGATE A CHINESE FIRM'S [...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 16 of recent efforts by the Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation (STBPI) to supply missile-useable aluminum, steel, wire and integrated circuits to Iran (ref [...] | 2008-04-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR TW |
08BEIJING1473 | CHINA INFORMED OF STEEL SHIPMENTS OF PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE KNNP CH KN |
08BEIJING1565 | CHINA STILL SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF; IS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese schoars downplayed the significance of Pakistan President Musharraf's April 10-15 visit to China in recent discussions with PolOff, but scholars and Chinese Government officials alike reaffirmed Chinese support for Musharraf despite his declining authority in the wake of [...] | 2008-04-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG EPET MNUC CH PK |
08BEIJING157 | CHINESE SCHOLARS' INITIAL TAKE ON PM SINGH VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Echoing adulatory press coverage of Indian PM Singh's January 13-15 visit to Beijing, several Chinese scholars told PolOff the visit significantly enhanced trust between Chinese and Indian senior leaders and between the two countries' militaries. China, the scholars said, was als [...] | 2008-01-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS ECON ETRD MARR CH IN |
08BEIJING1653 | PRC WILL INVESTIGATE DPRK MISSILE PARTS SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff urged MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi to investigate reftel shipment of missile parts transiting China from the DPRK to Syria. PolOff told He Yi that we believe the shipment is still in Ningbo, but is likely to depart for Syria ver [...] | 2008-04-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC CH KN SY |
08BEIJING1728 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 11-12 [...] (C) China's leaders are preoccupied with managing the domestic dimensions of and international fallout from the Tibet crisis, determining how to deal with the new leadership in Taiwan and ensuring that nothing mars a successful Olympic Games. Despite seemingly strong domestic popular approval [...] | 2008-05-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ABLD KIRF KOLY MASS PARM ECON |
08BEIJING1814 | TAO DIRECTOR CHEN YUNLIN MANAGES EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin told visiting DAS Thomas Christensen that there has been a positive change in cross-Strait relations, but that the situation remains complex and sensitive. He said the two sides need time to rebuild mutual trust and the United States should neith [...] | 2008-05-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH TW |
08BEIJING1815 | MFA DG TALKS TAIWAN, NEAPSM, DALAI LAMA WITH EAP [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen May 10, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Zheng Zeguang emphasized the importance President Hu places on his relationship with President Bush and China's willingness to work cooperatively with the [...] | 2008-05-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM KOLY CH TW IR KN |
08BEIJING1880 | (S) PRC PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH PK |
08BEIJING1882 | CHINA URGED TO TERMINATE CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (S/NF) Beijing should take immediate action to terminate all weapons-related transfers to Iran and should insist that Tehran provide an accounting of all Chinese-origin weapons, PolOff urged in a discussion with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy Director Wang Daxue on May 15. [...] | 2008-05-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL CH IR |
08BEIJING1938 | PRC INFORMED OF IRAN'S IR-2 CENTRIFUGE CRITICAL [...] (U) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei told PolOff on May 19 that the PRC will closely examine reftel nonpaper and color photographs delineating Iran's critical equipment needs for their IR-2 centrifuge program. Sun asked several times if the [...] | 2008-05-20 02:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC CH IR |
08BEIJING2087 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM PGOV CH |
08BEIJING2219 | BEIJING SCHOLARS SAY PRC SEES TAIWAN'S MA [...] (C) A senior PRC American affairs expert said that despite some initial misgivings, the PRC Government is convinced that Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's tenure provides an important opportunity to improve cross-Strait relations. He noted that Ma's campaign rhetoric regarding Tibet, his "insult [...] | 2008-06-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH TW |
08BEIJING2275 | PRC AFM HE YAFEI, TAO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON POSITIVE [...] (C) Reflecting sentiments he expressed during the June 4 U.S.-China Security Dialogue (septels),PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on June 6 told visiting U.S. experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that conflict with Taiwan is "extremely unlikely." AFM He [...] | 2008-06-11 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS PGOV MOPS CH TW |
08BEIJING2305 | U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...] | 2008-06-12 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH |
08BEIJING2322 | U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR |
08BEIJING235 | PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF JALILI VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian National Security Advisor Saeed Jalili said during his January 17-18 visit to Beijing that the recent U.S. National Intelligence Estimate "proves" the peaceful nature of the Iran nuclear program, the MFA told us January 23. Jalili acknowledged past "ambiguities" regarding [...] | 2008-01-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR |
08BEIJING2371 | INDIAN FM MUKHERJEE'S VISIT TO CHINA: MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Government and South Asia scholars agree that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's June 4-7 visit helped maintain momentum in China-India relations though the two sides achieved no progress on substantive bilateral issues. Chinese scholars note the Indian [...] | 2008-06-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS ECON ETRD MARR CH IN |
08BEIJING2391 | (S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON LIMMT SHARED WITH [...] (S) PolOffs delivered reftel message urging China to share substantive information on China's investigation of LIMMT before June 27 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan on June 18. PolOffs also shared new information with Zhang indicating that LI [...] | 2008-06-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING2435 | TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE PROVIDES UPBEAT READOUT OF [...] (C) The June 11-14 dialogue between the Mainland and Taiwan, on hiatus for nearly a decade, "exceeded expectations," Li Li, office director in the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Bureau for Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas Affairs, told PolOff on June 18. He said Chen Yunlin's planned trip to Taiwan [...] | 2008-06-20 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH TW |
08BEIJING2436 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA URGES DIALOGUE, SEEKS "COMMON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Arms Control Department DDG Wu Haitao told Acting PolMinCouns that the atmosphere around Javier Solana's June 14 presentation of the P5-plus-1 incentives package to Iran was "active and constructive." Wu argued that the P5-plus-1 preconditions for negotiations could be reso [...] | 2008-06-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING2483 | A/S HILL MEETING WITH AFM LIU JIEYI [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador and A/S Christopher R. Hill that inclusion of Tibet in the G8 Ministerial statement would "not help U.S.-China cooperation." Hill said the United States understands China's concerns and would discuss them with G8 counterparts. He a [...] | 2008-06-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH |
08BEIJING2487 | A/S HILL MEETING WITH AFM LIU JIEYI [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador and A/S Christopher R. Hill in a June 23 meeting that inclusion of Tibet in the G8 Ministerial statement would "not help U.S.-China cooperation." Hill said the United States understands China's concerns and would discuss them with G [...] | 2008-06-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH |
08BEIJING2550 | (S) PRC SAYS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON LIMMT [...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's investigation into LIMMT and eleven other companies. Director Zhang provided no new information on actions taken against LIMMT, stating only that invest [...] | 2008-06-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING2609 | China on IRISL: UNSCRs Require Adequate Proof to [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding implementation of the cargo inspection clause of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 to MFA Arms Control Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on July 2. Yu responded that China implements UNSCRs in s [...] | 2008-07-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BEIJING2614 | AUSTRALIA GROUP'S OUTREACH TO CHINA ON [...] (S) In a June 25 meeting with Australia Group (AG) Chair Ian Biggs, PRC MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control Li Song objected to news that an AG representative would be dispatched to Taiwan "shortly" as part of the AG's outreach program. Biggs said that China should not be surprised by [...] | 2008-07-03 00:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM KSTC PREL PGOV ETTC ETTRD BEXP CH |
08BEIJING2645 | PRC: A TAIWAN POLICY "HAWK" RECANTS [...] (C) Tsinghua University Professor Yan Xuetong, a prominent advocate of using military force to reunify with Taiwan, penned a recent article in the Global Times in which he "apologizd" for his prediction of war before 2008. In the article, he assessed that th cross-Strait situation will be pea [...] | 2008-07-07 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS PGOV CH TW |
08BEIJING2648 | (S) CHINA PROVIDES RESPONSE TO U.S.-RAISED [...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's response to twelve proliferation-related cases raised by the United States. Zhang provided additional information on four cases and otherwise largely r [...] | 2008-07-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC CH IR SY |
08BEIJING2674 | CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE AND HALT SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel message urging China to investigate and prevent the shipment of Chinese-origin diphenylamine to Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on July 9. 2. (S) Wang promised [...] | 2008-07-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING2681 | CHINA ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE SALE TO PAKISTAN OF [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel message asking China to investigate the February 2008 sale of a fiber coil winding machine and integrated optical chips to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Directo [...] | 2008-07-09 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH SY |
08BEIJING2737 | DEMARCHE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CH |
08BEIJING2817 | CHINA'S RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei on July 17, and Econoff delivered the non-paper to the People's Bank of China International Department's Foreign Affairs Division Director Cao Li on July 18. MFA Deput [...] | 2008-07-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP EFIN CH IR |
08BEIJING2877 | PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding a planned July 28 Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan. PolOff informed Director Zhang that we suspect the aircraft is transporting DP [...] | 2008-07-24 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL MTCR AF KG KZ TI UZ CH |
08BEIJING2887 | PRC INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (S) PolOff delivered ref A demarche and non-paper regarding the concurrent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Tehran and the July 28 DPRK-to-Iran flight of proliferation concern to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan on July 25. PolOff stressed [...] | 2008-07-25 05:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL MTCR AF KG KZ TI UZ CH |
08BEIJING2891 | CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...] | 2008-07-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH |
08BEIJING2927 | PRC MULLING OVER INTERNATIONAL SPACE FOR TAIWAN [...] (C) Mainland policy makers are devoting considerable study and discussion to the question of Taiwan's international space, recognizing that the issue will have to be addressed in September if/when Taiwan makes its annual bid to rejoin the UN. State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director [...] | 2008-07-29 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UN CH TW |
08BEIJING2944 | CHINA'S REACTION: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY OUTREACH [...] PolOff shared reftel summary of the May 28-29 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior-Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue, and repeated U.S. thanks for Chinese attendance at the meeting. Po [...] | 2008-07-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KNNP CH |
08BEIJING3034 | IRAN: CHINA CAUTIONS AGAINST FURTHER SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Associated Press report that P5-plus-1 countries agreed to new sanctions on Iran is a "misinterpretation" of the results of the August 4 P5-plus-1 Political Directors conference call, Chinese MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sh [...] | 2008-08-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3039 | CHINA’S RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding prevention of Iranian procurement in China of specific controlled commodities needed to expand uranium enrichment activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen. PolOff stressed the proactiv [...] | 2008-08-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MNUC ECON KNNP IR CH |
08BEIJING3041 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding prevention of Iranian procurement in China of specific controlled commodities needed to expand uranium enrichment activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen. PolOff stressed the pr [...] | 2008-08-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MNUC ECON KNNP IR CH |
08BEIJING3047 | PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF [...] (S/NF) PolOff conveyed reftel flight information regarding an August 7 Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 6 and delivered non-paper the morning of August 7. Noting the suspicious [...] | 2008-08-07 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MTCR MNUC BG BM IN IR KN CH |
08BEIJING305 | ISA: PRC "GRAVELY CONCERNED" BY INDICATIONS THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador January 28 that China is "gravely concerned" over indications that the USG is considering sanctions on Sinopec under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for the recently concluded deal to develop the Yadavaran oilfield. He echoed f [...] | 2008-01-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PARM ENRG EPET MNUC IR CH NL |
08BEIJING3102 | CHINA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche urging China to support the circulated draft exception for India at the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Dep [...] | 2008-08-13 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN CH |
08BEIJING3219 | PRC TAIWAN EXPERT COMMENTS ON MA'S U.S. TRANSITS, [...] (C) A senior Beijing-based Taiwan expert told us August 20 that the PRC appreciates Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's recent "extremely low-key" transits of the United States and his "no surprises" approach to managing cross-Strait and U.S.-Taiwan relations. China welcomes the shift in Taiwan's [...] | 2008-08-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA MASS PARM CH TW |
08BEIJING3332 | CHINESE RESPONSE TO IRAN PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR CH |
08BEIJING3342 | AUGUST 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the August 28 MFA Press Briefing: -- China calls on parties to "stay patient," to "show wisdom and flexibility" and to try to "meet each other halfway" to overcome present difficulties in the North Korean denuclearization process. -- China is concerned by the latest developmen [...] | 2008-08-28 22:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY MNUC PARM UNGA EINV CH TW RU |
08BEIJING3356 | PRC INFORMED OF CONCERNS RE PAKISTAN PLANS TO [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent Chinese firms from supplying flow-forming and ring-rolling machines to Pakistan's missile program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 29. Wang promised to relay t [...] | 2008-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING3358 | PRC INFORMED OF U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT SHIPS BEING [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent the transfer of Chinese-built ships that can carry cargoes of proliferation concern to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Dax [...] | 2008-08-29 08:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR KS CH IR |
08BEIJING3384 | MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN CHINA'S POSITION ON NUCLEAR [...] (U) A September 1 commentary in the Chinese Communist Party official mouthpiece People's Daily by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Associate Researcher Fan Jishe called a U.S. proposal to provide an exception for India to Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) full-scope safeguard provisions a "doubl [...] | 2008-09-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN |
08BEIJING3387 | SEPTEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FUKUDA RESIGNATION, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 2 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda is an internal matter of Japan, but the spokesperson noted Fukuda's "great contributions to bilateral relations." -- China "hopes the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will f [...] | 2008-09-02 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EAID PTER EFIN CH KN JA |
08BEIJING3400 | AMBASSADOR URGES INVESTIGATION OF SHIPMENT TO IRAN OF CHINESE GOODS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN (S) [...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed the United States grave concern regarding Irans lack of cooperation on the Iranian nuclear issue, its support for terrorist organizations, its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, and Chinese sales of dual-use material and items to Iran to MFA Assistant Foreign Min [...] | 2008-09-03 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MNUC MASS IR CH UK AS |
08BEIJING3401 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA AFM LIU ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, the Ambassador urged China to support the draft exception for India at the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary and the conclusion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative this year. Completion [...] | 2008-09-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN |
08BEIJING3402 | AFM LIU JIEYI EXPRESSES CONCERNS RE TAIWAN ARMS [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi called in the Ambassador on September 3 to register firm opposition to possible U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying such sales would "seriously harm" bilateral relations, cooperation on international issues, and cross-Strait relations. AFM Liu expressed [...] | 2008-09-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR MOPS CH TW |
08BEIJING3427 | SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION, [...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...] | 2008-09-04 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS |
08BEIJING3500 | SEPTEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE [...] Key points at the September 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit the United States next week to discuss bilateral trade issues with U.S. officials as part of the Sino-U.S. Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT). -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daw [...] | 2008-09-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH KN TW IN PK EC |
08BEIJING3538 | PRC/IRAN: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BEIJING, ASKS PRC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6-7 visit to Beijing, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad thanked President Hu Jintao for China's "constructive role" in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and expressed hope the Chinese would "pass Iran's views" to the other P5-plus-1 countries. The MFA so [...] | 2008-09-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3542 | SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM JUNG-IL, JOINT [...] Key points at the September 11 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has received no reports from the DPRK on the health of Kim Jung-il. -- China hopes the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade will help the United States and China solve their disputes through "equal dial [...] | 2008-09-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH JA VE KN |
08BEIJING3551 | VFM ZHANG YESUI STRESSES TAIWAN ARMS SALES WILL [...] (C) In a September 11 meeting called by the Chinese side, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui stressed to the Ambassador that if the United States goes forward with a rumored USD eleven billion arms sale to Taiwan, then China will react strongly. Such a sale would jeopardize the progress in bil [...] | 2008-09-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR MOPS CH TW UN |
08BEIJING3576 | CHINESE ACADEMIC CRITICAL OF NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: The author of a September 1 People's Daily commentary critical of the agreement ultimately reached September 6 by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) allowing India to procure civilian nuclear material and technology views the NSG decision as having weakened the nonproliferation re [...] | 2008-09-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN |
08BEIJING3585 | SEPTEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND IAEA, KIM [...] Key points at the September 16 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "hopes that Iran will keep up cooperation with the IAEA for the early settlement" of the Iran nuclear issue, however, "sanctions are not the way to resolve the issue." -- China and the United States "do not have co [...] | 2008-09-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM VE CH KN NZ IN |
08BEIJING3588 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS SAY PRC INFLUENCE LIMITED AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes international efforts to deal with Iran's nuclear program have entered a "new phase" in which an increasingly confident Iran is rethinking the significance of its nuclear development, according to a PRC scholar who recently met with observers in Tehran. Chinese le [...] | 2008-09-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3744 | TWELFTH ROUND OF CHINA-INDIA BORDER TALKS PRODUCES [...] (C) Summary: The twelfth round of the China-India border talks held in Beijing September 18-19 did not produce any significant breakthroughs, according to accounts from Chinese and Indian officials. According to Chinese scholars, the disposition of the Dawang region of Arunachal Pradesh remai [...] | 2008-09-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PARM CH IN |
08BEIJING3851 | CHINA INFORMED OF IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3854 | CHINA INFORMED OF CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A CHINESE [...] (S) PolOff delivered ref A message (informing China of continued efforts by a Chinese firm to supply missile production technology to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO)) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on [...] | 2008-10-08 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH PK |
08BEIJING391 | PRE-LICENSE CHECKS RE PROPOSED EXPORT OF CARBON [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(C) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (S) SUMMARY: REFTELS A,B,C and D requested Pre-License Check end-use visits to determine the reliability of certain companies in China to receive controlled Unit [...] | 2008-02-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL |
08BEIJING392 | PRE-LICENSE CHECKS RE PROPOSED EXPORT OF CARBON [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(C) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (S) SUMMARY: REFTELS A,B,C and D requested Pre-License Check end-use visits to determine the reliability of certain companies in China to receive controlled Unit [...] | 2008-02-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL |
08BEIJING3950 | OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZARDARI VISIT, [...] Spokesperson Qin Gang made the following key points at the October 16 MFA press briefing: -- China will take seriously any request from Pakistan to help that country weather the financial crisis. Qin would not, however, give details of any agreement on financial assistance reached between Ch [...] | 2008-10-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM EFIN ECIN EAGR PL SN JA NK |
08BEIJING4002 | PRC/IRAN: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of the Treasury Undersecretary (U/S) Stuart Levey briefed the People's Bank of China (PBOC),the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Bank of China (BOC),and the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) on Septembe [...] | 2008-10-21 06:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ENRG ETRD EFIN IR CH |
08BEIJING4019 | CHINA PROTESTS PENDING SANCTIONS AGAINST THREE [...] (C) PolOff on October 22 informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials that the USG has determined that China Xinshidai Company, China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Corporation LTD and Huazhong CNC have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pu [...] | 2008-10-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING4029 | CONTACTS CONTINUE TO DOWNPLAY TAIWAN ARMS SALES' [...] (C) PRC scholarly contacts continue to downplay the impact of the October 3 U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan (ref B). Largely echoing other observers' comments (ref A),several contacts called the sales "expected" and said they will neither strongly effect the bilateral relationship n [...] | 2008-10-23 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR CH TW |
08BEIJING4062 | VFM HE YAFEI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS FINANCIAL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei expressed to the Ambassador October 27 his belief that the United States and China should hold consultations before the November 15 G-20 summit, in part to ensure that European-sponsored proposals for an overhaul of the global financial system are tempered to [...] | 2008-10-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN CH PK |
08BEIJING4064 | AMBASSADOR URGES CONTINUED NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on a range of topics (septel),the Ambassador stressed the importance of nonproliferation and of continuing the U.S.-China nonproliferation dialogue. Noting the unwillingness of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department offici [...] | 2008-10-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING4080 | CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS UNAFFECTED BY U.S. ARMS [...] (C) U.S. arms sales to Taiwan will have little impact on cross-Strait relations, according to Embassy contacts, with Beijing choosing to "blame" Washington, rather than Taipei. In recent meetings with PolOffs, Chinese observers expressed differing views of U.S. intentions, with some arguing tha [...] | 2008-10-29 05:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS CH TW |
08BEIJING4085 | ARATS PRESIDENT'S TAIWAN VISIT STILL ON; SCHOLARS [...] (C) Chinese leaders hope the November 3-7 trip to Taiwan by Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) head Chen Yunlin will mark a "significant breakthrough" in cross-Strait relations and have decided to proceed with the visit despite concerns over Chen's personal security, Emb [...] | 2008-10-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR CH TW |
08BEIJING4101 | 10/30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 30 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- In the case of kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan, four of whom were killed October 27, a Chinese delegation will urge the Sudanese Government to "spare no effort to rescue the missing workers, bring the criminals to justic [...] | 2008-10-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC ECON EFIN KN KS SU |
08BEIJING4147 | PRC-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION: CHINA WILL ABIDE [...] (C) The United States need not be concerned about China-Pakistan civilian nuclear cooperation, because China will "strictly abide" by obligations and commitments it has made to the international community, MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming tol [...] | 2008-11-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PGOV AORC ECON CH PK |
08BEIJING4192 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN DEMARCHE; NO NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the objectives and functions of the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group (ref A). Cao said China will be represented at the next FOP meeting in Abu [...] | 2008-11-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM ENRG ECON EAID CH PK |
08BEIJING4227 | LIMMT PROLIFERATION ACTIVITY: NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] (S) PolOff passed ref A nonpaper urging the Chinese Government to stop PRC company LIMMT's Iranian missile-related proliferation activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Director Zhang Junan on November 14. Director Zhang offered no s [...] | 2008-11-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING4297 | IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE: CHINA AGAIN [...] (C) PolOff conveyed ref A and B points and nonpaper urging China not to participate in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on November 24. Dai provided no substantive reply. (Note: MFA Arms [...] | 2008-11-24 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC MNUC TRGY PARM KNNP CH IR |
08BEIJING4442 | DECEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, INDIA [...] Key points at the December 4 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes to "repair" its relationship with France, but urges France to "take seriously the feelings of the Chinese people" with regard to the planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama. -- Both India an [...] | 2008-12-04 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ECON EFIN ETRD CH FR IN PK SU |
08BEIJING4468 | CHINA ASKED TO CONSENT TO AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points and nonpaper requesting Chinese consensus on an amendment to Part 1 of the NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on [...] | 2008-12-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP TRGY CH |
08BEIJING4509 | DECEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TORTURE IN [...] Key points at the December 11 MFA press briefing: -- The Six-Party Talks Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting is still ongoing, as the parties are "discussing and deciding" formalities in bilateral sessions as well as plenary sessions. -- China has "taken note" of a recent Free Tibet report cl [...] | 2008-12-11 23:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS |
08BEIJING4523 | CHINA WILL NOT ASSIST WITH SYRIA NUCLEAR PLANT [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points and nonpaper requesting that China not assist Syria in implementing its technical cooperation project for a nuclear power plant feasibility study to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on December 12. Dai [...] | 2008-12-12 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IAEA CH SY |
08BEIJING4526 | PRC/IRAN: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES CHINA-IRAN ENERGY [...] (C) EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Douglas Hengel, met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy DirecQ General Wu Haitao and Sinopec International Affairs Director General Tang Suxin on December 5 to discuss Chinese energy companies' activities in Iran. DDG [...] | 2008-12-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER ECON EPET EINV MNUC POL |
08BEIJING4555 | DECEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DETENTION [...] Key points at the December 16 MFA press briefing: -- China believes the Six-Party Talks is a "process," with the major task being implementing the second phase of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a "comprehensive manner." All six parties "agreed verification was necessary," but th [...] | 2008-12-16 23:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS |
08BEIJING4569 | PRC/IRAN: CNOOC-IRAN COOPERATION IN PRELIMINARY [...] (C) In a discussion with Economic Minister-Counselor, CNOOC's External Affairs Section Director Lu Xiaofeng emphasized that CNOOC's cooperation with Iran is driven by commercial interests and stressed that CNOOC has no intention of becoming entwined in political issues. He reiterated that CNOO [...] | 2008-12-17 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
08BEIJING4599 | DELIVERY OF LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (S) On December 17, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations official, Mr. Zhang Yaojun, as it relates to actions leveraged by the United Nations. Zhang expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass [...] | 2008-12-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP |
08BEIJING4609 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PASSED TO CHINA ON [...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, EAP/CM Director shared ref A points providing additional information to China to use in investigating the supply of aluminum plates to an entity associated with Iran's cruise missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department [...] | 2008-12-19 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC IR CH |
08BEIJING4610 | CHINA ASKED TO FOLLOW-UP ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, visiting EAP/CM Director shared ref A points requesting an update of China's investigation into Chinese entities' attempts to supply ring-rolling and flow-forming machines to Pakistan's missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs [...] | 2008-12-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING4666 | PRC TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Wang Yi praised the Bush Administration's "management" of U.S.-China relations, saying that China in particular "greatly appreciates" U.S. efforts to "restrain Taiwan independence" at a December 23 lunch with the Ambassador. Wang expressed [...] | 2008-12-24 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS CH TW |
08BEIJING4696 | DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES CROSS-STRAIT MILITARY ISSUES [...] (C) Military deployments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait reflect the continuing state of hostility between the Mainland and Taiwan, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Deputy Director Sun Yafu told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney on December 19. Chi [...] | 2008-12-31 03:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PARM MOPS CH TW |
08BEIJING481 | (S) PRC REQUESTED TO STOP LIMMT EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S) A/DCM met with MFA Arms Control Department Director General Chen Jingye on February 12 to convey reftel message regarding continued export control violations of the PRC entity LIMMT. Reviewing past violations and citing evidence of continued recent shipments of MTCR-controlled graphite and [...] | 2008-02-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING527 | DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche points on amending the Montreal and Hague Conventions to include provisions against the transportation of particularly dangerous goods, related items, and fugitives to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and to the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2008-02-15 04:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX CH |
08BEIJING533 | DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche points on amending the Montreal and Hague Conventions to include provisions against the transportation of particularly dangerous goods, related items, and fugitives to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and to the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2008-02-15 06:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX CH |
08BEIJING549 | CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON TAIWAN FOLLOWING KMT [...] (C) In the wake of the KMT's January 12 landslide victory in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) elections, some Mainland observers believe a KMT triumph in the March 22 presidential election is virtually assured. Other contacts, however, argue that "anything can happen" and expect the DPP's Frank [...] | 2008-02-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS CH TW |
08BEIJING643 | STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES DPRK, IRAN, [...] (S) Summary. Visiting House staffers led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) majority staffer J. Cobb Mixter discussed security issues with MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song on February 21. Mixter noted the maturing U.S.-China relationship and said the Six-Party Talks are an example of [...] | 2008-02-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP CH TW BM |
08BEIJING716 | (S) PRC UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF LIMMT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING786 | ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel points and nonpaper on UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on the Iranian nuclear issue March 4 to MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun and Arms Control Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei, for their Gov [...] | 2008-03-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING869 | PRC-PAKISTAN: MFA, SCHOLARS REMAIN FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials and PRC scholars believe the new coalition government in Pakistan will be inherently weak and that extended political instability would likely lead to the intervention of the Pakistan Army. Though the shakiness of the nascent coalition Government will slow the devel [...] | 2008-03-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH PK |
08BEIJING871 | PRC/LEBANON: PRC UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER PARM CH LE |
08BEIJING886 | (S) CHINA STILL INVESTIGATING LIMMT; URGES THE [...] (S) China continues to investigate the export control activities of LIMMT and urges the United States not to impose sanctions on this Chinese firm, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told PolOff on March 11. Recalling the recent U.S. inform [...] | 2008-03-11 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING891 | CONTACT SAYS CHINA GREAT WALL INDUSTRY CORPORATION [...] (S) China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) Secretary General Li Genxin told PolOff on March 11 that Wang SIPDIS Haibo, Chief Executive Officer of China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC),is taking great personal interest in the upcoming March 20 meeting in Washington, m [...] | 2008-03-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING90 | MFA: CHINA INTERSTED IN STABLE AND PEACEFUL [...] (C) MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Liu Jian briefed PolMinCouns January 8 on Chinese Foreign Minister (FM) Yang Jiechi's January 5 phone call to Pakistan FM Inam-ul Haq. (Note: See also the January 5 report on the telephone conversation by the official PRC news agency Xinhua (re [...] | 2008-01-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TER PARM CH PK |
08BEIRUT1051 | LEBANON: GOL DOUBTS NAM WILL APPROVE IRAN'S DRAFT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk, and Fadi Hajali, who holds the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) portfolio, both at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 17. Khachab reported that Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh would likely attend the 2008 NAM [...] | 2008-07-18 16:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR LE |
08BEIRUT108 | LEBANON: AMBASSADOR FAREWELL CALL ON LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a January 12th farewell office call, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's assassination, the current political impasse, a new but improbable Presidential candidate, and his mandatory resignation date as Army [...] | 2008-01-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1212 | LEBANON: NON-COMMITAL ON THE IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) Charge raised points about Afghanistan's candidacy with Rola Noureddine, PM Siniora's chief aide, on August 18. Noureddine took note of the information about Afghanistan's and Iran's candidacies, in addition to that of Syria, but was non-committal about what position the GOL would take. [...] | 2008-08-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA PREL PARM MNUC LE |
08BEIRUT1430 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, NO SUBSTANTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOG PHUM UNGA CDG LE IS SY |
08BEIRUT1440 | LEBANON: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1835 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC IR LE |
08BEIRUT1577 | LEBANON: A/S HOOK TOURS THE BLUE LINE; MEETS WITH [...] (C) On October 31, A/S for International Relations Affairs Brian Hook, Ambassador, PolMilOff and Defense Attach toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar, and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. Graziano has developed a detailed UNIFIL plan for [...] | 2008-11-04 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY |
08BEIRUT161 | LEBANON: SAAD WAKES UP TO 2009 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri blamed Libya and Qatar for undermining Lebanon at the January 27 Arab League meeting, with the preservation of Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman's presidential candidacy the only positive result, in his view. He predicted that, without tou [...] | 2008-02-01 16:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT166 | LEBANON: NEW UNIIIC COMMISSIONER SAYS FAILURE IS [...] (C) New UNIIIC Commissioner and Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare believes time is running out for the Special Tribunal and "failure is not an option." UNIIIC was "clearly making process," but needs member states' urgent assistance in putting together the pieces of the puzzle and increasin [...] | 2008-02-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT167 | LEBANON: MARCH 14: HIGH HOPES FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) March 14 leaders have stepped up their own lobbying efforts recently to convince key countries to contribute to the Special Tribunal, reportedly securing commitments from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Russia. Many view the Tribunal as the primary -- if not only -- vehicle for ending [...] | 2008-02-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM SY LE |
08BEIRUT1774 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE REQUEST UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 19. Khachab displayed interest in the subject. He noted there could be many more qualified candidates than Hosni and suggested a former Lebanese Minister [...] | 2008-12-22 04:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG IS LE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL SY UNGA |
08BEIRUT181 | LEBANON: BERRI NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MOUSSA VISIT [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, one day before Arab League Secretary General Moussa's return to Beirut. The Speaker did not appear optimistic that Moussa's visit would lead to a breakthrough in the ongoing impasse over the presidential election, [...] | 2008-02-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT183 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT PESSIMISTIC ON ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) The Special Tribunal, the Arab League initiative and Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon, preparations for the February 14 commemoration of the assassination of PM Rafiq Hariri, and Hizballah arms were among the topics of conversation at a February 7 lunch hosted for the Ambassador by Druse lead [...] | 2008-02-07 17:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT190 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 GAINING MOMEMTUM [...] (C) Key March 14 players told the Ambassador March 14 would insist on presidential elections first in talks with visiting Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (whose departure has now been postponed until February 9). They remained confident in the support of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LA [...] | 2008-02-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT193 | LEBANON: DEFMIN ON DEMONSTRATIONS, QATAR/UNIFIL [...] (C) In a February 8th introductory meeting at the MinDef's home, MinDef Elias Murr warmly welcomed the Ambassador and laid the ground work for continued, close coordination and cooperation with the USG. Murr looks forward to the upcoming visit of USDP Edelman and what that entails for supportin [...] | 2008-02-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT195 | LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA REPORTS NO [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, just minutes before departing Beirut, told the Ambassador that, although he was unable to report a breakthrough in the ongoing political impasse, he was not disappointed in his visit. There had been very open and serious discussions, he said, which [...] | 2008-02-09 12:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT203 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS AMR MOUSSA WILL [...] (C) In a February 8th introductory office call, Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman warmly welcomed Ambassador. Sleiman did not think that the February 7-9 trip by Arab League SYG Amr Moussa would accomplish anything other than a framework for more discussions. Sleiman gave a brief overvie [...] | 2008-02-11 10:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT205 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 ORGANIZING BETTER; ESTABLISHES [...] (C) At long last, the March 14 pro-government coalition has set up a secretariat for internal coordination to develop strategies to boost public (both domestic and international) support and create a unified public relations message. March 14 leaders already have begun an intensive diplomatic [...] | 2008-02-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT207 | LEBANON: PATRIARCH SAYS SYRIA TO BLAME FOR [...] (C) In a February 8 introductory call by the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Boutros Sfeir said that Lebanon, especially the Christian community, was divided and he blamed Syria and Iran for the division. The Patriarch said the key element of the Arab League initiative is the call for the imme [...] | 2008-02-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER LE SY |
08BEIRUT215 | LEBANON: HARIRI URGES STRONGER U.S. PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Increased pressure on Syria was the dominant theme of the Ambassador's first meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. The opposition, supported by Syria and Iran, was pursuing a long-term strategy to gradually take over the country, he claimed. Bilateral and international assistance was [...] | 2008-02-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT223 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER DISCUSSES DISCIPLINARY [...] (C) In a February 13th office call with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Edelman, Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman reviewed the themes of Army unity, good morale in the Army, and the positive role model for sectarian cooperation the Army provides to Lebanon (Reftel A). Sleima [...] | 2008-02-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT24 | LEBANON: AOUN SAYS MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY [...] (C) In a January 4 meeting with Ambassador, Michel Aoun said the Hizballah-led March 8-Aoun opposition would not agree to ending the presidential vacuum until the pro-government March 14 bloc agrees to a package deal comprised of a one-third blocking minority in cabinet for the opposition, agr [...] | 2008-01-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM FR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT255 | LEBANON: GEAGEA PLEASED WITH 2/14 RALLY, PLEADS [...] (C) In his first meeting with Charge Sison, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, pleased with the results of the February 14 rally, said he believed the March 14 bloc had proven it is a popular movement able to rally its supporters and speak with a unified voice. He predicted that the Arab Le [...] | 2008-02-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT26 | LEBANON: BERRI SAYS CABINET MUST BE 10-10-10 [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he agreed with the 1/5 Arab League Foreign Ministers' communique. But Berri's interpretation of the communique was sharply at odds with that of March 14: whereas March 14 sees the communique as largely suppor [...] | 2008-01-07 17:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY |
08BEIRUT260 | LEBANON: HARIRI PROVIDES ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 05:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT264 | LEBANON: HARIRI PROVIDES ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ON [...] (S/NF) In the course of a February 11 meeting with the Charge (Ref A),majority leader Saad Hariri and advisor Ghattas Khoury provided anecdotal information regarding alleged financial transactions of Rami Maklouf and Syrian Directory of Military Intelligence Asef Shawket. They alleged that M [...] | 2008-02-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT266 | LEBANON: AOUN INSISTS ON BLOCKING THIRD, ELECTORAL [...] (C) In his first meeting with Charge Sison, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun stressed the opposition's demand for a blocking third in cabinet and the need for a more representative electoral law if the Arab League initiative was going to succeed. Palestinian refugees was one of the [...] | 2008-02-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PREF KPAL PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT270 | LEBANON: FRENCH AND VATICAN AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In separate introductory meetings with Charge Sison, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Papal Nuncio Luigi Gatti and French Charge d'Affaires Andre Parant expressed similar views on Lebanon's ongoing political impasse, including the role of regional actors, Lebanon's Christians, the Special T [...] | 2008-02-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT283 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT PREOCCUPIED WITH SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Security concerns weighed heavily on Druse leader Walid Jumblatt during a February 22 meeting with the Charge. He sought U.S. assistance in persuading Saad Hariri to discuss recent Sunni-Shia clashes with Amal leader Nabih Berri, pointing to an upcoming Hizballah rally as another source o [...] | 2008-02-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT286 | LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE INITIATIVE -- GROUNDHOG DAY? [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa's Chief of Staff expressed neither optimism nor pessimism following his February 20-21 discussions with members of the majority and opposition. Acknowledging that the situation was difficult, and that Moussa had not yet decided whether he would retu [...] | 2008-02-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT292 | LEBANON: BERRI SAYS STILL NO AGREEMENT ON CABINET [...] (C) Speaker Berri, commenting on Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon in a last-ditch effort to resolve the political impasse before the February 26 parliamentary session to elect a president, said as of noontime on February 25, agreement still had not been reached on cabinet formati [...] | 2008-02-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT296 | LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA REPORTS GLASS IS [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, just minutes before departing Beirut, told the Charge that his most recent round of marathon meetings had resulted in "serious discussions" covering a lot of topics. If representatives from the majority and opposition could sit together and discus [...] | 2008-02-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT302 | LEBANON: SAAD CALLS ARAB LEAGUE MEETINGS "USELESS" [...] (C) On February 25, Majority leader Saad Hariri called the February 24-25 round of Arab League meetings "useless." Michel Aoun continued to insist on a blocking third in the cabinet, and Syria does not want the presidential election to take place. Hizballah, meanwhile, was escalating its act [...] | 2008-02-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT323 | LEBANON: DRUSE AND PHALANGE DISMISSIVE OF ARAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT324 | LEBANON: GENERAL SLEIMAN ON GAZA, US NAVY IN [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman March 3 for an overview of the past week: Gaza, U.S. Navy ship movements, and continued speculation on the Arab League Summit. Sleiman was frank and constructive during the meeting, offering feedback on Charge's rece [...] | 2008-03-03 16:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT325 | LEBANON: DRUSE AND PHALANGE DISMISSIVE OF ARAB [...] (C) Advisors to Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel and Druse leader Walid Jumblatt were critical of Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's ongoing efforts to resolve Lebanon's political impasse, suggesting that Moussa's real focus was a successful Arab League summit. They said some in March 14 favor th [...] | 2008-03-04 06:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT339 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 TO HOLD FIRST CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) The March 14 coalition, seeking to build on the momentum gained during the February 14, 2008 third commemoration of Rafiq Hariri's assassination, which rallied larger than expected crowds, is planning its first ever convention [...] | 2008-03-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT350 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER VOWS TO LEAVE NO [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 13-14. 2. (C) UNIIIC Commissioner and Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare is as determined as ever to succeed in his mission, but warns that it will take more time and resources before he will be able to issue indictments. Bellemare, who is [...] | 2008-03-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT354 | LEBANON: HARIRI ADVISOR LOOKING AHEAD TO [...] (C) Ghattas Khoury, advisor to majority leader Saad Hariri, does not believe enough pressure has been exerted on Syria to allow Lebanon's presidential election to take place. Michel Aoun, who seemed to reject all three points in the Arab League initiative, was the main problem. Lebanon would [...] | 2008-03-07 16:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT372 | LEBANON: MINDEF WORRIED THAT HIZBALLAH WAR WITH [...] (S) In a March 10 meeting with Charge, MinDef Murr expressed his growing concern that a Hizballah war with Israel is imminent. His assessment is based upon recent Hizballah preparations, reported movement of families, and the precipitous increase in Israeli overflights of Lebanon. Murr does n [...] | 2008-03-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT388 | LEBANON: HAMADEH DISCUSSES "BEFORE, DURING AND [...] (C) Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh shared with Charge and DCM that he was unable to persuade French Charge Parant to attend the March 14 congress. Regarding the upcoming Arab Summit, he said the GOL is "not in the mood" to attend, but there are issues to be decided before, during a [...] | 2008-03-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SY LE |
08BEIRUT411 | LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] (S) In a March 21 introductory meeting with Charge, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander Graziano discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the difficulties posed by the continued Israeli occupation of Ghajar village inside Lebanon, the precipitous [...] | 2008-03-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR MCAP MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT436 | LEBANON: GOL NEXT STEPS AFTER DECISION TO BOYCOTT [...] (C) According to his top advisor, PM Siniora is striving to win his government Arab recognition that it represents the country as a whole, rather than only the March 14 faction, and that the ongoing political crisis is a result of Syrian interference rather than internal factional disputes. Th [...] | 2008-03-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT437 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 BRACING ITSELF FOR POST ARAB [...] (C) The March 14 General Secretariat, still glowing from its successful convention on March 14, is striving to maintain the momentum and gear up for taking tough political decisions in what it views as turbulent times ahead. Although March 14 leaders have not yet reached consensus on whether t [...] | 2008-03-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT45 | LEBANON: CODEL LYNCH MEETING WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) On January 10, PM Siniora conveyed to CODEL Lynch his gratitude for U.S. economic, political, and military support. He said the January 5 Arab League Foreign Ministers' communique was important, but that the opposition's interpretation of the communique, if implemented, would put handcuf [...] | 2008-01-11 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PARM PGOV PREL PTER IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT451 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA GRATEFUL FOR INL ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) PM Fouad Siniora dismissed the March 29-30 Arab League summit in Damascus as a "non-summit," and held out little expectation that the Arab League would find a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis. His government had managed to perform surprisingly well given the unprecedented ch [...] | 2008-03-31 15:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT459 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ON TRANSFORMING THE LAF TO SUPPORT CT OPERATIONS, UNSCR 1701, CAMPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | IS KPAL MASS MCAP PARM PINR PTER SY |
08BEIRUT464 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER'S PLEA TO BELLEMARE: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT465 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER'S PLEA TO BELLEMARE: [...] (C). Justice Minister Charles Rizk warned of mounting pressures to release the four generals held in connection with the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri. He stressed the need for UNIIIC Commissioner Bellemare to reaffirm former Commissioner Mehlis' recommendation that the GOL detain [...] | 2008-04-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT471 | LEBANON: BERRI SENDS UP TRIAL BALLOON ON [...] (C). Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri continues to seek internal and international support for his proposal to relaunch the National Dialogue, framing it as a continuation of the Arab League initiative and the only way to reach a solution to the ongoing political crisis. He criticized LAF comma [...] | 2008-04-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT472 | LEBANON: RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO REPAIR 2006 [...] (U) The GOL and some Arab donors continue to pay beneficiaries compensation to rebuild houses destroyed or damaged in the July 2006 war, but the GOL needs additional funds to complete the process. The opposition has continuously attacked the GOL regarding disbursement of compensation, and even [...] | 2008-04-07 04:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM MNUC LE |
08BEIRUT479 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Suaid outlined current thinking for March 14's next steps in the wake of the Arab League summit. Unified support for a cabinet reshuffle continued to be hampered by individual political aspirations and Christian concerns. However, March 14 needed to be pr [...] | 2008-04-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT490 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS, [...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...] | 2008-04-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT491 | LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY NOT WEDDED TO [...] (C) Armenian Tashnaq party MP Hagop Pakradunian believes the solution to the ongoing political impasse lies outside of Lebanon. While supporting the candidacy of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman, Pakradunian insisted that his election be accompanied by agreement on cabinet [...] | 2008-04-09 11:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS IR AR SY |
08BEIRUT496 | LEBANON: INCREASED HIZBALLAH ACTIVITY IN THE [...] (S) According to the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, who meets occasionally with Hizballah officials, Hizballah is "off-balance" and has not yet decided how to respond to the February 12 assassination of Imad Mougnieh. Hizballah was moving its training operations to the Bekaa, while still pour [...] | 2008-04-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS IR AR SY |
08BEIRUT499 | LEBANON: MEA CHAIRMAN FEARS AIRORT COULD FALL INTO [...] (C) The GOL is bidding out the operations and maintenance contract at Beirut International Airport (BIA). The chairman of national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA),which also owns the company that currently has the operations and maintenance contract, says that the Kuwaiti Khurafi group co [...] | 2008-04-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM MNUC LE |
08BEIRUT515 | LEBANON: SHIA LEADER CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Respected Shia leader Ibrahim Shamseddine rejects Speaker Berri's call for National Dialogue as unconstitutional, and instead calls for cabinet "rehabilitation" to include adding non-Hizballah Shia, followed by an immediate presidential election. Shamseddine, who expressed little interest [...] | 2008-04-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS IR AR SY |
08BEIRUT522 | LEBANON: SECTION 1207 FUNDING USED FOR DEMINING [...] (U) In FY 2006, the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) received $10 million under Section 1207 of the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act in response to an emergency request for assistance to Lebanon following the July 2006 war between [...] | 2008-04-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL PTER LE |
08BEIRUT542 | LEBANON: TOUR OF THE BLUE LINE; UNIFIL COMMANDER'S [...] (C) On April 19, Charge and Defense Attache toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. General Graziano continues to stress that Ghajar is his number one issue, predicting that this issue will lead to arm [...] | 2008-04-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY |
08BEIRUT549 | LEBANON: WELCH TO BERRI: HOLD DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) In an April 17 meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, NEA A/S David Welch discussed the continuing impasse on the presidential election and Berri's proposal for a new national dialogue. Berri described his recent regional tour to garner support for his proposal and said the Arab Lea [...] | 2008-04-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT550 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL TELLS WELCH UNIFIL SHOULD EXPAND [...] (C) In a April 18 meeting, former president Amine Gemayel told visiting NEA A/S David Welch, that the rules of engagement for UNIFIL troops should be changed, and added that he wanted UNIFIL to expand its area of operations (AOE) and its mandate in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL could also be used [...] | 2008-04-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT551 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER WILL EXTEND IF ORDERED BY [...] (C) In an April 18 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman stressed he was intent on retiring by November 21, 2008. Sleiman said his announcement that he would leave his post on August 21 was designed to put pressure on th [...] | 2008-04-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE |
08BEIRUT562 | LEBANON: GOL SHOWS GREAT INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS [...] (C) The Lebanese government has been supportive to date in responding to the offers under the Department of Energy's Megaports initiative to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in Lebanon's two largest ports, Beirut and Tripoli. However, GOL bureaucracy and some specif [...] | 2008-04-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EIND ELTN ENRG EWWT PARM PGOV PREL LE |
08BEIRUT647 | LEBANON: GOL WANTS TO REDUCE ITS MANPADS STOCKPILE [...] (S/NF) In a March 26 meeting, DATT informed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) officials of the appointment of Ambassador Bloomfield as the Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. GOL officials also expressed great interest in relinquishing MANPADS within their possession during a March 3-7 [...] | 2008-05-10 17:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOS PARM PINR PINS LE |
08BEIRUT661 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS HE WILL PROTECT THE [...] (C/NF) In two meetings on Sunday, May 11, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman explained that he had not meant to embarrass the Prime Minister with his comments on GOL cabinet decisions, that reports of massive army resignations were not true, and that the Army would "defend until th [...] | 2008-05-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE |
08BEIRUT688 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES AND [...] (C) In a 14 May meeting, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander LTG Sleiman told visiting Acting CENTCOM Commander LTG Dempsey that Lebanon is in a "civil war" that requires a political solution. Sleiman outlined for General Dempsey the difficulties of the current tactical situation on the grou [...] | 2008-05-14 21:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE |
08BEIRUT77 | LEBANON: BERRI CITES SYRIAN-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP AS [...] (C) In his last meeting with the mbassador, a pessimistic Parliament Speaker Nabi Berri cited better relations between Syria and audi Arabia as the key to resolving Lebanon's poitical crisis. He continued to insist on a 10-10-0 cabinet formation, and stressed that a meeting etween majority le [...] | 2008-01-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT84 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER RECOUNTS MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-19 08:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT85 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER RECOUNTS MEETING WITH [...] (S) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr advocated separation of the presidential election from cabinet formation in his discussions with visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa, but held little hope that Damascus, Moussa's next stop, would accept the idea. The Syrians, Murr believed, were f [...] | 2008-01-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT851 | COM CONCURS WITH SECTION 1206 FY 08 TRANCHE FOUR [...] (S) CHIEF OF MISSION FULLY SUPPORTS THE FY 08 SECTION 1206 (TRANCHE FOUR,4) PROPOSALS AS SUBMITTED BY USCENTCOM. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES' (LAF'S) CAPABILITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS IN URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT). IT REINFORCES THE MISSION'S STRATEGIC GOALS OF COUNTERT [...] | 2008-06-05 16:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PARM PTER PM LE PREL MARR MOPS |