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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04MANAMA1684 |
BAHRAIN SCHOOL: PRESERVE THE DOD CONNECTION [...] (C) We now face, as we did last summer, an urgent decision regarding the DODEA-sponsored Bahrain School: should we continue to support it as a DODEA school, or should we begin the process of conversion to a more traditional international school. While the school does indeed fit the profile of [...] |
2004-11-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASCH AMGT BA |
| 04VILNIUS1309 |
CORRECTED RESPONSE FOR VILNIUS PHASE III [...] Ref A reported that there were no primary or secondary schools that do not receive grants from the Department of State but which are attended by U.S. citizens abroad. That is incorrect. 2. Vilnius has two private schools with American Embassy dependents attending. The Vilnius Internation [...] |
2004-10-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD ABUD AFIN AMGT ASCH ASEC |
| 05BANGKOK1026 |
AMBASSADOR BOYCE CALLS ON THAI COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Boyce paid his first official call on Thai Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook on February 4, 2005. A beaming Watana predicted a landslide for the ruling party on February 6, saying it was vindication of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's hands-on "CEO style." Watana [...] |
2005-02-09 05:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ASCH ID TH |
| 05LJUBLJANA96 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. LEROY KEY [...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to A/OPR/OS Regional Educational Officer, to travel to Ljubjana, Slovenia on March 24 - 30, 2005, to meet with principal officers and other appropriate officers, regarding dependent education. 2. The Control Officer for y [...] |
2005-02-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH |
| 05MADRID980 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS CONSENSUS EFFORTS ON MDA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff discussed Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement ("the Movement") on March 14 with Manuel Pombo, Ambassador at Large for Humanitarian and Social Affairs. Spain strongly supports the work of the Swiss government in trying to reach a consensus on [...] |
2005-03-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IS RS CASC ASCH XG SP ICRC |
| 05MANAMA838 |
CROWN PRINCE ATTENDS AMBASSADOR'S BAHRAIN SCHOOL [...] Underscoring his support for the Bahrain School, the premier K-12 American-model school in Bahrain and the only DODDS (Department of Defense Dependent School) institution in the Middle East, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman attended an Ambassador-hosted reception at the residence June 8 in honor of [...] |
2005-06-13 05:59:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASCH KPAO BA |
| 05PRAGUE509 |
OVERSEAS SCHOOL SECURITY - PHASE II [...] In response to ref A, which launched phase II of the Overseas School Security Program, ref B described what we assess as the major vulnerability of the International School of Prague to a terrorist attack - the lack of access controls, particularly vehicle access, to a large parking lot adjac [...] |
2005-04-11 11:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ASCH AFIN ABUD |
| 05SOFIA1318 |
BULGARIAN COURT REJECTS JEWISH COMMUNITY PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY: In a July 6 decision, the details of which were not available until July 20, Bulgaria's highest court rejected the property claim of the Jewish community over a valuable piece of land in downtown Sofia that was nationalized during Communism and used for hotel construction. The deci [...] |
2005-07-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL KTIA BU |
| 05SOFIA423 |
BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] After months of intensive lobbying by Embassy Sofia, the Parliament ratified with an overwhelming majority March 1 the U.S.-Bulgarian agreement defining the legal status of the Anglo-American School (AAS) in Sofia. With its status defined in law, AAS can now begin construction of a new camp [...] |
2005-03-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL KTIA BU |
| 06BERLIN3507 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered the Global Initiative (GI) draft Plan of Work and accompanying documents (ref) to officials from the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy December [...] |
2006-12-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CACM GM AS CA CH |
| 06LAPAZ1711 |
GOB VOWS TO "DECOLONIZE" EDUCATION, THREATENING ACS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of rumors concerning educational reform, Bolivia's education minister announced June 22 that the GOB planned to "decolonize" education to make all schools, public and private, equal. He declared the American Cooperative School part of a system that caters to a fortu [...] |
2006-06-23 21:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV SOCI BL |
| 06LAPAZ1795 |
MORE ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Following the GOB's June 22 announcement of its plan to "decolonize" and secularize education (reftel), pressure from the Catholic Church led the Morales administration to soften its position at least as regards Church interests. The GOB hosted a seminar June 26-28 on its propos [...] |
2006-06-29 21:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV SOCI PREL BL |
| 06LAPAZ1956 |
EDUCATION CONGRESS ENDORSES SECULAR EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Days of contentious debate ended July 14 with the National Education Congress' endorsement of a secular education system that "respects the beliefs and spirituality of indigenous nations and the Bolivian people" and "rejects all dogmatic impositions." The Catholic Church accuse [...] |
2006-07-19 17:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
| 06LAPAZ2017 |
STATE CRITICIZES CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: A growing confrontation between church and state, which began as a debate about religious education, has broadened into a larger discussion of religion in general. Religion and religious education will be discussed in Congress in relation to a pending education bill as well as in [...] |
2006-07-26 18:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
| 06TOKYO6592 |
U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 06 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO, [...] (C) Summary. On 6 November U/S Joseph and ACS Ando agreed to coordinate as much as practical the formulation and announcement of their respective lists of luxury items to be banned under UNSCR 1718. Asked about the U.S.-proposed UNSCR 1718-related working group, U/S Joseph explained that it w [...] |
2006-11-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PARM KNNP ASCH CH KS KN JA |
| 06TOKYO6966 |
JAPANESE REACTION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CA CH RF GM IT JA |
| 07ABIDJAN918 |
ACTION COMPLETED: PROPOSED SUPPORT TO METHODIST [...] (SBU) Post completed the action requested in reftel. Poloff visited the Methodist University of Cote d'Ivoire (UMCI) on August 21 and met with university rector and members of the university's Council for Education and Training (CEI). UMCI is a small institution and is only in its second year [...] |
2007-08-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH IV |
| 07ASHGABAT1042 |
TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL [...] The Ashgabat International School (a Quality Schools International supported by the Department), Turkmenistan's only English-language expatriate school, suddenly and unexpectedly received a request from state-controlled Turkmen television to come and interview teachers and students at the sch [...] |
2007-09-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASCH SCUL TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1072 |
TUKRMENISTAN: ASHGABAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FEATURED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Television channel "TV4" October 3 ran a positive feature on Ashgabat International School that highlighted the school's American curriculum and international staff and students. In his interview, the school [...] |
2007-10-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASCH KPAO TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1300 |
TURKMENISTAN: MOVEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has decided to support the registration of the Quality Schools International-run (QSI) Ashgabat International School. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Me [...] |
2007-11-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASCH TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1310 |
TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The next step in the process of registering the Quality Schools International (QSI)- run Ashgabat International School (AIS) took place November 30 when MFA arranged a meeting for the Embassy with the Ministry of Education ( [...] |
2007-12-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASCH TX |
| 07EFTORABAT171 |
SCHOOL TAX AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Following completion of consultations with Department offices and the five officially supported American schools in Morocco, Mission has moved to engage senior GOM officials on the issue of concluding a bilateral agreement to give the schools legal status and shield them from [...] |
2007-01-31 11:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT ASCH KREC MO |
| 07EFTORABAT521 |
PM ADVISOR CATEGORICALLY REJECTS TAX CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting to follow up on the Ambassador's February 7 meeting with Prime Minister Jettou on our desire to conclude a school tax agreement governing U.S. schools in Morocco, the Prime Minister's Finance Advisor Abderrezak Lazrak reiterated the Government of Morocco's desire [...] |
2007-03-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT ASCH PGOV EFIN SCUL MA |
| 07LAPAZ386 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW EDUCATION MINISTER [...] (C) On February 8, the Ambassador made his first call on new Education Minister Victor Caceres. Unlike meetings with former Minister Patzi, the meeting with Caceres was friendly, with the new minister stating that he would maintain an "open door" and expressing his desire for a regular dialo [...] |
2007-02-13 12:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH PGOV PREL BL |
| 07NDJAMENA204 |
CHAD/USA SIGN AGREEMENT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] On March 5, the Ambassador signed an agreement with the Government of Chad on the establishment of the American International School of N'djamena. The Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Djidda Moussa Outman, signed for the Government of Chad. [...] |
2007-03-05 16:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL CD |
| 07RABAT1836 |
HELPING AMERICAN SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In recent weeks, the clock has run out on the Embassy's eight-year attempt to secure an agreement with the Government of Morocco (GOM) to gain formal status and tax advantages for the five American schools in Morocco. Though the GOM has not yet provided a f [...] |
2007-12-13 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH AMGT EFIN PREL MO |
| 07SOFIA166 |
BULGARIA: EU MISSIONS PONDER ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel B, Post expressed its strong support for establishment of a South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC) at the Bulgarian Police Academy. Post has subsequently met with representatives from four Embassies -- UK, Netherlands, Spain and Ger [...] |
2007-02-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH PREL KCRM KJUS BU |
| 07SOFIA461 |
BULGARIA: SUPPORT BUILDS FOR ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Since reftel C, we have continued to solicit support from EU member-states for the establishment of South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC). The UK Embassy committed concrete resources to the center, and the German and Spanish Embassies are looking for [...] |
2007-04-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH PREL KCRM KJUS BU |
| 08RABAT19 |
AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) In a wide-ranging meeting on January 3, the Ambassador discussed the status of the American schools in Morocco with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Director of American Affairs Abdallah Salah Eddine Tazi. The Ambassador noted that the status and tax situ [...] |
2008-01-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH AMGT MO |
| 08RABAT201 |
PRIME MINISTER'S ECONOMIC GATEKEEPER ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka set out an ambitious governmental economic agenda in his first public speech at the end of February. The government, he said, would focus on increased and "qualitatively different" growth through increased investm [...] |
2008-03-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ASCH MO |
| 08TOKYO1762 |
REQUEST PASSED TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-26 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AFIN ASCH CACM GM |
| 08TUNIS1135 |
GOT QUESTIONS STATUS OF AMERICAN COMMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA held a surprise meeting on October 30 to review the status of the American Community School of Tunis (ACST). In attendance were senior school and Embassy officials. The Ministry wanted clarification for the basis of the school's existence in Tunis since 1959 since it [...] |
2008-11-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH PREL PGOV TS |
| 09BEIRUT498 |
LEBANON: POLITICAL ELITE ATTEND AUB PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Leading figures from Lebanon's political and business communities turned out for the formal inauguration of the new president of the American University of Beirut (AUB), Peter F. Dorman, on May 4. Ambassador and Poloff attended, with ACS Chief in cap and gown representing Columbia Univers [...] |
2009-05-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH EAID OEXC OPRC PGOV SCUL KMPI LE |
| 09BERLIN411 |
GERMANY AGREES WITH USG ON AMERICAN COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Pol M/C discussed reftel points with Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Sabine Sparwasser April 7. Sparwasser was acquainted with the situation and said the German Government took the issue seriously. She pointed out that the American Cooperative School of Tunis also has "pa [...] |
2009-04-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH ODIP PGOV PREL TS GM |
| 09CASABLANCA228 |
EXPATRIATE CHRISTIANS EXPELLED FOR ALLEGED PROSELYTIZING [...] (C) Summary: On December 4 a group of Moroccan Christian converts and foreigners gathered in a home in the town of Saidia for a weekend of study and spiritual retreat. Moroccan police raided the house, confiscated personal items and religious material, and detained those present. The Morocc [...] |
2009-12-23 12:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV ASCH MO |
| 09LONDON830 |
UK FULLY SUPPORTS USG ON POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-07 15:00:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH ODIP PGOV PREL TS UK |
| 09LUXEMBOURG341 |
H1N1 CLAIMS SECOND LUXEMBOURGER LIFE [...] (U) The Grand Duchy registered its second swine flu-related death on 16 November. The 48-year-old victim, like Luxembourg's only other fatal case, suffered from other, unspecified maladies. Luxembourg's Health Ministry reports 1,535 estimated cases across the country (as of 17 November). [...] |
2009-11-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KFLU CASC SOCI ASCH AMED KPAO TBIO LU |
| 09ROME408 |
ITALY COOPERATIVE ON JOINT APPROACH TO TUNIS SCHOOL [...] (C) The Italian MFA is eager to cooperate with us and others to obtain a favorable resolution to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) tax situation. MFA Counselor Lorenzo Morini from the Maghreb Office, stated he would discuss this issue with the Italian Ambassador in Tunisia, Amb [...] |
2009-04-09 08:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASCH ODIP PREL IT |
| 09STPETERSBURG48 |
AMBASSADOR BEYRLE MEETS WITH ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting together, the Ambassador and Governor Matviyenko discussed the economic crisis, U.S. investment, international relations, and various housekeeping issues related to the Consulate. The meeting was cordial and Governor Matviyenko was clearly will [...] |
2009-04-22 08:18:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS ASCH BTIO ECON EINV |
| 09TUNIS149 |
TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] SUMMARY: The American Cooperative School of Tunis is threatened with an Tunisian tax assessment which could force the school to close its doors. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of past practice and agreements via diplomatic note on the school,s status. A formal bilateral acc [...] |
2009-03-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PGOV PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS156 |
TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The future of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) is threatened by a Tunisian tax assessment of US $6.5 million. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of practice and diplomatic exchanges on the school,s status. A formal bilateral accord [...] |
2009-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH PGOV PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS182 |
AMERICAN SCHOOL TAX CRISIS DEEPENS: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) tax dispute has reached a critical point and the school faces possible closure. The Ministry of Finance has issued its final tax decree, which requires ACST to pay $6.8 million in 60 days, money it does not have and probably cannot borrow. T [...] |
2009-03-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH PREL AFDB PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS191 |
NEW FINANCIAL PRESSURES THREATEN AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: The American Cooperative School of Tunis' (ACST) US bank has frozen $2 million of its funds to ensure that ACST does not default on its construction loan. The freeze could bring about the school's bankruptcy before the end of the academic year. The Ministry of Public Property a [...] |
2009-03-31 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH PREL AFDB AMGT PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS203 |
AMERICAN SCHOOL IN TUNIS: UPDATE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and action request: The Ambassador continues to press senior GOT officials to change course on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST), but still awaits an appointment with Minister of State Ben Dhia. AFDB President Kaberuka confirmed he will seek an appointment with Pre [...] |
2009-04-02 18:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP ODIP PREL PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS217 |
THE GOT STICKS TO ITS STORY: THE AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri provided the Ambassador today with a Ministry of Finance Paper that attempts to justify its tax assessment on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). Khemiri repeated many of the points GOT officials have made in previo [...] |
2009-04-07 18:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS222 |
EUROPEANS STEP UP ON TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Immediately following the April 7 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri (Ref A), the Ambassador briefed a group of European diplomats on the ACST tax crisis. The Europeans were universally supportive, with EU ambassadors agreeing to make an informal demarche as soon [...] |
2009-04-08 17:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TS ASCH OFDP PREL |
| 09TUNIS223 |
GOT OFFERS NEGOTIATIONS ON AMERICAN SCHOOL, BUT [...] (S/NF) In back-to-back meetings at the Foreign Ministry today the Ambassador was given a letter from Foreign Minister Abdallah to NEA AA/S Feltman offering negotiations to resolve the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) tax issue. The letter emphasized that the GOT wants to maintain fri [...] |
2009-04-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS226 |
SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] (C) Senator Mitchell, my team and I look forward to working with you during your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are pleased that you have included Tunisia on your itinerary and look forward to hearing first-hand your assessment of prospects for Israeli-Palesti [...] |
2009-04-10 11:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL KPAL ASCH OFDP TS |
| 09TUNIS237 |
AMERICAN SCHOOL CRISIS ABATES, TIME FOR [...] (C) Under mounting US and international pressure, the Tunisian authorities have offered public and private assurances of their commitment to keep the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) open and their willingness to negotiate a settlement to the current tax crisis. These gestures inc [...] |
2009-04-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH AFDB PGOV PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS243 |
GOT TO SENATOR MITCHELL ON AMERICAN SCHOOL: WE'RE [...] (SBU) Toward the end of his hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Ghannouchi and Foreign Minister Abdallah on April 15 (septel), Special Envoy George Mitchell raised the Ministry of Finance's final tax decree assessing the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) for 9.1 million Tunisian D [...] |
2009-04-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS286 |
TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL NEGOTIATIONS FRUITFUL, BUT [...] (C) On May 6-8, US and Tunisian delegations made substantial progress toward resolving the status and financial obligations of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT offered formal status for the school and reduced its demand for back taxes from 9.1 to 4.2 million Tunisian [...] |
2009-05-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS305 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SCHOOL NON-PAPER TO MINISTER [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered a non-paper to the Minister of Finance conveying USG agreement in principle on the tax aspects of a bilateral accord for the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT has yet to signal its intentions on the question of the lease of the land occupied by [...] |
2009-05-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS339 |
TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL UPDATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, the Minister of State Properties and Real Estate emphasized that it should be easy to reach a solution at the working level to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) lease issue. There has been no other explicit reaction from the GOT in the two w [...] |
2009-06-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS456 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (C) On the margins of his July 9 meeting with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia (septel, not all addressees) the Ambassador took the opportunity to raise the issue of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He informed Ben Dhia that the Embassy had delivered to the MFA that mornin [...] |
2009-07-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS461 |
PM GHANNOUCHI ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, ACST, AND THE [...] (C) During a farewell call by the Ambassador on July 10, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi: -- dismissed the reported plot against US military personnel as &banal8; -- welcomed the new policies of President Obama and offered Tunisian support on efforts for Middle East peace; -- press [...] |
2009-07-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASCH TS |
| 09TUNIS473 |
COURT ISSUES JUDGMENT AGAINST AMERICAN SCHOOL; [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: A Tunisian court ruled July 14 in favor of the Ministry of Finance stating that the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) owes 9.1 million Tunisian dinars in taxes, ignoring the negotiated settlement [...] |
2009-07-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH AMGT PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS498 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a July 17 farewell call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambassador --reviewed accomplishments between the two countries in recent years; --discussed President Obama's letter of the previous week to President Ben Ali about Middle East peace and encouraged a positiv [...] |
2009-07-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASCH PGOV TS US |
| 09TUNIS523 |
AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] (C) Ambassador paid a brief farewell call on President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday, July 28. Ben Ali's focus was to resolve the issues around the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He did so by reinstating the May deal on taxes, agreeing to the school's proposed rent for the [...] |
2009-07-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASCH PGOV TS |
| 10STATE14838 |
SIGNATURE OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AGREEMENT [...] The United States Embassy in Tunis recently completed negotiations regarding the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia concerning the American Cooperative School of Tunisia ("the Agreement"). The Ambassador is authorized [...] |
2010-02-18 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS |