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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00ATHENS1937 PRESS SUPPLEMENT ON THE 25-YEAR HISTORY OF 17 NOVEMBER
[...] (U) THE ATHENS DAILY, "ELEFTHEROTYPIA," PUBLISHED A DETAILED 23-PAGE SUPPLEMENT TO ITS APRIL 15 EDITION, ENTITLED "25 YEARS OF 17N." AT FIRST BLUSH, THE SUPPLEMENT SEEMED TO BE A TYPE OF EXPOSE ON 17 NOVEMBER. ON CLOSER READING, THE COVERAGE'S MESSAGE IS NOT HARD-HITTING. INDEED, THE SUPPLE [...]
2000-04-21 07:12:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER GR
00BEIRUT1411ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. IF THE DEAL HOLDS, HIZBALLAH WOULD HAVE A NET GAIN OF TWO SEATS, PLUS A STRONGER FIGURE IN A THIRD ONE. THESE EXPEDIENT PAIRINGS ARE TYPICAL [...]
2000-04-17 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL LE
00BOGOTA6096 COLOMBIAN TERRORISM - DEFENSE OFFICIALS PAINT
[...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR CURTIS W. KAMMAN. REASON 1.5(B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MIKE SHEEHAN AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SOLIC) BRIAN SHERIDAN MET WITH COLOMBIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE LUIS RAMIREZ, THE COMMANDER OF MILITARY FORCES FERNANDO TAPIAS, AND [...]
2000-07-13 22:24:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CO PINS
00COLOMBO968LTTE OFFERS TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE SRI LANKAN ARMY HAVING PULLED BACK TO NEW DEFENSIVE LINES AND A SLOWDOWN IN LTTE ADVANCES OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE JAFFNA FRONT, THE LTTE HAS OFFERED A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE TO ALLOW GSL FORCES TO "WITHDRAW FROM THE UNFAVORABLE THEATER OF WAR WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR." THE O [...]
2000-05-08 10:45:00Embassy ColomboSECRETMOPS PREL CE
00HANOI1160 A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...]
2000-05-26 08:46:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL
00HANOI1493CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLESSES KEY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REPORTS AFTER DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TENTH COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM, WHICH CONCLUDED JULY 4, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FINALIZING KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS FOR THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS NEXT MARCH. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AGREED ON DRAFT TEXTS OF THE [...]
2000-07-10 11:12:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD PREL VM
00HANOI2480 VIETNAM WARILY LOOKS TO CHINA AS A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A STEADY STREAM OF VIETNAMESE LEADERS VISITING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 HANOI 02480 01 OF 06 100541Z CHINA, MOST RECENTLY PRIME MINISTER KHAI AND THE ARMY CHI [...]
2000-11-10 05:39:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR VM CM CVR
00HANOI2777BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S FORUM: PROFOUND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE "TWO VIETNAMS"
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S WOMEN'S FORUM REVEALS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN AND MEN IN VIETNAM TODAY. OVER LUNCH BEFORE THE EVENT, IN CANDID DISC [...]
2000-12-26 10:29:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB PINR VM DPOL
00HANOI686VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION
[...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...]
2000-04-05 07:48:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL
00HARARE1842MUGABE CONFERRED STATUS OF A CARICATURE OF AN AFRICAN LEADER
[...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S INCREASINGLY DESPERATE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF HAS RESORTED TO VIOLENCE, BOTH RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL TO COMBAT ITS ERODING POPULARITY. AS THREATS ISSUED BY ZANU-PF ESCALATE, SO DO INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND MAYHEM AND THE DANGER THAT LESS STABLE ELEMENTS IN ZANU-PF WILL INTERP [...]
2000-04-06 10:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI MARR ZI
00HARARE1914PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 6, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL, AMENDING THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION FOR THE 16TH TIME, TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR RESETTLEMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT COMPENSATION (REFTEL A). THE VOTE FOLLOWED SOME ARM- TWISTING BY PRESIDENT MUGABE, WHO [...]
2000-04-07 11:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR ZI
00HARARE1969AMBASSADOR URGES GOVERNMENT RESTRAINT IN
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD HAD A CORDIAL, BUT SPIRITED, 1 1/2-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL HOUSING AND ZANU-PF PARTY CHAIRMAN, JOHN NKOMO, ON APRIL 7 DURING A FLIGHT BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THE VIOLENCE [...]
2000-04-11 15:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ZI
00HARARE2120WEEKEND VIOLENCE NOTCHES UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS WEEKEND SAW THREE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITY, APPARENTLY THE START OF WHAT MANY OBSERVERS THINK WILL BE A SEASON OF ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE FOR ZIMBABWE. PRESIDENT MUGABE REMAINS INTRANSIGENT IN DEFYING THE COURTS OVER ONGOING FARM OCCUPATIONS, AND APPEAR [...]
2000-04-17 15:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE2198S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH MUGABE CONFIDANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...]
2000-04-21 19:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2200S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER, THE APRIL 21 VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS DESIGNED AS A SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE EXTERNAL STATE ACTORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM THE CONGO. THE CONGOLESE WERE NOT INVITED. AT THE LAST MOMENT, DOS SANTO [...]
2000-04-22 19:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2205THE GUERILLA WAR FOR LAND IN ZIMABABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A THREE HOUR MEETING NEARLY HALF OF WHICH WAS SPENT ON LANO, PRESIDENT MUGABE TOLD US THAT LANO ACQUISITION WAS AN OVERDUE MATTER OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND ESCAPING FROM UNOER THE YOKE OF COLONIALISM THAT THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE NOW OEMANO. THE WAR VET'S OCCUPATIONS, WHICH HE [...]
2000-04-24 12:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE2222S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...]
2000-04-25 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2297AMBASSADOR PUTS HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER ON NOTICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 26 THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS REPEATED THE PARTY LINE TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMS IS A "POLITICAL ISSUE" WITH WHICH NEITHER HE NOR THE POLICE MAY INTERFERE, AS LONG AS THE TAKEOVERS ARE PEACEFUL. DABENGWA MAINTAINS THAT THE POLIC [...]
2000-04-27 15:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI
00HARARE2684BEHIND THE POLITICAL CONFLAGRATION, ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY IS
[...] (C) WHILE RECENT ATTENTION, NOTABLY OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE, HAS FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING HERE, CONCURRENTLY A SERIOUSLY DETERIORATING ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY DOWNHILL BY THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF A NEAR-TOTALLY DISTRACTED SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE LARGEST AND MOST SERIOUS [...]
2000-05-19 05:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE2734MDC STILL LIKELY TO WIN AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE A STATE-SPONSORED CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE, AND THE RULING PARTY'S CONTROL OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) STILL IS LIKELY TO WIN AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF THE 150 PARLIAMENTARY SEAT TOTAL (OR 30 SEATS) IN THE ELECTIONS NOW SCHE [...]
2000-05-23 08:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINR ZI MDC
00HARARE2810THE MORNING AFTER: ZIMBABWE'S POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED DURING THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN; PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB MAKING LAND REDISTRIBUTION THE PRINCIPAL AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE. WE SEE THREE POSSIBLE ELECTION SCENARIOS UNFOLDING IN THE NEXT MONTH: 1. A MORE OR LESS EVEN SPLI [...]
2000-05-24 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR ZI
00HARARE2894ZANU-PF LEGAL SECRETARY ON LAND INVASIONS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF'S LEGAL SECRETARY, EDDISON ZVOGBO TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MAY 31 THAT THE "WAR VETERANS" WHO ARE OCCUPYING COMMERCIAL FARMS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AT THE END OF JUNE. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS CONCERN, ZVOGBO [...]
2000-05-31 17:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI PREL
00HARARE3096ZIMBABWE MAKES NO DECISION ON REFUGEE STATUS,
[...] (C) UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR CARLOS LOPES INFORMED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD LATE ON JUNE 8 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REFUGEE COMMITTEE HAD DELIBERATED ON THE CASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ FOR THREE HOURS AND TOOK NO FORMAL DECISION. INST [...]
2000-06-08 16:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CMGT ZI CU
00HARARE3106EDUCATION MINISTER DECLINES TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON PRE-ELECTION ISSUES, ON JUNE 7 THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF CALLED ON THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, GABRIEL MACHINGA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S CONDEMNATION OF THE TARGETING OF TEACHERS FOR POLITICAL [...]
2000-06-09 11:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3160ZIMBABWE REPORTEDLY WANTS CUBANS DOCTORS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR OFFICIALS ADU AND SALOMONS CONTINUED IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS JUNE 12, AT ONE POINT TELLING THE INS OFFICER TO LEAVE THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO [...]
2000-06-12 17:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3164UNHCR LAWYER SKETCHES OUT POSSIBLE END GAME FOR CUBAN DOCTORS
[...] (C) A DOWNCAST MICHIEL SALOMONS (PROTECT) BRIEFED DCM ON JUNE 13 ON WHAT HE VIEWS AS A WORSENING OUTLOOK FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. SALOMONS, WHO CONTINUES TO GET THE RUNAROUND FROM ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES, ALSO [...]
2000-06-13 15:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU
00HARARE3348CHILD LABOR IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) REFTELS (A) AND (B) REQUESTED POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO CHILD LABOR PRACTICES IN ZIMBABWE. THIS CABLE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH REFTELS (C) AND (D) FROM OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1999, DISCUSSES ZIMBABWEAN CHILD LABOR PRACTICES IN DETAIL AND PROVIDE ANSWERS TO DEPARTMENT'S QUESTIONS [...]
2000-06-21 09:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ZI
00HARARE3460DESPITE STIFF COMPETITION, POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, THIS CABLE OFFERS POST'S PREDICTIONS FOR HOTSPOTS AND TOUGH RACES AMONG CONSTITUENCIES IN ZIMBABWE'S TEN PROVINCES. THE MDC IS EXPECTED TO FARE VERY WELL IN MOST PROVINCES, WITH ITS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE COMING FROM THE TRADITIONA [...]
2000-06-23 13:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB PINR ZI
00HARARE3680SUSPECTED CIO MOLE RENDERS ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS INEFFECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISADORE ZINDOGA, WHO WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY PROMOTED TO SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) IN APRIL AFTER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE POSITION TO LEAD THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),IS WIDELY ACCUSED BY MANY UNIONISTS [...]
2000-07-07 09:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PINR PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE3779 AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 10 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AND MDC PARLIAMENTARY LEADER GIBSON SIBANDA OUTLINED THE PARTY'S PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES LAND REFORM, THE ECONOMY, AND THE CREATION OF MECHANISMS FOR HOLDING THE [...]
2000-07-12 18:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ZI MDC
00HARARE3910ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OLD GUARD, INCLUDING WOMEN, WERE JETTISONED IN FAVOR OF TECHNOCRATS AND PARTY LOYALISTS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT THE CONFIDE [...]
2000-07-17 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE3942S/E WOLPE'S MEETING WITH SAG DDG FOR AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO SAG DDG FOR AFRICA WELILE NHLAPO, CNDD/FDD REBEL LEADER JEAN BOSCO NDAYIKENGURUKIYE AND FNL REBEL LEADER KOSSAN KABURA NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ARUSHA PEACE PROCESS. WHILE SAG OFFICIALS AND FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA DOUBT BOTH KOSSAN'S INTENT AND LEADERSHIP ABI [...]
2000-07-18 15:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS BY CF SF TZ
00HARARE3963SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON BURUNDI WITH A RECEPTIVE NELSON MANDELA ON JULY 17 REGARDING THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT AND PLANS FOR THE JULY 19-20 MEETING OF REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE. WOLPE MADE INROADS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE DANGER OF SIGNI [...]
2000-07-19 12:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BY SF
00HARARE4039WILL NEW FINANCE MINISTER BE ABLE TO STAND UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE APPOINTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED, ALL EYES ARE ON FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI, A TALENTED TECHNOCRAT WHO MANY BELIEVE IS THE CABINET'S MOST IMPORTANT MINISTER, WHILE INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO ARGUABLY HAS C [...]
2000-07-21 10:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ZI
00HARARE4062S/E WOLPE'S DISCUSSION WITH MNANGAGWA ON DRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 17 MEETING WITH EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, MUGABE'S CONFIDANTE IN CHARGE OF SENSITIVE MISSIONS RELATING TO THE CONGO, GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT DRC PRESIDENT KABILA'S PUSH FOR THE REMOVAL OF SIR KETUMILE MASIRE AS FACILITATOR IN THE CONGO [...]
2000-07-24 15:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG ZI
00HARARE4750VP MSIKA: BLAMES OTHERS FOR VIOLENCE AND
[...] (C) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE FARM OCCUPATIONS AND CONTINUING RURAL VIOLENCE TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA ON AUGUST 25. MSIKA BLAMED COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND THE OPPOSITION MDC FOR INCITING MUCH OF THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE AND INSISTED TH [...]
2000-08-25 14:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR
00HARARE5352ZANU-PF MODERATE WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 21, DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS, AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDERE. THE DEPUTY MINISTER, A RELIABLE EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR IN HIS EARLIER POSITIONS, WAS CHARACTERISTICALLY FRANK IN HIS DISCUSSION OF ZANU-PF POLITICS AND H [...]
2000-09-22 11:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5461 ZANU-PF REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN DEAL WITH MDC
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR, THE OPPOSITION PARTY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEELERS FROM ZANU-PF ABOUT MAKING A DEAL THAT INVOLVES PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI IS REPORTEDLY WILLING TO AGREE TO A GRACEFUL EXIT FOR MUGABE BECAUSE IT IS IN ZIMBABWE [...]
2000-09-27 14:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
00HARARE5514UNDP RESREP BRIEFS DONORS ON UN/UNDP
[...] (SBU) UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ZIMBABWE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DONORS ON SEPTEMBER 28 ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A FIVE-PERSON MISSION SENT TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM PROGRAM. THIS MISSION IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECEN [...]
2000-09-28 14:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5608UN/UNDP MISSION MEMBERS SEEK EMBASSY VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR'S MEETING OCTOBER 2 THREE MEMBERS OF THE UN/UNDP MISSION SEARCHED FOR AN OPENING IN OUR POSITION ON THE CURRENT LAND REFORM IMPASSE TO REKINDLE DONOR DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY OFFICERS STRESSED [...]
2000-10-03 16:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5731THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE: MFA
[...] (C) DURING A ONE AND A HALF HOUR BRIEFING OF SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION OCTOBER 11, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR DONORS ON QUESTION ON LAND REFORM, WILLARD CHIWEWE, ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAD NO CHOIC [...]
2000-10-11 17:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE6321UNDP RESREP AND AMBASSADOR CONSULT WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, VICTOR ANGELO, AND DCM (NOTE TAKER) CALLED ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE ON NOVEMBER 8 TO EXPLORE WAYS THE DONOR COMMUNITY COULD ASSIST IN DEFUSING TENSIONS I [...]
2000-11-11 11:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EAGR ZI
00HARARE6578WAR VETERANS INVADE SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY TOLD USAID HARARE DIRECTOR DEPP THAT AT 11:00 AM NOVEMBER 24 SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION BROKE INTO THE SUPREME COURT'S HEARING CHAMBER AND STAGED AN UNRULY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE COURT. THE JUSTICES WE [...]
2000-11-24 14:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE6660ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT OVERRULES HIGH COURT ON
[...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 24, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT OVERRULED THE NOVEMBER 20 HIGH COURT DECISION TO GIVE "INTERIM RELIEF" TO FARM SQUATTERS FACING EVICTION FROM OCCUPIED FARMS. IN RESPONDING TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF RURAL PEASANT FARMERS (REF B),THE HIGH COURT'S JUDGE PRESIDENT, GOD [...]
2000-11-28 16:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE6661MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ASKS FOR USG GESTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR AND A HALF MEETING NOVEMBER 28 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SOUGHT AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S SIPDIS PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE WAS A SUCCESS. THE PERMANENT SECRE [...]
2000-11-28 16:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6663A/S RICE MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 16, A/S RICE, AMBASSADORS RENDER AND MCDONALD, AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER),MET WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI FOR AN HONEST AND WIDE- RANGING 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION. TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER PRESENTED HIS FIRST BUDGET TO THE PARLIAMENT AND THE [...]
2000-11-29 09:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE6677ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED FOUR SIPDIS SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS COULD UNFOLD. HE BELIEVES A TRANSITIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF THE [...]
2000-11-29 13:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA
00HARARE6993AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL: MUGABE STILL BITTER
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE RECEIVED ME DECEMBER 13 FOR A ONE HALF-HOUR FAREWELL CALL. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERICS OF THE MEETING WERE GOOD AND LIGHT, I DID MANAGE TO INTERRUPT THE START OF A TIRADE AGAINST THE BRITISH BY ADVANCING THE ARGUMENT THAT MUGABE SHOULD TO GIVE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH- [...]
2000-12-13 09:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EAGR ZI US
00HARARE7263LAND TASK FORCE TRIES TO PUT BEST FACE ON
[...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED A MEETING ON DECEMBER 21 FOR SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S LAND TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDED MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING IGNATIUS [...]
2000-12-28 10:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR EAID PINR ZI
00HELSINKI2613FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S JUNE 7
[...] (C) FINNISH PRESIDENT TARJA HALONEN TRAVELED TO MOSCOW JUNE 7 FOR THE FINLAND-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND HER FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO PROVIDE THE LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIZE EACH OTHER UP. OVERALL THE FINNS WERE IMPRESSED WITH PUTIN'S GRAS [...]
2000-06-12 13:59:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL FI EUN RU
00KINSHASA8363LOCAL IMPORTER SUSPECTED OF CRIMINALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Many long-standing Kinshasa businesses are complaining about Congo Futur, an importer that has expanded rapidly since it started operations less than three years ago and is now the largest food supplier in Kinshasa. Established businesses accuse Congo Futur of various illegaliti [...]
2000-12-16 07:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD SOCI CG
00KINSHASA8554VIEWS OF GOMA UN WORKERS
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies in Goma believe the international community in general and the UN in particular are overly focused on the Congo war instead of on the deeper rooted problems of the Congo. While their analysis may in part reflect their own tunnel vision, it strongly [...]
2000-12-26 14:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV CG
00KINSHASA8622MONUC FORCE COMMANDER ON CURRENT SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY On December 28, Ambassador Swing met with MONUC Force Commander Mountaga Diallo, acting in absence of SRSG Kamel Morjane, and SRSG Chief of Staff Sow, to review developments in the Congo war in general and his visit to Zambia from which he had just returned the evening before. [...]
2000-12-28 13:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PGOV PHUM PREL
00SANAA5449SALEH CITES USN CULPABILITY IN THE USS COLE ATTACK
[...] (C) IN HIS MBC INTERVIEW EARLIER THIS WEEK, YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH STATED THAT "THE AMERICANS MADE A GROSS MISTAKE WHEN THEY MOVED SUCH A HUGE SHIP (THE USS COLE) INTO ADEN HARBOR WITHOUT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT PROTECTION....WITHOUT (YEMENI) PROTECTIVE VESSELS GOING IN WITH IT. THEY DID NOT AS [...]
2000-11-26 04:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM
00STATE117658SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-20 21:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETAR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC
00TASHKENT4223KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES
[...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]
2000-11-02 11:55:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER RU AF UZ
00THEHAGUE1665DEMARCHE ON PERUVIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) WE SHARED REFTEL POINTS JUNE 5 WITH ROELAND VAN DE GEER, A/S EQUIVALENT FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IN THE MFA. VAN DE GEER EXPRESSED SOME FRUSTRATION THAT THE EU HAD NOT YET ISSUED A STATEMENT SINCE THE SECOND ROUND OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS. HE SAID THE DUTCH PUSHED FOR A STRONG EU STATEMEN [...]
2000-06-05 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PE NL
00THEHAGUE1693DUTCH DISCOURAGED ABOUT EU EFFORT TO DEFINE FRY WHITE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-07 13:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ETRD SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1695PEACEKEEPING REMAINS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN...
[...] SUMMARY: SINCE THE FALL OF THE SREBRENICA ENCLAVE IN 1995, DUTCH POLITICIANS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN REVIEWING THEIR PEACEKEEPING DECISIONMAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT DUTCH TROOPS WILL NEVER AGAIN BE PLACED IN SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING BELIEF IN THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PEACE A [...]
2000-06-07 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR NL MPOS NATO EUN
00THEHAGUE1779DUTCH THOUGHTS ON U.S.- EU VISA BAN AND SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH ARE PLEASED THAT THE 6/13-14 EU GAC ENDORSED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE EU SERBIA VISA BAN LIST. THEY THINK THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICALLY RESPONSIVE TOOL TO PRESSURE MILOSEVIC AND HIS REGIME. THEY STILL SUPPORT CLOSER EU COORDINATION WITH NON-EU STATES ON FINANCIAL SANCTIONS, [...]
2000-06-15 11:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1797DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-16 13:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO
00THEHAGUE1868SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL GRAMM TO THE
[...] Summary: With a booming economy, ample budget surpluses, and a rapidly declining national debt, the Netherlands is exceptionally well positioned for the coming of the euro. So far, businessmen believe that the benefits of the transition have far exceeded the costs, but the Dutch Central Bank [...]
2000-06-22 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1887ICJ FINDS NO JURISDICTION OVER PAKISTAN-INDIA
[...] IN A JUDGMENT ISSUED ON JUNE 21, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) DECIDED THAT THE COURT LACKED JURISDICTION OVER A CLAIM BROUGHT BY PAKISTAN AGAINST INDIA ARISING OUT OF THE ALLEGED DOWNING BY INDIAN FORCES OF A PAKISTANI AIRCRAFT TRAVELING IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE. BY A VOTE OF 14 TO 2 [...]
2000-06-23 14:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IN PK ICJ
00THEHAGUE1957 DUTCH PARLIAMENT FOR LEGALIZED SOFT DRUG
[...] ON JUNE 27, A MAJORITY OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT ADOPTED A LABOR PARTY (PVDA) RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GON TO LEGALIZE THE SUPPLY OF DUTCH-GROWN CANNABIS ("NEDERWIET") TO COFFEESHOPS. DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTER KORTHALS REJECTED THE PROPOSAL. HE WANTS TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WIT [...]
2000-06-28 15:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NL
01ABUJA1244In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...]
2001-06-01 06:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR MASS NI
01ABUJA1276RULING PARTY EXPELS DISSIDENT POLITICIANS
[...] (U) The ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP) on May 31 expelled five dissident members of its Board of Trustees, and three elected party officers, for "anti-party activities." Membership in or open support for newly founded political "formations" formed the dissidents' offense. The rise of [...]
2001-06-07 08:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS NI
01ABUJA1312NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS
[...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...]
2001-06-13 07:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI
01ABUJA1364INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Abuja's submission for this year's International Religious Freedom Report. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: ------------------------- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ------------------------- THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OB [...]
2001-06-14 16:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF NI
01ABUJA1419NIGERIA'S MACROECONOMIC PICTURE - WHERE WE STAND AT YEAR TWO OF DEMOCRACY
[...] Economic policy and performance in 2000 and so far in 2001 have been mixed. Growth may have been sufficient to produce a small "democracy dividend" and privatization is moving ahead. The GON remains committed to fuel deregulation. Nevertheless, the 2000 and even more the 2001 budgets have [...]
2001-06-19 16:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ENRG EFIN NI
01ABUJA1437ECOWAS: KOUYATE ASKS ADVICE ON TAYLOR -- ANY GOOD
[...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate invited Ambassador to his office June 18 to discuss President Taylor of Liberia and the regional response to Taylor's government. Kouyate suggested either an attempt at an "internal dial [...]
2001-06-22 06:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL NI SL LI ECOWAS
01ABUJA1624NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR PETROLEUM RILWANU LUKMAN--DOWNSTREAM DEREGULATION STILL ON TRACK; REFINERY REHABILITATION MISHANDLED
[...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...]
2001-07-10 12:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ELAB ECON NI
01ABUJA1679NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos),Ambassador Jeter met the Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye, on July 10 and with Vice President Atiku Abubakar on July 11. The Vice President confirmed [...]
2001-07-16 16:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1921NIGERIA: OBASANJO IS READY TO WORK WITH U.S. ON
[...] (C) Per Ref A request, Ambassador met with President Olusegun Obasanjo on July 31 to discuss the WCAR. Other issues raised were Nigeria's role in Zimbabwe and post-JEPC bilateral engagement, both covered in septels. This cable reports on the WCAR discussion. 2. Ambassador Jeter expresse [...]
2001-08-02 10:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NI WCAR
01ABUJA1957 (C) NIGERIA: PRIVATIZATION DIRECTOR TO QUIT JOB
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Jeter hosted Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE),for lunch on August 1 to discuss the current status of the NITEL GSM Equipment contract. EconOff attended as notetaker. El-Rufai was very candid about his relationship with the [...]
2001-08-07 10:36:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNEINV PGOV ECON PINR NI
01ABUJA2036NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA
[...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel),Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army),Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...]
2001-08-16 05:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CM NI
01ABUJA2256 NIGERIA: CONFLICT RESOLUTION - "AFRICAN-STYLE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on the Special Presidential Envoy for Conflict Resolution, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, to discuss Sudan developments (Refs A and B). Uwechue welcomed the appointment of Senator Danforth as a signal of U.S. interest in Sudan and Africa. He descri [...]
2001-09-07 20:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU SL ZI PINR NI
01ABUJA2396NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION DELAYED
[...] Summary. The GON recently announced a two-month delay in the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications, Ltd. (NITEL) originally scheduled for September 2001. According to BPE Advisor Michael Dan, NITEL's privatization would more likely be delayed until February-March 2002 and may not att [...]
2001-09-21 06:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2511OBASANJO TO RELEASE 1.2 BILLION EXCESS CRUDE
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 26 Council of State meeting, President Obasanjo and state governors resolved their highly publicized squabble over the fate of excess oil revenues. In exchange for the governors accepting a partial allocation of 1.2 billion USD, Obasanjo agreed to eliminate t [...]
2001-10-03 10:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EPET EFIN
01ABUJA2515NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN
[...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...]
2001-10-03 12:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI
01ABUJA2520 THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...]
2001-10-03 15:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI
01ABUJA2668NIGERIA: MPRI IPR - WILL THE PROGRAM CONTINUE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A mostly positive In-Progress-Review of the MPRI program was followed by a discussion of MPRI funding issues for 2002. Claiming the GON was unaware that the program required an annual commitment of $3.5m, Defense Minister Danjuma suggested a new arrangement with a significantly s [...]
2001-10-18 20:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR NI
01ABUJA2669NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by Arrangement. We believe extending the current SBA through December followed by a new SBA is the best option. The extended program could emphasize restraints [...]
2001-10-18 20:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2670TFUS01: NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON EMIR OF ILORIN
[...] (SBU) During a visit to the OFR P3 training site in Ilorin, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by OSD/ISA Director Theresa Whalen, DATT and PolMilOff, called on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. Expressing his deep condolences for the September 11 attacks on the United States, the E [...]
2001-10-18 20:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR PINR NI
01ABUJA2701NIGERIA: KEEPING THE DIALOGUE GOING: AMBASSADOR,
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Ambassador discussed with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe security procedures at Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA),the requirements that needed to be met before U.S. INS assistance can be reinstated at MMIA, the distribution to Nigerian air carriers o [...]
2001-10-24 10:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC ECON BEXP NI
01ABUJA2709DRAFT 2001 COUNTRY HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR NIGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2001-10-24 21:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KSEP NI PHUM
01ABUJA2758 NIGERIA ON TRIPS, AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES
[...] EconOff delivered reftel information on 25 October to Mr. Y.T. Agah, Assistant Director responsible for Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. Agah raised concern over geographical indication (GI) protections for indigenous plants, especially those with medicinal value, and [...]
2001-10-29 14:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD NI WTO USTR
01ABUJA2866LIFE AFTER THE SBA -- IMF SUGGESTS VOLUNTARY
[...] (U) Summary: Visiting IMF team leader Hiroyuki Hino told diplomats November 8 that the SBA had expired because the GON had failed to reach critical benchmarks. In place of a formal program, the IMF and GON were negotiating a voluntary policy framework for the six-month period of October 2001- [...]
2001-11-14 08:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON NI
01ABUJA2881PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH
[...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...]
2001-11-14 15:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA2973NIGERIA: OPUTA PANEL WRAPS UP HEARINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oputa Panel held its final session on October 19, and has begun to draft its findings, due by year's end. While Panel proceedings kept Nigerians glued to their televisions, many came away feeling the Panel did not delve far enough into the death of Abiola. Nor was the Panel [...]
2001-11-24 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA2974NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...]
2001-11-24 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI
01ABUJA2984NIGERIA: LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS - NIGERIA AND SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting from "The Guardian" newspaper on November 21, repeated in para 2, indicates that Nigeria and South Africa will sign a military pact. The pact apparently will focus on naval cooperation, primarily training, maintenance and joint exercises, and joint patrol of the S [...]
2001-11-26 19:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SF NI
01ABUJA3039NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-03 13:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS NI
01ABUJA3093NIGERIA: DEMARCHE AND DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with recently appointed Nigerian Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Earnest Shonekan, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel talking points while also leaving a nonpaper and a copy of the SADC Parliamentary Forum election norms. Pleased to hear our views, Shonekan s [...]
2001-12-06 12:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI
01ABUJA3162NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002
[...] The following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Mission Nigeria Proposals Program Overview Nigeria has significant strategic value to the United States. The world's eighth largest oil producer, Nigeria ranks as the fifth la [...]
2001-12-11 16:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA3227NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY WITH OIL COMPANIES AND GON
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: A joint delegation from the British Foreign Office and the State Department met Nigerian government officials and oil company representatives from November 26-28 in Lagos and Abuja to discuss implementa [...]
2001-12-19 08:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM EPET PREL NI
01ABUJA3228NIGERIA: NEW ELECTORAL LAW SPARKS CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo signed the controversial electoral law on December 6. By shifting local government elections from 2002 to 2003, the measure has pitted the National Assembly against the state governors in a struggle to gain influence over local governments and electoral politi [...]
2001-12-19 09:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
01ABUJA3237NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS:
[...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) has not concluded any of its 15 pending Paris Club bilateral agreements. The DMO has creatively used the comparability clause in the 2000 Agreed Minute to play cr [...]
2001-12-19 19:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3273NIGERIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ASSASSINATED
[...] (U) 71-year-old Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bola Ige was assassinated in his Ibadan (Oyo State) home on 23 December around 2100. According to press reports, Ige had just released his security detail so they could get something to eat. Four or five individuals entered the [...]
2001-12-27 12:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS OIIP NI
01ABUJA3288NIGERIA'S ELECTORAL LAW CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo denies having added an unpopular clause to the Election Law, asserting that some legislators inserted the language after he had noted its absence. A senior legislator privately conceded the point, commenting that the legislators had grossly exceeded their man [...]
2001-12-31 16:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS NI
01ABUJA873Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...]
2001-04-25 14:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR NI SL
01ABUJA997 Revenue Sharing and Resource Control
[...] (U) In the interests of de-mystifying what is for everyone, Nigerians included, an extremely convoluted federal revenue-sharing system, Embassy offers the following summary explanation to help define the issues at stake in the resource control lawsuit being heard in the Nigerian Supreme Court. [...]
2001-05-04 17:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EPET PGOV PINS NI
01BANJUL327THE GAMBIA -- JAMMEH'S WEST AFRICA POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT DEVELOPED A COHERENT STRATEGY FOR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT JAMMEH WANTS TO BE A MORE VISIBLE PLAYER IN SUB-REGIONAL DIPLOMACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMMEH IS KEEN ON DEVELOPING A REPUTATION AS AN INFLUENTIAL PEACE BROKER. WITH EFFORTS IN THE CASAMAN [...]
2001-05-29 15:21:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM LI SN GA
01BEIRUT3057BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...]
2001-12-13 14:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY
01BOGOTA10584FARC RESISTS RE-STARTING TALKS/SLAMS U.N.
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-27 22:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV CO
01BOGOTA7805UPDATE ON OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST
[...] (C) AS REPORTED REFTEL, ON AUGUST 17 THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY LAUNCHED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION TO DESTROY MOBILE FARC UNITS SEEKING TO ATTACK MILITARY TARGETS IN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS. ON AUGUST 27, FARC SUPREME MILITARY COMMANDER "MONO JOJOY" PUBLICLY ACKNOWLE [...]
2001-08-29 00:02:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO
01CAIRO3757EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR
[...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...]
2001-06-21 11:20:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PTER EG
01DAKAR2990PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]
2001-09-07 16:28:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SG
01GABORONE3343 TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...]
2001-10-12 08:24:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BC
01GABORONE3355 MANY BATSWANA SOMEWHAT DUBIOUS ABOUT U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: ENERGETIC OUTREACH EFFORTS BY THE AMBASSADOR AND MISSION STAFF REVEAL THAT INITIAL SYMPATHY FOR THE U.S. POST-SEPTEMBER 11 HAS ERODED WITH RECENT AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN. BATSWANA QUESTION U.S. FOREIGN POLICIES; COMPARE THE ASCETIC IMAGE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH THE ARRAY OF [...]
2001-10-15 07:50:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER BC
01GABORONE3732MOGAE ON MUGABE: HE WILL STAY IN POWER "BY
[...] (C) PRESIDENT FESTUS MOGAE (PROTECT) BELIEVES THERE IS NO CHANCE TO INFLUENCE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO HOLD FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BY MARCH. HE SAID MUGABE IS ACTING LIKE A "WOUNDED BUFFALO" AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO LESSEN THE HARM [...]
2001-12-03 11:37:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BC ZI
01HANOI1020GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP CHANGES TO FOLLOW SHAKE-UP IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAY 21 OR 22 WILL UNVEIL A NEW ASSEMBLY CHAIRPERSON, LIKELY CPV ORGANIZATIONAL CHIEF AN. IT MAY ALSO GIVE CLUES AS TO THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF RISING [...]
2001-04-27 11:37:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI1026SOME HILL STAFFERS PUT HIGH PRIORITY ON WORKERS RIGHTS DURING RECENT VISITS TO VIETNAM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO VIETNAM GAVE HIGH PRIORITY TO LABOR ISSUES. IN MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS AND THE ILO, THE VISITORS HEARD WHAT VIETNAM IS DOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN WORKERS R [...]
2001-05-02 08:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR
01HANOI1308ROLE OF VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARIAT
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE STAFF WORK, THE NEW PARTY SECRETARIAT IS IN FACT A DECISION-MAKING BODY WHICH SIPDIS WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY. IT DOES NOT SIMPLY PROVIDE POLICY STUDIES AND PAPER [...]
2001-05-31 08:08:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV VM DPOL
01HANOI1629 HANOI UPDATE #13
[...] (U) FLOODING IN NORTHERN VIETNAM: RAINY SEASON IS UPON US. TYPHOON NO. 2 (DURIAN) WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM JULY 2-4 CAUSING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES, KILLING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE AND DAMAGING NEARLY OVER 30,000 HOMES [...]
2001-07-09 10:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG ETMIN
01HANOI1878VIETNAM DENIES UNHCR ACCESS TO HIGHLANDS
[...] VIETNAM HAS DENIED UNHCR ACCESS TO CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCES, PREVENTING UNHCR FROM LAUNCHING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FLED TO CAMBODIA. UNHCR WILL NOW CONSIDER LONGER-TERM MEASURES FOR THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN RATTANAKIRI AND MONDOLAKIRI. END SUMMARY. 2 [...]
2001-08-06 09:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PREL PHUM VM UNHCR ETMIN HUMANR
01HANOI2152STAFFDEL MEETING WITH ETHNIC MINORITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS DESCRIBED TO STAFFDEL REES THE FEBRUARY/MARCH UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN CAMBODIA, NOTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE [...]
2001-08-31 07:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PGOV KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI2814 HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: USG INCREASES
[...] IN A SIGNIFICANT BROADENING OF USG-GVN ENGAGEMENT ON HEALTH ISSUES, THE CHARGE AND VICE MINISTER OF HEALTH TRAN CHI LIEM SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON OCTOBER 23 TO PROVIDE $2 MILLION TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY TO EXPAND ITS HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS. FROM THE CDC GLOBAL AIDS PRO [...]
2001-10-26 08:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID VM HIV AIDS
01HANOI2914 VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN SETS OUT
[...] SUMMARY: AT A RECENT BRIEFING FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, MR. VU MAO, CHAIRMAN, OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SET OUT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2002. THE THREE MAJOR TASKS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL BE: REVIEW OF THE ECONOMY AND UNCLASSIFIED [...]
2001-11-08 00:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL
01HANOI3124 SLOW BUT STEADY ARGENTINA-VIETNAM RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A RECENT VISIT BY ARGENTINA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE LIMITED ARGENTINA-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. THE VISIT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND TRADE ISSUES AND ALSO INCLUDED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENE [...]
2001-11-28 09:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD ENRG VM AR CTERR
01HANOI3269VIETNAM: "RIGHTS OF PERSONS" EMPHASIZED AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 7-8, THERE WAS A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM DONORS ON THE ISSUE OF "RIGHTS" WRIT LARGE. THE CONSISTENCY AND THE CLARITY OF THE STATEMENTS BY BOTH INDIVIDUAL DELEGATIONS AND NGOS ARE WORTH NOTING. WHILE IT IS CLEAR THAT FOR [...]
2001-12-17 09:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB ECON EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI3288 VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY
[...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM, THIS CG WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE UPBEAT THAN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THERE WAS MUCH UNANIMITY AMONG THE DONOR AND INTERNATIONAL NGO ATTE [...]
2001-12-20 08:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM FINREF SOE HUMANR HIV AIDS
01HANOI638LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...]
2001-03-19 09:36:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL
01HANOI762USG OBJECTIVES IN THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. IT FOCUSES ON THE BACKGROUND OF "NORMALIZATION" AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED TO MEET USG AS WELL AS VIETNAMESE INTERESTS. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND MESSAGE THAT DELINEATES A SIGN [...]
2001-04-03 10:11:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL VM
01HANOI952ACTIVITIES OF PHIEU AND MANH IN THE RUN-UP TO THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS FORESHADOWED CHANGES
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FIERCE JOCKEYING AMONG THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) LEADERSHIP THAT PEAKED AT THE APRIL 19-22 NINTH PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS. (REFTELS DETAIL OUR EXPECTATION THAT NATIONAL ASSEMB [...]
2001-04-20 11:19:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HARARE1023AF A/PDAS BELLAMY HEARS DEFIANCE, VILIFICATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 8 AND 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY MET WITH MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO. BELLAMY REITERATED U.S. CONCERN [...]
2001-03-15 08:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1028ZIMBABWE WILL ADHERE TO DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS
[...] (C) ON MARCH 15, POST DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. POLOFF STATED USG CONCERNS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR THE BELLIGERENTS TO AVOID CONFLICT WHILE THE DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES BEGINS AND [...]
2001-03-15 13:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1051CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO
[...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]
2001-03-19 11:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1055 INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION VISIT
[...] (C) IN A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY, AN INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MET WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AS WELL AS PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT. IN A FRANK THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR [...]
2001-03-19 15:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI
01HARARE1169UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO CONVENED A MEETING OF DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION MARCH 28 TO DISCUSS THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE MALLOCH-BROWN LETTER (REFTEL). MOST OF THE DIPLOMATS SAID THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNME [...]
2001-03-29 15:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
01HARARE1222ZIMBABWE'S CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNED THAT
[...] (C) ON MARCH 30, LABOFF MET WITH CHARLES CHIVIRU, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ZIMBABWE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION (PSA),TO DISCUSS THE LABOR RELATIONS AMENDMENT (LRA) BILL THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY PARLIAMENT. CHIVIRU IS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WILL ATT [...]
2001-04-04 15:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1354MUGABE ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID AND LASHES OUT
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE, IN A ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION INTERVIEW THE NIGHT OF APRIL 17, AND THEN AGAIN IN HIS SPEECH AT THE OFFICIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN HARARE ON APRIL 18, REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED BRITAIN AND WHITE ZIMBABWEANS FOR BEING THE PRINCIPLE CAUSES OF [...]
2001-04-19 14:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI UK
01HARARE2171ZIMBABWE SLIDING OMINOUSLY TOWARD A POLICE STATE
[...] (C) ZANU-PF HAS ESCALATED ITS INTIMIDATION OF OPPOSITION MDC LEADERS AND SUPPORTERS, AND IS MOVING TO ELIMINATE MANEUVERING ROOM FOR ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT THREATEN THE RULING PARTY'S CONTINUED HOLD ON POWER. IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ZANU-PF OR THOSE ACTING ON ITS [...]
2001-07-13 09:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI
01HARARE2173ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERS DECISION IN
[...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERRED INDEFINITELY A DECISION IN OPPOSITION MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S CHALLENGE OF SECTIONS OF THE LAW AND ORDER SIPDIS MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA) AFTER HEARING ARGUMENTS FROM TSVANGIRAI'S AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTORNEYS ON JULY 12. SIPDIS THE GOVERN [...]
2001-07-13 10:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE2387ZIMBABWE: GRIGSBY STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MDC
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 6, SENATE STAFFDEL, LED BY GARRETT GRIGSBY, MET WITH THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02387 01 OF 02 101141Z (MDC) LEADERSHIP IN THEIR NEW DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS ACCOMPANIED BY [...]
2001-08-10 11:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE2716TFUSO1: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE
[...] SEPTEMBER 14 EDITORIALS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRINT MEDIA FOCUS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. THE NEWSPAPERS ALSO CARRY LENGTHY OPINION PIECES ABOUT THE DISASTER. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "TERROR, VIOLENCE WON'T END WORLD'S CONFLICTS," THE INDEPENDENT DAI [...]
2001-09-17 05:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3004TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]
2001-10-09 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3063MEDIA REACTION WAR AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO DEDICATE SIGNIFICANT SPACE TO WIRE ARTICLES BY REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. THE NATIONAL STATE-RUN TELEVISION STATION, ZTV I, IS CARRYING CABLE NEWS NETWORK [...]
2001-10-16 05:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3240ABUJA II: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE OCTOBER 25 TO 27 VISIT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN COMMONWEALTH (CW) COUNTRIES AND THE CW SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWED PROGRESS ON COMMITMENTS AGREED TO BY THE GOZ ON LAND REFORM, RULE OF LAW, AND ATTENDANT ISSUES AS OUTLINED IN THE ABUJA AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 6 (REFTEL). OU [...]
2001-10-29 15:39:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAGR EAID PGOV ZI
01HARARE3250AF PDAS DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE CRISIS WITH MDC LEADER AND
[...] (C) AF PDAS MARK BELLAMY MET WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION, AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS DURING A TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE OCTOBER 24-26. MANY OF HIS INTERLOCUTORS INDICATED THAT GOVERNMEN [...]
2001-10-31 06:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3330MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY HOLDS FORTH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON NOVEMBER 6, AMBASSADOR PAID AN INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON WILLARD CHIWEWE, PERMANENT SECRETARY (AND THIRD-RANKING OFFICER) AT THE MINISTRY OF SIPDIS FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AFTER INITIAL EXCHANGES ON THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM AND GOZ COOPERATION IN PROTECTING AMCITS AFFECTED BY TH [...]
2001-11-07 09:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3367 AMBASSADOR AND VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA DISCUSS
[...] (C) IN AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA ON NOVEMBER 8, THE VICE PRESIDENT OFFERED HIS VIEW OF ZIMBABWE'S RECENT HISTORY AND A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S (GOZ) RECORD ON RULE OF LAW AND LAND REFORM. HE PLEDGED CONTINUED SUPPORT OF [...]
2001-11-13 14:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3379MEDIA REACTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] THE NOVEMBER 11 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED A LENGTHY OP-ED PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR WILL NOT SOLVE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOES," MARUMA ARGUES: 2. "TH [...]
2001-11-14 07:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3450MEDIA REACTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] THE NOVEMBER 11 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED A LENGTHY OP-ED PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR WILL NOT SOLVE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOES," MARUMA ARGUES: 2. "TH [...]
2001-11-19 09:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3635 LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ACTING PRESIDENT
[...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS DELIVERED A LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ACTING PRESIDENT SIMON MUZENDA. THIS IS LIKELY THE LETTER PROMISED BY ZANU-PF INFORMATION SECRETARY NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA IN A NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH TH [...]
2001-12-05 13:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL ZI
01HARARE3672A/S KANSTEINER MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 9, A/S KANSTEINER MET WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BULAWAYO SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY, ONGOING GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ATTEMPTS TO SUBVERT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE DETERIORATING ECONOMY AND LOOMING FOOD SHORTAGES, PASSAGE [...]
2001-12-11 09:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI
01HARARE3690 A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) IN MEETINGS DECEMBER 10-11 WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, AND FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI -- AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER EXPLAINED ZDERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. SIPDIS HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT O [...]
2001-12-12 15:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE3814CMAG DECISION A SHOCK FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) THE DEC 20 DECISION BY THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP(CMAG) "TO EXPRESS ITS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE ESPECIALLY THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE, OCCUPATION OF PROPERTY, ACTIONS AGAINST THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE MEDIA AND POLITICAL INTIMIDATION" . (WHICH) "CO [...]
2001-12-22 04:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE392 SUPREME COURT HEARS MDC CHALLENGE OF MUGABE
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 19, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE BROUGHT BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE'S RECENTLY-ISSUED DECREE PROHIBITING THE NULLIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF ANY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. THE MDC ATTORNEY ARGUED PERSUASI [...]
2001-01-19 13:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE524DEALING WITH ROBERT MUGABE, THE CONSUMMATE SURVIVOR
[...] (C) OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL FACE HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE IN 20 YEARS TO STAYING IN POWER. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN WHICH MUGABE INTENDS TO RUN, IS SLATED FOR EARLY 2002. HE MUST CONTEND WITH A SIZABLE AND RELATIVELY UNIFIED POLITICAL OPPOSITION, A COSTLY AND UNPOPULAR INT [...]
2001-01-26 09:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR ZI
01HARARE816UNENTHUSIASTIC ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY TRYING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MAJORITY OF ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU- PF PARTY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND THE WAY HE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER MORE THAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO HIS DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, OUR CONTACTS TELL US. THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR [...]
2001-02-23 11:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE861SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE FIGHTS BACK
[...] (SBU) IN A DRAMATIC, ELEVENTH HOUR TWIST TO THE SAGA OF THE ZIMBABWEAN JUDICIARY, CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY MADE PUBLIC HIS INTENTION TO STAY ON THE JOB. IT WAS EARLIER UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD WRAP UP HIS AFFAIRS AT THE BENCH ON FEBRUARY 28, AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD TAKE FOU [...]
2001-02-28 09:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE870ZIMBABWE FULLY BACKS JMC AND IS EAGER FOR ITS
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, POLOFF CONVEYED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWEAN MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) FOR THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO RESPONDED THAT THE GOZ IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION (JMC) AND THE IDEA OF RELOCATING ITS HEADQUARTERS [...]
2001-02-28 14:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP EAID ZI CG
01HARARE882UN SPECIAL ENVOY MORJANE SPEAKS AT SADC
[...] (C) ON MARCH 1, UNSG SPECIAL ENJOY MORJANE DELIVERED A SPEECH ON THE DRC TO THE SADC REGIONAL PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTER (RPTC) IN HARARE. MORJANE'S VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY UNITAR-GENEVA AND SPONSORED BY THE RPTC. THE RPTC'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETER VOETMANN, PROVIDED A READOUT TO POLOFF ON [...]
2001-03-01 16:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE919SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER
[...] (C) ON MARCH 4, A 72-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, GLORIA OLDS, WAS BRUTALLY AND VICIOUSLY ASSASSINATED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE IN AN AMBUSH ON HER FARM. HER SON MARTIN WAS KILLED BY "WAR VETS" ON HIS FARM, WHICH WAS NEXT TO GLORIA'S, LAST QPRIL AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ARRESTED. [...]
2001-03-05 16:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAGR PGOV EAID PINR
01HARARE969MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON THE STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL CRISIS SIPDIS AND WHAT CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE THE U.S. COULD PLAY, IF ANY, TO HELP RESOLV [...]
2001-03-09 15:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI SA MDC
01HARARE975ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE DOWN TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE HAS NARROWED TO TWO PEOPLE SHOULD PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DECIDE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN THE EARLY 2002 RACE. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IS IN THE STRONGEST POSITION TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY'S REINS, WITH HIS VERY CLOSE [...]
2001-03-12 09:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ZI
01JAKARTA4285AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSUF KALLA
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER ANDREW T. HINTZ FOR REASON 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR TOLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COORDINATING MINISTER YUSUF KALLA ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO HELP INDONESIA SOLVE SEPARATIST AND OTHER CHALLENGES. KALLA SAID RECENTLY PASSED AUTONOMY LA [...]
2001-12-05 08:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV ID
01KINSHASA461AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------ AMBASSADOR SWING MET WITH PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE JOSEPH KABILA FOR AN HOUR LATE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 25 AT KABILA'S OAU VILLAGE OFFICE. THE AMBASSADOR PRESENTED KABILA WITH PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE AND OFFERED HIS OWN VERBAL CONDOLENCES ON THE DEA [...]
2001-01-26 10:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
01KUWAIT3757KUWAITIS DENOUNCE BIN LADEN
[...] KUWAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OPINION LEADERS DENOUNCED THE BIN LADEN TAPE RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON DECEMBER 13. 2. ASKED HIS VIEW OF THE TAPE, KUWAIT'S ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHAYKH SABAH SAID: "EVERYONE WHO HEARS SUCH THINGS WILL DEFINITELY BE SHOCKED WHEN HE HEA [...]
2001-12-15 14:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KISL KU
01KUWAIT3821KUWAITIS ARGUE TAPE OFFERS PROOF OF BIN LADEN'S
[...] TWO INFLUENTIAL KUWAITIS WROTE COLUMNS RECENTLY ARGUING THAT THE TAPE OF BIN LADEN RELEASED BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTED UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND WELL-KNOWN COLUMNIST, FAISAL AL- ZAMEL, STATED THAT [...]
2001-12-23 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDMR KU
01LIMA3418TOLEDO AT THE HELM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ALEJANDRO TOLEDO WAS TENACIOUS IN HIS STRUGGLE TO REACH THE PRESIDENCY AND WILL APPLY THE SAME TENACITY TO SUCCEED IN OFFICE. HE COMES TO OFFICE WITH NO GOVERNMENT OR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, AND HIS PROPENSITY TO BE A ONE-MAN SHOW CAN BE A NAGGING SHORTCOMING. NONETHELE [...]
2001-06-19 14:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PE
01PHNOMPENH1740CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINS LIBEL CASE AGAINST
[...] SUMMARY: A RECENT DEFAMATION/LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE CAMBODIA DAILY, HAS JOURNALISTS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE USE OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LAWS AND PLIANT COURTS TO INTIMIDATE JOURNALISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM PU [...]
2001-10-23 10:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM OIIP CB
01PRETORIA1173THIN-SKINNED MBEKI WILL REQUIRE DEFT HANDLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT MBEKI HAVE RAISED CAUTION FLAGS ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO ACCEPT CRITICISM AND MANAGE COLLEGIALLY. THE CHALLENGE FOR U.S. OFFICIALS WILL BE TO ACCEPT THIS IMPORTANT, BUT HYPERSENSITIVE, AFRICAN FIGURE AS HE IS, AND BUILD A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE. PO [...]
2001-02-23 15:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SF
01STATE157224TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 2300 EDT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
[...] No summary [...]
2001-09-12 10:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
01TELAVIV4047HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...]
2001-07-27 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ
01TUNIS325GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY
[...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL),TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...]
2001-02-09 08:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS
01VATICAN1436CARITAS INTERNATIONAL ON CUBA - "CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET 2/7 WITH VATICAN NGO "CARITAS INTERNATIONAL" CUBA SPECIALISTS FOR A CONVERSATION ON CARITAS' HUMANITARIAN WORK IN CUBA. THE OFFICIALS WERE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE ROLE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY CLAIMED CARITAS CUBA ENJOY [...]
2001-03-14 16:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF CU
01VATICAN2295USG READINESS FOR PAPAL TURNOVER AND HIGH
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. JOSEPH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02295 01 OF 04 270100Z MERANTE. REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION SUGGESTING AN IMMINENT PAPAL DEMISE, BUT THE POPE'S HEALTH APPEARS TO CONTIN [...]
2001-04-26 09:27:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR VT KPRP
01VATICAN2955VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...]
2001-06-01 14:43:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU
01VATICAN3121BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: IRAQ
[...] (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN CONDEMNED THE WEST'S PROSECUTION OF THE GULF WAR, AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03121 111605Z OPPOSED U.S. SANCTIONS POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. WE SHOULD EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. MANY FACTORS ARE INVOLVED I [...]
2001-06-11 17:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR VT
01VATICAN3507 THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]
2001-07-03 12:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
01VATICAN4483 VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...]
2001-08-28 15:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR
01VATICAN6322BIO INFO FOR GIUSEPPE PINTO - NEW VATICAN
[...] THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN PRIEST, MONSIGNOR GIUSEPPE PINTO, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN SENEGAL AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN MAURITANIA. PINTO IS CURRENTLY THE ARGENTINA-CHILE DESK OFFICER AT THE VATICAN FOREIGN OFFICE. HE WAS BORN IN 1952 AND ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1978. MONSIGNOR [...]
2001-12-06 15:37:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SG MR VT
01VATICAN6619AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CATHOLIC-JEWISH HISTORICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE DURING A 12/18 COURTESY CALL ON PROPAGANDA FIDES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 06619 310931Z PRESIDENT CARDINAL WALTER KASPER. KASPER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT A CATHOLIC-JEWISH COMMISSION OF LAY HISTORIANS WOULD BE RE-FORMED WITH A CLEAR MANDATE [...]
2001-12-31 08:43:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKNAR PHUM PREL VT
02ABUJA1027NIGERIA: NEPAD MEETING SIDESTEPS ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite high-level attendance (including nine Heads of State),the March 26 NEPAD Summit did not produce any dramatic developments; the meeting was basically a planning session. The final communique was silent on Zimbabwe. However, Summit discussions and public statements by key [...]
2002-03-28 17:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA1090INITIAL REACTIONS TO POST INITIATIVES TO ENGAGE
[...] This cable reports initial reactions from two Post initiatives to engage mostly Muslim northern Nigeria in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (Large numbers of Muslims are also in other parts of Nigeria, especially the populous southwest. Nigeria probably has the largest Muslim population in all [...]
2002-04-08 16:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC NI
02ABUJA1162NIGERIA: STATES'S INABILITY TO PAY WAGES RAISES
[...] (C) Summary. State governments are sounding the alarm that they can no longer pay civil service salaries and retiree pensions. When oil prices and revenues were high in May 2000, civil servant wages were more than doubled. However, federal revenues allocated to the States have dropped in tan [...]
2002-04-12 12:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EFIN PINS NI
02ABUJA1163NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff amendments largely designed to protect domestic special interests, particularly in agriculture and the processed food sector. Most domestic manufacturers saw [...]
2002-04-12 15:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1169NIGERIA: NSA GENERAL MOHAMMED ON ANGOLA, CONGO AND ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 meeting with National Security Advisor, General (Rtd.) Aliyu Mohammed, to discuss security assistance programs (SEPTEL),Ambassador Jeter used the opportunity to engage the NSA on Angola, Congo and Zimbabwe. END SUMMARY ------ ANGOLA ------ 2. (C) The [...]
2002-04-15 11:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AO ZI CF NI
02ABUJA1191ECOWAS TO ARGUE FOR EASED LIBERIAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) During April 12 discussions on USG support for ECOWAS (septel) and plans for the future of peace support programs for Africa (reftel),ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Chiekh Diarra told the visiting team that ECOWAS was working hard to reduce tensions in Liberia. The Secretariat was tryi [...]
2002-04-16 14:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL LI NI ECOWAS
02ABUJA1214NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2002 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON
[...] Overview: Nigeria is yet to generate any significant new export activity under AGOA. Main reasons for this lack of progress appear to be Nigeria's unfavorable exchange rate and investment climate. Moreover, the Government of Nigeria and USG have been unable to finalize the visa regime that w [...]
2002-04-17 17:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PREL NI AGOA
02ABUJA1232NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP APRIL 8-19
[...] (C) Summary. The States' decision to hold local government elections May 18 has sparked controversy and additional lawsuits which apparently the Supreme Court will have to resolve (paras 2-4). Canadian PM Chretien visited Abuja for talks centering on NEPAD and the G-8 with Obasanjo and severa [...]
2002-04-19 13:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON PREF NI
02ABUJA1323NIGERIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS POSTPONED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrating a degree of pragmatism in the face of an incipient political emergency, President Obasanjo, the 36 governors, speakers of the state houses of assembly, leadership of the three registered political parties and INEC agreed to hold local government elections on August 10 [...]
2002-04-26 15:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA1449NIGERIA: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
[...] (C) With Foreign Minister Lamido in Kano because of the May 4 airplane crash (Lamido is from Kano),Ambassador delivered referenced talking points to Presidential Advisor Ad'obe Obe. (Obe was joined by his Special Assistant who served as his notetaker.) The Ambassador emphasized the Rome Statu [...]
2002-05-09 12:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KTIA MARR NI KICC
02ABUJA1467INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROVES POLICE REFORM PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-14 16:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA1592NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT EXPEDITES EXTRADITION CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-23 17:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM SNAR NI
02ABUJA1593NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON RONCO, BENUE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa said he planned to visit Washington on May 24 to meet with human rights NGOs, USG officials and the Hill. Impressed by the accomplishments of Operation Avid Recovery, he agreed help i [...]
2002-05-23 18:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM EAID KHDP NI
02ABUJA1595NIGERIA: ASSOCIATIONS CHALLENGE ELECTORAL
[...] Summary: The thirty-three political associations railed against party registration guidelines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revised on 5/17, arguing that the amended guidelines were as unconstitutional as the ones they rejected earlier this month (reftel). Though the ass [...]
2002-05-23 19:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
02ABUJA1636NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...]
2002-05-31 16:21:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ
02ABUJA1725NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...]
2002-06-07 12:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1727NIGERIA: PARTIAL TEXT OF 6/2/02 GEN MALU INTERVIEW
[...] Para 2 contains an excerpt from a June 2, 2002 interview given by dismissed Chief of Army Staff Samuel Victor Leo Malu to "This Day" newspaper. His May 27 testimony before the Commission investigating last October's violence in Benue (to which Malu family members and property fell victim) h [...]
2002-06-07 17:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NI
02ABUJA17282002 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-07 17:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM NI
02ABUJA1737NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL EXTRADTION OF GABRIEL UMOH
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-11 14:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM SNAR NI
02ABUJA1817NIGERIA AND NASCO - THE TRUSTEESHIP OPTION
[...] (C) Summary: If placing NASCO under trusteeship is a USG priority, we suggest the Secretary raise it when he calls on Obasanjo 21 June. Approaches at other levels are unlikely to bear fruit. However, action against NASCO could result in collateral damage to bilateral relations far exceeding [...]
2002-06-19 16:00:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ETTC PINS NI
02ABUJA1850NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the other by his strongest opposition. The President appears content to steamroll the PDP nomination through tightening his grip on the party apparatus. To win t [...]
2002-06-21 16:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA187(S) NINTH TERRORIST LIST: NASCO GROUP (NIGERIA)
[...] (S) Summary: The question of including the NASCO Group (Nigeria) Ltd AND other NASCO SUBSIDIARIES IN NIGERIA in the assets freeze is a question of balancing our national security interests in confronting terrorism and its many components against our interests in Nigeria and the resultant stra [...]
2002-01-22 15:00:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER PREL ECON ETTC NI
02ABUJA1913NIGERIAN READOUT TO G-7 AMBASSADORS
[...] (C) Summary: The GON feels Africa needs more carrots and fewer sticks to advance development, NPC Commissioner Isaac Aluko Olokun told G-7 Heads of Mission in late May. He urged greater understanding for Nigeria's institutional flaws and argued that NePAD should be a process, not an instituti [...]
2002-06-26 11:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KCRM PINS NI
02ABUJA1942POSTPONING NIGERIA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Local Government Council elections, slated for August 10, will almost certainly be postponed to October or later. Different actors have different specific reasons and interests, but it all boils down to lack of preparation and lack of presidential interest in seeing th [...]
2002-06-27 16:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS NI
02ABUJA2202NIGERIA: THREE NEW POLITICAL PARTIES--OLD WINE IN
[...] (C) Summary: INEC registered three new political parties June 22, bringing the total of approved parties to six. However, this doubling of the number of parties does not represent liberalization of the political landscape. At least two of the three parties, the NDP and the UNPP, are tied to fo [...]
2002-07-24 14:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS NI
02ABUJA2276NIGERIA: NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-01 17:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA235NIGERIA: EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NARCOTICS ANALYSIS
[...] (S/NF) The following are Embassy,s comments on the CIA Assessment dated December 28, 2001 and entitled &Nigeria: Avoiding Counterdrug Reforms.8 We understand the assessment was first distributed at a January 4, 2002 INL-chaired interagency meeting on Nigeria,s certification. The Embassy welc [...]
2002-01-25 17:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR NI
02ABUJA2506 NIGERIA: LOCAL SHARI'A COURT DENIES APPEAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: The upper Shari'a court in Fantua, Katsina State August 19 denied the appeal of Amina Lawal, convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Poloffs twice met Lawal's chief attorney Hauwa Ibrahim (strictly protect),once prior to the appellate decision and immediately aft [...]
2002-08-23 11:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA2707 NIGERIA: THE PRESS GETS IT WRONG: NO DEBT PAYMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports have incoreectly claimed Nigeria had stopped foreign debt payments. Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Joseph Sanusi, whose August 27 press statement was cited as the basis of the report, as well as other government sources, confirm that Sanusi was the victim o [...]
2002-09-19 10:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA2744NIGERIA: IS NEXT JANUARY'S 12.5% WAGE
[...] (U) During his opening address before his National Executive Committee on September 12, National Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced he had won from the Obasanjo administration a 12.5 per cent across-the-board wage increase. The increase would be enacted January 1, 2003 [...]
2002-09-25 23:36:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV EFIN NI
02ABUJA2768NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE
[...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...]
2002-09-27 17:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2786NIGERIA: EMBASSY VIEWS ON LOOMING FATF SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-03 15:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKCRM EFIN SNAR NI
02ABUJA2787NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...]
2002-10-03 18:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA2793 NIGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BUSH UNGA SPEECH,
[...] Summary. Nigerian press coverage surrounding President Bush's September 12 speech to the UN General Assembly and ongoing debate over U.S. policy towards Iraq has been largely overshadowed by domestic political news and the ongoing impeachment battle between President Obasanjo and the legisla [...]
2002-10-03 21:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER NI UNGA
02ABUJA2835NIGERIA: IVOIRIEN CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE MORE WORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas summarized his visit to Cote d'Ivoire, stating Gbagbo's insistence that the mutineers relinquish their weapons and his reluctance to "legitimize" the rebels were the main hurdles to a cease [...]
2002-10-11 17:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA2862NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU -- DISTANCING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar admitted his relationship with President Obasanjo was on the shoals, attributing the deterioration to Obasanjo's poor political skills and reliance on malevolent, imprudent advisors. Atiku stated Oba [...]
2002-10-16 13:57:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2872NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTERNARCOTICS,
[...] (C) Counternarcotics: During a brief October 10 meeting with NSA Aliyu Mohammed, Ambassador Jeter underscored our concern regarding the modest funding the GON had provided its NDLEA this year. The Ambassador noted that last year, NDLEA funding was supplemented toward the end of the year, ther [...]
2002-10-18 12:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV MOPS MASS IV NI
02ABUJA2883NIGERIA: A POLITICAL PARTY PRIMER
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: With the registration of three new political parties, the political landscape for Nigeria's 2003 election cycle now includes six political parties: the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),the Alliance for Democracy (AD),the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP),the Natio [...]
2002-10-21 16:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2934NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING
[...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...]
2002-10-24 02:34:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA2976NIGERIA: UPDATE OF THE CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
[...] Laws and Regulations Proscribing the Worst Forms of Child Labor: In 2002, President Obasanjo signed the instruments of ratification for ILO Convention 182, Worst Form of Child Labor, Convention 138, Minimum Age for Employment, and Convention 111, Equality of Occupation. Some form of legisla [...]
2002-11-01 09:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI NI AID
02ABUJA2980THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
[...] Summary: The 9th annual conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria convened in Calabar, July 9-12, 2002. "American Studies" specialists from Nigerian federal, state, and private universities compared U.S. and Nigerian laws pertaining to ethnicity, citizenship, and democracy. [...]
2002-11-01 14:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP NI
02ABUJA2986 NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION
[...] In addition to reftel's report card, Post wishes to provide the following information on Nigeria's drug control efforts. 2. Major Traffickers: The initial report card submitted by Post (reftel) should be revised to show that Nigeria has arrested and is prosecuting at least one major tra [...]
2002-11-01 14:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
02ABUJA306NIGERIA: CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR SAYS COMMUNAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and EmbOffs met January 24 with Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol who claimed that Nigeria's best hopes for future reform lay with the reelection of President Obasanjo. Kpakol argued that recent communal conflicts throughout the country should not deter foreign [...]
2002-01-31 16:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV NI
02ABUJA3100NIGERIA: POLITICAL PEER REVIEW ENDORSED AT NEPAD'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a NEPAD Head of State Implementation Committee (HSIC) meeting November 3. Nigeria's NEPAD coordinator, Ambassador Aluko-Olokun, briefed Abuja-resident G-8 diplomats November 4, that the HSIC endorsed voluntary peer review as "critical [...]
2002-11-14 07:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV XA NI
02ABUJA3101 NIGERIA: "VOLUNTARY" CAP ON INTEREST RATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Most bankers see the October Bankers Committee "voluntary" agreement to cap interest rates at 22.5 percent as neither sustainable nor truly voluntary. Some industry insiders view the move as politically motivated. The Central Bank and the Bankers Committee endorsed the ceilin [...]
2002-11-14 07:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA3105NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO
[...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...]
2002-11-14 14:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
02ABUJA3303NIGERIA: NOVEMBER 25 "FRIENDS GROUP" MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted the third meeting of Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. Deputy High Commissioner on November 25 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. The November 25 meeting concentrated on the need for uniform standards by which to judge Niger [...]
2002-12-12 15:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3304NIGERIAN TEXTILE BAN: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR AGOA"
[...] (U) Standing the spirit of free trade on its head, a senior Nigerian Commerce Ministry official says the GON temporarily banned imports of certain printed fabrics and now imposes import restrictions on these items as part of the country's efforts to qualify for AGOA trade benefits. The Standar [...]
2002-12-12 15:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALETRD BEXP KTEX ECON NI
02ABUJA3341YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI
[...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington -- Central Bank is Optimistic about Near Term -- CBN and IMF Statistics on GDP Differ -- GON Not Worried About Drop in FOREX Reserves -- CBN Claims States Continue to [...]
2002-12-19 14:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA3372NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE
[...] (U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- INEC: 30 Political Associations for Registration -- Cabinet Shake-Up -- Rimi and Others Sue the PDP -------------------------------------- [...]
2002-12-24 10:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA38NIGERIA: SOKOTO STONING SENTENCE FOCUSES ATTENTION
[...] (C) Summary: The death sentence imposed against Safiya Husseini has generated international and domestic attention, lending her case political overtones perhaps more significant than its legal ones. To a certain degree, the judgment against Husseini has also put Nigerian Shari'a on trial. In [...]
2002-01-08 09:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA426NIGERIA: AN ARMY COLONEL ON DEMOCRACY AND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unusually frank discussion, Nigerian Colonel and ECOWAS staff member M. Dixon Dikio (please strictly protect) told PolMilOff that a major breakdown of command led to reprisal attacks in Benue, and those attacks were unjustifiable. In his view, LTG Malu's response to the Ben [...]
2002-02-08 09:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NI
02ABUJA462NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-08 16:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL
02ABUJA858NIGERIA AND THE IMF HEAD FOR DIVORCE COURT?
[...] (U) Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary. After several days of consultations, the IMF and GON agreed not to establish a new program. This indefinite suspension is due to GON failure to meet informal targets and to political considerations in the lead-up [...]
2002-03-15 15:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL NI
02ABUJA881 NIGERIA: A TIV PERSPECTIVE ON THE BENUE/TARABA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 14 dinner hosted by Governor Akume gave the Ambassador an eye on the Tiv worldview. Parochial and biased, it is shared by Benue Tiv leaders ranging from Senator Gyado to ex-COAS Malu and posits that the Tiv are victims of systematic discrimination. However, these Tiv [...]
2002-03-19 10:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PINR TBIO NI
02ABUJA936NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar was non-committal on rapid completion of the bilateral debt agreement, saying only that he would discuss the issue with the Director-General of the Debt Management Office. The Vice President said Nigeria [...]
2002-03-22 16:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN NI
02ABUJA959NIGERIA: READOUT ON SOKOTO APPEALS COURT HEARING
[...] (C) Summary: Media reports indicate that the Sokoto Sharia appeals court on March 25 reversed a lower court stoning sentence, clearing Safiya Husseini of all charges in the case. During a March 22 conversation with PolCouns, Hauwa Ibrahim, one of Husseini's attorneys, stated that the Sokoto ap [...]
2002-03-26 12:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI NI
02ABUJA979NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22
[...] (SBU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have not paid civil servants since January. Wage costs grew exponentially in May 2000 when the minimum civil servant wage was increased from N3,500 to N7,500/month [...]
2002-03-27 11:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI
02ADANA386 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 6, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2002-11-20 14:18:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA388 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 8, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2002-11-20 14:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ALGIERS2423AU COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-21 09:15:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL AG
02AMMAN2251PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE GREETED WITH
[...] (C) A survey of political contacts suggests a general lack of enthusiasm over the recent Quartet proposal to stage a Middle East conference in the next few weeks. The GOJ has endorsed the proposal with some caveats. While several contacts condemned outright the idea of a conference, a few ma [...]
2002-05-07 14:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN2257JORDAN SUGGESTS EUROPEAN INTERVENTION WITH ARAB
[...] (C) Responding to our earlier demarche (ref a),Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak told the Charge and PolCouns May 8 that Jordan does not want the UN Special Session on Children to be "hijacked" by radical language from the Arab Group. He said that PM Ali Abul Ragheb had instructed the hea [...]
2002-05-08 11:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JO UNGA
02AMMAN2375MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-14 09:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2420NEW JORDANIAN TELECOM REGULATOR FACES CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) The GOJ's recent reform of its telecom regulatory infrastructure thrusts its now fully independent regulator into the role of decision-maker at a time of transition, opportunity, and challenge. As it finds its feet, the regulatory agency must find creative ways to encourage market entr [...]
2002-05-15 14:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN2432SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM
[...] (C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli violence in the West Bank and of suicide bombings, but asked that the U.S. adopt a "more just" position defending the rights of Palestinians against Israeli oc [...]
2002-05-16 09:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SOCI IS JO
02AMMAN2477JORDANIANS SAY UN ISSUES NOT ON AGENDA FOR BEIRUT
[...] (C) DCM reviewed ref points May 17 with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, asking that Jordan oppose any move at the May 17-18 Beirut Arab League Meeting to call publicly for challenges to Israeli credentials in international organizations or support for Chapter VII [...]
2002-05-19 11:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL XF JO
02AMMAN2513IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR JORDAN'S
[...] (C) We understand that the Department may be considering consolidating its NADR Humanitarian Demining programs and focusing on fewer countries in the coming fiscal years. If this is the case, we believe it is important for U.S. political and military interests in the region -- and in OEF -- t [...]
2002-05-20 05:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRETKHDP PREL MASS JO
02AMMAN2696MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-28 08:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2720IRAQ/GRL: PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1409 CAUSES BARELY A
[...] (C) Since UNSCR 1409's passage two weeks ago, there has been surprisingly little reaction from either the GOJ or Jordan's business community on the new international rules governing Iraq trade. Those who follow the issue have greeted 1409 with caution, unsure whether or not Jordan will benefi [...]
2002-05-28 14:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN2725FONMIN SAYS JORDAN TO PRESS PARIS CLUB FOR
[...] (C) During a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns on other topics (septel),Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher mentioned that he was leaving in twelve hours for Tokyo to talk about Jordan's need for debt relief. Jordan, Muasher argued, needs "debt reprofiling on a long term basis" s [...]
2002-05-28 15:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL US JO
02AMMAN2793JORDAN ASKS FOR USG SUPPORT ON OIOS AUDIT ISSUE AT
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. See paras 3-4 below. 2. (U) Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak asked the Ambassador and PolCouns May 29 for USG support for Jordan's position in the upcoming June 4 meeting of the Governing Council (GC) of the UN Compensation Commission [...]
2002-05-30 12:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKUNC PREL IZ JO UNSC ERIN
02AMMAN2892KING, PM AND FONMIN PITCH A/S BURNS ON DEBT RELIEF
[...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher asked A/S Burns and the Ambassador June 2 for greater U.S. support for Jordan's request for a reprofiling of its debt. Abul Ragheb said that Muasher's just-concluded meetings in Japan on debt had not gone well, with the [...]
2002-06-03 14:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL JA US JO
02AMMAN2907DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT
[...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B),THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...]
2002-06-03 15:52:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY
02AMMAN3009JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN
[...] SUMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIENTS. THE FLYERS DO NOT STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT BURGER KING'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AMERICAN, BUT IT DOES LABEL EACH INGREDIENT AS JORDANIAN, ARAB, OR AUSTRALIAN. T [...]
2002-06-09 06:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO PREL KPAO ECON
02AMMAN3227JORDAN FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DEBT AIMS
[...] (c) In a June 16 meeting with Econ chief, Dr. Muhammad Abu Hammour, Secretary General of the Finance Ministry (the number two ministry official and the senior such official currently in town),said meetings in European capitals were "going well" regarding Jordan's request for a stock of debt [...]
2002-06-17 12:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN JO
02AMMAN3249THE CASE OF TOUJAN FAISAL: SCRATCHING ONLY MAKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal continues to be a topic of discussion and debate within various elements of Jordanian society. Following her arrest and sentencing (reftel),the outspoken and antagonistic former MP has reportedly gone on a hunger strike in pr [...]
2002-06-17 14:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM JO PGOV
02AMMAN3273INTERIM LAWMAKING WRAPS UP AS LIKELIHOOD OF
[...] (C) Jordan's Constitution allows the Cabinet to pass provisional laws when Parliament is not in session, so long as the laws are sufficiently "necessary." The GOJ has promulgated some ninety-nine provisional laws in the year since Jordan's Parliament was dissolved on June 16, 2001. But provis [...]
2002-06-18 08:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EAID JO
02AMMAN3296JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO
[...] (c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current QIZ operations and regulations. The GOJ's proposals include both improvements to existing logistical procedures as well as changes to the structure of required Israeli input [...]
2002-06-19 05:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV IS JO
02AMMAN3403MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QA'EDA AND RADIO `SAWA'
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-24 12:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3620KING PARDONS TOUJAN FAISAL: EFFECT ON HER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. King Abdullah issued a pardon June 26 which released Toujan Faisal from detention and vacated the State Security Court's decision to sentence her to one and one half years in prison (reftels). Faisal, who had been hospitalized due to deteriorating health, was detained for 100 day [...]
2002-07-03 05:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3641AQABA AUTHORITIES HOST QIZ PROGRAM
[...] (u) Aqaba Chief Commissioner Akel Biltaji hosted a group of some 50 QIZ exporters and park managers for a two-day program in the Special Economic Zone to tout improved port services and to sell the Aqaba International Industrial Estate as an investment option. Participants were pleased with [...]
2002-07-03 13:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ELAB IS JO
02AMMAN3716UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7 million in new financial needs following the March-April military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA warned that its 2002 emergency appeal remains severely underfunded, with p [...]
2002-07-08 14:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3978FORMER JORDANIAN PM TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging tour-d'horizon with the Ambassador, former PM and FM Abdulkarim Kabariti candidly weighed in on a variety of issues, foreign and domestic. Kabariti is known for his strong views on domestic politics and the GOJ's relationship with Iraq. Kabariti's comments n [...]
2002-07-18 14:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS ETRD EFIN JO
02AMMAN4086PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN
[...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...]
2002-07-24 10:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO
02AMMAN4244JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S ASPEN SPEECH,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-31 09:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4401MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-07 11:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4506PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF
[...] (S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade, political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about recent developments on both bilateral and regional issues have made many Jordanians uneasy about the direction of the US-Jordan relationship. The press has pulled together a number o [...]
2002-08-12 12:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4589FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE
[...] (C) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is fragile, that most Iraqis believe the U.S. is serious about regime change "this time," and that they "want to see Saddam gone, preferably while they are asleep." Saddam will use [...]
2002-08-15 05:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ JO
02AMMAN4719A STEP FORWARD ON IRAQ, BUT ELECTIONS POSTPONED
[...] (C) King Abdullah's televised speech on August 15 carried few surprises. As expected, he announced the postponement of elections until "the spring." The King also said that responsibility for the future of Palestine and Iraq lies with their respective leaderships. Most Embassy contacts had f [...]
2002-08-20 13:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4755 JORDAN QIZ INVESTORS BRING CONCERNS TO ISRAELI
[...] (u) Summary. Thanks to a meeting organized by the Israel-Jordan Chamber of Commerce, an impressive number of QIZ investors were able to raise directly with senior Israeli officials their concerns about slow and expensive shipping of QIZ products through Israel and difficulty meeting the cur [...]
2002-08-22 11:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD IS JO
02AMMAN4829MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-26 06:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5168SEPTEMBER 11 ONE YEAR LATER IN JORDAN: SYMPATHY
[...] (C) A year after 9/11, many Jordanians still make a point of expressing sympathy for the victims of the attacks and condemnation for those who carried them out. That said, many also quickly add that the U.S. "failed to learn the lessons of September 11" and has yet to address the perceived "ro [...]
2002-09-11 05:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI XF JO
02AMMAN5173OUTSPOKEN JORDANIAN MP SAYS IRAQIS DON'T LIKE
[...] (C) In a recent rambling conversation with A/DCM, Mahmoud Kharabsheh (please protect),an outspoken former Jordan MP and former provincial intelligence chief, said that most average Iraqis would not/not support a U.S. military strike on Iraq aimed at overthrowing the regime. He said that, b [...]
2002-09-11 11:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JO
02AMMAN5196GOJ PUSHES BACK AT POPULAR DISSATISFACTION
[...] (S) In recent weeks, the GOJ--through the King's public address on August 15 (see Ref A),the Prime Minister's speech to the Jordan press association on September 2, and Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh's September 2 address to the Amman World Affairs Council (see Ref B)--has respondcd more ag [...]
2002-09-11 15:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IZ XF IS JO MEPP
02AMMAN5212JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO EMBRACE THE ARAB FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA),WHICH AIMS AT CREATING AN ARAB FREE TRADE AREA BY 2005. INDEED, SINCE ENTERING INTO FORCE, JORDAN HAS [...]
2002-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JO
02AMMAN5238DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY:
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-12 16:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5295PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE
[...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...]
2002-09-16 14:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC
02AMMAN5398MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN
[...] (S) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has provided materials to assist the Jordanians with preparation of their extradition request to the Netherlands. This cable recounts steps taken thus far. End Summary. --------- [...]
2002-09-19 08:50:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO
02AMMAN5485 JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE
[...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]
2002-09-24 07:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV JO IS
02AMMAN5511"FRIENDS OF AMERICA" DECRY LACK OF PUBLIC U.S.
[...] (C) A group of self-described "Friends of America" representing the Amman World Affairs Council called on the Ambassador and PolCouns September 22 to deliver a letter from the WAC to President Bush (excerpts in para 7 below). The group members said that they had all lived and studied in the [...]
2002-09-25 05:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ JO
02AMMAN5576GOJ MOVES TO DISSOLVE THE JORDANIAN SOCIETY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-26 14:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL JO
02AMMAN5595JORDANIANS CRITICAL OF U.S. AND ARAB POSITIONS ON
[...] (C) When Poloff recently queried a number of Jordanian contacts about the Muqatta siege, most had surprisingly little sympathy for Arafat, but quite a bit of antipathy for U.S. "acquiescence" in the Israeli actions and Arab leaders' lethargic response to the situation. End Summary. ------- [...]
2002-09-30 05:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PGOV IS JO
02AMMAN5627MULLAH KREKAR: DUTCH EMBASSY SAYS SECOND SET OF
[...] (C) The Jordanian MFA on September 26 presented to the Dutch Embassy in Amman a second, somewhat more detailed request for the extradition of Mullah Krekar to Jordan on narcotics charges. According to Dutch DCM Peter van der Vliet, the Arabic diplomatic note covering the second extradition [...]
2002-10-01 05:09:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER NL JO
02AMMAN5736MEDIA REACTION ON SIGNATURE OF FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-03 13:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN6024S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed the U.S.'s appreciation for Jordan's superb cooperation on the war on terrorism, reiterated strong U.S. interest in stopping Iranian resupply flights to Hizbullah, and said that as [...]
2002-10-17 04:59:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL SY SA JO MEPP
02AMMAN6270KING POSITIVE ON ARTICLE 98, BUT BUREAUCRACY DRAGS
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 6 below. 2. (S) In a conversation with A/S Burns on October 19, King Abdullah said again that he thought Jordan should be able to sign an Article 9 agreement. 3. (C) However, in a separate conversation October 20 wit [...]
2002-10-28 12:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN6288JORDAN'S UNUSED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY
[...] (u) Summary: We have been following with interest attempts by Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer to secure support for a new industrial park (or parks) in Jordan. While there does not seem to be a need for new industrial parks in Jordan given a current glut of unused industrial infrastru [...]
2002-10-29 07:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAID IS JO
02AMMAN6333MEDIA REACTION ON MURDER OF USAID'S LAURENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-29 16:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN6444DELTA DISCUSSES CODESHARING WITH ROYAL JORDANIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Delta sales executive left Amman this week saying that he was prepared to make a positive presentation to Delta President Fred Reid on codesharing for Royal Jordanian's new non-stop Amman-New York service. He asked RJ to provide detailed projections of passenger and cargo [...]
2002-11-04 09:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR AMGT JO
02AMMAN6522"JORDAN FIRST": KING SEEKS TO PROMOTE LOYALTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In mid-October, the GOJ rolled out an extensive public relations campaign to promote its new "Jordan First" domestic political initiative. Billboards, signs and posters emblazoned with the motto "al-Urdun Awaalan" (Jordan First) and a Jordanian flag held aloft by five hands (e [...]
2002-11-06 13:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN6610DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY
[...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...]
2002-11-12 11:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER JO LE SY IR
02AMMAN6699MUASHER ON CAIRO AL MINISTERIAL: SHARA, IRAQ AND
[...] (C) NEA DAS David Satterfield called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher November 13. Ambassador, PolCouns, Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed, and private office staffer Ashraf Zeitoun also attended. --------------------------------------- ARAB LEAGUE PRESSES IRAQ TO ACCEPT 1441 ------- [...]
2002-11-14 19:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV IZ SY JO
02AMMAN6722JORDAN: DAS SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES PROPOSED
[...] (c) Summary. In meetings with the Jordanian Prime Minister and Finance Minister, DAS Satterfield was told that answers to the U.S. questions regarding possible supplemental economic assistance for Jordan would be ready within the coming week. The ministers agreed that additional U.S. assist [...]
2002-11-18 08:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID JO
02AMMAN6823USE OF FORCE IN MA'AN ASSERTS GOJ AUTHORITY, BUT LEAVES A BAD TASTE
[...] (S) The winding down but not quite completed security operation in Ma'an against Islamic militant leader Mohammed Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf - refs) has been a decidedly unsatisfying operation from the standpoint of most Jordanians. For the government and its staunch supporters, the week-long [...]
2002-11-21 13:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN7308JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON MEPI
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-17 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN7313THE BULGE: JORDANIANS SET TO BEGIN WORK ON
[...] (C) Raif Nijem, Vice-President of the GOJ's Restoration Committee for Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock and the leader of a Jordanian team sent to study the bulge in the southern wall of Haram al-Sharif (see Ref),is optimistic that work can begin the week of December 22 to shore up the sout [...]
2002-12-17 12:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL KWBG PBTS IS JO
02AMMAN7349MEPI REACTION: AMMAN
[...] SUMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH REACTION BEST DESCRIBED AS COMPLEX: SOME WRITERS HAVE WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSING A KIND OF RELIEF AT THE ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF CORE DEFICIENCIES PLAGUING ARAB SOCIETIE [...]
2002-12-19 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL KISL JO
02AMMAN7434JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK?
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law, heralding the creation of a new, free-standing, ministry of environment. Jordanian government officials believe the new ministry will retain the General Corporation for E [...]
2002-12-23 13:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD PGOV JO
02ANKARA7848GOT REITERATES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE PAROLE OF
[...] (C) Ahmet Banguoglu, MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Americas),told DCM November 4 the GOT remains highly concerned about the possible parole of Harry Sassounian, convicted in 1984 of the 1982 assassination of Turkish CG Kemal Arikan in Westwood (L.A.). Banguoglu said h [...]
2002-11-04 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU
02ANKARA7974EURODIPLOMATS IN ANKARA SAY TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Summary: EU-member-state diplomats in Ankara say the EU is headed toward offering Turkey a conditional date for accession talks, possibly in January 2004. Our contacts say Germany holds the key; local German diplomats agree Berlin feels under pressure not to block Turkey's candidacy. UK a [...]
2002-11-06 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU TU
02ANKARA8111PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...]
2002-11-08 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8165CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's strong parliamentary majority, there should be a straightforward, if sequential, legal way ahead for disenfranchised AK Party chairman Erdogan to reclaim his political rights, gain election to Parliament, and be appointed Prime Minister. [...]
2002-11-13 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-14 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8304 Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SOME DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TURKISH PRODUCERS AGAINST IMPORTS. THESE SAME OFFICIALS STATED THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN A [...]
2002-11-15 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TU
02ANKARA8447TURKEY'S EMERGENCY RULE REGION (OHAL): A LEOPARD
[...] This cable was drafted by Consulate Adana. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Both government officials and NGO leaders agree that, throughout the Southeast, the de jure shrinking of the area under emergency rule (OHAL) has not measurably changed security conditions or quality of life. GOT and NGO represen [...]
2002-11-19 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PHUM TU
02ANKARA8470ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-20 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8561ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-22 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8569TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: BETTER, BUT STILL BACKWARD AS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT is expected to complete the phased lifting of the state of emergency November 30 by allowing the regime to expire in the last two southeastern provinces where it continues -- Diyarbakir and Sirnak. While the regime's demise is welcome, five longstanding problems will cont [...]
2002-11-22 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8594UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the pending BOT/TOR projects, which still have not been resolved (reftels). It now appears the GOT is considering re-negotiation of the contracts for the BOT projects that are alr [...]
2002-11-25 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
02ANKARA8635 Update on Intellectual Property Protection
[...] (SBU) Econoff discussed intellectual property and market access priorities with American pharmaceuticals companies and with the copyright-based industry associations in Istanbul. The drug companies agreed that they need to make the case with the new Turkish Government on data exclusivity. Wi [...]
2002-11-26 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TU
02ANKARA8676ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-27 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8740DESPITE REFORM EFFORTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's three leading human rights organizations are wary of the new GOT, despite its nascent reform efforts (reftel). One of the groups, which is Islam-oriented, suspects the ruling AK Party will avoid promoting Islamic rights; the others, leftist and Kurdish oriented, fear AK [...]
2002-11-29 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8881GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND
[...] (U) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers to free expression, association, and fair trial. Parliament will likely pass the reforms quickly, possibly before or during the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. The re [...]
2002-12-10 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8900ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-11 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8932TURKS RAISE ISSUE OF FUTURE TRADE WITH IRAQ
[...] (C) Foreign Trade Under Secretary Tuncer Kayalar told us December 11 that, in the event of a military operation in Iraq, Turkey would seek USG and United Nations support for some kind of preferred trade status to enable it to re-start exports to Iraq quickly and on a large scale. He argued th [...]
2002-12-12 07:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL TU IZ
02ANKARA8972NO PROGRESS ON RESOLVING PAMUKBANK ISSUE; IMF TAKES FIRM LINE
[...] (C) Summary: Three weeks after the state administrative court (Danistay) suspended BRSA's takeover of Pamukbank, there has been no progress toward a permanent resolution. Cukurova Holding, which owns both Pamukbank and Yapi Kredi Bank, is taking a hard line in talks with the BRSA. The gover [...]
2002-12-13 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA9041ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-18 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9055 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (U) Action recommendation - para 5. 2. (U) Per ref B, GOT MFA has provided Embassy with court documents involving two cases purportedly establishing and illustrating Iranian support for terrorism in Turkey. These cases are in the public domain; the documents, in the original Turkish, wil [...]
2002-12-20 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KICT PREL TU
02ANKARA9058WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-20 08:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU
02ANKARA9122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-26 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9129IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN
[...] (U) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the mandate of Operation Northern Watch for six more months as of December 31, 2002. 2. (U) FM Yakis spoke on behalf of the GOT, explaining that the flights conducted by ONW were [...]
2002-12-26 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PTER TU IZ
02ANKARA9161ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-27 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02BEIRUT3741 LEBANON: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] SECURITY CONDITIONS IN LEBANON WORSENED DURING 2002 WITH THE KILLING OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY, EXPLOSIONS AT SEVERAL AMERICAN FRANCHISE RESTAURANTS, AND A SPIKE OF CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS INTO ISRAEL IN MARCH-APRIL. LEBANON, LIKE MANY COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN TER [...]
2002-11-29 15:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV LE
02BRASILIA4227A/S REICH'S MEETING WITH LULA
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-22 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BR
02COLOMBO1736 Peace process update: Positive response to
[...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Kickoff of peace talks in Thailand engenders highly positive response in Sri Lanka -- Before start of talks, President Kumaratunga hits out at GSL -- Government and Tamil Tigers working closely on prisoner exchange [...]
2002-09-17 11:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PINS SOCI CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1740SRI LANKA PREPARES FOR POST-QUOTA WORLD
[...] Summary: Well aware of the potential impact of the expiration of the MFA on its number one export (apparel),Sri Lankan players are beginning to explore their options, ranging from special trade agreements with the US to strengthening the domestic industry and diversifying the export base. Po [...]
2002-09-18 05:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTEX EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO1904 Amid some positive news, violence in east
[...] (C) Summary: Police shot and killed at least seven suspected Tamil Tiger supporters on October 9. The incident was triggered by an attempt to storm a police station in the east. On a positive note for the peace process, the Tigers released six soldiers after obtaining the release of two of [...]
2002-10-09 12:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1927 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 143 (10-16-02)
[...] (C) On October 15, Milinda Moragoda passed to the Ambassador an advance copy of a statement on Iraq that the GSL is planning to release in the near future. Begin text: -- Sri Lanka welcomes the decision of the government of Iraq to allow the weapons inspectors entry into the country wit [...]
2002-10-16 11:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALAMGT CE
02COLOMBO1969 GSL generally receptive to concerns raised by
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 10 visit to Sri Lanka, DRL P/DAS Michael Parmly raised USG concerns regarding the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission with Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo. Rodrigo was generally receptive to the points raised. In a meeting with Atto [...]
2002-10-21 12:08:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CE UNHRC
02COLOMBO2080Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...]
2002-11-05 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2277AS LEADERSHIP DISPUTE FLARES, SRI LANKA'S MAJOR MUSLIM PARTY MARGINALIZED IN PEACE PROCESS DEBATE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-10 11:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2323 During Mission visit, Maldivian MFA says it is
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 17 meeting in Male, Polchief urged the Maldivian government to sign an ICC Article 98 agreement with the U.S. MFA Permanent Secretary Shaheed replied that the GoRM continued to SIPDIS review the proposal, which it viewed in a "favorable light." Shaheed [...]
2002-12-18 11:25:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ECON MV KICC UN
02FRANKFURT11732 FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES IMMIGRATION
[...] (U) Summary: On December 18, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe declared unconstitutional the government's immigration law, which had been passed by the Bundesrat in March 2002 under controversial circumstances. With this decision, the Court accepted the challenge to the law by six [...]
2002-12-19 13:10:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GM
02HANOI102VIETNAM: SRILA POLASKI BRIEFS GVN OFFICIALS ON
[...] SUMMARY: STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS (SRILA) SANDRA POLASKI BRIEFED VIETNAMESE TRADE AND LABOR OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LABOR PROVISIONS OF THE U.S.-CAMBODIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT. BECAUSE NEITHER THE U.S. NOR VIETNAM HAS YET MADE [...]
2002-01-15 07:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD ECON PHUM VM CB LABOR
02HANOI1189 ARMY DAILY SEEKS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS WITH U.S.
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE PEOPLE'S ARMY DAILY IS DETERMINED TO HELP STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND MIGHT BE WILLING TO USE PAS-PRODUCED MATERIALS, ITS EDITOR TOLD AMBASSADOR ON MAY 9. THE EDITOR EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ANTI-SRV VIETNAMESE IN THE U.S. AND THE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM H [...]
2002-05-13 10:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO OIIP VM HUMANR
02HANOI2297 PHU QUOC ISLAND - BULLISH ON DEVELOPMENT BUT. . .
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PHU QUOC ISLAND DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENT BEYOND AGRICULTURE AND FISHING, ITS TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC MAINSTAYS. THEY HOPE THAT ITS TROPICAL ISLAND SETTING AND IMPROVING (THOUGH STILL WEAK) INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACT FOREIGN INVES [...]
2002-09-23 10:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON VM
02HANOI2345 VIETNAM'S POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02345 01 OF 04 270928Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE EXPANSION OF PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND DIMINISHMENT OF CPV AND STATE CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL LIVES HAVE BEEN WELCOME TREN [...]
2002-09-27 09:31:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM DPOL HUMANR
02HANOI2709 VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC"
[...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...]
2002-11-08 04:47:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM
02HANOI3037 WRAP-UP OF THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2ND SESSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) CONCLUDED ITS SECOND SESSION ON DECEMBER 16, HAVING BEGUN ITS USUAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03037 01 OF 03 200759Z YEAR-END MEETING ON NOVEMBER 12. NA DELEGATES REVIEWED REPORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ON SOCIO-EC [...]
2002-12-20 07:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL
02HANOI3098VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT 2003
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR VIETNAM. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03098 01 OF 08 301021Z VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY THE LANDMARK US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT THAT SEEKS [...]
2002-12-30 09:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC VM FINREF BTA IPROP
02HANOI430 MFA ON ASEAN PHUKET MEETING --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM NIEN MADE A STRONG PITCH FOR A "TERRORISM-FREE" ASEAN REGION WITHIN 15 YEARS AT THE RECENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00430 270810Z PHUKET INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE ON STRENGTHENING COUNTER-TERRORISM EFF [...]
2002-02-27 07:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL VM TH ASEAN CTERR
02HARARE1070REPORTERS RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY
[...] Two independent "Daily News" reporters, Lloyd Mudiwa and Collin Chiwanza, and a correspondent for the British "Guardian" newspaper, American citizen Andrew Meldrum, were released from police custody on May 2 after they were formally charged under a section of the newly en [...]
2002-05-06 05:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE1237MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART
[...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...]
2002-05-22 14:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI
02HARARE1309RESETTLEMENT ON THE FARMS: THE REALITY ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to four farms in a prime agricultural area 2 hours from Harare reveals that chaos reigns, and productivity by the new settlers hovers barely above zero. There is no rhyme nor reason to the occupations, and the newly resettled show little desire or ability to carry out e [...]
2002-05-31 09:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE13852002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-07 07:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI
02HARARE1449NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS
[...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...]
2002-06-19 05:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1453ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT BANS SOUTH AFRICAN LAWYER FROM
[...] (SBU) The June 19 edition of the independent "Daily News" reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has denied MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's request to have renowned South African attorney Jeremy Gauntlett represent him in the MDC's legal challenge to the March presidential election. [...]
2002-06-19 12:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC EAID ZI
02HARARE1533NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS
[...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...]
2002-07-02 14:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1563TRIAL OF ANDREW MELDRUM CONTINUED UNTIL JULY 12
[...] THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZEN ANDREW MELDRUM, CHARGED UNDER ZIMBABWE'S CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (AIPPA),CONTINUED THIS MORNING. THE PROSECUTION FINISHED PRESENTING ITS EVIDENCE. MELDRUM'S LAWYER THEN MADE AN APPLICATION FOR THE CASE TO [...]
2002-07-03 08:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CASC
02HARARE1729MEDIA REPORT- EDITOR SUES INFORMATION MINISTER;
[...] Geoff Nyarota, Editor-in-Chief of the independent daily "The Daily News," has filed a Z$6 million lawsuit against Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for defamation. Nyarota has also slapped the editor of the government-controlled daily "The Her [...]
2002-07-26 06:54:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ZI
02HARARE1737BUDGET MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (SBU) USAID/Zimbabwe's Democracy and Governance Team Leader, Stephanie Funk, and Senior Democracy Advisor, Deprose Muchena, attended a budget meeting of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Lands and Agriculture. The Committee has oversight responsibility for two Ministries: the Ministry [...]
2002-07-29 05:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE1825MEDIA REPORT LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO CHALLENGE ZDERA;
[...] The lead story in the August 8 edition of the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" centers on an application by a consortium of unidentified local businessmen - allegedly "denied entry into the U. S. A. early this year under the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic [...]
2002-08-09 10:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1934DISPLACED FARM WORKERS: UNADDRESSED HUMANITARIAN
[...] (U) Summary: The arrests and evictions of commercial farmers continue, with most farmers being released on bail with varying conditions. Some farmers are having their Section 8 acquisition orders overturned on technicalities, but this seems to be a temporary reprieve at best. The fate of [...]
2002-08-23 09:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1963BIOTECH STILL UNDER FIRE IN ZIMBABWE
[...] Under headline "Distinguishing drought from famine" an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem carried in the August 27 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News," accuses the United States of "cynically exploiting the plight of the starving to create an artificia [...]
2002-08-27 08:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1964MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQI STANDOFF; HARARE
[...] Under the headline "Will Bush attack Iraq?" the August 25 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried the following article in the "Scrutator," the unsigned column written by publisher Ibbo Mandaza: 2. "U.S. President George W. Bush's plan [...]
2002-08-27 08:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2016RESULTS REPORT: AUGUST 30 INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE
[...] This program was extremely useful and successful -- one of the best interactive programs we have had. U/S Larson's hard-hitting yet respectful exegesis on the biotech issue was absolutely on target. We were particularly impressed with Larson's quick and thoughtful react [...]
2002-09-03 15:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC
02HARARE2176MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQ STANDOFF; HARARE
[...] Under title "Will the drums of war quieten?" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 29 editorial to encouraging President Bush to heed "international public opinion" against a unilateral attack on Iraq by the United States. Excerpts: [...]
2002-09-30 07:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2206PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER URGES SADC EFFORTS IN
[...] Under the title "Angola peace initiative: Now or never" the independent, pro-government "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its September 30 editorial to urging SADC leaders meeting in Luanda, Angola this week to work towards long-lasting peace in the country. Excerpts [...]
2002-10-02 06:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2241INDEPENDENT PAPER PRAISES SADC MOVE TO SIDELINE
[...] Under headline "SADC commended for seeing light at last" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its October 8 editorial to welcoming the decision by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block Robert Mugabe from SADC chairmanship. Excerpts: [...]
2002-10-08 07:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2269MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "American war drums discord" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" used its October 13 editorial to argue against an U.S. attack on Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "As President George W. Bush presses ahead with his plans to attack Iraq, there ar [...]
2002-10-15 08:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2308Zimbabwe's Elusive Inflation Rate
[...] Summary: Evidence suggests the GoZ understates the country's inflation, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) relies on an outdated Consumer Price Index (CPI) and disregards product availability. However, data are unavailable to determine how far inflation runs beyond the official rate, cur [...]
2002-10-21 09:10:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2342MIDLANDS PROVINCE: A PROVINCE OF COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Political Officer visited Midlands province October 17 and 18 to meet with USAID, CDC, and WFP beneficiaries, NGO and UN staff, and GOZ officials. Against the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS, land, and food crises gripping the country, Midlands province seems to be the mode [...]
2002-10-25 08:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PHUM SOCI ZI
02HARARE2347ZIMBABWEAN PAPERS REACT TO UN REPORT ON
[...] Editorials focus on the UN report on "Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)." Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Zimbabwe deserve truth on DRC looting" the independent daily "The Daily [...]
2002-10-28 10:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2372ZIMBABWE FACES MULTIPLE AND INTER-RELATED CRISES
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-31 13:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ZI
02HARARE2544U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED
[...] (C) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. However, the company reps were subsequently encouraged by subsequent GoZ assurances on Tuesday that multinational investment should be protected. End Summary. [...]
2002-11-18 06:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET ZI
02HARARE2561 Zimbabwe's Resettled Farms: Can They Work?
[...] Summary: President Mugabe's fast track land reform ranks among the most emotionally-charged and polemical policies in Zimbabwe's 22-year history. Given the small number of new farmers who have taken control of plots, the undermining of due process, the politicized and untransparent manner of [...]
2002-11-19 05:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2574SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF ITS BILATERAL COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-19 14:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI SF
02HARARE2747Govt shuts bureaux de change
[...] Summary: Hundreds of bureaux de change have closed their doors as part of a GoZ strategy to kill the parallel currency market. Many bureaux are moving to more discreet locations, while several banks continue to exchange money at parallel rates. End Summary. "Talking down" the dollar ----- [...]
2002-12-03 09:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2819Business Leader Believes Zimbabwe Must Change
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 months. Gono's frank appraisal hints that a dose of reality may be seeping through to the country's upper echelon. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador and E [...]
2002-12-18 08:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE284A/S CRANER MESSAGE TO ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT: YOU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BETWEEN JANUARY 15 AND 18, ASSISTANT SECRETARY LORNE CRANER AND HIS DELEGATION MET WITH A SIPDIS WIDE SAMPLING OF ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES. A/S CRANER INFORMED TWO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) THAT THE ZIMBABWE LEADERSHI [...]
2002-01-31 08:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE2871MATABELELAND: FOOD ACCESS REMAINS TENUOUS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Ambassador, USAID Officer, State Zimbabwe Desk Officer and Political Officer visited Matabeleland North province December 3 to December 6 to meet with people affected by the food and HIV/AIDS crises. Food issues dominated discussions as scarcities intensified across the country. [...]
2002-12-30 10:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR SOCI ZI
02HARARE343AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION OBSERVATION, ELECTION
[...] C) THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO ZIMBABWE, BRIAN DONNELLY, JOINED BY FCO DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA ANDREW POCOCK AND IAN BAILEY FROM THE BRITISH CABINET OFFICE CALLED ON THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 6. THE AMBASSADOR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF. ELECTION OBSERVATION --- [...]
2002-02-07 14:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE570MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE
[...] IN THE FINAL WEEK OF ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO DEVOTE THEIR EDITORIALS, AND MUCH OF THEIR NEWS COVERAGE, TO THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00570 051502Z EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER TH [...]
2002-03-05 09:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE615MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE
[...] THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" HAS CARRIED AN ARTICLE, BASED ON ANONYMOUS "HIGHLY PLACED SOURCES," ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN OF PLANNING A "MAJOR MILITARY OFFENSIVE" TO OUST THE MUGABE ADMINISTRATION IF IT STAYS IN POWER AFTER THE MARCH [...]
2002-03-08 10:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE63MEDIA REPORT: TWO CONTROVERSIAL BILLS TO BE TABLED
[...] TWO CONTROVERSIAL BILLS - THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL AND THE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY BILL (POSB) - ARE PREPARED FOR TABLING IN PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK. PARLIAMENT RESUMES BUSINESS ON JANUARY 8 AFTER A THREE-WEEK BREAK. WHILE THE ACCESS TO IN [...]
2002-01-08 09:50:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE678COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP GIVES
[...] (U) AFTER A ONE-HOUR DELAY, COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP (COG) HEAD OF MISSION ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR READ TO THE ASSEMBLED PRESS AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN INTERIM STATEMENT ON THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION THAT WAS SHORT BUT CERTAINLY NOT SWEET TO GOZ EARS. ABUBAKAR REMARKED ON THE COMMONWEALTH'S ENGA [...]
2002-03-14 12:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ZI
02HARARE727MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR POLITICAL PARTY
[...] UNDER HEADLINE "NEW POLITICAL CULTURE OVERDUE," THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS MARCH 20 EDITORIAL TO CALL ON THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES - ZANU PF AND MDC - IN ZIMBABWE TO CO-EXIST, SAYING THE PARTIES " HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER, ARGUE TOGET [...]
2002-03-20 08:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE936POLITICAL ABUSE OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] RECENT REPORTS INDICATE WIDESPREAD ABUSE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (AND SOCIAL SERVICES, PRINCIPALLY IN GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PROGRAMS, IN ZIMBABWE. REPORTS INDICATE THAT THIS PRACTICE IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE IN THOSE AREAS DOMINATED BY RULING PARTY INTERESTS [...]
2002-04-16 13:17:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON
02HARARE96AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR AND DCM MET WITH PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR CHARLES UTETE AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ON JANUARY 9. THE AMBASSADOR CITED CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- COUNTER-TERRORISM, HIV/AIDS ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE -- BUT NOTED THAT PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS OVER N [...]
2002-01-10 11:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
02HOCHIMINHCITY131"DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...]
2002-02-08 05:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY719DISSIDENT HOA HAO MONKS UNDER HEAVY POLICE
[...] SUMMARY: PROVINCIAL PLAINCLOTHES POLICE PREVENTED POLOFF FROM MEETING WITH A DISSIDENT HOA HAO MONK IN AN GIANG PROVINCE IN THE MEKONG DELTA. POLICE SAT IN ON POLOFF'S MEETING WITH ANOTHER DISSIDENT MONK IN THE SAME PROVINCE, BUT FAILED TO INTIMIDATE HIM OR STOP HIM FROM SPEAKING HIS MIND. [...]
2002-07-19 06:29:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
02ISTANBUL1933ISTANBUL'S MARKET ANALYSTS COME TO TERMS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: While much of Istanbul's secular establishment remains wary and suspicious of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) party, soundings among market insiders in Istanbul on the eve of Sunday's polls show a more nuanced view among the city's business elite. In contrast [...]
2002-11-01 16:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON TU
02ISTANBUL2107ANNAN CYPRUS PLAN: ISTANBUL COMMENTATORS
[...] (C) Summary: Turks in Istanbul continue to debate the merits and drawbacks of a possible Cyprus settlement in the wake of Denktas's acceptance of the UN plan as a "basis for negotiations." Consensus among the experts with whom we have spoken in Istanbul (including Turkish Cypriots, journalist [...]
2002-12-04 10:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU GR CY UN
02JAKARTA1853RELIGOUS EXTREMISTS SEEKING "SHORTCUT TO
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF I. REED, REASON 1. 5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATING PEOPLE'S WELFARE MINISTER JUSUF KALLA TOLD VISITING EAP A/S JAMES KELLY MAY 18 THAT ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION OF LOCALS WAS THE ROOT CAUSE OF INDONESIA'S COMMUNAL AND SEPARATIST CONFLICTS. HE DOWNPLAYED THE IMP [...]
2002-05-22 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID US
02JERUSALEM143READYING PECDAR TO FILL THE "HAMAS GAP"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PECDAR DIRECTOR MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH REPORTS THAT HE HAS ARAFAT'S BLESSING TO ESTABLISH PECDAR RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD FILL THE ASSISTANCE GAP RESULTING FROM THE PA'S CLOSURE OF HAMAS-AFFILIATED CHARITIES. SHTAYYEH WELCOMED U.S. EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GULF COUNTRIES TO STEER CHAR [...]
2002-01-17 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PTER KWBG
02KATHMANDU1091RECONCILIATION EFFORTS IN NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY
[...] (C) Efforts to reconcile intra-party rivals Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala appear headed in the right direction. Koirala has directed party peacemakers to patch things up during his upcoming jaunt to China June 1. In a [...]
2002-05-31 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1119REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Maoists and Peru's Shining Path. The meeting marked Paras' first formal contact with U.S. officials as Crown Prince. (Note: Nepal's Royal Palace has asked th [...]
2002-06-06 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1146DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED IN SUPREME
[...] (SBU) Four cases have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the May 22 dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament (Reftel). The cases will be heard June 19. Two Constitutional experts believe that defendant Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has the stronger case. Both cautioned, ho [...]
2002-06-10 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1255NEPAL: IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NECESSARY?
[...] (C) When Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to dissolve Parliament, he cited MPs' refusal to extend the state of national emergency as a primary reason (Ref A). Legal experts and others, however, hold different opinions on the continued need of the state of emergency, as Parliament pas [...]
2002-06-26 10:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
02KATHMANDU1336PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three tortured, and one reportedly killed. Inaccuracy and partisanship in the press have led to government mistrust and restrictions on publications. Press reacti [...]
2002-07-10 03:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1465NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FLOUNDERS
[...] (C) Summary: A founding member of Nepal's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was suspended from the body on July 24 for "behavior unbecoming the glory of the post." The incident underlines serious flaws in the NHRC: members' strong political affiliations have led to a polarization of [...]
2002-07-29 01:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI PTER PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1537Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and other experts. The effects of Maoist raids on private food stores and food aid, military efforts to restrict Maoist food supplies, and disruptions in agricultur [...]
2002-08-08 10:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1616SIGNING OF NEPAL-ILO AGREEMENT ON US-FUNDED
[...] Nepal and the ILO signed an agreement August 20 on the implementation of an ILO/IPEC time-bound project to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. USDOL has funded the project with more than USD 5 Million. DCM and LabOff attended the signing ceremony. 2. Talks on the terms of the agreem [...]
2002-08-20 11:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV AORC NP
02KATHMANDU1626NEPALI GOVERNMENT HANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER TO
[...] (SBU) Having allowed the terms of all locally elected officials to expire as of July 16 (reftel),the Government of Nepal (GON) has announced plans to transfer local bodies' functions and authority to civil servants until elections can be held in April and new representatives installed in Jul [...]
2002-08-21 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID NP GON
02KATHMANDU1659UPDATE ON STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES DETAINED IN
[...] (SBU) On August 22 a German philanthropist paid Nepal's Department of Immigration approximately USD 1500 in assorted fees and penalties to secure the release of a Tibetan refugee, detained since August 2001 for having re-entered Nepal without proper documentation (Reftel),and her baby, born [...]
2002-08-26 11:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP IN CH
02KATHMANDU1674BOMB BLAST MARS LAPSE OF EMERGENCY IN NEPAL
[...] (SBU) A mid-morning bomb blast in the heart of Kathmandu's commercial center marred the August 28 lapse of the state of national emergency. One person was injured in the blast, which is believed to have been set by Maoist insurgents. The explosion marked the second bombing in Kathmandu in [...]
2002-08-28 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1705NEPAL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WTO WORKING PARTY MEETING
[...] (SBU) Upcoming general elections on November 13 do not seem to have impeded preparations by the Government of Nepal (GON) for its second Working Party meeting on accession to the WTO September 12. Accession to the WTO has broad, multipartisan support, and the process is unlikely to be negati [...]
2002-09-04 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1741MAOISTS STAGE MAJOR ATTACKS IN EAST AND WEST
[...] (SBU) In their largest actions against the security forces since the onset of the monsoon in May, late September 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a police post in a remote area of eastern Sindhuli District, about 100 km southeast of Kathmandu, and the local government headquarters in Arghakanchi [...]
2002-09-09 13:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1774NEPAL'S GOVERNMENT DISMISSES AS INSINCERE MAOIST
[...] (U) On September 11 Maoist leader Prachanda issued a press statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement does not refer to the U.S. directly, but contains a general condemnation of the Government of Nepal (GON) "running to buy weapons to kill people." Should the GON proceed with its pla [...]
2002-09-12 11:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1781NEPAL'S KING SAYS NOT YET TIME TO INTERVENE
[...] (C) In a September 12 meeting, King Gyanendra assured the Ambassador that he would not use his constitutional authority to intervene in the government unless he gains public national consensus on the move from all mainstream political parties and unless all other constitutional remedies were [...]
2002-09-12 08:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1885NEPAL: MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE
[...] This message updates reporting on Maoist attacks on civilian targets (Ref D) during the month of September. In addition to their demolition of a helicopter on a humanitarian mission and the kidnapping of schoolchildren reported Ref A and the series of bomb explosions in Kathmandu before the [...]
2002-09-27 10:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINS NP
02KATHMANDU1901NEPAL: ALL-PARTY CONSENSUS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29 an all-party meeting recommended that national parliamentary elections, originally scheduled to begin November 13, be postponed. The recommendation--reached just one day after the Election Commission finally announced the long-awaited schedule for the polls--was [...]
2002-09-30 12:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1964NEPAL'S EX-PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS OUSTER BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING ON OCTOBER 7 WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SHER BAHADUR DEUBA DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS OCTOBER 4 DISMISSAL AS PRIME MINISTER BY KING GYANENDRA. CLEARLY STUNG BY THE KING'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF HIS COMPETENCE, DEUBA SAID THAT HE HAD REJECTED ON CONSTITUTIONA [...]
2002-10-10 08:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU2045FOLLOW-ON TO THE CONFERENCE ON NEPAL IN LONDON:
[...] (C) Summary. The British Embassy in Kathmandu convened a meeting on October 11 of representatives of bilateral and multilateral donors to Nepal as a follow-up to the London meeting on Nepal in June. Despite continuing donor disquietude about Nepal's political and security problems, there was [...]
2002-10-27 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NP
02KATHMANDU2057SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948
[...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...]
2002-10-30 05:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL
02KATHMANDU2066NEPAL: NEW FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES
[...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (SBU) Summary. On October 25, the Ambassador and USAID Director met with Nepal's newly appointed Finance Minister. The Finance Minister articulated the immediat [...]
2002-10-30 10:16:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV GON
02KATHMANDU2091TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: THE NEPALI PARTIES'
[...] (C) King Gyanendra's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and appointment of an interim government have spotlighted long-standing tensions--and mutual suspicions--between the political parties and the Palace. Conversations with leaders of the two largest po [...]
2002-11-01 13:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2169NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON
[...] (U) At about midnight November 15, Maoist insurgents launched an attack on the headquarters in Jumla District in northwestern Nepal. Communications with the headquarters were cut immediately after the attack, and accurate information remains difficult to obtain. Initial reports indicate tha [...]
2002-11-15 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2223NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY
[...] (C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Maoists are "slowly winning." After making significant inroads against the Maoists during the first three months of the state of emergency (late November-mid-F [...]
2002-11-22 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU2228NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around the country. Two children, aged fourteen and nine, were among the victims. In Kathmandu Valley, the rebels assassinated a police officer, burned a Village [...]
2002-11-22 10:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2280NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 22-29
[...] Summary: A year after Maoist insurgents unilaterally broke a four-month truce with the government, this week saw further reports of civilian deaths and widespread destruction of public facilities. As two United Nations agencies criticized the insurgency for exacerbating the already precarious [...]
2002-11-29 11:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2393CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]
2002-12-16 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU2443NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 14-DEC 20
[...] On December 18 the European Union issued a statement calling for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents to move ahead toward negotiations. A December 19 report by Amnesty International found human rights abuses in Nepal at an unprecedented high. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan' [...]
2002-12-20 09:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU363NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn criticism from the Muslim community. Some Muslim leaders view the measure as an empty gesture, probably performed at the behest of the Indian government, that [...]
2002-02-14 12:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF SOCI NP
02KATHMANDU425BHUTANESE REFUGEE ACTIVIST DENIED BAIL BY SUPREME
[...] Summary. Nepal's Supreme Court has denied bail to prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan on the grounds that he is not a Nepali citizen, affirming the decisions of two lower courts. Named in a complaint filed by a member of a rival refugee group, Pradhan has been [...]
2002-02-26 10:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL NP
02KATHMANDU633MAOIST ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ON THE INCREASE
[...] (U) MAOIST ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A MORE VIOLENT TURN, WITH ATROCITIES PERPETRATED AGAINST HELPLESS CIVILIANS ESCALATING BOTH IN NUMBER AND SEVERITY. REPORTS OF THE MAOISTS DECAPITATING VICTIMS OR TORTURING THEM TO DEATH WITH KNIVES IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME A HEART-RENDING CO [...]
2002-03-29 12:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP
02KATHMANDU672PM DEUBA FACES DOWN MOUNTING OPPOSITION, CRITICISM
[...] (C) Ever-present rumors that former Prime Minister and ruling Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala continues to plot the political downfall of sitting PM Sher Bahadur Deuba have increased in virulence after a three-day Opposition boycott of Parliament and multi-partisan disc [...]
2002-04-03 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP
02KATHMANDU696NEW MAOIST TACTIC: ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an apparent change of tactics, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have begun a systematic campaign of attacks against the kingdom's infrastructure. In recent days the Maoists have hit bridges - including one in the capital - telephone repeater towers, hydropower stations, electricit [...]
2002-04-05 13:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU800Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti-
[...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...]
2002-04-24 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU924Maoist Cease-Fire Claimed as Hoax; All-Party
[...] (SBU) Two e-mails sent to local media outlets May 10 claimed that the previous day's announcement (Reftel) of a unilateral cease-fire by Maoist leader "Prachanda" was a hoax. Writing Nepali in the Roman script, the author, self-identified only as "Bikram," said he had intended the hoax to tea [...]
2002-05-10 12:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU968Maoist Leader Calls For Talks; King Calls in
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Maoist leader sent a letter to Nepal's main political parties May 14 calling for talks with the government. The Prime Minister's political advisor called the offer a ploy to allow the insurgents to regroup. The opposition echoed the same sentiment, adding that the Maoists w [...]
2002-05-17 13:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU996AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Mitchell, Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (UML) Madhav Nepal said that he is is prepared to go along with the dissolution of Parliament and to par [...]
2002-05-23 09:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KINSHASA2321KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL CONTINUES, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THOSE ACCUSED OF KILLING LAURENT KABILA REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT FANFARE AT THE END OF AUGUST. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED SOON. CLEAR BIAS, A MULTIPLICITY OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND LACK OF EVIDENCE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE VERDICT WHICH MAY HAVE BEE [...]
2002-09-19 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
02KUWAIT5179(SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the subject of hot debate between Government ministers and MPs. Kuwait's liberal retirement policies have created a sense of entitlement which may soon be betrayed [...]
2002-12-01 11:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON KU
02KUWAIT5526IN WAKE OF FATAL ACCIDENT GOK SEEKS TIGHTER
[...] (C) In the course of a December 25 meeting on other topics (septels),the Ambassador and Kuwait Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah discussed the December 22 death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat as a result of injuries he suffered the preceding day while co [...]
2002-12-26 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL US FR IZ KU
02LAGOS146SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]
2002-12-07 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI
02LAGOS1870FUTURE OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The wetlease agreement of Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with Air Atlanta Icelandic (AAI) was set to expire on September 19, but was extended at the last minute. The Ministry of Aviation had hoped until the last moment to replace NAL with a new national carrier, Air Nigeria, t [...]
2002-09-19 06:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON NI
02LAGOS76SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]
2002-12-07 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02LONDON8320UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]
2002-11-25 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
02MADRID4435SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]
2002-12-05 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
02MILAN338 QADHAFI'S SON ON ITALY-LIBYA RELATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: SEIF QADHAFI, SON OF LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMOR QADHAFI, SPOKE AT ISPI (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS) IN MILAN, JUNE 10 ON "LIBYA AND ITALY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA." SEIF QADHAFI, WHO WAS INTRODUCED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE "LIBYAN [...]
2002-06-12 15:05:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON
02RANGOON1274JAPANESE AMBASSADOR RAISES POLITICAL TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto delivered a message from Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi when he presented his credentials to Than Shwe on September 16. According to sources at the Japanese Embassy, Miyamoto also went into some detail about political transition, Japanese aid, an [...]
2002-10-01 10:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL BM JP
02RANGOON1291BURMESE GOVERNMENT REPORTS TO THE USG ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB is prepared to act on human trafficking, but has not put together programs that will fully treat the problem. In a report presented to the Embassy in August, the GOB acknowledges the problem facing Burma and lays out the legislative, enforcement, training, and preventi [...]
2002-10-04 08:32:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PREL SMIG BM
02RANGOON1366BURMA: JAPANESE UNLIKELY TO PUSH REFORM FINANCING
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese experts say that Japan plans to discuss economic reform during Prime Minister Koizumi's meeting with Senior General Than Shwe at the November ASEAN 3 meeting in Phnom Penh. They have also promised to share with us a copy of their proposed program for Burmese structural [...]
2002-10-23 09:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON BM
02RANGOON1632NOTES ON THAI, BURMESE, AND INDIAN COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: India, Thailand, and Burma will do a survey of the proposed road link from India to Thailand through Burma. Work of the Kaladan road/river network from Mizoram to Sittwe in Burma's Rakhine State is also moving forward. A Thai/Burmese border committee meeting from December 26 to [...]
2002-12-20 06:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ELTN TH IN BM
02ROME1059 THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH BANKS, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPINIONS ARE MIXED ABOUT TH [...]
2002-02-28 14:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT PAGE ROME OF
02ROME10722002 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY ROME RECOMMENDS THAT ITALY REMAIN ON THE 301 WATCH LIST. COPYRIGHT PIRACY LEVELS HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY SINCE 2000, WHEN ITALY'S NEW COPYRIGHT LAW WAS ENACTED. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE. HOWEVER, PROBLEMS PERSIST, PARTICULARLY WITH THE JUDICIARY, CERTAIN MUNICIP [...]
2002-02-28 18:02:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD IT
02ROME1091 THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH ONLY A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH THE BANKING ASSOCIATION, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPIN [...]
2002-03-01 13:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT EUN
02ROME1232GOI ON EU/USG IMPASSE ON IDA GRANTS NEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE EU'S POSITION ON AN ENHANCED IDA GRANT PROGRAM IS CLEAR: SUCH A PROGRAM MUST BE VERY LIMITED IN SCOPE, TARGETED FOR BASIC NEEDS (E.G. HEALTH AND EDUCATION),AND TESTED OVER SEVERAL YEARS. LORENZO BINI SMAGHI, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL RELATIONS AT ITALY'S FI [...]
2002-03-08 16:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON IT IDA EUN
02ROME1442 REPORT OF IFAD FIRST CONSULTATION ON THE SIXTH
[...] SUMMARY: THE FIRST CONSULTATION ON THE SIXTH REPLENISHMENT MET FEBRUARY 21. WHILE PARTICIPANTS DEVOTED MOST OF THEIR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE RECENTLY PROPOSED REVIEW OF IFAD'S IMPACT, A SIZEABLE NUMBER OF MEMBERS CONTINUED TO EXPRESS CONCERN AT IFAD'S INVESTMEN [...]
2002-03-21 13:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID IFAD
02ROME1457ITALIAN WHITE PAPER ON AGRICULTURAL
[...] SUMMARY: AN UNDATED WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS AND AGRICULTURE: A TIME FOR CHOICES" WAS PUT INTO CIRCULATION IN ITALY AFTER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANNI ALEMANNO PRESENTED AN OUTLINE OF THIS STRATEGY AT AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PAPER RECOUNTS TH [...]
2002-03-21 15:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD SENV EU IT ICSCA
02ROME1610AMBASSADOR TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EU AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 26 COURTESY CALL ON EU AFFAIRS MINISTER ROCCO BUTTIGLIONE, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING EU ENLARGEMENT. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE MINISTER'S RECENT UNHELPFUL COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...]
2002-03-29 12:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV IT EUN
02ROME1720AMBASSADOR GALVANIZES SUPPORT FOR STRICT IPR
[...] SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MEL SEMBLER HOSTED A RECEPTION, SPONSORED BY COPYRIGHT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS, TO SOLIDIFY SUPPORT FOR THE STRICT APPLICATION OF ITALY'S NEW ANTI- PIRACY LAW. BOTH THE AMBASSADOR AND DR. MAURO MASI, REPRESENTING THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, ARTICULATED A SHARED INTEREST IN [...]
2002-04-05 14:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD IT EUN
02ROME1726ITALY'S WRONG TURN ON BIOTECH: WHAT WE SHOULD DO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS COMPANION PIECE TO REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR SENIOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS, AND POST ACTION STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO THE DELIBERATELY MISLEADING WHITE PAPER ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PUT IN CIRCULATION BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. AMB [...]
2002-04-08 06:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME1748ITALY MAY LET PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ENTER LIBYA
[...] (S) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN OFFICIAL CHAIRING AN INTERMINISTERIAL LICENSING COMMITTEE IS "INCLINED TO SUPPORT" THE APPLICATION OF AN ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY FOR A LICENSE TO CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA TO REFURBISH FACILITIES AT RABTA, LIBYA IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEIR PRODUCTION OF [...]
2002-04-08 16:38:00Embassy RomeSECRETETRD ETTC IT PARM PREL
02ROME1962ITALY WON'T FORCE IRAN WTO ACCESSION ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. ITALY STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH USG POLICY ON IRAN'S POTENTIAL ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BUT DOES NOT INTEND TO PUSH THE EU TO FORCE THE ISSUE AT THE MAY 13 WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OR THEREAFTER, ACCORDING TO MFA'S WTO COORDINATOR. ALTHOUGH THE ITAL [...]
2002-04-19 17:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EU IT WTO
02ROME2257ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...]
2002-05-09 13:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2382 REPORT OF SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF IFAD'S
[...] SUMMARY: THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) MET IN ROME CONDUCTED THEIR SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION IN ROME, APRIL 22-23, 2002. MARK JASKOWIAK (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF T [...]
2002-05-15 14:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID IFAD
02ROME2387FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING
[...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...]
2002-05-15 15:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME241BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS STRONGLY IN EUROPE, BUT THINKS OF NATIONAL INTERESTS
[...] (C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WITHIN EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE EURO AND REAFFIRMED THAT ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE A SEA CHANGE DURING HIS TIME AT T [...]
2002-01-15 17:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME2551ALEMANNO TO SEMBLER: LESS OPEN ON BIOTECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MET MAY 17 WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO TO DELIVER SECRETARY VENEMAN'S LETTER ON ALEMANNO'S BIOTECH WHITE PAPER AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE MAY 27 MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI. ALEMANNO INDICATED THAT HIS POSITIO [...]
2002-05-24 15:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME2694CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES WARNING SIGNS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ANTONIO FAZIO HAS HARSHLY CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILURE TO REIN IN THE PUBLIC DEFICIT, WHICH HAS BALLOONED TO NEAR E41 BILLION. THE CRITICISM, THE FIRST OPENLY SOUR NOTE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT, WAS MADE AT THE BANK OF ITALYS ANNUA [...]
2002-06-04 16:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IT EUN
02ROME274MFA VIEW ON FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE AND THE GOI'S ROLE IN EU REFORM AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA'S DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, REITERATED TO POLOFF THAT THERE WILL BE NO/NO MAJOR CHANGES IN ITALY'S EUROPEAN POLICY. PM BERLUSCONI SEES NO CONTRADICTION IN PROTECTING AND ADVANCING BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMON EUROPEAN INTERESTS. T [...]
2002-01-17 15:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IT PGOV PINR PREL
02ROME2765ITALY AND BIOTECH: COULD BE (HAS BEEN) WORSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE BUILD-UP TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY 27-28 VISIT TO ROME, THE GOI GOT BUSY ON BIOTECH. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAD MFA GIN-UP AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO CONSIDER THE GOI CORN BAN, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S MISGUIDED WHITE PAPER, AND A POTENTIAL USG-GOI RESEARCH ACCORD. [...]
2002-06-07 17:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD ECON IT PREL TBIO TSPL WTO
02ROME2958ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JUNE
[...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT WEAK OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ANEMIC 1.3 PERCENT IN 2002. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO DAMPEN ITALIAN EXPORTS, AND HEIGHTEN CONSUMER UNCERTAINTY. THE CONVERSION TO THE EURO HAS PUSHED UP [...]
2002-06-18 11:32:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME2977ITALY'S NUANCED POLICY ON DUAL USE EXPORTS TO IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY INSISTS ITS POLICY PROHIBITING SALES OF WEAPONS AND SENSITIVE DUAL USE ITEMS REMAINS FULLY IN FORCE. HOWEVER, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR FLAGS A POTENTIAL LEGAL VULNERABILITY IN THE POLICY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE UNITED NATIONS' FAILURE TO ADOPT A [...]
2002-06-18 17:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC ETRD IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2999GOOD AND BAD SCIENCE TAKE CENTER STAGE IN BIOTECH
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSTIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERTET. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR OES WHICH REQUESTS REPLY TO REF A TRANSMITTED APRIL 22, 2002. ALSO SEE PARA 19. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE ITALIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY [...]
2002-06-19 13:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD TSPL TBIO EAID IT
02ROME3006KEY ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EU FINANCIAL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE EU'S FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN (FSAP) REPRESENTS A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR EUROPE, ARGUED ALESSANDRO MARIA POGGIALI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, RENATO BRUNETTA. WITH DETAILS OF THIS ACTION EMERGING FR [...]
2002-06-19 14:32:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EU IT
02ROME303CONCERNS VOICED ON THE U.N. WORLD FOOD
[...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMED ZEJJARI TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOON TO BE RELEASED NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR AFGHANISTAN. THE PR [...]
2002-01-21 10:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN
02ROME3214 OUTCOME OF WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER
[...] SUMMARY: DESPITE POSTPONEMENT AND COMPETING EVENTS, THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED AND UNMARRED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS. 47 HEADS OF STATE ATTENDED, OF WHICH TWO WERE OECD COUNTRY LEADERS (SPAIN AND ITALY). THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY SECRET [...]
2002-07-02 07:32:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME3299WORLD FOOD SUMMIT ENVIGORATES ITALIAN BIOTECH
[...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT WORLD FOOD SUMMIT (WFS5YL) IN ROME PROMPTED THE ITALIAN MEDIA TO FEATURE A HEALTHY DOMESTIC BIOTECHNOLOGY/GMO DEBATE. WHILE FULL LIBERALIZATION OF BIOTECH TRADE WAS PERCEIVED AS A U.S. AGENDA, A NUMBER OF PROMINENT ITALIAN POLITICAL FIGURES QUESTIONED THE ANTI-GMO STANCE O [...]
2002-07-05 14:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT
02ROME3357 EU TAKES ON TERM LIMITS FOR FAO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. THE EU PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE IN ROME TO SEEK SUPPORT AMONG ALL REGIONAL GROUPS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FAO BASIC TEXTS TO REINSTITUTE DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS. THE EU INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE EXISTING GENEVA GROUP DECISION TO TAKE UP [...]
2002-07-09 11:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KUNR FAO
02ROME3390ITALY SPLIT ON BIOTECH TRACEABILITY AND LABELING,
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPT.; SEE PARA 8. ESTCOUNS MET WITH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EU AFFAIRS OFFICERS ON MAY 30 TO DISCUSS THE EU PROPOSALS FOR TRACEABILITY AND LABELING OF GMO EVENTS, AND TO DISCUSS ITALIAN VIEWS TOWARD EU CHEMICALS REFORM. 2. FINDING THE RIGHT GOI MINISTRY WITH [...]
2002-07-10 13:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EU EAGR
02ROME3564ITALY ON "FUTURE OF IRAQ" EXPERT WORKING GROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI GENERALLY SUPPORTS OUR "FUTURE OF IRAQ" WORKING GROUPS PROPOSAL AND IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. WHILE ITALY VERY MUCH WANTS A DIFFERENT IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN POWER, IT IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED SADDAM. IN THE [...]
2002-07-18 14:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID ECON PHUM IR IZ IT KWAC
02ROME3580ICC: ITALY ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT TO PROTECT U.S. CITIZENS FROM THE ICC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHILE MINDFUL THAT THE U.S. FACES A GREATER RISK OF ALLEGATIONS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) THAN DO OTHER STATES, THE GOI REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE ICC AND CRITICAL OF USG STEPS THAT APPEAR AIMED AT UNDERMINING THE COURT. THE GOI WILL STUDY CAREFULLY THE US PROPOSAL TO [...]
2002-07-19 16:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT KICC
02ROME3594 FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] SUMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS HIS COMMENT: "I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S. SHOULD REQUEST AN E [...]
2002-07-22 12:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO
02ROME3639BOSSI ON ITALIAN POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER (AND MINISTER FOR REFORM AND DEVOLUTION) BOSSI MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR JULY 17 FOR A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION OF ISSUES, INCLUDING DOMESTIC POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE EU. RELAXED AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, BOSSI EXPLAINED NEXT STEPS IN [...]
2002-07-23 16:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR ELAB IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME3648 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH
[...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...]
2002-07-24 09:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO
02ROME3652THE ECB, NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS AND THE BANK
[...] (SBU) THE BANK OF ITALY (BOI),LONG A CORNERSTONE OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY, FACES CHANGED RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, THE BOI IS ONE OF THIRTEEN NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS WITH A VOICE IN THE SINGLE ECB MONETARY POLICY. THE ECB IS ORGANIZED WITH "CENT [...]
2002-07-24 09:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV ECON IT EUN
02ROME3796ICC: ITALY'S ENCOURAGING POSITION ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) ON AUG 1, THE AMBASSADOR AND ADCM MET WITH AMBASSADOR GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, THE DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI, TO DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC). (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL.) THE AMBASSADOR DEPLOYED THE "SUPER-TALKER" POINTS ON THE ICC AND ARTICLE 98 AGRE [...]
2002-08-01 15:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT KICC
02ROME3849ITALY'S SUPPORT FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH WITH U/S JOHN BOLTON AND EMBASSY, MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OTHER ISSUES (REPORTED SEPTEL),MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANCARLO ARAGONO REITERATED ITALY'S WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST THE US WITH EFFORTS TO SIGN AN ARTICLE 98 AGREE [...]
2002-08-06 09:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT KICC
02ROME3880IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...]
2002-08-07 09:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4031GOOD ADVICE ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS FROM ITALY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA URGED THE U.S. TO EXPLAIN THE EFFORT TO NEGOTIATE ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT "ROME TREATY" IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR ALLOWING CONTINUING USG INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT. "DON'T EMPHASIZE YOUR SEPAR [...]
2002-08-16 14:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM RS IR IT KICC UNGA
02ROME4053KEY ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKERS ON GOI BUDGET ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE BALLOONING PUBLIC DEFICIT IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOI, SEVERAL KEY ECONOMIC POLICYMAKERS TOLD ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DURING A SERIES OF RECENT MEETINGS. DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER MARIO BALDASSARRI, FINANCE MINISTRY UNDER SECRETARY VITO TANZI, AND SENIOR RESEARCHER AT T [...]
2002-08-20 07:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME4122ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...]
2002-08-22 17:11:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR FORCES IN ITALY
02ROME4424HUNGARIAN PM ASSURES HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR
[...] (S) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDQYESSY ASSURED HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR RIDGE OF GOH SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON TERROR, INCLUDING ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STEMMING FINANCIAL SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04424 121327Z SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND TO HOSTING THE ILEA IN [...]
2002-09-12 09:10:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS PREL HU IT IZ
02ROME4484WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]
2002-09-13 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4485WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]
2002-09-15 06:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4561FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER
[...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...]
2002-09-20 09:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME4613GOI: IF WE SANCTION ZIMBABWE, WHY NOT ERITREA?
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY-EQUIVALENT CABRAS REF A DEMARCHE ENJOINING THE EU SIPDIS NOT TO INVITE ZIMBABWE TO ITS FALL MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY [...]
2002-09-23 15:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN PHUM KDEM ZI ER IT SADC
02ROME462ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JANUARY
[...] SUMMARY. ITALY'S ALREADY WEAK ECONOMY WILL REGISTER AN ANEMIC GDP GROWTH RATE OF ONE PERCENT IN 2002, WITH A MODERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPECTED ONLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. IN 2003, GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE TWO PERCENT. INVESTMENT WILL PROMPT THE VERY MODEST GROWTH IN 20 [...]
2002-01-30 12:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
02ROME4668ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ: BERLUSCONI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN HIS PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT, ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES, UNDERSCORED THE THREAT FROM IRAQ'S WEAPONS CAPABILITIES, AND NOTED THAT MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO KEEP INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES [...]
2002-09-25 17:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME474FINMIN VIEWS ON JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER, TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) WHEN THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI, HE PRAISED ITALIAN ACTION IN FREEZING TERRORIST ASSETS, INQUIRED HOW ECONOMIC REFORM WAS PROGRESSING AND MADE A STRONG ARGUMENT THAT THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER WAS IN ITALY'S TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. TREMONTI [...]
2002-01-31 08:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IT FAS EAGR PREL
02ROME4887A/S RADEMAKER'S ITALY CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) ITALIAN MFA ARMS CONTROL EXPERTS, MEETING WITH A/S RADEMAKER ON SEPTEMBER 25, WELCOMED THE NEW US POSITION ON THE 5TH BWC REVCON. AFTER RECEIVING CLARIFICATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THE US APPROACH TO THE BWC, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR SKEPTICISM THAT THE NAM WOULD ACCEPT AN AGREE [...]
2002-10-08 07:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IT CBW
02ROME4900GOI ON TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
[...] (C) ON OCTOBER 4 THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS PAOLO PUCCI TOLD POL MINISTER COUNSELOR THAT WHILE ITALY RECOGNIZED THE REFORMS PUT IN PLACE RECENTLY BY THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04900 082132Z TURKISH LEGISLATURE, IT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO [...]
2002-10-08 13:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TU IT EUN
02ROME5018ICC: ARTICLE 98 DISCUSSIONS WITH ITALY
[...] (C) IN MEETINGS AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE AND THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, THE ICC/ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING TEAM PRESENTED A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE U.S. POSITION AND RATIONALE FOR OUR DRAFT ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TEXT. ITALIAN COUNTERPARTS UNDERSCORED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE EU GUIDEL [...]
2002-10-15 15:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT KICC
02ROME5049THE 2003 BUDGET (PART I): A TIGHTROPE WALK
[...] (U) THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES ON THE ITALIAN BUDGET. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A DIVIDED ITALIAN CABINET, AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT DEBATE, HAS AGREED UPON AND SENT TO PARLIAMENT THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL 2003 BUDGET. THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AN [...]
2002-10-17 07:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV EUN
02ROME5083ITALYS 2003 GOI BUDGET (PART II)
[...] SUMMARY: THE GOI PRESENTED ITS 2003 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT ON OCTOBER 2. REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE BUDGET IN LATE DECEMBER. THE 2003 BUDGET TOTALS E619.1 BILLION (47.4 PERCENT OF GDP),WITH A DEFICIT OF E19.6 BILLION (1.5 PERCENT OF GDP). A PACKAGE OF E20 BILLION (1 [...]
2002-10-17 14:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT KPRP
02ROME5090BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT
[...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]
2002-10-17 16:25:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5131OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES
[...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, CGIL (THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS) BROUGHT MUCH OF ITALY TO A CRAWL, IF NOT A COMPLETE HALT, DURING ITS ONE-DAY STRIKE OCTOBER 18. THE EIGHT-HOUR ACT [...]
2002-10-22 04:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV IT
02ROME5133AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN MALAWI - "THE JOURNEY IS
[...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED MALAWI OCTOBER 11-13 AND FOUND THAT RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND THE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, ALTHOUGH THE NEED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE OPERATIONS REMAINS AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT FOOD. NEARLY THIRTY PERCENT [...]
2002-10-22 06:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5139FIAT IN CRISIS: GOI BETWEEN A ROCK ANDA HARD PLACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT, ITALY'S LARGET CORPORATION AND NATIONAL ICON, IS IN THE MIDSTOF A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING CRISIS AS ITS SUBSIDIARY, FIAT AUTO, FACES TH CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF MOUNTING LOSSES AND EBT. THE CRISIS OF FIAT AUTO CRISIS IS HITTING IALY HARD ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY. LAB [...]
2002-10-22 10:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND IT EIN
02ROME5226 WFP BOARD DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: DURING THE OCTOBER 21, 2002 DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, EU MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ARGUED THAT WORKABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID MUST BE FOUND AND THAT THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT BIOTECH FOOD [...]
2002-10-25 09:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR SENV FAO WHO
02ROME5252 PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...]
2002-10-28 07:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5446 REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2),THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...]
2002-11-07 12:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG
02ROME5543CUBA/UNGA: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A DEMARCHE ON THE CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION, MFA COUNSELOR GORETTI STATED THAT THE GOI WOULD VOTE THE AGREED EU POSITION. HE DISAGREED WITH U.S. POINTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE EMBARGO, ITS IMPLEMENTATIO [...]
2002-11-14 13:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME5568BETTER REGULATION: OMB ADMINISTRATOR GRAHAM
[...] SUMMARY. REACTION TO OMB ADMINISTRATOR JOHN GRAHAM'S MESSAGE ON REGULATORY REFORM IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE RANGED FROM A LIVELY GIVE-AND-TAKE AMONG SENIOR GOI OFFICIALS, INCLUDING A NOTED EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, TO POLITE CURIOSITY AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS. WHILE BOTH AUDIENCES ACKNOWLEDGED THE UTILI [...]
2002-11-15 15:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PREL ETRD IT EUN
02ROME5601GREECE'S DOMESTIC COTTON PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: GREEK COTTON PRODUCTION IS SUSTAINED BY EU PRICE SUPPORTS WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO OVERALL PRODUCTION TARGETS. BECAUSE OF OVERPRODUCTION IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID FOR SEED COTTON HAS VARIED FROM 62.50 EUROS PER 100 KG TO 88.0 EUROS PER 100 KG. 2. KE [...]
2002-11-19 07:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EU GR IT USTR
02ROME5624ITALY ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, SOMALIA, ERITREA, COTE D'IVOIRE, AND ETHIOPIA
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 14, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA BRUNO CABRAS GAVE A READOUT OF THE EU-SADC MEETING, WHICH FOCUSED ON ZIMBABWE AND MADE NO PROGRESS; REQUESTED THAT THE SUDAN "TROIKA" BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE GOI; ARGUED FOR G [...]
2002-11-19 14:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI SU SO ER IV ET IT
02ROME5750FIAT: WORKER PROTESTS CONTINUE; SICILIAN SOLUTION IN SIGHT?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT AUTO, TRADE UNIONS AND THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE THEIR POSTURING AROUND THE AUTOMAKER'S PLAN TO CUT COSTS BY IDLING THREE PLANTS AND LAYING OFF OVER 8,000 EMPLOYEES. ALTHOUGH FIAT'S LENDERS APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY ONES CONTENT WITH THE PLAN AS CONCEIVED, WORKER ACTI [...]
2002-11-27 11:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV SOCI IT
02ROME5802CHR-59 LIBYAN CHAIRMANSHIP: ITALIANS CONCERNED
[...] ITALY UNDERSTANDS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT CHR-59'S EFFECTIVENESS UNDER A LIBYAN CHAIR, BUT IS CONCERNED THAT CONTESTING A REGIONAL GROUP'S CONSENSUS CHOICE FOR THE CHAIR WILL SET A BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE COMMISSION'S FUTURE OPERATION, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US DECEMBER 2. C [...]
2002-12-02 15:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM LY IT UN
02ROME5864ITALY UNDERSTANDING OF U.S. VIEWS ON MERCURY, BUT
[...] EST COUNS MET DEC.4 WITH GIULIANA GASPARINNI, HEAD OF MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT DIVISION RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEMICALS POLICY AND EU AFFAIRS. SHE AGREED THAT THAT THE USG SUGGESTION TO FORM A MERCURY UNIT WITHIN UNEP WOULD BE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 05864 060637Z [...]
2002-12-06 05:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV IO AORC UNEP
02ROME5973 U.S. SCIENTISTS DESCRIBE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURE
[...] SUMMARY: MISSION ITALY ORGANIZED IN LATE OCTOBER PROGRAMS FOR THREE U.S. INVITED BIOTECH SCIENTISTS TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF SCIENCE-BASED BIOTECH DEBATE IN ITALY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH, AN AREA IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE OF U.S. BIOTECH IS RELATIVELY THIN. THE ITALIAN SCIENTISTS FELT REINFORCED, S [...]
2002-12-13 11:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD TBIO EAID IT
02ROME5989GOI SELLS REMAINING STAKE IN TELECOM ITALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNEXPECTEDLY, ON DECEMBER 9, THE GOI SOLD ITS RESIDUAL 3.5 PERCENT SHARE IN FORMERLY STATE- OWNED INCUMBENT OPERATOR TELECOM ITALIA. ECONOMIC AANALYSTS AND EMBASSY CONTACTS AGREE THAT THE SALE WAS DICTATED BY BUDGET NEEDS, RATHER THAN BY NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS POLICY CONSIDERA [...]
2002-12-16 08:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN ECON KPRV ETRD IT WTRO USTR EUN KRV
02ROME6059ITALIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER DISCUSSES GALILEO WITH
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC MINISTER COUNSELOR SCOTT KILNER. REASONS 1.5B AND D. 2. (C) SUMMARY. ON 4 DECEMBER DCM MET WITH MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNSELOR EMILIO MARAINI AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 06059 191120Z [...]
2002-12-19 11:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALTSPA ETTC IT EUN
02ROME6062 FINI AND FRATTINI ON THE EU CONVENTION
[...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEPUTY PM AND GOI REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EU CONVENTION GIANFRANCO FINI AND FM FRANCO FRATTINI TOLD PARLIAMENT THAT POSITIONS WITHIN THE EU CONVENTION ARE STILL DISTANT AND THE CONVENTION WILL PROBABLY TRANSMIT "DIVERGENT" PROPOSALS TO THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC). [...]
2002-12-19 13:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IT EUR EUN
02ROME6098GOI INQUIRY ON HELICOPTER PARTS SALE TO IRAN
[...] (C) AT THE END OF A DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH A/DCM ON A SEPARATE ISSUE, BERLUSCONI FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE REQUESTED "INFORMAL" USG VIEWS ON THE POSSIBLE RENEWAL OF A LONG-FROZEN SALE OF AGUSTA HELICOPTER PARTS TO IRAN, CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITHIN THE GOI. 2. (C) [...]
2002-12-23 07:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME6137 WHY PM BERLUSCONI WON'T MOVE FORWARD ON BIOTECH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF HIGH-LEVEL AND INTENSIVE EMBASSY WORK WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS GOVERNMENT, A COORDINATED, ITALIAN NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOTECHNOLOGY REMAINS ELUSIVE. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO CONTINUES TO PRESS THE ANTI-GMO CASE BY ARGUING FOR A "ZERO-TOLERA [...]
2002-12-27 09:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL PGOV IT EUN
02ROME6149MOD WHITE PAPER: DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY'S 2002 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER (WP) PRESENTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AS A PILLAR OF ITALIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE NATIONAL ARMAMENTS DIRECTOR HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION ACCORDS. STATE [...]
2002-12-27 17:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS IT NATO
02ROME620JSF/ITALY: POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR MOU BUT ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHILE PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS LIKELY TO SIGN ITALY UP FOR THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF) PROGRAM, THE PERCEPTION IN NON-DEFENSE MINISTRIES IS OF AN UNEQUAL AGREEMENT, WITH INSUFFICIENT ECONOMIC/INDUSTRIAL BENEFITS FOR ITALY. ACCORDING TO MINISTRY OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AE [...]
2002-02-08 09:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR EAIR PGOV PREL IT
02ROME713ARGENTINA: ITALY'S APPROACH RESEMBLES OURS
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON FEB 11, EMBOFFS CALLED ON COUNSELOR GIORGIO DI PIETROGIACOMO, MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH AMERICA, TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON DISCUSSIONS WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER RUCKAUF IN BOTH WASHINGTON AND ROME. ITALY HAS SIGNI [...]
2002-02-12 16:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN AR IT UN
02ROME715GOI SLOWLY SHIFTING TO MILITARY ROLE FOR GALILEO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE SETBACKS IN DECEMBER AT THE EU TRANSPORT COUNCIL AND THE EU SUMMIT, GOI RESOLVE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE STRENGTHENED. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ARE A NOW FREQUENTLY HEARD ADMISSION THAT GALILEO NEEDS TO BE VIEWED IN A DUAL [...]
2002-02-13 09:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALTSPA ETTC IT
02ROME783AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH PRESIDENT CIAMPI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A PRIVATE LUNCHEON, ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI EXPRESSED HIS DEEP CONCERN OVER A DETERIORATING SITUATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS. HE MADE A DETAILED ARGUMENT THAT ITALY CAN AND MUST BE BOTH PRO EUROPE AND PRO US, WITH WHICH I AGREED. CIAMPI WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE [...]
2002-02-15 13:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME886 FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] DESPITE OBJECTIONS TO THE PROCESS, THE BOARD WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAO'S INTENTION IS APPOINT JAMES T. MORRIS (AMCIT) AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. ON WFP'S SIZABLE CASH AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, THE BOARD REQ [...]
2002-02-21 16:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME895 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF
[...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...]
2002-02-22 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME966ITALIAN DEFMIN'S COMMENTS SPARK ANOTHER ROUND OF
[...] ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO REVIVED OPPOSITION PARTY ACCUSATIONS THAT HE IS A "EURO-SKEPTIC" BY SUGGESTING THAT THE EU HAD RUSHED INTO CREATING ITS OWN MILITARY IDENTITY WITHOUT THINKING IT THROUGH. THE NUMBER OF TASKS APPROPRIATE FOR THE EU'S RAPID REACTION FORCE (RRF) SHOULD B [...]
2002-02-25 17:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS EU IT EUN
02SANAA3591USS COLE: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION
[...] (S/NOFORN) BEGIN SUMMARY: THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT IS MOVING TOWARDS KEY DECISIONS REGARDING THE USS COLE INVESTIGATION, AND THE SUSPECTS IT HOLDS FALL INTO FOUR CATEGORIES: A) THOSE WHO WILL FACE TRIAL SOON; B) THOSE WHOSE TRIAL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD IN ABEYANCE AT U.S. REQUEST; C) THOSE WH [...]
2002-10-20 10:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINS YM US
02TEGUCIGALPA1780 CERRO LA MOLE RADAR--THE UNREQUITED PACT
[...] (U) Summary: In 1993, the U.S. entered into an agreement with GOH regarding the maintenance of the radar located at Cerro La Mole. The U.S. agreed to pay 75% of all maintenance costs up to a limit of $400,000 per year, while the GOH agreed to pay 25% of the maintenance costs, in addition to [...]
2002-06-18 20:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2530A/S REICH DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH THE
[...] Summary. WHA A/S Otto Reich, accompanied by WHA/CEN Director Paul Trivelli, Ambassador, DCM, USAID Director and EconCouns, discussed trade and investment issues over lunch with Honduran government officials and private sector leaders on August 28. Both A/S Reich and the Honduran participant [...]
2002-09-10 16:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EIND PREL PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2534A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-10 17:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA
02TEGUCIGALPA2555HONDURAS TO INVESTIGATE NACO ARMS THEFT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 28, the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) designated Army Auditor General Colonel Rodolfo Reyes Argueta to investigate the alleged robbery of 230 of 790 AKMS-type assault rifles from the arms cache in Naco. The weapons were stored under court injunction in a Honduran milit [...]
2002-08-09 16:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP PARM PGOV PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2556TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RATES HONDURAS AMONG
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29, Transparency International released its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking Honduras 71 of 102 countries analyzed. Honduras scored 2.7 on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being a perfect score) - the same score it received in 2001. The CPI highlighted the fact t [...]
2002-09-11 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KDEM PGOV ECON PHUM HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2647HONDURAS AND TEXTILES - DIVERSIFICATION WILL NOT BE
[...] Summary. Ref a requested that Post discuss the impact of the elimination of import quotas in 2005 on Honduras' textile and apparel industry and plans in the government and private sector to diversify into other industrial sectors. Embassy has been carrying on a dialogue with the GOH and Hond [...]
2002-09-19 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN EAGR EAID KTEX HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2730HONDURAS FACES SOME GRIEF OVER ICC ARTICLE 98
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-27 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA PGOV MOPS HO KICC
02TEGUCIGALPA2743HONDURAS UNDECIDED ON PROPOSED 2003 SPECIAL SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-30 17:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KSUM HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2829NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST FOR GOH RESOLVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...]
2002-10-09 20:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2833CORRECTED COPY - NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST
[...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...]
2002-10-09 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2972HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES
[...] (U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively impact perception of a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in the U.S. private sector and Congress. Agriculture Import Restrictions ------------------- [...]
2002-10-28 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR
02TEGUCIGALPA2991FTAA: HONDURAS' EXPORT PRIORITY INFORMATION
[...] As solicited in reftel, Post identifies the following export priorities for the Honduran government and private sector. The cable includes both non-agricultural products (mentioned in reftel) and agricultural goods. 2. According to its recently published economic plan, the Maduro adminis [...]
2002-10-30 15:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR ELAB PREL KTEX HO FCS
02TEGUCIGALPA2996RENEWED DEBATE ON DOLLARIZATION IN HONDURAS, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberal Party congressman and businessman Jaime Rosenthal Olivia and banker Jorge Bueso Arias have renewed their appeals for dollarization in recent weeks. The two bankers argue that replacement of the lempira with the dollar would help increase capital investment and lower in [...]
2002-10-30 18:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO ETRDECD ETRD
02TEGUCIGALPA3149HONDURAS: IMF PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS DELAYED UNTIL
[...] (C) As expected, the IMF mission did not/not reach agreement with the GOH on draft terms of a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF) during its November 4-15 visit to Honduras. In consultations with the IMF mission, the GOH developed a plan to improve the fiscal situa [...]
2002-11-19 17:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3184AES AND ELECTRICITY TENDER: GOH AWARDS TO LUFUSSA
[...] (C) The Honduran state-owned electricity company ENEE announced that Honduran company Lufussa was the winner of the 210MW electricity tender, ignoring Lufussa's failure to comply with bid requirements and serious allegations of impropriety. ENEE's decision represents a heavy blow for U.S. com [...]
2002-11-21 15:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3273AES WILL CHALLENGE HONDURAN ELECTRICITY BID RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. AES and two other companies presented challenges to the State-owned electricity enterprise ENEE's decision to award Lufussa the contract for the 210MW bid. AES challenged ENEE's failure to disqualify Lufussa for the lack of inclusion of sufficient transmission facilities in its [...]
2002-12-03 21:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3349BATTLE OVER CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION RAGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 4, the Supreme Court took the first step in analyzing constitutional amendments proposed by Congress that would give Congress unfettered power to interpret the constitutionality of laws they pass. The Constitutional Chamber of the Court asked Congress to explain why [...]
2002-12-12 19:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3350CERRO LA MOLE RADAR--STILL AN UNREQUITED PACT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post reiterates the U.S. national interests in fulfilling its obligations under the 1993 agreement with the GOH regarding the maintenance of the radar located at Cerro La Mole. The U.S. agreed to pay 75% of all maintenance costs up to a limit of $400,000 per year, while the GOH [...]
2002-12-12 20:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3416 ENEE BOARD ANNULS BID FOR 210 MW CONTRACT;
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, the Board of Directors for the State-owned electricity company ENEE announced the annulment of the bid for a 210 MW electricity contract. In announcing the annulment, the Board said that the various legal challenges presented by bidders to the decision to award [...]
2002-12-20 19:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3418HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2003
[...] The text of the 2003 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY 2. (Note that the following paragraph to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics). In 2001, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $690 million, an increase of $183 million from the U.S. t [...]
2002-12-20 20:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON HO
02VATICAN2146BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT APRIL 1-15.
[...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1-15, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE MONTH. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR DELIVERS GLOBALIZATION SPEECH -- AMBASSADOR/FM TAURAN ON MEPP -- PR [...]
2002-05-03 14:00:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWMN EAGR VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2268AG-BIOTECH: GETTING THE VATICAN TO "YES."
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BECAUSE OF THE VATICAN'S MORAL AUTHORITY, IT CAN INFLUENCE GOVERNMENTS' SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL POLICIES. PERSUADING THE VATICAN TO COME OUT MORE FORTHRIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF GMOS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02268 01 OF 03 10 [...]
2002-05-10 05:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2291RUSSIANS IN ROME SAY ORTHODOX/VATICAN TENSIONS ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DCM MET SEPARATELY WITH FATHER MARCEL GUARNIZO, PRESIDENT OF THE AID TO THE CHURCH IN RUSSIA, FATHER FILIPP OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN ROME, AND DIMITRI SHTODIN, DCM AT THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATIC [...]
2002-05-10 14:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF IT VT RU
02VATICAN298VATICAN REPORTS EYES ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DESK OFFICER ADVISED POLOFF 1/16 THAT U.S. TREATMENT OF DETAINEES AT THE GUANTANAMO BASE AND ELSEWHERE HAD BECOME A SALIENT QUESTION IN HIS VATICAN MEETINGS, BOTH IN-HOUSE AND WITH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS. IN PARTICULAR, MSGR. LUIS MARIANO DE MONTEMAYOR, [...]
2002-01-18 16:30:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALAG CU MOPS PHUM PREL VT
02VATICAN3633WORKING WITH THE HOLY SEE IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE ACTIVELY SEEKS TO INFLUENCE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03633 01 OF 03 231457Z THE POLICIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND PARTICIPATES INTENSELY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE TO PROMOTE ITS OWN AGENDA, PARTICU [...]
2002-07-23 14:56:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AORC VT UN VTPREL
02VATICAN3692EASTERN CHURCHES UNDER STRESS WHERE CHURCH/STATE SEPARATION IS WEAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR EASTERN CHURCHES, ARCHBISHOP ANTONIO VEGLIO, TOLD CHARGE THAT THE EASTERN CHURCHES -- THE 22 CHRISTIAN RITES THAT ARE NOT ROMAN CATHOLIC BUT ARE IN COMMUNION WITH ROME -- FACE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT CAST LONG SHADOWS OVER THEIR FUTURE. BOTH C [...]
2002-07-26 10:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF RS IN IS UP VT VTPREL
02VATICAN4361THE ZAMBIAN MAIZE CRISIS: MOVING THE HOLY SEE TO
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SINCE THE START OF THE ZAMBIAN GMO FOOD AID CRISIS, EMBASSY VATICAN HAS PRESSED HARD AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE HOLY SEE FOR A STRONG STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF U.S. FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA AND BEYOND. BUILDING ON OVER A Y [...]
2002-09-08 10:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EAGR VT VTPREL
02VATICAN4909HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON
[...] (SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (REF B),HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER EQUIVALENT ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THE HOLY SEE WOULD OFFER A STRONG [...]
2002-10-08 14:36:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL
02VATICAN5753THE HOLY SEE AND THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION:
[...] (SBU) ALTHOUGH THE HOLY SEE IS PRESSING HARD FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTINENT'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE, THIS DRIVE IS IN NO WAY INTENDED TO SUGGEST HOLY SEE OPPOSITION TO TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP. ON THE CONTRARY, THIS EFFORT PREDATES THE CURRENT DEBATE OVER TURKEY, AND THE [...]
2002-11-27 13:53:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PINS EU PGOV VT
02VATICAN784BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT JANUARY 14-25, 2002
[...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 14, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY WITH [...]
2002-02-15 13:47:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWMN VT
02VATICAN819VATICAN ARCHIVES - POPE ORDERS PARTIAL OPENING FOR
[...] POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS ORDERED THE PARTIAL OPENING OF THE VATICAN ARCHIVES FOR MATERIAL RELATING TO THE PERIOD LEADING TO AND DURING WORLD WAR II. IN A FEBRUARY 15 STATEMENT THE VATICAN'S CHIEF ARCHIVIST SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2003 MATERIAL FROM PIUS XI'S PONTIFICATE HELD BY THE VATI [...]
2002-02-19 06:07:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL GM VT
03ABUDHABI1030UAEG TAKES TOUGH STANCE ON WTO SERVICES
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2.(C) In advance of the March 3-6 WTO services negotiations in Geneva, UAE Ministry of Economy Director of WTO Affairs Saeed Al-Nasibi publicly announced on March 2 that the UAE does not intend to open its banking, i [...]
2003-03-02 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI1092 MEDIA REACTION: OIC SUMMIT UAE INITIATIVE
[...] SUMMARY: THE OIC SUMMIT IN DOHA RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS STRESSED THAT THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE SHOULD ALSO BE A MAIN CONCERN OF THIS SUMMIT. EDITORIALS CONDEMNED ARAB AND MUSLIM ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE. AN [...]
2003-03-05 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI112 MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY AND THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LIFE WERE THE DOMINANT ISSUES IN THE UAE MEDIA. WHILE NOTING THE UAE PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY, UAE COLUMINST MOHAMMED AL HAMADI ARGUED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LEARN DEMOCRACY BEFORE PRA [...]
2003-01-08 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1340 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOLLOW-UP: OPIC COVERAGE
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Khirbash (the de facto Finance Minister) on March 18, the Ambassador followed-up on the issue of OPIC coverage for the UAE, first raised by the UAEG last Fall in the context of the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washin [...]
2003-03-19 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV PREL PHUM PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1377 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BASRA AND HALABJA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL BLAMED THE IRAQI REGIME FOR THE WAR, AND A SAME-DAY ARTICLE REPORTED UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER AL KINDI AS SAYING THE SAME. [...]
2003-03-23 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1490TERRORIST FINANCING: POST VETTING OF
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S/NF) Post does not believe that the proposed listing of Pacha Wazir or Haji Wali Muhammad will pose any difficulties for the UAEG. However, we are very concerned about the potential for a strong negative reaction [...]
2003-03-29 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI159 MEDIA REACTION: MEPI, IRAQ, AND NORTH KOREA
[...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL AND UAE MEDIA FOCUSED LARGELY ON A PERCEIVED DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS NORTH KOREA AND IRAQ AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI). AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL QUESTIONED WHY WASHINGTON DOES NOT APPLY A STRONG STANCE TO NORTH KOREA SIMILAR [...]
2003-01-12 09:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI16 MEDIA REACTION: A YEAR'S REFLECTIONS ON MEPI, IRAQ,
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA COMMENTED ON WHAT IT CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH'S POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, LOCAL MEDIA ALSO LABELED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA AS CONTRADICTORY. AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL HOPED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS REPRESENT A NEW AMERICAN START [...]
2003-01-04 12:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1661 TFIZ01: FRUSTRATED BY ICRC IDLENESS, UAE RED
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) hosted on 4/6 in Abu Dhabi a forum of international aid organizations to discuss the humanitarian situation in Iraq. This was the first major meeting o [...]
2003-04-07 12:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1756UAE MAY IMPOSE RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON SAUDI
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi told Econoff on April 13 that the UAE is seriously considering retaliatory tariffs on Saudi exporters, in response to [...]
2003-04-13 11:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2404 EXPAT SHI'A DELIVER THANK-YOU FOR IRAQ LIBERATION
[...] Two expat Iraqi Shi'a professionals (both long resident in the UAE) called on A/DCM May 19 to deliver a letter of thanks from their community here for the liberation of Iraq. 84 self- styled "Iraqi Shi'a intellectuals" (mostly doctors and engineers) signed a letter (text in para three) expres [...]
2003-05-20 09:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI246 MEDIA REACTION: OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, LONDON SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY: UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, EDITORIALS COMMENTED ON THE PALESTINIANS AND THE LONDON CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PALESTINIAN REFORMS. MEDIA CRITICIZED ISRAEL'S DECISION TO BAR SEVERAL PALESTINIANS FROM ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WHILE ALLOWING THEIR PARTICIPATI [...]
2003-01-15 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2988U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT WITH MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN BIN ZAYID
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: Conveying a message from President Bush, U/S Bolton laid out USG concerns on the nuclear weapons programs of both North Korea and Iran in a June 18 meeting with MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid. In t [...]
2003-06-23 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR NK TC
03ABUDHABI3973 MEDIA REACTION: ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH MUHAMAD
[...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH MUHAMAD BAQR AL HAKIM IN NAJAF, IRAQ, THE UAE'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE ASSASSINATION, AND THE SITUATION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ," "AL ITTIHAD," AND "AKHBAR AL ARAB" COMMENT [...]
2003-09-01 11:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4285 SHAYKH HAMDAN: TIME FOR ISRAELIS TO SUPPORT U.S.
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on Sep 20, 2003, Min of State for Foreign Affairs and Presidential son, Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HBZ),told the Ambassador that the US veto of the UN resolution regarding Israel's decision to expel Arafat came as a surprise to the UAE given our position aga [...]
2003-09-21 09:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC TC
03ABUDHABI4428 SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...]
2003-10-02 08:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4546 A/S BURNS' OCTOBER 5 MEETINGS WITH MFA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary met separately in Abu Dhabi on October 5 with MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). Information Minister Shaykh Abdullah Bin Zayed attended the meeting with Sh [...]
2003-10-09 07:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4597UAE HOSTS FIRST ECONOMIC BUSINESSWOMEN'S FORUM
[...] Summary: A U.S. delegation from the Embassy and the Department attended the First Economic Businesswomen's Forum, held in Abu Dhabi, October 7-10, under the patronage of Shaykha Fatima bint Mubarak, wife of UAE President Shaykh Zayed bin Sultan. Shaykha Fatima did not attend the forum. Toute [...]
2003-10-14 13:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO KMPI TC
03ABUDHABI46 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, MEPI, AND DEMOCRACY IN THE GULF
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA FOCUSED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S RECENT SPEECH AT FORT HOOD MILITARY BASE IN TEXAS. "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THE FACTS ON THE GROUND PROVE PRESIDENT BUSH'S ALLEGATIONS ON IRAQ HAVING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ARE NOT TRUE. WRITERS AND OP- EDS ALSO COMMENTED ON MEPI IN THE ARABIC D [...]
2003-01-07 04:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4748UAE AND OPIC -- PERFECT TOGETHER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Post believes the time is ripe for a dialogue between the UAEG and OPIC about reinstating OPIC programs in the UAE. The suspension of OPIC coverage has become an irritant in the UAE-U.S. Strategic Partnersh [...]
2003-10-26 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
03ABUDHABI5343 AT YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, CROWDS TURN OUT TO BOO
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: AFTER BATTLING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FEDERATION DE INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION'S (FIFA) WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP (UNDER 20),THE US TEAM LOST A HEARTBREAKER IN ABU DHABI TO REIGNING CHAMPION ARGENTINA, 2 TO 1 IN SUDDEN DEATH. THE STORY OF TH [...]
2003-12-17 13:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI5380 UAE: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-23 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI726 UAE OPINION MAKERS TO NEA/RA GRAPPO: MEPI WILL FOUNDER ABSENT
[...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: NEA/RA Office Director Grappo visited the UAE on February 4 to discuss MEPI issues. He elicited a few program ideas, but also a wide range of reactions with local contacts -- from [...]
2003-02-09 13:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ECON EAID ETRD KPAO KDEM TC
03ABUDHABI784 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA EXTENSIVELY COVERED INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS AND REACTION AGAINST A MILITARY STRIKE IN IRAQ. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA CRITICIZED WHAT THEY CALLED A WEAK ARAB STANCE TOWARDS THE CURRENT CRISIS. "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZES U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL THE MIDDLE EAST, NOTING THIS IS NOT [...]
2003-02-18 08:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA104 NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]
2003-01-16 14:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1049NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP JUNE 13
[...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA AND LAGOS INCLUDES: 2. --ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE --WABARA FOR SENATE PRESIDENT --VIOLENCE-FREE INAUGURATION --DO THE JUNE 20 ELECTIONS MATTER? --VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE ------------------------- ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE ------- [...]
2003-06-13 13:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1091NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE INCREASE MAY TRIGGER VIOLENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 20, the GON announced a 65 percent fuel price hike, increasing consumer prices from 26 naira to 40 naira per liter. Most Nigerians expected a rise in costs, but did not expect the announcement to come so quickly nor probably did not expect its magnitude. The move however [...]
2003-06-20 17:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1134NIGERIA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On June 30, during a private signing ceremony at the Ministry of Justice, Solicitor-General I.A. Ayua signed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ambassador Jeter signed on behalf of the United States. Signed original has been sent to L/T via registered [...]
2003-06-30 19:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1195NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE ENDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) accepted the GON's 34 naira (23 cents) fuel price offer early this morning. With this, Labor's eight-day strike has ended, one day after the most violent twenty-four hours of the strike. Five to ten demonstrators were reportedly killed in Lagos y [...]
2003-07-08 17:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA123 NIGERIA: UPDATE FROM NLC PRESIDENT OSHIOMHOLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late 2002 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole discussed talks he held with World Bank and IMF representatives on poverty reduction and worker rights. Oshiomhole revealed to the Ambassador an ambitious policy agenda, in [...]
2003-01-21 16:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EFIN PGOV NI
03ABUJA1272NIGERIA:-TWO BATTALIONS CAN DEPLOY QUICKLY TO
[...] (C) Summary. During a late evening July 19 discussion with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo decided Nigeria would deploy two OFR-trained battalions to Liberia. Obasanjo gave the green light to deploying one of the battalions currently in Sierra Leone and also a battalion currently in Nig [...]
2003-07-25 09:17:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL MASS MOPS PHUM NI LI
03ABUJA1327NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S LIBERIA POLICY GETS MIXED
[...] (S) President Obasanjo's policy of active diplomatic engagement on and military troop deployment to Liberia has the support of the many Nigerians who believe that their country's status as the sub- regional power requires an activist foreign policy. However, most Nigerians probably either oppo [...]
2003-08-01 17:14:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MOPS LI NI
03ABUJA1330NIGERIA "ENGAGING ISLAM IN NIGERIA: THE TWO - DAY KANO CONFERENCE" - - AN ANALYSIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In late January an unprecedented forum initiated by the Emir of Kano brought together Embassy officials, American scholars, and Moslem leaders from northern Nigeria to explore perceptions of the US and Islam, U.S. Middle East Policy, the Global War on Terrorism, and economic dev [...]
2003-08-05 13:13:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL SCUL OIIP NI
03ABUJA1331NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 6
[...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA INCLUDES: --Obasanjo Chooses Special Advisors --Obasanjo Submits List of Ministers --Electoral Conference ) INEC Admits Problems --Opposition Book Launch --Court Case on the Presidential Election --Probe of Inspector General of Polic [...]
2003-08-06 13:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1359PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS
[...] Action request, para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty percent minority share it holds in foreign oil service companies (OSCs) operating in Nigeria; e.g., in Halliburton Nigeria. The GON wants to divest itself by way of private pl [...]
2003-08-08 18:51:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI
03ABUJA1394MILITARY/POLICE CONFRONTATION IN ABUJA
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Rick Roberts for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) In the early evening August 14 Air Force and Air Force and police personnel had a brief shootout in the Asokoro district of Abuja. Military and police sources tell us plainclothes Air Force securi [...]
2003-08-15 12:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV MOPS NI
03ABUJA1477NIGERIA'S POSITION ON WTO ISSUE OF TRIPS AND HEALTH
[...] Given both the Ministers of Commerce and of Public Health,s inability or unwillingness to meet with Embassy Charge in the last ten days for the demarche mentioned in reftel, Econ Counselor met with Nigeria,s Ministry of Commerce Director of External Trade, Y. Fred Agah, on August 26 to determ [...]
2003-08-27 18:02:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD NI USTR
03ABUJA1707BUHARI GETS HIS (FIRST) DAY IN COURT
[...] (C) Summary: The first day of substantive arguments at the Federal Appeals Court in losing ANPP presidential candidate Buhari's suit against the April 19 elections did not go well for the President's and election commission's attorneys. The Chairman of the tribunal explained away a visit of [...]
2003-10-06 06:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA1720NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] To answer any questions that might arise from the Ref C submission, the Mission provides the following supplementary discussion. --------------------------------------------- ---- Economic policies: improvement, for the most part --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. [...]
2003-10-07 18:13:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ELAB PGOV NI
03ABUJA1812NEPA INVOKES FORCE MAJEURE IN AES CONTRACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) on October 7 invoked force majeure and informed AES that it (NEPA) would be unable to pay approximately 18 million USD due on the Lagos Emergency Power Barge Project (the Ebute plant). Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OP [...]
2003-10-17 15:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EINV NI
03ABUJA1908OIL COMPANIES DIFFER ON RESTARTING WARRI
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Shell's October resumption of oil production in Warri has highlighted a widening split between the Anglo-Dutch oil firm and Chevron on how to manage relations with local Ijaw and Itsekiri communities, and how to maintain security. Shell put its money into increasing the Niger [...]
2003-11-03 14:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EPET PINS NI
03ABUJA1937TAYLOR TO SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON believes it has performed a major service by taking a leadership role in arranging Taylor's departure from Liberia, and committing its own troops to participate in needed related follow-up peacekeeping efforts. Both have involved significant domestic political risk. Niger [...]
2003-11-12 05:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LI NI
03ABUJA1973ATA TRAINING FILLS GAP IN GON SECURITY PREPARATIONS
[...] Summary: From October 27 through 31, 2003 Embassy Abuja hosted an ATA sponsored Weapons of Mass Destruction and Postal Management Training Course. The course was well received by the GON with significant representation from practically all elements of the federal government. All participants [...]
2003-11-19 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NI
03ABUJA1974AMINA LAWAL: THE JUDGMENT
[...] Summary: Amina Lawal's conviction for Zina (adultery) was overturned by the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal on September 25. The decision by four appeals judges to one on the panel agreed with the defense on several counts and found no evidence for the prosecution. Post presents the tr [...]
2003-11-19 13:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KIRF NI
03ABUJA1976AMINA LAWAL: OUTCOMES FOR SHARI'A IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) The overturning on appeal September 25 of Amina Lawal's Shari'a court adultery verdict will have different, though minor, effects on the various Nigerians supporting the application of Shari'a in criminal law. Opportunist Muslim politicos and Islamist demogogues are still using Shari'a t [...]
2003-11-19 14:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF NI
03ABUJA1996TAYLOR: MIXED SIGNALS BREEDS PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Permanent Secretary Hart told the CDA November 20 that the GON appreciated USG clarifications regarding Charles Taylor and the recent measure authorizing $2 million related to the SLSC indictment against him. Nonetheless, Hart observed the issue is getting a good deal of ongoi [...]
2003-11-21 11:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL LI NI
03ABUJA2029ANPP CHAIRMAN ETIEBET ON THE PAST ELECTION,
[...] (C) Don Etiebet, Chairman of Nigeria's main opposition party, the ANPP, met with PolOff on the margins of a hearing at the election tribunal of ANPP presidential candidate Buhari's appeal against the April 2003 elections. Etiebet commented that the case was going well but that he remained con [...]
2003-11-26 14:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI OVIP
03ABUJA2068Religious Conflict in Jigawa State
[...] Summary: After a blasphemous remark by a Christian student in the preceding month, local youths in Jigawa State started a protest that led to the burning of several religious structures. Only the quick involvement of local leaders prevented the situation from getting completely out of control [...]
2003-12-04 10:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PHUM NI
03ABUJA2132BUHARI TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL JANUARY 19
[...] (SBU) : The ANPP/Buhari suit continues at its slow pace. The complainant ANPP continues to score points with its evidence, and the defense (Obasanjo) attempts to delay the process through objections to virtually every witness and document. The "Independent" National Electoral Commission (INE [...]
2003-12-12 11:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2150 Electoral Reform and the INEC Seminar
[...] (SBU) Summary: The INEC Seminar November 27-28 (septel) highlighted important divisions on possible electoral reforms. There were several less-than- serious ideas bruited, but the more important reform proposals basically present a choice for the future between the Independent National Electo [...]
2003-12-15 13:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA2158 NIGERIA'S INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL
[...] Summary: Nigeria's National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted a widely-publicized INEC-Civil Society Forum on November 27-28, 2003, the first of its kind, to elicit input on the direction of electoral reform leading up to the country's next Presidential and National Assembly elections, s [...]
2003-12-16 12:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
03ABUJA2170NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-17 13:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI
03ABUJA2195 Abuja By-Election Results - ANPP Concedes
[...] After the by-election for the only Abuja Senate seat conducted on December 20, PDP Senator Isa Maina retained his seat with an overall victory margin of 1,416 votes (less than one percent of the total). Maina's original victory margin in April over ANPP candidate Ireti Kingibe was 1,208 votes. [...]
2003-12-23 05:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA233NIGERIA: THE ALEX EKWUEME FACTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an extensive January 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, defeated PDP contestant Alex Ekwueme did not "recognize" Obasanjo's convention victory. Ekwueme contended that Obasanjo's victory was the result of bribes, political threats and chicanery regarding the actual delega [...]
2003-02-03 17:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA278NIGERIA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CONTINUES TO FACE
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia said INEC would hold elections as scheduled provided the FY 03 budget allocation was received in time. Guobadia continued to blame current logistical b [...]
2003-02-07 12:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA279NIGERIA: JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH OBASANJO
[...] (C) Summary: During a one-hour January 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo spoke optimistically, though briefly, about his electoral chances. In the lead- up to the election, the President predicted his opponents would try to exploit Iraq and the perception of the USG as ant [...]
2003-02-07 12:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MASS IV NI
03ABUJA291NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 10
[...] (U) This periodic joint political report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Second Round of Voter Registration --New PDP Gubernatorial Caucuses --Potential Party Coalition vs. Obasanjo --Will AD Support Obasanjo? --Counterfeit Voter Cards in Lagos --Igbo Group Chooses Presidential Candidate - [...]
2003-02-10 13:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA343 NIGERIA'S OBASANJO ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Obasanjo February 14 told DAS Bridgewater and Ambassador Jeter that Tsanvirgai had made a mistake by going to court. Dialogue was not possible under the circumstances, and it made no sense to continue sanctions, still less since Australia had implemented additi [...]
2003-02-12 14:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ZI NI
03ABUJA352 Bakassi -- Meeting with Ould-Abdallah: Cameroon
[...] (U) This is an action message; see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Nigeria's approach to its border dispute with Cameroon is sophisticated, but its commitment to execute what it negotiates less certain, UNSYG representative Ould- Abdallah told Ambassador Jeter. However, the Cameroonians under [...]
2003-02-18 16:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS SENV EPET EFIS NI CM
03ABUJA380NIGERIA COMPLETES FINANCING PACT FOR BILLION
[...] (U) On January 23, Nigeria LNG (NLNG) held a signing ceremony for the six Nigerian banks providing $160 million of the $1.06 billion financing for Nigeria's fourth and fifth liquefied natural gas production trains. State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) holds 49 percent of [...]
2003-02-21 13:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV OPEC
03ABUJA385NIGERIA PROPOSES NEW OPEC QUOTA SCHEME
[...] (C) Summary: Special Assistant on Petroleum Issues Kupolokun told the Ambassador on February 14 that Nigeria had made a thinly-veiled threat to withdraw from OPEC while proposing to other members a new quota allocation scheme based on production capacity and socioeconomic indicators rather tha [...]
2003-02-21 15:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL NI OPEC
03ABUJA404NIGERIA: ANPP/PDP FUELED VIOLENCE IN KWARA STATE
[...] (U) Kwara state is located on Nigeria's ethnic and religious divide and its divisive politics provide a study of the difficulties facing Nigerian politics in general. Until the Islamic Jihad in the early 19th century, Ilorin, the modern capital of Kwara state, was a part of the Oyo (Yoruba) [...]
2003-02-25 15:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NI
03ABUJA418NIGERIA: BUHARI ON INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lengthy January 30 meeting with the Ambassador, ANPP Presidential candidate Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Muhammadu Buhari shared his plans for winning the April election and elaborated on the reported rapprochement between him and former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida. Buhari gave [...]
2003-02-28 15:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI
03ABUJA419NIGERIA: BUHARI SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS DISCIPLINE, WANTS
[...] (U) This message contains a recommendation. See para 5. ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ 2. (U) DCM January 31 met with ANPP Presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and two associates (Bello Abubakar, an aide when Buhari was Head of State previously) and Mouftah Baba- Ahmed [...]
2003-02-28 17:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI
03ABUJA440 NIGERIA: SLOW GOING AT THE MINISTRY OF AVIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by Econoff and USTDA representatives Steingass and Hardy, met with Minister of Aviation Chikwe in late January. Despite Nigerian participation at a November 2002 Air Cargo Roundtable in Washington, the Minister showed little interest in expanding a [...]
2003-03-06 09:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP PGOV NI
03ABUJA495NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MARCH 13
[...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Bans Import of Toothpicks, Water, Biscuits, Spaghetti, and Noodles --Obasanjo Sacks Author of Controversial Audit Report --Central Bank Warns of Excess Liquidity --Nigerian Customs Posts Banner Year --GON to Sell Steel Rollin [...]
2003-03-13 15:34:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD KPRV ECON NI
03ABUJA502NIGERIA: INADEQUACIES OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After three months delay, INEC published some voter lists week of March 3. With national elections just six weeks away, INEC has missed a key legal deadline. Challenges are almost certain. INEC,s performance remains erratic, and non-transparent. INEC will have to work efficie [...]
2003-03-14 13:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA515TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...]
2003-03-18 16:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
03ABUJA600NIGERIA: TARIFF AND BAN INFORMATION
[...] Mission provides the following clarifications on GON trade policy measures as requested by reftel. Mission understands that Washington agencies will use this information to prepare a formal high-level demarche to deliver to the GON. The timing of the demarche will be key to its effectiveness. [...]
2003-04-01 14:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV NI
03ABUJA650NIGERIA - OPPOSITION PARTIES IN MARCH MEETING
[...] (C) Begin Summary: During a March 10 meeting with numerous opposition political party leaders, Ambassador implored the group to do their utmost to conduct fair and credible elections in April, to eschew violence, and not to condemn and compromise the process before it is started. He cautioned [...]
2003-04-07 23:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI
03ABUJA669NIGERIA: MEETING WITH PDP CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with People's Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Audu Ogbeh on Wednesday April 9. The two discussed the upcoming elections and the ruling party's prospects, as well as the anti- violence Code of Conduct for the parties and INEC's preparedness. Ogbeh ag [...]
2003-04-11 12:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA746NIGERIA: OVERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the ruling PDP the major victor in the April 19 and April 12 elections. However, echoing reports of several observers, President Obasanjo's political opponents allege massive irregularities. The GON is striking back wit [...]
2003-04-24 17:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM PREL NI US EU XA
03ABUJA946 Abuja NePAD Summit and Evian G-8: Africans
[...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's NePAD guru says Africans uneasy about expanding G-8 dialogue to other developing countries and limiting discussion to growth and international cooperation. The Africans also want the G-8 to break market-access "gridlock" in Geneva. Abuja NePAD Summit set for afternoon [...]
2003-05-28 11:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID NI XA
03ABUJA997UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON
[...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]
2003-06-05 19:04:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MASS LI NI
03ADANA109 MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]
2003-04-16 13:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03ADANA136 KURDS IN SOUTHEAST OPTIMISTIC; HOPE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings with our regular Kurdish contacts reveal SE Turkey Kurds are optimistic about the resolution of the "Kurdish question" and are pinning their hopes on the international community, most notably the United States. They also believe an amnesty for PKK/KADEK member [...]
2003-05-16 10:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA137 SE TURKEY HOPES FOR ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent Adana and Mersin businessmen are optimistic for increased economic opportunities relating to the Coalition victory in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They also are hoping to take advantage of the SARS outbreak to export more textiles to Europe. While they believe there may [...]
2003-05-16 11:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA151 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 04, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Radikal/Evrensel: E [...]
2003-06-04 13:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA178 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 04-05-06, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge / A stra [...]
2003-07-08 13:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA179 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 08, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Gunaydin, Hurriyet, [...]
2003-07-08 17:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA210 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 05, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / Cuma Elk [...]
2003-08-07 13:24:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA221 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge / An unknown [...]
2003-08-21 16:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA23 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-27 09:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA26 HELSINKI COMMISSION EXAMINES HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two staffers from the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (aka Helsinki Commission) traveled to Diyarbakir January 15-18 for meetings with GOT officials, human rights activists, and religious groups. Key agenda items included torture, language rights, and v [...]
2003-01-28 17:49:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU ADANA
03ADANA30 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 29, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-30 10:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA36 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 1-2, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]
2003-02-04 08:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA5 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 8, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]
2003-01-09 09:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA9 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]
2003-01-14 09:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1081MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: POST INPUT FOR JORDAN
[...] (C) This message responds to reftel request for input on the MANPADS situation in Jordan. Answers are keyed to questions posed in reftel paras 7-13. ------------------- General Information ------------------- 2. (S) Jordan possesses a limited stock of MANPADS, all of which are under the [...]
2003-02-20 05:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PTER JO
03AMMAN1157JORDAN STALLS ON BIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Muasher told the Ambassador that he wants a three month delay in the Exchange of Instruments of Ratification that would bring the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) into force in order to allow the government time to assess the Treaty's impact on a pending investment dispute [...]
2003-02-23 14:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV JO
03AMMAN1188JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a 20 February meeting, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission DG Kodah made a strong pitch for U.S. technical and financial assistance in the operation of Jordan's five radiation portals. In addition, Kodah is keen for his staff to participate in upcoming EXBS training on export con [...]
2003-02-27 10:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PTER SENV IZ JO
03AMMAN1215DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SAME CONCLUSION: THE USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 24th PolOff met together with former senator Hosni Ayesh, a Palestinian-Jordanian, and former parliamentarian Dr. Ahmad Ennab, an East-Banker. The two men differed in their background, reasoning and style of discourse. Both however, arrived at the same conclusion: [...]
2003-03-02 08:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1517MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-12 14:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1720PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE
[...] (C) During a series of discussions in the days before the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians and Palestinians resident in Jordan told A/DCM that the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister should provide a big boost to good government in the PNA. However, [...]
2003-03-22 15:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO
03AMMAN1805TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN
[...] (C) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage, dismay, disillusion and impotence to describe the war in Iraq. Most Jordanians, across all age groups and social classes, believe the Bush administration failed to provide legitimate just [...]
2003-03-26 07:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO
03AMMAN1928TFIZO1: WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS MOSTLY PEACEFUL;
[...] (C) Weekend demonstrations in Jordan's refugee camps, Amman, Irbid, Salt, Zarqa, Karak, Aqaba and Maan attracted large numbers of anti war Jordanians. Many demonstrators carried pictures of Saddam Hussein, a phenomenon that has been much less common in marches up to now, and chant "death to A [...]
2003-04-01 06:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2029TFIZ01: PM ABUL RAGHEB CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (S) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb convoked the Ambassador April 3 to deliver a message on Iraq. Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher was present, and PolCouns accompanied the Ambassador. Abul Ragheb said that Jordan opposed the war and was not happy that it had started, but needed to be pragma [...]
2003-04-03 15:36:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2098TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 30 (4/07 1530 LOCAL)
[...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 7. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Please n [...]
2003-04-07 16:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2117TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher April 8 continued U.S. concerns over the unbalanced coverage in the Jordanian media of events in Iraq. MFA Officer Samer Dabbas and PolCouns also sat in. The Ambassador cited for Muasher several examples of factually incorrect [...]
2003-04-08 11:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2131TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 31 (4/08 1700 LOCAL)
[...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 8. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (S) The Ambassa [...]
2003-04-08 16:19:00Embassy AmmanSECRETAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2205TFIZ01: JORDANIANS DAZED AND CONFUSED OVER HOW TO
[...] (C) The day after Saddam's statue crashed down in Fardous Square in Baghdad, Jordanians are mostly confused and unsure how to react, especially in front of Americans. Many tell us they are stunned that Baghdad "fell so easily" to the "invaders." The most cynical -- yet heartfelt-- remark is [...]
2003-04-10 16:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2206FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S
[...] (S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told PolCouns that King Abdullah and Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb have mis-handled their public approach to the war in Iraq. Majali said that the King and PM have "only an eco [...]
2003-04-10 16:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN2208TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 34 (4/11 1630 LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman was closed for the first day of the local weekend on April 11, and will be closed for the second day of the weekend on April 12. American staff movements remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Absent any significant events, Embassy Amman will take Saturday, April 12 off. Our next [...]
2003-04-12 07:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2240MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-14 12:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2259TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 36 (4/14 1700 LOCAL)
[...] (C) Amman and the rest of Jordan is calm. No reports of any demonstrations anywhere in the Kingdom April 14. Embassy operated on a normal business schedule today. Movements of American personnel remain restricted. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps offices remain su [...]
2003-04-14 16:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN237JORDAN FIRST CAMPAIGN PRESSES AHEAD:
[...] (C) The "Jordan First" campaign continues to make headlines almost daily as the GOJ moves to implement recommendations put forward in December by the Jordan First Committee--consisting of 31 political and business leaders. While some of the initiatives are straightforward, others--particularly [...]
2003-01-13 06:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN2402PM AFFIRMS GOJ INTENT TO HOLD ELECTIONS JUNE 17,
[...] (C) PM Ali Abul Ragheb affirmed publicly on April 18 that the GOJ intends to proceed with parliamentary elections on June 17. However, the King told the British Ambassador that there were 70-30 odds that elections would go forward as planned and the King confided to the Ambassador on April [...]
2003-04-22 04:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN2528IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING
[...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...]
2003-04-29 15:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN253JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT
[...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...]
2003-01-13 17:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA
03AMMAN2989JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS,
[...] (U) This cable provides background on Jordan's political parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on June 17. Jordan's political landscape, runs the gamut from religious to secular and from left to right, complicated by tribal and family loyalties. The Islamic Action Front, t [...]
2003-05-20 16:13:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN3099MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT - JORDAN
[...] (c) Senior Jordanian officials issued strongly supportive statements both in public and in private following the President's May 9 announcement regarding the Middle East Trade Initiative. In comments repeated privately to the Ambassador (ref b),Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah told the J [...]
2003-05-26 14:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EINV JO
03AMMAN3332FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) FBI Director Robert Mueller met June 1 with Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador, Mueller's Special Assistant Solomon, Executive Assistant Director D'Amuro, LEGATT, and PolCouns accompanied Mueller. Muasher's Personal Assistant Ali al-Ayed and MFA Legal Advisor Same [...]
2003-06-08 13:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL CJAN PGOV JO
03AMMAN4001 2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited UNHCR refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and in Ruweished, Jordan. Combined population for the two camps remains near 2,200: 1,200 Iranian Kurds from Al Tash refugee camp an [...]
2003-07-02 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN4029PALESTINIAN BUSINESS GROUP VENTS FRUSTRATION
[...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary of Treasury John Taylor and Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas met with a group of Palestinian business leaders on the margins of the World Economic Forum on June 21, 2003 (attendees list at end of cable). The business leaders discussed their skepticism [...]
2003-07-03 07:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECPS JO IS IZ
03AMMAN4098JORDANIAN ACTION ON IRAQI ASSETS
[...] Summary. According to a senior Jordanian finance ministry official, the GOJ -- using an April 24 law under which the GOJ took ownership of $463 million in funds frozen in Iraqi bank accounts -- is working hard to reimburse private Jordanians who have submitted claims for unpaid deliveries of [...]
2003-07-07 07:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN4246COMPOSITION OF NEW JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT,
[...] (C) The new Jordanian Parliament elected June 17 is better-educated and somewhat younger than its predecessor, and includes a large number of former ministers, lawyers, engineers and medical doctors. PolOff has been meeting with newly elected MPs and political analysts to discuss their views [...]
2003-07-10 17:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4251PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD,
[...] A controversial amendment to Jordan,s Municipal Law has come under fire from nearly a third of the members of the country,s newly elected parliament. Between 30 and 40 MPs have signed and circulated a petition calling on the government to delay the country,s municipal elections, scheduled for [...]
2003-07-13 06:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4306 Some Kurds on Jordan's Border Return to Iraq;
[...] (U) This is a joint report from Amman and Cairo refcoords and contains an action request in para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Amman and Cairo refcoords traveled to the Jordanian-Iraqi border July 8 to meet with Iranian Kurds who seek resettlement in a third country. UNHCR rep [...]
2003-07-14 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4337UNRWA PLANS EXTRAORDINARY, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary and action request: On July 7, UNRWA briefed Amman-based donors and host government representatives on its plans to hold an extraordinary, possibly ministerial-level meeting in Geneva in spring 2004. While UNRWA initially hoped t [...]
2003-07-15 07:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN4354FOLEY TRIAL: COURT HEARS PROSECUTION TESTIMONY,
[...] (U) The State Security Court on July 15 adjourned the trial of those accused of assassinating USAID diplomat Laurence Foley until September 2 for a judicial holiday, according to local press reports. The court--which had resumed hearings on July 8 after previous postponements (see Ref)--heard [...]
2003-07-15 12:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4361JORDAN WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNING
[...] (U) Charge and PolCouns presented ref a points on formation of the Iraqi Governing Council July 15 to Ali al-Ayed, the new Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. Charge emphasized that the formation of the Council is [...]
2003-07-15 15:26:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN4408NEW PARLIAMENT MEETS, ELECTS SPEAKER; ISLAMIST
[...] (U) The Jordanian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House of the Parliament),elected on June 17, held its first special session July 16 and elected Saad Hayel Srour as President (i.e. Speaker) of the house. Srour, who was speaker of the Lower House from 1993-97, received 65 of the 110 votes. Imme [...]
2003-07-16 15:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KISL JO
03AMMAN4417US-FUNDED NEIRAB REFUGEE HOUSING PROJECT NEARS
[...] (U) Embassy Damascus cleared this message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The first U.S.-funded units in UNRWA's Neirab housing project in Syria are ready for an August handover to Palestinian refugees, with all 28 units scheduled for completion in December 2003. While there have been some [...]
2003-07-17 10:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL SY JO
03AMMAN4577BIOS FOR NEW JORDANIAN CABINET MINISTERS
[...] (U) The official Jordanian news agency, Petra, announced 21 July the release of a royal decree approving the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Five ministers from the old cabinet have been removed, and eight new figures have been brought in. Of the newcomers, former jailed [...]
2003-07-24 07:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN4735SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Aqaba summit and the Dead Sea WEF conference have generated new hopes for expanded economic activity between Jordan, Israel and -- to a lesser extent -- the West Bank/Gaza. Jordan is particularly em [...]
2003-07-30 11:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL IS JO
03AMMAN4764PARLIAMENT OPENS, ERRANT MP'S SWEAR PROPER OATH; GOJ BEGINS TO FEEL PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE
[...] (C) The just-begun special session of the Parliament will examine Parliamentary bylaws, consider a vote of confidence in the new cabinet, begin to examine more than 200 temporary laws promulgated by the government, and adjudicate complaints of irregularities in the June polls. The Lower Ho [...]
2003-07-31 09:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN4807 SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...]
2003-08-03 12:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN4849POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR
[...] (C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a growing disconnect between government pronouncements on democracy and the popular perception of Jordanian "half-democracy." In a recent conversation with Pol In [...]
2003-08-04 07:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO
03AMMAN4965 AMBASSADOR PROMISES JORDAN CONTINUING SUPPORT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an introductory call on the new Minister of Environment, Dr. Hisham Gharaibeh, the Ambassador gave his assurances that the U.S. would continue to support Jordan's environmental objectives. Among these, both agreed that building the country's environmental management capacit [...]
2003-08-07 08:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID PGOV JO
03AMMAN5012LOWER HOUSE TRYING TO ROLL BACK ON WOMEN'S
[...] (U) The Lower House of Parliament voted on August 3 to reject two of the 211 temporary laws passed since Parliament was disbanded two years ago and sent another 86 temporary laws to special committees for further examination. The laws in question--which deal with marriage/divorce and honor cri [...]
2003-08-08 08:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN5115JORDANIAN WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) A group of Jordanian women conducted a peaceful demonstration at the gates of the Parliament August 10 to protest a recent Lower House decision to reject three temporary laws concerning women's rights. The protesters approached several MPs entering the building, some of whom argued that t [...]
2003-08-12 16:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI JO
03AMMAN5257JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS IRAQI GOVERNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Dr. Mowaffak Al Rubaie met with Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb on August 19 in Amman to discuss bilateral issues. Dr. Al Rubaie characterized their talks as "very positive" and said that Abul Ragheb promised that the GOJ would continue to receiv [...]
2003-08-19 15:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5330CHRISTIAN MP COMPLAINS ABOUT USG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (C) A Christian member of the Jordanian Parliament complained August 20 that USG religious freedom policy in the Middle East hurts the indigenous Christian communities by encouraging emigration and diluting the strength of established churches by supporting foreign missionary groups. He sug [...]
2003-08-21 14:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF KISL XF JO
03AMMAN5501PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ,
[...] (S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a border incursion. Bashar professed readiness to resolve these issues, and to support the Iraqi Governing Council (GC). END SUMMARY ------------------------------------- [...]
2003-08-28 16:20:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5569SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN
[...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...]
2003-09-02 16:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO
03AMMAN5596DEMARCHE TO JORDAN IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) PolCouns on September 3 covered ref points on Iraq and the roadmap with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. On Iraq, PolCouns thanked the GOJ for its recent public reception of an Iraqi Governing Council (GC) delegation and encouraged the GOJ to continue t [...]
2003-09-03 15:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN5623NEPHEW OF SLAIN IRAQI SHIA CLERIC AL-KHOEI SEEKS
[...] (C) Iraqi Shia cleric Sayed Jawad al-Khoei (nephew of Sayed Abd al-Majid al-Khoei, who was assassinated in Najaf on April 10) and Ghanim Jawad from the London-based al-Khoei Foundation called on PolCouns September 2. Al-Khoei said that the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from Iraq [...]
2003-09-04 13:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IZ
03AMMAN5766GROUP OF JORDANIAN MP'S ASKS GOVERNMENT TO OPPOSE
[...] (U) Thirty two members of the lower house of the Jordanian Parliament (MPs) have sent a petition to the government asking that Jordan oppose the seating of "representatives of American occupation" -- that is, the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) -- at the upcoming Arab League (AL) Ministerial me [...]
2003-09-09 08:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN5798 ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS NETWORK: READY FOR PRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) hosted the first preparatory meeting for the Arab Telecommunications Regulators Network (ATRN) on August 28-29 in Amman, Jordan. Delegates from twelve countries created a permanent Secretariat and produced a series [...]
2003-09-10 09:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECPS KMPI JO
03AMMAN6027HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN ON THE AGENDA
[...] (U) Press reports have highlighted recent "honor killings," the reduction of a stiff sentence against one perpetrator, and the rejection by the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament of amendments to the "honor crimes law." However, honor crimes are both a complex issue and a deeply-rooted [...]
2003-09-18 15:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KWMN PREL KMPI JO
03AMMAN6029JORDAN'S RED-DEAD POSTURING--YOU'RE EITHER WITH US
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan,s Planning and Water Ministers, Bassem Awadallah and Hazim El-Naser, insisted to visiting NEA Senior Science Advisor Charles Lawson that the Red Sea - Dead Sea Conveyance (RDC) project feasibility study must happen. If the Israelis and Palestinians cannot put the politics of [...]
2003-09-18 16:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV KWBG JO IS
03AMMAN6064GOJ MAY REQUIRE PRE-APPROVAL FOR ENTRY OF IRAQIS
[...] (S/NF) The visiting Jordanian Charge in Baghdad told PolCouns that, because of security agencies' concerns about export of terrorism from Iraq to Jordan, the GOJ is considering declaring Iraqis a "restricted" nationality. Iraqi travelers to Jordan would require pre-approval from security age [...]
2003-09-21 13:09:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN6185MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-28 09:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN6267GOJ SILENT, MEDIA NEGATIVE ON POTUS SPEECH AT UNGA
[...] (C) Although the GOJ did not issue any official commentary on President Bush's UNGA speech, the Jordanian media panned the remarks as "vulgar" and an "insult" to Arabs, particularly the section dealing with the "ideology of terrorism." Many of our contacts admitted to have not heard or read t [...]
2003-09-30 14:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL US IZ JO UNGA
03AMMAN6276JORDANIANS WEARY ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (C) While the third anniversary of the al-Aqsa intifadah passed with little fanfare in Jordan, Jordanians remain frustrated with continuing violence and lack of movement toward a settlement. Beneath weariness, the most common themes we hear include the need to restrain Israeli security poli [...]
2003-10-01 07:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL PGOV IS JO
03AMMAN6281JORDANIAN MPS EXPECT NEW GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT NEW
[...] (C) In recent meetings with new and returning members of Parliament, PolCouns and PolOff were treated to a litany of complaints about lack of job opportunities and the need for continued USG economic support. While many MPs imply corruption on the part of the Prime Minister, most thought th [...]
2003-10-01 10:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN6398U.S.-JORDAN EXTRADITION TREATY: AMBASSADOR ASKS
[...] (C) The Ambassador on October 5 asked FonMin Muasher to have the GOJ to submit the U.S.-Jordan extradition treaty to the Parliament for ratification. Muasher promised to raise the issue with the PM and cabinet. The MFA Legal Advisor told us separately that, while the legal obstacles to full [...]
2003-10-06 15:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PTER US JO
03AMMAN6414JORDAN-IRAQ: POLICE TRAINING, DEBT, CHALABI,
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher said October 5 that Jordan will continue its pragmatic, cooperative relationship with the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and will send a ministerial representative to the Madrid donors' meeting. However, he expressed concern that an escalating war of words with IG [...]
2003-10-07 07:17:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR IS IZ JO
03AMMAN6456 UNRWA DONOR MEETING HIGHLIGHTS INCREASING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion at the September 23-25 UNRWA donor meetings focused on the ever-increasing gap between Palestinian refugees' needs and UNRWA's stagnant financial base. Continuing conflict in the West Bank and Gaza have led to increased demands for UNRWA services, while chronic und [...]
2003-10-08 10:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN6502GOJ DEMOLITION ORDER IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (C) A plan to demolish homes of more than 500 families to widen a congested main thoroughfare in Jordan's second-largest Palestinian refugee camp has spawned controversy. Amman city authorities say the demolition is part of a larger plan to rehabilitate the camp's infrastructure, and they p [...]
2003-10-09 14:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL IS PGOV JO
03AMMAN6622KING, GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY SUPPORT IRAQ
[...] (U) Both Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and King Abdullah continue to publicly express their support for direct Jordanian involvement in reconstruction efforts in Iraq, including security-related training. The Jordanian Cabinet formally endorsed October 14 a contract for the training in Jordan o [...]
2003-10-16 17:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN6706UNRWA BEGINS PLANNING FOR JUNE 2004 GENEVA
[...] This is an action request; see para 11. 2. Summary: At an October 17 core group meeting, UNRWA opened discussions on the agenda and participation of its planned June 2004 extraordinary Geneva conference. UNRWA and conference co-chair Switzerland view the Geneva event as an opportunity t [...]
2003-10-21 07:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
03AMMAN6732FONMIN MUASHER ON IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS A BAD
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador October 19 that Jordan is not happy with the decision to deploy Turkish troops to Iraq, arguing that Turkey has "another agenda" in Iraq. He pointed to the continued presence of Turkish forces in northern Cyprus as evidence that Turkish tr [...]
2003-10-22 06:24:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR TU IZ JO
03AMMAN6945JORDAN: LEADING U.S. INVESTOR RUNS INTO MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The largest U.S. investor in Jordan, the Albemarle Company of Richmond, Virginia, is "heartbroken" by the GOJ's October 15 sale of 50% of its stake in the Arab Potash Company -- Albemarle's joint venture partner in the Jordan Bromine Company -- to the Potash Corporation of Sa [...]
2003-10-28 14:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV JO
03AMMAN6960PM FAYEZ PLANS "CONTROLLED" POLITICAL
[...] (C) New PM Faisal al-Fayez told the Ambassador October 28 that he hopes to implement needed but "controlled" political reforms, reaching out to political parties (including Islamists),NGOs and communities in the process. He sees great economic challenges, especially in controlling the budge [...]
2003-10-28 17:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PHUM KDEM IZ JO
03AMMAN6962JORDAN: NEW GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL
[...] (C) Summary. While the new Jordanian government is led by economic and political reformers, changes in the cabinet and leadership give rise to questions about its commitment to fiscal discipline, particularly given the weariness of the political leadership following several years of tax hike [...]
2003-10-28 17:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL JO
03AMMAN7268JORDANIAN ANTI-NORMALIZERS SCORE LEGAL VICTORY
[...] (C) Jordanian anti-normalizers scored a victory on October 26 in their campaign against ties with Israel. Capping a two-year legal battle, the Amman Court of First Instance acquitted Islamist member of parliament (MP) Ali Abu al-Sukkar, former head of the Professional Associations Anti-Norma [...]
2003-11-06 12:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO
03AMMAN7329DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNRWA RESOLUTION IN UNGA:
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points and a copy of the latest U.S. draft UNGA UNRWA resolution November 9 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's office, and Samer Naber, Head of the MFA Legal Department. PolCouns thanked Ayed and Naber for Jordan's positive role in the discuss [...]
2003-11-09 16:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS JO UNGA UNRWA
03AMMAN7340SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS HELP FOREIGN DOMESTIC
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request for G/TIP, see para 20. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) UN, diplomatic and other sources indicate that the GOJ has made significant strides in 2003 to secure and protect the rights of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Jordan. In January, [...]
2003-11-10 13:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALELAB SMIG PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN7392THIRD (OR FOURTH?) MOBILE LICENSE TENDER PROVOKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has announced a tender for what is being billed as a third mobile telephony license in anticipation of the January 1, 2004 end of the current mobile telephony duopoly under its WTO obligations. The tender has provoked unfa [...]
2003-11-13 10:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV JO
03AMMAN7401JORDAN: IRAQI ASSETS TEAM
[...] (S) Post understands that Washington and CPA may be preparing to send a team to Jordan over the coming weekend to follow-up on the various issues related to Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan. We fully support this approach, which has been requested by the Jordanians and which we have argued for [...]
2003-11-13 16:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRETEFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN7428GOJ SPOKESPERSON TALKS ENTHUSIASTICALLY ABOUT
[...] (C) An enthusiastic Asma Khader, the new government Spokesperson, outlined for the Ambassador her intent to use her position in the cabinet to shape GOJ policies to support greater press freedom, respect for human and women's rights, and development of NGOs. Khader, a lawyer and activist fro [...]
2003-11-16 15:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM JO
03AMMAN7449NEW ROYAL COURT MINISTER ON KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA,
[...] (C) New Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai told the Ambassador that, on his recent trip to the Gulf, the King had thanked the Kuwaitis for providing Jordan with free oil and had expressed the hope that it continue for a while longer, but neither sought nor received a commitment. PM Fayez will [...]
2003-11-17 15:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN7525JORDAN READY TO ADDRESS FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, BUT
[...] (S) In a meeting the day after separate Treasury-led discussions on frozen Iraqi assets with a Finance Ministry/Central Bank team ended inconclusively (septel),the GOJ on November 19 formally requested that the U.S. dispatch a team empowered to discuss both frozen Iraqi assets in Jordan and [...]
2003-11-19 17:58:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ETTC EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN7578FONMIN MUASHER ON STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador November 19 that Jordan wants to conclude an Article 98 agreement with the U.S., and that he has instructed Jordanian UN PermRep Prince Zaid bin Raad to be "as flexible as possible" in working out bridging language between the U.S. and [...]
2003-11-20 17:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS JO
03AMMAN7620JENIN CAMP REHOUSING PROJECT: A PARABLE IN
[...] (U) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. 2. (SBU) During a donor briefing on rehousing projects (other issues reported septel),UNRWA officials shared stories from the prolonged and difficult negotiations surrounding UNRWA's ongoing USD 27 million project to rebuild the part of Jenin re [...]
2003-11-23 12:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN7691JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS
[...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...]
2003-11-24 17:33:00Embassy AmmanSECRETETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7804JORDANIAN ELITE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll showed that, despite falling confidence in government on the part of "ordinary" citizens, "opinion leaders" have higher hopes for the success of the new government's reform agenda. Embassy sources split along similar lines, with members of the well-educated elite m [...]
2003-12-02 09:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KDEM JO
03AMMAN7805KING ABDULLAH TALKS WITH NEA A/S BURNS ON IRAQ,
[...] (S) NEA A/S Burns briefed King Abdullah and other senior GOJ officials on his discussion with Abu Alaa, noting that the Palestinians have an opportunity to move the roadmap forward, but must take concrete security steps. The King agreed and said Jordan would deliver the same message to Abu [...]
2003-12-02 10:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7832IAF MP COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. MEPP POLICY, GOJ
[...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met November 16 with Dr. Tayseer Fetyani, an MP from the Islamic Action Front (IAF). Although Fetyani was cordial and talked about mutual understanding, he strongly criticized U.S. support of Israel and rejected arguments in support of U.S. peace process policies. He [...]
2003-12-02 17:05:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN8122JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN
[...] (C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Accord as a means to enhance dialogue and complement efforts to end the current peace process stalemate -- while reiterating their support for the roadmap. The o [...]
2003-12-11 18:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
03AMMAN8360GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN:
[...] (C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amman. Schneller said Fischer met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who both delivered a consistent line on Iraq: we support Iraqi indepen [...]
2003-12-21 18:03:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS SY JO GE
03AMMAN876SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-09 11:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN893SUPPORT FOR KING ABDULLAH SOLID, BUT CHANGING:
[...] (C) This is the first cable in a series that will examine the stability of the Hashemite regime based on the support of its traditional pillars. 2. (C) Despite troubling times in the region and a majority Palestinian population angry over continued Arab-Israeli violence, King Abdullah maint [...]
2003-02-09 13:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL JO
03AMMAN931FM MUASHER'S READOUT OF KING ABDULLAH'S 2/8
[...] (U) Charge called FonMin Muasher February 10 to get a readout of the King's 2/8 meeting in Aqaba with Egyptian President Mubarak, as well as of Muasher's own meeting with Sharon advisor Dov Weisglass the previous day (2/9) in Amman. --------------------------------------------- ------- Mubar [...]
2003-02-10 13:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN980PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART III OF IV: JORDAN'S
[...] (C) As Jordan prepares to face a possible war on its Eastern border, and then looks beyond the immediate crisis to longer term challenges, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Public Security Directorate (PSD) will serve as key pillars ensuring the stabi [...]
2003-02-14 10:47:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPINS PGOV PREL ASEC JO
03ANKARA1007U/S TAYLOR'S TALKS ON THE GRANT/LOAN FACILITY,
[...] (C) On February 6-7, Treasury U/S Taylor and his delegation met with a GOT delegation, led by Minister of State in charge of Treasury Ali Babacan, which included Treasury, Central Bank, and State Planning officials, and Babacan's academic economist advisor. Minister of Finance Kemal Unakitan [...]
2003-02-09 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL EAID ETRD TU
03ANKARA1033TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IMF STAFF SEE LITTLE TO NO
[...] (SBU) On February 12, IMF resrep told us the IMF Mission currently in Ankara has achieved little to no progress on the Fourth Review. On the budget side, there was agreement on technical adjustments to the draft baseline that decreased the primary surplus shortfall to about 2.25 percent of GN [...]
2003-02-12 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1074ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-18 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1099MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called EconCouns in February 17 to discuss USG and GOT approaches to refugee/IDP issues related to a potential Iraq operation. Ugdul reiterated [...]
2003-02-19 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID IZ MOPS TU
03ANKARA1126ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-20 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1132TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE
[...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]
2003-02-20 20:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1153A VERY WORRIED CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti told us February 21 that, in his view, the government does not understand the economic consequences of failing to come to agreement on the U.S. assistance package or the IMF program. He is deeply worried that, based on their lack of eco [...]
2003-02-21 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA1201ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Karpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up their autonomous administration. In exchange for Karpaz, Turkish side will give territory from the Guzelyurt region, to Greek side 2. Greek Cypriots who migrate from south to n [...]
2003-02-24 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1232ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-25 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1267IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]
2003-02-26 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1273ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-26 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1303OCALAN'S CONTINUED ISOLATION, POSSIBLE RETURN OF
[...] (C) Summary: Relatives and attorneys remain unable to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan; the last visit took place November 27. The official GOT line is that stormy weather has grounded the boat that takes visitors to Ocalan's island prison, but some GOT officials privately acknowledge there mus [...]
2003-02-27 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK
03ANKARA1313ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-28 07:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1350TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...]
2003-03-03 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1357FEB 26 SESSION: US/TU TEAMS AGREE ON TEXT FOR OPS
[...] (S) The US and TU negotiating teams reached agreement on all of the remaining outstanding issues in the operations Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Feb 26. After seven hours of talks during the morning 2/26, the two sides agreed to language on all issues but one: fuel services-related costs. [...]
2003-03-03 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1359ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-03 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1386ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-04 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1390GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES
[...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in the companies, contracts with the Ministry of Energy (MENR). The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),have informed th [...]
2003-03-04 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1396TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...]
2003-03-05 08:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1448BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON
[...] (C) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority to meet its obligations under the BTC turnkey contract. BP has sent a letter to Energy Minister Guler requesting his personal intervention on this issue; Bildaci is raising it [...]
2003-03-06 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1454AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Aksu told Ambassador that Americans in Turkey do not face a greater threat following Parliament's failure to approve the stationing of U.S. troops. Aksu said the GOT will continue to provide 24-hour security to the U.S. diplomatic community, and will maintain or [...]
2003-03-06 16:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1483NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...]
2003-03-07 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA1503LAWYERS GROUPS OPPOSE NEW PRISON-RELATED
[...] (C) Summary: Attorneys from the Ankara Bar Association (ABA) and Contemporary Lawyers Association (CLA) argue that a newly adopted package of prison-related laws holds attorneys responsible for hunger strikes, places hunger striking prisoners at risk, undermines the right of attorneys to consu [...]
2003-03-10 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1533ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-11 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1567ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-12 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1578ECHR RULING: OCALAN TRIAL UNFAIR, PRISON
[...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that jailed PKK leader Ocalan did not receive a fair trial, while also determining that his prison conditions are acceptable. Both the GOT and Ocalan's attorneys plan to appeal the ruling. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Ocalan wil [...]
2003-03-12 17:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
03ANKARA1587TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is economic reform program implementation, not the U.S. package. Oztrak is concerned that the new Erdogan government will view the U.S. package as "an excuse not to implement the [...]
2003-03-13 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1593ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-13 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1624GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...]
2003-03-13 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1634TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that although another UN resolution could influence some backbenchers, CHP is likely to continue to vote en bloc against U.S. troop deployment. Taking their cue from President Sezer, CHPers at all levels assert that any UNSC resolutionless op [...]
2003-03-14 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1702ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-18 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1954ENERGY AND THE IMF: AN INSIGHT INTO AK ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Recent debates within the government over energy prices and treatment of energy arrears provide insights into AK's economic decision-making process. According to a senior energy official, Finance Minister Unakitan and State Minister Babacan fought vigorously over the weekend to [...]
2003-03-25 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA1965TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 26: U.S. AID PROPOSAL SPARKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Markets rallied March 26 am with T-bill yields dropping six percentage points, on news of the U.S. war supplemental for Turkey. But market sentiment remains pessimistic about upcoming debt roll-overs, and the GOT's credibility with the markets remains rock bottom. IMF resrep [...]
2003-03-26 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1974ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 06:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1990ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2015ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2018REPORT OF GROWING WAR ANXIETY IN TURKEY'S KURDISH
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdish M.P. from Diyarbakir who is also a member of opposition CHP's Central Administrative Board has elaborated on concerns expressed to us recently by other Kurdish politicians (ref A) regarding fallout in southeastern Turkey from the war in Iraq. Moreover, he asserted that (1) [...]
2003-03-27 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA2052DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to Treasury U/S Oztrak and MFA Deputy U/S Kilic March 26-27, and EconCouns separately presented them to State Planning U/S Tiktik and AK Deputy Reha Denemec. DCM stressed that USG was very co [...]
2003-03-28 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2056LEYLA ZANA RETRIAL OPENS; COURT DENIES RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary: The historic retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former M.P.s began March 28 under tight security. The court ruled against releasing the defendants pending the outcome of the trial and rejected a defense petition seeking a new chief judge. Turkish and international hum [...]
2003-03-28 16:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2059ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-28 16:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2186DRAFT EU PARLIAMENT REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL
[...] (C) Summary: A clear-sighted but controversial European Parliament draft report calls on the GOT to make fundamental changes to the Kemalist State in order to meet EU membership criteria. MFA and reportedly a few members of the European parliament reject the report as biased; several European [...]
2003-04-03 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EU TU OSCE
03ANKARA2243TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to leverage that money into the largest possible package -- $8.5 billion in long-term loans. Prime Minister Erdogan has stated this intention publicly, and numerous lower level officials [...]
2003-04-07 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA2246APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION IN LONG-STANDING
[...] (C) Summary: An appeals court upheld the torture convictions of 10 police officers in the high-profile 1996 Manisa case; the ruling is final. The officers are expected to serve jail terms ranging from two years to more than four years. Human rights observers and European diplomats welcomed t [...]
2003-04-07 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2254TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE"
[...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...]
2003-04-08 07:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA GR TU
03ANKARA2315ECONOMIC MINISTERS BATTLE FOR INFLUENCE AS ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Infighting among economic ministers is hindering the Government's efforts to coordinate policy around an economic "super-minister." Deputy PM Sener, who was supposed to lead the economic team, appears to be losing influence to Finance Minister Unakitan, while State Minister Bab [...]
2003-04-09 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2335ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-10 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2340EU SUMMIT DOCUMENTARY ANGERS TURKS AND GERMANS,
[...] (C) Summary: A Danish documentary on the December 2002 EU Summit has angered Turks and Germans and embarrassed Denmark. The documentary, covered in the Turkish press, features candid comments by Danish and German ministers critical of Turkey's EU bid. The German Embassy has criticized the do [...]
2003-04-10 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
03ANKARA2353TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]
2003-04-11 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2390TURKISH MFA SAYS EU NOT LOBBYING AGAINST ARTICLE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-13 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2457ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-15 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2472OUTGOING TREASURY U/S SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Outgoing Treasury U/S Faik Oztrak believes Turkey has an opportunity to reduce its debt/GNP ratio and reach its five percent growth target this year if the government can restore market confidence, but he is not sure the government can and will stop giving the mixed signals that [...]
2003-04-15 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2646ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-24 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2700ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-25 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2811ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-30 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3011ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-08 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3052ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-09 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA31ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-02 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3186ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-14 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3190AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Turkey, and thanked Ambassador for his reassurance that U.S. support for BTC had not decreased with the change in Iraq. Ambassador requested GOT support for th [...]
2003-05-15 08:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ
03ANKARA3197HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]
2003-05-15 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-15 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3266GOT RESPONSE TO POLICE RAID OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: FM Gul and EU leaders have publicly criticized the May 6 police raid of the Human Rights Association's (HRA) Ankara offices. MFA and Justice Ministry contacts told us they regretted the raid, but said prosecutors acted within the law. However, one senior Interior Ministry contac [...]
2003-05-16 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3401ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3409AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, TIP, CHILD ABDUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed possible terrorist threats against the American community and the GOT's efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Ambassador also sought the Minister's assistance in a U.S. child abduction case. Aksu pro [...]
2003-05-23 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC PHUM TU
03ANKARA3410OPPOSITION FROM TURKEY'S NSC SHARPENS CONFLICT
[...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders continue to support passage of a series of reform packages to harmonize Turkey's practices with EU membership criteria. TGS chief Ozkok and his deputy Buyukanit also formally support Turkey's EU candidacy. At the same time the military-dominated National Security Cou [...]
2003-05-23 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3412TURKEY'S CYPRUS POLICY: WHAT NOW?
[...] (C) Summary: Assessments of how Turkey should move on Cyprus vary in both the GOT and Turkish State. Some (e.g., FonMin Gul) are working to overcome what they recognize as pressure on Turkey's interests following the failure of the UN-sponsored Cyprus talks and the EU's decision to accept a d [...]
2003-05-23 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
03ANKARA3458ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-27 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3488POLITICIANS PRESS CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST
[...] (SBU) Government ministers continue to ratchet up the pressure on the Central Bank to cut overnight interest rates, arguing that such a move is needed to weaken the recently-robust lira and prevent Turkey's growing current account deficit from deteriorating further. 2. (SBU) The pressur [...]
2003-05-28 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3506DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]
2003-05-29 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3509TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform package but has rejected AK proposals to sell state-owned forestry lands and to allow local administrations more control over health and education services. The CHP stance refle [...]
2003-05-30 07:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3528MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22 his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral relationship back on track. Ziyal said he was looking forward to meeting with USG officials in Washington and suggested the second week of June. On Iraq, Ziyal said it was importa [...]
2003-05-30 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3691DEMARCHE ON STROVILIA DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to Ethem Barkan Oz, first secretary in Cyprus Directorate General, who undertook to convey USG concerns to Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan. 2. (C) Implying that he did not understand why the USG was making the demarche, Oz denied vehemently that Turkish Cyprio [...]
2003-06-06 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU CY GR
03ANKARA3732TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU
[...] (C) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be brought to Parliament perhaps as early as this week. However, in light of the May 28 NSC meeting and the well-publicized opposition to the reform process among hardliners in th [...]
2003-06-09 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3738PROSECUTOR OPENS TWO CASES AGAINST WRITER FOR
[...] (C) Summary: An Ankara prosecutor has opened two cases against writer and scholar Fikret Baskaya for works originally published 10 years ago. One of the cases involves a book for which Baskaya was convicted and imprisoned in 1994; the European Court of Human Rights later ruled in Baskaya's f [...]
2003-06-10 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3842ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS IT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: GOT officials told a visiting State and Defense Article 98 delegation June 10 that the GOT in principle favors reaching an Article 98 agreement with the US, but cannot do so at this time because of intense EU pressure. The officials noted that Turkey is not a signatory to the Int [...]
2003-06-13 10:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU
03ANKARA3843TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR,
[...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]
2003-06-13 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3916FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of the GOT's letter of intent, the IMF's fifth review "cannot" be completed by the end of June, bringing into full play tough end-of-June performance targets. Benign markets stem [...]
2003-06-18 04:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3918AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6,
[...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]
2003-06-18 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA3922UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY KURDISH GROUPS CONTINUE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The KDP's June 17 refusal to allow a 40-person delegation of Iraqi businessmen to cross into Turkey to meet with Turkish businessmen, together with the KDP's continued practice of charging taxes/fees for good [...]
2003-06-18 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3934ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-18 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3974SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in the past two years, the ruling AK Party has moved forward despite an attempt by the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) to delay the legislation and the outspoken [...]
2003-06-19 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-23 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN,
[...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]
2003-01-16 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4061CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]
2003-06-25 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4068ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-25 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4074TURKISH MARKETS SOFTEN AS IMF CONCERNS RE-EMERGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have softened in recent days on worries about delays in completion of the IMF program's fifth review. Two leading brokerages (JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch) reduced their exposure to Turkish assets in their models, citing IMF worries. Some progress has been regis [...]
2003-06-26 03:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA4105ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-26 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4110TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON
[...] (C) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth) before Parliament goes on delayed recess this summer. Opposition CHP supported the sixth package in June 20 vote, but is now attempting to put the breaks on the government's refo [...]
2003-06-26 20:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4130THREE AMERICAN CORNERS OPEN IN TURKEY
[...] SUMMARY: In the past week, the U.S. Mission in Turkey has opened three uniquely Turkey-specific American corners in three of the most dynamic business cities of the country. The venues are the headquarters of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in those cities. We believe that the venues are on [...]
2003-06-27 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KIRC
03ANKARA4131ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-27 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA417ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-16 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4196GOT CIRCULAR ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" SEEN AS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Education Ministry has urged all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The Ministry also asked schools to organize conferences on the issue, and seven teachers have been [...]
2003-07-02 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4237TURKISH PRESS SLAMS US DETENTION OF TURKISH
[...] Public reaction and rhetoric about the Turkish SF detained in Iraq continues to mount in Turkey as evidenced by increasingly large demonstrations at our missions and more vociferous statements to the press by government officials. Headlines in July 6 major Turkish newspapers -- "The Ugly [...]
2003-07-07 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4246EDUCATION MINISTER BLAMES NSC FOR CIRCULAR ON
[...] (C) Education Minister Celik asserted to us July 3 that the National Security Council (NSC) is responsible for a circular urging all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The circular was i [...]
2003-07-07 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4256MOJ OFFICIAL BLAMES "NARROW MINDED" JUDGES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In pursuing why the Turkish Appeals Court has ruled to suspend the sentences of two police convicted of torturing a detainee in 1997, we have learned that a recent amendment to the criminal code outlawing the suspension of torture convictions does not apply to pre-existing cases. [...]
2003-07-08 08:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4313JUDGE BUMIN'S MAY VISIT TO US DEEMED A SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Constitutional Court Chairman Mustafa Bumin called his May visit to the US "intensive and valuable" and said he was exposed to US trial alternatives and police practices that could be beneficial for Turkey. Bumin also said he plans to follow through on a recommendation to [...]
2003-07-09 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU
03ANKARA4315KURDS ACKNOWLEDGE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Leftist Kurdish human rights activists see some aspects of traditional Kurdish culture as major impediments to growth of individual liberty, human rights, and modernization. They note that the majority of Turkey's rural Kurds in the southeast continue to follow traditional practi [...]
2003-07-09 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4349ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-10 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4358AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]
2003-07-11 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4376(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY
[...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]
2003-07-11 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4387 20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]
2003-07-12 04:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4422AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy work and his cooperation with the U.S., and solicited Serdengecti's views on the issues on which the new Ambassador might want to focus. Serdengecti responded that the most impor [...]
2003-07-14 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4426ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-14 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4451ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-15 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4477SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY
[...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]
2003-07-17 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4480IMF AND GOT CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON FIFTH REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Turkish officials are close to an agreement that would pave the way for the Fifth Review to proceed, and hope to announce agreement by Friday, July 18. Discussions this week have focused on closing the estimated $1.8 billion fiscal gap. Although there has been some tal [...]
2003-07-17 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4498TURKISH ARMED FORCES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ROBERT DEUTSCH. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES HAVE ELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SELF PROTECTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (SPEWS) II FROM BAE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA (BAE),SUBJECT TO CERTAI [...]
2003-07-17 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU MASS
03ANKARA4499TURKEY: KURDS SLAM PKK "REINTEGRATION" BILL AS
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament is reviewing a "reintegration" law that would offer reduced prison sentences to combatants belonging to the PKK/KADEK and other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their weapons and provide information to authorities. The Chairman of DEHAP (Sinn Fein to the P [...]
2003-07-17 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4500SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]
2003-07-18 05:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4528PRIVATIZATION CHIEF SAYS SALES ARE MOVING FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci says strong political support is enabling him to proceed with long-delayed privatizations. The Higher Privatization Council's approval of the controversial sale of Petkim to the Uzan family was an important step forward [...]
2003-07-18 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4545 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 08:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4552SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]
2003-07-21 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4559ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4583TURKISH NGO ASAM ARGUES FOR GREATER ROLE FOR
[...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, Umit Ozdag, Director of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM -- a leading Establishment think-tank),offered poloff his take on the July 4 incident in Iraq and the way forward in U.S.-Turkey relations. 2. (C) Ozdag called the July 4 incident, in which [...]
2003-07-22 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4593ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4613AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 farewell call on State Minister Ali Babacan, Ambassador noted market concerns about delays in the IMF program and possible 2004 financing difficulties, and stressed the need for the GOT to move vigorously to complete the economic reform program. He also urged the [...]
2003-07-22 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4655ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-23 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA467SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]
2003-01-17 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4682TURKEY: RE-INTEGRATION LAW FOR PKK/KADEK ON HOLD
[...] (U) Ruling AK Party July 23 withdrew from the floor of Parliament a "reintegration" law that would have reduced sentences for PKK/KADEK combatants and members of other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their arms and provide information to authorities. 2. (U) During Parliament [...]
2003-07-24 11:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4692LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]
2003-07-24 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL TU
03ANKARA470LATEST EMBASSY MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (SBU) Embassy pressed the economic reform message January 16-17 in meetings with State Planning Under Secretary Ahmet Tiktik, Parliamentary Budget Committee Chairman Sait Acba, and AK Parliamentarian (and former Finance Minister official) Bulent Gidikli. In each of the meetings, we noted that [...]
2003-01-17 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4732TURKEY PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE USG'S
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY. NP A/DAS Mark Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor David Wurmser were in Ankara on July 24 to consult with a team of Turkish MFA officials, led by Ambassador Turan Morali (Director-General [...]
2003-07-25 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALDA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4737ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-25 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4770TURKS SIGN LOI; PROBLEMS WITH TAKEOVER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities signed the Letter of Intent (LOI) late July 25, paving the way for the IMF Board to complete the 5th Review as early as August 1. Agreement on the LOI came after GOT officials agreed to seek Parliamentary approval of revised motor vehicle tax legislation th [...]
2003-07-28 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4777ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-29 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4787TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES "RE-INTEGRATION" LAW FOR
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (U) Parliament by a vote of 356 to 71 (there were 123 no-shows) passed the GOT's "re-integration" law for PKK/KADEK militants. During the debate, AK M.P. Ahmet Isik stated that the law comes i [...]
2003-07-29 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4832BRSA PRESIDENT ON IMAR BANK PROBLEMS (ACTION
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) President Engin Akcakoca confirmed to us July 30 that the agency is facing serious difficulties trying to address the problems resulting from the discovery of massive fraud in t [...]
2003-07-31 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA484IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - SCHEDULING
[...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A points concerning the Turkish peace initiative to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Turkoglu and to MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu on 1/20. They each welcomed our views and reiterated that it is the GOT's intent to send a strong message to Ir [...]
2003-01-21 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA4848AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK,
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu called July 31 to inform Charge that members of DEHAP (the political front of the PKK/KADEK) had entered Iraq via Jordan and had already met with refugees at UNHCR's Mahmour Refugee Camp. Ac [...]
2003-07-31 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4851TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW
[...] (S) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister want a Turkish troop deployment to Iraq, but must take to Parliament any decision to deploy troops to Iraq. In an effort to get to yes wh [...]
2003-07-31 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA486CSCE STAFFERS PRESS GOT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREE
[...] (U) Summary: In discussions on religious freedom, free speech, and other human rights issues with GOT officials, human rights activists, and religious groups in Ankara, two Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) staffers praised recent GOT reforms and urged continued progress. [...]
2003-01-21 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4862TURKEY: RESIGNATIONS THROW OPPOSITION CHP FOR A
[...] (C) Two M.P.s from the main opposition, Establishment standard-bearer CHP resigned over the party's negative stance on the "re-integration" law -- designed to coax PKK/KADEK militants down from the mountains of n. Iraq -- which Parliament passed July 29 (reftel). Cemal Kaya and Nezir Nasirogl [...]
2003-08-01 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-21 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-05 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4950ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-06 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4984ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-07 13:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5001TURKEY: DERVIS HINTS AT CHALLENGING INEFFECTUAL
[...] (C) Summary: As opposition CHP struggles in public opinion polls, former State Minister/current CHP M.P. Kemal Dervis is beginning to push for a more visible role in the party, and to hint that he may eventually challenge Deniz Baykal for the party chairmanship. Surrounding himself largely wit [...]
2003-08-08 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5073GOT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS AT MTCR
[...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 8, polmiloff passed reftel paper to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul indicated that the GOT would likely support all three reftel proposals at the [...]
2003-08-11 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU
03ANKARA5075MORE ON PRIVATIZATION,UZANS, AND BRSA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT MEETINGS WITH BANKING REGULATORS AND THE PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY HAVE REINFORCED THE MESSAGE THAT: A) GOT OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE UZANS' FAILED PURCHASE OF PETKIM WILL NOT HVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM, BUT B) THE IMAR BANK CASE IS RATCHETING U [...]
2003-08-11 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
03ANKARA5105SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5116ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-12 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-13 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5186ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-14 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5198TRADE OFFICIAL ON CUSTOMS UNION WITH NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy's August 13 discussion with a senior foreign trade official raised questions about how much substance there is to the customs union framework agreement Turkey signed with the "TRNC" authorities August 8. Foreign Trade Director General for Agreements Tevfik Mengu argued [...]
2003-08-15 06:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECIN TU CY
03ANKARA5205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-15 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5217ATTORNEY FOR LEYLA ZANA ACCUSES COURT OF BIAS
[...] (C) Summary: Lead defense attorney in the new trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs accused the court of bias for refusing to release the defendants from prison during trial and consistently rejecting defense requests regarding witness testimony. Our European contacts share t [...]
2003-08-15 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5227ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-18 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-22 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5269ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-19 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5313CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH
[...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...]
2003-08-20 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5356ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-21 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5409SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-25 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA5436SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...]
2003-08-26 11:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ
03ANKARA5449IRAN SOLICITING TURKEY'S SUPPORT FOR THE IAEA BOG
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali gave DCM August 26 a detailed readout of the visit of Iranian National Security Council Deputy SYG Hussein Mousavin (spelled Museviyan in the Turkish press) August 25. According to Morali, Mousavin told his Turkish interlocutors tha [...]
2003-08-27 07:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA548SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24
[...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]
2003-01-23 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5480ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-29 07:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5584AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS PKK, IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu called on the U.S. to take action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq and offered training for Iraqi police. The Ambassador said the USG and GOT will soon discuss an approach to the PKK/KADEK pro [...]
2003-09-05 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA5587 GOT Views on the WTO Ministerial in Cancun
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Econoff and Econ Specialist on September 3, Husnu Dilemre, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, provided an overview of Turkish views and objectives for the upcoming Cancun WTO Ministerial. In particular, he highlighted Turkey's desi [...]
2003-09-05 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AORC TU
03ANKARA5671TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP IN DENIAL OVER FLAGGING
[...] (C) Summary: Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) continues to argue against sending Turkish troops to Iraq as part of a stabilization force -- so far to no noticeable effect with the voters. Although hurting at the polls, senior members of the party seem unconcerned with the direc [...]
2003-09-08 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5745SCENESETTER FOR INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION TEAM FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Four and a half years after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the GOT remains divided over how to deal with the remnants of the terrorist organization, how to handle Kurdish nationalism, and whether to loosen restrictions on Kurdish political and cultural expression. The [...]
2003-09-10 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5774ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-11 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG TU
03ANKARA5805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-12 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA581ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5828AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
[...] (U) Summary: In a September 8 introductory meeting, Constitutional Court President Bumin told the Ambassador he plans to establish a Free Speech Committee of Turkish jurists. He said the GOT should advance human rights reform and EU membership by focusing on implementing recent legal amendmen [...]
2003-09-15 09:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5848COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK
[...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]
2003-09-16 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA5927GOT ENGAGED IN INTERNAL DEBATE OVER IDP CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Some MFA officials support a UN recommendation to hold an international conference on return programs for those displaced from the southeast during the PKK conflict; however, the Interior Ministry opposes. UNHCR believes the conference should also include the return of refugees f [...]
2003-09-19 06:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA5964TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN TAKES CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON
[...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting on the eve of the September 19 NSC meeting that would consider a troop contribution to the stabilization force in Iraq, new NSC Secretary General General Sukru Sariisik revealed little to SIPDIS the Ambassador of what would occur at the meeting. [...]
2003-09-22 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY IZ MARR PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5966ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-22 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6002ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-23 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6053ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-25 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6060TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART ONE
[...] (C) Summary: During poloff's Sept. 10-13 trip to the western Black Sea provinces of Kastamonu and Sinop, contacts across the spectrum averred the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations but also took the opportunity to express their very palpable anxiety with USG Iraq policy, in particular [...]
2003-09-26 07:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6122APPEALS COURT RULING COULD LEAD TO REDISTRIBUTION
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling convicting leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) of election fraud. The High Election Board (YSK) will determine how to respond to the ruling. Most of our contacts predict the YSK will [...]
2003-09-30 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6140KURDS IN SOUTHEAST FEAR U.S. CRACKDOWN ON PKK
[...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeastern Turkey fear a possible U.S. military action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq, and oppose Turkish participation in the Stabilization Force because they believe Turkish authorities would use their presence in Iraq to crack down on Iraqi Kurds. Most of our [...]
2003-09-30 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ TU
03ANKARA6144REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-01 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6173ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-02 07:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6209GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]
2003-10-02 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6231NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS
[...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...]
2003-10-03 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6238SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]
2003-10-03 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6241OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]
2003-10-03 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6262 Foreign Trade Officials' Views on Cancun, IPR
[...] (SBU) Turkish Foreign Trade officials maintained that agriculture, particularly elimination of export subsidies, was their key concern at the Cancun Ministerial. This issue led the Turks to support the G- 21 at Cancun, though our interlocutors told us that actually joining the group would hav [...]
2003-10-06 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KIPR EFIN TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA6270AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...]
2003-10-06 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU
03ANKARA6322SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-08 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6332ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-08 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6340NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP'S SAFEEN DIZAYEE - TURKISH
[...] (C) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Safeen Dizayee called on DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 7. Dizayee described the situation in Baghdad as improving. He said the KDP did not believe that Turkish troops in Iraq could be neutral, that Turkey would use their presence to try to b [...]
2003-10-08 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA6344SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-09 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6409ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-14 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6411SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-14 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6423BOT PROBLEMS STILL UNRESOLVED
[...] (SBU) According to representatives from Enron and Doga (Edison Mission),the Turkish government is making no serious effort to resolve BOT problems, and the Energy Ministry (MENR) and Energy Market Regulaory Authority (EMRA) remain at odds on how to proceed. Enron's lawyer recently told EconC [...]
2003-10-15 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6424CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...]
2003-10-15 07:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6447TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]
2003-10-15 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6481TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]
2003-10-16 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6499MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]
2003-10-17 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6538GAS MARKET UPDATE FROM EMRA AND BOTAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's ambitious program to liberalize and privatize its natural gas market has stalled. The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) told us that it has completed the necessary secondary regulations for the implementation of the Natural Gas Law and has already issued 32 l [...]
2003-10-17 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6568AMBASSADOR AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN DISCUSS TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The highlight of the Ambassador's October 14 call on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen was that -- for the first time in living memory -- Tuzmen did not push for U.S. lifting of textile quotas, saying the strong lira meant Turkish exporters could not even fill existing quotas. Tuz [...]
2003-10-21 05:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EINV TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6570COURT CONTINUES TO DENY RELEASE OF LEYLA ZANA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Ankara court continues to refuse to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their retrial. The defense has sought the release in each of the trial's eight hearings. Defense attorneys and a member of Parliament argued at the last session [...]
2003-10-21 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6577 Update on Copyright Enforcement: Culture
[...] (SBU) Copyright industry representatives contend that gaps in Turkish legislation and weak enforcement are responsible for persistently high piracy. The Culture and Tourism Minister promised the industry that the GOT would take several steps to tackle the problem, including a total ban on str [...]
2003-10-22 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6613TURKEY: BAYKAL SET TO BE RE-ELECTED OPPOSITION CHP
[...] (C) Summary: With party delegates firmly in his grasp, CHP leader Baykal is likely to be re-elected chairman at an Oct. 23-24 general convention. Although our contacts expect a contentious atmosphere, they do not expect major changes to the CHP administration. Former state minister Kemal Derv [...]
2003-10-22 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6619MFA DEPUTY U/S BOZKIR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TURKEY'S EU
[...] (C) Summary: In a Oct. 20 courtesy call, MFA Deputy U/S for EU affairs Bozkir told the Ambassador that he is optimistic about Turkey's EU prospects. The GOT has passed the necessary laws related to the Copenhagen Criteria. Bozkir admitted that Cyprus is a looming problem but added that a posi [...]
2003-10-22 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6620SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6683AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES WITH MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 20 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, State Minister Mehmet Aydin (in charge of religious affairs) said the ruling AK Party's higher education bill has been distorted by critics who view Islam as a threat to the State. He said the bill would remove disadvanta [...]
2003-10-24 09:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6688AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, OTHER WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 introductory meeting, the Ambassador told State Minister Guldal Aksit (responsible for women's affairs) that Turkey could serve as a model on women's rights for the Middle East. He urged Turkey to implement recent initiatives to combat trafficking in persons (T [...]
2003-10-24 11:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6696ENERGY MINISTRY DENIES BOT TAKEOVER PLANS
[...] (SBU) Energy Minister Guler issued a statement denying the GOT would consider seizing BOTs, but continuing to pressure companies over high electricity prices. Separately, in a meeting with Econoffs, the Energy Ministry Undersecretary took a similar line. The ENRON BOT told Post it has yet t [...]
2003-10-24 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6779SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS
[...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...]
2003-10-30 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA6844TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND FOUR:
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, MFA DirGen for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs to Ertugrul Apakan asserted that GOT intervention with the Turkish Cypriot "High Election Board" (HEB) would be improper. However, he would convey the demarche to higher levels of the MFA; in his o [...]
2003-11-03 11:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY GR PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6923IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS,
[...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]
2003-11-05 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA7007AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...]
2003-11-10 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL TU GR
03ANKARA7019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-10 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7113GOT CLAIMS VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NOT FULLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat officials told us that the testing phase of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Istanbul area would have to be extended beyond the end-October deadline due to technical problems. Turkish Coastal Safety and Ship Rescue Management Director G [...]
2003-11-14 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7114TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN
[...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]
2003-11-14 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7164ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-18 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7180DOGA ENERGY'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. DOGA Energy sent a letter to us explaining how it has responded to speculative reports attributed to GOT sources about alleged corruption in the DOGA Energy BOT Project. DOGA contends that the contracts were vetted and approved by the relevant GOT authorities. The main source [...]
2003-11-18 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-19 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7273TERROR ATTACK'S IMPACT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Though it is still early to judge, Turkish financial markets showed initial resilience in dealing with today's Istanbul terror attacks. The stock market fell sharply before it stopped trading. The foreign exchange, government security and interbank markets continued to function [...]
2003-11-20 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PTER TU
03ANKARA728DESPITE REFORMS, BUREAUCRATS BLOCK KURDISH COURSES
[...] (C) Summary: Despite reform legislation allowing Kurdish language courses, bureaucratic regulations place prohibitive costs by requiring that the courses be established in separate institutions, rather than added to existing schools. The owner of a chain of language schools says there is not [...]
2003-01-29 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7297ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7311SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]
2003-11-24 08:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7319ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN
[...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]
2003-11-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7354DAS PASCOE'S NOVEMBER 21 TRIP TO ANKARA
[...] (S) Summary: EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe visited Turkey on November 21 for a series of meetings with MFA officials. In all his meetings, Pascoe urged MFA officials to think about the period leading up to the NATO Summit as a critical opportunity to showcase Turkey's achievements before the December [...]
2003-12-01 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETAJ AM GG PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7448ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-04 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7510SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]
2003-12-08 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7580ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-10 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7597MORE ON TURKISH AIRPORT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In December 3-4 meetings with Turkish officials responsible for aviation security, EconCouns reiterated the USG's strong interest in Turkish airport/aviation security efforts and expressed concern about a loophole in the current system that enables some passengers arriving on [...]
2003-12-10 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7610ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-11 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7612U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]
2003-12-11 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7626CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT: TURKEY DEMARCHE
[...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Middle East Department Head Kemal Tuzun on December 12, stressing that this credentails challenge threatened to invite further attempts to bring territorial disputes to the credentialing process, turning a routine procedure into political wrangling, and [...]
2003-12-12 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL TU
03ANKARA7631ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-12 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7685TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Akif Ayhan, MFA Head of Department for Economics, raised the Ministry's concern about security for Turkish truck drivers in Iraq and emphasized that the problem could lead to more truckers quitting or even another truckers' strike. Ayhan said U.S. military security for truck co [...]
2003-12-16 06:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7691NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]
2003-12-16 10:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7699ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-16 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7700NOVEMBER ATTACKS HAVE NOT STOPPED REFORMS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Members of Parliament, the bureaucracy and NGO community agree the GOT will continue its EU-related reform process despite the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, but they fear that further attacks could undermine Turkey's EU candidacy. Human rights observers say police and G [...]
2003-12-16 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7757ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-18 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7785AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE AND ECONOMY
[...] (Sbu) Summary: In December 17 meetings with Economy Minister Babacan and Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the need for continued fiscal discipline, structural reform and resolution of foreign investment disputes. Both Ministers reconfirmed the GOT's commitment to continue ec [...]
2003-12-19 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EIND PGOV KIPR TU
03ANKARA783ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-30 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7878AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]
2003-12-23 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7918EX-BRSA CHAIR AKCAKOCA COMMENTS ON BANKING SECTOR, INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Ex-BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca complained to us recently that the police raid on his house, which uncovered confidential documents he had kept from BRSA, was a politically-motivated set-up. Numerous current and former officials, he said, had called offering support and confidin [...]
2003-12-24 08:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA7992TURKISH EXPORTS TO IRAQ FLOURISHING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with Turkish business executives and economists support the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's reports that Turkish exports to Iraq are booming. In fact, some in the private sector argue that actual exports exceed official figures, with one prominent economist specu [...]
2003-12-30 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA810ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-31 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA819MINISTER BABACAN TELLS AMBASSADOR ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of January 30, the Ambassador pressed Minister Babacan hard on economic reform, underlining our conclusion that the government is off track and stressing that strong economic reform policy implementation as well as full military cooperation were conditions for any p [...]
2003-01-31 16:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA830TURKEY: ANTI-AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ITS
[...] (C) Summary: Amid an edgy public mood over Iraq, a strident anti-American propaganda campaign is underway in Turkey, encouraged by various political and Turkish State actors. According to our contacts, such rhetoric is resonating with the man on the street, who is (1) convinced that an operat [...]
2003-02-03 09:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA859NORTHERN IRAQ: MULTIPARTY TALKS (V) - TURKS
[...] (S) DCM met MFA DG for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu February 3 to discuss the upcoming multi-party talks per Ref A. Burcuoglu said the Turks would set up separate bilats for Amb. Khalilzad and his delegation at MFA and at TGS on February 5. For the multi-party talks on Feb. 6, Burcuoglu sai [...]
2003-02-03 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA881ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-04 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA947IRAQ AND TURKEY: "AGREED MINUTE" VS. JOINT
[...] (S) While Reftel meeting was taking place, Presidential Special Envoy Khalilzad met with MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan to discuss the MOU/Joint Statement issue further. Tuygan asked the US to reconsider its opposition to an MOU on the political future of Iraq. Khalilzad said that his current instru [...]
2003-02-06 16:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA971ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-07 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03BEIRUT4562LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]
2003-10-28 17:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03BRASILIA1066BRAZILIAN FTAA COORDINATOR ON A SOCIAL AGENDA FOR
[...] (U) Brazilian press reported on March 28 that President Lula wants to include discussion of social issues in the FTAA negotiations and that the GOB plans to submit proposals for doing so at the Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) meeting in Puebla, Mexico April 7-11. In discussions with EconOff [...]
2003-04-03 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA1321ADVISOR DENIES AMORIM PROPOSING FTAA DELAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Antonio Simoes, Economic Advisor to Foreign Minister Amorim, local press inaccurately reported Amorim's April 23 remarks to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies concerning the GoB's alleged intent to delay FTAA negotiations. Simoes stressed to us that the GoB wants to [...]
2003-04-28 22:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA1550BRAZIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE TRADE POLICY ON EVE OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see para 15. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the run-up to USTR Zoellick's May 27-28 visit, debate has intensified publicly, within the GoB, and perhaps most of all in the Foreign Ministry, on Brazil's participation in the FTAA negotiations. A number of policy [...]
2003-05-20 19:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2233WHAT'S BEHIND BRAZIL'S FTAA POLICY
[...] (U) The description that follows of the political and economic factors helping to shape Brazil's trade policy, and specifically its approach to the FTAA negotiations, is offered to assist U.S. policymakers in determining whether and how enough common ground can be found to conclude the FTAA pr [...]
2003-07-18 10:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2364BRAZIL: NO PUBLIC SIGN OF RETREAT FROM FTAA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee meeting in San Salvador July 8-11, during which Mercosul unveiled Brazil's 3-track proposal for restructuring negotiations to unenthusiastic Vice-Ministers, public debate in Brazil over the FTAA has been unusually quiet. Itamaraty [...]
2003-07-28 10:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2407 PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER
[...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...]
2003-07-31 10:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
03BRASILIA3043Brazil: Build-Up to Possible Follow-On IMF Agreement
[...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Zandamela told us September 16 that the crux of any follow-on IMF program for Brazil after its current one expires this December will be whether the two sides can devise a mutually satisfactory formula stipulating that the GoB may only use its IMF funds with the IMF's explicit [...]
2003-09-19 16:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA3069 BRAZIL: LOOSE TALK ABOUT BNDES CREDIT FOR CUBA
[...] (U) Some local media late last week reported that President Lula's upcoming call on Castro in Havana would feature the announcement of a USD 400 million line of credit from BNDES, Brazil's national development bank. Though loosely headlined as GoB "aid," the money in question by all appearanc [...]
2003-09-23 15:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EFIN ECON BR CU
03BRASILIA311DEFINING DTV HITS A BUMP; MISSION STRATEGY FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 23, new Minister of Communications Miro Teixeira proposed that the GoB form an inter-ministerial group to study and present findings on the viability of a made-in-Brazil digital television (DTV) standard. The announcement immediately followed Teixeira's review of a [...]
2003-01-29 16:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD EINT BR
03BRASILIA320BRAZILIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTROLS SERVICES
[...] This cable responds to questions raised in reftel A regarding regulation of services at the federal and sub-federal level. 2. Brazil is a Federal Republic. Brazil's government is comprised of the Federal Government, 26 state governments, one Federal District government and approximately 5, [...]
2003-01-29 18:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD BR WTRO
03BRASILIA3459CAN ITAMARATY'S STRANGLEHOLD ON FTAA POLICY BE
[...] Summary. Widespread reporting in Brazil on the outcome of the FTAA TNC meeting in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) unleashed a hail of criticism directed at Itamaraty, both on the substance of its FTAA policy and its conduct in T&T. By the end of the TNC meeting, Brazilian dailies were reporting that [...]
2003-10-27 17:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA356UPDATE ON TIMING OF MERCOSUL FTAA OFFERS
[...] (U) Brazilian dailies Gazeta Mercantil and O Estado reported today on the progress of market access discussions this week between Mercosul FTAA negotiating teams meeting in Asuncion. The dailies note that a consensus position regarding all of the FTAA market access offers has not been achieve [...]
2003-01-31 17:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA3682 BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone dissents from the forecast of 3/3.5% GDP growth in 2004. Optimists suggest a parallel with 2000, when Brazil's GDP grew 4.4% after the previous year's 0.7%, des [...]
2003-11-18 13:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3814BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA
[...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...]
2003-12-03 15:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH
03BRASILIA3905G-20 MEET IN BRASILIA
[...] (U) Summary. The G-20 meeting taking place in Brasilia December 11-12 is designed to lend political weight to the group prior to the December 15 meeting in Geneva in which countries will consider restarting WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations after the failed Cancun Ministerial. [...]
2003-12-12 15:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BR WTRO
03BRASILIA3982BRAZIL: UPDATES TO 2003 NTE
[...] Per Ref A, this cable transmits post's draft of the 2003 NTE. A separate copy is being emailed directly to USTR (Cronin and Blue). IMPORT POLICIES Brazil's arithmetic average applied tariff was an estimated 11.5 percent in 2003. Brazil currently maintains no applied tariff rates in exce [...]
2003-12-23 14:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA439BRAZIL SWAYS MERCOSUL ON FTAA OFFERS
[...] (U) Following through on its rhetoric to strengthen and unify Mercosul, Brazil's new government has acted forcefully and decisively to forge consensus with its Mercosul partners over FTAA initial offers. Foreign Minister Amorim, first securing the Argentine pledge of solidarity in Buenos Aires [...]
2003-02-07 14:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA697 Brazilian Growth Prospects
[...] (U) Summary. The Brazilian economy grew a modest 1.5% in 2002, as a strong export performance offset falling domestic consumption and investment. The Central Bank expects growth will reach 2.8% in 2003, led by trade and agriculture and a modest increase in domestic consumption and manufactu [...]
2003-03-02 10:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV BR
03BRASILIA698BRAZIL: SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE
[...] Summary. Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2003 Special 301 Review. New attention to entrenched IPR problems, particularly in the copyright area, may be forthcoming under the new Lula government. Driven largely by concern over lost tax revenues, impact o [...]
2003-03-02 10:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BTIO
03BRASILIA80BRAZIL'S PENSION ("PREVIDENCIA") PROBLEM: A BASIC
[...] Lula's GoB is set to tackle the abysmal fiscal problem of Brazil's pension system (current budget drain: five-plus percent of GDP.) Of that system's total deficit in 2002, its three million public-sector pensioners accounted for Rs 53 billion; its 20.8 million private sector retirees for just [...]
2003-01-09 09:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA907BRAZIL: SERVICES HELD HOSTAGE TO AGRICULTURE
[...] (U) Econoff met on March 12 with Felipe Hees of the Services, Investment and Financial Issues Division of Itamaraty to discuss prospects for Brazil's submission of services offers in the WTO (reftel) and FTAA negotiations. WTO - Submission by Deadline Is Doubtful 2. (U) Although Hees stre [...]
2003-03-24 13:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO FTAA
03BRUSSELS4143FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE:
[...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]
2003-08-28 18:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS4518RFG: SHOULD THE EU BE INVOLVED WITH PSI?
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) At the September 16 meeting of the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC),PSC Ambassadors broadly supported the case for EU involvement in, or association with, the Proliferation Security Initiative [...]
2003-09-23 11:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5469USEU LABOR/SOCIAL AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This is first cable in new series designed to provide labor reporting officers and attaches with a review of recent key EU actions in the areas of labor affairs and social policy as well as a look-ahead of what to expect in coming months. This report will highlight areas of US/EU dialogue/ [...]
2003-12-03 12:37:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5593A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU
[...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...]
2003-12-11 14:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5635TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (list of participants in paras 20-21). The six members of Congress and ten members of the European Parliament (MEP's) reviewed the draft EU Constitutional Trea [...]
2003-12-16 12:23:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BUENOSAIRES1662ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT-ELECT KIRCHNER NAMES CABINET
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT-ELECT NESTOR KIRCHNER ANNOUNCED THE COMPOSITION OF HIS CABINET ON MAY 20. AS KIRCHNER HAD STATED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO LAVAGNA WILL CONTINUE ON AS ECONOMY MINISTER. THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WERE HIS SELECTION OF JUDICIAL AFFAIRS EXPERT RAFAEL BIELSA AS FOREIGN M [...]
2003-05-20 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR US
03BUENOSAIRES1747ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TAKES OFFICE WITH PREDICTABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NESTOR KIRCHNER'S MAY 25 INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ADVOCATING A GREATER STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING FISCAL DISCIPLINE. HE REPEATED HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GIVE PROMINENCE OF PLACE TO ARGENTINA'S RELATIONS WITH [...]
2003-05-28 20:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL AR CU
03COLOMBO1028 MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 12) TOKYO CONFERENCE
[...] Summary. Sri Lankan media coverage of the Tokyo Donor Conference and its implications lessened somewhat, but was still energetic. Tamil newspapers' lead headlines concentrated on the LTTE rejection of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's suggested interim administration for the north and e [...]
2003-06-12 10:36:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1146ENSURING SRI LANKA UNDERSTANDS OUR FTA STANDARDS
[...] Charge met with Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake on July 1, during a call on the Minister by US Reps Jerry Weller and Scott Garrett, both in Sri Lanka on a private visit. Charge used the meeting to encourage the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to study the texts of the [...]
2003-07-01 10:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1190 President's party weighs in on Tigers, GSL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the June Tokyo donors conference, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, and her People's Alliance (PA) party, have been relatively quiet in their attacks on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his government's ruling United National Party (U [...]
2003-07-08 11:17:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CE
03COLOMBO1197 Maldives: Let Us Not Take This Friend For
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Republic of Maldives has made only one substantive request of us this past year -- to defer until later this year a decision on whether to graduate the Maldives from LDC status. Embassy strongly believes meeting this modest request will go a long way towar [...]
2003-07-09 10:47:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD MV
03COLOMBO1240 In Charge's visit, Maldivians again press for
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Charge's July 13 meetings in Male, GoRM officials made another pitch that the Maldives' not be graduated from LDC status. Some concern was expressed about radical Islam gaining a beachhead in the island nation, a problem which would be heightened by an economic downturn. [...]
2003-07-15 11:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MV
03COLOMBO1273 Media Play: "Mystery American" attends Sri
[...] On Sunday, 7/14, readers of the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekender),one of Sri Lanka's mass circulation newspapers, woke up to front-page, above-the- fold headlines: "Mystery American at government intelligence meetings." The gist of the allegation: an AmCit had participated in me [...]
2003-07-22 07:25:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1389INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 07:10:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
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