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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE 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 LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK 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 MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] 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 MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB 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 NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI 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 OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY 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 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 SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM 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 STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR 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 THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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02AMMAN5911 | BORDER SECURITY ACT - HOST GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON USG [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, JORDANIAN MFA CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED POST OCTOBER 8 THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, THE GOJ HAS NO OBJECTION TO FINGERPRINTING APPLICANTS IN CONNECTION WITH VISA ISSUANCE. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE GOJ IS SUPPORTIVE OF PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GREATER SECURITY TO LEGI [...] | 2002-10-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS PREL JO |
02ANKARA8638 | NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and EUR/SE. See paras 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NOFORN) Embassy understands that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senator Biden (D-DE),Senator Hagel (R-NE),three SFRC professional staff members a [...] | 2002-11-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ |
03ANKARA7033 | MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC [...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...] | 2003-11-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US |
04ADANA163 | FRAUD PREVENTION DIRECTORY [...] (U) The current Fraud Prevention Manager is Management Officer Telside Manson, phone number 90-322-346-6262, fax number 90-322-346-7916, e-mail MansonTL@state.gov, full-time position, estimated date of departure from post is September 2006. 2. (U) The back up Fraud Prevention Manager is Pr [...] | 2004-12-16 09:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CMGT CVIS CPAS TU ADANA |
04AMMAN6968 | IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq named a new Ambassador to Jordan, Ata Abdul Wahab. Recent guidance from the Iraqi MFA on visa procedures appears to have cleared up some of the Amman Embassy,s confusion on this issue. Separately, a former Iraqi minister criticized PM Allawi,s performance. End Summary. [...] | 2004-08-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN7529 | IRAQ BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian security officials at the Karameh border crossing have eased restrictions on the entry of Iraqis. Communications between Jordanian and Iraqi border officials remain poor, and Iraqi border officials are, reportedly, demanding bribes at numerous "check points" prior to f [...] | 2004-09-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CPAS PTER MOPS IZ JO KINR |
04BRUSSELS2586 | U.S.-EU JOINT MISSION TO INTERPOL ON LOST/STOLEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During consultations in Brussels on 6/9 and a subsequent joint mission to Interpol headquarters in Lyon on 6/10, the U.S. and EU ironed out some of the remaining wrinkles in plans to share information on lost and stolen passports through Interpol. An EU Common Position, expect [...] | 2004-06-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS KFRD KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4844 | BIOMETRICS: EU ON PARALLEL TRACK WITH U.S. AND [...] (U) Summary. In parallel with U.S. efforts to incorporate the use of biometric identifiers, the EU is finalizing plans to enhance its border controls through the use of biometrics. On October 26, EU Justice and Interior Ministers agreed to incorporate two biometrics into national passports, t [...] | 2004-11-10 17:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT SMIG PTER PREL CPAS CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04DJIBOUTI929 | LOST/STOLEN PASSPORT DATA SHARE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-07 06:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD DJ |
04DUBLIN1841 | THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 22 DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a free-flowing December 22 meeting, the Ambassador and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern agreed that President Bush's planned February visit to Europe presented an opportunity to reenergize trans-Atlantic ties. Ahern noted a "huge willingness" among his counterparts within t [...] | 2004-12-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR CPAS CVIS MASS PINR PINS EAID PGOV |
04MADRID1180 | Consular response to Terrorist attacks in [...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...] | 2004-04-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP |
04MADRID3666 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR [...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...] | 2004-09-24 08:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AADP CASC CPAS SP AMAT CUIS |
04MADRID3994 | EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...] | 2004-10-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP |
04MADRID4258 | EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARDUCCI [...] Post personally delivered Dip note no. 583 to the Chief of the Unit of Consular Legal Matters at the Foreign Ministry. Spanish official informed post that they would fax copy of Dip Note to the President of the Criminal division of the National Court for any appropriate action 2. Embassy w [...] | 2004-11-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS SNAR KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER |
04MADRID4316 | EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL [...] Christopher Michael Berarducci's surrender is getting strong press coverage in major newspapers in Spain. "El Mundo", one of Spain's leading newspapers states that Spain is going to surrender subject to the US without receiving the requested assurances. The publication quotes Post's dipnotes t [...] | 2004-11-10 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER |
04SANTODOMINGO1816 | MEETING WITH GODR OFFICIALS ON STATUS OF NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: GODR is still on track to produce ICAO compliant passport in April. GODR Passport Office has established new Anti-Fraud Unit. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 9, 2004 Consul General and FPM met with Director of GODR Passport Office, Mr. Elias Wessin Chavez. Purpose of the meeting [...] | 2004-03-19 18:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CPAS CVIS CASC KFRD DR |
04TEGUCIGALPA371 | EXTRADITION/DEPORTATION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] On Wednesday February 18, 2004, Honduran Police arrested U.S. fugitive Arnold Frederick Morris. On Thursday February 19, 2004 he was deported back to the U.S. through coordinated efforts of U.S. and Honduran law enforcement agencies. Mr. Morris is currently the subject of several Federal wa [...] | 2004-02-19 21:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC CPAS CVIS HO |
04THEHAGUE1183 | DUTCH PREVIEW EU PRESIDENCY IMMIGRATION ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: ConGen, Embassy and USEU officials met recently with the Justice Ministry to discuss immigration issues for upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch invited USG to make a presentation on biometrics and US-VISIT program at an EU seminar on biometrics in The Hague July 1 and 2. The Dutc [...] | 2004-05-13 10:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS KHLS NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1775 | JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA [...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...] | 2004-07-15 14:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2445 | DHS SEC. RIDGE CARRIES MESSAGE OF COMMON CT CAUSE [...] SUMMARY: Sec. Ridge discussed implementation of US-EU Summit Declaration Combating Terrorism with the EU JHA Troika, stressing the importance of information sharing and the need to communicate better to the public the existing high level of CT cooperation between the U.S. and EU. His message [...] | 2004-09-24 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CVIS SMIG CPAS PREL ATRN NL EUN |
04VILNIUS1532 | FY2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE FOR VILNIUS [...] Post submits the following consular package narrative keyed to reftel. Management A) Consular Section Chief: Ruta D. Elvikis (Consul),ETD: July 2005, Direct Office Telephone Number: 370- 5-266-5591, E-mail: ElvikisRD@state.gov; Deputy Consular Section Chief: Gregory L. Bernsteen (Vic [...] | 2004-12-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC CPAS KFRD ASIG AFSI LH |
05AMMAN1384 | JORDAN TO MAKE JORDANIAN PASSPORTS AVAILABLE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan intends to issue "special case" passports to a select group of investors in Jordan, with the primary beneficiaries said to be Iraqi businessmen. While the passports will not confer some rights (e.g., voting, transmission of citizenship),they will perm [...] | 2005-02-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS PREL KFRD JO |
05AMMAN3963 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WELL-INTEGRATED, ECONOMICALLY [...] (C) This cable provides an overview of the Iraqi community in Jordan based on information obtained from Jordanian and Iraqi government, UN, NGO, and Iraqi and Jordanian business and academic figures. Approximately 350,000 Iraqi nationals are presently living in Jordan, mostly in the greater [...] | 2005-05-20 03:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CPAS IZ JO |
05AMMAN9956 | H1B FRAUD TREND- IRAQIS CLAIMING TO BE ACCOUNTANTS OF [...] Summary: In the past ten months, the Consular Section in Amman received a large number of apparently fraudulent H1B cases for Iraqi nationals claiming to be of Chaldean origin and intending to work in the U.S. as accountants or financial analysts. These cases resemble one another closely due [...] | 2005-12-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO IZ |
05ASUNCION587 | PARAGUAY: PARTICIPATION IN FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI PA |
05BAGHDAD4776 | PRESIDENT TALABANI ON ELECTIONS, CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (C) In a November 27 meeting, President Talabani outlined to the Ambassador his predictions for the December election results: 90-110 seats for the Shia list; 50-60 seats for the Kurds; 45-50 seats for the Sunni Arabs; 25-35 seats for former PM Ayad Allawi's coalition; and 5-10 for Deputy PM C [...] | 2005-11-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM CPAS IZ |
05BANGKOK2835 | THAILAND: GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Brazilian Embassy Minister Counselor Fernando Jose de Carvalho Lopes. Lopes said that he had already been in contact with the Thai MFA regarding the June conference in Brasilia and that his Ambassador preferred that we demarche the MFA separately. Lopes said the [...] | 2005-04-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CPAS KCRM KFRD TH |
05BRUSSELS2312 | EU REACTION TO VWP BIOMETRIC REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Per reftel, PRMOff met with senior officials of the European Commission (EC) and Luxembourg Presidency on June 15 (at 4:30 p.m.) to review biometric passport requirements for VWP countries. 2. (U) EC participants from the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security included: [...] | 2005-06-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CPAS CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS337 | INFORMAL U.S.-EU MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] Summary. At the Informal Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) held February 13-14 in Luxembourg, the U.S. and EU reviewed outstanding issues and areas for further law enforcement, border security and counter terrorism cooperation during the coming six months. The U.S. presented to Euro [...] | 2005-01-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS614 | BIOMETRICS: EU TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PASSPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is set to approve a decision on technical standards related to biometrics in travel documents by the end of February. From that point, EU Member States will have 18 months to begin issuing passports that contain digitized photographs on contactless chips. A separate d [...] | 2005-02-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05CANBERRA1047 | AUSTRALIA ON TRACK FOR VWP REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Post demarched Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Passport Systems and Technology Director John Osbourne on June 15 regarding the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) biometric passport requirements (reftel). Osbourne identified DFAT as the responsible ministry and designated [...] | 2005-06-17 02:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS AS |
05CANBERRA1118 | NEW AUSTRALIAN VISA CATEGORY FOR AMERICANS [...] (U) A letter to the Charge' from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Temporary Entry Branch Assistant Secretary Arja Keski-Nummi, announced that starting July 1, 2005, in addition to the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA),American citizens [...] | 2005-06-29 00:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT AS |
05CASABLANCA1341 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-27 16:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREL MO |
05DUBLIN1492 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUBLIN [...] Country Conditions: Ireland is a modern, highly industrialized nation with a growing economy and moderate rate of inflation. The export trade continues as the driving force behind the countries prosperity and this in turn has led to a rise in consumer spending, a thriving construction indust [...] | 2005-12-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UK EI |
05HALIFAX113 | NEW BRUNSWICK DEPUTY MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER, PREMIER [...] SUMMARY: New Brunswick Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, Jim McKay, traveled from Fredericton to Halifax recently to meet with CG to discuss issues related the border as well as to seek suggestions for appointments for Premier Lord's upcoming trip to Washington. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2005-05-09 19:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CPAS ETRD CA US |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1309 | PORTRAIT OF AN ALIEN SMUGGLER [...] Reftel outlined a recent incident in which Amcit Tim Thai was caught while apparently attempting to smuggle aliens with photo-subbed Canadian passports through Uzbekistan. The story of Mr. Thai's life over the past 25 years illustrates the challenges facing our consular sections as we strive t [...] | 2005-12-21 09:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CASC SMIG VM TIP |
05KATHMANDU2442 | NEPAL: DOCUMENT VENDORS ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Nepal Police (NP) arrested a group of six collaborating document vendors in mid-October and a single fraudulent document vendor on November 5, 2005. In both cases, NP gave Post's Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and Senior Fraud Prevention FSN (FPFSN) access to exemplars of the documents t [...] | 2005-11-14 00:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP |
05KINGSTON1037 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL [...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...] | 2005-04-14 20:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM |
05KINGSTON1316 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL DOCUMENT INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica is one of the countries in the Caribbean which exempts U.S. citizens traveling to the island for tourism from the requirement of a passport or visa. Ref (A) announced that effective December 31, 2005, DHS will require all U.S. citizens traveling to and from the Caribbe [...] | 2005-05-20 18:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CPAS CVIS JM KFRD TIP |
05KINGSTON1346 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR NICHOLS DISCUSSES WHTI WITH GOJ [...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols and Econoff met with Paul E. Pennicook, Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, to discuss the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on Jamaica's tourism industry, as well as the general prospects fo [...] | 2005-05-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CPAS JM |
05LIMA2223 | PERU'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PE BR |
05LIMA5254 | LIMA FRAUD PREVENTION UPDATES JULY-SEPTEMBER [...] (U) During the July-September 2005 reporting period, Lima's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) worked closely with airline security personnel and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) in the detection and arrest of multiple document vendors and brokers of false U.S., Spanish, and Mexican travel documen [...] | 2005-12-12 20:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN CPAS PE |
05MADRID1251 | EXTRADITION CASE OF MANUEL ISAAC MARQUEZ SR [...] Country clearance is granted for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Stephanie Christine Perez and Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Javier Rodriguez. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marsha [...] | 2005-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP MARQUEZ MANUEL ISAAC SR |
05NASSAU659 | EARLY REACTION TO NEW U.S. PASSPORT REQUIREMENT -- [...] (SBU) The announcement of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on April 5 elicited a mixed response from Bahamians. The Minister of Immigration is hopeful that the new requirement will aid his efforts to gain adoption of a new, more secure document/passport for Bahamians. The Mini [...] | 2005-04-07 20:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | CPAS CASC PREL ECON KPAO BF |
05OTTAWA3228 | AMBASSADOR MEETS PARLIAMENT'S BORDER CAUCUS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wilkins and Minister Counselor of Consular Affairs Keith Powell met for 75 minutes with Parliament's Border Caucus on October 26, fielding questions on subjects ranging from the new travel document requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) to the [...] | 2005-10-28 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ETRD CPAS ASEC CMGT CA |
05PARIS400 | CODEL Sensenbrenner [...] SUMMARY: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Mrs. Sensenbrenner and Chief of Staff Phil Kiko visited France from January 9 to 17 to conduct a review of French actions to enhance the security of their passports, cooperate with the U.S. in combating terrorism and secure their borde [...] | 2005-01-21 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP CMGT CVIS CPAS KFRD AMGT AORC FR |
05TEGUCIGALPA1936 | A DISTURBING TREND OF U.S. CRIMINALS OBTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of September RSO and the Consular section's Anti-Fraud unit (AFU) have has tracked two separate cases of U.S. felons/fugitives who have obtained a valid Honduran passport under fraudulent means. RSO is also aware of one other case where a Salvadoran gang member was [...] | 2005-09-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CPAS KCRM KJUS HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1954 | A DISTURBING TREND OF U.S. CRIMINALS OBTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of September RSO and the Consular section's Anti-Fraud unit (AFU) have has tracked two separate cases of U.S. felons/fugitives who have obtained a valid Honduran passport under fraudulent means. RSO is also aware of one other case where a Salvadoran gang member was [...] | 2005-09-22 18:48:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CPAS KCRM KJUS HO |
05VIENNA1715 | FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU |
05VILNIUS1272 | LITHUANIA'S WORK AND TRAVEL PROGRAM [...] Summary. Lithuania's Summer Work and Travel Program (SWT),one of the largest programs per capita in the world, sends 2,000 university students to more than 30 states each year. Concentrated primarily in service-oriented positions in tourist areas along the East Coast and Great Lakes, Lithu [...] | 2005-12-05 06:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT CPAS PGOV LH |
05YEREVAN2045 | ARMENIA: TRANSFER OF CUSTODY OF L.A. MURDER [...] (SBU) On November 21, Armenian authorities transferred fugitive suspect Akop Akopyan to U.S. custody. Akopyan, a U.S. Permanent Resident but still an Armenian citizen, was the prime suspect in a September 2000 gangland murder in Los Angeles. The location, apprehension and eventual transfer of [...] | 2005-11-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ASEC CFED CPAS SOCI GG AM FBI |
06ALMATY2370 | Q1 AND Q2 FRAUD SUMMARY - ALMATY [...] A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since independence in 1991, the economic situation in most of Kazakhstan has improved. In the larger cities, such as Almaty, Astana, and Atyrau, the oil and gas industry has provided an economic boom. However, the improvement in living conditions is uneven and in many r [...] | 2006-07-05 08:29:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS KCRM CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ |
06AMMAN713 | AMMAN FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources and high unemployment and poverty rates. While the economy has made significant gains in recent years, the poverty level remains at or near 30 percent and estimated unemployment ranges from 15 to 30 percent. There are roughly 5.3 [...] | 2006-01-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC JO IZ |
06ANKARA3 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TURKEY [...] Until recently Turkey could be considered a low-fraud country from a consular perspective. In the past year, however, Mission Turkey has seen an increase in the number of fraudulent documents presented during interviews, and also uncovered several alien smuggling rings. These more recent ex [...] | 2006-01-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TU |
06BANGKOK2168 | EXTRADITION: RTG PROVIDES ASSURANCES FOR SUWIT [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for American Affairs Apirath Vienravi and several members of the MFA's Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, DCM delivered reftel request. In response to Department's request that the RTG provide an assurance that if the death sentence i [...] | 2006-04-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH |
06BANGKOK2193 | EXTRADITION OF SUWIT PRASOPRAT [...] (SBU) Due to the just completed Thai New Year holiday, the earliest Post could meet with a senior Thai counterpart to deliver Reftel A demarche would be later this week. In the meantime, mid-level RTG officials have reiterated that their position will not change from that given to DCM by MFA D [...] | 2006-04-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH |
06BANGKOK2227 | SUWIT EXTRADITION: SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Director General for Treaties and Legal Affairs, Mr. Krit Kriachitti, and several members of his staff, DCM delivered Reftel A demarche. In response to DCM's request that the RTG provide assurances that, should the death penalty be imposed on Suwit Prasoprat, it not [...] | 2006-04-18 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH |
06BRIDGETOWN1072 | DOMINICA DROPS DIPLOMATIC CASE AGAINST SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica has dropped the case it brought against Switzerland at the International Court of Justice, choosing not to pursue the matter of a questionable "diplomat" who had been stripped of his diplomatic status. The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GCOD) withdrew in May [...] | 2006-06-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1315 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...] | 2006-07-28 22:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN199 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BRIDGETOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 10:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BB |
06BRIDGETOWN239 | CARIBBEAN POLITICS: AN INSIDER'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Caribbean political campaigns are awash with money from a variety of sources, particularly wealthy expatriates seeking to influence governments, according to regional political consultant Peter Wickham. The availability of money favors ruling parties and has dramatically changed [...] | 2006-02-03 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR XL |
06BRIDGETOWN319 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) The Barbados-based Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) announced that it is expanding its private sector outreach program, beginning in January with a dialogue that will bring together the private and public sectors in St. Kitts. The CRNM will also teach the private sector how [...] | 2006-02-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CPAS SNAR EAID EAIR EFIN ELAB ENRG |
06BRIDGETOWN429 | GRENADA: THE PRIME MINISTER, OFFSHORE BANKS AND [...] (C) Summary: Keith Mitchell's ten-year tenure as Prime Minister of Grenada has been tarnished by numerous allegations of corruption, the worst of which involve Grenada's once thriving offshore banks and its economic citizenship program. This situation was highlighted in February by the convic [...] | 2006-03-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CPAS EFIN EINV KCRM OFDP GJ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN593 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) Dr. Compton Bourne was re-elected to a second five- year term as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),beginning May 1, 2006. Although generally seen as an effective leader of this organization that lends funds to Caribbean development projects, Bourne has endured criticism f [...] | 2006-04-05 20:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EAID EAIR ETRD PHUM PINS |
06BRIDGETOWN744 | CLARITY OF PURPOSE ACHIEVED ON CWC REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley hosted a meeting between Embassy officials and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director of Foreign Operations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP),Charles Stallworth, April 18, 2006. The meeting proved to be beneficial as it de [...] | 2006-05-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ASEC CPAS XL |
06BRIDGETOWN76 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) During a recent visit to the region, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens expressed concern that Caribbean nations would take on more debt through the concessionary financing scheme offered by Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil initiative. Carstens spoke hi [...] | 2006-01-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CPAS EAID EFIN TW XL |
06BRIDGETOWN875 | DOMINICA'S DIPLOMATIC TROUBLE WITH SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica brought Switzerland to the International Court of Justice over the Swiss decision to strip a Dominica "diplomat" of his diplomatic status. Russian-born Roman Lakschin, who obtained Dominica citizenship through the Caribbean island-state's economic citizenship program, wa [...] | 2006-05-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
06BRIDGETOWN910 | CLOCK TICKING (LOUDLY) ON CARIBBEAN IMMIGRATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the second ad hoc CARICOM Attorneys General meeting in Jamaica (Reftel A),Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley requested a meeting with Ambassador Kramer to discuss the urgency of getting USG commitment for [...] | 2006-05-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL |
06DAKAR1780 | IMPOSTERS CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT U.S. REFUGEE TRAVEL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, airlines in Dakar continue to see genuine Refugee Travel Documents (I-571) issued to imposters. In the past three months, Senegalese immigration officials seized five Refugee Travel Documents from travelers denied boarding by South African Airways (SAA) because they appeare [...] | 2006-07-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG |
06DAKAR2661 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FOURTH QUARTER FY2006 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the fourth quarter (July-September) of FY2006. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. 2.A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: No change since last quarterly report. B. NON-IMMIGRANT (NIV) FRAUD: No change since last quarterly report. C. IMM [...] | 2006-11-03 07:21:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG |
06DHAKA997 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA [...] SUMMARY. Dhaka is a high fraud post with a full-time FPM and a busy FPU. Fraud, especially in IV and DV cases, is a daily occurrence for adjudicators, and is most often found in ages of children, marital status, and qualification for the DV program. Most Bangladeshi documents are unreliable, [...] | 2006-02-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS BG |
06DUBLIN235 | SCENE-SETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S [...] (SBU) Recent intensive efforts by the Irish and British Governments to jump-start the stalled Northern Ireland peace process will frame this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern. In mid-2005, the IRA's historic decision to a [...] | 2006-03-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ETRD CASC CJAN CPAS CFED KCRM |
06DUBLIN925 | POST REQUEST TO DESIGNATE DAVID TIEDGE AS DHS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS EAIR EWWT PGOV PREL PINS PTER EI |
06DUSHANBE195 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tajikistan, independent since the Soviet breakup in 1991, is the poorest Central Asian republic and the ninth poorest country per capita in the world. The vast majority of the population lives well below the poverty line, inducing many working-age Tajik males to bec [...] | 2006-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
06GEORGETOWN552 | SUBJECT: CIVIL DOCUMENT SECURITY IN GUYANA: THE [...] SUMMARY: A Vice Consul covering the anti-fraud portfolio and a Fraud Investigator LES visited the General Registrar's Office (GRO) to observe how civil documents in Guyana are issued and safeguarded. Although these systems are becoming more secure, there are gaps in the s [...] | 2006-06-12 20:19:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GY |
06GEORGETOWN60 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GEORGETOWN, GUYANA [...] SUMMARY: Economic and cultural pressure to migrate continues to motivate all forms of immigration fraud in Guyana. Cooperation with elements of the Government of Guyana (GoG) and civil society enables post to detect and combat some types but corruption and cultural support for migration compl [...] | 2006-01-18 21:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM GY |
06HALIFAX206 | CONSULAR OUTREACH TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN NEWFOUNDLAND [...] SUMMARY: In early October CONOFF and ACS assistant traveled to St John's, Newfoundland to provide services for American citizens living in the region. CONOFF met privately with nearly 50 American citizens to provide consular services normally available only in Halifax and to discuss issues ran [...] | 2006-10-24 20:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CPAS CA |
06HELSINKI696 | EU-US INFORMAL SENIOR-LEVEL MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the Finnish Presidency, met in Helsinki on July 18 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by Acting INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ liaison to USEU Mark Richard, and DHS Acting A/S for Policy Development Pau [...] | 2006-07-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN FI |
06KINGSTON1007 | CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...] | 2006-05-22 19:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
06KINGSTON1118 | GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...] | 2006-06-07 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM |
06KINGSTON1269 | STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP [...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...] | 2006-06-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
06KINGSTON2150 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION PARTY'S ORIENTATION ON KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 20:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PTER SOCI CPAS |
06MONTREAL1063 | SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER COMMUNITY: MONTREAL WHTI [...] (SBU) Recently, as part of an ongoing WHTI outreach program, Consul General Montreal and Econoff visited small towns along the Quebec/US border to view how integrated the border communities are, and discuss the impact of WHTI. An example of completely integrated towns is the Stanstead, Quebec [...] | 2006-10-05 20:01:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | CA CASC CMGT CPAS ECON KPAO PREL KTRD |
06MONTREAL518 | Montreal Outreach on WHTI [...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...] | 2006-05-03 20:00:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA |
06MONTREAL676 | MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS [...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...] | 2006-06-16 18:56:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA |
06NAIROBI1650 | SOMALIS IN KENYA: ABANDONED KIDS, IMPOSTORS, AND [...] (U) Summary: Post has seen great activity since Ref A among naturalized Somalis and Somali nationals in Kenya. A rash of Somali Amcit, LPR, and asylee children have contacted post with stories of abandonment by Somali family members after trips to Kenya or Somalia. Post has also noted sever [...] | 2006-04-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI2509 | DIVERSITY VISA FRAUD - OPERATION GHOST MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2 Post culminated over six months of investigations into a marriage fraud ring with the arrest by Kenyan authorities of over 70 Diversity Visa applicants. Simultaneous arrests and searches in other locations revealed a criminal ring was involved in matching Kenyan appli [...] | 2006-06-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI2782 | ARMENIANS IN KENYA - PASSPORTS AND OFFICIAL ID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftels describe the exploits of the Armenian "Artur brothers," Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan, who were hastily deported from Kenya after attempting to clear a colleague from Kenyan Customs and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at gunpoint. News reports stated t [...] | 2006-06-27 03:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI3733 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref F reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-08-25 07:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI4275 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] NAIROBI REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGER ETIENNE LEBAILLY TO DO CONSULTATIONS WITH LONDON'S FRAUD UNIT ON MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THESE CONSULTATIONS IS TO REVIEW LONDON'S FRAUD PREVENTION PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND ON NAIROBI'S CURRENT CAPABILITES. [...] | 2006-10-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT KE |
06NAIROBI4834 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] NAIROBI REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSULAR OFFICER ETIENNE LEBAILLY'S TDY TO BUJUMBURA FROM NOVEMBER 13 TO NOVEMBER 17, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TDY IS TO PROVIDE CONSULAR SERVICES AT AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR CONSULAR OFFICER. 2. MR. LEBAILLY REQUIRES AIRPORT TRANS [...] | 2006-11-13 09:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT KE |
06NAIROBI5145 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-12-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI5267 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-12-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI817 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref B reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-02-23 12:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NASSAU1611 | PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE CALLS FOR DELAY IN WHTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Perry Christie called on Caribbean countries to form a united front in seeking to postpone implementation of the passport requirement until the land and sea requirement is implemented in 2009. Addressing the 29th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Freeport, Christie [...] | 2006-10-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS PREL ECON BF |
06OTTAWA3473 | WHTI IMPLEMENTATION: CANADA STILL HOPING FOR A [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Comments and statements from a variety of Canadian interlocutors, coupled with Canada's apparent lack of serious preparations, indicate that the government will continue to lobby to delay, alter, or kill the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). WH [...] | 2006-11-27 21:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CA CPAS CVIS PREL PGOV |
06PANAMA317 | RETIREES & INVESTORS FLOCK TO SUNNY, SAFE & [...] SUMMARY. With an estimated 30 million Americans scheduled to retire in 2006 (and every year for the next 18),the race is on for affordable attractive property in mild climates. Panama is set to become the third most popular destination for American expatriates in the hemisphere following M [...] | 2006-02-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS |
06PANAMA319 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL TOURISM COULD [...] SUMMARY. The economic impact of the residential tourism industry on Panama is set to rival that of the Canal Expansion. Expatriates are having a profound impact on the local economies and communities in which they are settling. These part and full time residents have increased consumer deman [...] | 2006-02-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS |
06REYKJAVIK22 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND [...] Summary: Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country. No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland. End Summary 2. This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland per ref A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: As a prospe [...] | 2006-01-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC |
06ROME438 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Italy has relatively few instances of fraud in connection with consular services. Italians, who enjoy a developed economy and access to the visa waiver program, find little reason to commit fraud to obtain visas or passports. The Italian government has a relatively secure [...] | 2006-02-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IT EUN |
06SANSALVADOR198 | EL SALVADOR FRAUD SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER FY06 [...] Political Structure: El Salvador is a constitutional democracy with three branches of national government; a unicameral legislature, a judiciary, and an executive branch headed by a president. El Salvador has a multi-party political system, although in reality two parties, the right leaning [...] | 2006-01-26 12:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES |
06SANSALVADOR414 | E-PASSPORTS: INFORMING EL SALVADOR'S MFA [...] On February 17, the Acting Consul General provided Francisco Merino, Director of Protocol of the Salvadoran MFA, printed color copies of the presentation on the new electronic passports. After explaining the current pilot production project and the Department's intention to issue all passports [...] | 2006-02-17 17:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CMGT KFRD IMMIGRATION |
06SOFIA181 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY, SOFIA, OCT-DEC 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC BU |
06TAIPEI195 | PRC NATIONALS CAUGHT IN BOARDING CARD SWAP [...] Four Chinese (PRC) nationals were intercepted at Narita International Airport on Dec. 25, 2005 trying to board flight UA890 to Los Angeles using U.S. passports with counterfeit biographic pages and swapped boarding passes. The Chinese were from Fujian Province but in transit from Dalian Intern [...] | 2006-01-20 06:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW |
06TAIPEI253 | FRAUD SUMMARY - AIT TAIPEI, JANUARY 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-25 07:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW |
06TALLINN1139 | FRAUD SUMMARY TALLINN: FIRST QTR FY2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN |
06TALLINN355 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN |
06TALLINN362 | FRAUD SUMMARY ? TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN |
06VATICAN250 | HOLY SEE CANCELS MILINGO'S PASSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires was called in December 4 by Monsignor Tommaso Caputo, the Holy See's protocol chief. Caputo gave Charge a Note Verbale (text follows in para 3) concerning renegade Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who was excommunicated by the Holy See in September after illicitly ordaining [...] | 2006-12-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS PREL VT |
06VIENNA1551 | May 4 U.S.-Russia - EU Multi Presidency Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first meeting of its kind, U.S., Russian and EU officials met informally in Vienna May 4 to discuss possible areas for future cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and corruption, and illegal immigration. The U.S. delegation was led by Attorney G [...] | 2006-05-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1552 | May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...] | 2006-05-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1649 | May 3 EU-U.S. JHA Ministerial Troika [...] Summary. The U.S. - EU JHA Ministerial Troika was held in Vienna May 3 with the U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, accompanied by DHS Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson. The EU delegation was headed by SIPDIS Austrian Minister of the Interior Prokop, Justice Minister [...] | 2006-06-08 09:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VILNIUS379 | PROSECUTORS APPEAL SENTENCING OF CONVICTED NAZI [...] Lithuania,s Prosecutor General,s Office appealed on April 14 the lack of a sentence for convicted Nazi collaborator Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. The 85 year-old Dailide was convicted of crimes against Jews for his collaboration with the Nazis on March 27, but the court imposed no sentence due [...] | 2006-04-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM CPAS LH |
06VILNIUS83 | A VIEW FROM BEHIND BARS: VILNIUS'S LUKISKES [...] This is the second cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius is taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. Lithuania [...] | 2006-01-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT CPAS PGOV LH |
06ZAGREB145 | ZAGREB QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY FIRST [...] Bolstered by reforms in preparation for EU membership and the official start of EU accession talks in October 2005, Croatia's economy is steadily improving, unemployment rates are gradually declining, and fewer and fewer Croatians need to resort to fraud or malfeasance to travel abroad. Dev [...] | 2006-02-06 11:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR |
07ASMARA602 | QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2007 period. This cable constitutes post's first fraud report; for this reason, this particular report provides a general overview. Subsequent reports will address more specific fraud trends. Post has been cl [...] | 2007-07-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
07ASMARA815 | QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the July to September 2007 period. --------------------------------------------- - COUNTRY CONDITIONS - INCREASING DETERIORIATION --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) The Eritrean economic downward spira [...] | 2007-10-16 06:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
07ASMARA967 | QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the October to December 2007 period. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE) economic policies continue to cause scarcity of goods and impoverishment [...] | 2007-12-27 11:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN203 | BRUNEI (ALMOST) READY TO SIGN TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (C) The GoB is ready to sign an HSPD-6 Memorandum of Understanding to share terrorist screening information with the USG. The Foreign Ministry is looking to a high level meeting as a hook to push the Brunei bureaucracy to give approval to the text as it currently stands. The GoB says it is s [...] | 2007-07-17 02:17:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT CPAS KFRD PREL PINR BX |
07BRATISLAVA24 | SELF-EMPLOYED SLOVAKS HAVE LOW OVERSTAY RATE [...] (SBU) A recent validation study conducted on self-employed Slovaks (those who have licenses as small business owners, or "zivnostniks") who received B1/B2 visas in the first 180 days of 2006 found them to be relatively "good" cases with a low rate of overstay. Of the 240 individuals surveyed [...] | 2007-01-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LO |
07BRIDGETOWN517 | DOMINICA: SLOW START-UP FOR NEW OFFSHORE SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Although the government of Dominica has announced plans to resuscitate its economic citizenship program and offshore financial services sector, it has yet to develop the necessary policy framework and institutions to do so. The existing Financial Services Unit, envisioned as the [...] | 2007-05-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN EINV CPAS IR RS KS SZ |
07CALGARY14 | WHTI IN ALBERTA AND SASKATACHEWAN: ALMOST FULL COMPLIANCE ON [...] The four airports in Calgary's consular district with direct flights to the US--Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and Saskatoon--reported no problems on the first day of WHTI implementation. No passengers were turned away from any of the four airports for lack of a passport. Almost every passenger a [...] | 2007-01-23 19:21:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07CASABLANCA73 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] SUMMARY: All consular operations for Morocco are located at Casablanca, which is a medium-fraud post where the impact is greater on Immigrant Visas (IV) than on Nonimmigrant Visas (NIV). Post's FPU consists of a (part-time vice consul FPM and one FSN Fraud Investigator (FSN/FI). The majorit [...] | 2007-04-10 13:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO |
07COLOMBO755 | SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...] | 2007-05-25 05:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE |
07COLOMBO756 | SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...] | 2007-05-25 05:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE |
07DAKAR1041 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2007 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter (January-March) of FY2007 follows. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, there has been no significant change in the economic situation. The current political situation co [...] | 2007-05-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG |
07DAKAR2117 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS FY2007 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the third and fourth quarters (April-September) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, the energy crisis has resurfaced, with sporadic daily blackouts, which affect the economic [...] | 2007-10-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG |
07DAKAR355 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2007 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter (October-December) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The economic situation in Senegal is difficult and has sparked concerns within the international donor community and am [...] | 2007-02-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG |
07DAMASCUS1160 | CONSULAR SECTION ACTIVITIES -- October/November 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the restrictive environment created by the ubiquitous Syrian security services, we continue to run an active outreach program. Below is a list of events in October and November. End Summary. 2. (SBU) International Education week November 4-8: Consular Officers di [...] | 2007-12-10 07:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS SY |
07DAMASCUS1171 | DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY |
07DAMASCUS765 | MATCHING FOOTPRINTS: FIRST TIME ADULT AMCIT APPLICANTS FROM IRAQ AND IRAN, IN SYRIA [...] A growing number of men in their early-to-mid 20s who claim to have been born in the United States are now applying for their first U.S. passports. Of the six individuals in the last two weeks, five came to Syria from Iraq (including two brothers) and one from Iran. One of the Iraqis was prev [...] | 2007-07-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS KFRD KWMN ASEC SY IZ IR |
07DAMASCUS773 | DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY |
07DAMASCUS796 | CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM - [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 06:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR |
07DAMASCUS797 | CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Consular Operations at Embassy Damascus are impacted by the fact that the Syrian Arab Republic is a State Sponsor of Terrorism, as well as by our growing Iraqi workload. This cable focuses on the salient features of conducting consular work in this special environment. End Sum [...] | 2007-08-07 08:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR |
07DAMASCUS932 | CONSULAR SECTION ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the SARG's continuing efforts to restrict Embassy contact with large segments of Syrian society, the Consular Section continues to run an active outreach program. Below is a list of events in August and September. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Student Visa Talks -- Our NI [...] | 2007-09-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ |
07HALIFAX12 | MAPPING THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS FROM FORT [...] Uncertainty over the exact requirements and precise entry-into-force date of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) land and sea rule are the main concerns of nearly everyone we met during a recent visit to border communities and border crossing points in northwestern New Brunswick. [...] | 2007-03-14 20:55:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PTER PGOV PREL PHUM ELTN WHTI CA |
07KINGSTON1252 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1301 | JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM |
07KINGSTON1325 | JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON1326 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN [...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...] | 2007-09-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL |
07KINGSTON903 | JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER [...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...] | 2007-06-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL |
07KUWAIT474 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRIS ORKAND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Harris Orkand Information Services Contractors Brenda Dee Bacher, Christopher Noel Fuentes, Mohammad Yousuf Nawab, and Christopher Mark Pessima, to travel to post o/a April 23-May 10, 2007 to replace and perform maintenance on de [...] | 2007-04-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AMGT APER CASC CMGT CPAS CVIS KCSY KU |
07MANAGUA2577 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The following is Managua's quarterly report on the fraud situation at post for the fourth quarter FY 07. Headings follow reftel information requests. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS In the last few months Nicaragua has been impacted by natural disasters, political instability and rising oil [...] | 2007-12-12 22:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC CPAS CMGT PREL PTER XK NU |
07MEXICO347 | MEXICO TOURISM SECRETARY: NO WORRIES ON WHTI [...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Secretary of Tourism has said that the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on international tourism to Mexico will be minor. According to estimates by the Secretariat of Tourism (Sectur),Mexico's revenue losses from WHTI will be less than 3 percen [...] | 2007-01-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR CASC CPAS EIND KHLS MX |
07NAIROBI1389 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-03-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI2307 | FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE [...] Summary: Nairobi's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) sees a wide variety of NIV, IV, and ACS fraud on a daily basis. May 15, 2007 proved to be an excellent example of the depth and breadth of fraud encountered over and beyond the normal workload, and is illustrative of a day in the life of our FPU [...] | 2007-06-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI2771 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-07-06 06:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI4045 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-10-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI4050 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-10-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
07NASSAU137 | WHTI IMPLEMENTED SMOOTHLY, BUT MINISTER TAKES [...] (U) Following predictions that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) would be a "category six hurricane" for The Bahamas (reftel),implementation of WHTI on January 23 came and went with little fanfare and no noticeable change in the normal flow of tourists to The Bahamas. In its fi [...] | 2007-01-30 21:47:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS PREL ECON BF |
07OTTAWA108 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE: CANADA IS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The general view of Mission Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, is that the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) passport requirement will take place with little disruption to air travel from Canada to the United States. Under [...] | 2007-01-22 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07OTTAWA1126 | Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports [...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...] | 2007-06-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA |
07OTTAWA222 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE--TWO WEEKS ON AND [...] (U) Two weeks after the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) rule requiring U.S.-bound air travelers to hold a passport as proof of identity and citizenship, there have been no serious problems or delays reported at any of Canada's airports. Having been [...] | 2007-02-06 21:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07PRAGUE123 | DHS A/S PAUL ROSENZWEIG CHAIRS SEVENTH BCWG AND [...] (C) DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Paul Rosenzweig and DHS Office of International Enforcement Director Daniel Sullivan met with Czech Foreign and Interior Ministers on a visit to Prague on January 24 and 25. After addressing a multilateral meeting hosted by the In [...] | 2007-02-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PREL CPAS ASEC EZ |
07PRETORIA3678 | SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM INDUSTRY ON A POSITIVE AND RAPID [...] (U). Summary: The South African tourism industry has shown significant growth since the country was democratized in 1994. Over 8.4 million people visited South Africa in 2006. Tourism contributes more to the economy than the gold sector and that it employs over half a million people. Sout [...] | 2007-10-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAIR SENV SOCI CASC CPAS SF |
07QUEBEC9 | WHTI -AIR IN QUEBEC CITY FULL COMPLIANCE ON DAY ONE [...] Consular staff spoke with airline boarding chiefs at Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport, who reported that things went smoothly during this first day of WHTI-Air. No passengers were refused boarding, and none came unprepared. 2. Quebec City, which is the only airport in the consular distric [...] | 2007-01-23 22:13:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07SINGAPORE225 | SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q1 FY2007 [...] SUMMARY: H-1B fraud remained the most common fraud activity that we saw in Singapore this quarter. Post began utilizing Lexis Nexis this quarter to support fraud-prevention activities. The number of H-1B applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from In [...] | 2007-02-01 03:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN |
07SINGAPORE680 | SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q2 FY2007 [...] SUMMARY: H-1b fraud continued to be our most serious form of fraud, but the number of H-1b applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from India continued to drop this quarter. Post devoted significant resources to addressing potential adoption fraud. EN [...] | 2007-04-04 05:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN |
07TALLINN573 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: THIRD QTR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN |
07TALLINN763 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: FOURTH QTR FY2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN |
07TOKYO5062 | JAPAN RECONGNIZES PALESTINIAN NATIONALITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CPAS KPAL JA |
07TORONTO470 | WHIT: ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The new Ontario Drivers License, while incorporating new, badly needed security features, is unlikely to meet the threshold for use as a WHTI-approved passport alternative. Recently appointed Minster of Transportation Jim Bradley, has announced that he will begin discussions [...] | 2007-12-10 19:39:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PBTS PREL CPAS CA |
07TORONTO81 | ONTARIO PURSUES DRIVERS' LICENSES AS PASSPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario plans to issue a secure drivers' license by the end of 2007 that provincial officials hope can be used to document identity and citizenship in lieu of passports for travel across the U.S. border. The initial, informal plan for use of the card to cross into the U.S. woul [...] | 2007-03-07 09:54:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA |
07VIENTIANE836 | VIENTIANE FRAUD SUMMARY: Q4 FY 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT LA |
07ZAGREB143 | ZAGREB QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - OCTOBER 2006 - JANUARY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR |
08ADANA37 | CA/CST INSTALLATION/TRAINING EXIT TELEGRAM [...] Visit summary: A. Post visited: Adana B. CA/CST installation and training team members: Nicholas A. Lombardo Alvin J. Brown C. Post visit dates: 09/08/08 - 09/16/08 D. Post personnel contacted: Robin D. Solo [...] | 2008-10-06 10:33:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AADP CVIS CPAS |
08ADANA40 | FIMED: TRUST FUND CASE OF NURAY SUSAN KING, OB # 9941937572, [...] OCS/TRUST FINAL PAYMENT OF U.S. DOLS. $720.00 WAS DISBURSED TO KING, NURAY SUSAN on 11-Oct-2008 - $720.00 disbursed by SOLOMON, ROBIN. 2. Name of loan recipient: NURAY SUSAN KING. 3. Recipient's date and place of birth: 09 OCT 1986, ADANA, TURKEY. 4. Total amount received: $720.00. [...] | 2008-10-24 06:06:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AFIN CPAS |
08ASHGABAT1371 | TURKMENISTAN: POSSIBLE ISSUE INVOLVING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are indications that the Turkmen government may have stopped issuing new Turkmen travel passports to citizens who hold dual citizenship. Most of those who applied for the new passport in July received it within a week to two weeks. Post knows of three individuals with d [...] | 2008-10-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CPAS TX |
08ASHGABAT178 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ASHGABAT, Q4 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Embassy Ashgabat submits this quarterly consular fraud report for the period October through December 2007 as requested in reftel A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 3. (SBU) Turkmenistan is experiencing important social, political [...] | 2008-02-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD TX |
08ASMARA204 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the January to March 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government o [...] | 2008-04-09 14:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA346 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of th [...] | 2008-07-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA394 | GSE CONFISCATES AMCIT PASSPORT AND $9,000 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 4, an American citizen reported that the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) confiscated from him $8,550 of undeclared funds and $700 of declared funds at the Asmara airport. Officials later informed the AmCit that one of his $100 bills was counterfeit; they then c [...] | 2008-08-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CPAS PREL PGOV ER |
08ASMARA428 | ERITREANS USING FRAUDULENT TRAVEL DOCUMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMFT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA480 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] (U) The following is a summary of fraud conditions in Asmara from April to September 2008. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of the Sta [...] | 2008-10-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ATHENS432 | JUSTICE MINISTER: RAPID RATIFICATION OF U.S./EU [...] (C) On March 7, Ambassador Speckhard met with Greek Minister of Justice Hatzigakis to encourage rapid ratification of the U.S./EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements before the June 2008 EU/U.S. Summit. The Minister was optimistic they would be ratified by the Greek Parliament b [...] | 2008-03-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CJAN CPAS ECON KIPR GR |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136 | Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008 [...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...] | 2008-05-06 07:38:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN139 | Brunei Issues Biometric Passport [...] (SBU) On May 5, the Government of Brunei (GoB) began issuing ICAO-compliant biometric passports. Post requests Department clearance to issue the press release in paragraph 4 and update our web information for Brunei citizens seeking visa waiver travel to the U.S. END SUMMARY and ACTION REQUE [...] | 2008-05-06 08:35:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC BX |
08BISHKEK1023 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...] | 2008-10-07 01:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK1026 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...] | 2008-10-07 05:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK1034 | CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...] | 2008-10-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
08BRIDGETOWN332 | CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS [...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...] | 2008-05-22 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL |
08DAKAR154 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-02-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR529 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-05-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR530 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-05-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DJIBOUTI687 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...] | 2008-08-27 09:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
08DOHA852 | Fraud Report - Doha [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Qatar's population consists of a large majority of third country nationals (TCNs). NIV applicants from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen account for a large portion of post's visa [...] | 2008-12-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC QA |
08FREETOWN489 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2008-10-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SL |
08FREETOWN552 | DIP NOTE DELIVERED: EXPULSION OF PEREZ AND [...] (C) Ambassador personally delivered diplomatic note (reftels A/B) to Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on November 24, reiterating that the U.S. Government is prepared to remove two indicted individuals with President Koroma's permission. Ambassador reminded Bangura that cases against the other [...] | 2008-11-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PINR CASC PREL CPAS CVIS KCRM SNAR SL |
08HALIFAX28 | VIEW FROM THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS [...] SUMMARY: Building on the border reporting in ref (a),conoff and assistant visited the Calais/St. Stephen and Houlton/Woodstock ports of entry on the Maine/New Brunswick border the week of March 31. Meetings with border officials, community representatives and businesspeople confirmed that th [...] | 2008-04-21 12:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PGOV PREL WHTI ASEC ECON CA |
08HALIFAX35 | MAPPING THE BORDER: CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON NEW U.S. LAND [...] According to the GSA Regional Office in Boston, the contractor building the new Land Port of Entry (LPOE) for DHS/CBP at Calais, Maine, has completed about 10% of the work. Meanwhile, the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) contractor building the new international bridge across the St. [...] | 2008-05-16 20:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL CPAS ASEC WHTI CA |
08HANOI422 | ADOPTION FRAUD SUMMARY - VIETNAM [...] Summary : Adoption related fraud in Vietnam is a large and growing problem. The combination of a decentralized administrative system, a legal framework that lacks procedures for oversight and accountability, and an unregulated donation system have combined to produce an adoption system rife [...] | 2008-04-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD ASEC VM |
08HARARE405 | 2008 QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - QUARTER 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
08JOHANNESBURG180 | EASING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLANK-PASSPORT-PAGE REQUIREMENT FOR [...] Summary: South African Home Affairs authorities have agreed that arriving U.S. citizens who have no blank pages marked "Visas" in their passports, as is normally required for entry into South Africa, may be processed for admission on available pages marked "Endorsements" or "Amendments and En [...] | 2008-11-03 16:14:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CASC CMGT PREL PGOV SF |
08KINGSTON1034 | JAMAICA: AWAITING COURT RULING ON HIGH-PROFILE [...] (SBU) Summary and analysis: The government continues to retain its slender parliamentary majority of 32-28 as the Jamaican court postponed a decision on the West Portland seat. Currently Daryl Vaz of the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) holds the position, but in April a Supreme Court justi [...] | 2008-12-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PRWL PGOV SOCI CPAS PBTS EFIN ELAB ECIN ECON |
08KINGSTON1053 | JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO [...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...] | 2008-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL |
08KINGSTON310 | JAMAICA: DUAL NATIONAL MP NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN [...] (SBU) In the afternoon of April 11, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla of the Supreme Court announced her judgment in the first case of election petitions filed alleging that an elected Member of Parliament (MP) had been improperly nominated; as he had sworn allegiance to a foreign power. The case w [...] | 2008-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CACS CPAS JM XL |
08KINGSTON398 | JAMAICA: MORE BACKLASH AGAINST U.S. PASSPORT [...] (SBU) On May 5, Director of Elections Danville Walker announced his immediate resignation. Walker's resignation marks the latest casualty in the dual citizenship imbroglio that already has forced at least three Members of Parliament to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship (Ref A). Under [...] | 2008-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS CPAS JM XL |
08KINGSTON425 | FRAUD SUMMARY JAN-MAR 2008 KINGSTON [...] (U) SUMMARY. In the second quarter of FY 2008, the Fraud Prevention Unit focused on public outreach and interagency cooperation, particularly with our law enforcement colleagues. FPU organized an interagency roundtable, conducted three offsite field trips for officers, and gave presentations [...] | 2008-05-14 17:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM |
08KINGSTON864 | FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is Kingston's first report on the new semi-annual schedule, covering April-September 2008. In the second half of FY 2008, the FPU focused on NIV petition-based visa fraud, as well as enhanced cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions. [...] | 2008-09-30 19:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM |
08KINGSTON91 | FRAUD SUMMARY OCT-DEC 2007 KINGSTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the first quarter of FY 2008, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a ring of C1/D fraud that resulted in specific information about the applicants' smuggler in New York. FPU also investigated ten H-1B cases of Indian nationals who provided fraudulent employment [...] | 2008-01-29 16:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM |
08KUWAIT472 | ENHANCED JUDICIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 10:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CASC CPAS CVIS SNAR KCRM IS KU |
08KUWAIT816 | GOK CABINET APPROVES NEGOTIATIONS ON US/KUWAIT [...] (U) On July 9 Department of Justice (DOJ) Attach (Cairo) Jeffrey Cole and Econoff met with Counselor Hamad Al-Marri, Deputy Director, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to follow-up on previous discussions in March regarding promoting mutual legal assistance in criminal matt [...] | 2008-07-20 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CASC CPAS CVIS SNAR KCRM IS KU |
08MASERU324 | UPDATE ON SECURITY FEATURES OF LESOTHO PASSPORT- CORRECTED [...] Summary: On October 21, 2008, Consular Officer Lillie J. Kamanu visited the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Passport Services to obtain information about security features of Lesotho's passport. The passport is required identification for primary school leavers and fo [...] | 2008-11-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT |
08NAHA78 | NAHA HOSTS SIA MILITARY PASSPORT COURIER TRAINING [...] (U) SUMMARY: ConGen Naha in coordination with State Department Special Issuance Agency (SIA) and Department of Defense hosted a Military Passport Agents' Training Conference on Camp Foster Marine Base August 19-20 in Okinawa, Japan. Over 40 military passport agents from military installations [...] | 2008-09-02 02:21:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT CPAS JA |
08NOUAKCHOTT478 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting the historically good relations between the United States and Mauritania, Ould Mohamedou hoped that these could continue even under the current "difficult circu [...] | 2008-09-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS MR |
08PARAMARIBO178 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SURINAME, 2ND QUARTER FY 2008 [...] Per the instructions in RefTel, Paramaribo submits the following post fraud summary for the second quarter of FY 2008. Answers are keyed to the letters found in RefTel. A. Country Conditions The economy, while stable, is still developing, and more than half the population lives below the p [...] | 2008-05-02 19:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NS |
08SARAJEVO1715 | THE KLADUSA CONUNDRUM, AN FPU VISIT TO BOSNIA'S ENIGMATIC [...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) most isolated province to discover why we see such a disproportionate number of visa applicants from the northwestern towns of Bihac and Velika Kladusa. The FPU also wanted to address long held suspi [...] | 2008-11-07 09:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
08STOCKHOLM474 | EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S FEEDBACK ON ESTA [...] SUMMARY: An initial review of ESTA among various offices at Post raised several questions, including whether we can provide a prototype of the ESTA website as part of our outreach efforts and how ESTA will interface with the Class database and airline systems. This cable also outlines Post's [...] | 2008-06-30 06:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM558 | ESTA: AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE U.S. SECURITY [...] (SBU) Post remains concerned about threats to U.S. security from naturalized Swedes who obtain Swedish passports by fraudulent means (reftels). Post recommends that the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form be amended to add a requirement for travelers to list other names, ad [...] | 2008-08-08 11:27:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CMGT CPAS CVIS KFRD KVPR PGOV PINR PREL |
08STOCKHOLM581 | HANDICAPPED APPLICANT'S ESTA REJECTION HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A physically handicapped applicant was required to apply for a tourist visa after having affirmatively answered to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) application question regarding physical disorders. Her case, which was covered by a national paper, highlight [...] | 2008-08-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM777 | EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S ESTA OUTREACH MATRIX [...] Summary: Post has compiled the following list of outreach efforts undertaken over the past five months to inform contacts, stakeholders, and the public about the ESTA program. Additional information about our efforts can be found in our previous reporting located in reftels. We will have addit [...] | 2008-11-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW |
08SURABAYA98 | CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY [...] Summary. Supervisory Consular Officer / Surabaya Consular Section Chief (CSC) Terry Mobley visited Bali from July 24 - 25. During the visit, CSC and Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch reviewed Consular Agency operations, visited with a few long-term American citizen residents of Bali, an [...] | 2008-08-21 07:25:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC CPAS ID |
08TALLINN242 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 2nd QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of Estonia's labor- [...] | 2008-07-16 05:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN |
08TALLINN243 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 3rd QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Initial estimates indicate Estonia's economic growth has slowed significantly in FY08, causing some alarm among economic analysts and the general public. That said, labor shortages continue to exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of [...] | 2008-07-16 05:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN |
08TALLINN260 | DHS AND DOJ VISIT TALLINN TO NEGOTIATE PCSC AGREEMENT [...] Summary: A U.S. delegation co-led by the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) visited Tallinn on July 21 to spearhead negotiations of a Prum-like, PCSC (Preventing and Combating Serious Crime) Agreement with the Government of Estonia (GoE). An information-s [...] | 2008-07-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS CPAS EN |
08TALLINN348 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: MAR - AUG 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Economic growth in Estonia, previously running at over 10% per year, has ground to a halt in recent months, causing concern among economic analysts and the general public, and forcing cuts in the state budget. The previously booming real estate sector has been particularly [...] | 2008-10-03 08:47:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN |
08TALLINN47 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 1ST QUARTER 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 14:59:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN |
08TALLINN60 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 1ST QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Acute labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outward migration of Esto [...] | 2008-02-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN |
08TORONTO148 | Toronto Airport Plans 56% Passenger Increase by 2020 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has expressed concern that staffing at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance in Toronto will endanger growth plans at Pearson International Airport. GTAA officials complain that 62 new flights were recently denied ac [...] | 2008-05-13 19:15:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS EAIR PBTS PREL CA |
08TORONTO233 | WHTI - Ontario's Proposed Enhanced Driver's License Spurs [...] (U) On July 16, The University of Toronto and Ontario's Information and Privacy Commission held a public forum on Ontario's proposed enhanced driver's licenses (EDLs). The forum, which drew approximately 70 people, featured guest speakers from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the [...] | 2008-07-18 19:59:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA |
08TORONTO390 | Ontario To Issue Enhanced Driver's [...] (U) Summary: The Ontario Ministry of Transportation plans to begin issuing Enhanced Driver's Licenses (EDLs) and Enhanced Photo Cards (EPCs) this winter to be used as alternatives to passports in land and sea crossings to the U.S. The Photo Card Act of 2008 passed the Ontario legislature in [...] | 2008-12-22 20:06:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CPAS ETRD PBTS KFRD PGOV CA |
08VIENNA1506 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF KUMPF REMOVAL; [...] (U) Summary. State and DHS/ICE representatives from Embassy met 10/7 with Austrian Foreign, Justice and Interior Ministry officials to request Austria accept the return of Josias Kumpf under the terms of the 1988 U.S.-Austria Joint Statement. The Austrians agreed on the applicability of the [...] | 2008-10-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PREL AU |
08VIENNA1521 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF KUMPF REMOVAL; [...] (U) Summary. State and DHS/ICE representatives from Embassy met 10/7 with Austrian Foreign, Justice and Interior Ministry officials to request Austria accept the return of Josias Kumpf under the terms of the 1988 U.S.-Austria Joint Statement. The Austrians agreed on the applicability of the [...] | 2008-10-14 09:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PREL AU |
08VIENNA1593 | UPDATE ON GOA REVIEW OF CASE OF JOSIAS KUMPF [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor delivered points provided in Ref B on the status of Josias Kumpf to Austrian MFA Deputy Political Director Helmut Tichy on 10/29. Tichy welcomed the information, and confirmed that, while not germane to the GoA's decision on Kumpf's return under the terms of the 1988 U. [...] | 2008-10-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PREL AU |
08VIENTIANE180 | FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): Q1 FY 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA |
08ZAGREB75 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZAGREB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 06:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR |
09ABIDJAN647 | FRAUD SUMMARY (REVISED) Q ABIDJAN, COTE DQIVOIRE [...] Following is AbidjanQs fraud summary for April 2009 through August, 2009. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cote dQIvoire has been a divided country since a 2002 failed coup attempt evolved into an armed rebellion that split the country in two. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces leader G [...] | 2009-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IV |
09ABUDHABI378 | Fraud Summary - Abu Dhabi [...] Country Conditions Note: Many aspects of this report should be viewed in tandem with the Fraud Summary from Consulate General Dubai. While the two posts in the UAE see somewhat different applicant pools (Notably, Dubai is the primary NIV processing post for persons in Iran, while Abu Dhabi [...] | 2009-04-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
09ABUJA561 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ABUJA [...] Following is post's semi-annual fraud reporting cable for the period September 2008 to February 2009, per reftel instructions. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Background: Nigeria covers 356,700 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The [...] | 2009-04-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI |
09AMMAN1260 | FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN [...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...] | 2009-06-04 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO |
09AMMAN2260 | FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN [...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a GDP per capita of $5,100 and a population of over 6.3 million. Over 78% of the people live in urban areas and one third of all Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 66 percent of the economy, industry covers about 30 percen [...] | 2009-10-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO |
09AMSTERDAM83 | FRAUD SUMMARY - NETHERLANDS [...] Per the instructions in Ref A, Amsterdam submits the following post summary of fraud-related activity during the period from March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009 updating Ref B. -------------------------- Country Conditions -------------------------- 2. The Netherlands is a highly develope [...] | 2009-10-29 16:46:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NL |
09ANKARA449 | Ankara: VALIDATION STUDY OF IRANIAN APPLICANTS [...] Summary: Embassy Ankara recently conducted a validation study of Iranian applicants who had been issued B-1/B-2 visas in Ankara during calendar year 2008. The purpose of the study was to determine the overstay rate of Iranian nonimmigrant visa recipients and to better inform Post's adjudicati [...] | 2009-03-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD TU |
09ASMARA290 | ERITREAN YOUTH: "I'M FLEEING... AND HERE'S WHY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with several young Eritreans who have all mentioned their plans to flee the country. The reasons range from avoiding national service to anger at the Eritrean government (GSE) for its dictatorial practices. This cable highlights the story of one particular Er [...] | 2009-08-26 05:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV ECON CPAS ER |
09ASMARA340 | Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009 [...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...] | 2009-10-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER |
09ASTANA540 | ALMATY AND ASTANA FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The following sections correspond to questions in Ref A. --------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS --------------------- 3. (U) Kazakhstan is a single consular district with two consular offices, Embassy Astana and Embass [...] | 2009-03-26 04:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ |
09ASUNCION162 | FRAUD SUMMARY Q ASUNCION [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request in paragraph 6 of retel. ------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------- 2. (U) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected former Roman Catholic b [...] | 2009-03-19 20:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PA |
09ASUNCION706 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASUNCION [...] This cable is in response to an action request in reftel. ------------------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected forme [...] | 2009-10-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC PA |
09ATHENS1774 | FRAUD SUMMARY ATHENS [...] Over the past 20 years Greece has seen a remarkable improvement in its standard of living. This is primarily due to the long-term convergence plan of the European Union for socioeconomic uniformity among member states. This, together with its geographic location, has made Greece an attractiv [...] | 2009-09-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GR |
09BAGHDAD2680 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BAGHDAD [...] Security remains a concern in Iraq; however, conditions are gradually improving. Traveling both domestically and around the region remains difficult for Iraqi nationals. High numbers of Iraqis continue to pursue plans to immigrate to the US for economic and security reasons. Post is prepari [...] | 2009-10-06 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREF KFRD IZ |
09BAMAKO725 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BAMAKO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 11:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ML |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN122 | COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY -- BRUNEI [...] Summary: Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced the production and issuance of fully ICAO compliant biometric passports. Prior to this announcement, the Government of Brunei had been issuing regular passports (red c [...] | 2009-06-03 00:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN |
09BANGKOK991 | THAI GOVERNMENT VS. THAKSIN: ARREST WARRANTS, PASSPORT REVOCATION, AND OVERTURE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The RTG has formally informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of new measures against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: the issuance of a new arrest warrant for inciting mob violence, and the revocation of Thaksin's Thai passport. These steps follow the eruption of mob violence in Pat [...] | 2009-04-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CVIS CPAS KJUS NU TH |
09BANGUI103 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BANGUI [...] (U) This is Embassy Bangui's response to State 074840, regarding general conditions fraud, and consular fraud issues in the Central African Republic. Country Conditions 2. (U) The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country of 4.5 million people, ranked among the least developed c [...] | 2009-05-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CT |
09BANJUL285 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BANJUL, MAR - AUG 2009 [...] Embassy Banjul submits the following fraud report covering March through August 2009. Post notes, however, that Conoff arrived only in July 2009 and is just becoming familiar with consular work in The Gambia. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The Gambia, the smallest country on the mainland of Afric [...] | 2009-09-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GA |
09BELFAST79 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BELFAST - MARCH- AUGUST 2009 [...] Country Conditions: As part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland is a developed industrialized country with a well-established infrastructure. Like the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is suffering as a result of the global credit crunch and economic downturn. The unemployment rate in N [...] | 2009-09-30 14:05:00 | Consulate Belfast | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC UK |
09BELMOPAN400 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN [...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...] | 2009-10-30 21:35:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH |
09BISHKEK1140 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian republic of five million people. Agriculture plays an important role in the Kyrgyz economy, which has not been as heavily affected by the global economic downturn as some neighboring countries. Nonetheless, poverty and high unemployment lead [...] | 2009-10-21 02:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
09BISHKEK470 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER - MARCH 2009 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyzstan was ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in a recent Forbes magazin [...] | 2009-05-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
09BOGOTA3128 | FRAUD SUMMARY - COLOMBIA [...] This country fraud summary from the Bogota Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) covers the period from February 2009 to August 2009. --------------------- A. Country Conditions --------------------- 2. Despite improving security and positive, but slower economic growth in Colombia du [...] | 2009-09-30 19:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD CO |
09BRATISLAVA422 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BRATISLAVA [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Slovakia joined the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) in November 2008, and the majority of former B visa travelers are now traveling under VWP. Although Slovakia had one of the best-performing economies in Europe in recent years, it has been severely affected by the global economi [...] | 2009-09-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC LO |
09BRAZZAVILLE275 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. For the first time in 12 years, full scale NIV, IV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. NIV and ACS operations went live with the opening of the New Embassy Compound in February 2009. IV operations resumed in la [...] | 2009-09-28 18:09:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CF |
09BUENOSAIRES1113 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ARGENTINA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1212 | ARGENTINE MINISTER OF JUSTICE DESCRIBES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Argentine Minister of Justice Alak welcomed USG interest in deepening cooperation on counter-narcotics, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and other security issues. The Minister requested USG help in developing a national security plan [...] | 2009-11-09 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP CPAS AR |
09CAIRO1766 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Widespread poverty and a lack of perceived economic prospects drive a significant number of Egyptians to look for opportunity outside of their homeland. Boatloads of Egyptians have been intercepted traveling north across the Mediterranean towards Europe. Such economic migran [...] | 2009-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG |
09CAIRO2115 | CAIRO - A2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] In response to concerns raised by other agencies regarding the possible overstay and/or abuse of A2 visas by Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD)personnel, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)conducted a validation study. The FPU reviewed all issued A2 visas for the Egyptian MOD from 01 Jan 2008 to 3 [...] | 2009-11-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS ASEC EG |
09CAIRO426 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG |
09CASABLANCA188 | SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 11:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA200 | Disney World, Morocco, and Q-1 Visas [...] Summary: Overstays by Q-1 visa holders who serve as cultural representatives at Disney's EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida have long been a concern. Post conducted a validation study of Q-1 recipients issued visas between September 2006 and June 2008. The results confirmed that the overwhelmin [...] | 2009-10-23 13:34:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS MO |
09CHENGDU223 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CHENGDU (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2009) [...] The Chengdu consular district covers Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),and the Chongqing Municipality. The majority of the Consulate's NIV applicants hail from Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming, followed by Guiyang and smaller cities and towns throughout th [...] | 2009-10-09 04:55:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH |
09CHENGDU266 | CHENGDU B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Consulate Chengdu's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of all private Chinese passport holders who were issued B1/B2 visas in CY2008. Based on a review and analysis of 800 randomly-selected visa issuances, the illegal overstay rate was found to be 2.0 perc [...] | 2009-11-19 09:09:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH |
09CHENNAI306 | India Biannual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...] | 2009-10-13 01:10:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI77 | India Semi-Annual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. The majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants. Despite a relatively lo [...] | 2009-03-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN |
09CHISINAU264 | Fraud Summary - Chisinau: September 2008 -February 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD |
09CHISINAU769 | Fraud Summary - Chisinau: March 2009 - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD |
09CIUDADJUAREZ516 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CIUDAD JUAREZ - MARCH THROUGH AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Ciudad Juarez, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, forms the larger half of the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso metropolitan area with the largest population center on any international border in the world. The Ciudad Juarez/El Paso area is one contiguous community separated by a visible lin [...] | 2009-10-01 15:15:00 | Consulate Ciudad Juarez | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
09COLOMBO1045 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity and socioeconomic conditions put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and societal classes to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),an armed insurgent g [...] | 2009-11-18 07:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO359 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity, economic and population pressures, and the lure of earning hard currency put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and classes of society to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. The violent civil conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation [...] | 2009-03-30 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE |
09CONAKRY335 | FRAUD SUMMARY FOR CONAKRY GUINEA [...] Following is Post's fraud summary for the period September 2008 through March 2009; responses are keyed to Reftel. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. In December 2008, the long-time President of Guinea died and within hours a Captain in the military proclaimed [...] | 2009-06-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GV |
09DAKAR1238 | SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD SUMMARY - DAKAR [...] The following is Embassy Dakar's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering the period of March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple [...] | 2009-09-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC SG |
09DAKAR388 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DAKAR [...] The following is Embassy Dakar's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering September 2008 to March 2009. Responses are keyed to Reftel. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political p [...] | 2009-03-26 17:19:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC SG |
09DHAKA304 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA [...] Bangladesh is a high fraud post. In CY 2008, Dhaka's FPU investigated 969 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside of main cities and towns. This combined with wide-spread seasonal flooding and frequent natural [...] | 2009-03-30 00:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG |
09DHAKA950 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA [...] Dhaka is a high fraud post. In FY 2009, Dhaka's FPU conducted FPU verifications (mostly site visits) for 488 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Many of these cases required several site visits to complete. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside [...] | 2009-10-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG |
09DJIBOUTI1252 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...] | 2009-10-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI1272 | CORRECTED COPY - FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] CORRECTED COPY of 09 DJIBOUTI 1252. See paragraph 36 for revised text. 2. Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the wor [...] | 2009-10-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI569 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...] | 2009-05-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
09DUBAI408 | FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...] | 2009-10-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
09DUBLIN120 | FRAUD SUMMARY - IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EI |
09DUSHANBE1204 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, approximately one million Tajiks out of a populati [...] | 2009-11-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE413 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who seek to leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, according to unofficial statistics, more th [...] | 2009-04-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI |
09FLORENCE19 | FRAUD SUMMARY (SAN MARINO) [...] Relations between the United States and the Republic of San Marino (RSM) were upgraded in 2006 from Consular to Diplomatic. For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Florence for all functions except for immigrant visas, which are processed at t [...] | 2009-05-05 14:14:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SM |
09FRANKFURT1712 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
09FRANKFURT1722 | FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY [...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...] | 2009-07-01 08:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM |
09FRANKFURT2648 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
09FREETOWN127 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2009-04-03 08:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL |
09FREETOWN391 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2009-10-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL |
09GABORONE570 | FRAUD SUMMARY: BOTSWANA JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 09:51:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BC |
09GUADALAJARA379 | FRAUD SUMMARY - (GUADALAJARA) [...] (U) Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico and the consular district covers the Mexican states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Aguascalientes although both post accepts applicants from throughout Mexico. Conditions within the consular district are similar to other parts of Mexico; t [...] | 2009-10-02 20:39:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
09HALIFAX38 | NEW INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND PORTS OF ENTRY NEARING [...] SUMMARY: Although construction of the new U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) at Calais, Maine is running slightly ahead of schedule, and the new international bridge and Canadian LPOE are nearly complete, USG officials continue to maintain the public position that the opening of the new border cros [...] | 2009-06-08 19:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CASC PREL ASEC ECON KHLS WHTI CA |
09HARARE779 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
09HARARE780 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...] | 2009-10-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
09HARARE808 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...] | 2009-10-08 10:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI |
09HAVANA327 | FRAUD SUMMARY Q CUBA [...] Although initially optimistic that Raul CastroQs formal assumption of power might bring significant improvements to their lives, the economic and political reality on the ground continues to drive many Cubans either to the Interests Section or more unacceptably, the high seas, in any hopes fo [...] | 2009-06-05 11:39:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS SMIG CPAS CMGT ASEC CU |
09HERMOSILLO71 | FRAUD SUMMARY---HERMOSILLO (SEPTEMBER 2008-FEBRUARY 2009) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 18:51:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT PTER MX |
09ISLAMABAD2819 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD [...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...] | 2009-11-21 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST |
09JAKARTA1878 | Peace Corps Agreement Reached With Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and the Government of Indonesia (GOI) reached an agreement on November 12 that will allow Peace Corps to establish a program in Indonesia after a forty-year absence. With this agreement, Peace Corps' return to Indonesia can potentially be announced at Preside [...] | 2009-11-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV CPAS ID |
09JAKARTA2034 | Peace Corps Agreement Signed With Indonesia [...] (SBU) Undersecretary for Political Affairs William Burns signed a Peace Corps agreement with Deputy Minister Bambang Sutedjo of Indonesia's National Development Planning Agency (BAPENAS) on December 11th. The agreement opens the way for Peace Corps to establish a program in Indonesia after a [...] | 2009-12-14 00:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV CPAS ID |
09JERUSALEM1804 | FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM [...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...] | 2009-10-13 09:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF |
09KABUL1209 | AFGHAN FRAUD SUMMARY [...] Afghanistan has suffered three decades of civil war and unrest. It lacks good road, water, or power systems. International efforts to help rebuild the country are hampered by insurgent attacks, mountainous and difficult terrain, the lack of ingrained government institutions, and the absence of [...] | 2009-05-11 12:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC CFED CJAN CPAS CVIS AF |
09KAMPALA1241 | FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA [...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...] | 2009-10-27 09:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG |
09KATHMANDU910 | FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL [...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...] | 2009-10-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP |
09KINGSTON253 | FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09) [...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...] | 2009-04-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM |
09KINGSTON495 | JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS [...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...] | 2009-06-19 19:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON611 | JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING [...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...] | 2009-08-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL |
09KINGSTON790 | Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...] | 2009-10-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM |
09KINSHASA898 | FRAUD SUMMARY - KINSHASA [...] Per reftel A, post is updating its country fraud summary, covering March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly recovering from a war begun in 1998 that led to the deaths of more than five million persons. Conflict [...] | 2009-09-30 16:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CG |
09KOLONIA22 | PRESIDENT REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF COMPACT FIVE YEAR REVIEW, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Emanuel Mori used a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Hughes to reiterate the importance he places in the Compact of Free Association's upcoming five year review, saying all aspects of the Compact are on the table. Mori also sought assistance in passport processing [...] | 2009-02-25 03:32:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EAID CPAS FM |
09KOLONIA42 | AMCIT INVESTMENT DISPUTE SPARKS HOUSE ARREST, POSSIBLE SUIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 27, the FSM Supreme Court ordered house arrest, which commenced April 1, for Patricia and Robert Arthur for Contempt of Court. This is the latest and most disturbing development in a commercial dispute that is well over a decade old. The court also continues to impound [...] | 2009-04-03 06:16:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID CPAS FM |
09KOLONIA97 | HOUSE ARREST FOR AMCITS IN INVESTMENT DISPUTE ENDS, CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert and Patricia Arthur's (Reftels) house arrest ended on June 30. The case by the FSM Development Bank, which resulted in the house arrest, is still active. Despite concerns that the FSM courts may impose additional penalties, the Arthurs continue to appeal the initial de [...] | 2009-07-06 03:02:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON EAID CPAS FM |
09KUALALUMPUR150 | MALAYSIA FRAUD SUMMARY (SEPT 2008 - FEB 2009) [...] SUMMARY: Malaysia is not a country associated with a high level of fraud in immigration and travel matters involving the United States. However Malaysia is a destination and transit point for many forms of illegal travel and human trafficking. The country, as a whole, enjoys a relatively hi [...] | 2009-03-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EAP MY |
09KUWAIT131 | GOK INQUIRY INTO STATUS OF MLAT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) On February 3, 2009 Embassy Kuwait received an official inquiry from Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department regarding the status of it's draft Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty agreement between the US and Kuwait. The [...] | 2009-02-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CASC CPAS CVIS SNAR KCRM IS KU |
09KUWAIT451 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) During a May 4 call on the Ambassador, Afghanistan's ambassador to Kuwait, Abdul Rahim Karimi, stated that his embassy has evidence that a series of Afghan ambassadors serving in Kuwait during the administration of Burhanuddin Rabbani (1992-1996) fraudulently delivered Afghan passports [...] | 2009-05-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR CPAS KU AF |
09KYIV1687 | FRAUD SUMMARY-KYIV, UKRAINE [...] (SBU) The following is post's semi-annual fraud summary for the period March 1, 2009, through August 30, 2009. 2. (SBU) Country Conditions: As reported in the previous fraud summary cable (ref B),Ukraine is experiencing a severe recession, with a 14 percent expected decline in annual GDP fo [...] | 2009-10-01 05:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP |
09KYIV1767 | KYIV: B1B2 VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS-OVERSTAYS UP [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of B1/B2 visas issued between June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. During this time period, Post issued 21,331 B1/B2 visas. The validation study showed a total overstay rate of 4 percent, with a 3.8 percent margin of error. The study was intended [...] | 2009-10-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP |
09KYIV1827 | KYIV: REFERRAL VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv recently concluded a validation study of visas issued in fiscal year 2008 based on A and B referrals. During this time period, Post issued 112 visas based on A referrals and 707 based on B referrals. The validation study showed no overstays within the statistical sampl [...] | 2009-10-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP |
09KYIV2169 | UKRAINE: 2009 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL VALIDATION STUDY [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of J1 summer work and travel/camp counselor ("SWT") visas issued for the 2009 program. During this time period, Post issued 7011 SWT visas. The validation study showed [...] | 2009-12-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP |
09LAGOS165 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...] | 2009-04-02 06:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI |
09LAGOS476 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP/person is 1,500 dollars, and [...] | 2009-12-14 12:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI |
09LAGOS487 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 149 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inf [...] | 2009-12-29 07:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI |
09LILONGWE182 | FRAUD SUMMARY; MALAWI SEPT 2008 - FEB 2009 [...] Per reftel request, post submits the following semi-annual report covering the period September 2008 through February 2009. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Malawi is among the world's poorest countries, with more than two-thirds of the population living in pov [...] | 2009-04-03 10:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS MI |
09LILONGWE613 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MALAWI [...] Per reftel (a),Post submits the following semi-annual report for the period March 2009 through August 2009. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Landlocked Malawi is one of the world's most densely populated and least developed countries. The economy is predominat [...] | 2009-11-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MI |
09LILONGWE697 | EMBASSY LILONGWE: CA/CST INSTALLATION/TRAINING EXIT [...] Visit summary: A. Post visited: Lilongwe, Malawi B. CA/CST installation and training team members: Bill Milburn Lance Constien C. Post visit dates: December 3-16, 2009 D. Post personnel contacted: Peter Ganser, Consular Chief Katina Caldwell, IMS William Cameron, E [...] | 2009-12-23 05:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AADP CVIS CPAS MI |
09LIMA480 | Fraud Summary: Lima [...] (U) Post is submitting its semi-annual fraud summary for September 2008 - February 2009. Responses are keyed to paragraph markers in reftel. Post continues to submit septel spot reports on specific cases of interest. ITEM A: COUNTRY CONDITIONS -------------------------- 2. (U) Peru's e [...] | 2009-03-31 22:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PE |
09LISBON534 | FRAUD SUMMARY - PORTUGAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PO |
09LUANDA617 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LUANDA (March 2009 - August 2009) [...] Per reftel, post submits the following bi-annual fraud report covering the March 2009 - August 2009 period: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Angola's decades long civil war ended in 2002, and fighting has ended in all areas of the country. This includes Cabinda, where the Government signed a peace a [...] | 2009-10-05 09:28:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD AO |
09MAJURO87 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MAJURO [...] Fraud Summary for the Republic of the Marshall Islands per direction of STATE 057623 is provided below. a) Country Conditions: The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a country which has signed a Compact of Free Association with the United States. As such, the citizens of [...] | 2009-09-28 21:15:00 | Embassy Majuro | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC RM |
09MASERU337 | FRAUD SUMMARY-MASERU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT |
09MASERU423 | CA/CST INSTALLATION/TRAINING EXIT TELEGRAM [...] Visit summary: A. Post visited: Maseru B. CA/CST installation and training team members: Justin Braden, Eric Norskog C. Post visit dates: November 24-December 04, 2009 D. Post personnel contacted: Karla Brown, Norman Bates 2. Work summary: A. [...] | 2009-12-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AADP CVIS CPAS LT |
09MEXICO3091 | MEXICO CITY FRAUD SUMMARY FOR MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) was substantially reorganized this reporting period. In August the new Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) assumed responsibility for coordinating fraud prevention programs throughout Mexico, and the deputy FPM took primary responsibility for man [...] | 2009-10-27 22:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
09MEXICO944 | FRAUD SUMMARY - EMBASSY MEXICO CITY [...] SUMMARY: During the six months from September 2008 to February 2009, Embassy Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on the detection of fraudulent documents, the identification of prominent purveyors of fraudulent materials, and training in fraud detection and interviewing techniqu [...] | 2009-04-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
09MONROVIA227 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, SEPTEMBER - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Liberia continues its gradual recovery from fourteen years of civil war. Limited parts of the capital city, Monrovia, have electricity and the city still lacks a functioning water/sewer system and telephone network; health care is substandard. Government institution [...] | 2009-03-30 16:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI |
09MONROVIA609 | ARREST OF PAKISTANI MALAFIDE PASSENGERS LAYS BARE WEAKNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The removal of two malafide Pakistanis from a Brussels Airlines August 12 flight to Brussels by airline officials, and the GOL's subsequent investigation, has brought to light a well developed smuggling operation using the Roberts International Airport (RIA) VIP Lounge as a way [...] | 2009-08-24 17:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON KFRD CPAS PREL PGOV KCRM EAID LI |
09MONROVIA760 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI |
09MOSCOW2614 | SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers the timeframe of March 1, 2009 to 31 August 2009. Consular officers referred 389 cases of suspected fraud to the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) at Embassy Moscow. Fraud was confirmed in approximately 12 percent of the referred cases, mostly for fraudulent emplo [...] | 2009-10-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU |
09MOSCOW2697 | U.S. EMBASSY MOSCOW'S TOURIST VISA VALIDATION STUDY: A [...] SUMMARY: This is the first installment of a quarterly rolling validation study of B1/B2 tourist visas issued by U.S. Embassy Moscow covering the period of March 2008 to May 2008. It is our intent to track adverse incident rates of travelers who were issued visas over a fairly tumultuous econ [...] | 2009-11-02 04:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU |
09MOSCOW759 | BELARUSIAN SWT 2008 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a recent validation study of 2008 Belarusian Summer Work and Travel (SWT) participants, 15 percent of students did not depart the United States at the conclusion of the program. This figure equals the percentage of students who did not return after the 2007 pro [...] | 2009-03-27 05:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PGOV BO RS |
09MOSCOW990 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the financial crisis hit in September 2008, uncertainty about the banking sector, the value of the ruble, and the price of oil have prompted investors to withdraw significant amounts of capital from the Russian economy. The higher cost of credit that ensued, in [...] | 2009-04-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU |
09MUMBAI293 | MUMBAI P3 GROUPS USE VISAS FOR UNINTENDED PURPOSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In June 2009, Mumbai conducted a P3 visa validity study for CY2008. Although Mumbai had a very low overstay rate of 0.2%, recent incidents reveal that P3 visas were sometimes used for unintended purposes in the United States. As a result, Mumbai adjudicates P3 visas more careful [...] | 2009-07-14 05:23:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD |
09MUMBAI446 | MUMBAI POLICE UNIT EFFECTIVE IN ANTI SMUGGLING ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Working in cooperation with the newly created Mumbai Police Crime Branch Anti Human Trafficking and Smuggling Cell (AHTSC),Mumbai ARSOI successfully pursued the arrest of 12 suspects since February in an ongoing human smuggling network involving Air India employees. Reference D [...] | 2009-11-27 10:55:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD |
09MUMBAI464 | O BOLLYWOOD! O VISAS IN MUMBAI SHOW LOW FRAUD [...] Summary: As home to one of the largest entertainment industries in the world, Mumbai sends many Bollywood film stars and production crews to the United States on O1 and O2 visas. Due to recent fraud issues with P3 visa holders and B1 applicants associated with the entertainment industry, Mumbai [...] | 2009-12-14 03:10:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD |
09MUSCAT1000 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC |
09MUSCAT235 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT, SEPTEMBER 2008-FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-28 03:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MU |
09NIAMEY836 | Niamey Fraud Summary (March 1 - Sept 30, 2009) [...] The following cable responds to the Department's request (ref A and B) for updated information on patterns of fraud in consular activities and post's fraud prevention efforts. a. Country Conditions in Niger ------------------------------ 2. Niger recently was ranked last among the 182 count [...] | 2009-10-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SOCI SCUL NG |
09NOUAKCHOTT636 | MAURITANIA'S SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD REPORT [...] Mauritania is a poor developing country whose small population and relative isolation have kept the demand for visas relatively low. There has been significant rural to urban migration since the devastating drought of the 1970s. There are three major ethnic groups in Mauritania: White Moors, Bl [...] | 2009-10-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT699 | INVESTIGATION INTO A2 VISA FRAUD IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 20, 2009 airport security in Dakar, Senegal discovered a Mauritanian citizen with an A2 visa who admitted that he was not an official diplomat and had obtained his visa through fraudulent means in Mauritania. Immediately following this incident, Post's consular office [...] | 2009-10-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT MR |
09PRAGUE632 | OCTOBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Country conditions in the Czech Republic have reacted to the financial crisis but the Czech financial system remains relatively healthy. Public debt is low, the current account is small and manageable, and Czech households have not borrowed in foreign currency. The small, open, [...] | 2009-10-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EZ |
09PRAIA178 | FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAIA [...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Embassy Praia's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering March 2009 to August 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (U) A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cape Verde is an archipelago located 500 kilometers west of Senegal. Cape Verde gained its independence from [...] | 2009-09-30 16:42:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CV |
09REYKJAVIK193 | Fraud Summary - Reykjavik: March to August 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Iceland is a low-fraud country with no identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or visas. No signficant changes or fraud trends were noted in Iceland during the reporting period March 1 to August 31, 2009. END SUMMARY. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ----------------- [...] | 2009-10-28 17:04:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC |
09RIGA486 | LATVIA FRAUD SUMMARY: MARCH 2009 Q AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LG |
09ROME1118 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME [...] (U) Italy is a highly developed European nation. Despite recent negative economic growth, Italy remains a popular destination for labor coming from eastern European countries, especially Romania. 2. (U) In the past two years, the population of Romanian residents in Italy has almost double [...] | 2009-09-30 15:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD |
09SANAA1729 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SANA'A [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, with an illiteracy rate of over 50% and unemployment rates over 30%. Yemen is also home to upwards of 500,000 - 600,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin. Due to lack of opportunities in Yemen, the impetus for and volume of [...] | 2009-09-29 04:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC YM |
09SANSALVADOR169 | EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 22:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES |
09SANSALVADOR958 | EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 19:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES |
09SANTIAGO1022 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CHILE [...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. Compared to other countr [...] | 2009-10-29 18:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC CI |
09SANTIAGO346 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTIAGO (SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY 2009) [...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. There is relatively littl [...] | 2009-04-14 20:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CI |
09SANTODOMINGO1235 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTO DOMINGO [...] (U) Santo Domingo submits its semi-annual fraud report for the period March 2009 - August 2009 following format in ref A. ---------------------- A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Country conditions generally remain as reported in previous Fraud Summaries, refs B [...] | 2009-10-21 20:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DR |
09SARAJEVO1035 | Bosnia: Fraud Prevention Unit Examines Police Records [...] Summary. This is the last of three cables concerning documents from Bosnia and Herzegovina used to support immigrant visa applications. This message focuses primarily on police records. Our investigation revealed that police records may not contain a complete historical record. Convictions [...] | 2009-08-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1207 | SARAJEVO FRAUD SUMMARY, SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL CY2009 [...] This semi-annual fraud summary covers 1 March 2009 to 30 August 2009. ------------------ Country Conditions ------------------ 2. Fourteen years after the 1992-95 Balkan conflict, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the displacement of two million of its citizens. Of the [...] | 2009-10-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1404 | BOSNIA: CONSULAR FRAUD PERSPECTIVES ON NIV APPLICANTS' LAND [...] FPU Sarajevo recently launched an investigation of land ownership documents. These documents are frequently presented by NIV applicants in an effort to prove economic or financial ties. In some cases, applicants may not have as strong an interest in the land as they may claim. End summary. [...] | 2009-12-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO145 | Sarajevo FPU uncovers vulnerability in Bosnia's Child [...] [Summary] Recent FPU field trips have uncovered a potentially serious vulnerability in Bosnia and Herzegovina's child legitimation procedure. FPU determined that no Federal or Entity law regulates background checks to verify the credibility of parents' statements during the process of child l [...] | 2009-02-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO409 | SARAJEVO FRAUD SUMMARY, SEMI-ANNUAL CY2009 [...] This semi-annual fraud summary covers 1 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. ------------------ Country Conditions ------------------ 2. Fourteen years after the 1992-95 Balkan conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the devastation of the war that resulted in some two mil [...] | 2009-04-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO444 | SARAJEVO FRAUD UNIT VISITS THE OFFICE OF THE BOSNIAN MUSLIM [...] [Summary] FPU recently completed a fraud prevention site visit to the Islamic Community's Governing Council (Rijaset) Office of the Bosniak Diaspora. Our fraud investigator wanted to broaden our contacts with the Rijaset representatives to resolve questions about religious worker (R1) visa [...] | 2009-04-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO464 | Half of Bosnian Au-pairs remain in America [...] [Summary] Sarajevo FPU recently completed a validation study for all J1 au-pair cases Post issued in 2006. Nearly half of the program participants from Bosnia found legal ways to stay in the USA. [End Summary] 2. Methodology: FPU examined cases from 2006 to provide ample time for return [...] | 2009-04-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO480 | Sarajevo Work and Travel visa validation study [...] [Summary] Sarajevo FPU recently completed a validation study for all J1 Summer Work and Travel cases that post issued in 2008. A solid 96% of issued applicants returned, with only four percent remaining in America [End of Summary] 2. Methodology: Our Fraud Prevention Unit took all 78 issue [...] | 2009-04-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO492 | Bosnia FPU visits Roma community in Bijeljina. [...] [Summary] Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited the Roma community in the Bosnian city of Bijeljina, the second largest town in the Republika Srpska. Bijeljina, once considered the largest and the richest Roma community in all Bosnia, now shows signs of economic distress, a likely fact [...] | 2009-04-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO493 | BOSNIA FRAUD PREVENTION UNIT VISITS SREBRENICA AND [...] [Summary] Sarajevo's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) recently visited Srebrenica and Bijeljina, two cities in northeast Bosnia located in the Republika Srpska. Post's anti-fraud unit identified a recent influx of non-immigrant visa applicants from these towns and executed their own survey of thes [...] | 2009-04-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO592 | BOSNIA'S NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Our Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited several offices involved in data collection for passport issuance. The visits suggested that even if the Bosnian government hits its January 2010 production target for the new biometric passport, the data used to issue the [...] | 2009-05-12 05:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO791 | Sarajevo non-immigrant visa application numbers in dramatic [...] (Summary) Not since 9/11 has Post experienced a decrease in non-immigrant visa numbers as dramatic as that which has occurred during this global economic crisis. But, Post has seized this unanticipated drop in applications as an opportunity to expand its anti-fraud and student outreach programs [...] | 2009-07-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO834 | BOSNIAN MARRIAGE PATTERNS THROUGH THE EYES OF SARAJEVO'S [...] (Summary) After almost two years of Immigrant Visa operations in Sarajevo, our consular staff is beginning to see standard behavioral patterns that while not necessarily indicating fraud, do exemplify both a very utilitarian approach to finding a partner, and the strengths of traditional ro [...] | 2009-07-10 08:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO857 | A Tale of Two Cities: the Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit [...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Consular Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) recently visited two adjacent towns in Northern Bosnia, Prijedor and Sanski Most. We wanted to improve our understanding of a region that experienced severe displacement during the war and to examine the living conditions of our visa [...] | 2009-07-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO866 | Bosnia consular outreach program yields substantial drop in [...] [Summary] In past years, Sarajevo's refusal rate for J1 Summer Work and Travel (SWT) applicants was often over 50 percent. Recognizing that our refusal rate was directly related to a Post policy of only issuing to students of accredited universities, the Consular section launched an outreach pr [...] | 2009-07-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO963 | Sarejevo FPU talks to local grassroots leaders in Northwest [...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Consular Fraud Prevention Unit(FPU) recently visited two adjacent towns in northern Bosnia, Prijedor and Sanski Most. FPU was interested in contacting the relevant representatives of ethnic minorities to better understand our visa applicants and their migration patterns. [...] | 2009-08-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO975 | Bosnia: Sarajevo FPU Investigates Bosnia's Military Records [...] Summary. The Sarajevo Consular Section initiated full IV services in December 2007. Our Fraud Prevention Unit(FPU) wanted to learn more about documents important for immigration to the United States: military records, court records and police records. This is the first in a series of three cab [...] | 2009-08-11 12:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO988 | Bosnia: Fraud Prevention Unit examines court records [...] Summary. This cable is the second of three cables concerning documents that support immigrant visa applications, in this case focusing on court records from both entities. The case management system is not being properly used by regional court authorities and efforts need to be made to ensur [...] | 2009-08-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SHANGHAI472 | MEDIA FRENZY AS AMBASSADOR REVISITS ADOPTION SITE [...] U.S.-China relations received an emotional boost December 3 as Ambassador Huntsman and wife Mary Kaye brought their daughter Gracie Mei to visit the city where they adopted her in 1999. Yangzhou officials and the Yangzhou Children's Welfare Institute spared no effort in preparing an ebullient h [...] | 2009-12-08 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CH CASC SOCI CPAS CVIS |
09SKOPJE203 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SKOPJE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KV MK |
09SOFIA229 | Semi-annual Fraud Summary Sofia; October, 2008 - March, [...] SUMMARY: Though overstay rates for Bulgarians may still be declining overall, low wages here continue to fuel problems in this area. Our latest H2B validation study, for instance, indicated a 33 percent overstay rate. On the other hand, our most recent B1/B2 validation study found the overst [...] | 2009-05-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC BU |
09STATE116234 | CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA FRAUD PREVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Miami Passport Agency hosted a conference for Fraud Prevention Managers (FPMs) assigned to posts in South and Central America from September 15 - 17, 2009. The conference included 40 attendees from 19 different posts, the Department of Labor, the Department of Homeland Secur [...] | 2009-11-10 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CASC CPAS CVIS KFRD |
09STATE57623 | COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY REPORTING REQUIREMENT [...] Post Country Fraud Summary reports are a valuable resource for the Department, our interagency partners, and the field. Post reporting facilitates analysis, prompts improvements in fraud-prevention guidance, contributes to training, and spurs development of technology and fraud-prevention to [...] | 2009-06-04 16:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS |
09STATE88372 | LEXISNEXIS GUIDANCE ON IDENTITY THEFT [...] When it comes to identity theft, it is often difficult to interpret results using LexisNexis. Many of the same factors that indicate identity theft can simply be a mistake or a legitimate association that is difficult to spot. Below are some guidelines to help consular officers interpret th [...] | 2009-08-25 12:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CPAS KFRD CPPT CVIS |
09STOCKHOLM119 | STOCKHOLM'S ESTA IMPLEMENTATION (NOV 2008-FEB 2009) [...] Summary: The January 12, 2009 mandatory implementation of the ESTA program has proceeded smoothly in Sweden. Post's media outreach resulted in a series of ESTA-related articles in the national Swedish media, and this and other outreach efforts appear to have helped inform the public at-large [...] | 2009-02-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM224 | VALIDATION STUDY OF IRANIAN B1/B2 APPLICANTS [...] Summary: Embassy StockholmQs Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a two stage issuance review and validation study of Iranian B1/B2 visa applicants in 2007. Results show that StockholmQs higher issuance rate reflects a relatively refined applicant pool of doctoral students and wealthy retir [...] | 2009-04-02 06:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD SW |
09STOCKHOLM247 | FRAUD SUMMARY - STOCKHOLM [...] Summary: As Sweden prepares to take the June through December 2009 rotational European Union presidency, refugees remain a top priority for the country. Embassy Stockholm continues to deal with Sweden's large population of third country nationals, many with insufficient identification documen [...] | 2009-04-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS SW |
09STOCKHOLM662 | FRAUD SUMMARY - STOCKHOLM [...] Summary: As Sweden hosts the Presidency of the European Union from June through December 2009, one of the top priorities at the EU and national level remains refugees. Embassy Stockholm continues to deal with Sweden's large population of third country nationals, many with insufficient identif [...] | 2009-10-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS SW |
09STPETERSBURG132 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 09:24:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS |
09STPETERSBURG43 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 10:36:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS |
09SURABAYA25 | FRAUD SUMMARY - (SURABAYA) [...] Please find below the semi-annual fraud report for U.S. Consulate General Surabaya for the period September 2008 - February 2009. A. Country Conditions Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,500 islands spanning three time zones and 3,400 miles along the Equator. Its population of 245 [...] | 2009-03-13 09:27:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ID |
09SURABAYA59 | CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY [...] Summary: Supervisory Consular Officer (SCO) Terry Mobley visited Bali from June 8 - 9 to conduct the annual Consular Agency management review. During the visit, SCO and outgoing Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch and newly hired Consular Agent Joseph Curtin reviewed Consular Agency opera [...] | 2009-06-10 09:34:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC CPAS ID |
09SURABAYA87 | FRAUD SUMMARY - (SURABAYA) [...] Please find below the semi-annual fraud report for U.S. Consulate General Surabaya for the period March - August 2009. A. Country Conditions Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,500 islands spanning three time zones and 3,400 miles along the Equator. Its population of 245 million com [...] | 2009-10-01 09:33:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ID |
09SUVA386 | SEMI-ANNUAL COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY REPORT - EMBASSY SUVA [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS The countries in Suva's diverse consular district (Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tuvalu) are small and remote nations with struggling economies. Political uncertainty in some of these island states contributes to their respective economic instability. Fiji's military [...] | 2009-09-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CVIS CMGT CPAS KFRD FJ |
09SYDNEY227 | SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MISSION AUSTRALIA [...] Country Conditions: Australia is a low-fraud environment for consular services. Local economic and governmental conditions make for a qualified visa applicant pool. Host country identity documents are highly reliable. Challenges in the area of consular work are mostly a result of the growin [...] | 2009-10-28 00:48:00 | Consulate Sydney | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AS |
09SYDNEY81 | MARCH 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MISSION AUSTRALIA [...] Country Conditions: Australia is a low-fraud environment for consular services. Local economic and governmental conditions make for a qualified visa applicant pool. Host country identity documents are highly reliable. Challenges in the area of consular work are mostly a result of the growin [...] | 2009-03-30 03:01:00 | Consulate Sydney | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AS |
09TALLINN60 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: SEPT 2008 TO FEB 2009 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Economic growth in Estonia, previously running at over 10 percent per year, has ground to a halt in the wake of the global economic crisis and is expected to contract sharply in 2009, falling to perhaps as much as negative 9 percent. The Estonian government (GoE) has alread [...] | 2009-03-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN |
09TEGUCIGALPA684 | TFHO1: ASSESSMENT OF THE CONSULAR SECTION'S [...] (U) Summary: The coup against President Mel, Zelaya on June 28th tested the Consular Sections ability to safeguard American citizens in a time of political uncertainty. The section proved to be up to the challenge, successfully processing hundreds of AmCit calls on the ACS hotline, and makin [...] | 2009-07-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CLOK CMGT CPAS CVIS CFED |
09TELAVIV2222 | SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY, TEL AVIV [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS IS |
09TELAVIV763 | TEL AVIV'S FRAUD SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2009 [...] Israel is a highly westernized nation with a vibrant democracy and strong economy. It boasts a high literacy rate, a high GDP, and relatively low unemployment. It is also a nation that travels. However, while visa demand peaked in summer 2008, it has declined during the reporting period, presum [...] | 2009-03-31 14:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT CPAS PTER ASEC KFRD IS |
09TORONTO28 | Ontario Government Still Planning to Run with EDL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario Ministry of Transportation officials have told us that they hope to begin issuing an Enhanced Drivers License (EDL) by the June 1, 2009 deadline for the Western Hemisphere's Initiative (WHTI). However, a labor dispute and changes in technology standards have delayed the [...] | 2009-02-06 12:35:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CPAS ETRD PBT KFRD PGOV CA |
09TRIPOLI268 | FRAUD SUMMARY-TRIPOLI-MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LY |
09TRIPOLI269 | FRAUD SUMMARY-TRIPOLI-MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LY |
09TRIPOLI772 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TRIPOLI - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LY |
09TRIPOLI773 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TRIPOLI - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 15:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LY |
09TUNIS708 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TUNIS [...] Post responses to ref A follow. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tunis is a low-fraud post. Most detected fraud is in the form of readily identifiable falsified employment or education documents. There are no indicators of organized fraud rings or document vendors. Rather, these appear to be individu [...] | 2009-09-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TS |
09TUNIS835 | TUNIS VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] Embassy Tunis conducted a validation study covering all non-diplomatic non-immigrant visas (NIV) for the month of April 2009, excluding K visas. This time period was selected as it was the first complete month of visa operations after returning Libyan NIV applicants to Embassy Tripoli. 2. [...] | 2009-11-16 06:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TS |
09ULAANBAATAR288 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ULAANBAATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fraud continues to be widespread and a serious problem among Mongolian applicants. In addition to the persistent low-level NIV fraud, post has been struggling with significant fraud in asylum cases and in immigrant visa cases. Post has also encountered several instances of app [...] | 2009-10-05 04:40:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASES XP MG |
09UNVIEVIENNA288 | IAEA/IRAN: NUCLEAR SAFETY/REGULATORY MISSIONS [...] (U) According to Miro Lipar, head of the IAEA's Operational Safety Section, who will lead the preliminary Operational Safety Review Team (pre-OSART) in Iran, the mission has not yet been scheduled and will probably not happen in 2009. He stated that there are several things that need to happe [...] | 2009-06-19 09:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP CPAS IAEA OSCE RS IR |
09VANCOUVER261 | CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY [...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry a [...] | 2009-11-10 17:20:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ASEC KFRD CPAS CMGT CA |
09VIENNA1355 | FRAUD SUMMARY - VIENNA [...] Austria is a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country and a party to the European Union's (EU) Schengen Agreement covering border controls and immigration. Border officials and airline personnel have been vigilant and effective in deterring transit through Austria by undocumented or fraudulently doc [...] | 2009-10-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD AU |
09VIENTIANE249 | FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): SPRING 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vientiane is a medium fraud level post, with significant percentages of immigrant visa (IV) cases returned and a very large number of nonimmigrant visa (NIV) cases refused. The Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in Vientiane currently consists of one full-time Locally Employed Staff (LE [...] | 2009-05-26 10:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA |
09VIENTIANE474 | FRAUD SUMMARY-VIENTIANE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 08:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA |
09WARSAW1178 | FRAUD SUMMARY - POLAND [...] (U) Although the Polish economy is slowing due to the global economic crisis, it has proven to be more resilient than other European economies. After 2008's 4.9 percent growth, Eurostat predicts Poland's GDP will drop to 1.2 percent in 2009. In comparison, the EU as a whole is expected to se [...] | 2009-12-01 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PL |
09WINDHOEK360 | FRAUD SUMMARY - WINDHOEK [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Namibia is a developing country with one of the world's highest levels of income inequality. Namibia has a population of roughly 2 million, with a low NIV and a moderate ACS workload. Culturally, there are strong ties to family and clan identity, as well as a strong [...] | 2009-09-30 15:07:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC WA |
09YAOUNDE841 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CAMEROON [...] Cameroon, population 18 million, is a unitary republic dominated by a strong presidency and highly entrenched bureaucracy. The primary languages are French and English, with numerous dialects amongst its more than 200 tribal and ethnic groups. Embassy Yaounde also processes visa applications ( [...] | 2009-10-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT PHUM ASEC CM |
09YAOUNDE956 | Cameroon: AU Verdict Rejects Secessionism, Vindicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent African Union decision dismissed anglophone Cameroonian secessionism while acknowledging serious human rights violations committed against secessionist anglophones by the government of Cameroon. Though a blow to the cause of anglophone independence, the AU's findings wil [...] | 2009-11-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS CMGT PHUM PGOV ASEC CM |
09YEREVAN228 | SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD SUMMARY (SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY 2009)- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Armenia remains a high-fraud post. While consular staff members periodically uncover fraud rings and other organized plots, post's interviewing officers deal with small-scale fraud every day. Due to widespread document fraud, including birth and marriage certificates as well a [...] | 2009-03-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PHUM KFRD KCRM AM |
09YEREVAN834 | SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD SUMMARY (MARCH 2009 - AUGUST 2009)- [...] (SBU) Armenia remains a high-fraud post. While consular staff members periodically uncover fraud rings and other organized plots, post's interviewing officers deal with small-scale fraud every day. Due to widespread document fraud, including birth and marriage certificates as well as passports [...] | 2009-12-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AM |
10BOGOTA400 | Passport Fraud: Tales of the Sophisticated and [...] Over a three week period in January, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in Bogota investigated three separate incidents of US passport fraud. Two involved attempts to smuggle alien children, while the third was a case of an American fugitive assuming a different identity to avoid detection by US [...] | 2010-02-03 17:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS SMIG KFRD KCSY CO |
10LAPAZ146 | Authorization to use local courier service for ACS passback [...] Per instructions in 7 FAM 1362, Embassy La Paz requests Department authorization to implement an ACS passback system using a local courier service. Post would like the new system to take effect on February 1, 2010. 2. The Consular Section's non-immigrant (NIV) and immigrant [...] | 2010-01-26 19:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CPAS CASC KFRD BL |
10RABAT96 | MOROCCO BEGINS ISSUANCE OF BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Ref A provided information about official Moroccan documents, noting that the Government of Morocco (GOM) intended to introduce biometric technology to Moroccan passports. Introduction of the biometric passports, however, was delayed through 2009. The Morocco Ministry of Interio [...] | 2010-02-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CPAS PGOV ASEC PINR KHLS MO |
10VANCOUVER100 | CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry acros [...] | 2010-02-23 01:32:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS CMGT CA |
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