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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| 00ANKARA8112 | TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMILAR TO THE USG'S INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED APPROACH. THE DANGER POSED TO TURKEY BY TERRORISM IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE THREE POSTS OF TH [...] | 2000-12-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 00BOGOTA10666 | 2000 TERRORISM REPORT (COLOMBIA) [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY BOGOTA'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL: A. RESPONSE OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO TERRORISM: COLOMBIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL (A BRANCH OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE) CONTINUES TO GIVE HIGH P [...] | 2000-12-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CO |
| 00HANOI686 | VIETNAM 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 07:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL |
| 00HARARE2203 | APRIL 24 HARARE UPDATE [...] (U) AS OF THE MORNING OF APRIL 24 HARARE IS QUIET. THE WEEKEND BOMBING IN THE CITY CENTER (REFTEL) RAISED FEARS AMONG CITY DWELLERS, BUT THE GENERALLY LESSENING TENSION ON THE FARMS APPEARS TO HAVE MORE THAN OFFSET THIS AS ZIMBABWE PREPARES TO RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW AFTER A FOUR-DAY EASTER [...] | 2000-04-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2339 | MEDIA REPORT POLICE RELEASE JOURNALIST; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2000-05-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE3963 | SPECIAL 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 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BY SF |
| 00HARARE5302 | ZIMBABWE MINISTER'S STATEMENT PRELUDE TO MORE INTIMIDATION AGAINST MDC [...] (C) IN A PARLIAMENTARY SESSION ATTENDED BY POLOFF, HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO READ A BRIEF GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE POLICE RAIDS AGAINST THE MDC LAST WEEK (REFS B AND C). AFTER READING WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A POLICE REPORT ON THE BOMBING OF THE MDC HEADQUARTERS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE RAIDS [...] | 2000-09-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5581 | MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CALLED THE BOMBING OF MDC HEADQUARTERS AND SUBSEQUENT RAIDS ON ITS OFFICES "AMATEURISH." THE GOZ HAS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MDC LEADERSHIP BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PAINT THE PARTY AS A SUBVERVISE ORGANIZA [...] | 2000-09-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00KINSHASA8008 | (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO): 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2000-11-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8621 | DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...] | 2000-12-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
| 00LONDON8980 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE UNITED KINGDOM CONTINUED ITS AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 2000. IT PASSED A NEW TERRORISM LAW THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT EXPANDED POWERS TO FIGHT BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORISM, AND IT CONTINUED ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES TO BRI [...] | 2000-12-28 17:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 00RABAT5272 | MOROCCO: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO. THE GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO (G [...] | 2000-11-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 00RIYADH3360 | SAUDI ARABIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 2000, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM. PART [...] | 2000-12-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SA |
| 00ULAANBAATAR1422 | MONGOLIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2000-11-28 03:56:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MG |
| 01ABUJA1000 | Lunch Conference on Drugs and Financial Crimes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Special Advisor on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Dr. Ibrahim Lame hosted a three hour lunch and meeting on drugs and related crimes on April 19. Media questioned Dr. Lame, Attorney General Bola Ige and NDLEA Chairman Lafiaji, among others, on current crime and [...] | 2001-05-04 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CJAN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1587 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...] | 2001-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI |
| 01ABUJA2404 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...] | 2001-09-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
| 01ABUJA2416 | NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1333 [...] Reftel demarche was delivered September 20 to Central Bank Governor Joseph Sanusi and September 21 to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Governor Sanusi, while unaware of the reporting requirements per UNSCR 1333, w [...] | 2001-09-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER NI |
| 01ABUJA2421 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...] | 2001-09-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
| 01ABUJA2491 | NIGERIA: PRE-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Embassy received Ref A request for pre-deployment assessment on 26 September. By this date, deployments for Operation Focus Relief trainers were already well underway, and training had already begun at Birnin-Kebbi (training in Ilorin and Serti is scheduled to begin on 8 October). Additio [...] | 2001-09-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC 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 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI |
| 01ABUJA2667 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...] | 2001-10-18 20:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI |
| 01ABUJA2710 | NDLEA EXHIBITS GREATER DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROWESS [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2.(C) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, NDLEA Chairman Bello Lafiaji extolled the drug enforcement agency's more energetic efforts. Drug seizures made thus far already surpass last year's totals and t [...] | 2001-10-24 21:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2786 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] | 2001-10-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2792 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] | 2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
| 01ACCRA2992 | GHANA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-05 12:56:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL GH |
| 01ANKARA6815 | IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...] | 2001-10-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU IR |
| 01ANKARA7811 | TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...] | 2001-12-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER |
| 01BEIJING11971 | CHINA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA STRONGLY AND PROMPTLY CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHICH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN DESCRIBED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AS AN ATTACK BOTH ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON WORLD PEACE. [...] | 2001-12-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 01CAIRO5770 | CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 [...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...] | 2001-09-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO EG |
| 01COLOMBO2233 | SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS [...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REF B REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARAS 2-3 ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO REF A CONCERNING UPGRADING HOST COUNTRY ANTI-TERRORISM LA [...] | 2001-12-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL CE MV |
| 01GABORONE3435 | TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES [...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...] | 2001-10-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER BC |
| 01HANOI2885 | SPOUTING THE PARTY LINE ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE EXPRESSED TO POL/C THEIR CONDOLENCES ON THE 9/11 TRAGEDIES AND OPPOSITION TO TERRORISM, SATISFACTION OVER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, AND DEEP OPPOSITION TO THE DRAFT VIETNAM H [...] | 2001-11-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM CTERR BTA HUMANR |
| 01HANOI2949 | CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. EVIDENCE OF CATHOLIC LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI IS ABUNDANT IN MANY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOCATIONS BUT TENDS TO DIMINISH FARTHER NORTH. BISHOPS AND PRIESTS REPOR [...] | 2001-11-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI2985 | PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL [...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...] | 2001-11-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 01HANOI3308 | DISCUSSING TERRORISM IN NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM [...] DURING OFFICIAL TRAVEL IN TWO NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES -- HAI DUONG AND QUANG NINH -- DECEMBER 18-19 (SEPTEL),POL/C DISTRIBUTED PAS-PRODUCED "RESPONSE TO TERROR" AND "NETWORK OF TERROR" (AS WELL AS OTHER PAS MATERIALS ABOUT THE U.S.),EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR GVN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORIS [...] | 2001-12-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 01HARARE1026 | ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED [...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...] | 2001-03-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1082 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES COMMONWEALTH HEADS [...] (C) ZIMBABWEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STANISLAUS MUDENGE SUMMONED COMMONWEALTH AND SADC HEADS OF MISSION IN HARARE ON MARCH 21 TO DELIVER A TWO-HOUR HARANGUE ON THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) STATEMENT ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE IN LONDON. "NOTHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN ZIMB [...] | 2001-03-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI ADCO |
| 01HARARE1257 | ROAD MAP FOR IMPROVING ZIMBABWE-U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICA PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR RELATIONSHIP ITH ZIMBABWE. THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DETERIORATED BADLY AS THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASINGLY ELIED ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION TO PRESERVE IS HO [...] | 2001-04-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE2455 | MEDIA REPORT -- DR. MICHAEL SWANGO CASE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY 'THE CHRONICLE' DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 15 EDITORIAL TO A CALL FOR THE EXTRADITION OF AMCIT DR. MICHAEL SWANGO, NOW SERVING LIFE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02455 201428Z SENTENCE IN COLORADO FOR KILLING PATIENTS IN T [...] | 2001-08-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
| 01HARARE2682 | MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.; [...] THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVED BLANKET COVERAGE IN BOTH THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. THE STATE-FUNDED NATIONAL BROADCASTING TELEVISION STATION, ZTV 1, SUSPENDED NORMAL PROGRAMMING YESTERDAY (SEPTEMBER 11) AFTERNOON WHEN CABLE NEWS NETWORK STARTED [...] | 2001-09-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE2716 | TFUSO1: 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 05:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE2769 | MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.; [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 20 EDITORIAL TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES. UNDER HEADLINE "TARGETING ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN BE DANGEROUS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ACTED QUICKLY TO DOU [...] | 2001-09-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE2771 | TFUS1: MEDIA REPORTING ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO CARRY OPINION PIECES AND OP-ED ARTICLES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 BOMBINGS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. THESE ARTICLES BOTH REFLECT AND LEAD ZIMBABWEAN POPULAR OPINION ON THE ATTACKS. IN GENERAL, THE ZIMBABWEAN MOOD IS [...] | 2001-09-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE2813 | MEDIA REPORT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON U. S. [...] THERE HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTPOURING OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, PUBLISHED IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CENTERING ON THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. SAMPLES OF THE LETTERS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "INJUSTICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWE [...] | 2001-09-25 05:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE3004 | TFUS1 - 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 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL |
| 01HARARE3063 | MEDIA 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 05:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE3158 | MEDIA REPORT STRIKE AGAINST TERROR OPINION PIECES; [...] THE OCTOBER 21 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED TWO OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.-LED STRIKE AGAINST TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. UNDER HEADLINE "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND," THE [...] | 2001-10-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE655 | ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) SINCE FEBRUARY 1, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS INTENSIFIED AND EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF ITS INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN IN URBAN AREAS. IT HAS SENT ARMY AND POLICE UNITS INTO TOWNSHIPS NEAR HARARE TO INDISCRIMINATELY BEAT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND PUBLIC PLACES. ON FEBRUARY 3, POLICE SQU [...] | 2001-02-06 16:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI MDC |
| 01HARARE662 | MUGABE PROBABLY WILL WIN ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION IN [...] (C) UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE RESEARCH FELLOW BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS TOLD CHARGE AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 1 THAT, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ZANU-PF WILL EMPLOY INCREASED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE OPPOSITION PARTY MOVEMENT FOR DQOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),INDEPENDENT MED [...] | 2001-02-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE741 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...] | 2001-02-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE856 | THREATS AGAINST WHITE OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS [...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP AND SECRETARY FOR POLICY FORMULATION AND RESEARCH TRUDY SIPDIS STEVENSON EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT ESCALATING HARASSMENT OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S LEADERS. SHE RECOUNTED A TROUBLING CO [...] | 2001-02-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE897 | GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS [...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...] | 2001-03-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE903 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS [...] (U) IN HIS FIRST-EVER BRIEFING FOR THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID ZIMBABWE IS IN A STATE OF "TERMINAL PARALYSIS" DUE TO THE BREAKDOWN IN THE RULE OF LAW AND INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. TSVANGI [...] | 2001-03-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE970 | ZIMBABWE'S CFU DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS PERSONAL [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 8, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE' EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE. HASLUCK STATED THAT WHILE [...] | 2001-03-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HAVANA4690 | CUBA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-14 13:43:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1181 | CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC),ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND CONOFF. HAI EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE CG AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE BOTH COMFORTABLE AND BUSY IN HCMC. HE SAID THE [...] | 2001-10-17 05:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM |
| 01KUWAIT3338 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - AND UBL SPEECH [...] (S) USAMA BIN LADEN'S NOVEMBER 3 STATEMENT WAS THE SPEECH OF A DESPERATE MAN DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HAD NOT GENERATED GREATER SUPPORT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, KUWAIT MFA UNDERSECRETARY AL-JARALLAH TOLD THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 4. AL-JARALLAH DID NOT EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE PR [...] | 2001-11-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER AF KU |
| 01LONDON7384 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT [...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...] | 2001-12-21 16:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 01MANAMA3641 | AMIR TO SECRETARY POWELL ON AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (S) SUMMARY. BAHRAIN'S AMIR WELCOMES THE U.S. FOCUS ON REPLACING THE TALIBAN AND FORMING A BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT. HE URGED THAT WE GET SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE SPOKESMAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND TURN THE TALIBAN INTO INSURGENTS. WITH SUCH A STEP HE TH [...] | 2001-10-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF BA |
| 01RIYADH3968 | SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...] | 2001-12-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL SA |
| 01STATE157144 | SITREP NUMBER ONE: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CONUS [...] THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TO PROVIDE POSTS WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON A RASH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 IN NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, D.C. BE ADVISED THAT THIS INFORMATION IS DRAWN FROM OPEN SOURCES AS THE SITUATION IS DEVELOPING. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATI [...] | 2001-09-11 15:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
| 01TELAVIV4047 | HAMAS: 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 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
| 01VATICAN1192 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 02 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01192 01 OF 02 022245Z CONTENTS: - POPE CALLS WORLD'S CARDINALS TO ROME TO PLAN FUTURE - VATICAN AND MOSLEMS ISSUE JOINT CALL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL - PAP [...] | 2001-03-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3118 | VATICAN ENVOY VISITS ISRAEL; ISRAEL/VATICAN [...] (C) POPE JOHN PAUL II DISPATCHED PIO CARDINAL LAGHI TO MEET ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHARON AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN ARAFAT ON JUNE 2. VATICAN MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR MONS. GIOVANNI D'ANIELLO ACCOMPANIED LAGHI. CHARGE CALLED ON D'ANIELLO JUNE 6 FOR READ-OUT OF TRIP. D'ANIELLO SAID THAT [...] | 2001-06-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XR VT |
| 01VATICAN5546 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR JEFF LUNSTEAD, SENIOR [...] SUBJECT: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHANISTAN BRIEFS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05546 01 OF 02 251050Z VATICAN. REF. STATE 184178 2. (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR ADVISOR AND AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 [...] | 2001-10-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN6604 | SPECIAL ENVOY DANFORTH DISCUSSES BACK- [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/E DANFORTH AND DELEGATION DISCUSSED STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD SUDAN PEACE PROCESS 12/20 WITH SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY AFRICA SPECIALISTS FABIO RICCARDI AND DON MATTEO ZUPPI. RICCARDI PROPOSED CONFIDENTIAL TALKS BETWEEN TRUSTED SENIOR GOS AND SPLM REPRESENTATIVES AT A LOCATIO [...] | 2001-12-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU VT VTPREL |
| 02ABUJA462 | NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR [...] No summary [...] | 2002-02-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 02ACCRA2693 | GHANA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-10-25 10:18:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL GH |
| 02ADDISABABA3801 | ETHIOPIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ETHIOPIA IS A CONFIRMED AND COMMITTED PARTNER IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) AT ALL LEVELS. ALTHOUGH OFTEN LACKING IN CAPACITY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) HAS RESPONDED PRO-ACTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL THREAT. EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO FORE [...] | 2002-11-25 04:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS ET |
| 02AMMAN2432 | SENIOR 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 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2527 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2002-05-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2696 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-05-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2938 | STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA [...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...] | 2002-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3304 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2002-06-19 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3403 | MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QA'EDA AND RADIO `SAWA' [...] No summary [...] | 2002-06-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3548 | STATUS OF JORDAN'S ACCESSION TO UN CT CONVENTIONS [...] Poloff delivered Ref points to Aiyman Aamri, Acting Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 30. Poloff explained that the U.S. has now ratified all twelve UN CT Conventions and pressed Aamri on the GOJ's progress in ratifying the four remaining UN [...] | 2002-06-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL OSCE OSCE |
| 02AMMAN3860 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4067 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4089 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE GAZA BOMBING [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4138 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA BOMBING RAID [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4317 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2002-08-05 08:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4377 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2002-08-06 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4594 | SFRC STAFFER TALWAR'S MEETING WITH FM MUASHER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Muasher met with the DCM, Poloff, and SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar on August 13. Most of the discussion revolved around the MEPP and Iraq. FM Muasher applauded the U.S. commitment to a three-year time-frame for a Palestinian state, but urged that the U.S. come up with a pl [...] | 2002-08-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 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 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5527 | HAMZA MANSOUR AND THE IAF/MB: MODERATE LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2002-09-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 02ANKARA8110 | TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...] | 2002-11-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU |
| 02ANKARA8305 | TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-11-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 02ATHENS4072 | GREECE: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, THE GOG HAS ROTATED THREE FRIGATES (HS SPETSES, HS ADRIAS, AND HS PSARA) THROUGH ARABIAN SEA DUTY. EACH FRIGATE CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 200 CREW MEMBERS, A S-70B6 HELICOPTER, AND A UNIT OF HELLENIC NAVY COMMANDOS. GREECE HAS ALSO BEEN CONT [...] | 2002-11-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR |
| 02BEIJING11889 | CHINA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2002 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA TREATS DESIGNATIONS OF TERRORISTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH THOSE DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THE PRC REGULARLY INSTRUCTS ITS FINANCIAL INS [...] | 2002-11-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 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 15:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV LE |
| 02BOGOTA3159 | FARC RESUMES ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: FARC ACTIONS AGAINST THE MILITARY, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, AND COLOMBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE FLARED DURING A THREE-WEEK PERIOD FOLLOWING THE END OF THE DESPEJE. SINCE THEN, FARC ACTIVITY AGAINST THE POPULATION HAD BEEN MINIMAL, UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK: FROM MARCH 24 TO 27, FARC REBELS [...] | 2002-04-08 23:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR SOCI CO |
| 02COLOMBO1629 | Sri Lankan government lifts ban on the [...] (U) Suggested press guidance for Department's review is contained in Para eight. 2. (C) Summary: The GSL lifted its ban on the Tamil Tigers late September 4. By doing so, the government acceded to a key demand of the Tigers, paving the way for the planned high-level talks in Thailand. [...] | 2002-09-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1758 | Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sri Lanka update [...] (C) Per Reftel Action Request, Mission has carefully reviewed the Sri Lanka section of the 2001 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Mission provides the following update for Department's review: -- The Sri Lankan government continues to support the global campaign against terrorism. -- [...] | 2002-09-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC KCRM PINS CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-10-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL |
| 02COLOMBO2055 | GSL says court judgment convicting LTTE leader [...] (C) SUMMARY: A court has convicted LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in absentia of planning a 1996 terrorist attack. The GSL has said the judgment will not affect the peace process. The LTTE has not yet formally reacted. The announcement came on the same day as GSL and LTTE negotiators sat down [...] | 2002-11-01 06:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO TH LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2137 | SRI LANKAN/MALDIVES: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] MISSION'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARA 2 IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS A THROUGH K IN PARA TWO OF REFTEL. PARA 3 CONTAINS A REVIEW OF THE SITUATI [...] | 2002-11-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE MV |
| 02FRANKFURT10187 | FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...] | 2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 02HANOI1405 | AA/S WOOD HOLDS WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 20-22 VISIT TO HANOI, IO AA/S WOOD DISCUSSED COUNTERTERRORISM, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC),NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REFORM, THE MONTAGNARDS, MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITH GVN AND COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) OFFICIALS, STUDENTS FROM THE [...] | 2002-06-03 06:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR DPOL HIV AIDS |
| 02HANOI2692 | VIETNAM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] EMBASSY'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH 2. THE RESPONSE IS KEYED TO THE PARAGRAPHS IN REFTEL. 2. A) THE GVN HAS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM AND TAKEN A NUMBER OF MEASURES AGAINST AL- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02692 [...] | 2002-11-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
| 02HARARE1984 | INDEPENDENT RADIO OFFICES BOMBED [...] Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 29 the offices of independent radio "Voice of the People" (VOP) were firebombed and destroyed. The offices were in a house in a residential neighborhood near downtown Harare. There were no injuries, but the house and its content [...] | 2002-08-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2001 | LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) On August 29, police detained Frances Lovemore, acting director of Zimbabwe's leading human rights organization, Amani Trust. She was charged with violating the section of the repressive Public Order and Security Act (POSA) which prohibits publication of "falsehoods" prejudicial to the s [...] | 2002-08-30 09:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE2008 | GOVERNMENT PAPER BLAMES OPPOSITION PARTY AND "THE [...] The government-controlled "Herald" used its August 31 editorial to suggest that the bombing of the "Voice of the People" radio station offices on August 29 was the work of western-sponsored "enemies of Zimbabwe" bent on sullying the nation's reputation. 2. Unde [...] | 2002-09-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2324 | "DAILY NEWS" COMMISSIONS NEW PRINTING PRESS [...] Twenty months after its presses were destroyed by expertly placed, sophisticated explosive devices (no arrests were ever made) the independent "Daily News" inaugurated new presses. In an October 22 ceremony attended by Zimbabwean media, human rights, law and business lea [...] | 2002-10-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2480 | GOVERNMENT PAPER ACCUSES U.S. AND BRITAIN OF [...] Under the headline "Zimbabwe is no colony" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its November 10 editorial to accusing the United States and Britain of practicing "gunboat diplomacy." Excerpts: 2. ". . .This week, the Deputy Secretary of Sta [...] | 2002-11-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2737 | MEDIA REPORT "WORLD MUST FIGHT TERRORISM"; HARARE [...] Under headline "World must fight terrorism" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its November 30 editorial to calling for "a united front against terrorism" and urged world leaders to "desist from harboring terrorist groups." Excerpts: 2. "Ter [...] | 2002-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2891 | MEDIA REPORT: NYAROTA FIRED; HARARE [...] Geoffrey Nyarota (52),award-winning Editor-in-Chief of the "Daily News," has been fired by the newspaper's board of directors. His deputy, Davison Maruziva, who had been asked to step in as acting editor by management, has also resigned in protest against Nyarota's d [...] | 2002-12-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE965 | MEDIA REPORT -- U.S. ACCUSED OF COORDINATING [...] The lead story in the April 22 edition of the government-controlled "Chronicle" accuses the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of "planning a massive terrorist attack" in Harare and Bulawayo in a move "to invoke civil unrest and pave way for military interven [...] | 2002-04-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 02KATHMANDU1315 | Bomb Explodes at PM's Party Headquarters [...] (U) A bomb exploded July 5 at the newly-opened Kathmandu office of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction of the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) around 10:45 a.m. local time. Police sources confirmed ten people injured and hospitalized. One remains in critical condition. Security forces im [...] | 2002-07-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1332 | POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cancelled by Nepali police. The police reportedly acted out of concern for heightened sensitivities in the run-up to the first official visit to China by Nepal's [...] | 2002-07-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1371 | LARGE GROUP OF NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE, [...] (C) Summary. Several hundred Maoists attacked a village near western Nepal's largest city July 10, killing two mainstream party workers apparently in retaliation for cooperating with security forces. The attackers also brutalized other villagers and warned family members of the victims not t [...] | 2002-07-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1640 | UPDATE ON MAOIST INSURGENCY: JULY-AUGUST 2002 [...] (U) This message highligts significant events in the Maoist insurgency since July. On August 21 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) attacked a Maoist training camp in Rolpa, reportedly killing 30 insurgents. Maoists continue to attack civilians and rural infrastructure, but staged no large-scale atta [...] | 2002-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MCAP NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1674 | BOMB 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 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1693 | MORE EXPLOSIONS IN KATHMANDU AS STRIKE DATE NEARS [...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their campaign of bombings in urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley throughout a long holiday weekend August 30-September 1. The explosions targeted businesses in the city, although two armed invasions of the homes of prominent politicians were also reported. [...] | 2002-09-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2052 | KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE OBSERVED; MAOISTS CLAIM [...] (SBU) Four people were slightly injured in a series of small explosions in the heart of Kathmandu--including two in or near the Thamel tourist district--October 27. The Maoists' October 28 strike in the Kathmandu Valley and October 27 strike in the southern Terai plains region bordering Indi [...] | 2002-10-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2228 | NEPAL: 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 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN |
| 02KATHMANDU2307 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT [...] Summary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than 100 have been killed during the course of the "People's War," and an estimated 1500 orphans and 15,000 displaced children face an uncertain future. Death or [...] | 2002-12-05 08:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2490 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BOMB SCHOOL DORMITORY, SEVEN INJURED [...] Summary: Five children, a teacher and a secondary school principal were injured when Maoists bombed an occupied school dormitory in Kathmandu on the evening of December 27. The attack was apparently aimed at the home of the Minister of Education, and the local group of insurgents has apologize [...] | 2002-12-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU340 | MAOISTS PAMPHLETEER, PREPARE FOR STRIKE IN [...] (U) Maoist insurgents continue to publicize a nationwide strike called for Feb. 22-23 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the insurgency and had some success enforcing a local strike in the mid-western and western regions Feb. 10. Security forces have increased checkpoints along c [...] | 2002-02-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU376 | ONE FEARED DEAD IN BOMB EXPLOSION, ARSON AT [...] (U) Suspected Maoists set fire to files and set off a timed explosive device at a Kathmandu Land Revenue Office a little after 10:00 a.m. on February 15. Four people, including a police officer attempting to extinguish the fire were injured. Embassy has heard unconfirmed reports that at lea [...] | 2002-02-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU410 | NATIONWIDE STRIKE BRINGS SCATTERED VIOLENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Insurgents attacked a remote police post in Salyan district, killing 34 policemen, on the eve of a strike called by the Maoists for February 22 and 23. Scattered bombings were reported throughout the country in the run-up to the strike, including a fatal incident along a major [...] | 2002-02-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU771 | TWO DEAD IN RASH OF CAPITAL BOMBINGS; MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A string of seven Maoist attacks across the Kathmandu valley April 17-18 killed two and wounded eight. Maoists attacked three street-side police posts, in one case killing one officer and one civilian by- stander. Attacks on government offices and the home of an advisor to th [...] | 2002-04-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU804 | MORE TRAFFIC MOVING, BUSINESSES OPEN IN STRIKE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: More traffic was moving and shops open on the second day of the general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. One mini-bus was torched inside Kathmandu after a crowd attacked it; no injuries were reported. In districts outside Kathmandu Maoists hijacked four ambula [...] | 2002-04-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU828 | MAOISTS ATTACK CIVILIAN VEHICLES AS COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Kathmandu continued to move toward normalcy on the fourth day of the Maoists' five-day general strike with traffic even heavier than yesterday. A bomb went off April 26 injuring two on a bus about one kilometer from the Embassy, while on April 25 Maoists bombed a private reside [...] | 2002-04-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU921 | Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...] | 2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU925 | Child Victims of Maoist Insurgency [...] Summary. At least eighty-five children have been killed during the six-year-long Maoists insurgency and many others wounded or pressed into service, according to a recent report by a local child-welfare NGO. The conflict will take a heavy psychological toll on Nepal's children, the report co [...] | 2002-05-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM KWMN PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU985 | LEFTISTS LAMBASTE MAOIST VIOLENCE; PRACHANDA [...] (SBU) In a joint public statement May 20, nine left-wing opposition parties criticized Maoist tactics and called for the insurgents to "reinstate their credibility" by initiating a unilateral ceasefire. Eight of the parties--only three of which have Members in Parliament--asked Opposition Lea [...] | 2002-05-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02LONDON8320 | UNITED 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 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK |
| 02MUSCAT730 | BIN ALAWI ANGRY, FRUSTRATED BY U.S. "BIAS" TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMANI MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BIN ALAWI STRONGLY CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND COMPLAINS THAT U.S. IS "COMPLETELY BIASED" TOWARDS ISRAEL. BIN ALAWI SAYS THAT IT IS "IMPOSSIBLE" NOW FOR ARAB LEADERS TO CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBING, WHICH THEY SEE NOT O [...] | 2002-04-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MEPN MU XF |
| 02RANGOON1592 | DRUGS, THUGS AND FACTS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon wants to provide clarification and counterpoint to reftels reporting on Burma counterterrorism and counternarcotics issues. When discussing drugs and thugs, accurate information is absolutely crucial to framing USG counternarcotics stategy in the context of Burma-T [...] | 2002-12-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER PINS BM |
| 02ROME1797 | AFGHANISTAN: ALL SYSTEMS (STILL) GO FOR FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SON-IN-LAW TO THE FORMER AFGHAN KING SAID THREATS AND DISTURBANCES WILL NOT DETER THE KING AND HIS PARTY FROM THEIR RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY ARE PLEASED WITH ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE BY ITALY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AIA, THEY REMAIN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH CHAIRMAN KARZAI, A [...] | 2002-04-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 02STATE250963 | DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...] | 2002-12-07 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2523 | HONDURAS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. GOALS FOR [...] EmbOffs have demarched MFA officials several times in August/September on U.S. goals for the 57th UNGA and the GOH will be generally supportive. Post has the following comments about the GOH positions on key issues raised in ref F, in addition to those included in ref E e-mail: -- On counter [...] | 2002-09-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM ECON OTRA HO UNGA UN |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3318 | HONDURAN ACTION ON SEVEN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: PolOff met December 6 with Honduran MFA Director General for Treaties Ivonne Bonilla to demarche Bonilla on the 1988 maritime counterterrorism (CT) convention and protocol and to get a status report on the GOH's slow acti [...] | 2002-12-09 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO |
| 02VATICAN326 | PRESSING VATICAN ON PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) AMBASSADOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A FRIDAY, 01/18 MEETING WITH VATICAN FM EQUIVALENT JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TO PRESS REFTEL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00326 221703Z POINTS ON THE ZINNI MISSION AND TO ASK TAURAN TO REQUEST PRESIDENT ARAFAT TO HALT THE VIOLENCE AND [...] | 2002-01-22 16:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL VT MEPP |
| 02VATICAN4991 | JERUSALEM PATRIARCH PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE LAST PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE POPE, CATHOLIC PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM MICHEL SABBAH MADE AN URGENT PLEA TO AMBASSADOR OCTOBER 10 FOR U.S. HELP TO STOP THE VIOLENCE, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA [...] | 2002-10-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS VT VTPREL |
| 03ABUDHABI1124 | MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 7 UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DELIBERATIONS AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND RECENT ESCALATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS WIDELY ASSERT THAT THE U.S. IS DETERMINED TO ATTACK IRAQ REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTING AT THE UN. AN "AL KHAL [...] | 2003-03-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR 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 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1397 | TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 5, MARCH 24 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/24. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...] | 2003-03-24 10:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1399 | TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 5, MARCH 24 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/24. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...] | 2003-03-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1431 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, THE U.S. BOMBING OF THE AL AATHAMIA AREA OF BAGHDAD, AND UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UNDER THE HEADLINE, "A CONVENTION FOR ALL," A "GULF NEWS" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED U.S. TREATMENT OF POWS. AN "AL KHA [...] | 2003-03-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1467 | TFIZ01: PUBLIC OPINION WRAP-UP: [...] (U) Six days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, even our closest and most westernized Emirati contacts are disturbed by the coverage they are seeing of the Iraq war. The emotional impact of the images of civilian casualties and the negative spin being imparted by the vast bulk of the Arab media [...] | 2003-03-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1615 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE CAPTURE AND RENAMING OF THE SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY COALITION FORCES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AS A "HUMAN CATASTROPHE" AND CRITICIZED ARABS FOR THEIR F [...] | 2003-04-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1624 | IRAQI EXPATS URGE COALITION TO STAY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) We recently met with two well-placed Iraqi expats who expressed gratitude for coalition efforts to rid Iraq of WMD and change the regime. Describing President Bush as a "savior," they advised us not to pay too m [...] | 2003-04-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1811 | MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...] | 2003-04-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1944 | MEDIA REACTION: RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ GEN. GARNER NEW [...] SUMMARY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, GENERAL JAY GARNER'S VISITS IN IRAQ, AND A CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN OVER THE FORMATION OF A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE REBUILT AFT [...] | 2003-04-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3039 | SHAYKH ZAYID BESTOWS THE EMIRATES' [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) UAE President Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al- Nahyan conferred upon CENTCOM Commander General Tommy R. Franks the Emirates Military Order of First Class in a meeting on June 24 at Al-Bahr Palace in Abu Dhabi. [...] | 2003-06-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3823 | MEDIA REACTION: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE [...] SUMMARY: SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD AND IN EAST JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ATTACK, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GOVERNMENT RELEASED A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATTACKS AND URGING WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNING COU [...] | 2003-08-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3827 | UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN BAGHDAD HQ, [...] (U) UAE MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) issued a statement August 20 condemning the attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, and calling on the international community to stand united in supporting the UN and the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) to restore se [...] | 2003-08-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3994 | BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD FACE: AL ARABIYA CHANGES ITS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 9th broadcast, Arabic Satellite News Channel al Arabiya aired videos of militant organizations urging Iraqis and Arabs to target "Occupation" forces. Again on August 28th, the station broadcast footage of similarly hooded men threatening to kill Iraqi Governing Co [...] | 2003-09-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL KMDR ECON PGOV ZP |
| 03ABUDHABI4004 | UAEG ELECTS NOT TO AIR RECORDED THREAT TAPE [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: A special assistant to UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed al-Nahyan delivered to Charge late September 1 an audio recording that had been delivered to Abu Dhabi T [...] | 2003-09-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL 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 07:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5095 | UAE: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following information is keyed to reftel section two. (A separate complementary classified cable will follow with additional information.) A) In 2003 the UAE continued to provide outstanding assistance and cooperation in the Global War on Terrorism. The UAE played a critical role in as [...] | 2003-11-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC TC |
| 03ABUJA1138 | NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES COURT DELTA MILITANTS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PREL PGOV PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA353 | IRAQ: NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] (C) The Ambassador February 16 conveyed Ref A message to Ad'Obe Obe, International Affairs Special Advisor to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. In view of Obasanjo's stance (Ref B) that Iraq must disarm but that disarmament had to be accomplished through the Security Council, the Ambassad [...] | 2003-02-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ NI UNSC |
| 03ABUJA404 | NIGERIA: 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 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NI |
| 03ABUJA630 | IALOGUE BETWEEN U.S. AND NORTHERN [...] Summary: Hosted by the Emir of Kano, a two day dialogue to discuss perceptions about U.S. Middle East Policy, the U.S. and Islam, the Global War on Terror and Poverty Alleviation in Northern Nigeria took place in the ancient Northern Nigerian city of Kano on January 27-28. The conference, t [...] | 2003-04-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PREL OIIP NI |
| 03ADANA168 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 30, 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. Hurriyet, / UNESCO i [...] | 2003-06-30 13:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA |
| 03ADANA169 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 01, 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, / "The Sto [...] | 2003-07-02 16:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA |
| 03ADANA282 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 15-17, 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. Ekspres, Bolg [...] | 2003-11-17 17:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA |
| 03ADANA92 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 1, 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. 2. Radikal/Cumhuriyet: In northern Iraq, where 1,200 US soldi [...] | 2003-04-01 11:57:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA |
| 03ADANA96 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 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: Turkish a [...] | 2003-04-04 16:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA |
| 03ADDISABABA4636 | ETHIOPIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] This is post's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. Post Responses A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the Global Coalition Against Terrorism: The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( [...] | 2003-12-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PINS ET |
| 03AMMAN1705 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1716 | JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1718 | KING'S SPEECH TO NATION UPSTAGED BY "SHOCK AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. King Abdullah's March 21 speech was largely upstaged by the televised coverage of the beginning of extensive coalition bombing. Many people we spoke with missed the beginning of the speech to watch the bombing, but most read a transcript the following day. Already very emotiona [...] | 2003-03-22 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN1744 | TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats "for security reasons and for performing actions that contradict the nature of their work as diplomats". The Minister said they would be asked to leave th [...] | 2003-03-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1769 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1798 | TFIZ01: KING ABDULLAH, GOJ RETRENCH IN FACE OF [...] (S) The sharp and angry public reaction to the start of war in Iraq has forced King Abdullah and the GOJ to alter their public line to deal with the public ire. In a speech by King Abdullah on March 21, a press conference the next day with the PM, FonMin and InfoMin, and official news agency [...] | 2003-03-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1842 | TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 13 (3/26 1915 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy continued on a normal schedule throughout March 26. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps Office remain suspended. Movements for American staff remain restricted. A freezing rain fell on Amman all day today, keeping most peop [...] | 2003-03-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1849 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1864 | TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 15 (3/27 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy EAC met March 27 to discuss security measures in anticipation of significant protest activity after Friday prayers on March 28. EAC issued a "standfast" order for all non-emergency personnel for 3/28 until 1800. After 1800, unless notified differently, post posture will return t [...] | 2003-03-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1885 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-30 12:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1910 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-31 10:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1922 | TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 21 (3/31 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services were 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. --------------- Consu [...] | 2003-03-31 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC PREL CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1951 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2072 | TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 29 (4/06 1730 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 6. 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. --------------- Co [...] | 2003-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2083 | TFIZO1: ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PEACEFUL COUNTRYWIDE [...] (C) Several demonstrations ranging in the hundreds to the low thousands again took place throughout Jordan after Friday prayers on April 4. Press reports said the continuation of images of the destruction and civilian Iraqi deaths on Jordanians' television screens motivates the demonstrators. [...] | 2003-04-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2155 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-09 14:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2844 | MEDIA REACTION ON RIYADH BOMBINGS, PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2928 | MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2956 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3050 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3242 | UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...] | 2003-06-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3332 | FBI 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 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL CJAN PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN3461 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3870 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5041 | AFTER THE BOMBING, JORDAN REQUESTS U.S. PROTECTION [...] (S) Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director, told PolCouns August 10 that, despite the August 7 bombing of the Jordanian Embassy building in Baghdad (ref),Jordan wishes to maintain a diplomatic and security presence in Baghdad. Al-Ayed said Jordan hopes to m [...] | 2003-08-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ US JO |
| 03AMMAN5067 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-11 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5100 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5188 | A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM ABUL RAGHEB AND [...] (S) In separate meetings with PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher August 13, A/S Burns expressed condolences for the bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and pledged continued USG support in the investigation. Muasher characterized the recent Arab League (AL) meeting in Cairo as "posit [...] | 2003-08-14 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS ASEC EFIN IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5329 | GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...] (U) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a statement condemning the "criminal and cowardly act" and expressing hope that it would not delay achieving the goals of security and stability in Iraq. The stat [...] | 2003-08-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5336 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS USE PARLIAMENTARY PLATFORM TO [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF),political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, bounded onto the political scene in Jordan this month after boycotting the political process since 1997. Relishing its newfound legitimate voice in the Jordanian Parliament, the IAF aired longstanding griev [...] | 2003-08-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5378 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-25 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5532 | JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours after the blast on August 29. In the name of the GOJ, Sharif denounced the bombing and assassination of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim as "a hideous crime," saying that the "horrid a [...] | 2003-09-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5569 | SOLANA 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 16:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO |
| 03AMMAN5620 | PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, met with King Abdallah, Senate President Zaid Al-Rifa'i, and several Jordanian academics and political activists to discuss Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's domestic [...] | 2003-09-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN6184 | PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES NEW IRAQI REFUGEE [...] (C) In separate meetings on the margins of the UNRWA major donors meeting, GOJ and UNHCR officials told PRM PDAS Greene that the refugee camps on the Iraqi-Jordanian border were increasingly problematic. The GOJ continues to advocate consolidation of the camps in no-man's land, while UNHCR p [...] | 2003-09-28 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6276 | JORDANIANS 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 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV IS JO |
| 03AMMAN6409 | GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling it a "dangerous escalation" which threatened the security of the entire region. Muasher further said that the attack "does not at all help the peace process [...] | 2003-10-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS JO SY |
| 03AMMAN6414 | JORDAN-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 07:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6580 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-15 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN6599 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN BOMBING OF U.S. CONVOY IN GAZA, [...] (C) Jordanians expressed shock and condemnation in the immediate aftermath of the October 15 attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip. The GOJ strongly condemned the bombing and extended its condolences to the families of the victims. Noting that the investigation into the atta [...] | 2003-10-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS ASEC PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN6613 | MEDIA RECTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN7003 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN7157 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE DAMASCUS MEETING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN7339 | AMMAN, MEDIA REACTION ON REACTIONS TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN7449 | NEW 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 15:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN7594 | AQABA CROSSING SHOOTING, RIYADH AND ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the aftermath of the shooting of foreign tourists at the southern Jordanian-Israeli border and bombings in Riyadh and Istanbul, Jordan is in a state of heightened alert as the country prepares for the week-long holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Security authorities believe the Jorda [...] | 2003-11-22 17:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN7805 | KING 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 10:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN7813 | JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...] | 2003-12-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN8123 | COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES, AND ORDERS THE RELEASE [...] (U) The State Security Court on December 10 convicted five men of sabotage and possession of explosive material for a plot dating back five years. The court sentenced a sixth man involved in the group, known as "Reform and Challenge," to four years for complicity in plotting subversive acts [...] | 2003-12-11 18:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN8169 | WASHINGTON BASED IRAQI DIPLOMATS STRESS IMPROVED [...] (C) PolOff met December 8 with two Washington bound Iraqi diplomats assigned to the Iraqi Interests Section. Both cited the critical need for improved security in Iraq to gain popular support for the U.S. presence. The diplomats said many Iraqis resent Jordan's support for Saddam and believe [...] | 2003-12-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03ANKARA1624 | GOT 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 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA1809 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-21 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1811 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1908 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2015 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-27 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2353 | TURKEY: 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 09:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA3186 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3205 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-15 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3257 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3481 | ANKARA OSAC DISCUSSES SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY [...] RSO, CONS and FCS hosted a reconstituted OSAC Country Council on 5/27/03 to discuss the critical nature of the global terrorist threat and the focus on "soft" targets. RSO provided an overview of the historical terrorist threat in Turkey, the worldwide threat from Al-Qa'ida and its network o [...] | 2003-05-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KSAC PTER |
| 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 04:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4545 | 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA5356 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5515 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...] | 2003-09-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5530 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-03 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA6291 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA6499 | MFA 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 10:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR |
| 03ANKARA6614 | PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA6752 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA6923 | IRAQ: 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 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03ANKARA7037 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7164 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7205 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7242 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7273 | TERROR 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 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA7297 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7319 | ANOTHER 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 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA7338 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7360 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7363 | PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...] | 2003-12-02 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA7377 | TERRORIST FINANCE: USG TEAM VISITS TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17-19, a three-person team from DOS and DOJ met in Ankara with GOT officials to assess the status of Turkey,s efforts to combat terrorist financing, and determine what assistance USG should offer. GOT officials were generally receptive, and the USG team is likely t [...] | 2003-12-02 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA7378 | TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...] | 2003-12-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA7389 | TURKISH FINANCIAL MARKETS RECOVER IN POST-HOLIDAY [...] (U) Summary: In the first full trading day following the Istanbul bombings and a week of local holidays, Turkish financial markets more than recovered, with stocks rising 9.5 percent December 1, the lira strenthening, and interest rates resuming their downward trend. On December 2, equity mark [...] | 2003-12-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA7416 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7446 | UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE [...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...] | 2003-12-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA7448 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7491 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-05 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7509 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7510 | SCENESETTER 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA7580 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA7597 | MORE 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR TU |
| 03ANKARA7612 | U/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 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA7727 | TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA7738 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized to Interior Minister Aksu U.S. willingness to offer FBI-sponsored training and to arrange visits to the U.S. terrorism counterintelligence center. Ambassador also raised concerns about Turkish airport security and lack of visa requirement for Iranians. Aks [...] | 2003-12-18 09:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA7881 | COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK" [...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...] | 2003-12-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA7933 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA934 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03BEIRUT4629 | LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Interior Minister Elias Murr October 31 to discuss Hizballah interference with an embassy motorcade, progress on the McDonalds bombing investigation, and the preparation of municipalities/electoral laws. Murr comprehends the seriousness of Hizballah interfe [...] | 2003-10-31 17:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV LE |
| 03BEIRUT5034 | LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER LE |
| 03BOGOTA11615 | COLOMBIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Colombia continues its struggle against the country's three main terrorist organizations ) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- all of which have been designated by the U.S. as Foreign Terr [...] | 2003-12-12 19:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 03BOGOTA342 | FARC KIDNAPS CIVILIANS FOR CAR BOMB ATTACKS [...] (U) IN ITS LATEST WAVE OF CAR BOMB ATTACKS IN ARAUCA, THE FARC REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN KIDNAPPING CIVILIANS AND USING THEM AS UNWITTING SUICIDE DRIVERS OF CARS LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES. ONCE THE CARS REACH THEIR TARGET, THE EXPLOSIVES ARE DETONATED VIA REMOTE CONTROL. SINCE JANUARY 8, THERE HAVE BE [...] | 2003-01-15 22:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
| 03BRUSSELS5525 | U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...] | 2003-12-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1075 | In visit to central region, some interlocutors [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15-16 visit, Kandy, an important city in Sri Lanka's Sinhalese belt, was quiet and peaceful. Many interlocutors, however, expressed anxiety about Tamil Tiger intentions. Buddhist monks, an influential group, were more serene. There was much comment -- in a favorable [...] | 2003-06-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1304 | IRF report: Draft 2003 Sri Lanka submission [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per the request in Ref A, Mission submits the draft 2003 International Religious Freedom report for Sri Lanka. As also requested in Ref A, a Word document with tracked changes based on the 2002 report h [...] | 2003-07-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF CE |
| 03COLOMBO1389 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-11 07:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV |
| 03COLOMBO1425 | No breakthroughs in meeting with Tigers, but [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with the Charge', Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim and Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar said the atmospherics of their meeting with the Tigers earlier that day had been positive. They said they had discussed the Tigers' upcoming meeting in Paris. Re conte [...] | 2003-08-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1630 | COLOMBO EAC MEETING DATED 9/18/03 [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Colombo EAC met on September 18 to discuss the upcoming Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) due September 19. EAC members in attendance were the AMB, DCM, RSO, ARSO, POL, PD, AID, CLO, ECON and IBB. 2. (C) The EAC reviewed post's current threat ratings on the [...] | 2003-09-19 05:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CE PTER |
| 03COLOMBO1725 | 2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ELAB KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 03COLOMBO2022 | Annual Terrorism Report for 2003: Submissions [...] Mission's response to Reftel requesting input for the Department's 2003 Annual Terrorism Report follows. Data on Sri Lanka is contained in Para Two and data on the Maldives in Para Three. Para Two is keyed to questions A through I in Reftel. Para Three contains an overview of the situation [...] | 2003-11-24 03:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINS CE MV |
| 03COLOMBO2201 | Maldivian Gleanings: Human rights commission [...] (C) This edition of Maldivian gleanings reviews the following: >> Maldivian government establishes national human rights commission >> Report on September rioting submitted to President Gayoom >> Former attorney general reflects on Gayoom and country's political system >> Tourism b [...] | 2003-12-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ECON PINR MV |
| 03COLOMBO66 | Journey of a human rights activist: From a [...] (C) SUMMARY: Father Harry Miller (AMCIT -- strictly protect),a Catholic priest and resident of Sri Lanka for almost 55 years, is changing his tune on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. Prior to the start of the peace process in December 2001, Miller was for many years harshly critica [...] | 2003-01-10 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO876 | COLOMBO EAC MEETING May 23, 2003 [...] (SBU) On May 23, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss our local security situation following the recent bombings in Saudi Arabia and Casablanca, and as recommended in reftel. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC agreed that Colombo continues to be c [...] | 2003-05-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE |
| 03DJIBOUTI1644 | DJIBOUTI: TERRORIST DOES NOT MATERIALIZE, BUT [...] (SBU) Because of the request for an immediate report, we have been unable to reach non-State offices for clearance. For this reason, this cable is less detailed and shorter than a full report would be. 2. (S) Summary: Thursday, September 4, Combined Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa (CJTF/H [...] | 2003-09-04 17:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS DJ |
| 03FRANKFURT2405 | VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...] | 2003-03-20 11:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 03GUATEMALA369 | AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...] | 2003-02-10 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT |
| 03HANOI2260 | VIETNAM AND IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman for the past six months and now sitting back in Hanoi) Nguyen Quang Khai is planning to return to Baghdad at Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's request on September 13 for a meeting at the Iraqi foreign trade ministry. Ambassador Khai [...] | 2003-09-05 06:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EAGR EAID IZ VM |
| 03HANOI2413 | UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S. [...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...] | 2003-09-24 01:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
| 03HANOI3073 | VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...] | 2003-11-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER VM CTERR |
| 03HARARE1222 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...] | 2003-06-16 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP ZI |
| 03HARARE1651 | MEDIA REACTION TRUCK BLAST AT U. N.'S IRAQ HQ; [...] The August 19 truck bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, has received extensive coverage in both the local print and electronic media. The blast made the lead story in the August 20 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The [...] | 2003-08-21 05:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1853 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. AND WAR AGAINST TERROR; [...] Under headline "U. S. losing war against terrorism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 14 editorial to encouraging the United States to "abandon its current Middle East foreign policy" as a panacea to win the U. S.-led war against glo [...] | 2003-09-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1885 | MEDIA REACTION REMEBERING 9/11; HARARE [...] Two weekend newspapers - the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and independent weekly "The Standard" - dedicated huge acres of space to opinion articles reflecting on the second anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Las [...] | 2003-09-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE322 | GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES ANTI-MDC VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) In the past three weeks police have arrested and detained four MDC MPs, arrested 28 other MDC officials, beaten three, tortured at least one and denied permission, and / or halted at least four planned gatherings. As the opposition attempts to organize for upcoming parliamentary by-electi [...] | 2003-02-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
| 03HARARE563 | MEDIA REACTION U.S. BLAMED FOR ZIM'S WOES; HARARE [...] Under headline "MDC lacks respect for human life" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States of stirring up the current socioeconomic and political turbulence in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .As if to giv [...] | 2003-03-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE595 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...] | 2003-03-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ |
| 03HARARE610 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...] | 2003-03-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ |
| 03HARARE624 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Humanitarian disaster in Iraq" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 27 editorial to urging the United Nations to provide emergency food and medical aid to the civilian population in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. ". . .The [...] | 2003-03-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE628 | MDC ELEMENTS STILL CONTEMPLATING VIOLENCE [...] (C) On March 26, MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube assured the Ambassador that the party remains committed to peaceful change, while acknowledging that some party elements had been planning bombing attacks prior to the March 18-19 stayaway. Solomon Chikowero, the MDC Head of Intelligence s [...] | 2003-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
| 03HARARE642 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION [...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...] | 2003-03-31 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE954 | MDC BOMBER CONFESSES [...] (S) MDC activist Sedweak Munyaradzi Mupazviripo Munya (protect) has informed embassy officer that he had made and thrown nine petrol bombs at three different ZANU-PF meetings-in-progress on about April 25. It is likely that MDC security head Solomon Chikowero is the highest MDC official aware [...] | 2003-05-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
| 03HELSINKI1579 | U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904) [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited Helsinki for two program days (November 20-21) to participate in the Atlantic Council of Finland's (ACF) major conference on the transatlantic security relationship on Nov. 21. A total of 4 U.S. spe [...] | 2003-11-26 12:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO FI |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY257 | COMMUNIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION [...] Summary: The HCMC Youth Union organized a boisterous, but peaceful demonstration by more than 5000 high school and college students at the District One Youth Center on March 17. The rally featured speakers and musical performances to appeal to the kind of young audience which frequents the Y [...] | 2003-03-19 06:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ |
| 03ISLAMABAD8950 | 2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
| 03ISTANBUL1711 | ISTANBUL REACTS TO SYNAGOGUE BOMBINGS [...] (sbu) Summary: Istanbul is still stunned by the shock and horror of Saturday's synagogue bombings. The overwhelming response has been to view this as a senseless and unjustifiable attack, not merely against Turkey's small Jewish community, but against Turkey itself. Despite widespread specul [...] | 2003-11-17 14:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
| 03ISTANBUL1744 | NEW BOMBING WAVE TARGETS BRITISH INSTITUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-20 13:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC TU |
| 03ISTANBUL1752 | BOMBING UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-21 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC TU |
| 03ISTANBUL1759 | ISTANBUL GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) After examining sites of the November 15 and 20 terrorist attacks, the Ambassador visited the Istanbul Mayor and Governor on November 24 to extend the condolences of the United States and to offer any further assistance that might be required during the investigations Istanbul Gover [...] | 2003-11-26 09:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ISTANBUL1760 | TURKEY: A NEW FRONT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul is slowly recovering from the shock of two separate sets of terrorist bombings that claimed over 50 lives and wounded 750 in one week. Although both the synagogue bombings (ref a) and the latest bombings of the British Consulate and HSBC Turkey headquarters (ref b) appear [...] | 2003-11-26 11:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC TU |
| 03ISTANBUL1821 | U/S GROSSMAN'S 12/9/03 MEETING WITH ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: U/S Grossman met with the Governor of Istanbul to express U.S. solidarity with the people of Istanbul and Turkey, and our ongoing cooperation in the war on terror. Guler outlined a series of "lessons learned" from the attacks, and expressed optimism that Turkey would be better pr [...] | 2003-12-11 10:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OVIP PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ISTANBUL1872 | TOURISM'S POSTWAR REBOUND FACES TERROR CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tourism industry executives are again wondering what the future holds for their sector following November's suicide bombings in Istanbul. The attacks interrupted a strong sectoral recovery that saw visitor figures surpass last year's level by the end of November, and tourism r [...] | 2003-12-23 12:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03JAKARTA13041 | INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...] | 2003-11-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
| 03JERUSALEM2819 | THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...] | 2003-09-08 17:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
| 03KABUL1226 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Afghan Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Sayed Hussain Anwari on May 2. Anwari requested the Ambassador,s intervention on eight areas of need for the Ministry. First, the Minister requested help in establishing an Institute for Livestock Research. Second, the Mini [...] | 2003-05-12 02:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON AF |
| 03KAMPALA2587 | UGANDA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Kampala's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report is keyed to reftel as follows: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA OPERATIVES, BUT INCLUDING DIPLOMTIC EFFORTS [...] | 2003-12-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UG |
| 03KATHMANDU1369 | NEPAL: JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING MAOIST [...] (U) Ref A cable resent to expanded list of addressees (AmEmbassies Berlin and Paris). 2. (U) On July 21, the Industrial Security Group in Nepal released a press statement condemning Maoist extortions of individuals and businesses during the current cease-fire. Despite provisions in the c [...] | 2003-07-21 23:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ECON EINV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU15 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 27-JAN 3 [...] The GON said it is receptive to and ready to create an environment for peace talks with the Maoists. Prime Minister Lokendra Chand said the GON will accede to the Maoists' demand for information on imprisoned rebels. Despite the GON's conciliatory gestures, the Maoists have called another tw [...] | 2003-01-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
| 03KATHMANDU1644 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BREAK CEASE-FIRE, ATTEMPT TO BLAME [...] (SBU) On August 27, the Maoists unilaterally withdrew from the cease-fire, blaming the Government of Nepal (GON) for refusing to accept a constituent assembly and for alleged attacks on Maoist cadres over the past month. The security forces have adopted new Rules of Engagement that allow com [...] | 2003-08-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1796 | NEPAL: MAOISTS EXECUTE INFORMANT, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On September 12, Maoists continued their wave of violence in urban areas. A Maoist hit squad killed two people in northern Kathmandu. The Maoists planted two bombs on the rim of Kathmandu Valley; one detonated causing USD 2,700 in damage. Four bombs exploded in an industrial city 222 [...] | 2003-09-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1841 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 13- [...] According to local press accounts 68 Maoists, 19 policemen, and 7 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with 19 civilians, including a child. 40 security personnel suffered injuries. The Maoists' call for a three-day nationwide strike from September 18-20 closed dow [...] | 2003-09-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1874 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 20- [...] According to local press accounts fifty-three Maoists, nine policemen and two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with two civilians. Two other policemen were also assassinated by Maoists. Senior officials from the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) declared that the Maoists [...] | 2003-09-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2309 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24, [...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...] | 2003-11-25 03:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2363 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CHANGE TACTICS AND TARGETS [...] (C) Summary. Since 2002, improvements in the effectiveness of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA),among other reasons, have caused Nepal's Maoist insurgents to shift the focus of many of their operations from the hills to the lowland Terai. The Maoists' expansion into the Terai has enabled them to w [...] | 2003-12-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2469 | NEPAL: A/S ROCCA AND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISCUSS [...] (C) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jung Thapa, to discuss the army's counter-insurgency efforts and human rights. The two also touched upon the possibility of Nepal providing peacekeepers in Iraq [...] | 2003-12-19 07:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU25 | MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL [...] Nepal emerged from its feudal isolation in the 1950s with virtually no modern economic infrastructure and little intellectual capital. Development, while still very uneven, has improved the lives of many Nepalis, whose number has tripled in the past half century. The US Government, as one of [...] | 2003-01-06 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU309 | LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES STAGE ANTI-AMERICAN [...] On Tuesday, 18 February, a group of ten leftist political parties staged an anti-American protest, culminating with the delivery of a protest letter to the Embassy. The crowd numbered around 100. Their slogans decried US war with Iraq and North Korea, and US Imperialism. The protest was pe [...] | 2003-02-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NP |
| 03KUWAIT1831 | TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AR RUTBAH [...] Members of DART Field Team West traveled from Jordan to Ar Rutbah in western Iraqi on 26 April. The team met with local officials including the newly selected mayor, health officials, PDS food agents, education officials and local community members. CARE sent two water engineers to Ar Rutba [...] | 2003-05-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1851 | TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL ANBAR [...] Between 26 and 29 April, DART Field Team West traveled more than 1,400 km inside Iraq conducting an assessment of communities in the western governorate of Al Anbar. The DART conducted assessments in Ar Rutbah, Hadithah, Anah, and Heet. The DART also stopped in Baghdad to talk with some com [...] | 2003-05-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1969 | TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF ANAH AND KHAN AL [...] DART Field Team West conducted an assessment of the village of Anah on 28 April. Although the visit was abbreviated, the DART was in town long enough to determine that electricity was functioning, water was flowing in the piped system, the PDS was in place and functioning, and the health cen [...] | 2003-05-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2062 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI [...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...] | 2003-05-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2118 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...] | 2003-05-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2452 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE- [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3830 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...] | 2003-08-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3946 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN [...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...] | 2003-08-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3970 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 25-27: ISRAELI- [...] SUMMARY: Conservative commentators accuse the US of "unification with the Zionists" for a "lack of condemnation" of Israeli attacks on Hamas members and the freeze of Hamas assets earlier in the week. One commentator defends the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard H. Jones, from allegations [...] | 2003-08-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4053 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1: [...] SUMMARY: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior denies media reports of the arrest of two Kuwaitis in Iraq in connection with the August 29 bombing in Najaf that killed Shiaa cleric Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim. While Al-Hakim's death is viewed as a great loss, one Shiaa writer feels Al-Hakim's "martyrdo [...] | 2003-09-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4078 | (U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...] | 2003-09-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA |
| 03KUWAIT4456 | (U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...] | 2003-09-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN |
| 03KUWAIT4709 | (U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...] | 2003-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC KU |
| 03KUWAIT4990 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ [...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...] | 2003-10-30 04:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5080 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...] | 2003-11-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5186 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: [...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...] | 2003-11-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5381 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...] | 2003-11-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5805 | GCC COMMITS TO ANTITERROR PACT, INCREASED ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Wrapping up its annual summit in Kuwait on December 22, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed its member states would enter into an anti-terror pact, but did not specify a deadline. In the organization's closing statement, the Supreme Council (SC),composed of heads of states [...] | 2003-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT920 | KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR [...] SUMMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Emergency Response Committee tasked with protecting the country's environment. Still stinging from the devastating consequences of Saddam's campaign of "environ [...] | 2003-03-16 04:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET KU |
| 03LONDON9572 | UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...] | 2003-11-26 17:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PREL PGOV UK |
| 03MONTREAL999 | YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA),a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...] | 2003-07-30 13:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO |
| 03OTTAWA1474 | CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CA FR |
| 03OTTAWA2174 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...] | 2003-07-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2306 | MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...] | 2003-08-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2388 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA [...] "Rebuilding Iraq remains crucial" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/21): "Horrific as Tuesday's bomb attack was on Iraq's United Nations headquarters, no one who has followed events in that country can be surprised that matters have taken a turn for the worse. From the moment the United S [...] | 2003-08-21 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2389 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE [...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...] | 2003-08-21 19:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2429 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...] | 2003-08-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA2452 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST [...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...] | 2003-08-27 20:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA679 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...] | 2003-03-11 20:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03OTTAWA709 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA [...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...] | 2003-03-14 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03RABAT1086 | CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...] | 2003-05-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL MO |
| 03RABAT2632 | MOROCCO: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post responses are keyed to reftel. (A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the global coalition against terrorism. The government of Morocco (GOM) continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism. Following the May 16, 2003 bombings in Ca [...] | 2003-12-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MO |
| 03RANGOON1423 | EVEN THE DEAD ARE OPPRESSED [...] SUMMARY: The Burmese junta on November 1 ordered the demolition of a large Christian cemetery in a Karen neighborhood of Rangoon. Graves not exhumed by family members of the deceased by December 2 will be bulldozed, as the regime plans to build a condominium on the site. Emboff witnessed [...] | 2003-11-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL BM |
| 03RANGOON1529 | BURMA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Letters below correspond to questions in ref A, para 2. A. Burma's solid position against international terrorism continued in 2003. Burma has ratified, acceded to, or signed six of the twelve international counter-terrorism conventions and indicated it is considering fast action on [...] | 2003-11-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER BM |
| 03RANGOON554 | EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH SPDC SECRETARY ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and DCM (note taker) met with Secretary 1, General Khin Nyunt April 27 in Rangoon. General Khin Nyunt emphasized counter-terrorism cooperation and the added security the GOB has provided to the U.S. Embassy. Daley urged the GOB to accelerate dialogue wi [...] | 2003-05-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BM |
| 03RANGOON637 | BOMBINGS IN TACHILEIK [...] (C) Summary: No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings in Tachileik on May 21, though the Burmese have blamed the Shan State Army (South) and the Thai blame the Wa. The good news is that Thai and Burmese police officers are cooperating in the investigation, though it remains to b [...] | 2003-06-02 06:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS BM |
| 03RANGOON665 | RAZALI: NO ACCESS TO ASSK AS YET, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Late on June 7, Special Envoy Razali briefed COM Martinez on his meeting earlier in the day with SPDC Secretary One Khin Nyunt. Khin Nyunt told Razali that the crackdown on the NLD was in response to actions by ASSK that constituted an unacceptable threat to the SPDC. He assur [...] | 2003-06-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM ASSK |
| 03ROME2299 | PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...] | 2003-05-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT NATO |
| 03ROME2598 | ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH [...] (SBU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. Its significant presence in the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is complemented by expansion within Europe, including recent acquisitions in Spain a [...] | 2003-06-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT |
| 03ROME2737 | FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...] | 2003-06-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN |
| 03ROME3386 | ITALIAN FAST BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA [...] (S) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ROBERT MAGGI, TOGETHER WITH ECMIN AND ECONOFF, RAISED CONTINUING U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING ITALIAN EXPORTS TO IRAN AND LIBYA (REFTEL) ON JULY 22 WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO AND NO [...] | 2003-07-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT LY IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME353 | ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-29 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT MARR MCAP NATO PREF |
| 03ROME4022 | FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT [...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...] | 2003-09-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP |
| 03ROME4957 | IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Special Envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Antonio Armellini, met with EmbOffs on October 27 to discuss the reconstruction process to date and Italy's pledge of Euro 200 million at the Madrid Donors Conference. Armell [...] | 2003-10-31 07:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON PREL IZ IT EUN |
| 03ROME5217 | ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...] | 2003-11-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME5317 | SHARON'S VISIT TO ITALY: ISRAELIS ECSTATIC [...] (C) Summary. Israeli Ambassador Gol described Israeli PM Sharon's November 17-19 visit to Rome as "extraordinary" for its warmth and level of reception, in part due to the confluence of events -- the synagogue bombings in Istanbul and the state funerals for fallen Italian carabinieri and civi [...] | 2003-11-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS IT UNSC |
| 03ROME5688 | ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSES EUROPEAN [...] (U) Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino reiterated the need for Europe to improve actual military capabilities while building a European security concept that continues to features NATO as its core. Speaking at the Italian Defense Academy recently, Martino noted that the traditional, narr [...] | 2003-12-22 18:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL IT NATO |
| 03SANAA1117 | SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS [...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...] | 2003-05-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YE |
| 03SANAA1256 | FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...] | 2003-06-04 20:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1690 | 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...] | 2003-07-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM |
| 03SANAA2125 | SANAA EAC MEETING - AUGUST 20, 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on August 20 to assess the recent bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was a recent internet news item concerning terrorism and security in Y [...] | 2003-08-24 07:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC |
| 03SANAA2186 | YEMEN PONDERS NAJAF STATEMENT [...] (c) Pol/Econoff met with Abdul Hakim Al-Iryani, assistant to Foreign Minister Qirbi, on September 1 to discuss a number of Iraq-related issues, including the August 28 car bombing in Najaf. Drawing on reftel, Pol/Econoff noted the apparent absence, in local media or diplomatic channels, of a R [...] | 2003-09-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL PTER YM |
| 03SANAA2204 | CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...] | 2003-09-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY |
| 03SANAA2336 | TRIBAL ATTACK ON U.S. OIL PIPELINE LIKELY [...] (s/nf) Summary: On September 12, tribal elements succeeded in damaging U.S.-based Yemen Hunt Oil Company's pipeline approximately 60 kilometers from the Marib production facility. A single explosion from an IED of unknown specifications made three or four holes in the pipeline. No personnel [...] | 2003-09-17 13:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY |
| 03SANAA2463 | NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...] | 2003-10-08 06:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM |
| 03SANAA2979 | YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...] | 2003-12-21 07:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANTIAGO263 | BIO FOR JUAN GABRIEL VALDES, CHILE'S PERMREP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: JUAN GABRIEL VALDES IS THE GOC'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN AS CHILE BEGINS ITS TWO-YEAR TOUR ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHILE'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND IN A PAIR OF TRADE POLICY POSITIONS. VALDES LIVED AND WORKED IN THE U.S. FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING T [...] | 2003-01-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UNSC CI |
| 03SEOUL5653 | ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-28 01:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |
| 03STATE23994 | TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...] | 2003-01-28 02:43:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO |
| 03STATE9334 | NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...] | 2003-01-11 02:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2656 | HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...] | 2003-11-12 17:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2814 | HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...] | 2003-12-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO |
| 03THEHAGUE1632 | PORTUGAL; NETHERLANDS; CTRY CLR. GRANTED DOE; [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Thomas Sarkus for travel to The Netherlands July 6 - July 12,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State [...] | 2003-06-25 09:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE1640 | NIH/FIC -DR. BARSONY- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Julianna Barsony for travel to The Netherlands July 4 - July 13,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of Sta [...] | 2003-06-26 07:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TBIO OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE1649 | NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR. GRANTED BOISSEVAIN + 0, [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Jan G. Boissevain for travel to The Netherlands July 16 - July 25,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of S [...] | 2003-06-26 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE1699 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE WELCOMES ANDREW SCHOFER AND [...] (U) Embassy the Hague welcomes Andrew Schofer and Karen Enstrom and grants Country Clearance for travel to The Netherlands July 13 - July 17 2003. 2. (U) Embassy is arranging meetings and hotel reservations per ref B and C. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following th [...] | 2003-07-02 06:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL OTRA PREL |
| 03THEHAGUE1754 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE WELCOMES A/S BETH JONES [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary of State Beth Jones and Kent Logsdon for July 15 - July 16, 2003. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Embassy The Hague Political Counselor Mary Daly, (31) 70-310-9341 (Office),(31) 70-310-9348 (Fa [...] | 2003-07-09 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL OTRA PREL |
| 03THEHAGUE1777 | TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-11 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER NL |
| 03THEHAGUE1882 | EPA/OIA FIDLER [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Dave Goodwin, Anhar Karimjee, Stephen Andersen, and Sally Rand for travel to The Netherlands August 9 - August 14, 2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat as [...] | 2003-07-25 08:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
| 03THEHAGUE1924 | NASA (JPL) COUNTRY CLEARANCE: NOORDWIJK, [...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Terry Fisher for travel to The Netherlands September 24-26,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on [...] | 2003-07-31 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TSPA OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE2009 | MEPN - WORKING GROUP ON WATER RESOURCES:COUNTRY [...] Country Clearance is granted for the MEPN - WORKING GROUP ON WATER RESOURCES U.S. DELEGATION for travel to The Netherlands August 23-30, 2003. 2. Kami Witmer will be the Control Officer. She can be reached at the following numbers/addresses: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-9339, (H) 31-70-354-0639, [...] | 2003-08-08 14:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL PREL SENV OTRA |
| 03THEHAGUE2033 | TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA PERSONNEL E.O. [...] Country clearance is granted for Joseph Eugene Masini for travel to the Netherlands August 17 - August 23, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. Please note that the country clearance request cable was not received in Amsterdam Consulate or Embassy The Hague. Pleas [...] | 2003-08-13 08:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2113 | TERRORIST FINANCE:THE HAGUE - NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) The GONL has responded to the August 19 suicide attack in Jerusalem by calling on fellow EU members and the EU Commission (via diplomatic demarche) to convene the EU clearinghouse as quickly as possible in order to move forward with designating Hamas. Because large numbers of European offi [...] | 2003-08-21 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL NL EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE2675 | DUTCH DELEGATION TO MADRID BUSINESS CONFERENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The following Dutch companies will attend the Iraq business forum in Madrid: Shell, Philips, ABN Amro, Nedeco, and Friesland Coberco. Dutch businesses, with the financial and moral support of the government, are positioning themselves for entree into Iraq "as soon as the [...] | 2003-10-21 19:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ NL PREL |
| 03THEHAGUE2715 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: U.S. DELEGATION TO BOSNIA WAR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation attending the October 30, 2003 donors conference for the Bosnia War Crimes court. This delegation includes Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Pierre-Richar [...] | 2003-10-29 06:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL BK |
| 03THEHAGUE2769 | ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...] | 2003-11-04 11:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE3008 | THE NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, EPA: DELANEY, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Maureen Delaney for travel to The Netherlands December 11-14, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on November 2 [...] | 2003-12-04 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
| 03THEHAGUE3042 | CODEL PAYNE (DEC 10-14) [...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Rep. Donald M. Payne for travel to the Netherlands, December 11 and 14, 2003 to and from Accra, Ghana. 2. Control officer will be Special Assistant to Amb. Sobel, David Vennett, (w) 31-70-310-9342, (h) 31-70-362-8051, (c) 31-62-221- [...] | 2003-12-10 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN |
| 03THEHAGUE3121 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] Del grants country clearance to the following individual traveling to The Hague as a consultant on national implementation measures to the OPCW Technical Secretariat: -- Ron Nelson -- State -- Arrive: Jan 3, 2004 -- Depart: April 3, 2004 Del confirms hotel reservations at the Dorint, Joh [...] | 2003-12-17 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL ASEC OTRA PARM |
| 03VANCOUVER819 | AIR INDIA "TRIAL OF THE CENTURY" CONTINUES IN VANCOUVER [...] SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF TWO SUSPECTS IN THE 1985 BOMBING OF AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182, WHICH BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, CONTINUES AT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT. THE AIR INDIA CASE IS THE LARGEST CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN CANADIAN HISTORY AND THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE UNPRECEDENTED IN LENGTH AND CO [...] | 2003-07-07 18:17:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL PTER XD CA |
| 03VATICAN5264 | VATICAN-NORTH KOREA CONTACTS ON HOLD PENDING [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA, MONSIGNOR LUIS MONTEMAYOR, TOLD DCM NOVEMBER 18 THAT THE VATICAN'S PERIODIC SENIOR LEVEL CONTACTS WITH PYONGYANG WERE IN SUSPENSION PENDING THE RESULTS OF THE SIX-PARTY TALKS ON NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR ARMS PROGRAM. THE HOLY SEE HOPED [...] | 2003-11-20 07:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KN KS PHUM PREL VT |
| 04ABUDHABI1782 | UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al- Nahyan (HBZ) issued a very strong condemnation on May 29 against those who carried out the terror attacks in Al-Khobar. The official statement quoted HBZ as saying that UAE President Shaykh Zayed, the [...] | 2004-05-31 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2272 | A trickle, but no rush of people and capital [...] (C) Summary: Terror attacks and insecurity have prompted a small number of expatriates to leave Saudi Arabia and relocate to the United Arab Emirates, according to business, government, and diplomatic contacts, as well as press reports. The limited exodus concerns individuals, not entire firm [...] | 2004-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV SA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2508 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2583 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONDEMNING HOSTAGE TAKING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2589 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/DARFOUR/SECURITY IN THE U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. WARNINGS AGAINST FUTURE TERRORISTS ATTACKS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND THE REVELATION THAT THESE WARNINGS WERE BASED ON VERY OLD INFORMATION, THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ, AND THE SITUATION IN DARFOUR DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN [...] | 2004-08-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2998 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/WEST BANK [...] Summary: The suicide bombings in Beersheeba yesterday and the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq dominated coverage in local print and electronic media. An editorial in "Al Khaleej" noted that the suicide bombings in the West Bank are defensive acts. An editorial in "Al Bayan" su [...] | 2004-09-02 03:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3709 | UAE CONDEMNS TABA AND IRAQ TERROR; MEDIA [...] The UAE condemned the blasts that took place in Taba on October 9. In a statement carried in the press on October 10, the MFA Undersecretary, Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi, stated, "The UAE condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombings which occurred in Taba." He added that the bombings, [...] | 2004-10-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TC |
| 04ABUDHABI571 | DEDICATION OF `THE DUNES' - THE NEW EMBASSY [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI COMMEMORATED ON MARCH 2 THE OPENING OF ITS NEW COMPOUND, `THE DUNES', IN A DEDICATION CEREMONY ATTENDED BY THE GUEST OF HONOR, SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SEVERAL UAE SHAYKHS AND MINI [...] | 2004-03-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT TC |
| 04ABUDHABI905 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...] | 2004-03-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC |
| 04ABUJA1515 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...] | 2004-09-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA2144 | SOUCRE CLAIMS "SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN" MAY BE IN THE [...] (S) Poloff met with a contact on December 23 to discuss the recent Appeals Court decision and other related topics. The source, Aliyu Adamu Jimeta, claimed that "a group" of political activists had considered sabotaging government infrastructure during the COJA games and the CHOGM meeting in [...] | 2004-12-28 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC NI |
| 04ADANA53 | FIRE BOMB IN ADANA ATM, REMOTE MINES IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) According to the TNP, there was an explosion at the ATM machine for the Pamuk Bank located in north Adana in the vicinity of Turgut Ozal Boulevard, 100 meters from post's three officer residences, on April 21. An unidentified person used a plastic water bottle to contain an explosive [...] | 2004-04-30 20:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PINR TU ADANA |
| 04AMMAN10040 | JORDAN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. This text also will be e-mailed to the S/CT POCs, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Jordan continued its strong support for the global war on terrorism in 2004. Jordanian security services [...] | 2004-12-21 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL JO |
| 04AMMAN10062 | JORDAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref demarche to MFA Legal Adviser Samer Naber on December 21. He confirmed that Jordan had acceded to two additional conventions and protocols earlier this year, adopting the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and t [...] | 2004-12-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC JO |
| 04AMMAN10307 | MEDIA REACTION ON US FOREIGN POLICY, IRAQ AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 12:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN122 | SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...] | 2004-01-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC |
| 04AMMAN1286 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] | 2004-02-19 20:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1292 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] | 2004-02-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1293 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL SUMMIT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] | 2004-02-19 21:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1302 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN1638 | JORDAN STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points March 3 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas agreed on the need for Arab states to publicly denounce the March 2 terrorist bombings in Iraq and noted that King Abdullah had strongly condemned the attacks [...] | 2004-03-04 09:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1738 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON REFORM [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on March 8 provided a visiting delegation with a preview of his agenda for his upcoming visit to Washington. He said he will emphasize to U.S. officials that any reform efforts in the Middle East must be homegrown, country-specific, and linked to solvi [...] | 2004-03-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN1991 | MEDIA REACTION ON SPAIN'S BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-16 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN2140 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN3288 | VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST [...] (C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who planned to unleash massive truck bombs against GOJ targets and the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The GOJ's motivations in airing the confessions appear to have been to [...] | 2004-04-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3303 | ANOTHER GROUP OF ANTI-U.S. PLOTTERS ON TRIAL; [...] (U) Jordan's state security court in late March initiated another trial against men suspected of planning attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in Jordan. Authorities charged three men from the "Obedience and Compliance" group with possessing illegal weapons and ammunition with illicit intent [...] | 2004-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
| 04AMMAN3305 | JORDAN BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHING A U.S. MISSION IN [...] (C) Per ref, PolCouns on April 26 briefed Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. Action Officer, on the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Ayed and Dabbas took extensive notes and said they would brief the Minister. [...] | 2004-04-29 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT IZ US JO |
| 04AMMAN3739 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN399 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN4329 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN4470 | EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...] | 2004-06-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
| 04AMMAN6212 | MEN CONVICTED IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION, CAR BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian officials on July 20 announced that two Jordanians who were sentenced to death in absentia for separate attacks in Amman -- including the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley -- had been apprehended in Iraq earlier this year. Now in Jordan, the two will face re-trial [...] | 2004-07-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
| 04AMMAN6369 | JORDANIAN ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN-AL-QA'IDA/ZARQAWI [...] (S/NF) Jordanian officials over the last several weeks have expressed their concern about alleged Syrian support for al-Qa'ida and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi operatives, pointing to ongoing smuggling activity through Jordan's northern frontier as a major worry. There is no indication available to [...] | 2004-07-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER SY JO |
| 04AMMAN7319 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN7360 | MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...] | 2004-09-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN7404 | GOJ REFORMERS TOUT PROGRESS DURING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Key GOJ reformers presented a positive picture to S/P Director Mitchell Reiss of Jordan's pioneering progress to implement key economic, political and social reforms, but acknowledged that significant obstacles remain. Several activists, including a former Prime Minister, are no [...] | 2004-09-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN832 | JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...] | 2004-02-03 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN8544 | ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...] | 2004-10-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN8595 | MEDIA REACTION ON ANTI-SEMITISM LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN8693 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI- [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN9851 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04ANKARA1232 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has been unsuccessful in locating terrorist assets in its financial institutions or on its territory. Post believes that Turkey,s failure is a consequence of inherent limitations in Turkey,s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. Although Post and other [...] | 2004-03-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
| 04ANKARA1445 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA1500 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA1539 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-15 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA1577 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA1674 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA1786 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA1984 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA226 | PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...] | 2004-01-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU IS |
| 04ANKARA2467 | GERMAN POLICE LIAISON'S TAKE ON TERROR FINANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. According to Heinrich Reiser, the German Police Liaison to Turkey, Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, MASAK, is not effective. Reiser considers the Turkish National Police (TNP) a much more effective partner in fighting terrorism financing and narcotics. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2004-05-03 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER SNAR TU |
| 04ANKARA2509 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA2717 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-13 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA3033 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-01 18:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA3046 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA3048 | TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...] | 2004-06-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA340 | INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...] | 2004-01-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU |
| 04ANKARA3791 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4397 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4451 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4454 | CONDEMNING TERRORISM IN IRAQ: FURTHER TURKISH [...] (SBU) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 6 with MFA Iraq Department Chief Mehmet Kemal Bozay, who called our attention to the OIC Secretary General's Aug. 2 statement condemning the recent church bombings in Iraq (ref c). Bozay had made it clear in our initial discussion on this issu [...] | 2004-08-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA4489 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4526 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-11 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA465 | TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...] | 2004-01-23 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER MARR PREL TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA4946 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA4995 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5013 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5110 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5143 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5183 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-14 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5221 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5370 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5741 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5742 | MFA TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT INCREASED PKK ACTIVITY MEANS IRAQ AND COALITION MUST ACT [...] (S) Summary: PKK/Kongra Gel's increased terrorist activity in Turkey will stir up public opinion and prompt more Turks to ask why the United States has not taken firmer action against the organization, MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Nabi Sensoy told the Ambassador Oct [...] | 2004-10-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA5751 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU |
| 04ANKARA5777 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5993 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6069 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6134 | AEGEAN ISSUE: TURKS DENY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has not significantly increased flights in the Aegean and is not seeking confrontation with Greece, MFA and TGS officials told the embassy. The Turks provided data which (if accurate) indicate that they have not in fact significantly increased flights, but merely resumed n [...] | 2004-10-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV TU GR |
| 04ANKARA6407 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA660 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6907 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA7038 | DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...] | 2004-12-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU |
| 04ANKARA7042 | TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQI SUNNIS, URGE THEM TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is reaching out to Iraqi Sunni groups and urging their participation in January elections and in forming a democratic Iraq. The GOT hosted a delegation from the Islamic Council of Sunni Foundations Dec. 15-16, and h [...] | 2004-12-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA7059 | TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...] | 2004-12-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA749 | AK GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO BROADEN ACCESS TO KORAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOT in December withdrew new regulations that would have made it easier to open Koran courses after opponents called them a threat to the "secular" State. An official from the Religious Affairs Directorate acknowledged political mistakes in the handling of the regulation, but [...] | 2004-02-08 08:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 04ANKARA792 | MEETING OF THE COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP IN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, on Jan. 29 DCM convened a meeting of the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) to discuss anti-terrorism programs in Turkey. Reps from all G-8 countries and from Australia, Spain and Switzerland attended. A representative from the EU Commission could not attend but [...] | 2004-02-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA814 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA921 | PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...] | 2004-02-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IZ PREL TU |
| 04ASMARA192 | ERITREA: COMMENTS ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM [...] (C) POLOFF MET IN EARLY FEBRUARY WITH MUHYADIN SHENGEB, HEAD OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF ERITREAN YOUTH AND STUDENTS (NUEYS) TO DISCUSS SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES AFFECTING ERITREAN YOUTH. SHENGEB SAID THAT, ALTHOUGH CHRISTIAN/MUSLIM RELATIONS ARE "CORRECT" IN ERITREA, THERE ARE EXTREMI [...] | 2004-02-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER PINR ER |
| 04BAGHDAD58 | USEB 039: IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT DECREE ON THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IIG) ENACTED A DECREE ON THE DEFENSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY TODAY. THE LAW IS AIMED AT BETTER COMBATING THE INSURGENCY WHILE MAINTAINING BASIC RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE LAW COMPLIES WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (TAL),W [...] | 2004-07-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ |
| 04BEIRUT4941 | LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...] | 2004-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KISL PTER LE SY |
| 04BOGOTA1067 | MAJOR COLOMBIAN PRINT MEDIA TRENDS FALL 2003 [...] This report on Colombian media covers the period September - November 2003. In this time frame, major Colombian print media (dailies El Tiempo, El Nuevo Siglo, La Republica, and Portafolio, and weeklies El Espectador, Semana, and Cambio) published 88 editorials, op-eds, and other signed commen [...] | 2004-02-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO |
| 04BOGOTA2071 | FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...] | 2004-02-27 20:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC |
| 04BOGOTA2764 | UNHCHR PRESENTS ITS 2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | CO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UN |
| 04BOGOTA3628 | GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels),which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...] | 2004-04-07 16:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL |
| 04BOGOTA3714 | MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN [...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...] | 2004-04-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA5327 | GOC ORDERED TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF [...] On May 25, the Administrative Tribunal of Arauca department ordered the Government of Colombia to pay 2 billion pesos (approximately USD 770,000) to the families of 17 persons killed in an Air Force bombing of the village of Santo Domingo, Arauca department, in December 1998. The Tribunal rul [...] | 2004-05-26 20:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PTER PINR PREL CO |
| 04BRASILIA2129 | AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV'S BRASILIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials assured Ambassador Siv that Brazil will wholeheartedly back the USG TIP agenda item at the 59th UNGA, but sounded more ambivalent on the four other U.S. UNGA initiatives (Ref C). To Ambassador Siv's suggestion that UNHCR has become a group mingling " [...] | 2004-08-24 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC SOCI BR UNGA UN |
| 04BRATISLAVA137 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/OEERIS GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. IGOR ABRAMOV AND MS. ELIZABETH RAMBORGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 17 TO FEBRUARY 20, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS SANFORD OWENS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920- 5320(OFFIC [...] | 2004-02-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD AM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA188 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIPLOMATIC POST OFFICE [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. ALEX KIRKPATRICK, MR. TIM KEITZ, MR. ED FRITTS, AND MR. MIKE FRANCIS AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 2 TO MARCH 4, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS MARCIA DOUGHERTY, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER. PHONE NUMBE [...] | 2004-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ADPM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA255 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROGRAM MANAGER ELIZABETH [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MS. ELIZABETH RAMBORGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 21 TO MARCH 27, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS SANFORD OWENS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920-5320(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5920 [...] | 2004-03-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD AM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA42 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 28 TO JANUARY 29, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-310 [...] | 2004-01-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA43 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTERMITTENT TREASURY ADVISOR [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MICHAEL BURR AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 27 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHO [...] | 2004-01-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA44 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEITH CLARK, RESIDENT TREASURY [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES KEITH CLARK AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 22 TO JANUARY 31, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHONE [...] | 2004-01-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA99 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JIM RUTH. [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. JIM RUTH AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 8 TO FEBRUARY 10, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KATHY MCENANY, FASCELL FELLOW. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922- 3376(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922 3026. CELLPHON [...] | 2004-01-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRUSSELS1134 | EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...] | 2004-03-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1162 | U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...] | 2004-03-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1274 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...] | 2004-03-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1337 | EU SUMMIT: FOREIGN POLICY TOPICS [...] (SBU) The EU's March 25-26 Summit ran quickly through a series of foreign policy issues during dinner on March 25, followed up by a lunch discussion on Cyprus March 26 that lasted less than one hour. The final Conclusions (available on at ue.eu.int/latest news) consisted of language largely r [...] | 2004-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL CY IS IZ IV EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1338 | EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...] | 2004-03-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1450 | COUNTER-TERRORISM/LAW ENFORCEMENT: EU [...] The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers on March 30 displayed a new momentum to meet its obligations to deal with the Declaration by EU leaders on combating terrorism as well as its own rolling agenda. The ministers agreed on a "general approach" (no formal agreement yet) [...] | 2004-04-05 06:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PREF CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1907 | INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE U.S.-EU POLICY DIALOGUE [...] Summary. The inaugural meeting of the new Policy Dialogue on Border and Transport Security April 26 addressed biometrics, the US-VISIT and Visa Waiver Programs, the joint initiative on lost and stolen passports, "flights of concern" and air marshals. Newly appointed Counter-terrorism coordin [...] | 2004-05-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAIR ECON PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1997 | EU/COUNTERTERRORISM: VITORINO AND DE VRIES: TIME [...] (SBU) For the past two years, we have struggled with the EU bureaucracy on a range of counter-terrorism measures aimed at tightening border security, enhancing control of container traffic, improving travel document security, and strengthening law enforcement cooperation. After the Madrid bom [...] | 2004-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR ECON ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2211 | BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-25 11:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2498 | EU HI-REP SOLANA PROPOSES EU INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) June 8 meeting, Council Hi-Rep Javier Solana said he would call on leaders at next week's European Council to extend the scope of the EU Situation Center (SitCen) from external threats to internal threats within the EU. Sola [...] | 2004-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2589 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25 VISIT OF DHS DEPUTY [...] Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the European Union as it absorbs 10 new member states and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and possibly a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU is in the waning days of the Irish Presidency, an [...] | 2004-06-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3741 | NEW COMMISSION STEPS ON HOMELAND SECURITY [...] This is an action message, see paragraphs 2 and 19. Introduction, Summary and Action Request ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) This message provides a snapshot of the state of play of homeland security initiatives and organizations within the Commission. It is organized [...] | 2004-09-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4016 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DARFUR "TANTAMOUNT TO [...] (U) Summary. In a resolution dated September 16, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the U.S. view that events currently happening in Darfur are "tantamount to genocide." A multi-party fact-finding mission undertaken September 2 - 7 provided the impetus for the strong statement. The Dutch [...] | 2004-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4334 | DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Francois Lamoureux October 1. Lamoureux briefed Hutchinson on the growing Commission program of airport inspection. Hutchinson committed to Lamoureux that DHS wo [...] | 2004-10-08 08:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4475 | EU COTER TROIKA ON LIFTING LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) S/CT European Regional Director Brent Hartley delivered reftel points to the EU Counter-terrorism troika (COTER) during consultations in Brussels October 14. Reponding for for the EU Presidency, Dutch MFA officer Wouter Jurgens underscored that the US and EU were "on the same page" regardi [...] | 2004-10-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4536 | EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...] | 2004-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5035 | MIGRANT INTEGRATION AND REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: CAN [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 20. 2. (U) Summary. Two unfolding migration-related crises have riveted Europe in recent days: 1) the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by a Muslim extremist of Moroccan descent, and 2) the uncontrolled arrival of shiploads of mig [...] | 2004-11-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PHUM KPAO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUCHAREST3445 | ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...] | 2004-12-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2540 | AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...] | 2004-09-03 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2712 | AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...] | 2004-09-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3081 | COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] | 2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04CARACAS1728 | HUGO CHAVEZ' MAY 16 SPEECH [...] The following is a summary of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' May 9 speech during the Venezuelan government's (GOV) "Rally for Peace and against Paramilitaries, and in Defense of Sovereignty and the Dignity of the Nation" in Caracas, which substituted for Chavez' usual Sunday Alo Presidente [...] | 2004-05-19 11:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OPRC KIRC VE |
| 04CARACAS294 | DAS DESHAZO MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER CHADERTON [...] (C) On January 22, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Roy Chaderton. In addition to the Venezuelan recall referendum process, they discussed: DeShazo's speech to the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce, recent comments by USG officials regarding Venezuela, GOV- [...] | 2004-01-27 19:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM VE |
| 04COLOMBO1121 | COLOMBO EAC CONVENED ON 07/07/04 TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) A Colombo core EAC meeting was convened on 07/07/04 at 1400 after a suicide bomber detonated at 1215 at the Colpetty Police Station (located north of the Embassy on Galle Road.) The EAC reviewed post's security posture in light of the bombing and determined that a warden message would b [...] | 2004-07-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC CE |
| 04COLOMBO1124 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 089 (07/07/04) [...] (C) You will see several cables about this. We see it as a clear warning to the GLS from the LTTE to rein in the Karuna forces in the East or else face retaliation. The situation for Americans is the familiar one: it was not directed at us and the risk is in being in the wrong place at the w [...] | 2004-07-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE MV |
| 04COLOMBO1131 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT: PEACE AND PROSPERITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the Ambassador's assessment of where things stand in Sri Lanka 90 days after the new government took office. The heady optimism on peace and prosperity which prevailed when Ranil Wickremasinghe took over in December 2001 has largely disappeared. Though Ranil lost the Ap [...] | 2004-07-07 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE ECONOMICS LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1132 | SUICIDE BOMBER HITS POLICE INSTEAD OF TAMIL MINISTER AMID AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 7, a suspected LTTE suicide bomber detonated herself at a local police station in Colombo. Four police officers were killed and at least 11 injured. The police station is located near the Chancery, but no Americans were injured, nor was the compound damaged. There is n [...] | 2004-07-07 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC CE LTTE PHSA PREL |
| 04COLOMBO1142 | GSL DOWNPLAYS JULY 7 SUICIDE BOMBING IMPACT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government officials downplay the July 7 suicide bombing in Colombo to keep the incident from jeopardizing the peace process. The intended target, Tamil Minister Devananda, is unfazed by the assassination attempt and dismisses the likelihood that his connection with Karuna may [...] | 2004-07-08 12:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL CE NO LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1145 | MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of suicide bombing by alleged Tamil [...] (U) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, on July 7, a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a police station in the heart of downtown Colombo, near the Prime Minister's office, U.S. Embassy and British High Commission. The suspected targ of the suicide bombe [...] | 2004-07-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER PHUM OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1146 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 090 (07/09/04) [...] (SBU) Two Japanese Embassy Econ officials called on Dean yesterday to discuss our reaction to the UPFA's recently announced economic plan (reporting septel). During the meeting they mentioned that they had been instructed to ask about our perceptions on the economy, particularly anything we [...] | 2004-07-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE MV LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1181 | TIGER RHETORIC CONTINUES TO INCREASE AFTER COLOMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the July 7 suicide bombing of a police station in downtown Colombo, Tiger rhetoric is heating up. The uptick in the group's rhetoric is accompanied by an increasingly fearful climate in the east, where the Tigers have been flexing their muscles. Assassinations and child [...] | 2004-07-16 04:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1190 | PEACE PROCESS READ-OUT FROM NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar was blunt in telling the LTTE suicide bombings had to stop. The LTTE neither confirmed nor denied its responsibility. The LTTE complained about alleged government support for Karuna. President Kumaratunga told Brattskar she knew nothing about mili [...] | 2004-07-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE NO LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1216 | TNA MPS REQUEST USG SOFTEN STANCE ON LTTE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 16 meeting with poloff, TNA MPs had a litany of familiar requests for the USG: lift the ban on the LTTE, stop USG military assistance to the GSL, promote the ISGA as the basis for peace talks, stop making statements against the LTTE, and pressure the GSL to stop helpin [...] | 2004-07-22 06:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1309 | In meetings with PDAS Camp, interlocutors show [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 29-30 visit to Sri Lanka, State Department PDAS for South Asia Donald Camp met with interlocutors throughout the government and political arena. The government reiterated its commitment to talks and was clearly thinking about how to get back to the table. Comment [...] | 2004-08-09 08:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1342 | SRI LANKA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, [...] This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Investment Climate Statement i [...] | 2004-08-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV CE ECONOMICS |
| 04COLOMBO1401 | MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT'S AUGUST 19 STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY. The Department's August 19 statement on Sri Lanka elicited widespread media coverage, with the vast majority of papers (both English and vernacular) placing the statement very prominently in above-the-fold banner headlines. TV news programs on August 20 also led with the full statem [...] | 2004-08-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1456 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER [...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...] | 2004-09-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1502 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES - There are communities in Sri Lanka capable of conducting anti-US demonstrations. B. NO - There have been no anti-US demonstrations in the past 12 months. C. YES - Other forms of demonstrations have taken place outside USG facilities. D. Demonstra [...] | 2004-09-10 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 04COLOMBO1632 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS HEARING A TOUGHER LINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar delivered an unambiguous message to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political chief Thamilchelvan: Tiger violence is jeopardizing the peace process, undermining the Norwegians' credibility as facilitators, and angering the international c [...] | 2004-09-30 09:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1643 | REPORTED LTTE THREAT TO TARGET AN AMERICAN [...] (S/NF) Reftel outlined a source report that the Sri Lankan terrorist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),had been instructed by its leader, Velupillai PRABHAKARAN, to begin to collect specific information in an attempt to identify individuals connected to Western intelligence s [...] | 2004-10-01 01:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CE PTER |
| 04COLOMBO1764 | YOUR VISIT TO SRI LANKA NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] (C) After 18 months with no movement toward resumed talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the peace process is beginning to look less like a process and more like a protracted stalemate. This perception, which is gaining ground among the Sin [...] | 2004-10-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON CE LTTE ECONOMICS |
| 04COLOMBO1792 | YOUR VISIT TO SRI LANKA NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] (U) This message replaces Colombo 1764. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) After 18 months with no movement toward resumed talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Eelam (LTTE),the peace process is beginning to look less like a process and more like [...] | 2004-11-01 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE |
| 04COLOMBO894 | Sri Lanka: Draft International Religious [...] (U) This is Senstive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits below the draft Sri Lanka International Religious Freedom report for 2004. A Word document with tracked changes in the final 2003 version of the Sri Lanka report has been sent to the D [...] | 2004-05-28 04:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF KSEP CE |
| 04DAMASCUS6857 | HAMAS MEMBER TARGETED IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, a car bomb exploded in the Old Mezzeh section of Damascus, wounding some passers-by but apparently killing no one. Media contacts confirmed that the target of the bombing was Mesbah Abu Hweileh, a Palestinian HAMAS official residing in Damascus. Interior Minister [...] | 2004-12-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PTER PGOV PREL IS SY |
| 04DHAKA3141 | JAMMAT-ISLAMI BANGLADESH DENY INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) On September 12, Ambassador met with Jammat-Islami Bangladesh (JMB) Assistant General Secretary Abdul Razzack and advisor Shah Abdul Hannan. Both stressed that the JMB (a partner in the ruling coalition) did not participate in the August 21 attack on the opposition Awami League and argued [...] | 2004-09-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV BG |
| 04DJIBOUTI110 | DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTS TO TRAIN EXPLOSION [...] (U) As outlined in Ref. A on the morning of January 18, 2004 an explosive device detonated aboard a passenger car of the Ethiopian/Djibouti railway. This explosion follows close on the heels of explosions just within the Ethiopian frontier of fuel trucks, and is one of several explosions on th [...] | 2004-01-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PHUM ASEC ET DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1372 | BORREL AFFAIR: ATTORNEY GENERAL SUMMONED TO [...] (U) Summary: French magistrate Bernard Borrel, found dead 80 Km north of Djibouti in 1995, has surfaced once again in the national media. The Court of Versailles in Paris summoned (for September 30th, 2004) Procureur de la Republique (Attorney General of Djibouti),Djama Souleiman, to present [...] | 2004-10-27 05:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI381 | DJIBOUTI, JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY [...] (C) Emboff met Djiboutian Army Captain Abdullahi Youssouf for coffee on March 13. The primary focus of the meeting was to gain insight into the status of recent Djiboutian military discontent (see reftel). Conversation also touched on the railroad explosion in the late evening of March 12. T [...] | 2004-03-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM PINR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI61 | DJIBOUTI: TRIP WIRES [...] (C) Post held an executive meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on 01/10/2004 to discuss recent threat activity in the region and what measures to take in response to a particular threat. The executive EAC was composed of the Charge' d'Affaires, RSO, COS, USLO and Consular Officer. 2. [...] | 2004-01-15 04:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AEMR CASC |
| 04DJIBOUTI650 | DJIBOUTI: EXPLOSION IN THE CITY LIMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 26 April, 2004 an explosion took place in Quartier 4 (Q4) in the city of Djibouti. One person was injured and taken to the hospital for treatment. The National Police (PN) conducted an investigation and submitted their findings to RSO Djibouti. Several details of the inci [...] | 2004-05-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL DJ ET |
| 04DJIBOUTI974 | DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COOPERATION COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche 7/15 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssef. She went over the points provided in reftel, tracking them by line item, while Youssef listened and took notes. At the end of her presentation, the Ambassador said [...] | 2004-07-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL DJ ICJ |
| 04DUBLIN1222 | IRELAND WILL DISCUSS PROTECTION FORCE WITH EU [...] (S)In regards to the UN protection force, Emboff delivered reftel talking points A on August 5 to Brendan Ward, Deputy Director of the Middle East Section at DFA. Ward responded that he had been in touch with counterparts in other European capitals, and agreement was reached to discuss this i [...] | 2004-08-18 07:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS MARR UN |
| 04DUBLIN1811 | Ireland/Terrorism: Bill Passes in Lower [...] Summary: On December 14, 2004, the Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) Bill 2002, was passed by Dail Eireann (Lower House). The Seanad Eireann (Senate) is expected to approve the bill in February 2005, after which it can be enacted into Irish Law. This legislation will significantly stren [...] | 2004-12-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL PTER KTFN PHUM PINS |
| 04FRANKFURT10386 | Muslim Political Observers On Risk of Extremist [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Muslim political contacts in Frankfurt's district see the predominantly secular character of Germany's largely Turkish Muslim community as a bulwark against Islamic extremism but cite the area's growing North African population and the presence of far-right German groups as po [...] | 2004-12-10 10:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SMIG SOCI PHUM GM NL EUN |
| 04FRANKFURT2778 | Hesse Leader Koch Will not Actively Seek [...] (SBU) At the Hesse CDU (Christian Democratic) convention March 20, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch announced that he would not actively seek nomination as the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2006 national elections. Koch acknowledged Angela Merkel's "undisputed" leadership of the [...] | 2004-04-05 07:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6722 | FRANKFURT CONVENES EAC ON AUGUST 3, 2004 [...] Amcongen Frankfurt convened a CORE EAC (CG, RSO, ADM, CONS ESC and RSC/ABA Rhein Mein) in response to information reftel(s) concerning the Tashkent Bombings and Escalated Homeland Security ratings. 2. EAC discussed issues concerning the Tashkent bombing scenario along with potential targe [...] | 2004-08-05 14:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 04HANOI1617 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...] | 2004-06-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
| 04HANOI2856 | CATHOLICS DEDICATE NEW CATHEDRAL [...] (U) Summary: A large number of Catholic bishops, priests and believers celebrated the dedication of a new cathedral in Lang Son City on October 2. The dedication comes after a long period of difficult relations between the Catholic Church and provincial authorities in Lang Son and is reflect [...] | 2004-10-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 04HANOI535 | YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...] | 2004-02-25 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC |
| 04HANOI722 | "TERRORIST" CASES OF LY TONG AND VO VAN DUC [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (U) Following up on Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung's verbal request to Charge on March 4, the MFA formally provided via diplomatic note a request for firm punishment against convicted hijacker Ly Tong or his extradition to Viet [...] | 2004-03-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY750 | POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...] | 2004-06-02 13:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER VM CTERR |
| 04ISTANBUL1575 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE FOCUSES ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the October 7 hand grenade attack on the compound of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fener, Consulate security personnel have worked closely with officials there to provide security advice. The Patriarchate's chief administrative officer, Chancellor Theoliptos, express [...] | 2004-10-19 07:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 04ISTANBUL298 | ISTANBUL COURT HANDS DOWN INDICTMENTS IN BOMBING [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors at Istanbul's State Security Court on February 25 formally indicted 69 alleged conspirators in November's 4 terrorist attacks. Approximately 50 of the accused are now in custody. However, a number of key figures, including the alleged leader of the Turkish al-Qaida c [...] | 2004-02-26 13:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU |
| 04ISTANBUL432 | TERROR STRIKES ISTANBUL MASONIC LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, a botched suicide attack against an Istanbul Masonic lodge left 2 dead and 7 wounded (reftel). Investigations continue, but police statements and assorted press reports suggest that there may have been a network of planners and accomplices, as well as connections to [...] | 2004-03-22 07:29:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PREL TU |
| 04ISTANBUL474 | TURKEY'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: FRIGHT BUT NOT FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two synagogue bombings and a recent attack on a Masonic lodge (which attackers reportedly believed was filled with Jews) have thoroughly unnerved Turkey's Jewish community. Synagogue services are now more centralized and sparsely attended, and youth and cultural groups have suspe [...] | 2004-03-26 07:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER TU |
| 04ISTANBUL974 | TURKEY'S "EURO" VISION [...] Summary: While European officials assess GOT efforts toward meeting the Copenhagen Criteria in advance of the EU Council's important December Summit, Turkey's de facto integration into the cultural life of Europe deepens. Turkey's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, along wit [...] | 2004-06-21 07:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL TU |
| 04KATHMANDU1141 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 11-18, [...] An early morning ambush by Maoists left 21 Armed Police Force (APF) personnel dead and sixteen injured (Ref A). Seven security personnel were killed and twenty-two suffered injuries in other incidents this week. Indian police arrested five Nepalese Maoists in the Indian state of Bihar. Twent [...] | 2004-06-18 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1178 | NEPAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE BOMBING OF [...] (S/NF) Post continues to look into the June 12 bombing of the American-owned carpet factory "Red Thread." (REF A) On June 18, RSO Jim Gayhart met with American business owner Leslie Shackleford (please protect) to discuss the recent Maoist bombing of her factory (REFTELS). She expressed con [...] | 2004-06-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC BEXP PTER ECON NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1227 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK NGO OFFICE IN MID-WEST [...] (SBU) At about 10:00 p.m. local time on June 28, Maoist insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device on the second floor of an office belonging to Backward Society Education (BASE),a local NGO, in Dhangadi, Kailali District. According to NGO contacts, the Maoists ordered the night-ti [...] | 2004-06-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAID NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1290 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT [...] Nepal's Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996, has tragically victimized the children of Nepal. The frequent school bandhs (school closings),have disrupted the lives of students, parents and teachers and the scheduling of required exams, damaged the educational system and delayed the advan [...] | 2004-07-09 07:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PTER MOPS PGOV NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1300 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 2-JULY 9, [...] Maoists assassinated the Mayor of Pokhara, reportedly in retaliation for the deaths of six rebels and for failing to abandon his post. The four political parties who have declined joining Deuba's cabinet reportedly have entered into talks with Maoist leaders. A senior member of the Maoist C [...] | 2004-07-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU141 | NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...] | 2004-01-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP |
| 04KATHMANDU147 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 17-23, [...] On January 19, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched aerial raids on the purported site of a Maoist gathering (Ref A). Thirty-one Maoists and eight security personnel reportedly were killed in other clashes. On January 16, the Ministry of Defense announced plans to add more than 6,400 recrui [...] | 2004-01-23 07:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1632 | MAOIST BOMBS CLOSE SOALTEE HOTEL, COCA COLA CLOSES [...] (U) Four bombs exploded in the backyard of Soaltee Hotel, a leading five star hotel in Kathmandu, Monday evening, August 16. Nobody was injured and there was only minor damage, according to published newspaper reports. The explosions preceded by one day the expiration of the demand by the [...] | 2004-08-17 21:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KTFN ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1658 | MAOISTS' VIRTUAL BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE; MAOIST [...] (C) Although the virtual Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley continues, there are no reports of Maoist violence or incidents anywhere. Vehicle traffic remains very light due to fears of Maoist reprisals despite government attempts to reassure the people. Targeted industries remain closed in [...] | 2004-08-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU1670 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 14- [...] The Maoists have imposed a virtual blockade of roads leading to and from the Kathmandu Valley since August 18. Traffic remains very light on the roads, no incidents have been reported and no Maoists have been spotted. Tourism- related organizations have raised serious concern over the Maoist [...] | 2004-08-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU1730 | NEPAL: BUSINESSES REMAIN CLOSED; INDUSTRY SECURITY [...] (C) Maoists muddied the waters on August 27 by issuing a press statement that indicated the Maoist-threatened businesses, other than those with U.S. investment, could reopen (reftel) and then an hour later issuing a contradictory statement that all the businesses must remain closed. The Indu [...] | 2004-08-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EINV ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU252 | Nepal Wardens Message - Maoist Nationwide [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-10 01:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU298 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEBRUARY 7-13, [...] A military offensive launched by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) left nineteen people dead. Fifty-one Maoists reportedly were killed in other clashes with security forces. Reported Maoist attacks on security personnel injured seven and killed one. Two senior Maoist leaders were arrested in Luc [...] | 2004-02-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU310 | NEPAL: UN OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE IMMEDIATE HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Tamrat Samuel, Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the UN, said that the UN stands ready to assist in mediation efforts between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists if asked by both sides, but indicated that [...] | 2004-02-17 05:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP PHUM UN |
| 04KATHMANDU312 | NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE CLOSES CENTRAL NEPAL; [...] (U) The Maoist-enforced "bandh," or general strike, called for central Nepal, including Kathmandu, on February 17 was well observed in the capital. Slightly more shops were observed open and vehicles operating in Kathmandu than during the February 12 closure (Reftel). There were few reports [...] | 2004-02-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU722 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 10-16, [...] Separate attacks and clashes reportedly left fifteen Maoists and three security personnel dead. The local press reported that Maoist leadership was "considering" releasing forty policemen taken captive last week (Ref A). An Indian article reprinted in the local press reports that arrested [...] | 2004-04-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM |
| 04KATHMANDU846 | NEPAL: MAOISTS TURN UP HEAT ON NGOS, AID AGENCIES [...] (C) According to NGO contacts, Maoists in five southwestern districts are increasing extortion demands and escalating pressure on local and foreign NGOs, including one U.S.-based NGO, and bilateral aid agencies to sign agreements with the so-called "Tharuwan People's Autonomous Government," d [...] | 2004-05-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG NP |
| 04KATHMANDU902 | NEPAL: MAOIST PRESSURE CAUSES EUROPEAN DONORS TO [...] (C) On May 10 the Dutch, German and British bilateral aid agencies, citing Maoist pressure and threats, announced they will suspend projects in the northwestern districts of Mugu, Humla, Jumla, and Dolpa and in the southwestern district of Kailali as of May 16. USAID sponsors activities in th [...] | 2004-05-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EAID CASC NP |
| 04KATHMANDU937 | NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...] | 2004-05-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP |
| 04KATHMANDU949 | NEPAL: MAOISTS EXPAND ATTACKS ON BUSINESSES, [...] (U) Since the beginning of May, the Maoists have renewed their rhetoric, threats and sabotage against prominent businesses in Nepal. On May 3, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement blacklisting twenty-three businesses. The statement, although not wide [...] | 2004-05-19 22:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC ETRD NP PTER |
| 04KINSHASA1245 | OSPB EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR CONSULAR BUILDING [...] The ARSO has completed an exceptions request package in regards to the Consular upgrade project in the ref email sent to DS/PSD/PCB on July 02, 2004. This cable provides a synopsis of the exceptions package. 2. The Consular Section has an ongoing project to address many of the shortcomings [...] | 2004-07-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC |
| 04KINSHASA1356 | KINSHASA - GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) The following from RSO are Kinshasa's responses to reftel subparagraphs A-L: A. (C) Physical Security Upgrades - Official Facilities: (2) Program is necessary, generally effective, can be updated to mitigate vulnerabilities. Kinshasa completed a major physical security upgrade proj [...] | 2004-07-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
| 04KINSHASA1580 | MEDIA PLACEMENT, AUGUST 7-14, 2004 [...] The August 7th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Satellite" carried on page 8 the article entitled "U.S. Congress Terms Situation In Darfur `Genocide'- Senate, House Pass Concurrent Resolutions On Darfur". The article was credited to the "Office of International Information Program of the Depa [...] | 2004-08-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
| 04KINSHASA2352 | DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...] | 2004-12-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 04KUWAIT1219 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 10-124: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY:. END SUMMARY. 2. "Escalation In Iraq, In Whose interest?" Adel Al-Qassar wrote in independent Al-Watan (4/11): "The reason beh escalation in Iraq is the clash of wills between the people and the o freedom, and what democracy is the United States promising with this violence an [...] | 2004-04-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1248 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 12-14: IRAQ, KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators have been rattled by events in Fallujah and the rise of Moqtada al-Sadr. Islamist MPs and others decry what they term a "brutal" US response and have issued press statements calling for Muslims to resist the "US occupation of Iraq" and the presence of US troops i [...] | 2004-04-15 06:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1346 | (SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis),who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...] | 2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT1399 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 24-28: MIDDLE EAST: VANUNU'S [...] SUMMARY: Continued criticism of Pres. Bush's perceived closeness to Sharon and tacit approval for Sharon's "crimes" gave way slightly as the week went on to calls for increased security in the wake of the Riyadh bombings. Nabil Al-Fadhl wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (4/24),"As Kuwaitis, [...] | 2004-04-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1650 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 22-24: RAFAH INCURSION; [...] SUMMARY: The coincidence of the Israeli operation in Rafah with alleged American bombing of a wedding party in Iraq leads a prominent conservative commentator to cite both as examples of "Arab blood being cheap." The first court martial trial to come out of the abuses at Abu Ghraib was dealt w [...] | 2004-05-24 15:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2005 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 26-28: Iraq, Terror, Arab [...] SUMMARY: Atrocities by terrorists in Iraq and Saudi Arabia are a principal focus of Kuwaiti columnists this week. Walid Al- Ibrahim wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/26): "Every time a westerner is taken hostage or killed by Arabs and Muslims, Islam's image is tainted further and feelings of hat [...] | 2004-06-29 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2366 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. You are currently scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Saturday, July 31st. Foreign Minister Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah will most likely also be in attendance. Since your last visit on March 20, there ha [...] | 2004-07-29 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2742 | LOCAL PRESS TRACKS KUWAITI JIHADIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: News dailies continue to report on the still-breaking story of widespread arrests of suspected Islamic extremists here. The reporting stream began with the July accounts of the repatriation of four Kuwaiti minors caught in Syria by local security forces on their way to join anti- [...] | 2004-08-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC KU |
| 04KUWAIT791 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION MAR 6-8: STATE DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Several Kuwaiti editorialists blame Mossad for "masterminding" the recent explosions in Karbala and Baghdad, while a Shiite professor at the University of Kuwait says the attacks are the fruit of US policies of "pure evil" foisted on the Arab world by America--"truly the Great Satan. [...] | 2004-03-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT991 | (SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...] | 2004-03-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
| 04MADRID1141 | SPAIN TERRORISM UPDATE: MARCH 11 TERRORISTS BLOW [...] (SBU) Three weeks after the March 11 terror train bomb attacks, terrorism and the police fight against it continue to dominate the Spanish political and media landscape. In recent days, the police scored two successes: tracking down the suspected leaders of the March 11 attacks to a Madrid [...] | 2004-04-05 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1180 | Consular response to Terrorist attacks in [...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...] | 2004-04-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP |
| 04MADRID1708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] | 2004-05-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID1955 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...] | 2004-05-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
| 04MADRID2039 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID2181 | SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...] | 2004-06-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2236 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...] | 2004-06-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2281 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...] | 2004-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2341 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...] | 2004-06-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2671 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...] | 2004-07-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2688 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...] | 2004-07-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2967 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...] | 2004-08-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3846 | SPAIN CELEBRATES ARREST OF ETA LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish politicians, police officials, and the media rejoiced after learning of the capture of ETA leader Mikel Albizu Iriarte, his partner Soledad Iparragirre, and 19 other ETA members and supporters in southern France and northern Spain. Police also seized hundreds of pounds of [...] | 2004-10-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3907 | AZNAR DOMINATES POPULAR PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Mariano Rajoy, a long-time Aznar ally and the Popular Party's presidential candidate in the March 14 elections, was elected as the new President of the Popular Party (PP) during the 15th PP Party Congress. The event was dominated by enthusiastic expressions of support for former [...] | 2004-10-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4073 | GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...] | 2004-10-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC SP |
| 04MADRID4612 | CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...] | 2004-12-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE |
| 04MADRID4627 | WEEKEND BOMBINGS MASK DECLINING ETA CAPABILITIES [...] (C) Summary. ETA terrorists carried out twelve bombings in two sets of coordinated attacks during the December 3-6 holiday weekend in Spain. The bombs consisted of small devices and there were no fatalities, though 10-20 people sustained minor injuries. The first series of bombings took plac [...] | 2004-12-09 08:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4713 | ALLEGED ISLAMIC TERRORIST PLAN TO LAUNCH [...] (U) The American Embassy Spain Emergency Action Committee met on December 14, 2004, in response to REFTEL in order to assess the current situation and exchange perspectives on the possible threat. 2. (S) The EAC noted that parts of the information were relatively specific such as the para [...] | 2004-12-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER ASEC CASC |
| 04MADRID4774 | SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...] | 2004-12-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SP |
| 04MADRID712 | SUBJECT: SPANISH ELECTIONS: MAJOR ETA ATTACK ON [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The Guardia Civil arrested two ETA members in the pre-dawn of February 29 on a highway about a hundred miles east of Madrid. One of the ETA operatives was in a van carrying over 500 kg of explosives; the other was in a looko [...] | 2004-03-01 21:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID838 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) - EMBASSY [...] (U) In response to the multiple train bombings in Madrid on the morning of March 11, the Ambassador chaired a full EAC meeting to discuss the impact and implications, if any, on the Embassy personnel and facilities as a result of the bombings. Highlights of some general and operational conti [...] | 2004-03-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
| 04MADRID865 | SPAIN: POSSIBLE IMPACT OF TERRORIST ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEFORE THE MARCH 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, THE DRAMA OF THE MARCH 14 SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN CENTERED ON WHETHER PRESIDENT AZNAR'S POPULAR PARTY AND ITS CANDIDATE MARIANO RAJOY, WOULD WIN ENOUGH SEATS IN PARLIAMENT TO GOVERN WITH AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY (REFTEL). O [...] | 2004-03-12 19:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID958 | MADRID BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF INVESTIGATION - [...] (C) Information from official sources remains limited due to the secrecy order issued by the judge presiding over the investigation, Judge Juan del Olmo. LegAtt Office will request further information through our mutual legal assistance treaty, but receipt of information as a result of that r [...] | 2004-03-18 17:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SP |
| 04MADRID959 | SPANISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON MARCH 22-23 EU FMS [...] (C) Summary. Spain will be putting terrorism at the top of its agenda for the March 22-23 EU FMS meetings and the March 25-26 European Council meetings. Jointly with the Dutch, Spain will be backing the creation of a EU Coordinator for anti-terrorism efforts. The MFA's EU Office also expects [...] | 2004-03-18 17:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP EUN |
| 04MADRID962 | SPANISH ELECTION: POPULAR PARTY STILL IN SHOCK [...] (C) The Popular Party remains in shock over the March 14 election results. The government vehemently rejects charges it withheld information on al Qaeda for election benefit. The PP accepts defeat but members complain the Socialists manipulated the March 11 terror attacks to turn the electora [...] | 2004-03-18 19:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SP PSOE |
| 04MANAMA386 | LESSONS LEARNED - MANAMA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Post benefited from the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) by applying the skills and experience of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and participants (LES and non-EAC members) with the Emergency Action Plan and Emergency Planning Handbook to manage the scenario. Ruth Abramson and Lawrence Pe [...] | 2004-03-22 05:36:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AFSI ASEC BA CASC KESS OTRA |
| 04MANAMA403 | MFA MINSTATE ASKS FOR TIME ON ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-24 12:26:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER BA KICC |
| 04MANAMA448 | COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-31 11:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PREL ASEC BA |
| 04MANAMA939 | KING RATIFIES TWO COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] This is an action message, please refer to para 4. 2. On June 3, the English language daily "Bahrain Tribune" published the announcement of King Hamad's ratification of the International Convention For The Suppression Of The Financing Of Terrorism and the International Convention For The S [...] | 2004-06-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL BA |
| 04MUSCAT1942 | AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION GROUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-expected pullout by British Airports Authority from the privatized consortium managing Oman's international airports means that the government will now run the airports in Muscat and Salalah. One of the alleged key sticking points was the failure of the government and the [...] | 2004-11-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EINV EFIN PGOV ECON MU |
| 04MUSCAT2265 | MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: U.S. WAR DEATHS, PALESTINE, IRAQ [...] The lead editorial in the privately -owned Arabic daily "Al- Watan" on December 24 was entitled "American Patience": "In 1983, when 240 Americans died in a suicide bombing in Beirut, former President Reagan immediately called for the withdrawal of all American troops stationed there. Today, [...] | 2004-12-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 04MUSCAT2269 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP DEMARCHE [...] (C) In a December 27 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi (YBA),the Ambassador urged on behalf of the G-8 and EU missions Oman's ratification of the final two of twelve international counterterrorism conventions (reftel). The Ambassador noted that the Foreig [...] | 2004-12-28 02:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MU |
| 04OTTAWA3259 | ANONYMOUS THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL [...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 3, 2004, THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED RSO, LEGAT AND POLITICAL LIAISON REQUESTING AN IMMEDIATE MEETING TO DISCUSS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY BY RCMP NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AT OTTAWA AND MONTREAL. INCLUDED IN THE MEETING IN ADDI [...] | 2004-12-04 01:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | ASEC PTER RCMP |
| 04PANAMA810 | PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: ALEMAN MAY BE COUNTING [...] (U) PolOffs recently toured Panama's Herrera and Los Santos provinces, meeting with Herrera's Electoral Tribunal Regional Director Hector Paulette, Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Pacifico Escalona and Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) Herrera elections coordinator Reynaldo Salerno. [...] | 2004-04-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA925 | PANAMA COURT SENTENCES ANTI-CASTRO CONSPIRATORS, GOP DISCUSSES POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTIONS [...] (SBU) On April 20, Panama's Fifth Penal Court convicted six anti-Castro conspirators, including three AmCits, for endangering public safety and sentenced them to seven and eight-year jail terms for a November 2000 plot to kill Fidel Castro. (See Refs A and B.) Luis Posada Carriles, currently [...] | 2004-04-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CJAN CASC SNAR CU PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PARIS8983 | FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...] | 2004-12-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC FR |
| 04PARIS9133 | FRANCE AND EAST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. France's principal long-term concern in East Africa is the management of its relations with Djibouti where it maintains a large permanent military presence. The crisis in Darfur has prompted a more active French policy with regard to Sudan, but it remains largely a "Chad problem" [...] | 2004-12-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR |
| 04RANGOON404 | SPDC CELEBRATES ARMED FORCES DAY, NLD HAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, the SPDC celebrated the 59th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day with a traditional military parade, sundry speeches lauding the accomplishments of the modern Burmese Army, and an official state dinner complete with a now-standard depiction of Senior General Than Shwe as [...] | 2004-03-29 12:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON815 | GOB BLAMES EXILE GROUPS FOR JUNE 26 BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary: On June 26th, three small bombs exploded and four were disarmed at the main Rangoon train station. The GOB blamed exile opposition groups for the incident, just as it did for a similar event last July. We think it more likely the GOB did this itself to try to besmirch these oppo [...] | 2004-06-28 08:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ELAB BM |
| 04RANGOON923 | NLD AND GOB GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS ON MARTYRS' DAY [...] (C) Summary: The GOB and the NLD marked Martyrs' Day on July 19 with separate, low-key events. The GOB, per its tradition, took all necessary measures to ensure a quiet and subdued holiday. At NLD headquarters, opposition parties held a brief event for several hundred supporters, members, a [...] | 2004-07-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RIYADH6449 | SAUDI ARABIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Embassy POC for this report is Julie Eadeh (eadehja@state.gov). 2. (U) During the year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continued to support the global war on terror. Al Qai'da, in the [...] | 2004-12-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL SA |
| 04ROME1911 | ITALY'S BERLUSCONI UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE; [...] (C) The Berlusconi Government is under increasing political pressure in the build-up to June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections. A combination of global and domestic events -- Iraqi prisoner abuse and Italy's purported knowledge thereof, heavy fighting in Italy's sector of Iraq, [...] | 2004-05-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2091 | MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...] | 2004-05-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO |
| 04ROME3774 | CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...] | 2004-09-29 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3985 | GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...] | 2004-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME815 | FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...] | 2004-03-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR |
| 04SANAA1261 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes your first visit to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials keen to hear from you the Washington perspective on bilateral and regional CT cooperation as well as the broader GWOT. Since 9/11 Saleh has met with President Bush in Washi [...] | 2004-05-25 15:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 04SANAA1458 | DNSA TOWNSEND 05/26/04 MEETING WITH ROYG SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: On 5/26 DNSA Townsend reviewed CT cooperation with MOI al-Alimi, PSO Director al-Gamish and NSB Officer Saleh and highlighted recent inconsistencies in the relationship. Dominating discussion, Alimi affirmed the strength of the CT partnership, and noted that differences of opinio [...] | 2004-06-15 07:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV ETTC PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA1565 | AMERICAN NGO REPRESENTATIVE FORWARDS INCITEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 6/22/04, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) representative forwarded an incitement letter to the RSO, explaining that copies were delivered anonymously to an Islah party leader. The letter calls for supporting Jihad with money and fighting Jews and Christians. Th [...] | 2004-06-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2021 | YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...] | 2004-08-22 04:55:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2215 | GROUP TERRORIST TRIAL VERDICT AND SENTENCING TO BE [...] (C) Assistant Prosecutor Ali al-Samet confirmed to Emboff that the verdict and sentencing for 15 defendants in the Limburg Trial (trial one) will be announced on Saturday August 28. The defendants are all believed to be al-Qa'ida associates and are charged with involvement in: -- the 9/02 e [...] | 2004-08-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2307 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WITH VICE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabo Mansour Hadi on August 28. Discussions centered on U.S. - Yemeni cooperation in the GWOT. Hadi emphasized that long-term success in the war against terror in Yemen would also require improved social services, ec [...] | 2004-08-30 06:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2328 | ROYG TO APPEAL LIGHT SENTENCES IN GROUP TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary and comment: Deputy Attorney General Sharaf al-Mahbashi and Chief Prosecutor Saeed al-Aqel told DCM on 8/29 that the prosecution has already filed for an appeal over the 8/28 Trial One (reftel) sentences for the now convicted al-Qa'ida associates. The prosecutors will seek harsher [...] | 2004-08-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2344 | YEMEN REQUEST - FY05 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE, PL480 [...] Summary: USDA food assistance in Yemen is enhancing infrastructure, funding agricultural research projects, and teaching horticultural marketing and livestock management skills. Since 2000, USDA assistance constituted the bulk of USG development aid to Yemen. In conjunction with USAID techni [...] | 2004-09-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ASEC YM ECON COM |
| 04SANAA3094 | AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAM: "THE UNTOLD WAR STORY" - [...] SUMMARY: Al-Jazeera TV broadcast a documentary on Thursday, December 9, 2004, titled "The Untold War Story" addressing the impact and repercussions of U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation at the economic, social and political levels. The documentary included impressions from a wide varie [...] | 2004-12-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO YM PTER KMDR MARR MOPS PNIR COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA3105 | YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...] | 2004-12-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA359 | YEMENI ISLAMIC MODERATE ON THE RELEASE OF [...] (c) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief, Counter-terrorism Coordinator and Political Specialist (as translator) met with Judge Hamoud al-Hitar, leading cleric of the ROYG committee responsible for the dialogue with security detainees, on February 9. Concerning the dialogue, al-Hitar said that there are [...] | 2004-01-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR YM KICC |
| 04SANAA488 | MEDIA REACTION ON US TREASURY DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of the 2/24 terrorist financing designation of Shaikh Abd-al-Majid al-Zindani, Head of both Al-Iman University and the Advisory (Shura) Council of the leading Yemeni opposition party Islah, has generally been highly critical. A few papers offered muted support, reprin [...] | 2004-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA498 | ROYG CONDEMNS 3/2 ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD AND KERBALA [...] (C) DCM contacted Presidential translator/advisor Mohamed Sudam and conveyed reftel demarche evening of 3/3. Sudam noted that the absence of FM Qirbi (in Cairo for AL Ministerial) likely accounted for lack of immediate comment from the MFA, adding that ROYG would indeed denounce "these terrib [...] | 2004-03-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KISL YM DEMARCHE |
| 04SANAA506 | FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle East Initiative upon the FM's return from the Cairo AL ministerial. Qirbi highlighted the drafting of a charter committing the Arab League to political and econo [...] | 2004-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 04SANAA589 | SANAA EAC MEETING - 13 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) CDA convened an EAC meeting on 3/13 to review security conditions in light of the Abu-Hafs Al-Masri Brigades statement, ref a. The statement claims responsibility for the 3/11 Madrid bombings and calls for attacks in Yemen. EAC agreed the statement does not warrant any increase to Po [...] | 2004-03-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM |
| 04SANAA622 | SANAA EAC MEETING - 16 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on 3/16 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of the recent thwarted attack on the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. EAC examined Post's already stringent and comprehensive se [...] | 2004-03-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC |
| 04SANAA867 | YEMEN TO TRY TERRORISTS/COLE BOMBING SUSPECTS [...] (U) Summary: On 11 April 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Attorney General (AttGen) Dr. Abdullah Al-Ulfi to discuss progress on turning over terrorist cases for prosecution, formally request rendition of Cole Bombing suspects Al-Badawi and Al-Quso, and to request/offer USG participation in [...] | 2004-04-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04STATE56273 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM PALACIO [...] PLEASE DELIVER FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM PALACIO. THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE TEXT OF MESSAGE BUT HAS NO OBJECTION IF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN WISHES TO DO SO. NO SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: DEAR ANA: I WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE [...] | 2004-03-12 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL SP |
| 04TAIPEI3939 | LY CAMPAIGN ENTERS THE FINAL STRETCH [...] (C) Summary: As the campaign for control of the Legislative Yuan (LY) enters its final day, the outcome looks increasingly to be determined by a few key variables: signs that the KMT's "peipiao" vote allocation is breaking down, DPP fears of a TSU late surge, a spate of vote-buying arrests, an [...] | 2004-12-11 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TW |
| 04TASHKENT2609 | AFTER THE BOMBINGS: KARIMOV'S DECISION-MAKING [...] (C) Summary. This is the second of two cables, which provides insight into President Karimov's decision-making process. The first of which looked at Karimov's possible succession plans (ref D). Although Uzbekistan was rocked twice this year by terrorist bombings, little has changed for Pre [...] | 2004-09-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO PINR PTER UZ |
| 04TELAVIV1246 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State Department Release of 2003 Human Rights Report 2. Alhurra TV Station ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli diplomatic officials as saying that the White House and State Department are not showing the same t [...] | 2004-03-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1276 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1315 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Performance of Ariel Sharon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum: -In its expansive lead story, Maariv revealed that Shimon Cohen, Tenenbaum's father-in-law, was PM Sharon's agricultural ins [...] | 2004-03-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1384 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1408 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1466 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Channel 2-TV reported that PM Sharon is "enraged" with IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, whom he accuses of having caused "enormous" damage and of "blatantly intervening in pol [...] | 2004-03-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1575 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...] | 2004-03-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1598 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Madrid Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- With Yediot and Maariv devoting their entire front pages to the event, all media led with Sunday afternoon's double bombings at Ashdod Port, one of the most sensiti [...] | 2004-03-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1611 | UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry that Hamas and Fatah meant what they said when they announced that the attack, for which the two groups claimed responsibility, signalled a new phase in the Intifada. The atta [...] | 2004-03-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV1613 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two 18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves up at the Ashdod port, killing 10 and injuring 15. Hamas and Islamic Jihad took joint responsibility for the attack. The IDF killed one Palestinian when responding to a roads [...] | 2004-03-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1621 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...] | 2004-03-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1631 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 16, 2004; (1630 [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli press reports suggesting that a "severe" military crackdown on Gaza was likely following last week's suicide bombing at Ashdod port and a rumor that internationals were being ordered to leave Gaza, fueled widespread concern that internationals were preparing to evacuat [...] | 2004-03-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
| 04TELAVIV1638 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would not "negotiate" with the PA prior to Gaza withdrawal, which he termed a security, not political, solution. Asked what sort of U.S. support he is seeking, the PM said only that he [...] | 2004-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1677 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...] | 2004-03-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1685 | JERICHO MONITORING MISSION: STATUS REPORT AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv-ConGen Jerusalem message, coordinated with the British Embassy and British ConGen. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Following a detailed review of the situation at the Jericho prison, the U.S. and British Ambassadors and Consuls General agreed March 15 that Palestinian [...] | 2004-03-18 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS UK ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1689 | TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...] | 2004-03-19 07:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1758 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1777 | Canon White and Former Archbishop of [...] Summary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with Ambassador March 19 to seek his views on ways they could move forward the Alexandria Process Israeli- Palestinian religious dialogue in a manner that would best support the political track of the [...] | 2004-03-24 06:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1866 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...] | 2004-03-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1896 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1911 | UN AGENCIES FED UP WITH GAZA RESTRICTIONS; BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of terrorist attacks at or near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the GOI began requiring UN personnel to walk through the crossing point. The GOI also restricted movement of all containers at Karni crossing following information suggesting that the t [...] | 2004-03-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON PHUM KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1951 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the predominantly Arab Silwan section of East Jerusalem, sparking clashes between police and Palestinian residents, who reportedly threw stones at the settlers. Police used tear gas t [...] | 2004-03-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1962 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2042 | COGAT SAYS UNRWA-IDF CONTAINER DISPUTE MAY BE SOON [...] (C) Summary: UNRWA April 1 announced the suspension of its emergency food distribution program in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA Deputy Director of Operations in Gaza, Krister Nordahl confirmed to Poloff April 2 that UNRWA, frustrated by what it sees as the IDF's refusal to find any interim measures to [...] | 2004-04-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KWBG PREF PREL GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 04TELAVIV2063 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon was quoted as saying in a Passover-eve interview with Israel Radio: "Those who kill Jews and order to kill Jews because of the fact they are Jews deserve to [...] | 2004-04-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2156 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...] | 2004-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2164 | OVER 200 GAZA BUSINESSMEN LAMENT DELAYS AT KARNI [...] (C) Embassy sources reported that over 200 Gazan businessmen attended a Chambers of Commerce meeting on April 13 in Gaza City. They attributed the large turnout to the seriousness of the problems facing businessmen caused by delays at Karni crossing. (Karni is the only commercial crossing s [...] | 2004-04-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON GZ IS PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV2189 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2242 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...] | 2004-04-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2257 | MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB [...] (SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest marketplace environments in Israel, prominent bakery owner Hamis Abouelafia made news this week by presenting a ceremonial loaf of leavened bread to Jews at an end-of-Passover cele [...] | 2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 04TELAVIV2324 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2376 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 56th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted events related to Israel's Memorial Day (commemorated from last night through this evening) and Israel's 56th Independence Day (celebrated f [...] | 2004-04-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2416 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car bombing April 28 when a jeep exploded under IDF gunfire as it was speeding towards the settlement of Kfar Darom. Three Palestinians were killed April 26 in the Mughazi camp in an [...] | 2004-04-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV2436 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post reported that PM Sharon will travel to Washington to attend the AIPAC (Jewish lobby) convention, which will open on May 15. Yediot reported that th [...] | 2004-04-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2455 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #80, APRIL 29, 2004; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF forces killed one suspected al Aqsa member and arrested three Fatah activists, and house demolitions and curfews continued in various locations. In the Gaza strip, individuals bombed the home of police chief Ghazi Jablai, one Palestinian was killed for s [...] | 2004-04-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
| 04TELAVIV6036 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...] | 2004-12-01 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6209 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EXAMINING PROGRESS AT KARNI [...] (C) Summary: In their discussions of Israel's disengagement plan, the World Bank continues to highlight the Gaza Strip's border crossings as key to Gaza's economic success. The international donor community has approached the Israelis about humanitarian and economic problems that arise from [...] | 2004-12-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV6286 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...] | 2004-12-13 12:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6335 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6374 | SPIEGEL ON ELECTION OBSERVERS, FENCE, JAYYUS, AND [...] SUMMARY: GOI coordinator for separation barrier issues BG (res) Baruch Spiegel (protect) spoke to POL/C December 14 about the apparent lack of GOI preparations to handle international election monitors, his team's efforts to document outpost and settlement activity, the apparent new responsi [...] | 2004-12-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV6489 | ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron Bergerbest, told CODEL Talent December 5-6 that cooperation and real-time information sharing is the key to Israeli success in thwarting suicide attacks. Once intelligence on an act [...] | 2004-12-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV6505 | "THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS" [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser told CODEL Talent December 6 that the war on terrorism must be waged across no less than five fronts: the physical battle; the efforts of society itself to endure in the face of continued attacks; society's need to remain true to its values rat [...] | 2004-12-22 17:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV6535 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...] | 2004-12-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6549 | WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE MORTAR BARRAGE AT GUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of a 24-hour IDF incursion into Khan Yunis to stop rocket launches at Israeli settlements in Gush Katif, Palestinian militants fired a barrage of 20 mortar shells at the settlement block December 23. One Israeli was lightly injured in Netzar Hazani when a mor [...] | 2004-12-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
| 04TELAVIV6563 | ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...] | 2004-12-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6564 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...] | 2004-12-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6665 | WORLD BANK PROPOSALS SEEM AN UNLIKELY FIT AT KARNI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 15 Emboffs toured the Israeli side of Karni Terminal, the site of a proposed World Bank pilot program of technological and management fixes that include replacing the current back-to-back shipping system with free-circulating trailers. Situated on the eas [...] | 2004-12-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04THEHAGUE1521 | UK & THE NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/EE/NREL: [...] Country Clearance is granted for Garry Rumbles, Principal Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for travel to Delft, The Netherlands, from July 20-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested and appreciates the offer of a brief. At this time, a briefing is [...] | 2004-06-18 11:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1569 | NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR, DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LANDA + 2, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Alexander Landa, Jeffrey Grossman and Andrew James Williamson for travel to Leiden, The Netherlands from July 10-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas o [...] | 2004-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1570 | DHHS/FDA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CYNTHIA [...] Country Clearance is granted for Cynthia Jim and Rose Ashley, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS for travel to Baxtel, The Netherlands from July 21-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure [...] | 2004-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1602 | NIH/FIC -DR. SUBRAMANIAM- EXTENSION OF TRAVEL [...] Country Clearance is granted to Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, for travel to Eindhoven, The Netherlands from July 1-7, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into [...] | 2004-06-29 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1658 | NASA (KSC) DELEGATION COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO [...] Country clearance is granted for the following NASA (KSC) Delegaton to travel July 28-31, 2004, to Noordwijk, Netherlands: Glenn Chin Steven Cain 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the [...] | 2004-07-01 11:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA ASEC NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1670 | DUTCH EU PRESIDENCY: THE VIEW FROM THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Balancing Dutch, European, and transatlantic interests will be a challenge for the Dutch presidency, made more complicated by the demands of a 25 member EU, a new parliament and Commission, and the new constitutional treaty. A "successful" presidency is seen by PM Balkendende as [...] | 2004-07-02 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE176 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...] | 2004-01-26 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1775 | JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA [...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...] | 2004-07-15 14:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1841 | UKRAINE, THE NETHERLANDS, COUNTRY CLR, NSF: [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. James Morris, Program Officer, Division of Environmental Biology, for travel to Utrecht, The Netherlands from July 26-30, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secur [...] | 2004-07-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL OTRA KSCA UP NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1894 | CODEL FRIST AUG 11 [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Frist and staff members in The Netherlands on August 11, 2004. 2. As museums and stores in Amsterdam will not be open during transit time, post recommends delegation remain at the Schipol airport. Post also recommen [...] | 2004-07-27 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH SU KE NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1917 | NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS: GELFENBAUM, 08/03- [...] Country Clearance is granted for Guy R. Gelfenbaum for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 3-17, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a se [...] | 2004-07-30 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1921 | NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:MANGAN, 08/11-13/04 [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Margaret T. Magan for travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands August 11-13, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...] | 2004-07-30 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1922 | NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, USGS:SHERWOOD, 08/21- 25/04 [...] Country Clearance is granted for Christopher R. Sherwood for travel to Delft, The Netherlands August 21-25, 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at l [...] | 2004-07-30 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1924 | AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLD EAC MEETING JULY 30, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-30 17:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER |
| 04THEHAGUE2196 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF [...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...] | 2004-09-02 11:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2273 | GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country Clearance is granted for John M. Linkletter for travel to The Netherlands September 11, 2004 and September 15 thru 20, 2004. 2. Embassy points of contact for the visit are economic officers Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270); huffrx@state.gov) and Joe Trimble (31-70-310-9274); trimblej [...] | 2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA SW GM NL ILO |
| 04THEHAGUE2274 | GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JORDAN CAMP OF NASA'S [...] Country Clearance is granted for Jordan Camp for travel to The Netherlands September 18 thru 24, 2004. 2. Embassy point of contact is economic officer Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270; huffrx@state.gov). The after-hours Embassy phone number is (31-70-310-9499) POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2308 | CABINET APPROVES AND FORWARDS NEW DUTCH COUNTER- [...] On September 10, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted to the Second Chamber of Parliament CT Coordinator Joustra's plan to streamline Dutch counter-terrorism policies. As expected (reftels),the plan establishes an office of National CT Coordinator (NCTb) by January [...] | 2004-09-14 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
| 04THEHAGUE2314 | NIH/FIC -DR. CHITNIS- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Ajay Chitnis for travel to The Netherlands October 1-2, 2004. 2. The Embassy acknowledges that no other assistance has been requested. 3. Point of contact for the visit in the Embassy Economic Section is (Richard Huff, Counselor),at 31-70-310-9270 [...] | 2004-09-14 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TBIO OTRA |
| 04THEHAGUE2315 | NIH/FIC -DR. PELROY- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Richard Pelroy for travel to The Netherlands September 28-30, 2004. 2. The Embassy acknowledges that no other assistance has been requested. 3. Point of contact for the visit in the Embassy Economic Section is (Richard Huff, Counselor),at 31-70-31 [...] | 2004-09-14 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TBIO OTRA |
| 04THEHAGUE2407 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VISIT OF ARMS [...] (U) CWC Delegation and Embassy welcome the September 27-29 visit of AC PDAS Record. Hotel reservations have been made at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel; Van Stolkweg 1, The Hague 2585 JL; (phone)(31)(70) 352-5161; (fax) 31-70-354-1046. Control officer for the visit is Pete Ito, who will [...] | 2004-09-21 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OVIP OTRA CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2410 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted to the following individual traveling to The Hague to attend the OPCW 2005 Budget meeting: --BENTHIEN, Lisa Arrive: 26 September Depart: 03 October Hotel reservations have been made for 26 Sept-2 Oct at the Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel; address: Johan de [...] | 2004-09-22 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2518 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCTOBER 1 [...] (U) At the October 1 consultations on the Libyan proposal to make a technical change to permit conversion of the Rabta facility, the overwhelming number of attendees voiced strong support. A limited number of "usual suspects" raised questions, in particular Pakistan, but also Russia, India an [...] | 2004-10-04 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE26 | 2003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...] | 2004-01-07 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2736 | ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...] | 2004-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE3294 | ICJ: COURT DISMISSES NATO BOMBING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 15 dismissed Serbia and Montenegro's (SAM) claims against NATO over the legality of 1999's Operation Allied Force. The unanimous judgment was based on jurisdictional grounds, but seven of the fifteen judges issued a joint decl [...] | 2004-12-17 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE421 | CODEL WEXLER FEB 22 - 24 [...] Country Clearance is granted and AmEmbassy the Hague warmly welcomes Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Steve Chabot and Jonathan Katz to The Netherlands February 22-24,2004. 2. Kami Witmer will be the Control Officer. She can be reached at the following numbers/addresses: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-9339 [...] | 2004-02-19 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN |
| 04THEHAGUE504 | ICJ FENCE PROCEEDINGS WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-27 12:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AFIN AORC ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE781 | ENCOURGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION [...] Country Clearance is granted for xxx for travel to The Netherlands XXX. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a secret clearance. If level of cleara [...] | 2004-03-25 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
| 04THEHAGUE798 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...] | 2004-03-29 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE916 | NETHERLANDS - CTRY CLR, DOE/EE: DANIEL LAIRD, [...] Country Clearance is granted for Daniel Laird for travel to The Netherlands April 17-22, 2004. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic officer Todd Kushner (tel:31-70-310-9273; email kushnerta2@state.gov post understands that no travel assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visit [...] | 2004-04-08 09:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA NL |
| 04TRIPOLI31 | (C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...] | 2004-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR LY VE |
| 04VATICAN1989 | SERB AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO, ISLAM [...] (SBU) DARKO TANASKOVIC, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (SAM) AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, PASSED THE AMBASSADOR MAY 19 SAM'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON KOSOVO (REF A) AND IMPRESSED UPON HIM HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SERBIAN MINORITY IN THE PROVINCE. TANASKOVIC DESCRIBED A GROWING EXTREMISM AMONG [...] | 2004-05-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF MW PREL SOCI SR VT YI UNMIK |
| 04VATICAN2989 | POPE CONDEMNS IRAQ CHURCH BOMBINGS; CHALDEAN [...] (U) The Pope reacted strongly to Sunday's Iraq church bombings in an August 2 message to Emmanuel III, Patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church. The Pope said that he "firmly deplored the unjust aggressions against those whose only aim is to collaborate for peace and reconciliation in t [...] | 2004-08-03 04:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
| 04VATICAN3197 | HOLY SEE CLARIFIES POSITION ON NAJAF MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See's Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See would be willing to help mediate the standoff in Najaf if all parties to the conflict requested it, but had indicated this willingness only in response to a public request made by an al- [...] | 2004-08-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PHUM IZ VT |
| 04VATICAN4760 | A/S BURNS UPDATES VATICAN ON MEPP, IRAQ [...] (C) Holy See Foreign Minister Lajolo agreed with NEA A/S Burns December 9 that there were signs of "a better situation" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and he emphasized that "both sides" now needed to move forward with the Road Map. On Iraq elections, Lajolo welcomed Burns' assurance th [...] | 2004-12-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IZ KPAL PREL VT |
| 04VATICAN4839 | NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR TIGHTER BORDERS, [...] (C) Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Edward Ismail Yelda called for tighter controls on his country's borders in a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador. He urged particular attention to the Jordanian border, which he cited as a source of foreign fighters and weapons. Yelda said the situat [...] | 2004-12-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
| 04VILNIUS1566 | LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...] | 2004-12-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH |
| 04WELLINGTON1069 | NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post offers the following submission for this year's terrorism report: BEGIN TEXT OF SUBMISSION 2. New Zealand has implemented all 12 UN terrorism conventions. A Counter-terrorism bill passed in October 2003 increased the government's ability to prosecute terrorist activities and thre [...] | 2004-12-22 21:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON599 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (SBU/NF) Post delivered reftel demarche to Moira Turley, Middle East and Africa Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Despite strong support for the U.S. position, Turley stated that the GoNZ is deferring a final decision on its vote until it has seen the final te [...] | 2004-07-15 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON760 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR TSAR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Representative (TSAR) Scottie R. Laird to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, September 17-23, 2004. The purpose of travel is to complete National Information for the Cook Islands. 2. Embassy understands no assist [...] | 2004-09-08 03:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON860 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service Official Richard K. Nygard to travel to Alofi, Niue, October 25 - 29, 2004. The purpose of travel is to re-establish and install Tsunami Tide System. 2. [...] | 2004-10-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 04YEREVAN2494 | RECENT STATEMENTS SUGGEST COOLER LOCAL TEMPERATURE [...] (C) Recent statements by high-level policymakers and opinion pieces in the local media suggest that there may be growing opposition to the pending deployment of Armenian peacekeeping support to Iraq. Reports of a car bomb explosion November 9 near an Armenian church in Iraq re-ignited a flurr [...] | 2004-11-18 09:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
| 04YEREVAN543 | ARMENIA RATIFIES THREE ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER AM |
| 04YEREVAN680 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...] | 2004-03-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
| 04YEREVAN687 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: TRAIN BOMBINGS [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...] | 2004-03-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
| 05ABUDHABI1331 | UAE INCREASES SECURITY AFTER BOMBING IN QATAR, [...] (C) Summary: After the Doha theater bombing, UAE officials markedly increased the security presence throughout the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in locations such as diplomatic communities, western schools, and residential neighborhoods. UAEG officials are worried they are vulnerable to this [...] | 2005-03-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC QA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1683 | UAE ENERGY SECTOR: SECURITY, SPARE CAPACITY, AND [...] (C) Summary: Although the United Arab Emirates has taken many steps to improve oil and gas facility security, a number of vulnerabilities for both off and onshore facilities still exist. The UAE needs to improve information sharing and interagency coordination to further enhance security. AD [...] | 2005-04-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1858 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP - EMBASSY ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The British DCM convened the Abu Dhabi G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on March 23. CTAG members discussed their perspectives of the threat environment in the UAE, and their observations of the UAE response to the recent theater bombing in Doha. Each country detailed [...] | 2005-04-27 02:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC ETTC TC KJAN |
| 05ABUDHABI2529 | UAE ONE STEP CLOSER TO RATIFYING TWO ANTI-TERROR [...] The UAE Cabinet of Ministers approved, on June 6, the accession to two UN Conventions on Terrorism -- the 1999 Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the 1997 Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. This decision brings the UAE one step closer to formal [...] | 2005-06-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3200 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SAUDI INTELLECTUAL CONDEMNS [...] SUMMARY: SAUDI INTELLECTUAL JAMAL KHASHOGGI WROTE IN THE SEMI- OFFICIAL ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" THAT THE SUICIDE BOMBINGS REPRESENT THE LARGEST INTELLECTUAL AND ETHICAL CRISIS ENCOUNTERING ISLAM. HE ASSERTS THAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND THE WEST ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, BUT RESORTIN [...] | 2005-07-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3242 | UAE CONDEMNS SHARM AL SHEIKH ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: UAE leaders have publicly condemned the July 23 attack in Egypt's Sharm Al Sheikh, and have called on religious leaders to preach tolerance and moderation. Three UAE nationals were injured in the explosions, according to press reports. As reported reftel, after the July 7 attack [...] | 2005-07-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KPAO TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3244 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...] | 2005-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3272 | SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...] | 2005-07-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA |
| 05ABUDHABI3299 | UAE USING OUTREACH TO THE FAITHFUL TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is capitalizing on the nation's reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country to try to persuade its citizens and large expatriate community that extremist-inspired violence has no place in Islam. Through a series of carefully crafted Friday sermons, the Ministry of [...] | 2005-07-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3618 | STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 07:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL GCCC TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3802 | UAE VIEWS ON CAIRO FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (S) Summary: On September 4, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming Cairo Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting during a call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador reinforced USG views on terrorism, Israel-Palestine, Syria-Lebanon and Iraq. Al Noa [...] | 2005-09-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4905 | UAE ANNOUNCES INDIRECT ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced December 1 that indirect elections will be held for half of the Federal National Council (FNC),with the other half being appointed. This move had been anticipated, and in fact promised by UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...] | 2005-12-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IZ AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4946 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE PUBLICLY DENOUNCES TERROR [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) used a speech at the inauguration of the Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council December 6 to publicly denounce terrorists as disloyal towards their fellow citizens. MbZ's strongly worded message follows his equally powerful [...] | 2005-12-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PREL KPAO AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4983 | UAE: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's unclassified submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. We will transmit to the Department a classified addendum septel. The information in this report is divided into the four broad categories suggested in the provided style guide, and the septel add [...] | 2005-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5065 | MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT/IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: SPECIFIC COMMENTARY ON THE GCC SUMMIT AND ELECTIONS IN IRAQ. AL-KHALEEJ PAPER CRITICIZED THE GULF SUMMIT AS FOCUSING ONLY ON THE BUSINESS BETWEEN THE GULF STATES AND NOT THE DAILY PROBLEMS OF GULF CITIZENS. AL-BAYAN QUESTIONED THE ROLE OF THE GCC COUNSELING COMMITTEE AND HOPED THAT [...] | 2005-12-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI5115 | UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, FINANCIAL [...] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center for the Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash- based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular, is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore sector. T [...] | 2005-12-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR |
| 05ADANA143 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: People in Adiyaman's villages, throwing the carcasses of animals infected with brucellosis on open land, instead of burying them, are reportedly aggravating the village brucellosis epidemic. 2. EVRENSEL/OZGUR GUNDEM: The number of people contracting anthrax increa [...] | 2005-07-19 06:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA194 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 09:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA207 | LOCAL SOUTHEAST REACTION TO SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 8-10 trip to the southeast, the Sirnak office of DEHAP's follow-on party, Democratic Society Party (DTP in Turkish),told AMCON Adana officers about the bombing in Hakkari province's Semdinli township allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. The GOT [...] | 2005-11-18 10:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA |
| 05ADANA208 | DIYARBAKIR BAR PRESS RELEASE ON SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Diyarbakir Bar Association is one of the few credible NGO's in southeastern Turkey and its voice represents the segment of Kurdish civil society in the region which is less influenced by the PKK. Its press report, translated below, is a call to action for the GoT and an e [...] | 2005-11-18 10:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA |
| 05ADANA213 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 14:41:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA214 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 14:41:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA216 | SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...] | 2005-11-23 06:57:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 05ADANA217 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 07:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA221 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 11:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA222 | CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...] | 2005-11-30 12:26:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA224 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 09:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA225 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 15:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA227 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 14:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA230 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 12:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA232 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA234 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 13, 2005. 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. HURRIYET: [...] | 2005-12-14 09:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA235 | VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST CONTINUES, WHILE SEMDINLI SETTLES INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: As PKK-related violence continues on a broad scale throughout Turkey's southeast region, developments in the Semdinli case have settled into relatively peaceful investigative and judicial activities (see reftels). Over the past ten days, there have been investigative visits by [...] | 2005-12-14 12:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA PKK |
| 05ADANA238 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 09:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA241 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-20 12:06:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA242 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-20 15:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA243 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 10:00:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADDISABABA3725 | UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...] | 2005-10-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC |
| 05ALGIERS1410 | ALGERIAN VIEWS ON LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) Algerians, judging from comments made to Embassy staff, press commentaries and other press reporting since the London bombings of July 7, have drawn three main conclusions about these terrorist attacks. First, the bombings should come as no surprise and were a natural consequence of the [...] | 2005-07-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL AG |
| 05ALGIERS1534 | ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST [...] (C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a regular basis. As part of our engagement, we actively encourage public denunciations of terrorist violence in general, and of attacks on Iraqi civilians specif [...] | 2005-07-20 17:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL PREL PTER AG |
| 05ALGIERS1550 | BOUTEFLIKA CONDEMNS SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EG AG |
| 05ALGIERS1766 | SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN [...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...] | 2005-08-21 16:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AG UNSC US |
| 05ALGIERS2091 | VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...] | 2005-10-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | KHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC |
| 05ALGIERS2272 | ALGERIANS RIOT IN FRANCE: A REMINDER OF [...] (C) The ongoing rioting in France, which Algerians have followed on French television, Algerian television, and in their press, has produced a mixture of smugness and concern in Algeria. On the one hand, the leadership is not displeased to show the Algerian youth, who have left in droves foll [...] | 2005-11-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON AG |
| 05ALGIERS2296 | BOUTEFLIKA'S MESSAGE TO KING ABDALLAH FOLLOWING [...] Following the bombings in Amman which killed 59 people and wounded 96, President Abelaziz Bouteflika sent a condolence message November 11 on behalf of the Algerian people to King Abdallah II. Bouteflika wrote, "It is with profound sadness and affliction that I have learned about the painful [...] | 2005-11-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER AG JO |
| 05ALMATY1012 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador hosted two meetings for visiting NATO parliamentarians from the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security. The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative (SGSR) for Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Simmons, participated in the first meeting. (Det [...] | 2005-03-16 07:51:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2288 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEVA HIGHLIGHTS THREAT OF "DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 7 speech to an Asar Party congress in Astana, party leader and first daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva discussed her vision for the party, the upcoming presidential elections, and concerns about opposition forces and Western-led democratization efforts. Most notably, she spo [...] | 2005-06-17 10:20:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05AMMAN1783 | SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION GETS NEW LAWYER; [...] (U) The State Security Court appointed a new lawyer for Muammar al-Jaghbir, who is being retried for his role in the assassination of USAID officer Laurence Foley. Separately, Jaghbir and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi were formally charged on March 2 for bombing the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad in 2 [...] | 2005-03-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2094 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON CASES [...] Two groups of local extremists charged with targeting U.S., Israeli, and GOJ interests last year appeared before the State Security Court in separate trials on March 7. The court also began the re-trial of Mustafa Siyyam, arrested in Iraq last year, on charges that he plotted to kill a Jorda [...] | 2005-03-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO |
| 05AMMAN2131 | REPORTED JORDANIAN SUICIDE BOMBER IN IRAQ [...] (C) King Abdullah has publicly chastised a local newspaper for its laudatory coverage of a "martyrdom celebration" here in honor of a Jordanian citizen who reportedly carried out a suicide attack in Iraq earlier this month. GOJ officials have tried to refute SCIRI accusations that the GOJ f [...] | 2005-03-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN217 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTION, SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN2218 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES DETAIN, RELEASE JOURNALIST [...] (C) Post contacts confirm that Jordanian authorities -- reportedly on the orders of Interior Minister Samir Habashneh -- detained for questioning and later released a reporter for Arabic daily al-Ghad on March 14 on suspicion that he fabricated the story that a Jordanian citizen, Raed Mansour [...] | 2005-03-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2297 | JORDAN EVACUATES ITS EMBASSY FROM BAGHDAD, [...] (C) The staff of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad evacuated to Fallujah on March 20. In Algiers, FM Mulki publicly denied that the Jordanian Charge had been "summoned" to Amman, but rather repatriated for security reasons. Iraqi diplomats in Amman confirmed their Ambassador will go back to [...] | 2005-03-21 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2382 | KING ABDULLAH ORDERS JORDANIAN ENVOY BACK TO [...] (C) King Abdullah on March 21 ordered the Jordanian Charge to Iraq (currently in Amman) back to Baghdad. On March 22, the Jordanian Charge was making arrangements to travel to Baghdad, but said he plans to set up shop in a hotel given the poor security situation at the Jordanian embassy. R [...] | 2005-03-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2714 | JORDANIAN CHARGE RETURNS TO BAGHDAD; MEDIA [...] (U) Jordan's charge d'affaires returned to Baghdad on March 24. The King has taken a conciliatory stand, emphasizing in a press interview Jordan's strong support for Iraq, highlighting Jordan's ongoing training of Iraqi security forces and its commitment to secure the Iraqi-Jordanian border [...] | 2005-04-03 06:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2889 | TERRORISM CASES ADVANCE IN JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT [...] (U) Five separate terrorism cases moved forward in Jordan's State Security Court in recent weeks. The prosecution in the case of nine Zarqawi affiliates accused of plotting against the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets last year called several witnesses. Muammar Jaghbir, accused of involvement [...] | 2005-04-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO |
| 05AMMAN3048 | GOJ WORKING TO SMOOTH TIES WITH IRAQ AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) King Abdullah has taken charge of the GOJ's effort to repair strained Jordanian-Iraqi relations. He has given his new cabinet (public) orders to cultivate better ties with Iraq, and underscored Jordan's commitment to Iraq's reconstruction and institution-building. His former Minister o [...] | 2005-04-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3231 | KING MEETS IRAQI JOURNALISTS; STRESSES COMMITMENT [...] (U) King Abdullah received a group of Iraqi journalists on April 18, stressing that Jordan is doing its utmost to protect its border with Iraq and prevent terrorist infiltrations. The journalists, in Jordan for a conference with local counterparts, also met the PM and speaker of the Lower H [...] | 2005-04-25 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3398 | FM QASRAWI: KING'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE JORDAN-IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Minister Qasrawi told Charge on April 28 that King Abdullah's meeting earlier this month with Iraqi journalists visiting Jordan (reftel) was part of a focused strategy to improve relations with Iraq, strained after reports last month that a Jordanian carried out a suicide bombing [...] | 2005-04-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3696 | IRAQI PRESIDENT CONCLUDES TWO-DAY VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) Jordanians and Iraqis have characterized Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's two-day visit to Jordan May 7-8 as a success. The two sides pledged to cooperate even more closely on security and counterterrorism. Talabani told a local daily that the U.S. military presence is still needed in [...] | 2005-05-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN4487 | JORDAN: TERRORISM SUSPECTS THREATEN COURT [...] (U) Several high-profile, emotionally-charged terrorism trials are continuing in Jordan's State Security Court. Azmi Jayusi, the reputed cell leader in a Zarqawi plot to bomb the Jordanian Prime Ministry, intelligence headquarters, and U.S. Embassy in Amman last year, threatened the judge an [...] | 2005-06-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM JO |
| 05AMMAN5510 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 10, 2005 MEETING WITH KING [...] (U) Deputy Secretary's meeting with King Abdullah on July 10, 2005, 11:30 a.m., Amman, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Zoellick Mr. Natsios, AID Administrator Ms. O'Sullivan, NSC Mr. Ross Wilson, D Executive Assistant Charge (notetaker) Jordan King Abdullah II [...] | 2005-07-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN5601 | MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN5760 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS: [...] (SBU) Post continues to deliver ref B points as part of its regular engagement with the Government of Jordan and Jordanian religious leaders, underscoring the importance of countering extremism, terrorism, and incitement to violence and intolerance. One of our strongest allies on the counter [...] | 2005-07-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN5761 | NEXT STEPS AFTER AMMAN'S ISLAMIC CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's King is planning next steps to advance the moderate, anti-violence message of the recent Islamic Conference held in Amman. These include further work to de-legitimize extremists' use of "psuedo" fatwas to justify terrorism, development of a core canon of books which wi [...] | 2005-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAO |
| 05AMMAN5859 | MEDIA REACTION ON EGYPT TERROR ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN5913 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN SHARM AL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah led Jordan's public condemnation of the July 23 bombings in Sharm al-Sheikh, calling the attacks "barbaric" acts of terrorism that have no grounding in Islam. He telephoned President Mubarak to express Jordan's solidarity with Egypt, as ordinary Jordanians and th [...] | 2005-07-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KPAO ECON EG JO |
| 05AMMAN6237 | JORDAN SECURITY COURT: TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) Two new cases entered the State Security Court in July. Jordanian extremist Issam al-Barqawi (aka Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi) was released on June 26 and re-arrested a week later by Jordanian authorities on charges of instigating subversive acts. Eight men with links to the Palestinian Is [...] | 2005-08-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6270 | SECURITY AT THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks inside Iraq near the Iraqi/Jordanian border crossing in recent months have focused GOJ attention on security on the Jordanian side of the border. Some security measures have contributed to delays for commercial and humanitarian traffic headed into Iraq. NGO officials hav [...] | 2005-08-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6413 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6568 | CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...] | 2005-08-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6689 | UPDATE ON CURRENT JORDAN-IRAQ RELATIONS [...] (C) Official Jordanian-Iraqi relations remain strong despite GOJ fears that insurgent violence may cross the border, and tensions related to Ahmad Chalabi. The GOJ has worked hard to smooth over the King,s December public warnings of a "Shi,a Crescent", as well as the diplomatic row sparked b [...] | 2005-08-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN701 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7709 | IRAQI SUNNI FERMENT IN AMMAN: A TALE OF THREE [...] (C) Several meetings of Iraq Sunni Arab personalities about political involvement and the new Constitution took place in Amman between September 21-25. These included Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad,s September 21 meeting with tribal leaders (ref a); a hastily-organized "Anbar Conference" domi [...] | 2005-09-28 05:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8527 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8907 | THANK YOU TO SUZANNE SWANSON [...] The Front Office here in Amman would like to express deep gratitude and appreciation to Suzanne Swanson for her valuable assistance following the hotel bombing attacks in Amman. Suzanne traveled to Amman from Cairo on extremely short notice to assist Post with the last minute visits of Secre [...] | 2005-11-15 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 05AMMAN8944 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RAMADAN EVENTS [...] During Ramadan, Embassy Amman made a comprehensive and vigorous effort to demonstrate American respect for Islam and to further public understanding that Islam and respect for religion are a part of mainstream American life. All mission elements' public statements during the month began with [...] | 2005-11-17 06:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN8957 | OUTRAGED JORDANIANS RALLY AROUND KING AFTER HOTEL [...] (C) The November 9 hotel bombings have sparked national outrage. Thousands of Jordanians have demonstrated peacefully around the country and pledged their support for King Abdullah. Polling data shows an abrupt decline in support for al-Qaeda, with a large majority (87%) now describing it a [...] | 2005-11-17 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN9014 | MINIMAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS, SO [...] (U) SUMMARY: There has been little negative impact to date on Jordan,s economy as a result of the terrorist bombings of three hotels in Amman on November 9, according to the general consensus among leading private sector and government contacts. While tourism-related businesses are suffering [...] | 2005-11-21 11:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN9036 | JORDAN PREPARES A TOUGH BUDGET FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's revised 2006 budget goes a long way to getting the country's fiscal house in order. The GOJ will continue to cut fuel subsidies, will base its budget on an estimate of $60/barrel oil, and will assume only guaranteed foreign assistance. The budget of Finance Minister A [...] | 2005-11-22 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 05AMMAN9052 | NEW COMPANY TO BOOST IRAQI INVESTMENT IN JORDAN [...] (U) After eight months of discussion and bureaucratic delay, the Rafidain Development Company, a new high-profile Iraqi investment company in Jordan was officially established in Amman on September 25. The company was organized following a February 2005 meeting between Jordan's King Abdullah [...] | 2005-11-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EINV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9055 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (U) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Hagel to Jordan. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is not only one of our closest allies, but it is fully engaged in supporting our most important priorities in the region, including creating a free Iraq, fulfilling the President's vision of a two-state so [...] | 2005-11-22 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON OREP JO |
| 05AMMAN9201 | NEW PRIME MINISTER MAKING GOOD USE OF HIS [...] (C) King Abdullah has publicly charged newly appointed PM Marouf Bakhit with implementing political reforms, combating terrorism, and reducing poverty and unemployment. A well-respected figured untainted by rumors of corruption, Bakhit has already met with leading politicians and pledged to [...] | 2005-11-28 16:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN9367 | CBJ DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON BUDGET HOPES, NEW FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf expects that next year's budget deficit could be lower than expected, thanks to the cautious assumptions made in the budget. New Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz,s extensive banking and finance background wil [...] | 2005-12-05 05:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR JO |
| 05AMMAN9372 | KING REVIEWS DOMESTIC ISSUES, REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The King believes the aftermath of the November 9 bombings has given him the political upperhand to compel parliamentary passage of key reformist legislation. His Prime Minister is less certain, predicting an easy vote of confidence but controversary over the budget. Both leader [...] | 2005-12-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9391 | CONDEMNATION OF THE NOVEMBER 9 BOMBINGS CONTINUES [...] Summary: The November 9 hotel bombings continue to draw condemnation from almost every sector of Jordanian society. The Islamic Action Front, which once regularly praised so-called "resistance" in Iraq, is at pains to distance itself from the attacks and from Zarqawi. In early December, 59 J [...] | 2005-12-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN9393 | CODEL HAGEL MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting, King Abdullah told CODEL Hagel that the December 15 elections in Iraq were crucial to that country's stability. He warned against Iranian influence in Iraq, and highlighted Jordan's efforts to assist in quelling the insurgency. The King agreed with efforts to i [...] | 2005-12-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9476 | KING CHARGES PARLIAMENT WITH SECURITY AND REFORM [...] (C) In his annual speech opening parliament, King Abdullah called for continued reform and improved living conditions while strengthening Jordan's security and stability. Following the speech, East Banker strongman Abdul Hadi Majali succeeded in being re-elected Speaker of the Chamber of Dep [...] | 2005-12-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN9580 | NGOS FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM [...] Post has identified five NGOs that are providing assistance to the victims of the November 9 hotel bombings in Amman (Ref B.) None of these groups were established to specifically provide support or services to victims of terrorism and their families. Instead, they are private charitable and [...] | 2005-12-12 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC KPAO JO |
| 05AMMAN9594 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANESE ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 11:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN9663 | CODEL SHAYS - JORDAN [...] Because of recent terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist operations in Jordan (see para 8),the U.S. Government has urged all Americans to review the need for planned travel to Jordan. In addition, Embassy Amman requires U.S. government agencies and travelers to limit their official trave [...] | 2005-12-14 15:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO |
| 05AMMAN9733 | JORDAN: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] As requested reftel, post provides below its recommended text for the Jordan section of the Global Terrorism Report. 2. Jordan continued its strong support for efforts to combat terrorism in 2005. The Government of Jordan has an important interest in defeating Al-Qaeda and similar groups, a [...] | 2005-12-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
| 05AMMAN9792 | GOJ REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM AND [...] (S/NF) Haitham Mufti, King Abdullah,s key advisor for many security assistance issues involving the USG, conveyed on December 18 the GoJ,s formal request for additional U.S. assistance in the wake of the November 9 Amman hotel bombings that killed more than 60. 2. (S/NF) Mufti briefed [...] | 2005-12-20 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MASS PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN9823 | BAKHIT GOVERNMENT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan,s Chamber of Deputies gave an 86-20 vote of confidence to the new cabinet of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit on December 20. As expected, all 17 Islamic Action Front (IAF) deputies voted against the government. END SUMMARY. --------------------------- A STRONG VOTE OF CONF [...] | 2005-12-21 16:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL JO |
| 05ANKARA1318 | HIGH CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN 2004; REVIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final 2004 data put Turkey,s current account deficit at $15.4 billion or 5.2% of GDP, Turkey's highest such deficit in memory. There are two views of the sustainability of deficits of this magnitude: optimists say that financing by private sector actors (roughly half of total [...] | 2005-03-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
| 05ANKARA2023 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK [...] (S/NF) Summary. There is significant US-Turkish cooperation in the GWOT. Better coordination among Turkish intelligence and the various security services could improve Turkish leaders, understanding of the threat and effectiveness in cooperation with us. The Turkish National Police provides [...] | 2005-04-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA2524 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA254 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA2578 | IRAQ: GOT OFFERS CONDOLENCES FOR ERBIL AND OTHER [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA released a statement following the May 4 Erbil bombing, condemning this and other recent terrorist attacks in Iraq (text in para. 2). MFA Head of Department for Iraq Avni Botsali told PolMilOff the evening of May 4 that FonMin Gul had also called KDP leader Masoud Barzan [...] | 2005-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA2588 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-05 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2645 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2651 | ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR WOUNDED IRAQI KURDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Late May 6, MFA Iraq Department Head Avni Botsali informed polmiloff that KDP leader Massoud Barzani had requested that Turkey medivac 27 of the injured from the Erbil bombing and 10 of their family members for advanced medical care [...] | 2005-05-06 18:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA2916 | TERRORISM FINANCE-TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA295 | TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish and Israeli contacts in Ankara portray FM Gul's January 3-5 visit to Israel and Palestine as giving mixed results: signaling the end of 2004's Turkish-Israeli public tensions (both Turkish and Israeli interlocutors affirm that deeper, long-standing security and intel coo [...] | 2005-01-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS |
| 05ANKARA304 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...] | 2005-01-18 09:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA3163 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3195 | SENATOR HAGEL REINFORCES IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 30-31 visit to Ankara, Senator Chuck Hagel met with Prime Minister Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler, Agriculture Minister Guclu and MFA Deputy Under Secretary Sensoy and exchanged views on the state of the SIPDIS bilateral relationship, Cyprus, Armenia, the PKK terr [...] | 2005-06-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL OVIP TU |
| 05ANKARA3819 | ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BOMBING AT TURKISH MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) On Friday, 1 July 2005 at approximately 0930 hours (Local),a male subject, 25-30 years old, attempting to enter the Turkish Ministry of Justice in Ankara repeatedly set off the magnetometer he passed through to gain entrance to the building. As the Turkish National Police (TNP) prepared [...] | 2005-07-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA3863 | TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY PRESSES GOT ON WEAK [...] Put in place as quickly as possible legal provisions that criminalize the financing of terrorism and allow "safe harbor" for bank filers of suspicious transaction reports. We note that these provisions have been included in legislation recently submitted to parliament. If this legislation [...] | 2005-07-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA3978 | ANKARA EAC MEETINGS, 7/7 AND 7/8/2005 [...] (S) Charge convened a core EAC on 7/7/05 and RSO put an informational cautioning message to the full Embassy community concerning the London attack. At the opening of business on 7/8 Charge convened a full EAC to review the terrorist attacks in London and to discuss other recent terrorist rel [...] | 2005-07-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC CASC PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA3990 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4032 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY UPDATE: ANTI-PKK OPERATIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU PKK |
| 05ANKARA4035 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4036 | TURKEY'S LEADERS, PRESS REACT TO LONDON ATTACKS [...] Senior Turkish officials were quick to condemn last week's terrorist bombings in London. Most press commentators also condemned the attack, though many blamed the US-led war in Iraq for accelerating the spread of terrorism. Some journalists also pointed to an alleged double standard by Weste [...] | 2005-07-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA4094 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA412 | NATO CENTER OF EXCELLENCE-DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM [...] Summary: In an effort to gain alliance contribution for its new Center of Excellence - Defense Against Terrorism (CoE-DAT),the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on January 10 briefed NATO embassies in Ankara on the center and sent letters from MOD Gonul and CHOD GEN Ozkok to their counterparts. [...] | 2005-01-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MARR PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA4127 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4163 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4185 | ANKARA CORE EAC MEETING 7/19/2005 [...] (C) On 07/19/05 the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss post's security posture in the aftermath of recent bombings in the Aegean coast tourist towns of Cesme and Kusadasi. The CORE EAC agreed to change the current country Consular Information sheet to reflect the recent bom [...] | 2005-07-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA4186 | TURKEY AND THE PKK: RAISING THE HEAT [...] (S/NF) Both the Turkish Deputy CHOD and MFA spokesman publicly confirmed July 19 that Turkey reserves the right to conduct cross-border operations against the PKK in northern Iraq. Additionally, the D/CHOD, GEN Ilker Basbug, reported that the U.S. has ordered the arrest (or capture) of key PKK [...] | 2005-07-19 17:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ EUN PKK |
| 05ANKARA4188 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 05:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4252 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4258 | THE TURKISH PRESS DEBATES THE PKK ISSUE [...] (U) The increase in PKK violence in Turkey, culminating in the July 16 bus bombing in the Turkish resort of Kusadasi, has accelerated the public debate over how best to deal with the PKK. The dominant view continues to blame the violence on the perceived US failure to fulfill its commitment t [...] | 2005-07-22 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER PREL TU PKK |
| 05ANKARA4278 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4290 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4363 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4405 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4490 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4733 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4734 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4735 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4790 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4791 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4840 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4861 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4906 | TURKISH MFA ON PKK TRILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 19 presented to MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Security Affairs Bicakli the Framework for Action resulting from the recent PKK Trilateral Talks. Bicakli conf [...] | 2005-08-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5061 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5114 | STATE OF PLAY ON TURKEY-PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The PKK issue remains at the top of the political agenda in Turkey. Ethnic tensions--along with the death toll--are on the rise, while crowds at funerals of soldiers killed in PKK attacks have added "Damn the USA" to their traditional chant, "Damn the PKK." The Turks apprecia [...] | 2005-09-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5140 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...] | 2005-09-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA5157 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5244 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5305 | 9/11 EVENTS IN ANKARA, ISTANBUL GENERATE POSITIVE [...] Commemorations organized by Embassy Ankara and Congen Istanbul to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks generated unusually widespread and positive coverage in the Turkish media today. Embassy Ankara organized a ceremony and wreath-laying at a monument to Turkish martyrs in the nearby muni [...] | 2005-09-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA5308 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5421 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5451 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5636 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5727 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5985 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6106 | COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has a reputation for being a moderate, secular, and democratic country with a Muslim population. The reality of Islam in Turkey, however, is more complicated. The State actively represses unofficial expressions of Islam. Violent Turkish Islamic extremism does exist. Mi [...] | 2005-10-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6183 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6293 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6312 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6313 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6479 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6480 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6606 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 17:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6607 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 07:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6670 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6749 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6750 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6751 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...] | 2005-11-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN |
| 05ANKARA6772 | JANDARMA INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBING ROCKS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has been rocked by alleged jandarma involvement in a November 9 bombing in the town of Semdinli, in the ethnically-Kurdish southeastern province of Hakkari. After the blast, bystanders caught and severely beat three suspects. Police released two of the three, including a [...] | 2005-11-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 05ANKARA6900 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 17:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6901 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 17:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6954 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6955 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7013 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7014 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7016 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 05:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7068 | UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF [...] (U) Embassy Ankara looks forward to welcoming you to Turkey. This will be the first high-level FBI visit to Turkey since Director Freeh came in 1998, prior to the opening of the Legat office in Ankara in October 1999. Turkish government and press interest in your visit will be very high. Yo [...] | 2005-12-01 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV KTFN TU |
| 05ANKARA7214 | DEPUTY IRAQ COORDINATOR DEUTSCH'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (S) In December 1-2 meetings with Turkish Prime Ministry advisor Davutoglu and senior MFA officials, Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Iraq Coordinator Robert Deutsch discussed the U.S. National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and the PRT concept, encouraged the Turks to consider contributing obs [...] | 2005-12-08 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL ENRG EPET IZ IR TU |
| 05ANKARA7215 | NO SPLITS IN TURKEY'S GOVERNING AKP PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Despite media reports and opposition rumors of splits among PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 357 parliamentarians, the group remains intact )- for now. Among AKP MPs, there are distinctive pious, pragmatic and nationalist currents, with crosscutting personal l [...] | 2005-12-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA7443 | TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...] | 2005-12-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO |
| 05ANKARA7498 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7560 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first call on Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu December 22 focused on joint efforts against the PKK, particularly in Europe. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of assembling legal evidence against the PKK that European prosecutors could use to build cour [...] | 2005-12-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA7594 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy personnel Harvey W. Clark, Ronald August Hansen, Scott Eston Hulse and Christopher John Joines to travel to Turkey from January 6-29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in support of Department of Defense custome [...] | 2005-12-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KSCA PREL OTRA TU |
| 05ANKARA7648 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE CYPUS DESK [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Cyprus Desk Officer Elise Mellinger to travel to Ankara January 18 - 19 and to Istanbul January 20 - 22, 2005. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with local government officials. The point of contact for the visit [...] | 2005-12-30 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OTRA PREL TU GR CY |
| 05ANKARA7671 | EU DELEGATION OBSERVES DANGEROUS TENSIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Ankara-based EU representatives recently observed what one member described to us as dangerously high tensions in the southeastern province of Hakkari following the November bombing of a bookstore, allegedly by Jandarma officers. Local residents resent what they v [...] | 2005-12-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
| 05ANKARA864 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA88 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ASUNCION917 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORISM, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, I breakfasted with Foreign Minister Leila Rachid and we discussed ominous trends in Venezuela, de-legitimizing terrorism, anti-money laundering legislation, U.S. candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, an FBI officer in Asuncion, prospects for extraditi [...] | 2005-07-18 20:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KPAO SCUL KUNR PA UNSC UNESCO |
| 05ATHENS114 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of National Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation personnel: William John Dougherty, Frederick Joseph Baumgartner, Joe John Capezza, Allen Edward Crabtree, George Gregory Lord, Randal James Rob [...] | 2005-01-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS115 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EPA Official Walter Frick, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to Crete and Athens, Greece from January 28 to February 7, 2005. Mr. Frick will attend and be the keynote speaker at the Technical University of Crete and Heleco' [...] | 2005-01-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT TO [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Allan Krass, NP/NE Physical Science Officer, Charles Edward Messick, Sr., Program Manager, DOE Savannah River Operations Office, James Dunavant and Michael Douglas Dunsmuir of Westinghouse Savannah River Company and Nicholas Lyl [...] | 2005-01-12 09:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS210 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of IRS Tax Specialist, Carol A. Saunders March 9-March 15, 2005 to provide assistance to overseas residents (part of a customer service tour). 2. Per reftel no Embassy assistance is requested. 3. Pursuant to State 66 [...] | 2005-01-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS218 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EX-IM Bank Officials Vasilios Aristomenis Giannopoulos, Senior Project Officer, Structured Finance Division and Michael Sams, Electrical Engineer, Engineering and Environment Division to visit Greece, January 23- February 1 [...] | 2005-01-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS2529 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...] | 2005-09-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL |
| 05ATHENS2792 | Suspect charged as November 17 terror group [...] (U) Kostas Avramides, a.k.a. "Pontios," was indicted on October 20 as the 20th defendant in the November 17 terrorist organization case. Avramides, a three-judge panel found, was "supportive" of N17 because his fingerprints were allegedly found inside a book recovered at a N17 safe house and [...] | 2005-10-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR ANARCHISTS |
| 05ATHENS288 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR E [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Official, Epaminondas Stassinopoulos, to Athens, Greece from January 27-February 7, 2005. Mr. Stassinopoulos will preside over the Organizing Committee Meetings on radiation and its eff [...] | 2005-01-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS341 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Blake Reid to conduct air carrier inspections at the Athens International Airport from Feb 22 through 25 2005. Control Officer for the visit will be TSA Rep, Ray Montgomery, who can be reached during office hours at 30-210 [...] | 2005-02-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS356 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Goodlatte's visit to Athens, Greece, February 24-28,2005. Control officer for the visit will be Economic Officer Cathleen Carothers, who can be reached at tel. (30) 210 720-2309, FAX (30) 210 729-4312, cell (30) 694 857 5525, res [...] | 2005-02-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN OTRA AMGT ASEC OREP GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS41 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Mr. Gerald Guala, Botanist, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to attend the global biodiversity information facility workshop in Chania from January 19 through 22, 2005 2. Per reftel no Embassy assistance requested. 3. Pursua [...] | 2005-01-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS58 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of DOE funded personnel: Eleanor Melamed, Janet Steele Ahrens, Kenneth Baird, Stephanie Payne Clarke, Timothy Allen Gregoire, Cody John Hostick, Jennifer Ann Jacobs, William Stewart Johnson, Marion Jane McDonald, Robert David Price [...] | 2005-01-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05BAGHDAD2401 | TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Post has been informed that the Government of Turkey wishes to extradite two security internees held by MNF-I inside Iraq, based on GOT suspicion of their involvement in terrorist bombings in Istanbul. MNF-I is willing to transfer these detainees to Iraqi custody to permit an Ir [...] | 2005-06-06 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PTER TU XF |
| 05BAGHDAD2611 | FALLUJAH: GRASS ROOTS POLITICS -- LEADERS INITIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a step promoting more political engagement by large segments of Anbar, 200 religious, tribal, political and academic leaders from around Fallujah on June 4 hammered out a fifteen-point document outlining a more participatory Sunni posture in the political process. Beyond the [...] | 2005-06-20 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2908 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, LONDON BOMBINGS; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 11 were calls for the Arab Ministers of Interior to hold a security conference, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...] | 2005-07-11 08:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2919 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, AL-JAFARI'S VISIT TO IRAN, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 12 were Al-Jafari's upcoming visit to Iran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------- [...] | 2005-07-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2979 | TNA PUSHING FOR STRONG RESPONSE TO TERROR ATTACKS [...] (U) The Transitional National Assembly is taking a more public and critical role in national security policy following the latest string of suicide attacks in Iraq. TNA Speaker Hachim al-Hasani on July 17 proposed a three-minute moment of silence on Wednesday, July 20 at noon in memory of th [...] | 2005-07-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3008 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ TERROR CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 20 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "C [...] | 2005-07-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3394 | TURKEY'S AMBASSADOR CEVIKOZ: WE SHARE YOUR GOALS [...] (C//REL AUS,GB) Turkish Ambassador Unal Cevikoz opened his August 11 courtesy call on the Ambassador with a reaffirmation of his government's commitment to the Coalition's political goals for Iraq. "We support the political process," he said, "We're in the same boat as you." He regretted Tur [...] | 2005-08-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3445 | UPDATE ON TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (SBU) Coalition Forces are working with the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) to expedite the trial of two Turkish nationals requested for extradition by Turkey on suspicion of involvement in the Istanbul bombings. (As noted in Reftel, the CCCI has informed Post that it intends to try bot [...] | 2005-08-23 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3759 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 02:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3819 | RESPONSES TO ZARQAWI'S CALL FOR JIHAD AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3895 | TAL AFAR RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS, CONSTITUTION [...] (C//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) met with Deputy Prime Minister Rawsh Shaways (who is the senior government official in Iraq during the absence of Prime Minister Jaafari) to discuss the situation in Tal Afar, and the prospects for furt [...] | 2005-09-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PGOV IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3984 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4075 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-02 18:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD |
| 05BAGHDAD4090 | NEW TNA INTERPRETATION OF "VOTER" COULD SPARK SUNNI PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two days before recess, the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed a resolution on October 2 that could dim the hopes of Sunni Arabs seeking to vote down the constitution. The resolution inconsistently defines the word nakhabeen, or "voters", as it appears in Article 61 (c) [...] | 2005-10-03 20:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4214 | MAJOR SUNNI PARTY PARTICIPATES IN GATHERING IN [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) reiterated support for the amended draft constitution at a big tent gathering of Iraqi political leaders October 12 in the Transitional National Assembly. A number of important amendments, negotiated in the last week, paved the way for the statemen [...] | 2005-10-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM PTER IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4984 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 18:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5000 | IRAQI MCNS MEETS DEC. 9: ELECTION SECURITY, PRIME [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the afternoon of December 9, 2005 at Prime Minister Ja'afari's residence. Ja'afari expressed extreme consternation about the fact that his flight back to Baghdad from Japan was denied permission to lan [...] | 2005-12-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5133 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5150 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 03:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
| 05BANGKOK1008 | THAILAND: THE SOUTH - IMPRESSIONS FROM FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: On February 1-2, Emboffs made a pre-election visit to Songkhla and Pattani provinces as part of an ongoing effort to monitor the situation in southern Thailand. In meetings with local businessmen, bankers, politicians, and journalists, they repeatedly heard claims that signifi [...] | 2005-02-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1038 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CDR SEVENTH FLEET VADM [...] (C) Admiral Greenert, your visit to Bangkok and Phuket will come as we are winding down the critical U.S. military role in providing assistance to Thailand and the other tsunami-hit nations in the region. Your meetings with senior SIPDIS Thai officials follow on the heels of visits by a n [...] | 2005-02-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TH |
| 05BANGKOK1075 | BANGKOK WELCOMES CODEL MCHUGH [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Congressman John McHugh and his delegation arriving in Bangkok on THG 683 from Hanoi at 2225 local time on Thursday, February 24. We understand that the delegation will depart for the United States on UA 9688 at 2355 on Friday, February 25. [...] | 2005-02-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH |
| 05BANGKOK1106 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: RAY [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Martinez from February 12 - February 21, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American Breakfast included) and [...] | 2005-02-11 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1157 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH [...] (U) President Bush and President Clinton, your visit to Phuket is eagerly anticipated by our Embassy in Bangkok, U.S. officials working on relief efforts, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister TOCK-SIN),and the Royal Thai Government. In Thailand, we are several weeks past the c [...] | 2005-02-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1248 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: FORMER [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to the Presidential Delegation on its visit to Thailand February 19 - 20, 2005. 2. (U) Post is working closely with the advance team for this delegation to ensure a successful visit to Phuket. 3. (U) Control Officer is DCM, Alexander A. A [...] | 2005-02-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1277 | VEHICLE BOMB STRIKES HOTEL IN SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (U) SUMMARY: A VEHICLE-BORNE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (VBIED) EXPLODED 2/17/2005 OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN NARATHIWAT PROVINCE, SOUTHERN THAILAND. POLICE REPORT 5 DEAD AND 49 INJURED. THIS IS AN ESCALATION IN TACTICS FROM THE DAILY DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS AND SMALLER IEDS WHICH TYPICALLY TARGET THAI S [...] | 2005-02-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1536 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: GAO [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen Lord, Jeffrey D. Phillips, Ann M. Ulrich and George Taylor from March 19 - 26, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (t [...] | 2005-03-03 03:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1600 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: SCOTT [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Kwak from March 5 - 11, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have not been made per reftel as no assistance requested. 3. (U) Due to limited resources and easy availability of airport transportation, post policy does not allow for airport [...] | 2005-03-04 06:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK1601 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: VICTOR [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Victor G. Raphael from March 12 - 15, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have not been made per reftels. 3. (U) Due to limited resources and easy availability of airport transportation, post policy does not allow for airport meet and assist. [...] | 2005-03-04 06:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK1947 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Frank Januzzi from March 25 - 30, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American Breakfast included) and is [...] | 2005-03-17 03:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2189 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: NEJDAT R. [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Nejdat R. Mulla from April 2 - 7, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have not been made per reftel. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: David Distefano. Work phone: (66-2) 205-4715, Home: (66-2) 253-3039, cell phone: (66-7) 089-1597. Aft [...] | 2005-03-29 06:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2228 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: GAO TEAM [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Robert Repasky, Mr. Kelly Baumgartner and Mr. Guy Lofaro from April 23 - April 27, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Hotel Sukhothai 13/3 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120, Tel: (66-2) 344-8888, Fax: (66-2) 344-8899. R [...] | 2005-03-30 03:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2348 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Dinger, Karen Chandler (S/CT) and Christopher Marut (EAP/RSP) to visit Thailand from April 5-9, 2005, to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime. 2. [...] | 2005-04-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL OTRA AMGT ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2401 | THAILAND: TRIPLE BOMBING IN FAR SOUTH, APRIL 3, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The evening of April 3, three bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the southern province of Songkhla, killing at least two and injuring scores of others. Two Americans were injured; their injuries, while serious and requiring hospitalization, are not life-threatening. Two [...] | 2005-04-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2441 | THAILAND: RTG REACTIONS TO APRIL 3 TRIPLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has responded to the three bombs on April 3 that targeted Hat Yai international airport and other high-visibility targets (reftel) with heightened security nationwide and carefully calibrated words. End Summary. 2. (U) Prime Minister Thaksin [...] | 2005-04-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2541 | THAI INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY OBSERVERS DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: In recent Embassy meetings with several Thai government and academic experts on Thailand's southern separatist troubles, several themes emerged: 1) the Royal Thai Government (RTG) sparked deep resentment and lost credibility among Muslims in the South after detainees taken at [...] | 2005-04-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2572 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: DAS J. [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DAS J. Kelly Ryan to visit Thailand from April 17 - April 22, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American [...] | 2005-04-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2665 | ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURE -- RTG REQUIRES ID FOR [...] (U) Summary: In an effort to thwart or identify and arrest separatist bombers, the RTG intends to require that buyers of mobile phone SIM cards show their national ID cards to register the purchase. Following the bombings in Hat Yai and other locations in the south recently, the RTG is eage [...] | 2005-04-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2749 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACOM CDR ADM FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Thai leaders and Chiang Mai to open this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to push forward a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have requested meetings for you with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...] | 2005-04-22 02:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH |
| 05BANGKOK2751 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Woo for April 27, 2005. 2. (U) No hotel reservations have been made as Staffdel is not staying overnight. No per diem will be prepared. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: Michael D. Sweeney. Work phone: (66-2) 205-4 [...] | 2005-04-22 03:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2798 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO THAILAND OF USARPAC [...] (C) General Brown, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Royal Thai Army (RTA) leaders and Chiang Mai to observe this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to develop relationships with senior Thai Army officers. We have requested meetings for you with RTA CINC GEN Prawit Wo [...] | 2005-04-26 01:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK2827 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: TRAVEL BY [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick and his delegation to visit Thailand May 4 - 5, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10330, Tel: (66-2) 250 [...] | 2005-04-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP TH |
| 05BANGKOK2837 | THAILAND: QUEEN CALLS FOR UNITY AND VIGILANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23 Queen Sirikit delivered a strongly worded nationally televised address calling for an end to the violence in southern Thailand. She urged all Thais to work with the government against persons responsible for recent killings and bombings, saying the violence threate [...] | 2005-04-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |