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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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04BOGOTA8900US HOSTAGE STATUS: 18 MONTHS IN FARC CAPTIVITY
[...] (S//NF) August 13, 2004 marked the 18-month anniversary of the FARC's kidnapping of three American crewmembers after a SOUTHCOM single-engine Cessna crashed. The most significant change since the one-year update in reftel (NOTAL) has been the initiation and impressive progress of the COLMIL's Pla [...]
2004-09-02 11:35:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNCASC MOPS PGOV PINR PTER FARC
05BOGOTA371PRESIDENT URIBE OFFERS REWARD FOR HOSTAGES AND
[...] (U) President Uribe addressed the nation from Serrania del Chiribiquete, Guaviare Department, on New Year's Eve highlighting his plans for 2005, including initiating a bounty hunter price against two FARC leaders, and a reward for the release of 63 hostages. Uribe recognized the efforts of th [...]
2005-01-14 16:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PREL CO FARC
06BOGOTA10474FARC PUBLISHES OPEN LETTER TO PROMINENT AMERICANS
[...] On November 9, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) posted a letter to prominent Americans on its website (www.farcep.org). The letter, entitled, "Open Letter to the People of the United States," was addressed to academics James Petras and Noam Chomsky, political figures Jesse [...]
2006-11-09 22:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA6257SENATOR CORNYN'S MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met with President Uribe July 4 to discuss Colombia,s counterterrorism and counternarcotics efforts. Uribe thanked Cornyn for his support, and asked for his help in passing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia. He said drug eradication must ra [...]
2006-07-11 22:53:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD SNAR CASC CO
06BRIDGETOWN1127PETROCARIBE UPDATE #23: DOMINICA, GRENADA AND ST.
[...] (C) Summary: Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts have each signed bilateral agreements with Venezuela allowing joint venture companies to begin receiving petroleum products under the PetroCaribe oil accord. Dominica and Grenada will reportedly import several different types of fuel, including d [...]
2006-06-30 16:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL DO GJ SC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1133CARIBBEAN CHUTZPAH OVER WHALING
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Caribbean countries displayed considerable chutzpah during the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in St. Kitts. Eastern Caribbean delegates to the IWC accused Western nations of practicing colonialism and racism by attempting to keep in place the i [...]
2006-07-03 14:35:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1140DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...]
2006-07-05 14:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1165ST. VINCENT AIRPORT PLANS RELY ON FOREIGN AID AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious plan put forward by the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) to expand two of the nation's existing airports and construct a major new international airport will rely on substantial foreign aid and runs the risk of miring the country in debt. These [...]
2006-07-07 13:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CU MY TW
06BRIDGETOWN1236OECS 25TH ANNIVERSARY: PITY PARTY OF NINE
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in St. Kitts June 21-23 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization's founding. The event could have provided an opportunity for participants to extol the advances made since the signing of the [...]
2006-07-14 21:45:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PINR SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1287OECS SIX SIGN ON TO CSME
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of quibbling and backtracking (Ref B),the six nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed on to the single market phase of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the start of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting July 3-6 in St. [...]
2006-07-21 21:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EAID PREL PINR XL
06BRIDGETOWN1623PROFILE OF BARBADOS OPPOSITION LEADER DAVID
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with PolOff, leader of the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) David Thompson sought to portray his party as the party of the "common man," who will rise up in the next election to defeat the Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which has ignored his inter [...]
2006-09-14 20:20:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SMIG BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1826ST. VINCENT NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, letter on St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Day from President Bush to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1411 on October 13, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...]
2006-10-16 18:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1897AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL TOUR: ST. VINCENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Ambassador Kramer paid farewell courtsey calls on the Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, and Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In her meeting with the Foreign Minister, he candidly admitted that the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOS [...]
2006-10-27 17:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD UNSC KPAO VE VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2018EASTERN CARIBBEANS PONDERING THEIR VOTES ON
[...] (U) Per ref B instructions, talking points on Belarus' Anti-U.S. Resolutions were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1569, Barbados #1570, Dominica #1571, St. Kitts #1572, St. Lucia #1573, St. Vincent #1574) on November 15, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed [...]
2006-11-16 23:43:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BO XL
06BRIDGETOWN2028UNSC AFTERMATH: CARICOM HAPPY WITH PANAMA, UPSET
[...] (U) On November 3, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states unanimously supported the compromise nomination of Panama as the candidate to the United Nations Security Council from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC). However, Ambassadors to the UN from CARICOM countrie [...]
2006-11-17 21:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC KPAO EC PM VE GT DO XM
06BRIDGETOWN239CARIBBEAN POLITICS: AN INSIDER'S VIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Caribbean political campaigns are awash with money from a variety of sources, particularly wealthy expatriates seeking to influence governments, according to regional political consultant Peter Wickham. The availability of money favors ruling parties and has dramatically changed [...]
2006-02-03 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR XL
06BRIDGETOWN312ST. LUCIA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former St. Lucia Prime Minister John Compton has warned against the deepening ties between CARICOM member states, Venezuela and Cuba. Compton, leader of the opposition United Workers Party, expressed his concern that St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony and other Caribbean l [...]
2006-02-17 17:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ENRG CU VE ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN319THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN
[...] (U) The Barbados-based Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) announced that it is expanding its private sector outreach program, beginning in January with a dialogue that will bring together the private and public sectors in St. Kitts. The CRNM will also teach the private sector how [...]
2006-02-21 13:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CPAS SNAR EAID EAIR EFIN ELAB ENRG
06BRIDGETOWN344ST. VINCENT'S DISPUTE WITH TEXACO CONTINUES: WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The dispute between the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco over the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has continued since the company threatened in November 2005 to stop supplying the island with the fuel unless the government-regulated price is ra [...]
2006-02-23 12:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN368VENEZUELA AND CUBA INCREASE AID AND COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba recently stepped up their assistance to Dominica by providing funding for various development projects and sending their citizens, including military personnel, to the small island-state. A project to expand Dominica's main airport has been partly funded by Ve [...]
2006-02-27 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID CU DO VE VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN466THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN
[...] (U) The opposition Antigua Labor Party (ALP) claimed it has been denied access to Government broadcast media and called for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to investigate the matter. The ALP, according to opposition leader Lester Bird, believes that the Government breach [...]
2006-03-15 17:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAIR ENRG KCRM PHUM SMIG HA VE TW
06BRIDGETOWN553EASTERN CARIBBEAN MOVES TOWARD ECONOMIC UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean's small island-states are creating an economic union that could lead to political integration. Under a draft plan, the heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) would sit on a supranational body that has the authority to mak [...]
2006-03-30 12:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EFIN PGOV PREL UK XL
06BRIDGETOWN554ST. VINCENT: A VIOLENT DEATH AND A DIPLOMAT'S
[...] (C) Summary: The recent death of the top aide to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, together with the departure of a British diplomat who was among the PM's closest friends, has significantly changed the political landscape of this small country. The tragic murder [...]
2006-03-30 12:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL OFDP UK VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN578U.S. FAA CATEGORY ONE STATUS PRESENTATION - THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an official ceremony on March 24, organized by the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority, Ambassador Kramer presented the organization with Category One status on behalf of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. This classification could open the way for regional air [...]
2006-04-04 12:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD AORC PREL XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN587FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...]
2006-04-05 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN588FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...]
2006-04-05 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN602PETROCARIBE UPDATE #20: TEXACO AND VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco have settled their dispute over the pricing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),with the GOSV agreeing to increase the government-regulated price of this cooking fuel used in nearly every home on the island. The [...]
2006-04-07 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN609ST. VINCENT PRIME MINISTER'S ASIAN MYSTERY TOUR
[...] (C) Summary: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves traveled to Southeast Asia in February and March for what was billed as an official mission to attract investment to his small Caribbean island-state. The Government of St. Vincent (GOSV) hyped the success of the PM's [...]
2006-04-07 19:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV EAIR OFDP OVIP PINR MY SN VC
06BRIDGETOWN754ST. VINCENT: A DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Democracy is under threat in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, according to an increasing number of Vincentians who warn that the PM's fondness for the leaders of Cuba and Venezuela is indicative of his autocratic nature. Gonsalves's detractors a [...]
2006-05-03 21:47:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM CU VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN829MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER VISITS ST. VINCENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines over the course of four days in April and May for what was touted by St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as a follow-up to his successful March visit to Malaysia and Singapore. Whil [...]
2006-05-15 16:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JM MY VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN85ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION CHALLENGES ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has challenged the outcome of the nation's December 7, 2005, election, in which the ruling Unity Labor Party (ULP) won 12 Parliamentary seats to the NDP's 3. Charging that voting irregularities could have alt [...]
2006-01-13 14:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN979FREEDOM OF THE PRESS THREATENED IN THE EASTERN
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Freedom of the press is threatened in the Eastern Caribbean by governments that are increasingly intolerant of criticism. Government officials in several countries have threatened to impose legal standards upon what they complain is an unrestrained media that engages in li [...]
2006-06-08 18:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO XL
06KINGSTON645MARCH 30 INAUGURATION OF PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER AS
[...] On March 30, Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller became Jamaica's seventh Prime Minister (and the first woman to hold the office) when she was sworn in by Governor-General Kenneth Hall at King's House, in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000-10,000 guests. Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson submit [...]
2006-04-03 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV JM
06PORTOFSPAIN217CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]
2006-02-14 20:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
07BOGOTA3651U.S. HOSTAGES: POSSIBLE 'PROOF OF LIFE'
[...] (C) Former hostage Jhon Pinchao escaped on April 28 from a FARC camp deep in the jungle of southeast Colombia. Pinchao said he was held with 13 other captives, including three U.S. citizens captured in 2003. He gave accurate descriptions and specific anecdotal details of the three Americans; [...]
2007-05-22 22:31:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA4716FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES
[...] Summary. The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued June 28. The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a crossfire during a military attack. President Uribe condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC did [...]
2007-06-28 23:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4730CORRECTED COPY: FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN
[...] Summary. The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued June 28. The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a crossfire during a military attack. President Uribe condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC did [...]
2007-06-29 16:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6649CHAVEZ FACES TOUGH JOB NEGOTIATING HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) Summary. On August 31, President Uribe and Venezuelan President Chavez discussed Chavez' efforts to facilitate a "humanitarian exchange" of FARC-held hostages for FARC prisoners in Colombian jails. Uribe ruled out any demilitarized area ("despeje") or return of released prisoners to FA [...]
2007-09-12 17:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA7061AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met September 26 with families of the three American hostages held by the FARC. The families appreciated the Ambassador's recent statements that he would not oppose other governments' efforts to resolve the hostages' detention. The Ambassador stressed the importan [...]
2007-09-30 20:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCASC PTER PREL PGOV CO VZ
07BOGOTA7158FARC TIE RELEASE OF "SONIA" AND "SIMON TRINIDAD"
[...] (C) The FARC published an editorial on October 2 calling for the GOC to grant a demilitarized zone for talks on a humanitarian accord and demanding the release of FARC members "Sonia" and "Simon Trinidad" from U.S. custody as part of a deal. Catholic priest Father Echeverri, who attended Vene [...]
2007-10-03 23:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO
07BOGOTA8545EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF HOSTAGE PROOF-OF-LIFE
[...] (S) Colombian Security Forces captured three suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members in possession of proof-of-life (POL) for sixteen hostages, including U.S. citizen Defense Departments contractors Tom Howes, Keith Stansell, and Marc Gonsalves on November 29, 2007 (re [...]
2007-12-17 14:16:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM VZ FR CO
07BRIDGETOWN1037HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Many Eastern Caribbean countries are still formulating their delegations to the 62nd UN General Assembly. Eastern Caribbean delegations will not require interpretation services. Post also informed all married Heads of Government of the First Lady's Event on Literacy and Health, September 24, [...]
2007-08-17 18:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SOCI TSPL XL
07BRIDGETOWN1204MRS. GONSALVES ACCEPTS INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON
[...] Per reftel instructions, invitations was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Note (Antigua and Barubda #0848, Barbados #0849, St. Vincent #0850) on September 6, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post was informed through a telephone conversation [...]
2007-09-14 20:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1213REGIONAL AIRLINE COMPETITION AND THE AMERICAN
[...] (U) The Government of St. Lucia recently granted American Eagle fifth freedom rights to operate flights between St. Lucia and Barbados beginning on September 5 and future service between St. Lucia and Trinidad. The announcement created significant division between the LIAT shareholder governm [...]
2007-09-17 21:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ELAB PREL PGOV CASC ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1341US-OWNED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ST. VINCENT TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, and negotiations with the GOSVG, St. George's University (SGU),which operates the Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent, announced that it will cease operations by January 2008. While the medical school had originally announced that it was only sca [...]
2007-10-18 15:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM KPAO ELAB AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1377ST. VINCENT PM USES INDEPENDENCE DAY TO "PASS OUT
[...] (SBU) During Ambassador Ourisman's October 26-28 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to celebrate that nation's Independence Day, the Ambassador attended Independence Day activities and spoke to Prime Minister Gonsalves on issues ranging from Cuba to foreign investment in the Grenadi [...]
2007-10-31 15:01:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCVIS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL XL EINV
07BRIDGETOWN1387ST. VINCENT: SPLINTERS OF AN OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In several meetings with leaders of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition New Democratic Party (NDP),and in consultations with the party's sympathizers as well as Unity Labor Party (ULP) and former-ULP members, Embassy Bridgetown learned of growing discontent with [...]
2007-11-01 21:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM PGOV PINR PREL
07BRIDGETOWN1415THE GRENADINES: THE INCREDIBLE DISAPPEARING RESORT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Bridgetown recently learned that the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has repossessed land on Union Island that is owned by a long-term American investor in the Grenadines. Ambassador Ourisman raised this possible expropriation with Prime Minister Ralph [...]
2007-11-09 17:08:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCACM CDB CVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KCRM
07BRIDGETOWN1475ST. VINCENT REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 12:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR CU XL PGOV
07BRIDGETOWN1561PETROCARIBE #34: EC LEADERS FLOCK TO PETROCARIBE
[...] (U) Summary: Eastern Caribbean Heads of State departed for the Fourth Petrocaribe Summit on Friday, December 21st in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The summit comes among praises from leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who have benefited from the Petrocaribe program. The pa [...]
2007-12-21 19:27:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL CU
07BRIDGETOWN1563ST. VINCENT: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS US ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 20th, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Arnhim Eustace called PolOff to express his concern that the current government is corrupted by the drug trade. In relation to the criminal charges filed against him for "making mal [...]
2007-12-21 19:44:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM SNAR PGOV INRB PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN213PETROCARIBE UPDATE #31: CHAVEZ TO VISIT DOMINICA
[...] (C) Summary: Various media report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Dominica and St. Vincent on February 16 and 17, respectively, to open fuel storage tank facilities. Despite the reality of several logistical and technical setbacks with fuel delivery and storage for the Petro [...]
2007-02-16 20:36:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN228PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...]
2007-02-21 19:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN299AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST.
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25-27, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to present her credentials. Meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Opposition Leader focused on Venezuelan assistance, Article 98, narcotics trafficking and Cricket World Cup. T [...]
2007-03-08 21:04:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT EAIR SNAR
07BRIDGETOWN353PETROCARIBE #33: CHAVEZ TIES WORRY ST. VINCENT
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) private sector representatives reveal widespread anxiety over the Vincentian government's growing ties with Venezuela, especially the close relationship between Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Venezuelan P [...]
2007-03-21 18:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL
07BRIDGETOWN369OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR SAINT VINCENT'S OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The head of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition party, Arnhim Eustace, has stepped up his criticism of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in the last three weeks. His most recent themes included Gonsalves' December pardon of a convicted drug dealer and Gonsalves' emb [...]
2007-03-26 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN405SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL,S VISIT TO THE EASTERN
[...] I look forward to welcoming Chairman Engel and his delegation to the Eastern Caribbean on April 13-16. In anticipation of our meetings with Grenada's Prime Minister Mitchell and Vincentian Prime Minister Gonsalves, I would like to offer the following background on the region and key U.S. pol [...]
2007-04-05 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ECON PREL PGOV PBTS PINR VC GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN449CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSES
[...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June US-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Follow-up calls were placed on April 13. 2. Eastern Caribbean Responses: Antigua and Barbuda confirmed receipt of the demarche; GOAB is still looking into it a [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN452SVG PM GONSALVES TO CUBA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Likely as a guest of the state, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves will travel to Cuba April 13 for medical treatment, rest, and relaxation following a car accident in St. Vincent which resulted in his hospitalization on April 9. He is planning to be gone at least two weeks. END S [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN573(C) GRENADA PM MITCHELL ON CHAVEZ'S BAD LIST?
[...] (C) Summary: In a somewhat tense mid-April meeting with Charge, Grenada's Keith Mitchell shared his fears that strongly leftist Caribbean leaders, led by St. Vincent's Ralph Gonsalves, had persuaded Hugo Chavez that the pro-American Grenada government should not receive further Venezuelan as [...]
2007-05-09 21:41:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID AC DO GJ IS VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN737E. CARIBBEAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID: RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary: Five Eastern Caribbean countries have signed Petrocaribe agreements. St. Lucia nullified its agreement with Venezuela under the new Compton administration in 2006. Barbados also turned down the Petrocaribe offer, but it is still a beneficiary of other Venezuelan assistance. Hugo [...]
2007-06-07 19:30:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PGOV XL
07BRIDGETOWN739MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...]
2007-06-07 20:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN740OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDER FOR ST. VINCENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, June 8, opposition party leader, Arnhim Eustace, will lead another protest demonstration in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This time, Eustace has managed to gain public support from several members of St. Vincent's private sector. However, Eustace's goals for t [...]
2007-06-07 20:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN760DAS DUDDY AND ST. VINCENT PM GONSALVES DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy met with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on June 11 in preparation for the Conference on the Caribbean to be held in Washington later this month. Specifically, DAS Duddy and PM Gonsalves focused on the Confe [...]
2007-06-13 13:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV ECON AORC OVIP KSUM PINR
07BRIDGETOWN907CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING: HALTING
[...] (C) Summary: The 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference took place in Barbados on July 1-4, 2007. Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean leaders agreed on a number of measures that should ensure some forward momentum in the region's integration efforts in the economic, security, and social develo [...]
2007-07-16 19:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC BB EAID EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL
07CARACAS1914CHAVEZ MEETS WITH FAMILIES OF AMERICAN CITIZEN
[...] (SBU) President Chavez met with the family members of Amcit FARC hostages Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves the evening of September 25. Paloma Diaz, the sister of FARC prisoner in Colombia, and Yolanda Pulecio, mother of Colombian/French hostage Ingrid Betancourt, were also pr [...]
2007-09-27 15:36:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM CO VE
07PORTOFSPAIN299T&T PM MANNING MEETS CHAVEZ, SIGNS GAS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning met with BRV President Hugo Chavez for four hours on March 20 and signed a framework unitization agreement, a key step toward joint development of substantial cross-border gas fields. Manning also used the meeting as an opportunity to propose br [...]
2007-03-26 18:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE TD
08BOGOTA2403COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES,
[...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]
2008-07-03 00:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO
08BOGOTA2404COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES AND
[...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]
2008-07-03 00:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO
08BOGOTA2406COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES,
[...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]
2008-07-03 11:28:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CU FR VZ CO
08BOGOTA4262COLOMBIANS MARCH - IN SMALLER NUMBERS - AGAINST
[...] (U) Several thousand Colombians marched through the country's major cities on November 28th to demand the FARC and other illegal armed groups release the hostages they still hold before Christmas. The disappointing turnout was significantly smaller than the millions who demonstrated to releas [...]
2008-11-28 21:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4588URIBE REJECTS INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) The FARC announced on December 21 their intention to release six hostages to a group of Colombian "intellectuals" led by Piedad Cordoba, and reiterated its demand for a demilitarized zone. Cordoba said President Chavez should participate in the process, but President Uribe quickly rejecte [...]
2008-12-24 19:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BRIDGETOWN134ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS
[...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...]
2008-03-04 13:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN220ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]
2008-04-01 12:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN229ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING
[...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]
2008-04-03 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN23 LABOR STRIFE HEATING UP IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Summary: In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile industrial actions in the Eastern Caribbean. Behind the increase in industrial actions, lies a worsening economic situation for the average worker, who is facing shrinking real income due to high inflation, and decrease in re [...]
2008-01-11 17:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ELAB XL
08BRIDGETOWN358 2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] a. Claimant A b. June 2006 c. In June, 2007, the SVG High Court found that Claimant A had violated the terms of the "Alien's (Land-Holding Regulation) Act." The court ruled that Claimant A was required to spend a minimum of USD 15 million on construction within three years of receiving [...]
2008-06-03 18:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV VC XL
08BRIDGETOWN573EXPECTED EASTERN CARIBBEAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (u) We have received partial information from six of our seven host governments concerning their attendance at the UNGA and the meeting with the Secretary on September 25. Local ministries have confirmed as follows: Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer will lead the Antigua [...]
2008-09-22 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP UNGA PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN574AMBASSADOR'S FIRST CALL ON NEW GRENADA GOVT
[...] (U) The Ambassador and Grenada Charge met August 15 with newly elected Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter David, and Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell in separate meetings. Thomas' National Democratic Congress (NDC) beat out Mitchell's New National Party [...]
2008-09-22 18:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL INRB XL
08BRIDGETOWN58ST. VINCENT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES RAPE BY PRIME
[...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: On January 30, 2008 a prominent lawyer and key Embassy contact called PolOff to request help with a legal case in which a St. Vincent police officer alleges that SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves raped her. The contact [...]
2008-01-31 20:20:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN584RAPE VICTIM DROPS CASE; GONSALVES SET FOR
[...] (C) Alleged rape victim and police constable Michelle Andrews, who filed rape charges against Prime Minister Gonsalves in January, replaced her lawyers and discontinued all legal proceedings against the Prime Minister in a snap decision that caught her previous legal counsel completely by surp [...]
2008-09-25 14:29:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN591USS FARRAGUT ANCHORS OUTREACH EVENTS IN ST. LUCIA
[...] (C) A three-day port call by the USS Farragut formed an ideal platform for community outreach events by the Ambassador and the Farragut's crew, and afforded an opportunity to engage with regional prime ministers who were in town for an OECS heads of government meeting. While a promised Artic [...]
2008-10-01 17:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL MARR XL
08BRIDGETOWN62"ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...]
2008-02-01 17:59:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN63AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...]
2008-02-01 18:00:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE
08BRIDGETOWN641ST. VINCENT NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Nicole O.M. Sylvester, lawyer and human rights activist from St. Vincent, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Nicole is an accomplished lawyer and president of the St. Vincent Human Rights Association. I [...]
2008-10-24 16:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN646AMBASSADOR RAISES CARICOM LETTER WITH PM GONSALVES
[...] (C) The Ambassador used the occasion of St. Vincent's National Day celebration to call Prime Minister Gonsalves to account over an inflammatory letter he sent to CARICOM leaders on September 24. In the letter, Gonsalves expressed support for irresponsible accusations by the Venezuelan Ambas [...]
2008-10-28 18:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN690ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION IN A DISMAL STATE
[...] (C) St. Vincent's New Democratic Party (NDP) is dispirited and mired in self pity, and appears incapable -- despite potential openings -- to mount any serious opposition to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The party's lackluster leadership has had difficulty targeting their criticisms and maki [...]
2008-11-21 17:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN720REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made publ [...]
2008-12-10 21:02:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALERTD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN78ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES
[...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]
2008-02-06 20:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN93PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...]
2008-02-14 16:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL
08GRENADA116GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT AUGUST 10 - 16, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada PM Supports Political Union According to the Prime Minister's Office, Thomas, who was on an official two-day [...]
2008-08-20 14:18:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KCRM GJ
08PORTOFSPAIN377 CLOSER TIES UNDER DISCUSSION AS REGIONAL LEADERS MEET
[...] (U) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Stevenson King of St. Lucia and President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana joined Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada and Prime Minister Patrick Manning in Port of Spain August 14 to discuss regional issues. Durin [...]
2008-08-15 19:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN378 CLOSER TIES UNDER DISCUSSION AS REGIONAL LEADERS MEET
[...] (U) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Stevenson King of St. Lucia and President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana joined Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada and Prime Minister Patrick Manning in Port of Spain August 14 to discuss regional issues. Durin [...]
2008-08-15 19:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN388 REGIONAL INTEGRATION: THE JOINT DECLARATION
[...] (SBU) An MFA source passed us the "Joint Declaration on Collaboration towards the achievement of the Single Economy and Political Integration among Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago" signed August 14 in Port of Spain (text in para four). [...]
2008-08-26 17:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON TD
09BRIDGETOWN155IMF SHIFTS COURSE ON ST. VINCENT AIRPORT PROJECT
[...] (C) Following a January 30-February 12 Article IV consultation visit to St. Vincent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a report in which it termed the construction of a costly new international airport a step in the right direction for the country's tourism development. This conclus [...]
2009-03-06 20:41:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN166DOMINICA POLECON ROUNDUP
[...] (C) The Government of Dominica continues to suffer from small-time leadership, a perception that corruption is out of hand, and a lack of momentum in developing infrastructure for growth. The newly formed Integrity in Public Office Commission is operational, but hamstrung by lack of resource [...]
2009-03-12 18:44:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PREL INRB XL
09BRIDGETOWN195EASTERN CARIBBEAN PLANS FOR SOA (C-AL9-00153)
[...] (C) Eastern Caribbean Prime Ministers all plan to lead their delegations to the Summit of the Americas. All seven Eastern Caribbean countries believe that the Summit provides an opportune moment to engage the new U.S. Administration to address what they see as a potentially devastating blow [...]
2009-03-30 16:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN XL
09BRIDGETOWN249CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO ST. VINCENT HIGHLIGHTS SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) During an April 19-20 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG),a CODEL chaired by New York Congressman Eliot Engel met with Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Foreign Minister Sir Louis Straker, and a host of local dignitaries. The just-concluded Summit of the Americas, new directions [...]
2009-04-27 19:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN27ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION - MORE HARD TIMES AHEAD
[...] (C) Former St. Vincent Ambassador to the UN and cabinet minister under previous Mitchell administrations, Jonathan Peters, announced his return to politics in St. Vincent in a January 13 meeting at the Embassy. Peters has an ambitious plan both to take control of the opposition New Democratic [...]
2009-01-15 17:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR XL
09BRIDGETOWN294ST. VINCENT PM LASHES OUT OVER BARBADOS IMMIGRATION POLICY
[...] (U) St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves leveled unusually sharp criticism against a fellow CARICOM member at a speech to the St. Vincent parliament May 14. While stopping just short of calling out Barbados PM David Thompson by name, Gonsalves strongly castigated Barbados for a recently- [...]
2009-05-19 20:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS XL
09BRIDGETOWN295REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for St. Vincent and the Grenadines follows. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. [...]
2009-05-20 12:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
09BRIDGETOWN41CUBA, DEPORTEES AND SECURITY TOP AGENDA IN
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's January 8 farewell call on St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, he called on the U.S. to unconditionally end its economic embargo on Cuba. PM Gonsalves spoke at length about the deep, strong ties that bind the United States and the Caribb [...]
2009-01-22 11:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD KCRM PGOV PREL XL ZL
09BRIDGETOWN461POLOFF INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with key St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) government and non-government representatives yielded leads on SVG's orientation towards the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Shipboarding Agreement, reaction on G/TIP's Tier 2 Watchlist designation, and offered [...]
2009-07-29 19:17:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN462ANTIGUA, ST. VINCENT EAGER TO RENEW TALKS ON PSI
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (SBU) In separate meetings July 20 and July 23-24, senior government officials in both St. Vincent and Antigua signaled their readiness to engage with USG experts to conclude shipboarding agreements under the Proliferation Security Initiative. [...]
2009-07-29 20:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN471ALBA'S ALLURE TO ANTIGUA ET AL
[...] (c) Three of the seven Eastern Caribbean countries are now members of both ALBA and PetroCaribe. While this has raised eyebrows among political pundits in the region and beyond, the three island nations that have joined - Dominica, St. Vincent, and most recently, Antigua - are doing what they [...]
2009-08-04 12:07:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ETRD XL
09BRIDGETOWN500LEADING ST. VINCENT'S OPPOSITION -- WHAT'S SECOND
[...] (C) Jonathan Peters, the former Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador to the UN and Minister of Trade under Sir James Mitchell, met with poloffs to discuss his plans to run for opposition leader in St. Vincent. This was his third trip to the Embassy in less than a year, to ask for [...]
2009-08-19 13:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN529St. Vincent Eager to Cooperate on Anti-TIP Measures
[...] The Office to Counter Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) consultant's August 24-27 meetings with Vincentian government (GOSVG) and NGO representatives revealed receptiveness to further anti-TIP cooperation, from expanded legislation beyond the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) model [...]
2009-08-31 21:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM EAID PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN530LEADING ST. VINCENT'S OPPOSITION -- WHAT'S SECOND
[...] (SBU) Jonathan Peters, the former Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador to the UN and Minister of Trade under Sir James Mitchell, met with poloffs to discuss his plans to run for opposition leader in St. Vincent. This was his third trip to the Embassy in less than a year, to ask f [...]
2009-09-01 19:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN615ST. VINCENT SET TO LAUNCH MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Vincentians are preparing for what will likely be a hotly contested vote in a November 25 referendum on a new constitution. The proposed constitution, which would turn the multi-island nation into a presidential republic, has been touted by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as essential fo [...]
2009-10-06 12:43:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR XL
09BRIDGETOWN622(C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: ST. VINCENT PM
[...] (C/NF) Politically rooted in 1970s leftist movements, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is a pragmatic ideologue with a strong populist bent. He has the charisma and political savvy needed to keep himself in power for years to come, though his popularity is gradual [...]
2009-10-08 12:49:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR INRB PREL PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN675CHINESE-MADE PLANES HEADED TO THE CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) The Governments of Barbados and Antigua, two of the three majority shareholders in the monopoly regional air carrier LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport),have expressed strong interest in replacing the aging fleet of turboprops with Chinese-made planes. China's Ambassador in Antigua con [...]
2009-10-23 13:58:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAIR PREL CN XL
09BRIDGETOWN685UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ST.
[...] (SBU) CDA conveyed reftel points to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Foreign Minister Louis Straker in meetings October 26. PM Gonsalves said he was displeased with the images of abuse displayed during Iran's recent presidential election, adding that his June [...]
2009-10-29 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA PHUM IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN6862009 TIP REPORT INTERIM ASSESSMENT: ST. VINCENT
[...] (SBU) Since being placed on the Tier 2 Watchlist, the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has worked cooperatively with the Embassy to ensure that the country addresses the perceived weaknesses that landed it on that list. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves spoke to the Charge an [...]
2009-10-29 18:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV SMIG XL
09BRIDGETOWN689ST. VINCENT CONTINUES IRAN COURTSHIP IN HOPES OF
[...] (C) In his attempt to garner financial support for his signature International Airport project, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves (with encouragement from Venezuela's Hugo Chavez) has sought to forge closer relations with Iran. Although he has held two meetings with Iranian president [...]
2009-10-30 14:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PGOV PHUM PARM IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN690VINCENTIAN NATIONAL DAY EVENTS SHARPEN BATTLE
[...] (SBU) St. Vincent's November 25 constitutional referendum was the main focus of discussion with government and NGO interlocutors, and the main point of Independence Day remarks made by Prime Minister Gonsalves, during the October 27 festivities marking the country's 30th anniversary of indepen [...]
2009-10-30 14:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM XL
09BRIDGETOWN735GONSALVES DEFENDS TIES WITH VENEZUELA, BUT WELCOMES DEEPER
[...] (C) In a three-hour marathon meeting with the Charge October 26, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves outlined his efforts to combat drug trafficking and crime and his need for new assets and expanded U.S. support. He defended his close ties to Venezuela through ALBA and PetroCaribe, but [...]
2009-11-19 20:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM XL
09BRIDGETOWN745Dominica Election Primer: The Bolivarian Candidate
[...] (C) With high unemployment and government corruption dominating election debates, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has decided to take a gamble on his political career, betting that he can ride a wave of financial support from China and Venezuela to overcome his government's poor sho [...]
2009-12-04 21:52:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN747(C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: DOMINICA PM ROOSEVELT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica was the youngest head of government in the world when he took office in 2004 at 31 years of age. His youth has been highlighted as a reason for his naivetC) in international circles, but also as an indicator of well-honed political instincts th [...]
2009-12-07 19:36:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN774ST. VINCENT REJECTS NEW CONSTITUTION: VOTERS DASH PM
[...] (SBU) Vincentians voted convincingly November 25 to reject a constitutional referendum that would have significantly changed St. Vincent's structure of governance. The surprisingly sharp 56-44 percent defeat set Prime Minister Gonsalves on his heels and dashed his plans to follow the referendu [...]
2009-12-02 12:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM XL
09GEORGETOWN363CARICOM LEADERS TALK ABOUT PROGRESS ON INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Georgetown July 2-5 for lengthy discussions on numerous regional topics with a focus on hemispheric relations, the economic criss, the free movement of peoples among member states and competing propo [...]
2009-07-08 20:49:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALECON GY PREL
09MAPUTO408DHLAKAMA; A POLITICAL OBITUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RENAMO leader Afonso Dhlakama responded to RENAMO's poor showing in the November 19 municipal elections by secluding himself, even from senior party members. When he returned to the spotlight, his erratic behavior embarrassed himself and his party. RENAMO, and Dhlakama in part [...]
2009-03-25 10:11:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MUMBAI219HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BINAYAK SEN RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (U) Summary: Human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen was released on bail from a Chhattisgarh jail on May 26 after two years of imprisonment on charges of abetting the state's Maoist insurgency. His release was ordered by the Indian Supreme Court on May 25, after a long legal battle. A long [...]
2009-05-27 12:07:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER
09PORTOFSPAIN233CARICOM: HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: CARICOM heads of government met May 24 in Port of Spain to discuss a regional response to the economic crisis. They encouraged member countries intending to approach the IMF to do so sooner rather than later, but also stressed the need for a medium-term regional approach to th [...]
2009-05-27 18:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN ECIN TD
09STATE37284BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050149165 for the export of F-15 and C-130 component parts to Saudi Arabia. Post is requeste [...]
2009-04-15 19:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE67946SECRETARY CLINTON'S REPLY TO ST. VINCENT AND THE
[...] PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO PRIME MINISTER GONSALVES. THERE WILL BE NO SIGNED ORIGINAL. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Thank you for your thoughts regarding the Department's ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. I am writing to addre [...]
2009-07-01 01:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP OPDC PREL SV
09USUNNEWYORK509PGA,S OFFICE REACHES OUT TO MISSION ON FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Paul Oquist Kelley, Senior Advisor to President of the General Assembly (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, phoned Ambassador Wolff twice from Tripoli on May 13 to discuss the foundering preparation process for the June 1-3 UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Imp [...]
2009-05-14 22:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID UN
09USUNNEWYORK926SUBJECT: U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES SEPT 29:
[...] SUMMARY: The final session of the 64th General Assembly general debate focused on non-proliferation, climate change, multilateralism, Security Council reform, the financial crisis, and sustainable development. Several countries reflected on the importantance of preventing piracy on the high s [...]
2009-10-19 16:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO ER GJ NU NO
10BRIDGETOWN15TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested ref A, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. --------------------------------------------- ------ PARA 25 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------ [...]
2010-01-19 19:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KWMN KTIP PGOV PHUM SMIG ASEC
10BRIDGETOWN27VINCENTIAN PM GONSALVES THREATENS MEDIA OUTLET, CIVIL
[...] (C) In what has become a standard political bully tactic, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has lobbed threats of legal action at a local radio station sympathetic to the main opposition party, a London-based campaign strategizing firm working with the Opposition, and a civil society a [...]
2010-02-19 18:02:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN XL
10BRIDGETOWN35PM King: Rising Crime Threatens St. Lucia's Expanding
[...] (C) St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King told the Charge in a February 10 meeting that his government is struggling to stem the tide of violent crime that has begun to adversely affect the country's vital but vulnerable tourism sector. He is hiring more police, weeding out corruption in t [...]
2010-02-24 17:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MASS SNAR XL
10BRIDGETOWN38TFHA01: EASTERN CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS PLEDGE HAITI
[...] (U) Governments, NGOs, businesses and private citizens throughout the Eastern Caribbean have reacted immediately to the Haiti disaster with a massive outpouring of concern and pledges of money and material. Governments in the region are attempting to organize a coordinated response through re [...]
2010-01-15 16:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
10PRAIA31CAPE VERDE EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY FOR HAITI POST-EARTHQUAKE
[...] (U) On January 21, DCM followed up informal messages to the MFA with a demarche giving detailed information on the U.S. support package for Haiti. In the meeting with MFA America's Desk Oriana Gonsalves, we shared the information and asked about Cape Verde's response. Gonsalves told us that C [...]
2010-01-26 19:13:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CV
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