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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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00ABUDHABI5893SULTAN BIN ZAYID: "MUST THE U.S. BE TOUGHER THAN THE ISRAELIS ON PALESTINE?"
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THEODORE H. KATTOUF, AMBASSADOR, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A FRIENDLY BUT CLEARLY FRUSTRATED SULTAN BIN ZAYID, UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND SECOND SON OF PRESIDENT ZAYID BIN SULTAN, CONVEYED TO AMBASSADOR IN FRANK, DELIBERATE TERMS OCTOBER 29 HIS OWN "AND [...]
2000-10-31 08:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL XF TC
00ANKARA8112TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMILAR TO THE USG'S INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED APPROACH. THE DANGER POSED TO TURKEY BY TERRORISM IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE THREE POSTS OF TH [...]
2000-12-11 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
00HARARE6801ZIMBABWE: IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO UNDERSECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CEPHAS TSOKODAYI IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON SIPDIS DECEMBER 1. IN A FOLLOW-UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATION DECEMBER 4, TSOKODAYI HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE REMARKS ON THE IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESO [...]
2000-12-04 16:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
00KINSHASA8008(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO): 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-11-29 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CG
00RABAT5272MOROCCO: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO. THE GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO (G [...]
2000-11-30 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
00RIYADH3360SAUDI ARABIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 2000, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM. PART [...]
2000-12-03 08:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
00STATE117658SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-20 21:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETAR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC
00THEHAGUE1863READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
[...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...]
2000-06-22 12:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE
00THEHAGUE1873DUTCH ON IRAN: SHIRAZ DEFENDENTS, AG MINISTER VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-22 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EAGR ETRD IR NL
01ABUDHABI6422 AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GORDON R. OLSON, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (S) POLOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN WITH MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHIM ABDUL JALIL, MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 7. SHE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...]
2001-11-07 12:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER AF PK TC
01ABUJA1006 Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy
[...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...]
2001-05-07 10:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS ECON NI
01ABUJA1046SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW
[...] (U) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in February, 2000. The victim had been convicted of stealing three bicycles in July 2000, and the sentence had been held in abeyance since that time. The timin [...]
2001-05-09 14:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL
01ABUJA2226STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA
[...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...]
2001-09-06 10:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI
01ABUJA2786RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...]
2001-10-31 13:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI
01ABUJA2792RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...]
2001-11-01 11:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP
01ABUJA3232NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...]
2001-12-19 16:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER NI
01ABUJA999NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIA'S UNCHR VOTES
[...] (C) During a discussion with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed on President Obasanjo,s visit to the United States (Ref C),Ambassador Jeter raised Nigeria,s voting record in the UNCHR (Ref A). The Ambassador expressed deep disappointment in Nigeria,s voting record, especially after the [...]
2001-05-04 19:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM NI UNHRC
01ANKARA3476NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...]
2001-05-31 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU
01ANKARA6815IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...]
2001-10-26 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TU IR
01ANKARA7811TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...]
2001-12-14 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER
01BANJUL854GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...]
2001-10-15 15:04:00Embassy BanjulSECRETPTER PINR XA GA
01BEIJING10339PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2001-10-15 11:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAF PK PREL PTER
01BEIRUT1018KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...]
2001-04-26 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE
01BEIRUT3057BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...]
2001-12-13 14:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY
01BEIRUT758 HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...]
2001-03-22 16:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IR LE
01COLOMBO2233 SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS
[...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REF B REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARAS 2-3 ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO REF A CONCERNING UPGRADING HOST COUNTRY ANTI-TERRORISM LA [...]
2001-12-12 11:51:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CE MV
01DUBAI1141 POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, DUBAI-BASED TRADERS, AND IRANIANS RESIDENT IN DUBAI PROVIDED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF IRAN'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OF THOSE WHO EXPRESSED OPINI [...]
2001-09-15 08:41:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC
01HANOI2658 HANOI MUSLIM COMMUNITY RETICENT ON RECENT EVENTS
[...] (U) HANOI'S TINY VIETNAMESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY (NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DOZEN PEOPLE) HAS NOT NOTICEABLY REACTED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ACTS IN THE US AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE UNDER OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENT MANAGER OF HANOI'S SOLE MOSQUE. THE O [...]
2001-10-12 11:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINS KPAO PTER VM HUMANR CTERR RELFREE
01HANOI2987 PUBLIC SECURITY PUBLISHES BOOK AGAINST BIN LADEN
[...] (U) EMBASSY HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF A BOOK PUBLISHED (IN VIETNAMESE) BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY PRESS SOMETIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 ENTITLED "THE LIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN (MANY SECRET THINGS)." IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS CONNECTED WITH THE SE [...]
2001-11-15 09:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL VM CTERR
01HARARE3004TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]
2001-10-09 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3302MEDIA REPORT CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO RUN OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE WAR AGAINST TERROR. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "NEW FACE OF TERRORISM TARGETS EVERYBODY," THE NOVEMBER 4 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED THE FOLLOWING PIECE BY [...]
2001-11-05 13:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HAVANA4690CUBA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-14 13:43:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CU
01KINSHASA419KABILA LAID TO REST
[...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...]
2001-01-24 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
01LONDON7384UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT
[...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...]
2001-12-21 16:23:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
01RABAT3231MOROCCO: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. KING MOHAMMED VI AND THE GOM STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. FOL [...]
2001-12-14 18:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01RIYADH1771THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY
[...] (C) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REGIME CRITICS HAVE BEEN EXILED OR MARGINALIZED ABROAD AND CO-OPTED OR MUZZLED AT HOME, AND A LARGELY APOLITICAL CITIZENRY SHOWS NO INCLINATION TO DEMAND GREATER [...]
2001-06-27 12:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI SA
01RIYADH3968SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...]
2001-12-12 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL SA
01STATE157224TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 2300 EDT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
[...] No summary [...]
2001-09-12 10:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
01STATE176819AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...]
2001-10-11 01:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK
01STATE176853AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...]
2001-10-11 02:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK
01STATE198912ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] SUMMARY ----------- THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" TO CONGRESS. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE REPORT BE A FULL AND COMPLETE FACTUAL RECORD OF TERRORISM-RELATED ACTIVITY IN COUNTRIES THAT EXPERIENCED TERRORISM. IT SHOULD NOT BE [...]
2001-11-16 18:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01TELAVIV4047HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...]
2001-07-27 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ
01VATICAN1390FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...]
2001-03-12 17:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT
01VATICAN1419HOLY SEE SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON MANAGING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE DOES NOT SHARE THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE BISHOP OF MOSTAR AND OTHER CROAT-NATIONALIST CLERGY IN B-H AND IT IS DOING THE UTMOST WITHIN THE TRADITIONAL LIMITS OF THE CHURCH TO CHANGE THEIR POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. OUR INTERLOCUTORS BELIEVE THE CLERGY'S VALID CONCERNS ON [...]
2001-03-13 17:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BH VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5546 OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR JEFF LUNSTEAD, SENIOR
[...] SUBJECT: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHANISTAN BRIEFS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05546 01 OF 02 251050Z VATICAN. REF. STATE 184178 2. (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR ADVISOR AND AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 [...]
2001-10-25 10:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AF VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5693 SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...]
2001-11-02 16:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL
02ABUJA1408NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM
[...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...]
2002-05-06 19:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI
02ABUJA1538NIGERIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: REGULATION OF OVERSEAS
[...] (U) Nigeria officially regulates all corporate bodies and non-governmental organizations (including charities and religious organizations) through registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The registration process requires a one-time fee, a filing of papers on the organization [...]
2002-05-17 16:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA1635NIGERIA: NEED TO SUPPORT IMPORTANT FY-02 ESF PROPOSALS
[...] This cable provides additional justification for two of the FY-02 ESF proposals submitted reftel. The following justifications are in order of Mission priority. Complete project descriptions will be faxed to AF/W. A. PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP AGRIBUSINESS IN THE NORTH [...]
2002-05-31 15:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ECON SENV NI
02ABUJA1816 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
[...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...]
2002-06-19 15:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA2793 NIGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BUSH UNGA SPEECH,
[...] Summary. Nigerian press coverage surrounding President Bush's September 12 speech to the UN General Assembly and ongoing debate over U.S. policy towards Iraq has been largely overshadowed by domestic political news and the ongoing impeachment battle between President Obasanjo and the legisla [...]
2002-10-03 21:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER NI UNGA
02ABUJA3017 NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Ambassador Jeter and Economic Officer Hricik met with Gombe State Governor Hashidu and Deputy Governor Lidani to discuss Nigerian politics and Northern views on the U.S. The Governor said the National Assembly's attempt to impeach President Obasanjo sent the wrong [...]
2002-11-05 14:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PTER NI
02ABUJA3296NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA
[...] (U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Muslim Brotherhood, among others. Taking place before and after Friday's Juma'at prayers, the number of protests increased during the Holy month of Ramadan. Accor [...]
2002-12-11 16:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALSOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI
02ABUJA3309 AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NIGERIAN
[...] Summary. Interest in Afghanistan and USG actions in rebuilding the country is low among Nigeria's southern journalists. There is more interest in the print media in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, which occasionally publishes Afghan-related material, mostly in the context of stories on Iraq, [...]
2002-12-13 14:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI AF
02ADANA389 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 9-10, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]
2002-11-20 14:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA399 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 22, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2002-11-26 09:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA400 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 23-24, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]
2002-11-26 09:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA439 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 31, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2002-12-31 11:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADDISABABA3801ETHIOPIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ETHIOPIA IS A CONFIRMED AND COMMITTED PARTNER IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) AT ALL LEVELS. ALTHOUGH OFTEN LACKING IN CAPACITY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) HAS RESPONDED PRO-ACTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL THREAT. EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO FORE [...]
2002-11-25 04:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL PINS ET
02AMMAN2253EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 5 Heat Exchangers (NON-SME),Value USD 41,500.00 [...]
2002-05-08 09:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN2310DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PLANE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING
[...] (S) On May 11, upon receipt of NIACT precedence message, poloff/duty officer passed reftel information regarding the impending 5/12 flight of a suspected arms-laden Iranian cargo plane to Ambassador Mohammed Shahankari, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Shahankari conferre [...]
2002-05-11 09:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER IR SY JO
02AMMAN2693JORDAN DECLINES TO DEMAND SEARCH OF IRANIAN PLANE;
[...] (S) The Ambassador made ref points on Iranian aerial resupply of Hizballah May 27 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns and Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed were also present. The Ambassador asked that Jordan grant overflight clearance for a possible May 28 Iranian resupply fligh [...]
2002-05-28 07:44:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR SY JO
02AMMAN2907DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT
[...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B),THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...]
2002-06-03 15:52:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY
02AMMAN3662JORDAN: OES-FUNDED CORAL REEFS SYMPOSIUM BRIDGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent international symposium on coral reefs monitoring, partly funded through an OES grant, brought together scientists from Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Iran, among others, to share data and experiences. Despite a tense political climate in th [...]
2002-07-03 15:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL ECON JO MEPN
02AMMAN4179JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-29 11:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4244JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S ASPEN SPEECH,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-31 09:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4499MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-12 10:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4589FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE
[...] (C) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is fragile, that most Iraqis believe the U.S. is serious about regime change "this time," and that they "want to see Saddam gone, preferably while they are asleep." Saddam will use [...]
2002-08-15 05:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ JO
02AMMAN5071SENATOR CORZINE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND THE MEPP WITH
[...] (C) Senator Jon Corzine traveled to Jordan August 28-30. On August 29, the Senator met with Foreign Minister Muasher, Prime Minister Abul Ragheb, Minister of National Economy Halaiqa, Minister of Finance Marto, private sector leaders, the Trade and Planning Ministers, and a number of media per [...]
2002-09-05 16:10:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN5195EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 7 ARM (NON-SME) value: USD 781.20; 2 ADAPTER, DRAIN V [...]
2002-09-11 14:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN5238DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY:
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-12 16:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5751JAPANESE DIPLOMAT REPORTS BAGHDAD NORMAL, BASRA
[...] (C) On October 2, a source in the Japanese Embassy's Iraq Division provided A/Polcouns a readout of his recently completed three week visit to Iraq. The source had been in Iraq from September 7 to 27 and had traveled from Baghdad to Basra and back by car September 14-16. Overall, he said that [...]
2002-10-03 15:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA JO
02AMMAN6024S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed the U.S.'s appreciation for Jordan's superb cooperation on the war on terrorism, reiterated strong U.S. interest in stopping Iranian resupply flights to Hizbullah, and said that as [...]
2002-10-17 04:59:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL SY SA JO MEPP
02AMMAN6610DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY
[...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...]
2002-11-12 11:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER JO LE SY IR
02AMMAN6735DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING OF HIZBALLAH
[...] (S) Following receipt of ref A demarche request, poloff conveyed points to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took down the information and promised to share it with the relevant GOJ authorities. He noted, however, that after our last demarche on the subject (ref B),[...]
2002-11-18 12:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER LE SY IR JO
02AMMAN6852THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...]
2002-11-24 11:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN JO
02AMMAN7520EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 11 LEAF, HINGE (NON-SME) value: USD 1,489.73; 20 SCR [...]
2002-12-30 07:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02ANKARA8018TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece gas interconnect, which they hope to sign by the end of November. BOTAS and DEPA have not, however, been able to agree on the price at which DEPA would purchas [...]
2002-11-07 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA8110TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH
[...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]
2002-11-08 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8141MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance in encouraging the Greeks to accept paying a higher price for natural gas from Turkey in the short-term for the long-term benefits the Turkey-Greece interconnect would provide. Akil a [...]
2002-11-12 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA8305TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-15 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
02ANKARA8380TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS
[...] (U) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar (Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kish) as Foreign Minister. Bio below. 2. (C) A mostly conventionally-minded, retired 39-year veteran of the MFA, Yakis is now AK Vice Chairman for foreign [...]
2002-11-18 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8863IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...]
2002-12-09 12:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ
02ANKARA8986BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management is committed to the project, he believes the Turkish gas market is still oversupplied and the project is too expensive. He also maintains that transporting [...]
2002-12-16 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA9040AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer, MFA Deputy U/S for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK Party and main opposition CHP, American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders affirmed AJC's support for Turkey. End summary. 2. (C) Dec. 13 AJC President Tann [...]
2002-12-18 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA9055 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (U) Action recommendation - para 5. 2. (U) Per ref B, GOT MFA has provided Embassy with court documents involving two cases purportedly establishing and illustrating Iranian support for terrorism in Turkey. These cases are in the public domain; the documents, in the original Turkish, wil [...]
2002-12-20 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KICT PREL TU
02ANKARA9109ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-24 09:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-26 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02BEIRUT3741 LEBANON: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] SECURITY CONDITIONS IN LEBANON WORSENED DURING 2002 WITH THE KILLING OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY, EXPLOSIONS AT SEVERAL AMERICAN FRANCHISE RESTAURANTS, AND A SPIKE OF CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS INTO ISRAEL IN MARCH-APRIL. LEBANON, LIKE MANY COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN TER [...]
2002-11-29 15:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV LE
02COLOMBO2137 SRI LANKAN/MALDIVES: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] MISSION'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARA 2 IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS A THROUGH K IN PARA TWO OF REFTEL. PARA 3 CONTAINS A REVIEW OF THE SITUATI [...]
2002-11-15 06:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE MV
02HANOI2738 GVN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S OCTOBER 28-31 STATE VISIT TO FRANCE AS "SUCCESSFUL," MUCH ALONG THE LINES AS EMBASSY PARIS' EXCELLENT WRAP-UP (REF A). ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE, FRANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIETNAM "BE MORE FORCEFUL IN ITS REFORMS." OTHE [...]
2002-11-13 07:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS
02HANOI2956UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...]
2002-12-12 08:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR
02HARARE1951ZIMBABWE'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP "PLOT"
[...] Under the headline "American madness" the weekly ZANU-PF house organ "The People's Voice" (08/25) comments: "The U.S. Government this week shamelessly went public about its plans to oust the democratically elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe R [...]
2002-08-26 13:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1964MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQI STANDOFF; HARARE
[...] Under the headline "Will Bush attack Iraq?" the August 25 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried the following article in the "Scrutator," the unsigned column written by publisher Ibbo Mandaza: 2. "U.S. President George W. Bush's plan [...]
2002-08-27 08:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2133MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ; HARARE
[...] U.S. policy toward Iraq was the favored topic of Zimbabwean op-ed writers over the Sept 21-22 weekend. While none of the writers defended Saddam Hussein, they were unanimously opposed to U.S. unilateral action in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush, [...]
2002-09-23 12:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02JERUSALEM2756FATAH LEADER ON HAMAS CELL IN JERUSALEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL AND PLC MEMBER CRITICIZED HAMAS FOR CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN JERUSALEM, SAYING THIS WAS PART OF A WIDER COMPETITION BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS OVER WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE THE RESISTANCE. THE DISCOVERY OF A HAMAS CELL IN EAST JERUSALEM WILL COMPLICATE THE ONG [...]
2002-08-22 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS
02KATHMANDU2393CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]
2002-12-16 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU685DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA
[...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...]
2002-04-05 04:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO
02KUWAIT5177(C) GOK URGES US/SCIRI CONTACTS, WITH SOME
[...] (C) Summary: After a November 25 meeting with Codel Issa and the Ambassador, Kuwait's Minstate for Foreign Affairs offered to facilitate a meeting between the Codel and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq's (SCIRI's) Chairman Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim and suggested it might b [...]
2002-12-01 08:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IZ US KU
02KUWAIT5296QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-10 06:28:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA
02KUWAIT5415KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-17 07:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV
02KUWAIT5417(C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...]
2002-12-17 08:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV KU IZ
02ROME1015EX-KING DETERMINED TO GO HOME, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY KHALILZAD CALLED ON FORMER KING OF AFGHANISTAN ZAHIR SHAH FEBRUARY 25. FOR MOST OF THE SESSION, GENERAL WALI, ROYAL SON MIR WAIS, GRANDSON MUSTAPHA, SULTAN GHAZI AND HAMID SIDDIQ JOINED. ZAHIR WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND APPARENT GOOD HEALTH, JOKING WITH [...]
2002-02-27 05:54:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV AF IT IR AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1233MINISTER MARZANO VISITS IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ENGAGED THE MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES ON IRAN, UNDERSCORING OUR CONCERNS WITH IRANIAN BEHAVIOR. MARZANO'S RELATIVE UNFAMILIARITY WITH OUR OBJECTIONS OR WITH THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL AND SHADOW GOVERNMENTS IN CONTROLLING IRAN SHOWS THE NECESSI [...]
2002-03-08 16:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IT
02ROME1239JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER: STRENGTHENING THE THIRD LEG
[...] (C) VARIOUS PLAYERS IN THE DECISION FOR ITALY TO BECOME A PARTNER IN THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER HAVE PREVENTED U.S. INDUSTRY FROM BUILDING THE TRI-PARTITE COALITION NECESSARY TO SIGN ON TO JSF. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT SIGNING JSF IS A 'DONE DEAL', WE BELIEVE THAT ONLY TWO OF TH [...]
2002-03-11 07:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS EIND ETRD IT AVIATION
02ROME155658TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: ITALIAN VIEWS
[...] (SBU) IN THE ABSENCE OF OFFICE HEAD COUNSELOR EMANUELE PIGNATELLI IN GENEVA, POLOFF DISCUSSED REF A DEMARCHE POINTS 3/19 WITH MFA OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELOR ALBERTO CECCARELLI. ON SAME DAY (3/26) AMBASSADOR MET WITH MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI (SEPTEL),POLOFF SIPDIS [...]
2002-03-27 15:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AORC IT UNHRC HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME1610AMBASSADOR TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EU AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 26 COURTESY CALL ON EU AFFAIRS MINISTER ROCCO BUTTIGLIONE, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING EU ENLARGEMENT. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE MINISTER'S RECENT UNHELPFUL COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...]
2002-03-29 12:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV IT EUN
02ROME1644 AFGHANISTAN: ZAHIR SHAH'S FUTURE PLANS, CLOSING
[...] (C) ON A MARCH 11-12 VISIT TO ROME, SA/PAB DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE MCGANN MET WITH MFA OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, AND ZAHIR SHAH HIMSELF. MCGANN AND SA/PD DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUSAN HOVANEC CLOSED OUT AN ESF GRANT OFFERED TO THE KING'S ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE EM [...]
2002-04-03 06:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1723READOUT OF BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT
[...] (C) ON APRIL 5, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, TOLD POLMINCOUNS TOM COUNTRYMAN THAT THE APRIL 2-3 BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUSSIA-ITALY BILATERAL MEETING EVER HELD. PUTIN MADE CLEAR TO BERLUSCONI HIS DESIRE TO ENHANCE AND [...]
2002-04-05 16:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL RS NATO MEPP
02ROME1962ITALY WON'T FORCE IRAN WTO ACCESSION ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. ITALY STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH USG POLICY ON IRAN'S POTENTIAL ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BUT DOES NOT INTEND TO PUSH THE EU TO FORCE THE ISSUE AT THE MAY 13 WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OR THEREAFTER, ACCORDING TO MFA'S WTO COORDINATOR. ALTHOUGH THE ITAL [...]
2002-04-19 17:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EU IT WTO
02ROME2188 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE FAO COUNCIL, A GROUP WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02188 061414Z MEET INFORMALLY MAY 18 TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER. GU [...]
2002-05-06 13:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2256ITALY ON IRAN'S PASTEUR INSTITUTE: NOTHING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY AND IRAN HAVE BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAD BEEN AIMED AT LENDING ITALIAN KNOW-HOW TO VACCINE PRODUCTION EFFORTS AT IRAN'S PASTEUR INSTITUTE. THE ITALIAN MFA REPORTS THAT IRAN BALKED AT THE STRINGENT INSPECTION PROVISIONS ITALY INSISTED BE INCORPORATED INTO ANY GOI-GOI [...]
2002-05-09 13:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC ETRD IR IT UN
02ROME2257ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...]
2002-05-09 13:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2487 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL
[...] SUMMARY: AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE FAO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING (WFS5YL) TO BE HELD IN ROME JUNE 10-13, 2002. PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO START FROM THE DRAFT LEFT UNFINISHED BY THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP [...]
2002-05-21 08:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2565WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER:TWO WEEKS TO GO
[...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE UPDATES ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING IN ROME, JUNE 10-13, 2002. SOME 50 HEADS OF STATE/HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ARE EXPECTED, MOSTLY FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ITALY, SPAIN, BELGIUM AND SWEDEN ARE THE ONLY OECD HEADS OF [...]
2002-05-28 12:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2977ITALY'S NUANCED POLICY ON DUAL USE EXPORTS TO IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY INSISTS ITS POLICY PROHIBITING SALES OF WEAPONS AND SENSITIVE DUAL USE ITEMS REMAINS FULLY IN FORCE. HOWEVER, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR FLAGS A POTENTIAL LEGAL VULNERABILITY IN THE POLICY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE UNITED NATIONS' FAILURE TO ADOPT A [...]
2002-06-18 17:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC ETRD IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME3280CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AD REF HOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED AD REF HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT (HCA) IN TALKS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS JUNE 21. TEAM BELIEVES THAT AD REF HCA PROTECTS FULLY U.S. INSPECTION RIGHTS WHEN ITALY IS THE INSPECTED STATE PARTY (ISP) AND RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE ISP. END SU [...]
2002-07-03 15:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM MARR KTIA IT CWC
02ROME3564ITALY ON "FUTURE OF IRAQ" EXPERT WORKING GROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI GENERALLY SUPPORTS OUR "FUTURE OF IRAQ" WORKING GROUPS PROPOSAL AND IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. WHILE ITALY VERY MUCH WANTS A DIFFERENT IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN POWER, IT IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED SADDAM. IN THE [...]
2002-07-18 14:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID ECON PHUM IR IZ IT KWAC
02ROME3796ICC: ITALY'S ENCOURAGING POSITION ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) ON AUG 1, THE AMBASSADOR AND ADCM MET WITH AMBASSADOR GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, THE DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI, TO DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC). (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL.) THE AMBASSADOR DEPLOYED THE "SUPER-TALKER" POINTS ON THE ICC AND ARTICLE 98 AGRE [...]
2002-08-01 15:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT KICC
02ROME3855U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...]
2002-08-06 11:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS MARR IT
02ROME4031GOOD ADVICE ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS FROM ITALY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA URGED THE U.S. TO EXPLAIN THE EFFORT TO NEGOTIATE ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT "ROME TREATY" IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR ALLOWING CONTINUING USG INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT. "DON'T EMPHASIZE YOUR SEPAR [...]
2002-08-16 14:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM RS IR IT KICC UNGA
02ROME4303ITALIANS RECEPTIVE TO MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON JULY 24, DOD DAS IAN BRZEZINSKI AND AN INTERAGENCY TEAM UPDATED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04303 01 OF 02 050734Z THE GOI ON THE US MISSILE DEFENSE (MD) PROGRAM, DISCUSSED THE NEW POST-SEPTEMBER 11 SECURITY EN [...]
2002-09-05 07:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC IT CBW
02ROME4341COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ITALIANS WAIT FOR EU
[...] (U) ITALY WILL AWAIT THE RESULTS OF SEPT. 11 DISCUSSION AT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04341 061232Z THE EU CFSP HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL, INCOMING MFA HU [...]
2002-09-06 12:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL EU EUN
02ROME4484WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]
2002-09-13 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4485WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]
2002-09-15 06:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5036ITALY: POINTS FOR PM'S TRIP TO RUSSIA AND
[...] (C) ON OCT 15 DCM BRIEFED PM BERLUSCONI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR CASTELLANETA ON USG CONCERNS REGARDING RUSSIAN POLICIES TOWARD IRAQ AND IRAN, USING POINTS IN REF A, IN PREPARATION FOR THE PM'S OCT 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN IN MOSCOW. (NOTE: CASTELLANETA HAD REQUESTED THIS BRIEFING ON BEHALF OF [...]
2002-10-16 12:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IT IR IZ RS EUN UN
02ROME5079NORTH KOREANS SIGNAL NEW OPENNESS AT ENERGY
[...] AT A RECENT CONFERENCE IN ITALY ON NORTH KOREAN ENERGY NEEDS, THE DPRK DELEGATION APPEARED TO SIGNAL UNUSUAL OPENNESS. ITS PRESENCE AT A CONFERENCE WITH USG AND ROK REPRESENTATIVES WAS ITSELF REMARKABLE, AND ITS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SHORTCOMINGS AND REFORMS WAS MORE SO. DPRK REPRESENTATIVE [...]
2002-10-17 13:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EAID PARM KN IT
02ROME5090BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT
[...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]
2002-10-17 16:25:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5226 WFP BOARD DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: DURING THE OCTOBER 21, 2002 DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, EU MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ARGUED THAT WORKABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID MUST BE FOUND AND THAT THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT BIOTECH FOOD [...]
2002-10-25 09:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR SENV FAO WHO
02ROME5252 PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...]
2002-10-28 07:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5255GOI BRIEFS USEU AMB SCHNABEL ON EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT USEU/EMBASSY ROME CABLE. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN PREPARATION FOR ITALY,S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2003, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EU ROCKWELL SCHNABEL PAID INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON ITALIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND GIOV [...]
2002-10-28 08:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT
02ROME5308 THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...]
2002-10-30 07:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5323 REPORT ON FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MET OCTOBER 14-19, CHAIRED BY ROB BERTRAM OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSION ENDORSED A DRAFT MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MT [...]
2002-10-31 07:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5324 WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 -
[...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...]
2002-10-31 07:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5849UKRAINE - GOI TELLS KUCHMA TO SHAPE UP; WANTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2, RUSSIA/FSU OFFICE DIRECTOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05849 01 OF 02 041727Z ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO TOLD POLOFF THAT THE NOVEMBER 26/27 VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA TO ITALY WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GOI TO HAVE BEEN A "GREAT SUCC [...]
2002-12-04 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL UP MASS IT
02ROME6098GOI INQUIRY ON HELICOPTER PARTS SALE TO IRAN
[...] (C) AT THE END OF A DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH A/DCM ON A SEPARATE ISSUE, BERLUSCONI FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE REQUESTED "INFORMAL" USG VIEWS ON THE POSSIBLE RENEWAL OF A LONG-FROZEN SALE OF AGUSTA HELICOPTER PARTS TO IRAN, CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITHIN THE GOI. 2. (C) [...]
2002-12-23 07:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME6133WFP/IRAQ COUNTRY DIRECTOR SHARES THOUGHTS
[...] (S) CURRENT RATION CARD SYSTEM IS CUMBERSOME FOR THOSE WHO BECOME DISPLACED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUTH/CENTRAL TO THE NORTH. U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06133 01 OF 05 241419Z (WFP) HAS OBTAINED PARTIAL DATABASE [...]
2002-12-24 10:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETAORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02ROME6153RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING WFP AND FOOD
[...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06153 01 OF 05 301327Z GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ'S (GOI) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) ARE FURTHER DEFINED AS THEY RELATE TO T [...]
2002-12-30 11:37:00Embassy RomeSECRETAORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02STATE250963DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]
2002-12-07 02:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
02STATE53501CW PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE: IRANIAN ORDER FOR
[...] (S) BACKGROUND: DURING MISSILE NONPROLIFERATION TALKS ON MARCH 6 IN WASHINGTON, CHINA'S MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI TOLD NP A/S WOLF THAT CHINA WAS TAKING SEVERAL, SIGNIFICANT NEW STEPS TO TIGHTEN CHINA'S NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL EXPORT REGULATIONS, INC [...]
2002-03-20 16:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL CH IR
02VATICAN1171THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-03-06 13:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALEG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG
02VATICAN521THE ASSISI WORLD DAY FOR PEACE. THE VATICAN TAKES ON THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: POPE JOHN PAUL II LED AN INTERFAITH APPEAL FOR PEACE JANUARY 24 IN ASSISI, ITALY AT WHICH HE ISSUED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00521 01 OF 03 040621Z RINGING CONDEMNATION OF VIOLENCE PERPETRATED IN THE NAME OF RELIGION. MORE THAN 300 RELIGI [...]
2002-02-04 06:01:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIT PHUM PREL VT
03ABUDHABI1031 MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT UAE PLAN FOR IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE ARAB SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS CRITICIZED THE ARAB SUMMIT FOR NOT INCLUDING SHEIKH ZAYID'S PLAN FOR IRAQ IN ITS FINAL RESOLUTION. EDITORIALS CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEADERS FOR NOT CONSIDERING [...]
2003-03-02 14:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1400 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ U.S. PRISONERS OF WAR
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND FOOTAGE OF CAPTURED AND KILLED U.S. SOLDIERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CONDEMNED AL-JAZEERA'S BROADCASTING OF FOOTAGE OF DEAD U.S. SOLDIERS AND U.S. POWS. ALSO IN "AL ITTIHAD, " UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN COMM [...]
2003-03-24 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1414UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...]
2003-03-24 13:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ABUDHABI1503 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, HUMANITARIAN AID, AND RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA AND IRAN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS AS "ISRAELI DICTATIONS." ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THESE WARNINGS ARE A [...]
2003-03-30 10:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1513(C) DOLPHIN GAS PROJECT: STILL NO GAS SALES AGREEMENTS AS UAE SHAYKHS WRANGLE OVER PRICING
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Almost one year after the selection of U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum to assume a 24.5 percent stake in the Dolphin project to pump natural gas from Qatar to the UAE, actual gas pu [...]
2003-03-30 13:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEPET PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IR TC
03ABUDHABI1564 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ WARNINGS TO SYRIA CIVILIAN
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, CASUALTIES AMONG IRAQI CIVILIANS, SUICIDE BOMBERS HEADED TO BAGHDAD, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" CLAIM THAT POWELL'S THREAT TO SYRIA SERVES ISRAEL'S INTERESTS AND WHAT WAS SAID I [...]
2003-04-01 12:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1634 UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amnesty, which began on January 1, 2003, and will terminate on April 30, 2003, will exempt workers from payment of fines or other legal liabilities related to the [...]
2003-04-06 10:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1661 TFIZ01: FRUSTRATED BY ICRC IDLENESS, UAE RED
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) hosted on 4/6 in Abu Dhabi a forum of international aid organizations to discuss the humanitarian situation in Iraq. This was the first major meeting o [...]
2003-04-07 12:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1663 ADGAS ADMITS QATAR UNDERCUTTING LNG MARKET; PLANS
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ABU DHABI CONCEDES LNG MARKET TO QATAR -------------------------------------- 2. (C) The managing director of the Abu Dhabi Gas Liquification Company (ADGAS),Hassan Al-Marzooki, told Econchief April 2 that his fir [...]
2003-04-07 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1711 MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ KILLING OF JOURNALISTS
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA INSIDE BAGHDAD WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR THE AL-JAZEERA AND ABU DHABI TV OFFICES AND PERSONNEL. "AL-ITTIHAD" OPINED THAT THE ATTACK OPENS THE DOOR FOR ALLEGATIONS OF AN AMERICAN DESIRE TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF TRUTH IN THE [...]
2003-04-09 08:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1827 TFIZ01: UAE PRESIDENT ISSUES
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) In his first public statement since the outbreak of Iraq hostilities, UAE President Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan declared the UAE's commitment to and solidarity with the people of Iraq in remarks carrie [...]
2003-04-15 12:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1978 TFIZ01: UAE RED CRESCENT: READY TO DO MORE
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 4/26 meeting with Econchief, UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) Secretary General San'a Al- Kitbi confirmed press reports that an RCA ship loaded with 700 tons of food and medicine and 12 ambulances left th [...]
2003-04-26 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1992 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECRETARIAL VISIT EXPLOSIONS IN
[...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, CIVILIAN DEATHS DUE TO AN ARMS DUMP EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, AND ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN "AL BAYAN," UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN CRITICIZED ANY 'EXCUSES' GIVEN FOR T [...]
2003-04-28 08:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2082 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD MEETING
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: SecDef met with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) on April 27 in Abu Dhabi. After congratulating SecDef on Operation Iraqi Freedom, MbZ made the following point [...]
2003-04-30 10:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2170 ADNAN PACHACHI IS BAGHDAD BOUND
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Former Iraqi foreign minister Adnan Pachachi contacted the Ambassador over the local weekend with the news that he will be flying into Baghdad on Tuesday, May 6 aboard a UAE Air Force C-130 with a small grou [...]
2003-05-05 07:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2287 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ROADMAP
[...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, THE ONGOING RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, LABELING THE OPTIMISM SIPDIS SURROUNDING THE VISIT AS "UN [...]
2003-05-11 09:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2296 (S//NF) C-NE3-00449: UAE POISED FOR IRAQ
[...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S//NF) The following answers are keyed to questions in ref D regarding Gulf countries' views and intentions on Iraqi reconstruction posed by Washington analysts: A. Not applicable, although we wo [...]
2003-05-11 13:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2305 SCENESETTER FOR UAE AIR FORCE
[...] (U) Classified by Charge Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Air Force Commander Major General Khaled Abdullah Al-Buainnan will visit the U.S. May 12-22. Al-Buainnan's visit presents a good opportunity for us to review our strong bilateral Air Force-to-Air Force rel [...]
2003-05-12 07:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC TC
03ABUDHABI237S/P DIRECTOR HAASS AND CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: Policy Planning Director Ambassador Richard Haass, Ambassador Wahba and Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MBZ) had a lively exchange on Iraq, Iran and Saudi-US relatio [...]
2003-01-15 10:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2599 PACHACHI PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN IRAQ;
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid, in a 5/31 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics covered septel),provided a brief readout on an earlier meeting between former Iraqi Foreign Minister Adnan Pachachi and UAE [...]
2003-06-02 10:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2602 UAEG DISAPPOINTED WITH OIC MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) During the course of a 5/31 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics covered septel),MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid noted UAE disappointment with the statement produced at last week's OIC meeting in Tehran. [...]
2003-06-02 11:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2654 (S/NF) INFORMATION ON IRAQI SUNNI
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Post provides the following information, gleaned from conversations with resident Iraqis and Emirati leaders and academics on Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. It is by no means comprehensive and we a [...]
2003-06-04 10:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNKPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2733 SYRIA'S BASHAR URGED TO WORK WITH THE
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former UAE Oil Minister and Zayid confidant Mana'a Saeed Al-Otaiba requested a meeting with the Ambassador on June 7 to brief her on the outcome of his late May one-on-one in Damascus with Syrian P [...]
2003-06-08 11:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC KPAL SY IS TC
03ABUDHABI2798 SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRANKS'
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Franks: Your Emirati friends and the U.S. mission to the UAE are looking forward to your valedictory visit. As always, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) [...]
2003-06-11 10:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2861 SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Secretary Bolton: Your visit to the UAE will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss our concerns about Iran with the UAEG. We have secured a meeting with de facto Foreign Minister, Shaykh Hamdan bin Z [...]
2003-06-14 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR TC
03ABUDHABI2962 U/S BOLTON ENCOURAGES EARLY SIGNING OF AN
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In the course of a June 18 meeting in Abu Dhabi with MFA Minister of State Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, Under Secretary for Under Secretary for Arms Control and International SIPDIS Security Assista [...]
2003-06-21 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM TC
03ABUDHABI2969 UAE AMNESTY FAILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UAEG's amnesty program failed to significantly reduce the number of illegal laborers in the UAE. Only 60,000 illegals have left the country, far less than the hoped for 250,000-300,000. Though the amnesty may continue on indefinitely, it failed because illegal workers do not [...]
2003-06-22 12:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2982MTAG: UAEG ALERTED RE: IRANIAN FRONT COMPANIES
[...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Thomas E. Williams for Reasons 1.5 (B),(D). 2. (S) On 22 June, Polchief delivered reftel demarche to Khedaim Al-Deeri, Deputy Office Director for MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and requested that the information be shared w [...]
2003-06-23 11:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL TC
03ABUDHABI2988U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT WITH MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN BIN ZAYID
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: Conveying a message from President Bush, U/S Bolton laid out USG concerns on the nuclear weapons programs of both North Korea and Iran in a June 18 meeting with MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid. In t [...]
2003-06-23 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR NK TC
03ABUDHABI310 SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS 1/21-22
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE. Your schedule is taking shape, with meetings requested with President Zayid Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and Chi [...]
2003-01-20 15:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3271ALLEGATIONS THAT IRAN IS OBTAINING ITEMS FOR
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM KATHERINE VAN DE VATE FOR REASON 1.5(E). 2. (S) Summary and action request: The local agent for Trimble Navigation has alleged that the Trimble offices in the Jebel Ali Free Port have provided GPS equipment to Iran and will provide digital levelers to Iran for use i [...]
2003-07-15 13:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETBEXP ETRD ETTC TC
03ABUDHABI3416CPA Senior Advisor Slocombe Meets UAE Chief of Staff
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-23 09:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3709 MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN WEST BANK LEBANON IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: ISRAELI INCURSIONS INTO THE WEST BANK AND LEBANON AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" CLAIMED THAT THE REGION NEEDS TO BE SAVED FROM "SHARON'S FIRES." AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED TERRORISM AS A [...]
2003-08-11 09:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3771 SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION IN IRAQ; GC
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Charge discussed reftel points during a August 16 telcon with de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan that also included a discussion of an upcoming visit to the UA [...]
2003-08-16 13:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3816 IRAQ GC AUGUST 17-18 VISIT TO ABU
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of the Iraqi Governing Council's (GC) first visit to the UAE, UAEG officials were cautiously optimistic that the entire Arab world will eventually throw its support behind [...]
2003-08-19 15:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3856 UAEG DENIES BANKROLLING IRAQI SUNNI
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan denied that his government was financing Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. In an August 19 meeting with Charge and Polchief, [...]
2003-08-23 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3940 UAE aid to Afghanistan totals more than USD
[...] (U) Summary and comment: As the World Bank considers approaching the UAEG to co-host an Afghan donors conference on the margins of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Dubai in September, Post was reminded recently by one of our MFA contacts that the UAE has provided millions of dollars in [...]
2003-08-27 11:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEAID MARR MASS PREL PGOV OHIP AF TC
03ABUDHABI4314 SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE for your full introductory visit. You will be calling on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and have an opportunity for f [...]
2003-09-22 10:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4372 IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION: POST ASSESSMENT
[...] Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b and d). 2. (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the UAEG will make a contribution to Iraqi reconstruction at the October donors' conference. We believe that the UAEG's preference, however, will be to provide "in-kind" contributions [...]
2003-09-29 10:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON IZ PREL TC
03ABUDHABI442 SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR AWAY:
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) In the course of a 1/22 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Burns, MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin Zayid Al- Nahyan briefed on the difficulties he is encountering sealing a deal with Iran on Abu Musa, one of three Gulf islan [...]
2003-01-27 13:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR IR TC
03ABUDHABI4428 SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...]
2003-10-02 08:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4479 CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL ABIZAID TELLS ABU DHABI TV
[...] SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 28, US CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN ABIZAID CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH REGIONAL ARABIC SATELLITE TV CHANNEL ABU DHABI TV. DURING THE INTERVIEW, GENERAL ABIZAID NOTED THAT MOST OF IRAQ IS CALM, BLAMED ELEMENTS OF THE FORMER REGIME AND TERRORISTS FOR CURRENT UN [...]
2003-10-06 04:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OIIP KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI4495 UAE: PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES
[...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Polchief delivered the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles on September 7 and followed up with MFA interlocutors September 28 and 30. Polchief also made contact with other embassies that had received similar demarche instructions from their ca [...]
2003-10-06 12:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT TC
03ABUDHABI4546 A/S BURNS' OCTOBER 5 MEETINGS WITH MFA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary met separately in Abu Dhabi on October 5 with MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). Information Minister Shaykh Abdullah Bin Zayed attended the meeting with Sh [...]
2003-10-09 07:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4612UAE OFFICIAL ADVISES USG TO ALLOW IRAQ GOVERNING
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi stressed to Charge that it was in the best interests of the USG if the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) was allowed to assume more authority. He expressed his concern that the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) was [...]
2003-10-15 13:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4694 UAE: DOLPHIN SIGNS MAJOR GAS SUPPLY AGREEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met with Occidental Petroleum CEO Dr. Ray Irani 10/21 -- days after Dolphin Energy Limited (DEL) signed two long-term supply agreements with the UAE's major power and water companies. DEL, in which Oxy maintains 24.5 percent equity, intends to begin pum [...]
2003-10-21 13:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4764 UAE, OMAN FORMALIZE BORDER PACT
[...] (U) Summary: The historical dispute between the UAE and Oman over their common international border appears to be over. On October 11, the two neighbors exchanged authenticated documents on the agreement reached on the common border from east of Al Aqeedat to Al Daar in the north on the Arabi [...]
2003-10-27 11:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR QA SA IR MU TC
03ABUDHABI4805 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK
[...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOTH THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" COMMENTED ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ THAT WEAPONS ON THEIR OWN WILL NOT DEFEAT TERRORISM. UAE POLITI [...]
2003-10-29 12:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI49 POSSIBLE DIVERSION OF US ORIGIN GOODS
[...] ON 12/17/02, FCS DUBAI PROVIDED COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN WITH COPIES OF AN UNSOLICITED, UNATTRIBUTABLE FAX RECEIVED BY FCS DUBAI. THE DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT A DUBAI COMPANY, SAFENET MIDDLE EAST LLC, 412 INTERCONTINENTAL PLAZA, PO BOX 8811 DUBAI, (PH: 971-4-2213678, FAX: 971-4- 22160 [...]
2003-01-07 06:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI5056UNGA DEMARCHES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN,
[...] Embassy delivered ref A (UNGA Resolution on Human Rights in Turkmenistan) talking points to the MFA Department of American, European and Oceanic Affairs on November 22. We requested that these be forwarded to the MFA Director for International Organizations, who is currently out of country, a [...]
2003-11-23 09:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA PHUM PREL IR TX TC
03ABUDHABI5133 SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier a [...]
2003-12-01 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5138 SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP VISITS TO
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) I would like to welcome you to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air industr [...]
2003-12-01 15:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5174UAE RESPONSE TO HUMAN CLONING BAN DEMARCHE REQUEST
[...] On December 7 Polchief and Poloff delivered ref. A points on Human Cloning to the MFA Director of the European, American and Oceanic Affairs Department, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Muqarrab. Al-Muqarrab agreed to pass the information to the International Organizations Department Director, who would r [...]
2003-12-07 12:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM TBIO KSCI UNGA TC
03ABUDHABI5295 SCENESETTER FOR CSAF VISIT TO THE UAE, DECEMBER
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Jumper: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE has been the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air indus [...]
2003-12-15 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5380 UAE: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-23 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI53902004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ----------------------------- The UAE in 2003 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common [...]
2003-12-23 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCAP MARR MASS TC
03ABUDHABI724 UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]
2003-02-09 13:14:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI725 MEDIA REACTION: MORE ON POWELL'S UNSC SPEECH AND MEPI
[...] SUMMARY: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUED TO REPORT EXTENSIVELY ON SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH AT THE UNSC. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC SIPDIS DAILIES NOTE THAT THE U.S. IS PLANNING TO ATTACK IRAQ IN ORDER TO CONTROL ARAB AND IRAQI RESOURCES, MAINLY OIL. THE EDITORIALS ALSO CLAIM THAT THE ATTACK WO [...]
2003-02-09 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI728 UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]
2003-02-11 04:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UN IZ TC
03ABUJA1516POLITICAL ISLAM: NIGERIA SNAPSHOT
[...] (C) Reftel questions appear to pertain primarily to countries with active Islamist political parties or NGOs, and Nigeria does not fit neatly into these cookie-cutter categories. Nigeria has no national parties or groups that pursue policies consistent with the definition of Political Islam [...]
2003-09-04 14:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG NI
03ABUJA2070NIGERIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post provides the following input for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: 2. A. Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanjo has [...]
2003-12-04 14:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER NI
03ABUJA39NIGERIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2002 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanj [...]
2003-01-08 14:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER NI
03ADANA105 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel/Bolge: Th [...]
2003-04-14 14:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA108 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milli Gazete/Bolge [...]
2003-04-15 14:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA109 MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]
2003-04-16 13:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03ADANA110 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 16, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman/Turkiye/E [...]
2003-04-16 17:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA118 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Radikal/Tercuman/Du [...]
2003-04-24 14:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA119 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 23, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet: Ankara i [...]
2003-04-24 17:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA125 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 1, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: The dead [...]
2003-05-02 08:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA128 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet/Turkiey: [...]
2003-05-05 15:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA133 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 9, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge/Turkiye: The US [...]
2003-05-09 16:49:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA140 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet/Milli Gaz [...]
2003-05-21 13:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA153 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 06, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: Egitim- [...]
2003-06-06 13:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA164 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milli Gazete, Bolge [...]
2003-06-24 16:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA175 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 07, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / Diyarba [...]
2003-07-07 13:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA202 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 25, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye / An earthqua [...]
2003-08-05 14:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA219 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 19, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / In Ergan [...]
2003-08-19 13:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA232 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 03, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet: The In [...]
2003-09-04 14:31:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA233 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 04, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet/Turkiy [...]
2003-09-04 15:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA240 THE "REINTEGRATION LAW" AS PERCEIVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Most contacts affiliated with the possible beneficiaries of this law see no change between this law and previous versions. They told post's political FSN that the recently enacted law would not be successful in encouraging PKK/KADEK militants to disarm. As a result, only two [...]
2003-09-12 13:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA28 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-29 11:50:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA3 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-01-09 09:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA7 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 9, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]
2003-01-13 09:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA82 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 19, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Milliyet/Turkiye/Tercuman/Dunya/Hurriyet: Kurds in northe [...]
2003-03-19 17:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA89 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 28, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Sabah: It is estim [...]
2003-03-28 13:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA94 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 3, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet/Bolge/Te [...]
2003-04-03 16:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA96 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 04, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Radikal: Turkish a [...]
2003-04-04 16:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA98 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet/Bolge/Cumh [...]
2003-04-07 17:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1054HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman, members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) met with GOJ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Al-Bak, JAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Mohamed-Majed Al-Eitan, the UN country team and the Has [...]
2003-02-18 15:15:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1170EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 1 valve, vent (NON-SME),value USD 937.02; 3 valve, v [...]
2003-02-24 11:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
03AMMAN1843TFIZ01: THAI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ PROVIDES MORE
[...] (S) On March 26, Thai Ambassador to Iraq (also accredited to Jordan) Tawatchai Piyarat (please protect) invited A/DCM and A/Pol to his temporary Amman residence to discuss ongoing events in Iraq. Piyarat said that he was speaking in a personal capacity and not on instructions from Bangkok, and [...]
2003-03-27 05:41:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IZ TH JO
03AMMAN1849MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 12:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1883TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 19 (3/30 1500 LOCAL)
[...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 30. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (C) The official [...]
2003-03-30 11:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2132IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...]
2003-04-08 16:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03AMMAN2233TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 35 (4/13 1745 LOCAL)
[...] (C) Amman was calm throughout the weekend. We did not hear reports of significant demonstrations or protests anywhere in the country. 2. (SBU) The Embassy opened April 13 for normal business. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps offices remain suspended. Movement [...]
2003-04-13 14:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2259TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 36 (4/14 1700 LOCAL)
[...] (C) Amman and the rest of Jordan is calm. No reports of any demonstrations anywhere in the Kingdom April 14. Embassy operated on a normal business schedule today. Movements of American personnel remain restricted. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps offices remain su [...]
2003-04-14 16:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2331TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 37 (4/16 1600 LOCAL)
[...] (C) Embassy staff are allowed greater freedom of movement although restrictions are still in place. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (SBU) On April 16 ICRC contacted Embassy to report an AMCIT in Baghdad had approached their office there with a request that he be retu [...]
2003-04-17 04:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2372MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-20 11:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2394MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-21 11:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2427950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR
[...] (C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on April 22, 950 people (roughly 800 Iranian Kurds, 50 Iranian oppositionists and 100 Palestinians) are being held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts, where they [...]
2003-04-22 15:47:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN2505IRANIAN DEPUTY FONMIN IN AMMAN TALKS IRAQ, PEACE
[...] (SBU) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Sayed Mohammed Sadr, visited Amman April 23. He met with King Abdullah -- for whom he carried a message from President Khatami -- and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The official press releases following the meetings (ref [...]
2003-04-28 15:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IR JO
03AMMAN253JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT
[...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...]
2003-01-13 17:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA
03AMMAN268SESAME--A VIRTUAL REALITY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-14 09:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN3555MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-16 11:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3964MIDEAST STATES DISCUSS REGIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING;
[...] (U) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,s Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East met in Amman, Jordan, 23-27 June 2003. The functions of the Subcommission are to coordinate regional activities directed against illicit drug traffic an [...]
2003-07-01 13:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL XF JO
03AMMAN4001 2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited UNHCR refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and in Ruweished, Jordan. Combined population for the two camps remains near 2,200: 1,200 Iranian Kurds from Al Tash refugee camp an [...]
2003-07-02 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN4306 Some Kurds on Jordan's Border Return to Iraq;
[...] (U) This is a joint report from Amman and Cairo refcoords and contains an action request in para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Amman and Cairo refcoords traveled to the Jordanian-Iraqi border July 8 to meet with Iranian Kurds who seek resettlement in a third country. UNHCR rep [...]
2003-07-14 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4450 PRM A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN AND IRAQI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16-17 visit to Jordan, PRM A/S Dewey met with the Director-General of the GOJ's Department of Palestinian Affairs and the Camp Improvement Committee at Wihdat refugee camp, visited UNRWA installations and met with UNRWA Deputy ComGen Karen AbuZayd. The Palestini [...]
2003-07-20 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO
03AMMAN4477MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 14:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN4807 SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...]
2003-08-03 12:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN5540JORDAN'S NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ON PRIORITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting with Emboffs and visiting Congressional staff, Public Security Directorate (PSD) Director General Tahseen Shurdom cited training and equipment as his fiscal priorities. He reiterated his government,s willingness to train Iraqi police officers and showed [...]
2003-09-02 12:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO
03AMMAN5550JORDAN ALLOWS 386 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE UNHCR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: On August 24, the GOJ allowed 386 Palestinians (Palestinian-Jordanian women, plus their Palestinian-Iraqi families) to leave the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished and reside permanently in Jordan. While announcing the decision, GOJ officials stated that the refugee fi [...]
2003-09-02 15:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN5569SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN
[...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...]
2003-09-02 16:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO
03AMMAN5602WITH LITTLE FANFARE, CROWN PRINCE HAMZAH GETS
[...] (U) Jordanians were surprised -- but nonetheless delighted -- at the announcement of the marriage of Crown Prince Hamzah on August 29, 2003. The CP signed a traditional marriage contract with his second cousin, Princess Noor Bint Asem Ben Nayef, in a private family affair held at King Abdul [...]
2003-09-04 05:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR OVIP JO
03AMMAN5623NEPHEW OF SLAIN IRAQI SHIA CLERIC AL-KHOEI SEEKS
[...] (C) Iraqi Shia cleric Sayed Jawad al-Khoei (nephew of Sayed Abd al-Majid al-Khoei, who was assassinated in Najaf on April 10) and Ghanim Jawad from the London-based al-Khoei Foundation called on PolCouns September 2. Al-Khoei said that the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from Iraq [...]
2003-09-04 13:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IZ
03AMMAN5901KING ABDULLAH VISITS IRAN
[...] (U) King Abdullah visited Tehran September 2-3 in what President Khatami termed &a significant turning point in relations.8 Local and regional media sources referred to the visit as &landmark8 and &a new chapter in bilateral relations.8 Accompanied by Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and several [...]
2003-09-14 11:18:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR JO
03AMMAN5940JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER
[...] (U) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security court formally charged 15 individuals with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets worldwide, according to press reports on September 13. Military [...]
2003-09-15 15:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN6028GOJ PLANS TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Habashneh informed UNHCR on Sept. 8 that the GOJ intends to close the Ruweished refugee camp and transfer the remaining 550 camp residents to the no-man's land (NML) camp between the Jordanian and Iraqi border posts, preferably by October 15. UNHCR and the [...]
2003-09-18 16:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6120ISLAMISTS DENOUNCE U.S. PRESSURE ON IRAN, CALL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Prominent Jordanian Islamists have denounced U.S. policy toward Iran, encouraged the Iraqi resistance, and called on Jordan to close its field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq. The Acting Prime Minister responded to the last demand, defending the hospital's humanitarian work. [...]
2003-09-23 15:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL IR IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN6491JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FINISHES EXTRAORDINARY
[...] (C) The 14th Jordanian Parliament ended its 75 day "extraordinary session" on September 28. While the Parliament discussed a wide variety of topics and took several important procedural steps, including the election of Speaker, the formation of committees and the approval of a new Cabinet, it [...]
2003-10-09 13:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN6562MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-14 14:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN6732FONMIN MUASHER ON IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS A BAD
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador October 19 that Jordan is not happy with the decision to deploy Turkish troops to Iraq, arguing that Turkey has "another agenda" in Iraq. He pointed to the continued presence of Turkish forces in northern Cyprus as evidence that Turkish tr [...]
2003-10-22 06:24:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR TU IZ JO
03AMMAN6917JORDANIAN VIEWS ON THE OSCE AND ITS MEDITERRANEAN
[...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting at the October 20-21 Aqaba OSCE seminar, U.S. and Jordanian officials discussed the Jordanian vision for the OSCE,s six Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation. While upbeat on OSCE principles and the partners, continued participation with the OSCE, the Jordanian [...]
2003-10-27 12:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL JO OSCE
03AMMAN7017UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN
[...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...]
2003-10-29 15:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7115MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...]
2003-10-31 13:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL SY SA KU JO IQ
03AMMAN7157MEDIA REACTION ON THE DAMASCUS MEETING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-03 10:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7187MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE DAMASCUS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-04 11:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7403JORDANIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S DEMOCRACY MESSAGE, BUT
[...] (C) Despite initial negative press reaction in Jordan to President Bush's November 6 speech calling for democratic reform in the Arab world, several of our contacts inside and outside the government lauded the initiative. At the same time, they almost universally highlighted the lack of U.S [...]
2003-11-13 17:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL KDEM PGOV PTER IS JO
03AMMAN741FOUR NEW TITLES FROM THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM
[...] THE AMMAN BOOK PROGRAM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE FOUR NEW TITLES: "WATER FOR THE FUTURE: THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP, ISRAEL AND JORDAN" BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, "ISLAM, GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE" BY YVONNE YAZBEK HADDAD AND JOHN ESPOSITO (EDS),"CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT: CAUSES, CONS [...]
2003-02-03 09:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO JO IIP
03AMMAN7420AMMAN, MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-16 13:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7422DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-16 13:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR JO UNGA
03AMMAN7798GOJ REITERATES PLEDGE TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE
[...] (U) In a November 30 press conference, Minister of Interior Samir Habashneh reaffirmed the GOJ's intent to close the Ruweished refugee camp after December 31. Referring to the 415 Palestinians who represent the core of the camp's population, Habashneh said "There is no solution for Palestini [...]
2003-12-01 18:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN7805KING ABDULLAH TALKS WITH NEA A/S BURNS ON IRAQ,
[...] (S) NEA A/S Burns briefed King Abdullah and other senior GOJ officials on his discussion with Abu Alaa, noting that the Palestinians have an opportunity to move the roadmap forward, but must take concrete security steps. The King agreed and said Jordan would deliver the same message to Abu [...]
2003-12-02 10:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7813JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...]
2003-12-02 12:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN972DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH
[...] (S/NF) A/DCM on February 13 contacted Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, and relayed points from reftel on the possibility of an Iranian Hizballah resupply flight through Jordanian airspace this week. Ayed said he would pass the information to the appropriat [...]
2003-02-13 09:09:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL LE IR JO
03AMMAN990CARE IRAQ PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MAINTENANCE OF FOOD
[...] (C) Summary: According to CARE Iraq Country Director Margaret Hassan (protect),the Iraqi population is "entirely dependent" on the OFF food ration system and has no economic resources to draw upon if the OFF pipeline is interrupted. Hassan also cautioned that Iraq's water/sanitation system a [...]
2003-02-17 14:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID IZ JO
03ANKARA1072NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD
[...] (S/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to coordinate deployment in northern Iraq with the Iraqi Kurdish and Turcoman parties at a meeting in Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border Feb. 17. The Iraqi Kurds told the Turks [...]
2003-02-18 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1161ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-21 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1273ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-26 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1396TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...]
2003-03-05 08:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1483NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...]
2003-03-07 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA152ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-07 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1533ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-11 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1706PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...]
2003-03-18 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1739DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]
2003-03-19 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1745DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]
2003-03-19 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1809ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 11:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1913THY PRIVATIZATION: ON TRACK...FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Airlines (THY - Turk Hava Yollari) is scheduled for tender in the third quarter 2003, and the GOT official heading THY privatization said that plans are on schedule. THY has managed, largely through timely sales of old planes, to remain profitable in bad times general [...]
2003-03-24 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1922S63-02 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 06:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR TU
03ANKARA1974ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 06:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1990ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2059ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-28 16:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2099ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-31 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2101NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...]
2003-03-31 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2125TFIZ01: KHALILZAD DISCUSSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (S/NF) Summary: SPE Zalmay Khalilzad met with a range of Iraqi opposition leaders in northern Iraq on March 27-28. Discussions with PUK and KDP leadership centered on responding to Turkish concerns about northern Iraq, resolving the property claims of IDP's, and the formation of the Iraqi Inte [...]
2003-03-31 18:35:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2126IAEA & IRAN: TURKS TO PASS USG POINTS TO THEIR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Polmiloff met MFA Disarmament Department Head Ibrahim Yagli on March 31 and delivered reftel points. Regarding the information outlined in reftel para 2, tick 2, Yagli asked whether the USG thought Iran had conducted experiments [...]
2003-04-01 07:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ENRG TU IAEA
03ANKARA2195NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL
[...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...]
2003-04-04 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2198ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-04 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2234ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-07 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2259IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI
[...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]
2003-04-08 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2269ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-08 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2303ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-09 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2335ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-10 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2344 TURKEY MAKES GOOD PROGRESS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
[...] Summary. With 71 wetlands of "international importance," 175 lowland wetlands and 1,000 alpine wetlands, Turkey hosts one of the most significant collections of wetlands in Europe and the Middle East. The development of its first five-year national plan and the implementation of its first we [...]
2003-04-11 06:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV GG TU
03ANKARA2347NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL
[...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...]
2003-04-11 07:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2376ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-11 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2457ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-15 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-16 12:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2497MTAG 05-96: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE RELATED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-16 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU MTCRE
03ANKARA2503ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-17 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2507TURKEY: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY REGARDING
[...] (C) Ambassador called on MFA Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Ali Tuygan April 17 to deliver reftel message to the GOT regarding the April 18 meeting on Iraq in Riyadh, noting our concern that Syria may try to hijack the proceedings. Tuygan said Turkey would work for moderation. They also disc [...]
2003-04-17 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2511IAEA AND IRAN: TURKS WELCOME CLARIFICATION ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-17 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TU IR IAEA
03ANKARA2521THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]
2003-04-18 08:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA2542ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-18 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2568ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-21 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2596TURKEY: FORMER PRESIDENT DEMIREL TELLS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 21 meeting with Ambassador, former President Suleyman Demirel offered his thinking on the way ahead in U.S.-Turkey relations. Demirel volunteered that there is a debate in Ankara power centers about Turkey's strategic orientation; but that in his view, "the Turkish Ar [...]
2003-04-22 08:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2661FREEZING IRAQI ASSETS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE
[...] SUMMARY: (C) On April 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti and Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Canakci. Both officials said they would make this a top priority and welcomed any information or assistance. Serdeng [...]
2003-04-24 17:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETTC EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA2700ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-25 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2741ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-28 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2776ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-29 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA278NORTHERN IRAQ: MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN "TONE" OF RELATIONS W/GOT, TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE IN NIRAQ UNACCEPTABLE
[...] (S/REL UK) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani briefed DCM, PolMilCouns, Operation Northern Watch POLAD and UK Charge in Ankara Jan. 9 on his Jan. 7-9 meetings with Turkish officials. Barzani said the tone of Turkish official interaction had improved significantly this visi [...]
2003-01-10 16:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA2817IRAQ AND TURKEY: GOT SAYS SHIFTING FOCUS FROM
[...] (S) According to MFA Iraq Department Head Kerim Uras (strictly protect),the GOT held a coordination meeting on Iraq policy April 26 at which MFA, TNIO and TGS reps agreed that Turkey should concentrate more on trade with and aid to Iraq, and less on the military issues surrounding the Iraqi b [...]
2003-04-30 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA2847ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-01 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA286TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-13 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2865ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-02 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2975ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-07 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA298ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-13 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3011ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-08 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3052ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-09 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3093ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-13 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3197HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]
2003-05-15 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-15 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3257ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-16 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3287ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-20 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA329ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-14 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3305ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-21 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3401ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3458ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-27 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3480ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-28 11:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3507TURKISH FONMIN GUL TO OIC: "WE SHOULD FIRST PUT
[...] (U) Much of May 29 Turkish press highlights what it reports as Deputy P.M./FonMin Gul's strong pro-democracy statement at May 28 OIC meeting in Tehran. Promoting what some press characterized as a "visionary" message (one supporting some USG points in reftel demarche),Gul urged the transform [...]
2003-05-29 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PGOV SCUL TU
03ANKARA3524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-30 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3528MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22 his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral relationship back on track. Ziyal said he was looking forward to meeting with USG officials in Washington and suggested the second week of June. On Iraq, Ziyal said it was importa [...]
2003-05-30 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA358ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-15 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3675ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-06 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3729ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-09 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3748ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-10 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3751GOT FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG APPROACH FOR JUNE 16
[...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action Request at paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY. We delivered reftel demarche on June 9 to representatives of the Turkish MFA, who promised full support for the USG approach at the June 16 IAEA Bo [...]
2003-06-10 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3787TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP
[...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...]
2003-06-11 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS TU
03ANKARA3798ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-11 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3814GOT FULLY CONCURS WITH USG ASSESSMENT OF DG
[...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On June 12, we delivered ref A demarche, following up on ref B demarche (reported in ref C). The GOT has gone over ElBaradei's report with great care and fully concurred with USG concerns over Iran's [...]
2003-06-12 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3827 Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]
2003-06-12 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3830 Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]
2003-06-13 06:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3858ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-15 04:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3892ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-16 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-17 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3918AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6,
[...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]
2003-06-18 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA3934ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-18 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3958ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-19 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3997ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-20 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4003TURKEY: KURDISH YEZIDIS SPEAK UP
[...] (U) Among Turkey's estimated 12-15 million Kurds exists a minority within a minority -- the Yezidis. According to Veysi Bulut, a leader of the Yezidi community in Turkey: -- Yezidism (note: a non-Islamic religion derived from Zoroastrianism. End note) was once the dominant form of worshi [...]
2003-06-20 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4004TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL OF IRANIAN RFE/RL
[...] (C) We have conveyed requests as outlined in reftel to Turkish MFA. Engin Yurur, head of Iran desk, was aware of the issue and had already conveyed our concerns to the relevant Turkish authorities and was coordinating with the Interior Ministry. MFA will confirm final details of how they wil [...]
2003-06-21 09:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ
03ANKARA4019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-23 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4032TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL WHEN POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Embassy confirmed with Turkish officials that they remain willing to ensure the two journalists will be able to transit Turkey as they travel to Prague when a new itinerary is developed. GOT officials asked that their participation be kept confidential. During preparations for transit on [...]
2003-06-24 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ
03ANKARA4033ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-24 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN,
[...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]
2003-01-16 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4061CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]
2003-06-25 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4068ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-25 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4105ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-26 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4131ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-27 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4155ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA417ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-16 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4171ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-01 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4178ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-01 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-02 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4217ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-03 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4239GOT CONCURS WITH USG WAY AHEAD ON IAEA/IRAN,
[...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Per ref A, we delivered ref B demarche on July 2 to Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA. Yagli concurred with the way ahead outlined in our demarche, and stressed that the GO [...]
2003-07-07 09:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4278TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]
2003-07-08 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4299TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]
2003-07-09 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4318ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-10 04:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4358AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]
2003-07-11 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4406MTAG 05-96/NO EXPORT ACTIVITY FROM TURKEY TO
[...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA, reported to Polmiloff on July 9 that there has been no export activity from Turkey to the Iranian entities outlined in ref A. Yagli e [...]
2003-07-14 10:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4487ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A
[...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...]
2003-07-17 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU
03ANKARA4550TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, CAUCASUS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have provided us with the latest GOT thinking on developments regarding Armenia and the Caucasus, including efforts to reach out to the Armenian Diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere, and heightened attention to the strategic situation in the Caucasus region in the wake [...]
2003-07-21 10:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4552SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]
2003-07-21 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4559ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4593ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA461IRAQ: TURKEY TO HOST IRAQ SUMMIT FOR SIX
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk 1/17 about Turkey's plans for a "peace" summit of heads of state or government of Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Gokturk confirmed that FM Yakis had called in ambassadors/charges from the five other countries [...]
2003-01-17 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA462ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-17 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4669TURKISH INFORMATION ON IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) On July 23 the Government of Turkey passed to the Embassy the information below to support its claims that Iraqi Governing Council member Mahmoud Othman is closely affiliated with the PKK/KADEK. (Note: KYB is the Turkish abbreviation for Talabani's [...]
2003-07-24 08:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4732TURKEY PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE USG'S
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY. NP A/DAS Mark Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor David Wurmser were in Ankara on July 24 to consult with a team of Turkish MFA officials, led by Ambassador Turan Morali (Director-General [...]
2003-07-25 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALDA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4818ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-30 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA484IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - SCHEDULING
[...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A points concerning the Turkish peace initiative to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Turkoglu and to MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu on 1/20. They each welcomed our views and reiterated that it is the GOT's intent to send a strong message to Ir [...]
2003-01-21 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA486CSCE STAFFERS PRESS GOT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREE
[...] (U) Summary: In discussions on religious freedom, free speech, and other human rights issues with GOT officials, human rights activists, and religious groups in Ankara, two Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) staffers praised recent GOT reforms and urged continued progress. [...]
2003-01-21 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-21 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-05 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA495IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - NOT PREP MTG,
[...] (C) DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk told Pol-MilCouns 1/21 that Turkey's "Peace Initiative" meeting would go ahead as planned on 1/23 in Istanbul. However, it will be at ministerial rather than summit level. All Foreign Ministers have agreed to attend. 2. (C) Gokturk was reluctant to charact [...]
2003-01-21 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA5000TURKEY IMPLEMENTS PKK/KADEK REINTEGRATION LAW,
[...] (S) Summary: Implementing its newly-ratified Reintegration Law to attract PKK/KADEK members back from Iraq and Western Europe, the GOT is pushing strongly for U.S.-Turkish talks on PKK/KADEK to begin soonest. End summary. 2. (C) Aug. 7 we pressed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya for d [...]
2003-08-08 08:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA5058CAPSTONE DELEGATION DISCUSSES US-TURKEY RELATIONS,
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The participants in the National Defense University CAPSTONE European Field Studies Program, accompanied by representatives from ODC, DAO, and the pol-mil affairs section of the Embassy, met with MFA [...]
2003-08-11 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TU
03ANKARA5105SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5186ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-14 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-15 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-22 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA528ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC
[...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate Turkey's expensive natural gas contracts with Russia. He asked if the U.S. would help him strengthen his negotiating hand vis-a-vis the Russians by tolerating -- or pretending to t [...]
2003-01-22 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC
03ANKARA5315REPORTS OF IRANIANS OPENING CONSULATES IN NORTHERN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erslan telephoned us August 20 to report that the MFA had received reports that the Iranians recently had opened consulates in two cities in northern Iraq -- Irbil and Suleymaniye. Erslan said that up until [...]
2003-08-20 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5365TERRORIST FINANCING: ANKARA: MEETING WITH MFA RE
[...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d). 2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Hakan Okcal on August 20 to deliver Ref A and B demarches, and obtain an update on status of previous designations. Okc [...]
2003-08-21 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA5409SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-25 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA5449IRAN SOLICITING TURKEY'S SUPPORT FOR THE IAEA BOG
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali gave DCM August 26 a detailed readout of the visit of Iranian National Security Council Deputy SYG Hussein Mousavin (spelled Museviyan in the Turkish press) August 25. According to Morali, Mousavin told his Turkish interlocutors tha [...]
2003-08-27 07:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5464AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]
2003-08-28 10:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA548SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24
[...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]
2003-01-23 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5530ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-03 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5576IAEA/IRAN: TURKEY RIDING THE COATTAILS OF THE E.U.
[...] (C) Because higher level GOT disarmament officials were in Vienna for the CTBT discussions, PolMilOff delivered reftel talking points to the new MFA Head of the Disarmament Department Bulent Meric September 4. Meric said his department was still examining the IAEA August 26 report in detail, [...]
2003-09-05 06:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5637ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-05 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5668ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-08 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5693IAEA/IRAN: EXPECT MORE COOPERATION FROM TURKEY
[...] (C) Subsequent to receiving clarification from the Department that resolutions described in Refs D and E were in fact the same resolution, MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric reiterated to PolMilOff Sept. 8 that Turkey's position on the Iran resolution was the same as the EU's. Pol [...]
2003-09-09 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-12 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA581ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA586ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5930IRAQ: TURKISH ENVOY KARAOSMANOGLU SHARES
[...] (S) DCM met Sept. 17 with Turkish MFA Envoy Karaosmanoglu, who spent three weeks in Iraqi in August/Sept. on a fact finding mission to help the GOT determine whether to support a Turkish troop contribution to a stabilization force in Iraq. Karaosmanoglu said most Iraqis he met were opposed to [...]
2003-09-19 07:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA5966ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-22 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6002ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-23 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6028IRAQ: TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL ON GC/TRIBES VISITS,
[...] (C) On Sept. 23, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal and Ambassador discussed a range of Iraq issues. Ziyal said Iraqi tribes and the visiting Governing Council delegation told the Turks they did not want more foreign troops in Iraq. However, if Turkey sent troops, the Turks should be distinct [...]
2003-09-24 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA6053ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-25 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6058TURKEY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Edelman,s first meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler focused on Turkey,s efforts to reduce the high prices it pays for natural gas imports, principally from Russia, and Guler,s desire to help U.S. efforts in Iraq. Guler said his Ministry wa [...]
2003-09-25 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6113ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-29 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6208PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
[...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]
2003-10-02 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-03 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6238SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]
2003-10-03 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6279NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH IN TURKEY -
[...] (C) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "Prime Minister" Barham Salih visited Ankara October 6-7 for talks with Turkish officials. He met DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 6 and said that while he expected terrorism in Iraq to get worse before it got better, he was optimistic about the future, and [...]
2003-10-07 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA6291ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-07 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6322SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-08 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6334FOREIGN TRADE U/S ON IRAQ/IRAN
[...] (C) Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us October 6 that, during his recent visit to Teheran, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen had warned Iranian President Khatami not to "play games" on nuclear issues and to avoid supporting terrorists. Khatami responded, per Kayalar, that Iran would meet its [...]
2003-10-08 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6340NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP'S SAFEEN DIZAYEE - TURKISH
[...] (C) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Safeen Dizayee called on DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 7. Dizayee described the situation in Baghdad as improving. He said the KDP did not believe that Turkish troops in Iraq could be neutral, that Turkey would use their presence to try to b [...]
2003-10-08 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA6344SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-09 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6411SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-14 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6424CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...]
2003-10-15 07:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6478ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-16 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6499MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]
2003-10-17 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6563ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-20 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6568AMBASSADOR AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN DISCUSS TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The highlight of the Ambassador's October 14 call on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen was that -- for the first time in living memory -- Tuzmen did not push for U.S. lifting of textile quotas, saying the strong lira meant Turkish exporters could not even fill existing quotas. Tuz [...]
2003-10-21 05:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EINV TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6620SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6621ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6854ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-03 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6858THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-04 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6861THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART THREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE IS THE THIRD OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. END SUMMARY. HAKKARI - VIOLENCE IN THE AIR, TRASH IN THE STREETS 2. (C) TRAVELING INTO HAKKARI SAW EV [...]
2003-11-04 11:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6923IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS,
[...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]
2003-11-05 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA7007AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...]
2003-11-10 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL TU GR
03ANKARA7019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-10 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7037ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-12 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7114TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN
[...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]
2003-11-14 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7133PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ:
[...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...]
2003-11-17 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7164ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-18 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7184DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) We delivered ref B demarche and, subsequently, Canadian draft resolution November 18 to Turkish MFA South Asia Department Head Soner. 2. (U) After reviewing the draft and citing "established practice that Turkey does not co-sponsor or vote in favor of resolutions against neighboring [...]
2003-11-19 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR TU
03ANKARA7205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-19 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7271ENERGY DISCUSSION AT TURKEY-U.S. EPC
[...] (C) Action Request: Post urges Washington to reconsider the decision to drop energy as a separate topic on the EPC agenda. This is not just to mollify the Turks; we have real, substantive energy issues to discuss. We consider energy to be a critical building block of our economic and politi [...]
2003-11-20 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA7274TURKEY AND RUSSIA REACH COMPROMISE ON GAS
[...] (U) GOT officials have confirmed that BOTAS has reached a compromise with Gazprom's sales company Gazexport, following 11 months of negotiations, but have not made any official announcements detailing the new price, except to state that it was a competitive price, similar to the one applied [...]
2003-11-20 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7319ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN
[...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]
2003-11-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7340IRAQ: TURKISH MFA DG BURCUOGLU ON VISIT OF
[...] (C) DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Nov. 21 to deliver the Secretary's oral message on Iraq (Ref C) and to get a Turkish readout of the Talabani/IGC visit (Ref A). Burcuoglu pointed to the CPA-IGC agreement's reference to a federal structure, suggesting that [...]
2003-11-28 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7378TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]
2003-12-02 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7446UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE
[...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]
2003-12-04 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-05 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7510SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]
2003-12-08 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7538ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-09 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7738AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized to Interior Minister Aksu U.S. willingness to offer FBI-sponsored training and to arrange visits to the U.S. terrorism counterintelligence center. Ambassador also raised concerns about Turkish airport security and lack of visa requirement for Iranians. Aks [...]
2003-12-18 09:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA77692003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-19 09:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA7788NEW TURKISH ACTION REQUEST AGAINST PKK/KADEK/KONGRA GEL IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Following our delivery of summary of ref (A) USG demarche to EU capitals on extending terrorist designation of KADEK/KONGRA GEL (septel),MFA DDG for counter-terrorism Asya passed over the a non-paper (para 2) which he said the Turkish General Staff had requested he forward. He asked that the U [...]
2003-12-19 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
03ANKARA7793ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-19 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA783ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-30 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7850ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-22 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7878AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]
2003-12-23 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7933ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-24 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7972ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-29 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA800NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK'S BARHAM SALIH: WORRIES OF
[...] (S) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih briefed Operation Northern Watch POLAD in Ankara Jan. 29 and 31 on his recent travel in Europe and his Jan. 30 meetings with Turkish officials. Salih said his talks with Turks were mostly positive, with the exception of the T [...]
2003-01-31 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF PTER
03ANKARA859NORTHERN IRAQ: MULTIPARTY TALKS (V) - TURKS
[...] (S) DCM met MFA DG for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu February 3 to discuss the upcoming multi-party talks per Ref A. Burcuoglu said the Turks would set up separate bilats for Amb. Khalilzad and his delegation at MFA and at TGS on February 5. For the multi-party talks on Feb. 6, Burcuoglu sai [...]
2003-02-03 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA87ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-03 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA964HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]
2003-02-07 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA971ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-07 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03BEIRUT3697FORMER HIZBALLAH LEADER RESURFACES TO DENOUNCE ...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPEAKING AT THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER HIZBALLAH SECRETARY GENERAL SHAYKH SUBHI TUFAYLI DENOUNCED GOL OFFICIALS AS "MONSTERS," HIZBALLAH AS "BORDER GUARDS FOR ISRAEL," AND IRAN AS AN ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN TWO YEARS BY TUFAYLI, [...]
2003-09-10 14:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR KISL IR LE SY
03BEIRUT4562LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]
2003-10-28 17:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03BEIRUT5034LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 15:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER LE
03BRUSSELS4996PARIS PACT ROUNDTABLE ON IRAN
[...] Summary. The second roundtable convened by the "Paris Pact" for countries affected by the Afghanistan Opium Economy was held at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization in Brussels on October 15. This meeting was a considerable improvement over the first roundtable on the Balkans h [...]
2003-10-28 08:14:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF KCRM SNAR IR RS XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5596EU-IRAN: SOLANA'S JANUARY TRIP TO TEHRAN
[...] (C) EU FM'S ON DECEMBER 9 INVITED EU HIGH REP SOLANA TO VISIT TEHRAN IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS ALL ASPECTS OF EU RELATIONS WITH IRAN. ACCORDING TO BJORN LARRSON, SOLANA'S IRAN/IRAQ POLICY ADVISOR (PROTECT),SOLANA WILL TRAVEL TO TEHRAN IN THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY IN PART TO FOLLOW UP ON THE E [...]
2003-12-11 15:48:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KNNP AA
03BRUSSELS5635TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (list of participants in paras 20-21). The six members of Congress and ten members of the European Parliament (MEP's) reviewed the draft EU Constitutional Trea [...]
2003-12-16 12:23:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1389INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 07:10:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1513RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CLUSTER HOUSING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has one residential cluster housing compound for American employees of the IBB (VOA) remote broadcasting site. 2. (SBU) The compound is located in the town of Negombo, about halfway between the IBB site in Iranawila and Colombo. Negombo is 1.5 hours north of Colombo, [...]
2003-08-29 09:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
03COLOMBO1523SOURCE REPORT FROM MALDIVES
[...] (C) On 09/02/2003, RSO Colombo received a letter dated 08/13/2003 and addressed to the RSO from an unknown Source who identified himself as Tuan Preena Rashid SALIM, Helengeli Tourist Village, North Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives. The essential text of the letter, written in poor English, is [...]
2003-09-02 13:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1850 Colombo Plan: Action Request regarding
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- please see Para Four. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Poloff attended a September 16 Colombo Plan meeting to discuss the postponed biennial Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) of the Colombo Plan (CCM) (the CCM is the highest level meeting of the Colombo Plan). T [...]
2003-10-27 09:23:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR CE CB MG VM
03COLOMBO1977 Mission conveys UNGA Third Committee Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-17 10:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO1991 Colombo Plan: Report on November 18 Special
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On November 18, the Colombo Plan Council held a Special Session to address pressing matters in the wake of the postponed 39th Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM),originally scheduled for April 2003, in [...]
2003-11-18 12:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AORC CE
03COLOMBO239 Colombo Plan: Consensus emerging on
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. (C) Poloff attended a February 11 Colombo Plan meeting focused on selecting a new secretary general of the organization. (Note: The new secretary general, who will serve a four-year term, will take over in June from the current incu [...]
2003-02-11 11:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC EAID SNAR CE TH IR
03COLOMBO463 MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ
[...] On 3/20 the ISLAND (opposition daily, islandwide circulation) said "there is no doubt which way the war will go," but predicted that it will not only "bring about radical changes in the politics of ... the Middle East but ... will also turn the new political order ... topsy turvy," as the "the [...]
2003-03-20 06:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO546COLOMBO EAC MEETING APRIL 1, 2003
[...] (SBU) On April 1, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC discussed the 2000-person protest on March 28 and agreed that despite the use of tear gas to disperse the crowd, the situation i [...]
2003-04-01 07:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO650 MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ - 4/11/03
[...] In Sri Lanka the 4/11 front pages anticipate -- and celebrate -- a conclusion to the conflict in Iraq. They also ponder post-war scenarios. "America to hoist flag of victory very soon" says a Sinhala daily. "Pentagon studying whether to announce end of war" and "100 Iraqi tanks in American [...]
2003-04-16 00:55:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03DAMASCUS6920ASAD: HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND?
[...] (C) Summary. During a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on November 30, Syrian President Asad asked former NEA A/S Richard Murphy for advice on what could be done to improve US-Syrian relations and how Asad could expand his contacts with US media. (Asad had just completed his interview with the N [...]
2003-12-02 13:25:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MEPP PTER LE IZ IS SY
03DUBAI2696IRANIANS EAGER TO JOIN THE INFORMATION AGE, BUT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING CONSUL GENERAL JOHN LANCIA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN USE OF THE INTERNET AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND THE TREND LOOKS SET TO CONTINUE. CONOFF SPOKE WITH A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND AN INTERNET/TELECOM COMPANY OWNER IN MA [...]
2003-06-28 11:34:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR TC
03FRANKFURT5937"RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a major social problem in Germany. Newcomers' lack of German language skills makes them unemployable and drug-related crimes and ghettoization are endemic among Aus [...]
2003-07-21 13:50:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM
03HANOI264 VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK),Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...]
2003-02-06 09:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK
03HANOI2860VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...]
2003-11-07 02:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR
03HANOI517 VIETNAM VIEWS ON NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the GVN's perspective, the recently concluded Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kuala Lumpur demonstrated that NAM continues to "revitalize and unify." While NAM came out strongly against a war on Iraq, Vietnamese officials did not view the conference as "anti- American." [...]
2003-03-05 08:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID VM NAM ASEAN
03HARARE13MEDIA REACTION: U.S./IRAQ/NORTH KOREA STANDOFF;
[...] With headline "Under the specter of a third world war," the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its January 5 editorial to encouraging the United States, at a time when a military showdown against Iraq seems inevitable, to resolve the nuclear sta [...]
2003-01-06 08:52:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1467MEDIA REPORT U. S./ ZIM RELATIONS; HARARE
[...] Back-to-back leading articles in the July 20 and 21 editions of the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" and its sister daily "The Daily News," respectively, focus on the failing relations between the United States and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Th [...]
2003-07-21 10:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1477MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH ON "CAPTIVE NATIONS
[...] Under headline "Africa must resist" the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its July 20 editorial to criticizing President George W. Bush for including Zimbabwe on the list of country's he said, in a proclamation to mark "Captive [...]
2003-07-23 08:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1536MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER FIRE; HARARE
[...] Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the United States and Britain of toughening "their hostility towards Zimbabwe," by "churning out propaganda about regime change" through the Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 channel on Zimbabwe. S [...]
2003-07-30 12:27:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1979MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR U. N. REFORM; HARARE
[...] Under headline "The U. N. must reform or die" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" (circulation 50,000 - 60,000) dedicated its September 28 editorial to call for the restructuring of the United Nations. The editorial comes hard on the heels of Robert Mugabe' [...]
2003-09-30 11:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2289MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER HEAVY FIRE
[...] Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 program on Zimbabwe made the hub of the lead story carried in the November 23 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (circulation 55 - 70,000),in which the United States Government is slammed for allegedly setti [...]
2003-11-25 07:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE304MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "U.N. must not allow U. S. to start war" the government-controlled daily dedicated its February 11 editorial to urging the United Nations to restrain the United States from attacking Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "The tug-of-war between the United St [...]
2003-02-12 06:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE676MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "U.N. must stop murder of innocent civilians" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 4 editorial to label President Bush and Tony Blair as "the real terrorists." Excerpts: 2. ". . .It is sad that the American and British inva [...]
2003-04-04 10:33:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HELSINKI262AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN
[...] (C) ON MARCH 4 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON PRESIDENT HALONEN FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL AGENDA. IRAQ WAS THE CHIEF TOPIC. THE AMBASSADOR BEGAN BY THANKING THE PRESIDENT FOR HER RECENT FIRM PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESOLVING THE CRIS [...]
2003-03-07 14:58:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ CH FI
03ISLAMABAD89502003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-01 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PK
03ISTANBUL1760TURKEY: A NEW FRONT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERROR
[...] (U) Summary: Istanbul is slowly recovering from the shock of two separate sets of terrorist bombings that claimed over 50 lives and wounded 750 in one week. Although both the synagogue bombings (ref a) and the latest bombings of the British Consulate and HSBC Turkey headquarters (ref b) appear [...]
2003-11-26 11:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1821U/S GROSSMAN'S 12/9/03 MEETING WITH ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Grossman met with the Governor of Istanbul to express U.S. solidarity with the people of Istanbul and Turkey, and our ongoing cooperation in the war on terror. Guler outlined a series of "lessons learned" from the attacks, and expressed optimism that Turkey would be better pr [...]
2003-12-11 10:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALASEC OVIP PGOV PREL TU
03ISTANBUL386PUSHING BACK ON CENSORSHIP: "ARARAT" AND FREEDOM
[...] (U) Summary: Istanbul contacts claim the overall climate for free expression continues to improve. While the GOT continues to censor works dealing with the Kurdish issue and other sensitive topics, improvements in legislation have strengthened the underlying legal basis for freedom of express [...]
2003-03-24 11:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM TK
03KABUL1226AMBASSADOR'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Afghan Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Sayed Hussain Anwari on May 2. Anwari requested the Ambassador,s intervention on eight areas of need for the Ministry. First, the Minister requested help in establishing an Institute for Livestock Research. Second, the Mini [...]
2003-05-12 02:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON AF
03KABUL1560PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...]
2003-06-05 13:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR
03KUWAIT1001KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 19: PRESIDENT BUSH'S
[...] Summary: President Bush's call for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq within 48 hours was echoed by Kuwait's National Assembly on March 18. Commentators point out that the President's ultimatum reflects the proposal of Oman's Sheikh Zayed for Saddam's exile, but that the time for that [...]
2003-03-20 04:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1022KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21: WAR IN IRAQ; POST-
[...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators who have viewed the end of Saddam's regime as a fait accompli for months look in greater detail at issues in post-Saddam Iraq. Pushing aside any thought of generous gestures, one writer states that Kuwait should not waive the financial compensation it has coming [...]
2003-03-21 19:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT104(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...]
2003-01-14 07:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC
03KUWAIT1048KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]
2003-03-23 17:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1104 USAID/DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE
[...] There has been no new influx of IDPs in northern Iraq since Iraq closed and mined the roads from the South. The ICRC confirmed that movements in the Kurdish-controlled areas were small compared to recent media reports. On 24 March MCI reported that people have begun returning to Sulaimaniyah [...]
2003-03-26 16:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT115BAGHDAD ON HIS MIND: GOK'S PRE-OCCUPATION WITH IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with a visiting delegation led by former US senior diplomat Frank Wisner, Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah shared candid views on pressing priorities for his government. Discussion centered on four main themes: Sa [...]
2003-01-15 09:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR KU
03KUWAIT1207KUWAITI YUPPIES LOOK BEYOND THE LONG-AWAITED WAR
[...] SUMMARY: Where reftels analyzed how the US-led war against Iraq might affect Kuwait's political and economic landscape in general, this cable examines perceptions of a specific sector of society -- young, upwardly-mobile, democratically-minded professionals. At an informal dinner, EmbOffs me [...]
2003-04-02 11:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1251 TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003
[...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis ------------------------ POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS ------------------------ 2. A spokesman from the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) reporte 3. In a meeting with the DART on March 29, the Head of the United Na [...]
2003-04-05 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1256 TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003
[...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis fleeing Basrah. On 31 March, Coalition forces deemed the coastal land route to Umm Qasr a permissive environment. NGO convoys traveling to Umm Qasr will need to coordinate their movements through the HOC. On 3 March, UNICEF r [...]
2003-04-06 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1273FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...]
2003-04-06 11:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL CASC KU
03KUWAIT138GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY; INFLUENTIAL KUWAITI
[...] (U) This message contains biographical information. Please see para. 8 for biographical information. 2. (C) Summary. Faced with ineffectual political leadership, some of the large commercial families of Kuwait have stepped into the political fray to derail the rising tide of Islamism here, [...]
2003-01-15 12:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
03KUWAIT1826 TFIZ01: DART REPORT ON WFP/UNICEF & NGO FOOD AND
[...] The DART met with WFP, UNICEF, and several NGOs on 28 April to discuss developments in the food and nutrition sectors. Of primary interest were WFP's assessment of Ministry of Trade (MOT) capacity in Basrah and IMC's assessment in the Amarah-Al Kut corridor. End Summary. ----------------- [...]
2003-05-04 12:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1842KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI
[...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]
2003-05-05 12:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1848(S/NF) IRANIAN PROTEST PLANNERS MEET WITH
[...] (S/NF) Poloff spoke with Washington-based American-Iranian activist Mark Namdar (strictly protect) on May 3, 2003. Mr. Namdar serves as an unofficial spokesman and intermediary for U.S.-based Iranian student movement leader and political asylee Reza Mohajeri-Nejad. Mr. Namdar claims that th [...]
2003-05-05 13:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR
03KUWAIT1914KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 7: DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ;
[...] SUMMARY: A strong call for the end of the Arab League appears on the commentary pages, citing the League's repeated failures to solve Arab problems or maintain Arab unity, most prominently during the Iraq crisis. Arab satellite news channels are attacked for the negative tone of their covera [...]
2003-05-07 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1931 TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE
[...] The situation in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq remains calm. The security level above the former "green line" has been declared permissive. CMOC has declared Kirkuk to be permissive and Mosul to be semi-permissive during daylight hours. Confusion as to which political body [...]
2003-05-10 09:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2062KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI
[...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...]
2003-05-14 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2103 IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ
[...] An estimated 7,000 Iranian refugees live in Iraq, mostly in settlements from Al Amarah to Al Kut. Life for them has become more precarious with the defeat of the former regime. When most arrived in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war 23 years ago, the regime rewarded refugees with parcels of land. [...]
2003-05-19 07:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2108 DART ASSESSMENT OF AL TASH REFUGEE CAMP
[...] The DART conducted an assessment of the Al Tash Refugee Camp near Ar Ramadi on 9 May. Based on meetings with the camp council and movement through the camp, the DART determined there is not a critical humanitarian situation within the camp. End Summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- [...]
2003-05-19 07:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2138 OLD CASELOAD IDPS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
[...] DART Field Team South met on 6 May with two extended families and their neighbors in a poor section of Basrah to assess their water and food needs. Most inhabitants of the area are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),some of who have been squatting on other people's land since the Iran- Ira [...]
2003-05-20 09:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2276IRAQ'S SHIA HEARTLAND: PROMINENT SHIA SHARES
[...] (S) Summary: One week after returning to Iraq, noted Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum and his party are encountering an Iraqi populace disillusioned with the lack of security and disgruntled at the fact that Ba'ath Party members still hold positions of power, according to Kuwaiti Shia busine [...]
2003-05-28 06:10:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU IR
03KUWAIT2298 DART REPORT ON MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAQ
[...] This is a DART report. Muslim fundamentalists are among the groups maneuvering for power in southern Iraq, traditionally the most conservative region of the country. Some conservative Muslims are threatening and harassing the country's Christian minority and instigating reprisals against for [...]
2003-05-28 16:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2300 DART REPORT: IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ
[...] This is a DART report. Several thousand Iranian refugees are being pressured to leave their homes in Iraq and return to Iran, where some fear they will be killed, jailed, or face other repressive measures by the Government of Iran. Since the Coalition defeated the former Government of Iraq, [...]
2003-05-29 05:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2402 DART ASSESSMENT OF AL KUT
[...] DART Field Team South visited Al Kut from 20 to 22 May and participated in three assistance coordination meetings that regularly take place in the city. The meetings provided an overview of the issues and needs currently being addressed in Wasit Governorate by Coalition forces, local Iraqi l [...]
2003-06-03 10:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2413 DART CORRIDOR UPDATE: MOVING WFP FOOD COMMODITIES
[...] To reach the monthly tonnage of 487,000 MT of food commodities needed for the first nationwide public distribution since the war, WFP had hoped to transport 30,000 MT of food every day into Iraq. Due to a combination of factors, including insecurity on the roads, insecure and damaged warehou [...]
2003-06-03 10:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2638 DART REPORT ON DOCUMENTATION LOSS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
[...] The pervasive looting that occurred throughout Iraq in the wake of the conflict created several challenges for future humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. One of those challenges affecting many sectors was the loss of official documentation for identification and operational pu [...]
2003-06-16 15:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2657KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 14-16: ISRAELI
[...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's State Minister for Foreign Affairs condemned the June 10 attack by Israeli helicopters that injured senior Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Al-Rantissi as "terrorism." One conservative writer calls for Jihad as the only option for Palestinians in an editorial titled, "No Peace With [...]
2003-06-17 12:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2789 DART FOOD UPDATE IN THE NORTH
[...] Nearly 400 WFP-contracted trucks from Syria with approximately 16,000 metric tons (MT) of bulk wheat grain have arrived at the Kirkuk silo complex since 12 June. WFP expects to be able soon to offload 6,000 MT per day at the Kirkuk silo. Food distributions are proceeding apace in Kirkuk an [...]
2003-06-23 15:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2790 DART UPDATE ON MARSH ARAB SETTLEMENTS
[...] DART members from Kuwait City made several visits to Marsh Arab settlements in Maysan governorate between 4 and 9 June, including Al Amarah, the governorate's capital, and Al Khaila, a non-Marsh Arab community east of the Maimona "River of Honor". DART members were sometimes accompanied by [...]
2003-06-23 15:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2908KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...]
2003-06-30 16:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3267KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 14-21: WOMEN'S
[...] SUMMARY: On July 14, Kuwaiti Islamist commentator (and regular al-Jazeera talking head) Mohammed al-Awadi wrote an editorial directed at US Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H. Jones, urging the Ambassador to stop "interfering" in Kuwait's internal affairs, warning that "someone might lose contro [...]
2003-07-21 15:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3316KUWAIT FORMS HIGH-LEVEL IAWG TO EXPLOIT GOVERNMENT
[...] Summary. Kuwait has inaugurated a high-level interagency working group to coordinate government and private sector programs for participation in the reconstruction of Iraq. Embassy and GOK interlocutors see this development as an excellent opportunity to promote the economic and regulatory r [...]
2003-07-26 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN PREL PGOV KU IZ
03KUWAIT3358KUWAIT AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE
[...] (C) Kuwait and the United States have been full partners in the defense of Kuwait since the 1990-91 Gulf War. Beginning with the liberation of Kuwait, the fruits of this partnership have included the decade long successful containment of Saddam Hussein's quest for weapons of mass destruction [...]
2003-07-27 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL IZ IR KU
03KUWAIT3441KUWAIT RESPONSE TO IAEA REPORT REQUEST
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of IAEA Director Dr. ElBaradei's upcoming report on Iran's nuclear program (reftel) with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah during their July 27 meeting. 2. (C) Jarallah was supportive of the USG position, and said he welcomed the reaction [...]
2003-07-30 06:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IR
03KUWAIT3534(C) MINISTER SHARAR URGES ACTION ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and National Assembly Affairs Sharar told the Ambassador August 2 that Kuwaitis look to the US to ensure due process for Guantanamo detainees (which include 12 Kuwaitis). They discussed the GOK's prospects for cooperation with the newly-ele [...]
2003-08-04 08:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT3536(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT
[...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...]
2003-08-04 10:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3750GOK SUPPORTS CONTESTED UNCC CLAIM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA IO Division Acting Director Ambassador Aqeel Behbehani contacted PolChief on August 16 to express the GOK's official support for a United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) claim by prominent Kuwaiti businessman Jawad Bu Kham [...]
2003-08-17 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKUNC PREL KU
03KUWAIT3830KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN
[...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...]
2003-08-20 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3946KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN
[...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...]
2003-08-26 09:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3950(U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...]
2003-08-26 12:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT4078(U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...]
2003-09-04 18:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA
03KUWAIT4433 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-24 14:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4459(C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...]
2003-09-29 08:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT4467KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29:
[...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...]
2003-09-29 16:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4532(C) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AWQAF MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullah al-Maatouq, September 30. The Minister praised the US liberation of Iraq, jumped at the offer to work with PAO to re-organize a visit of Ministry staff to the US, which he h [...]
2003-10-01 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT4534(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES IRAN/IAEA
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah told the Ambassador September 30 that Kuwait has told Iran it must sign the NPT Additional Protocol (AP),and he expects the GCC states to press this point at the OIC Summit in Kuala Lumpur. He also expects Iran to make a big push for support at [...]
2003-10-01 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR KU IAEA
03KUWAIT4613(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]
2003-10-08 05:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU
03KUWAIT4629 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 4-7: WMD IN IRAQ;
[...] News Stories: Al-Rai Al-Aam reports on (10/7) that Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed, reassured the families of the Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees that he spoke to USG officials about this issue and that they were "understanding." All newspapers reported (10/7) that Kuwait urged the UN [...]
2003-10-08 11:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4683(C) IRAN: GOK PESSIMISTIC, BUT REMAINS ENGAGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK sees no short-term hope that Iranian reformists will be able to challenge the conservative mullahs effectively, but intends to remain engaged with Tehran. It claims to have told Iran the international community is united on the need for it to comply with IAEA conditions [...]
2003-10-14 12:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR KU IAEA
03KUWAIT4959 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 17-26: IRAQ: MADRID
[...] SUMMARY: Some MPs oppose Kuwait's support of Iraqi reconstruction, saying money should not be given to the "enemy occupier." A liberal commentator writes that Islamists reject the aid because they are opposed to "liberal concepts." Another comments on the memo by Secretary of Defense Rumsfel [...]
2003-10-28 12:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4960SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador during an October 28 telephone conversation that Syria has invited Foreign Ministers from states bordering Iraq to a meeting in Damascus on November 1 to discuss Iraq. Ja [...]
2003-10-28 12:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03KUWAIT4990 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ
[...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...]
2003-10-30 04:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT5057(C) IRAQ: GOK WANTS TO REBUILD PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sh. Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told the Ambassador Kuwait wants to coordinate with Iraqis on its remaining half-billion dollar pledge, to ensure the money helps rebuild ties between the two peoples. He said the GOK is encouraging involvement by the [...]
2003-11-04 08:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SY IZ KU
03KUWAIT509MANAGING A NEW IRAQ
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a private dinner with two prominent Kuwaiti businessmen -- one Islamist, the other liberal -- the topic of conversation centered on doing business in post-Saddam Iraq. This pair of 40-something movers-and-shakers was extremely interested to know who will run economic an [...]
2003-02-09 08:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT5129(C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...]
2003-11-10 05:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU
03KUWAIT5184KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 12: NOV. 6 POTUS SPEEC
[...] President Bush's November 6 NED speech has garnered mixed placement in Kuwait's Arabic press, with some major papers putting the speech in the back pages of the international section as opposed to the front-page treatment POTUS statements are usually accorded in Kuwait. (Comment: we think this [...]
2003-11-12 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5342(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]
2003-11-22 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY
03KUWAIT5381KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL
[...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...]
2003-11-24 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5454(U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told CPA and KBR representatives that they are willing and able to deliver more fuel to Iraq, and that the GOK considers this a high priority. Increases in most fu [...]
2003-12-03 09:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ
03KUWAIT5719(U) IRAN TO PROVIDE KUWAIT WITH FRESH WATER
[...] (C) Summary: The December 13 Kuwaiti-Iranian water importation agreement lays the foundation for Iran to begin supplying Kuwait with up to 900,000 cubic meters (over 200 million imperial gallons) of fresh water per day for a 30-year period. This would significantly increase Kuwait,s supply o [...]
2003-12-17 11:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EMIN ETRD KU IR
03KUWAIT5756(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]
2003-12-20 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03KUWAIT5807KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC
[...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communique issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communique. Among the points of the communique highlighted i [...]
2003-12-27 10:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5808KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC
[...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communiqu issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communiqu. Among the points of the communiqu highlighted in t [...]
2003-12-27 10:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5841CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM
[...] Summary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regional political reform. During the two-day conference, entitled The Role of Islamic Groups in the Political Reform Process in the Middle East and sponsored by [...]
2003-12-29 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PREL KU
03KUWAIT595EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH
[...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...]
2003-02-18 09:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU
03KUWAIT626(C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...]
2003-02-19 18:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT666DEMARCHES CONCERNING IAEA DG ELBARADEI'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-23 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALIR KN KNNP PARM PREL RS IAEA NACB
03KUWAIT753KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-03 12:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT861(C) ICJ OIL PLATFORMS CASE
[...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA has faxed us a dipnote that we are forwarding by fax to NEA/ARP, which states officially that Kuwait was a neutral during the Iran-Iraq war. MFA has also identified a point of contact, former legal adviser and current MFA official with rank of Ambassador, Dr. T [...]
2003-03-11 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU ICJ
03KUWAIT920KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR
[...] SUMMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Emergency Response Committee tasked with protecting the country's environment. Still stinging from the devastating consequences of Saddam's campaign of "environ [...]
2003-03-16 04:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPET KU
03KUWAIT944KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 16: IRAQ; FRENCH
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators lash out at France as the embodiment of opposition to war against Saddam's regime. The Arab League delegation to the US, and possibly to Baghdad, is derided as a "tour group." In an op/ed entitled "A Leader is Needed at the White House," one commentator remarks [...]
2003-03-17 04:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03MONTREAL4APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING
[...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...]
2003-01-03 21:27:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA
03NASSAU586CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]
2003-03-18 16:47:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF ECON EFIN PREL CARICOM
03OTTAWA1014CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...]
2003-04-08 21:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1022IAEA/IRAN: CANADIAN DEMARCHE TO EL-BARADEI
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-09 16:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ENRG IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA1123CANADA-U.S SECURITY RELATIONS - GETTING PAST IRAQ
[...] (C) With U.S.-Canada relations in flux and the role of the United Nations in question, Canadian foreign policy is at a crossroads. The postponement of the President's state visit to Ottawa, after Canada chose not to participate in Iraq and senior GoC officials criticized the U.S.-led effort, h [...]
2003-04-22 12:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CA IZ
03OTTAWA1333NPT: IRAN'S BOGUS CLAIMS OF CANADIAN NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-09 19:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC IR CA NPT
03OTTAWA1556IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: CANADA PUSHING HARD
[...] (C) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham met with Iranian FM Kharazzi May 24 in Paris, and stressed Canada's strong concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, said Graham told Kharazzi that Iran's May 6 presentation at the IAEA ga [...]
2003-05-30 20:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR CA
03OTTAWA1670IAEA/IRAN: CANADA SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS
[...] (C) Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu told DCM on June 12 that Canada will support our efforts to get a formal resolution on Iran at the June 16 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (ref. A). Despite the Canadian delegation's skepticism in Vienna that such a resolution will be attaina [...]
2003-06-12 21:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA1875IAEA/IRAN: CANADIAN VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Canada would support a summer IAEA Board meeting (reftel) so long as there is consensus for a resolution or other strong statement at that meeting on the Iranian nuclear program. Ron Stansfield, Foreign Affairs' Acting Director for Nuclear and Chemical Disarmament, told us on July 2 that [...]
2003-07-02 20:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2109CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]
2003-07-23 20:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR CA
03OTTAWA2115IAEA/IRAN: CANADA AGREES ON NEED TO MOVE UP EL
[...] (C) Canada agrees with us that the IAEA Director General's next report on Iran needs to be issued prior to August 29 in order to mount an effective campaign before the September 8-12 Board of Governors meeting (ref. A),but believes that August 15 may not be feasible. Terry Wood, Foreign Affai [...]
2003-07-24 18:17:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2121CANADIAN RESPONSE TO UNGA INITIATIVES-PART II
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian response to U.S. priority initiatives for the UNGA 58 (ref A) was largely supportive. The GOC, however, hoped the U.S. would show more flexibility on the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The GOC was also uncertain about its stance on a human right [...]
2003-07-24 19:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CA UNGA AROC UNAUS
03OTTAWA2174 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...]
2003-07-31 16:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2355IRAN: CANADA WOULD SUPPORT IAEA NON-COMPLIANCE
[...] (C) Canada's Foreign Ministry (DFAIT) informed us on August 15 that should the USG decide to press for a resolution of non-compliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Canada will "fully and actively" support us. Foreign Minister Graham has written to IAEA DG El Baradei, urgin [...]
2003-08-18 21:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKNNP PHUM IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2388 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA
[...] "Rebuilding Iraq remains crucial" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/21): "Horrific as Tuesday's bomb attack was on Iraq's United Nations headquarters, no one who has followed events in that country can be surprised that matters have taken a turn for the worse. From the moment the United S [...]
2003-08-21 19:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2429 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...]
2003-08-26 12:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2452 MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST
[...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...]
2003-08-27 20:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2453CANADA SUPPORTS IRAN NONCOMPLIANCE RESOLUTION AT
[...] (C) Canadian DFAIT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Terry Wood assured us that the GOC fully supports a finding of noncompliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting and wants to assist in any way possible. Though Canada already was inclined to support a resolution, Wood s [...]
2003-08-27 20:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IAEA
03OTTAWA533CANADA ON IAEA DG EL BARADEI'S VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns over Iran's nuclear program (reftel),and will continue pushing for a tough approach to Tehran by the IAEA. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, told us on February 21 that Canada believes Iran is technically in breach of its [...]
2003-02-25 20:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM IR CA
03OTTAWA659 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY
[...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...]
2003-03-10 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA660 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY
[...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...]
2003-03-10 20:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA703CANADA ON NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS
[...] (S) Canada shares our strong concerns about the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, and believes that Iran will be emboldened if North Korea abandons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). We discussed reftel messages with Marc Vidricaire, Director of the Nuclear and Chemical Disarmamen [...]
2003-03-13 23:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL KNNP PARM KN IR CA NPT
03OTTAWA708CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...]
2003-03-14 17:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA963CANADA TO RAISE IRAN CONCERNS - AGAIN - WITH
[...] (C) In response to Under Secretary Bolton's request, Canada will make reftel demarche to IAEA Director General El-Baradei as soon as possible through the Canadian Head of Mission in Vienna. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, told us that the more Canada learns [...]
2003-04-03 21:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ENRG IR CA IAEA
03PRETORIA5198SOUTH AFRICA AND HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD, HIZBULLAH
[...] (C) THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TALKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD AND HIZBULLAH AT THE DIRECT REQUEST OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) LEADERS SUCH AS ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALLAH, ACCORDING TO SAG FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIRECT [...]
2003-09-26 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS SF
03ROME1100IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TELLS GOI IRAN WOULDN'T MIND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-17 16:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1168CHR-59: ITALIANS SUPPORT VIRTUALLY ALL U.S.
[...] (U) ITALY LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES AND PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT CHR-59, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US MARCH 19. RESPONDING TO OUR MARCH 13 DEMARCHE (CALVETTA WAS UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 19TH),CALVETTA SAID THE MFA WAS PLEASED WITH THE EXPANDED U. [...]
2003-03-20 16:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM IT UNHRC AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME1220WFP TO LAUNCH IRAQ REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR
[...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WILL, SUBJECT TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01220 01 OF 05 241311Z THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE UN COLLECTIVE APPEAL FOR IRAQ, RELEASE A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR IRAQ VALUED AT U.S. [...]
2003-03-24 13:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME1228S63-03 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW
[...] (S) ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON MARCH 21. DE MOHR (WHO HAS REASSUMED HIS POSITION FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ABSENCE) WELCOMED THE RECEIPT OF FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE U.S., FOLLOWING UP TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS AMONG AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERS OF [...]
2003-03-24 16:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1230TFIZ01: ITALY TO ESTABLISH IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) IN A MARCH 21 MEETING WITH POL MINCOUNS AND ECONOFF, ANTONIO BADINI, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, SAID THAT HE WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING HIS TRIP THIS WEEK TO WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. BADINI HAS YET TO ESTABLISH [...]
2003-03-24 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1344IRAQI FINANCIAL DEBT TO ITALY
[...] (SBU) DESPITE ITALIAN MEDIA CLAIMS THAT IRAQI DEBT TO ITALY IS E7 BILLION, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD US THAT THE AMOUNT IS CLOSER TO E1.3 BILLION. MOST OF THE DEBT RELATES TO A MID-1980S IRAQI ORDER OF FOUR FRIGATES, WHICH WERE NEVER DELIVERED BECAUSE OF A SUBSEQUENT UN EMBARGO. THE GOI ASSUME [...]
2003-03-28 16:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1380FAO RIGHT TO FOOD WORKING GROUP: REPORT OF FIRST
[...] SUMMARY: THE FIRST SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01380 01 OF 03 011149Z WORKING GROUP FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FO [...]
2003-04-01 11:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR FAO
03ROME1502MTAG 05-96: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER
[...] (S) ECONOFF AND UK EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER NICK HOPTON DELIVERED REFTEL MESSAGE TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON APRIL 8. OUR MEETING FOLLOWED THE APRIL 7 MEETING BETWEEN UK EMBASSY DCM SCOTT WIGHTMAN WITH THE PM'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE ON THE SAME ISS [...]
2003-04-08 16:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1564U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON BRIEFED SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON IRAQ, NORTH KOREAN, IRAN AND OTHER NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES IN ROME ON APRIL 9, FOLLOWING HIS MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN (REPORTED SEPTEL). THE ITALIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO REPAIR RIFTS IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE, PARTICULARLY D [...]
2003-04-11 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL IT
03ROME1568ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS
[...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...]
2003-04-11 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL
03ROME1605MTAG 05-96: GOI HALTS MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER
[...] (S) ECONOFFS MET APRIL 15 WITH GIANPAOLO SCARANTE, DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUED SERIOUS USG CONCERNS REGARDING THE EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBERS FROM ITALY'S MAZZALI SYSTEMS TO IRAN'S SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT INCORPORATED (REF A). SCARANTE WAS VERY FAMILIAR [...]
2003-04-15 13:04:00Embassy RomeSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1625ITALIAN REQUEST FOR EU EXCEPTION TO LIBYA ARMS
[...] (SBU) ON THE BASIS OF REF EMAIL, ECMIN RAISED RECENT REPORTS THAT THE GOI HAD ASKED THE EU TO RELAX THE ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST LIBYA DURING AN APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST ANTONIO BADINI. 2. (C) BADINI CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS CORRECT, EXPLAINING THAT A FEW WE [...]
2003-04-16 08:33:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC EU IT LY PREL EUN
03ROME1890FAO RIGHT TO FOOD WORKING GROUP: INTERSESSIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET APRIL 28, 2003. THE BUREAU PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO THE SECRETARIAT ON [...]
2003-05-05 05:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR FAO
03ROME209ITALIAN BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA
[...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO REF A, ECONOFF MET JANUARY 14 WITH MFA NP COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR TO ONCE AGAIN EXPRESS STRONG U.S. CONCERNS OVER THE SALE OF HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM ITALIAN FIRMS TO IRAN, AND TO INQUIRE WHETHER ANY SUCH VESSELS HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO IRAN. (REFS D-G CHRONICLE OUR PREVI [...]
2003-01-16 16:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PREL IT IR LY EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME218WFP REPORTS ON GENEVA MEETING ON IRAQ AND
[...] (S) U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN IRAQ, RAMIRO LOPES DA SILVA, REPORTS THAT THE FRAGILITY OF THE IRAQI SOCIETY IS EXTREME AND MILITARY ACTION THAT DISRUPTS THE CURRENT SYSTEMS WILL CREATE A DISASTROUS SITUATION. THE U.N. IS PLANNING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NORTH WILL BE SHIELDED FROM MI [...]
2003-01-17 15:07:00Embassy RomeSECRETAORC EAGR EAID EU KUNR PHUM PREF WFP
03ROME226ITALY IMPOUNDS LIBYA-BOUND CARGO OF MORPHOLINE
[...] (S) THIS MESSAGE SUPPLEMENTS OFFICIAL GOI INFORMATION IN JANUARY 16-17 PRESS REPORTS THAT, IN DECEMBER, 2002, THE ITALIAN FINANCE POLICE (GUARDIA DI FINANZA/GDF) SEIZED IN THE PORT OF GENOA CONTAINERS CONTAINING THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE MORPHOLINE. 2. (S) EMBASSY LEGATT ON JANUARY 17 WAS T [...]
2003-01-17 18:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL IT BE LY GM IR MT UN
03ROME2299PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]
2003-05-23 11:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2340ALENIA-SPAZIO AND CHINA: DELIVERY OF A/S
[...] (S) ECMIN, JOINED BY SCICOUNS, DELIVERED A/S BLOOMFIELD'S LETTER AND ACCOMPANYING NON-PAPER ON MAY 23 TO MFA DIRGEN FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO. ECMIN NOTED THAT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS HAD APPRECIATED THE FEBRUARY APPROACH BY GOI AND ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT USG [...]
2003-05-28 10:05:00Embassy RomeSECRETCH ETTC IR IT PREL EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME244ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...]
2003-01-21 13:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT
03ROME2598ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. Its significant presence in the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is complemented by expansion within Europe, including recent acquisitions in Spain a [...]
2003-06-10 17:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT
03ROME2728USING SOME OF IRAQ'S FROZEN ASSETS IN ITALY
[...] (C) ON JUNE 12, LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, ASKED TO MEET WITH POL NEA WATCHER TO DISCUSS THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE TWO "IRAQI" WARSHIPS KEPT IN THE ITALIAN PORT OF LA SPEZIA. (NOTE: IN THE MID-1980S, FINCANTIERI, A GOI-CONTROLLED SHIPYARD COMPANY, BUILT FOUR LUPO FRI [...]
2003-06-17 09:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME3111 REPORT OF 124TH FAO COUNCIL
[...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council met June 23-28 in Rome. In a successful outcome to a four-year campaign by assorted OECD members, the Council agreed to transmit to the 32nd FAO Conference an amendment to the FAO Basic Texts to introduce a [...]
2003-07-09 05:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME3200CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]
2003-07-14 12:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU IT EUN
03ROME3214MID-EAST PEACE PROCESS: WHAT TO EXPECT OF ITALY AS
[...] (C) Summary: Italy has identified the MidEast Peace Process as among its top foreign policy priorities during its EU Presidency (July-December 2003). PM Berlusconi has consciously upgraded Italy's relations with Israel to balance its traditional close ties to the Palestinians and make the GOI [...]
2003-07-14 17:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IS IT KPAL PREL EUN
03ROME3368U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]
2003-07-24 09:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3386ITALIAN FAST BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA
[...] (S) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ROBERT MAGGI, TOGETHER WITH ECMIN AND ECONOFF, RAISED CONTINUING U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING ITALIAN EXPORTS TO IRAN AND LIBYA (REFTEL) ON JULY 22 WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO AND NO [...]
2003-07-25 08:22:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT LY IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3388EUR A/S JONES DISCUSSIONS WITH PM DIP ADVISOR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-25 11:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3483PUTIN TELLS BERLUSCONI ALL COOPERATION ON BUSHEHR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING THEIR JULY 29 MEETING IN MOSCOW, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TOLD PM BERLUSCONI THAT RUSSIAN COOPERATION WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE NUCLEAR FACILITY AT BUSHEHR, HAD CEASED. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED CLOSER EU-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, PREPARATIONS FOR PUTIN'S NOVEMBER [...]
2003-08-01 07:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT MARR PREL RS EUN
03ROME3613STOPPING ITALIAN FAST BOAT TRANSFERS TO IRAN
[...] (S) ACTING ECMIN AND ECONOFF RAISED REFTEL POINTS AUGUST 8 WITH THE MFA'S MASSIMO LEGGERI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (IN THE ABSENCE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WITH WHOM PM DAS TURK MAGGI DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE ON JULY 22). LEGGERI TOOK CAREF [...]
2003-08-08 16:01:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT IR LY EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME371USAID/DCHA TEAM DISCUSSES WFP GEARING UP FOR
[...] (S) USAID/DAA/DCHA BILL GARVELINK AND D/FFP LAUREN LANDIS VISITED WFP HEADQUARTERS ON JANUARY 23-24 TO REVIEW WFP PROGRESS ON GEARING UP ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM TO ASSIST IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT. DISCUSSIONS INVOLVED THE POSSIBLE PROCUREMENT AND DELIVERY OF 2.5 M [...]
2003-01-30 17:03:00Embassy RomeSECRETAORC EAGR EAID ECON KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
03ROME3794BERLUSCONI'S END OF SUMMER MEETINGS WITH SCHROEDER
[...] (C) Summary: The agenda for PM Berlusconi's August 22/23 meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder will include the Intergovernmental Conference and transatlantic relations. We told the PM's acting diplomatic advisor that an excellent vehicle for improving US-EU relations would be a commitment [...]
2003-08-21 16:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL RS GM AF EUN
03ROME3926U/S BOLTON'S MEETING WITH ITALIANS
[...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),North Korea, Iran and the Global Partnership with MFA DG for Political Affairs Giancarlo Aragona and other Italian MFA officials on August 27. Aragona underlined Italy's strong commitment to PSI, and agreed that th [...]
2003-08-29 10:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT IAEA
03ROME3977STOPPING ITALIAN FAST BOAT TRANSFERS TO IRAN
[...] (S) Summary. Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design has given the GOI new assurances that it will not export more fast boats or boat molds to Iran as long as the security situation in the Persian Gulf remains volatile. MFA export control coordinator de Mohr told us this means the hold is ind [...]
2003-09-02 19:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4021ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ON BOARD WITH MOST USG
[...] (C) Poloff discussed all points ref a with MFA European Correspondent Sandro DeBernadin on September 1. He promised to take them under consideration as he continued to draft Foreign Minister Frattini's briefing papers for the Gymnich, in consultation with appropriate bureaus within the MFA. H [...]
2003-09-04 17:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT EUN ESDP
03ROME4022FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...]
2003-09-04 18:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP
03ROME4035WFP Response to US Rice Federation letter on WFP
[...] (SBU) The USA Rice Federation in its letter dated July 30 questioned the "transparency" of World Food Program procurement tendering practices recommending that information such as WFP registered commercial vendors, tenders, awards, purchase prices, and country of origin should be made public i [...]
2003-09-05 15:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME4133ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: A SLOW START ON AN
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian Government unveiled an ambitious work program for its EU Presidency on July 1. Nine weeks into its Presidency, however, progress in most areas has been slow. Given the extended August break and the December holidays, Italy has, in effect, just over three months to c [...]
2003-09-10 17:42:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV ECON PREL IT EUN
03ROME4186EU WILL NOT TABLE AN IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 11, POLOFFS MET WITH MFA GULF COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA, TO CONSULT ON THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION (REF C). POLOFF ALSO LEFT POINTS WITH THE MFA'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, WHOSE OFFICIALS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. MACCOTTA STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE E [...]
2003-09-12 16:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR EU IT UNHRC EUN
03ROME4187BERLUSCONI AND PUTIN DISCUSS IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THEIR AUGUST 29-31 MEETING IN SARDINIA, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TOLD PM BERLUSCONI THAT RUSSIA IS INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, PUTIN SAID THAT HE WAS DETE [...]
2003-09-12 17:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IR RS EUN IAEA
03ROME4443 RIGHT TO FOOD: BUREAU MEETING TO PREPARE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 15-19, THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED AS THE NORTH AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONA [...]
2003-09-29 06:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR PHUM EAID FAO
03ROME445(S) AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIME MINISTRY ON SHIPMENT
[...] (S) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER, TOGETHER WITH ACTING DCM AND POLMIN, USED THE OPPORTUNITY OF A FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUING STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHIPMENT OF HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM ITALY TO IRA [...]
2003-02-04 19:00:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PREL PARM IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4585U/S BOLTON AND SPANISH FM PALACIO DISCUSS ARTICLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON MET SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER ANA PALACIO IN ROME ON OCTOBER 3 TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON SIGNING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS AND SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS. FM PALACIO AGREED TO REVIEW NEW ARTICLE 98 LANGUAGE THAT MAY SATISFY EU CONCERNS ABOUT SCOPE [...]
2003-10-07 12:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR SP IAEA KICC
03ROME4637U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, PSI, IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S Bolton discussed Article 98, PSI, North Korea and Iran with senior Italian officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President's office and Prime Minister Berlusconi's office during meetings on October 2 in Rome. The Italians agreed to review language recently negoti [...]
2003-10-09 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS MNUC KN IR IT KICC
03ROME4662ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - GAERC POSITIONS
[...] (SBU) ON OCTOBER 9, THE MFA'S EU EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT AND ESDP COORDINATOR SANDRO DE BERNADIN BRIEFED POL MINISTER COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF ON EXPECTED CONCLUSIONS FOR THE OCTOBER 13-14 GAERC. ---- IRAN ---- 2. (C) DE BERNADIN EXPECTED THAT MINISTERS WOULD ISSUE A STATEMEN [...]
2003-10-10 15:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN
03ROME5093FM FRATTINI INSISTS IGC SECURITY ARCHITECTURES ARE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian FM Frattini reiterated to Ambassador Sembler that "structured cooperation" would be inclusive (open to all 25 EU members) and implemented in coordination with NATO. He noted that an "encouraging statement" on European security initiatives from Secretary Powell would help [...]
2003-11-12 06:35:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5179ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY - RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR
[...] (C) ESDP: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A POINTS, MFA INTERLOCUTORS REITERATED ITALY'S VIEW EXPRESSED IN REFTEL B AND PREVIOUS; THAT THE CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE IGC DEALING WITH ESDP ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN, NOT MARGINALIZE, THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP. MFA NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVA [...]
2003-11-14 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5197 PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: INTERGOVERNMENTAL
[...] Summary: Participants in the FAO Commission for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) made progress in setting guidelines for implementing the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic [...]
2003-11-17 15:38:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD SENV KIPR AORC FAO
03ROME5201UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION: NO ITALIAN
[...] (C) ITALY WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR CANADA'S 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON IRAN, DEPUTY POLDIR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO TOLD POL M/C NOVEMBER 14. BISOGNIERO'S RESPONSE CONFIRMED MFA HUMAN RIGHTS COORDINATOR ALESSANDRO FALLAVOLLITA'S LATE OCTOBER ASSESSMENT THAT EU MEMBER-STATES HAD REACHED CONSENSUS TO [...]
2003-11-17 16:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR IT UNGA
03ROME5202IRAN/FAST-BOATS: INDUSTRY MINISTRY VIEWS
[...] (S) Summary. Italian export control officials are looking for a way to make permanent the "informal hold" placed on FB Design fast boat exports to Iran, according to the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade's senior licensing official. Two approaches are under consideration: 1) formally add [...]
2003-11-17 16:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC IR IT PARM PREL EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5317SHARON'S VISIT TO ITALY: ISRAELIS ECSTATIC
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Ambassador Gol described Israeli PM Sharon's November 17-19 visit to Rome as "extraordinary" for its warmth and level of reception, in part due to the confluence of events -- the synagogue bombings in Istanbul and the state funerals for fallen Italian carabinieri and civi [...]
2003-11-21 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IT UNSC
03ROME5552DEMARCHE ON SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF REF A INSTRUCTIONS, EMBASSY RAISED URGENT USG CONCERNS WITH THE FOLLOWING GOI OFFICIALS: -- FM FRATTINI: AT A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED DECEMBER 10 DINNER AT THE RESIDENCE IN HONOR OF FM FRATTINI, AMB. SEMBLER PULLED ASIDE THE MINISTER TO OUTLINE THE PROBLEM AND THE NEE [...]
2003-12-11 16:49:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5569ITALY WILL MAINTAIN POSITION IN FAVOR OF THE IRAN
[...] POST DELIVERED REFTEL C POINTS TO MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR, GIUSEPPE CALVETTA. CALVETTA REASSURED POST THAT ITALY WILL NOT CHANGE ITS POSITION ON THE CANADA-US CO-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. CALVETTA ADDED THAT HE HAD ALERTED FM FRATTINI'S STAFF OF U.S. CONCERNS. [...]
2003-12-12 17:19:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM IR IT UNGA
03ROME5665ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY HAS UNEVEN SUCCESS BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Against the backdrop of EU members' continuing divisions over Iraq, Italy's EU Presidency managed to further U.S. interests in fighting terrorism and in keeping the EU's defense and security policy in accord with NATO and the Berlin-Plus agreement - in line with Italy's Presidency [...]
2003-12-19 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IT EUN
03ROME5680SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) Embassy continues to press the GOI both to stop any shipments of FB Design fast boats still in Italian territory, and to institute legal means immediately to stop any future export of such technology. The GOI still insists it has no legal authority to stop such shipments. However, Foreign [...]
2003-12-22 15:49:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5694ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]
2003-12-23 11:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03ROME571ITALY HOLDS UP SHIPMENT OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) FOLLOWING ANOTHER EMBASSY INQUIRY TO THE MFA ON FEBRUARY 11, GIUSEPPE MANZO, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS MARCELLO SPATAFORA, TOLD ECONOFF FEBRUARY 12 THAT SPATAFORA HAD CONTACTED THE ITALIAN COMPANY SB DESIGN TWO DAYS AGO TO ASK THEM TO HALT THE IMPENDING SHI [...]
2003-02-12 16:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC IR PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5717SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) FURTHER TO REF A, GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MINISTER ANTONIO MARZANO, CALLED A/ECMIN TO REPORT THAT MINISTER MARZANO HAD SPOKEN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI ON THE MARGINS OF THE DECEMBER 23 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' MEETING REGARDING THE EXPO [...]
2003-12-24 12:10:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5747 RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]
2003-12-30 15:38:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME638 APPROVAL OF AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND
[...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 7 THE AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) ENTITLED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LIVELIHOODS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRRO WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS (APRIL 1, 2003-END MARCH 2005),COVERING 6.0 [...]
2003-02-14 20:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN
03ROME644 APPROVAL OF AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND
[...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 7 THE AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) ENTITLED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LIVELIHOODS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRRO WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS (APRIL 1, 2003-END MARCH 2005),COVERING 6.0 [...]
2003-02-18 09:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN
03ROME854IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...]
2003-02-28 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03SANAA1117SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS
[...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...]
2003-05-15 14:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YE
03SANAA1189OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) On 5/27, Pol/Econ chief delivered the demarche requested reftel to Dirham al-Saidi, the MFA desk officer for the U.S, and left the talking points as a non-paper. He promised to deliver it immediately to officials from the International Organizations Office who were traveling later that d [...]
2003-05-28 15:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ XF ISCON YE DEMARCHE
03SANAA1190IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO
[...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...]
2003-05-28 15:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE
03SANAA1263AMBASSADOR'S 6/2 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: U/S BOLTON
[...] (C) Summary: In a 6/2 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said he looked forward to visiting WDC, possibly with Interior Minister Alimi for policy discussions. He welcomed Ambassador's readout of the FBI Director's meeting with Saleh earlier the same day. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the upcomi [...]
2003-06-07 08:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANAA1690 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]
2003-07-13 07:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA2434SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 28 to consider information provided to the Embassy by the ROYG concerning recent disruption of a local Al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. The new information, provided by Interior Minister [...]
2003-09-29 04:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2440ROYG BRIEFING ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL IN
[...] (C) Summary: On 9/28 Interior Minister Alimi called in Ambassador, with ambassadors of Italy, France, UK and Germany, to brief on ROYG's recent disruption of a Sanaa-based al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. Alimi's briefing elaborated on preliminary informatio [...]
2003-09-30 15:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2534AUGUST 29, 2003, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes, Muslim Yemeni pro-Palestinian/pro-Iraqi/anti-American demonstrators. B. Have there been anti-American demonstrations in t [...]
2003-10-22 04:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2701AMBASSADOR'S 11/8/03 CT COORDINATION MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On 8 November 2003, the Ambassador was called to a meeting with Minister of the Interior, Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, and the Director of the Political Security Organization, BG Ghalib al-Qamish, to discuss current levels of cooperation on the counter-terrorism front. The Ambassador pr [...]
2003-11-12 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2730MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...]
2003-11-18 09:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2754INVITATION FOR USG PARTICIPATION IN JANUARY 2004
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: In an 11/18 meeting with Charge, FM Qirbi delivered a verbal invitation for &high-level8 USG participation in an international conference to take place in Yemen 10-12 January 2004. Shura Council Member Mohamed al-Tayeb, who will head ROYG preparations, provided background [...]
2003-11-21 07:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL EU YM ICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2979YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-12-21 07:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA3016MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the press in Sana'a December 9th attended by journalists and correspondents of local newspapers, international news agencies and Arab TV channels including Al-Arabiya [...]
2003-12-23 12:30:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
03SANAA611STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR
[...] (C) Summary: Although the tone of the Yemeni State owned and operated media was subdued in the first few days of the war, it has become more strident with developments in the theater of war as well as in the wake of increasing protests in yemen and the Arab world. Nevertheless, state-controlled [...]
2003-03-29 11:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP IZ
03SANAA794TFIZ01: YEMENI MIXED REACTION TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni government continues to manage its anti-war credentials and cooperation with the U.S. by playing both sides, although the fall of Baghdad has spurred efforts by the ROYG to move cooperation forward with the U.S. Citizen reaction to Saddam's regime collapse remains to [...]
2003-04-15 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANTODOMINGO6706GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]
2003-11-20 22:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6707GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS ON IRAN
[...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]
2003-11-20 22:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6906DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Summary. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the GODR during calendar year 2003. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG in the fight on global terrorism. End Summary. 2. Embassy Santo Domingo submits the following responses keyed to reftel [...]
2003-11-28 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]
2003-12-10 17:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP DR
03STATE115323S37-03: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: WE WANT TO SHARE WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS BW-USEFUL JET MILLS/MICRONIZERS, FROM THE FOLLOWING [...]
2003-05-05 16:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW CH IR
03STATE23994TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL
[...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]
2003-01-28 02:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03STATE287996TERRORIST FINANCE: RE-DESIGNATION OF FTOS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE (SEE PARAS 2 AND 5.) 2. (U) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HAS DECIDED TO REDESIGNATE, UNDER SECTION 219 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED, ALL FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]
2003-10-08 23:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN CVIS KVPR
03STATE72951TFIZ01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0530 EST
[...] (U) SADDAM APPEARANCE ON IRAQI TV: APPEARING ON STATE TV THREE HOURS AFTER THE START OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, SADDAM TERMED THE U.S. STRIKES "SHAMEFUL CRIMES AGAINST IRAQ AND HUMANITY" AND CALLED FOR RESISTANCE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THE BROADCAST WAS LIVE. (CNN) 2. (C) REPORTS OF IRAQI MISS [...]
2003-03-20 11:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC IZ
03STATE9334NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM:
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]
2003-01-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA2814HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...]
2003-12-02 14:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2827MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE, DECEMBER
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/3 entitled "The End". "At some point in our recent history, conventional wars, guerrilla wars like the one the U.S. army encountered in Vietnam, gave way to terrorism as the most significant threat. We now see in the Middle East, [...]
2003-12-03 19:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2866DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO
[...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...]
2003-12-08 21:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU HO UNGA
03TEGUCIGALPA555MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] "La Prensa"2/22 San Pedro Sula-based liberal paper, carried a full-page story: "Effects of a War against Iraq will be Less Dramatic for Honduras": The Honduran Private Council for Business, the Tegucigalpa Industry Chamber of Commerce and the Forum for the Strengthening of Democracy hosted a [...]
2003-02-28 19:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA825 MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 2, 2003
[...] Regular columnist Wilmer Perez Regalado in liberal party San Pedro Sula-based daily "La Prensa," 4/2 - "Madness - War machine of war:" "In the war of George Bush against Saddam Hussein, for both "axes of evil".. apparently the God they implore and at times manipulate to do what they want is a [...]
2003-04-02 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA859MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 5-8, 2003
[...] Four dailies, TV and radio continue carrying numerous photos and reports of the war, taken from international reports. On Saturday April 5th, four dailies dedicated special sections to the war. 2. Sample coverage front-page of liberal "Tiempo" has a special extra 8 pages called "Tiempo Mag [...]
2003-04-08 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1375KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our First Quarter, 2003/2004, budget contribution of USDOLS 625,729.00. Iran received in parallel an identical request. Please note that [...]
2003-06-02 10:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE1434IAEA/IRAN: DEMARCHE TO DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-05 15:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE1451CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 12
[...] Details about the 2003 cash flow difficulties emerged during the first round of 2004 budget consultations and the OPCW informed member states that they will have to begin cutting program delivery. 2. Two rounds of 2004 budget consultations were held in June with senior OPCW management int [...]
2003-06-06 14:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ABUD CWC
03THEHAGUE1506IAEA/IRAN: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE WITH DUTCH ON IRAN
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MADE REF A DEMARCHE TO DUTCH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HUGO SIBLESZ ON JUNE 12. SIBLESZ SAID HE SAW NO GAP BETWEEN U.S. AND DUTCH VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, ONLY A DIFFERENCE OVER TACTICS. THE DUTCH PREFERENCE FOR THE JUNE 16 IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS' MEETING IS FOR SOME FORM [...]
2003-06-12 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE1545CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] There has been little commentary or discussion on the RevCon. However, in general, the RevCon exceeded expectations. Many delegations are eager to discuss how we will pursue RevCon follow-up. 2. Three rounds of budget consultations were held 11-13 June on Programs 3-6. The facilitator wil [...]
2003-06-16 15:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1722ILSA - READOUT FROM AMBASSADOR'S JULY 2 MEETING
[...] (C) On July 2 the Ambassador met with Jeroen van der Veer, President of the Dutch side of Royal Dutch Shell, to deliver demarche ref A regarding the Azadegan oil fields in Iran. Van der Veer was accompanied by Senior Regional Adviser Dr. Gavin Graham, who recently met with EB/ESC officials i [...]
2003-07-07 05:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IR JA NL PREL
03THEHAGUE1727CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...]
2003-07-07 13:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1729CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 14TH SESSION OF
[...] (U) The Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held its 14th session in The Hague, from 9-13 June 2003. The primary focus of attention was on the draft programme and budget 2004, which calls for an 8.36 [...]
2003-07-07 13:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1731CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 16
[...] (U) No other delegations showed enthusiasm for committing, as of Friday, June 20, to a serious, sustained effort at a systemic fix for Article IV/V financing. 2. (U) There were no immediate results from this round of industry intersessional consultations, but it is possible that the Sep [...]
2003-07-07 14:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1740CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...]
2003-07-08 11:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1842KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: FIRST QUARTER
[...] U.S. Treasury Check No. 8769-00033318 in the amount of U.S. DOLS. 617,026.50 was received at American Embassy, The Hague. The check, which constituted the latest United States contribution to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal budget, was delivered to Ambassador Christopher Pinto, Secretary-Genera [...]
2003-07-21 15:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE1857DUTCH: SUMMARY OF EU THOUGHTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Following delivery of HR reftels on July 21, MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Human Rights, Hans Docter (protect source),confirmed that the EU will introduce UNGA resolutions on Burma and the DRC; a decision on Iran has been postponed until early September, but appears likely. Docter also s [...]
2003-07-22 15:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR BM CG ZI KN NL UNGA UNHRC UN
03THEHAGUE1865A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-23 12:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE1888ACTING NP/DAS FITZPATRICK'S MEETING WITH THE DUTCH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting NP/DAS Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor Wurmser met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Chief Maurits Jochems on July 21 to discuss next steps concerning Iran and the IAEA. The Dutch are seized with the urgency of the Iranian nuclear issue. They agreed to support encouraging [...]
2003-07-25 12:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2114PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...]
2003-08-22 08:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA
03THEHAGUE2144IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: SECOND QUARTER BUDGET
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Second Quarter, 2003/2004 Budget Contribution of USDOLS 625,729. Iran received in parallel an identical request. Please note that [...]
2003-08-26 08:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE2163Secretary Abraham's 8/13 Meeting with Dutch
[...] (U) Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham met with Dutch Economics (also energy and telecommunications) Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst on August 13 in The Hague. In response to a question from Brinkhorst, the Secretary described the factors that led to the California electricity shortages - e [...]
2003-08-27 13:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG TPHY EINV KNNP IZ IR NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2171DUTCH SUPPORT EU RESOLUTION ON IRAN DURING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-28 09:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR EU NL UNHRC
03THEHAGUE2173IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on August 27. The Dutch believe a noncompliance resolution on Iran is merited, but are concerned this may not be achievable as Dir. ElBaradei's latest report is not final, so some board members may [...]
2003-08-28 13:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2220IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA ON IAEA BOG NONCOMPLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on September 3. The Dutch agree that a noncompliance resolution on Iran is warranted, but believe it may have to wait for Dir. ElBaradei's final report in November. According to Wilke there is "no u [...]
2003-09-04 09:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2290ILSA: IRAN-AZADEGAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYAL
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Shell Advisor Gavin Graham confirmed that Shell has no plans to make a proposal or tender for the Azadegan oil field independent of the Japanese. Shell does not feel the time is right to make deals in Iran, and is wary of undermining its relationship with the Japanese [...]
2003-09-11 17:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC IR JA NL UK
03THEHAGUE2298RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TURKS (300,000),MOROCCANS (280,000),IRAQIS (33,000),SOMALIS (29,000) [...]
2003-09-12 14:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
03THEHAGUE2328PCA: ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ADOPTS BUDGET PROPOSAL
[...] (U) The Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decided by consensus on Monday, September 15, to adopt Secretary General Tjaco van den Hout's proposed budget (ref A) for the biennium 2004-2005. Consistent with the USG position found in ref B, the Secretary General e [...]
2003-09-16 15:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA
03THEHAGUE2338CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (SBU) There will be one major topic for discussion at EC-34 (budget),a number of key issues of importance to the U.S. on which there may be substantial discussion (U.S. destruction deadline extension, Article VII) and one question that will be difficult to avoid discussing (the ILO decision o [...]
2003-09-17 10:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2366DUTCH RESPONSE TO IAEA ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Arab-Israeli dispute at the General Conference (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Peter Potman. During the demarche, the MFA received a call from its delegation in Vienna saying the EU had just rea [...]
2003-09-19 14:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IS EG NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2367CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 19, OPCW Director-General Pfirter made a strong pitch to delegations for an effective increase in the 2004 OPCW budget of approximately 7.4%. Pfirter assured the delegates that he and the leadership of the Technical Secretariat (TS) would work hard to identify and im [...]
2003-09-19 14:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2457TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH PERSPECTIVES ON ADDING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the EU's 2002 decision not to designate NCR/NCRI, the Dutch believe the USG will have to present more evidence of NCR/NCRI ties with MEK before Europe is ready to reconsider this decision. Meanwhile, the Dutch have noted indications of MEK fundraising in the Netherlands [...]
2003-09-30 06:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PTER IR IZ
03THEHAGUE2581CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (C) The Oct. 20-24 Conference of States Parties will be dominated by discussion of the budget and other financial issues. We have supported the Director-General's request for a 7.36% increase, and share the DG's view that an increase of this magnitude is needed to ensure core functions are [...]
2003-10-08 13:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2627CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):WRAP-UP FOR WEEK
[...] (U) It appears a consensus has been reached on an Article VII action plan for national implementation. Following an Oct. 9 meeting chaired by DG Pfirter with the Ambassadors of the U.S., U.K., India and Iran, agreement was reached on the one final substantive issue, which was the acceptable [...]
2003-10-14 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2659IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: SECOND QUARTER BUDGET
[...] U.S. Treasury Check No. 8769-0047043 in the amount of U.S. Dols. 625,729.00 was received at American Embassy, The Hague. The check, which constituted the latest United States contribution to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal budget, was delivered to Ambassador Christopher Pinto, Secretary-General [...]
2003-10-20 14:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE2685CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Informal budget discussions on Oct. 16 broke little new ground, and the stage is set for last-minute negotiations during CSP-8. DG Pfirter was in attendance and reiterated his call for a 7.36% increase. France stated that it had sent the DG's proposals and his calculations on the impact [...]
2003-10-22 15:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UK KS CWC
03THEHAGUE2707CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-10-28 10:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2794CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-11-06 07:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2797DUTCH MFA ON IRANIAN DUAL-USE CBW PROCUREMENT
[...] (C) On November 04, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on Iranian dual-use CBW procurement and Dutch visa policy to Hedda Samson, Policy Officer of the MFA's Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division. Samson said she would pass the reftel points to the relevant people within the Ministry, [...]
2003-11-06 14:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CVIS IR NL CBW
03THEHAGUE2846IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA NONPRO CHIEF ON ELBARADEI
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on November 13. Wilke (protect throughout) said the GONL shared the U.S. conclusion that the latest ElBaradei report confirms Iran has been pursuing capabilities needed for a nuclear weapons program. In the Dutch vi [...]
2003-11-13 15:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2861DUTCH COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 17-18 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) In advance of FM de Hoop Scheffer's participation in the November 17-18 GAERC, Dutch European Correspondent Joep Wijnands offered substantive comments on Israel, Iran, Afghanistan and ESDP (reported septel). While the EU meeting with Israel is happening on the margins of the GAERC, the Du [...]
2003-11-14 13:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2881IAEA/IRAN: DUTCH MFA REACTION TO U.S. APPROACH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-17 15:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2917DUTCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS: IRAN, CHR, TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Dutch human rights concerns continue to run parallel to those of the United States. Specifically, the GoNL will co-sponsor the Canadian UNGA 3rd committee resolution on the human rights situation in Iran (ref A). The Netherlands, [...]
2003-11-20 08:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TX IR NL UNGA UNHRC
03THEHAGUE2931IAEA/IRAN: REVISED LANGUAGE DELIVERED TO DUTCH MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 15:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM MNUC EU IR NL IAEA
03THEHAGUE2939CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 1ST MEETING OF
[...] (U) Summary. Two USG legal experts (Bernard Seward from State/L/ACV - JAGLCS/CLAMO and Randy Pratt from Commerce/OGC/IS) participated in the first meeting of the CWC "Network of Legal Experts" November 4-7, supported by the Commerce representative to the U.S. CWC Delegation (Brandon Williams [...]
2003-11-24 18:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2944CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) OPCW Director for Policy Making Organs Sylwin Gizowski addressed the WEOG November 18, responding to the group s invitation to suggest improvements to the work of the Executive Council. Gizowski spoke in a personal capacity, acknowledging that is was not the responsibility of the Technica [...]
2003-11-25 10:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2956CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): A/S DESUTTER'S
[...] (U) On November 17-18, Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, visited SIPDIS The Hague and consulted with officials of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other officials. She so [...]
2003-11-25 15:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2967KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. (U) We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Third Quarter, 2003/2004, budget contribution of USDOLS 625,729. Please note that the check must reach the Office of the Legal [...]
2003-11-26 15:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICT NL
03THEHAGUE2994CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) This November 19-20 workshop provided a valuable exchange of ideas and information. Mainly structured to put experts in the area of CW assistance and protection in touch with various companies who provide equipment, it also gave experts (and local delegations) the chance to hear how a n [...]
2003-12-02 15:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3038CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) Having resolved most critical policy issues at the October Conference of the States Parties, the 35th Executive Council managed only to remove a bit of the administrative underbrush. Russian hostage-taking of the U.S. plans regarding the Aberdeen destruction facility continued, althou [...]
2003-12-10 12:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3150THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON
[...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]
2003-12-19 15:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3175CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Deloffs exchanged views with Chinese counterparts Yu Dunhai and Dai Huaicheng on OPCW activities, nonproliferation issues, and CW destruction over lunch on December 23. Separate conversations with Korean First Secretary Lee Sang Soo and others covered much of the same ground. 2. (U) The [...]
2003-12-24 10:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
03USUNNEWYORK299UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE
[...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...]
2003-02-06 01:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ
03VATICAN1033TAIWAN AT THE HOLY SEE: CLINGING TO ITS LAST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WHILE TAIWAN IS WELL AWARE THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL SHIFT ITS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO BEIJING AS SOON AS IT CAN; TAIPEI CONTINUES TO USE ITS LAST EMBASSY IN EUROPE TO PRESENT ITSELF AS A MATURE DEMOCRATIC STATE THAT PLAYS A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND HU [...]
2003-03-13 05:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALCH PREL TW VT
03VATICAN1570VATICAN LOOKING FORWARD: U/S BOLTON REVIEWS
[...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN, CARDINAL STAFFORD, THE AMERICAN HEADS OF THE COUNCIL FOR LAITY, AND ITALIAN CARDINAL RUINI, WHO IS THE VICAR OF ROME AND HEAD OF THE ITALIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE, TOLD UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON APRIL 9 THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO IRAQ'S FUTURE AND ARE FOCUSED ON HUMANI [...]
2003-04-13 10:14:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN3497TAKING THE VATICAN TO TASK ON CRITICISM OF U.S.
[...] (C) Following a post-Iraq war interview in which the Vatican's senior official for inter-religious dialogue had suggested the Administration's language during the Iraq war could have created a conviction in the Muslim world that the war was a war of religion, the Ambassador challenged the offi [...]
2003-08-01 15:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN3847HOLY SEE BACKS GOVERNING COUNCIL, RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) In the wake of the UN Headquarters attack, Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin reacted positively to our call for support for the Iraqi Governing Council (ref A),and said the Holy See would likely be open to talks with its representatives. Parolin expressed interest in securing Holy [...]
2003-08-25 15:23:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL PGOV EAID VT
03VATICAN4211IRAQ: VATICAN CONCERNED BY LACK OF NECESSITIES;
[...] (C) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin told Embassy September 11 that the Papal Nuncio in Baghdad believed the continued lack of "basic necessities" amongst the general population was generating an increasingly hostile reaction towards coalition forces. Parolin welcomed U.S. efforts to [...]
2003-09-15 14:43:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL VT
03VATICAN4689HOLY SEE: UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON REVIEWS U.S.
[...] (c) Under Secretary Bolton told Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin that the U.S. was making steady progress in Iraq, even though the security situation was not what we would like it to be. Bolton briefed Parolin on the President's meeting with Russian President Putin and the state of pla [...]
2003-10-15 05:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KN PARM PREL VT
03VATICAN4956VATICAN SEES KAZAKH-SPONSORED WORLD RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) HOLY SEE DIPLOMATS WHO ATTENDED THE SEPTEMBER 24- 25 CONGRESS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL NATIONAL RELIGIONS IN ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN REGARD THE FORUM AS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE. THE HOLY SEE, WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING SUCH A DIALOGUE FOR DECADES, WELCO [...]
2003-10-31 06:00:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF KZ VT
03VATICAN5521AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW IRAQI CHALDEAN PATRIARCH
[...] (C) IN TWO MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR, THE NEWLY ELECTED PATRIARCH OF THE CHALDEANS AND FORMER BAGHDAD AUXILIARY ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL-KARIM DELLY, LED OFF HIS REMARKS BY CONVEYING HIS GRATITUDE FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN IRAQ TO REMOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER AND HIS HOPE FOR RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN [...]
2003-12-10 13:14:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL VT SOCI PGOV IS
03VATICAN5644ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH VATICAN FM
[...] (C) In a December 12 meeting, A/S Burns told the Holy See's new Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo that the U.S. saw an opportunity to move the Middle East peace process forward in the face of anger and frustration on both sides. Lajolo expressed the Holy See's support for the Road Map, noting [...]
2003-12-18 12:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIR IS IZ PREL SY
03VATICAN806POPE AND BLAIR AGREE ON CENTRALITY OF UN ROLE,
[...] (C) DURING A FEBRUARY 22 PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE AND SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE SODANO, UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR OUTLINED TO THE HOLY SEE HIS VIEWS ON THE NEED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO DISARM SADDAM HUSSEIN. THE POPE AND HIS SENIOR ADVISORS REPORTEDLY C [...]
2003-02-26 15:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL UK VT VTPREL
03YEREVAN2883SEVENTH ANNUAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HELD IN YEREVAN
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Ordway for reasons 1.4 (b&d). 2. (C) Summary. The seventh US-Armenian Strategic Dialogue took place in Yerevan November 20. The sides discussed regional security, defense cooperation, and cooperation on counter-terrorism. The delegation heads, EUR DAS Ly [...]
2003-12-02 05:41:00Embassy YerevanSECRETAJ AM GG MARR PARM PGOV PREL PTER TU
03YEREVAN2948UNGA VOTE ON HUMAN CLONING
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, we delivered demarche to the GOAM Ministry of Foreign Affairs urging their support for Costa Rica's resolution calling for an international instrument to ban all forms of human cloning. The United Nations Desk Officer said that he could not say today how Armenia would vote, [...]
2003-12-08 13:18:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AM UNGA KSCI
03YEREVAN2975 TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]
2003-12-09 09:11:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AM
03ZAGREB1296CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.
[...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...]
2003-06-06 16:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO
03ZAGREB159SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO
[...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]
2003-01-22 18:28:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
04ABUDHABI1000 UAEG OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE SECTOR DISCUSS ANTI-
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UAE Central Bank welcomed the visit of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Bill Fox to the UAE, March 29. The Central Bank Governor pledged [...]
2004-04-05 12:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI1344UAE OFFICIALS QUERY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE ON
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: During his visit to Abu Dhabi April 20-21, Deputy Secretary Armitage held wide-ranging discussions in separate meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Crown Prince [...]
2004-04-28 05:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ECON TC
04ABUDHABI140 MEDIA REACTION: PERLE'S STATEMENT, IRAQ, PALESTINE
[...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ IN ADDITION TO RICHARD PERLE'S STATEMENTS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" COMMENTED ON RICHARD PERLE'S REQUEST TO THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE FIRM STEPS IN DEALING WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND OT [...]
2004-01-13 06:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI1589UAE ACTIVIST ATTEMPTS TO OPEN INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Roken (PLEASE PROTECT),a Dubai-based Emirati human rights activist, moderate Islamist, and longtime Embassy contact, informed Poloff on May 9, under conditions of confidentiality, that he and four women will attempt SIPDIS to open a "genuine, independe [...]
2004-05-17 13:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR TC
04ABUDHABI166FRENCH FM DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary: French Foreign Minister de Villepin discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East Roadmap during his meetings on January 12 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa, Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),and Deputy Prime Minister a [...]
2004-01-14 15:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR IS FR TC
04ABUDHABI1701 UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA
[...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised ref A talking points May 23 with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and expressed USG concern about re [...]
2004-05-24 11:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI1881UAE DETAINS IRANIAN FISHING VESSEL
[...] (C) The UAE Coast Guard has seized an Iranian fishing boat that had entered UAE territorial waters, according to reports in the local press and confirmed by Embassy government contacts on June 7. The incident, which took place on June 2, made the front page of the English language Gulf News a [...]
2004-06-07 13:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IR TC
04ABUDHABI1942 UAE PRODUCTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JUNE OPEC QUOTA
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by EconChief paid her farewell call to ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair bin Yousef and Deputy CEO Abdullah Nasser Al-Suwaidi on June 6, 2004. The Ambassador thanked Yousef for the UAE and OPEC's welcome action and asked about the UAE's announcement that it would produce an e [...]
2004-06-13 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI1987UAE downplays recent fishing boat seizures
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) downplayed the significance of recent seizures of Iranian and UAE fishing boats by each of their coast guard forces. Seizures of fishing and smuggling boats by both sides are relative [...]
2004-06-16 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IR TC
04ABUDHABI1989UAE HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS OVER ITS BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: Thirty years after signing an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over their common border, the UAE Government still views three issues as unsettled and needing discussion: exploitation of the Zarrarah/Shaybah oil field; the maritime border between Saudi Arabia and the UAE [...]
2004-06-16 11:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL SA TC
04ABUDHABI1992SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER, GEN ABIZAID,
[...] (U) GENERAL ABIZAID: WELCOME BACK TO THE UAE. WE HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS FOR YOU WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SHAYKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, AS WELL AS WITH ABU DHABI DEPUTY CROWN PRINCE AND UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LT GEN SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (MBZ). BOTH SHAYKHS WI [...]
2004-06-16 12:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPINS PREL PTER PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2033 UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Econoff, Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala (and former Projects Manager for UAE Offsets Group) Khaldoon Al-Mubarak (protect) said the UAEG would not provide fu [...]
2004-06-21 13:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI211UAEG urges U.S. to give UN greater
[...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions this week with the Ambassador about current developments in Iraq, de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and DMI Director Brigadier Mohammed Saif Al Neyadi urged the United States to allow the UN to play a larger role in Iraq's political t [...]
2004-01-20 13:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2209UAE and Iran free detained crews
[...] (U) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on July 1 announcing that the UAEG had released the Iranian crew and their fishing boat that had been seized on June 2 (see ref B). UAE authorities determined that the crew had entered UAE territorial waters unintentionally, according [...]
2004-07-04 13:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IR TC
04ABUDHABI2257 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: SADDAM'S TRIAL AND THE INCREASING VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD" NOTED THAT THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP THE [...]
2004-07-07 09:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI2262UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) IAEA Director General Mohammed El-Baradei traveled to the UAE this week and met with senior officials in Abu Dhabi, including A [...]
2004-07-07 11:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
04ABUDHABI2263 UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered ref A talking points to MFA Assistant Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi July 6, and expressed our concerns about Abu Dhabi's potential project to import gas from Iran. Al [...]
2004-07-07 11:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2566Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Visits UAE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 29-31 visit to Abu Dhabi, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ),Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Allawi discussed police training and mili [...]
2004-08-02 14:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TC PTER
04ABUDHABI277Reassuring Gulf governments of U.S.
[...] (S) On January 26 the Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (HbZ) who said the UAEG was comfortable with the U.S. approach for a sovereign and unified Iraq. HbZ also underscored the very important rol [...]
2004-01-27 13:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2809UAE PAPER ON DEPLOYMENT OF GCC FORCES TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Special Assistant to Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed, Yousef al-Otaiba, in a courtesy call on the Ambassador, passed to us a paper analyzing the pros and cons of deployment of GCC forces to Iraq, which he said was prepared by the [...]
2004-08-18 14:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL ECON EFIN UN TC
04ABUDHABI2930 SECURITY DOMINATES THE UAE FEDERAL BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: Funding for security (including defense) is the single largest portion of the 2004 federal budget and makes up a full 43 percent of budgeted expenditures. This figure does not include an unknown amount of other defense spending that is directly paid by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [...]
2004-08-30 12:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON MARR TC
04ABUDHABI2997 ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM -
[...] (C) Polchief delivered reftel points to MFA Assistant Under Secetary for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan on September 1. Al Haidan affirmed that the UAEG was indeed a close partner of the USG in the global campaign against terror. Nonetheless, he emphasized that it will not be easy for the [...]
2004-09-01 13:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IR TC
04ABUDHABI3078UAE press on El Baradei, Iran nukes
[...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program received an unusual amount of attention in the press this week, with an exclusive interview with IAEA Chief Dr. Mohamed El Baradei in one newspaper, and a strong editorial endorsement of Iran's decision to go on a diplomatic offensive about its nuclear inten [...]
2004-09-08 13:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA IR TC
04ABUDHABI3123 MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S RELATION WITH IAEA AND UN
[...] Summary: An editorial in English daily "Gulf News" calls on Iran to put its nuclear program under IAEA supervision and urges the US to follow an agreed international route for a solution. Arabic daily "Al-Ittihad" strongly attacks the international community's silence vis a vis Israeli atroci [...]
2004-09-15 06:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI3212UAE DEPUTY PM/MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON CT,
[...] (U) Ambassador presented copies of credentials to Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (HbZ) on September 14 in a cordial and informal meeting. HbZ, who had spent much of the summer traveling outside of the UAE, was keen to review &nex [...]
2004-09-16 09:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP ETTC PTER TC
04ABUDHABI3275 TREASURY A/S ZARATE MEETS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary Juan Zarate, accompanied by Embassy Bahrain OFAC Attache and Embassy Abu Dhabi EconChief, met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on September 16. The Governor noted that the Central Bank continued to work with the Emirati secur [...]
2004-09-20 12:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3410UAE Succession Update: The Post-Zayed Scenario
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE will likely experience a smooth transition of power once the elderly President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan leaves the scene. Day-to-day governance of the UAE is now firmly in the grasp of the post-Zayed generation. Sheikh Zayed's decree appointing his son Mohammed [...]
2004-09-28 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPINR PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI348 Follow Up on Sharjah Airplane Crash
[...] On February 10 at approximately 1140 local time, a Kish Airlines Fokker-50 aircraft crashed on its approach to Sharjah International Airport, two miles before touchdown (Reftel). ConGen has received a copy of the passenger manifest and confirmed that no Americans were on board. Of the 39 pa [...]
2004-02-11 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAIR PTER AEMR TC
04ABUDHABI3526SCENESETTER FOR USTR ZOELLICK'S TRAVEL TO THE UAE
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Ambassador Zoellick: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S [...]
2004-10-06 14:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALOVIP TC ETRD ECON EINV PREL
04ABUDHABI3582IRAQI ENVOY TO UAE RECALLED
[...] (C) Iraq's Ambassador to the UAE, Kussay Mahdi Salih, is returning to Baghdad on October 3 after being recalled by his Foreign Ministry just one year into his assignment. Salih told Polchief during a farewell call at the Iraqi Embassy on October 2 that he believes Iran is purposely stirring up [...]
2004-10-12 04:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI3614IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi on October 11. The SIPDIS Ambassador stated that it was important to have major regional actors like the UAE make known our views about the Government of Iran's (GOI) activities in Iraq. Iran, the Amba [...]
2004-10-12 11:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL IR IZ TC
04ABUDHABI3644S-31-04: Attempted Iranian Procurement of
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-13 14:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PREL CBW IR TC
04ABUDHABI3693A/S BLOOMFIELD MEETS UAE DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN
[...] (S) Summary: During an October 17 meeting, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed and A/S Bloomfield reviewed US-UAE bilateral cooperation and discussed the current situation in Iraq as well as specific military cooperation issues. Sheikh Ha [...]
2004-10-18 11:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS IZ IR GE TC
04ABUDHABI3738 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] SUMMARY: THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLOOMFIELD'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO THE UAE COMPLEMENTED HIS SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS. ABU DHABI PAO ARRANGED A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH ABU DHABI TV AND A PRESS ROUNDTABLE FOR NINE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT MEDIA. THE MEETINGS WITH UAE OFFICIALS AND [...]
2004-10-20 12:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI3783HBZ AND MBZ DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Septel covers the trade and investment aspects of USTR Zoellick's October 13 visit to the UAE. During their meetings, UAEG leaders also discussed the political/security challenges facing the region. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed stressed his concerns about Iraqi instability and the th [...]
2004-10-24 08:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC
04ABUDHABI3963Sheikh Zayed Funeral: Logistics and Embassy Public
[...] Summary: The UAE is responding to the death of President Zayed with a 40-day mourning period (through December 12). The government will be closed from November 3 until November 20 (counting both mourning and the Eid Al-Fitr),and private businesses will be closed through Friday, November 5. A [...]
2004-11-03 11:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC OTRA PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4026ABU DHABI UNABLE TO DELIVER UN HUMAN CLONING BAN
[...] As reported in ref. A, due to the official mourning period after the death of late President Sheikh Zayed, and the week-long government holiday for the Eid Al Fitr, the UAEG is closed until November 20. The MFA is not receiving demarches or dip notes. It will not be possible for Post to deli [...]
2004-11-09 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA TBIO KSCI PREL PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI4130UAE FOREIGN POLICY UNALTERED BY ZAYED'S DEATH
[...] (C) Sheikh Zayed,s death earlier this month will not alter UAE foreign policy, MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid told the Ambassador on November 20. There may be changes in &style, rhythm, and momentum under new President Khalifa but the UAE,s foreign policy depends on institutions, not peo [...]
2004-11-21 12:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL TC
04ABUDHABI4194DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE MISSLE RELATED COOPERATION
[...] (C) On November 20, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noami. He assured Ambassador that he would pass the information to UAE security authorities and that state security (federal and Sharjah emirate-level) would work together on this matter. [...]
2004-11-23 07:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMTCR ETTC MNUC PREL PARM TC IR
04ABUDHABI4218UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FURTHERS FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is a major international aid donor, with the annual average of humanitarian aid in the form of development loans, grants, and in-kind charitable donations reaching more than 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product. Organizations such as the Abu Dhabi [...]
2004-11-23 12:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PTER TC
04ABUDHABI4400NEW UAE OIL MINISTER CONFIRMS MODERATE STANCE
[...] (C) Summary: New UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told Ambassador on December 5 that the UAE was committed to meeting market needs. He also underlined the UAE's interest in market stability and moderate prices that support global growth. The Minister stressed that OPEC was doing all it could to [...]
2004-12-05 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI4411CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE
[...] (C) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Dubai Crown Prince/UAE MinDef Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR); toured Jebel Ali port and Al Dhafra and Minhad Air Ba [...]
2004-12-06 10:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC
04ABUDHABI4512SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12, DCM delivered reftel points to Ambassador Sultan Al Romeithi, office director for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Al Romeithi expressed his government's support for the upcoming Iraqi elections, and [...]
2004-12-13 10:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC IZ IR TC
04ABUDHABI4513DAS DIBBLE'S MEETING WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: On December 11, NEA DAS Philo Dibble, Ambassador, and Polchief met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid to discuss encouraging Sunni participation in the Iraqi elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi's recent visit to the UAE, and Iran's influence in Iraq. The UAEG wants to su [...]
2004-12-13 11:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR TC
04ABUDHABI4543UAE WILL NOT CHANGE VOTES ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-14 10:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL TC UNGA UN
04ABUDHABI45662004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The body of this cable is the submission of the narcotics section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Although not a narcotics-producing nation, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be [...]
2004-12-15 09:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR TC
04ABUDHABI4624MTAG: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER BY A UAE
[...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points on a missile related transfer to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on December 18. Charge stressed the concern that this equipment would be used to support Iran's ballistic missile program. He explained that the Embassy had already passed on the relevant in [...]
2004-12-18 12:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC PREL MNUC IR TC
04ABUDHABI4719UAE PERSPECTIVE ON GCC SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: New UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan closed the GCC summit, named after his late father Sheikh Zayed, by inviting his fellow leaders to Abu Dhabi for the 26th GCC Summit in December 2005. According to local press and UAEG officials, the GCC dodged the contentious [...]
2004-12-22 11:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD GCC TC
04ABUDHABI4765MTAG: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER BY A UAE
[...] (S/NF) MFA U/S Abdullah Rashed al-Noaimi expressed his appreciation to Charge December 27 for the close and effective coordination to block ref A shipment of missile related equipment to Iran. Abdullah Rashed confirmed that the German Embassy had submitted a diplomatic note formally requesti [...]
2004-12-27 12:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC PREL MNUC IR TC
04ABUDHABI552UAE BOOSTS EXPORTS TO GCC, THANKS TO CUSTOMS UNION
[...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: One year after its creation, the GCC Customs Union is proving to be a commercial boon for the UAE -- exports and reexports to the GCC states increased by 33 percent in 20 [...]
2004-03-02 10:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
04ABUDHABI629Perceived inaction on Roadmap fuels debate
[...] (C) Summary: There is a perception here among policymakers, students, journalists, and academics, that the USG no longer considers the Palestinian- Israeli issue a major priority. That perception is fuelled in recent weeks by the lack of any mention of it in the President's inaugural intervie [...]
2004-03-07 13:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS TC
04ABUDHABI630SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. During your visit, we have requested meetings with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),and Dubai Crown Prince General Shaykh Muhammad bin Rashid Al M [...]
2004-03-07 14:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
04ABUDHABI684UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUDHABI721SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO THE UAE,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your March 21 visit for the second U.S.-UAE Bilateral Strategic Partnership meeting. Your Emirati interlocutors also are eager to see you. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...]
2004-03-14 13:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC
04ABUDHABI790 FORMER UAE OIL MINISTER SHARES "SECRET" DOCUMENT
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Special Adviser to the President and the UAE's first Oil Minister Man'a Al-Otaiba recently passed the Ambassador a document on Abu Dhabi oil production marked "secret," and dated February 16, 2003. Al-O [...]
2004-03-21 05:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI906A/S BURNS' MARCH 21 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI
[...] (S) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary William Burns met in Abu Dhabi on March 21 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Force Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed and Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed attended [...]
2004-03-30 05:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD KMPI IZ IR IS TC
04ABUDHABI923U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...]
2004-03-30 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC
04ABUDHABI933UAEG TO BIS U/S JUSTER: EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5(b) and (c) 2. (U) Summary: From February 28 through March 1, Under Secretary Kenneth Juster led a delegation from the SIPDIS Departments of Commerce and State to the UAE to discuss US-UAE export control cooperative efforts and to e [...]
2004-03-31 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETTC BEXP PARM PREL PTER TC
04ABUDHABI94A "FRIEND" INDEED, UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAN POST BAM
[...] The UAE responded quickly to the earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam by providing humanitarian assistance including tents, blankets, food and medicines. The Abu Dhabi based, UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and the Dubai based Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establish [...]
2004-01-07 11:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID PREL OFDA IR TC
04ABUDHABI96 MEDIA REACTION: WEST BANK, IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL- KHALEEJ" COMMENTED ON THE ARAB ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SITUATION IN IRAQ. COLUMNIST DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA OUTLINED IN "AL ITTIHAD" PROBLEMS THAT WILL FACE THE GCC COUNTRIES [...]
2004-01-07 12:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUJA1038IRAN/IAEA DEMARCHE -- NIGERIA
[...] (C) June 9, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA First United Nations Division Director Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap. Rimdap agreed that the IAEA must continue to apply pressure on Iran to fully comply with its NPT obligations, however, he cautioned that the GON would not sup [...]
2004-06-10 12:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR NI IAEA
04ABUJA183NIGERIAN "TALIBAN" ATTACKS MOST LIKELY NOT TIED TO
[...] (C) Summary: Political, religious and economic leaders in Yobe State told Econoff in late January that what government officials and media initially labeled a radical Islamist organization or "Taliban," instead called itself the Hijra Group and probably had no links to foreign terrorist groups [...]
2004-02-06 04:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM KISL NI
04ABUJA2165NIGERIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanjo ha [...]
2004-12-30 15:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER NI
04ABUJA680PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS IN NIGERIA
[...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with approximately 130 million people. The country has access to a complex array of media, both foreign and domestic, electronic and print, as well as growing use of the Internet. Nigerian public figures and opinion leaders utilize and [...]
2004-04-20 06:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NI
04ACCRA1584MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- GHANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the events of 9/11/01 Post has made special efforts to increase contacts with and outreach to Ghana's Muslim community. Post relations with most elements of this community, which is far from monolithic, are very good and, with some groups, they are excellent. We have foc [...]
2004-08-02 07:45:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OEXC GH
04ACCRA1760WA LEFT WANTING: AMBASSADOR VISITS A NEGLECTED
[...] The city of Wa, the regional capital of the Upper West region of Ghana, received its likely first-ever visit by an American ambassador on August 19. Ambassador Yates met with the regional minister, local religious and NGO leaders, and a small military detachment, all of whom were unanimous in [...]
2004-08-30 14:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV KISL GH
04ACCRA239GHANA CTAG MEETING
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador Yates convened a CTAG meeting on February 2 in Accra. In attendance on the donor side were the G-8 ambassadors or charge d'affaires in Accra, plus the EU and Swiss Ambassadors (the Spanish Ambassador was invited but out of country). National Security C [...]
2004-02-06 13:09:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL GH
04ACCRA2498OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-17 12:56:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PHUM TX IR GH USUN
04ADANA105SYRIAC CHRISTIANS, SOME DEHAP MAYORS SKEPTICAL ABOUT REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-20 07:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM PTER ECON IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA106SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 17, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-20 08:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA131SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 30, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN/MILLI [...]
2004-10-04 06:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA134SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 2-4, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 02-04, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. MILLIYET/ULKEDE OZ [...]
2004-10-05 11:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA141SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,OCTOBER 15, 2004 PART II
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 14:31:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA176SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 22, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM [...]
2004-12-28 07:38:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA45SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 20, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 05:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA61SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 8-10, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 07:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA82SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 16, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-17 05:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA96SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 07, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 05:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA97SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 20, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-20 11:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA99SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 23, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 23, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: 400 [...]
2004-08-04 08:35:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN10191KING ABDULLAH'S MEETING WITH CODEL KOLBE
[...] (C) The upcoming elections in Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's economic situation dominated CODEL Kolbe's meeting with King Abdullah in Amman on December 23. King Abdullah said Jordan is working to encourage Sunni participation in the January 30 Iraqi election, but voiced concern that [...]
2004-12-27 16:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN10245KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON
[...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...]
2004-12-29 13:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN1214FALCON-50 AIR CREW ON JET'S IRAQI OWNERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings, crew members of a Jordan-based Falcon-50 executive jet described their version of the history and current condition of thE aircraft and its substantial links to the government of Iraq (Reftel). They turned over to the Embassy documents relating to activiti [...]
2004-02-18 10:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETTC IZ JO
04AMMAN1232RAVE REVIEWS FOR DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING
[...] As authorized in reftel, post arranged for human rights training, held February 7-10 in Amman for Jordanian government and human rights officials. Funded by DRL,s Economic Support Funds/Human Rights and Democracy Funds, American academics conducted four days of lectures, role plays, and questi [...]
2004-02-18 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM EAID JO
04AMMAN1286FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...]
2004-02-19 20:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV AL IZ JO
04AMMAN1288MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not want a [...]
2004-02-19 20:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO
04AMMAN1292FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...]
2004-02-19 20:58:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV AL IZ JO
04AMMAN1293FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL SUMMIT
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...]
2004-02-19 21:10:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV AL IZ JO
04AMMAN1294MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not w [...]
2004-02-19 21:10:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO
04AMMAN1576MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 09:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN1665JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...]
2004-03-04 19:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN1737JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING
[...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...]
2004-03-08 16:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN2004KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN
[...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...]
2004-03-17 09:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN2140MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-22 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR JO
04AMMAN2277FOMIN MUASHER DISCUSSES WITH AMB. JONES "BUMPY"
[...] (C) Summary. FonMin Muasher has proposed to Iraqi FM Zebari that they form and chair a bilateral committee to resolve irritants in the relationship. End Summary. JORDAN-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS "BUMPY" -------------------------------------- 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Deputy CPA Ad [...]
2004-03-25 22:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ IS JO
04AMMAN2655MEDIA REACTION ON THE SHI'A "INTIFADA" IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-06 17:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN3149UNAMI'S VIEW OF HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) In an April 20 donor coordination meeting UNAMI Humanitarian Officer Wojtek Wilk reported that 50,000 to 100,000 IDPs have fled Fallujah to Baghdad. He noted the problems relief agencies face providing aid in Fallujah and unconfirmed reports of a possible new movement of Iranian Kurds f [...]
2004-04-22 15:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ PHUM PREF PREL JO
04AMMAN3486MFA CLAIMS AS MANY AS 35 JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN
[...] (C) MFA officials told the Embassy this week that they believe there are as many as 35 Jordanians in Coalition custody in Iraq, and that the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and CPA have identified 23 detainees in Coalition custody as Jordanian. The MFA believes other Jordanians might be mis-id [...]
2004-05-06 17:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM US IZ JO
04AMMAN3503UNHCR AGAIN PUSHES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: During a May 4 briefing, UNHCR urged resettlement countries to consider for resettlement the 1,047 Iranian Kurds who fled Iraq's Al Tash refugee camp in April 2003 and have remained camped on the Iraqi-Jordanian border ever since. UNHCR presented specific c [...]
2004-05-10 05:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM IR IZ JO
04AMMAN3829ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ,
[...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]
2004-05-17 09:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN407FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS
[...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...]
2004-01-19 17:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP
04AMMAN4238FONMIN MUASHER ON REGIONAL REFORM, ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) FonMin Muasher expressed pleasure May 26 with the results of the Tunis Arab League summit on the subjects of Arab League reform, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and regional reform. He said the reform resolution is a good basis for a dialogue between the G-8 and Arab states on refo [...]
2004-05-27 13:23:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN4251UNHCR UPDATE ON JORDAN AND IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: The UNHCR missions for Jordan and Iraq updated the diplomatic community May 24 on recent refugee developments in the two countries. In Jordan, UNHCR acknowledged that return to Iraq is the only option for 314 Iraqi-Palestinians in UNHCR's Ruweished refugee camp, while the 386 Iraqi [...]
2004-05-27 15:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM KPAL IR IZ JO
04AMMAN4426STAFFDEL SCHARFEN MEETINGS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21-24 visit to Jordan, Staffdel Scharfen engaged in meetings with officials from the Iraqi government, CPA, Jordanian government, and the United Nations. In these meetings the delegation dealt primarily with issues pertaining to Iraqi trade during the period of UN sanct [...]
2004-06-02 12:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ETTC JO IZ
04AMMAN4581ROYAL WEDDING ROCKS AMMAN
[...] (U) Jordan -- or at least part of it -- was swept up in elaborate festivities May 26-28 marking the wedding of Crown Prince Hamza to his 22-year old distant cousin, Princess Noor Bint Assem, despite the prince's reported desire for a low-key event. The widely-publicized celebration makes o [...]
2004-06-06 14:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JO
04AMMAN5415MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 11:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN5876DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING
[...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah stressed to the Deputy Secretary his commitment to helping U.S. policy SIPDIS succeed in Iraq, described his offers of assistance to the IIG, and expressed concern about Iranian infiltration there. He emphasized concerns about instability in Saudi Arabia and the [...]
2004-07-13 08:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS MARR JO IZ
04AMMAN5893JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GITMO INTERVIEWED BY
[...] Jordan Islamist weekly Al-Sabil published July 6 a lengthy interview with, they report, the first Jordanian released from the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba. The former prisoner described his alleged experiences at detention camps in Afghanistan and Cuba from January 2002 until April 2004 [...]
2004-07-14 02:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN6726NONVIOLENT IRAQI OPPOSITION FIGURES AIR FAMILIAR
[...] SUMMARY: A two-day meeting held in Amman in late July offered an opportunity for prominent, nonviolent members of the Iraqi opposition to the coalition forces (CF) and Iraqi interim government (IIG) to meet with prominent, but predominantly non-official, Americans. The meeting produced a few [...]
2004-08-10 14:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL JO IZ
04AMMAN6881MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-16 12:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN7179IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT
[...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...]
2004-08-26 05:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN7199JORDANIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Strong GOJ backing for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) continues, but the GOJ has yet to comment publicly on the situation in Najaf or the new Iraqi Interim National Council (IINC). The Najaf situation draws significant negative attention here. End Summary. -------------- [...]
2004-08-26 15:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JO
04AMMAN728IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN
[...] (S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and Coalition Forces in Iraq, but are put off by tough security measures there. The group said that anti-U.S. violence in the Sunni triangle does not represent sup [...]
2004-01-29 08:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO
04AMMAN7360MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...]
2004-09-02 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN7841GOJ SUPPORTS IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION; PRESSES RELATED
[...] (C) At a September 20 meeting in Amman, the Jordanian Minister of Planning confirmed that he will head the Jordanian delegation to the upcoming Tokyo IRFFI conference. He reiterated strong GOJ support for our Iraq reconstruction efforts, offered to host the second IRFFI donor conference next [...]
2004-09-21 07:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ
04AMMAN7927IRAQ ROUNDUP: NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR AND FORMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-arrived Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Ata Abdul Wahab,s primary mission is to change the distorted picture many Jordanians have of developments in Iraq. Abdul Wahab last served in the Iraqi government as King Faisal II's private secretary in 1958. Separately, former Jordan Am [...]
2004-09-23 11:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JO KINR
04AMMAN8107JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR IRAQ-RELATED AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has launched a two-track push for increased aid for Jordan, which would also benefit Iraq. One track proposes debt forgiveness for Jordan. Jordan would then apply some of the savings from the debt forgiveness against the debt it is owed by Iraq, thereby reducing Iraq's [...]
2004-09-29 15:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN831UPDATE ON IRAQ-RELATED EVENTS IN JORDAN
[...] Over 500 Iraqi officer candidates continue to train under Jordanian instruction. Additionally several senior officers and pilots are being trained by the Jordanians. This training is being conducted at several Jordanian bases in Zarqa, Madaba, and Mafraq. The candidates at Zarqa have moved into [...]
2004-02-03 15:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CVIS EAID MASS JO IZ
04AMMAN8693MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 11:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN9087DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 12:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL JO
04AMMAN9097NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...]
2004-11-09 15:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN9593KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQI ELECTIONS AND ALLAWI VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: The GOJ remains deeply worried that January 31 elections in Iraq will produce either chaos, a Shia landslide, or both. King Abdullah reiterated his support for Allawi and his readiness to help with outreach to Iraqi Sunni Arabs if Allawi wants it. Allawi generated goodwill amon [...]
2004-12-05 06:27:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ASEC IZ JO
04AMMAN9672PM ALLAWI'S AMMAN MEETINGS WITH IRAQI
[...] (S) On December 1 and 2 Iraqi PM Allawi and DPM Barham Saleh held meetings in Amman with Iraqi Sunni figures, most from Al-Anbar province, ranging from IIG-allied brothers Amer and Sheikh Majid ali Suleimein Dulaim, to prominent Sunni Arab rejectionists. The latter category included the norm [...]
2004-12-06 14:43:00Embassy AmmanSECRETIZ JO PINR PREL
04AMMAN9851MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 12:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN9898IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN
[...] (U) The International Organization for Migration launched its Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program for Iraq from its Amman headquarters on December 12. Eligible Iraqis living outside Iraq will have the opportunity to register and vote in 14 countries, in the national assembly election. A si [...]
2004-12-14 14:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO
04ANKARA1058ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-24 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA118ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-08 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1230TGS QUESTIONS ON GME
[...] (C) In response to questions from the Turkish General Staff regarding the Greater Middle East Initiative, on February 27 deputy PolMil counselor met with TGS/J5 staff officers and, drawing on reftel, briefed them on the GME concept. They had already seen the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative [...]
2004-03-02 10:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL TU XF
04ANKARA1233TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]
2004-03-02 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA1237ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1319IMF NEAR AGREEMENT WITH GOT ON SEVENTH REVIEW
[...] (Sbu) Summary: According to IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk, the Fund Mission is near agrement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent for the Seventh Review. On the fiscal side, the GOT and Fund have agreed on measures to plug the 7 Quadrillion TL fiscal gap: increasing the cut in discr [...]
2004-03-04 17:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA14ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-02 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1500ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-09 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1577ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-16 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1624 CLASHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA CAUSE CONCERN IN SE
[...] (SBU) In response to the March 12 violence in Kamisli, Syria and neighboring area, Turkish officials temporarily closed the nearby Nusaybin border gate to both entry and exit, fearing the violence would spread to the Turkish side. On March 16, consulate personnel spoke with the Nusaybin subg [...]
2004-03-18 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1709IRAQI/CPA-TURKEY TRADE TALKS HELD IN ANKARA, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Iraqi/CPA-Turkey trade talks in Ankara, March 10-11 laid out positions of both sides on a range of bilateral trade issues, including energy, water, bilateral trade agreements and the possibility of opening a second border gate. While talks on most issues were characterized by active par [...]
2004-03-23 06:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA1767TURKEY HAS HIGH HOPES FOR NPT PREPCOM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 08:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TU
04ANKARA1833TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]
2004-03-26 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1842TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF
[...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]
2004-03-27 09:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1988ILSA DEMARCHE TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points April 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil, pointing out that development of a pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey would raise serious issues related to both U.S. law (ILSA) and U.S. policy. Per reftel, A/DCM stresse [...]
2004-04-05 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG AU TU IR
04ANKARA2078TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]
2004-04-09 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA214ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-13 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA215TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]
2004-01-13 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2152TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]
2004-04-14 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2206TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ: KONGRA GEL (KGK) MITIGATION STRATEGY
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). 2. (S) Summary: We agree with CPA that Turkish troops in northern Iraq could become a problem after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but Embassy Ankara does not believe the approach recommended in reftel will work wi [...]
2004-04-17 06:22:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
04ANKARA2268ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2419ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-29 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2453ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-30 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2505 Interior Ministry U/S on Aviation Security,
[...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting with Interior Ministry Undersecretary Harput, DCM raised the continuing gap in border controls for international passengers transferring to domestic flights, police protection for the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, and the Bedoian investment case. Mustafa Bal, h [...]
2004-05-04 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR ASEC EINV TU
04ANKARA263ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-15 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2695ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-12 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2721TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...]
2004-05-14 09:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA2878S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]
2004-05-21 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2884Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-24 07:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA2894ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-24 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2913ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-25 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2914CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...]
2004-05-25 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3046ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-02 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3077ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-03 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3108ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-04 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA32ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-05 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3336AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...]
2004-06-14 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU
04ANKARA340INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]
2004-01-20 08:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3405ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-15 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-16 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3458ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-17 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3484SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]
2004-06-21 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3511TGS CONCERNS ABOUT KIRKUK, PKK AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Ambassador met with DCHOD Ilker Basbug at latter,s request on June 21 for a tour d'horizon of current issues in the lead in to the President's visit to Ankara and the NATO Istanbul Summit. Basbug clearly wanted to make several points related to Iraq and U.S. Turkish relations. KIRKUK [...]
2004-06-22 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MARR TU IZ AF
04ANKARA355ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-20 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3585UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...]
2004-06-24 16:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3589ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3603ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3724ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 11:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3740PSI AND NPT: TURKS "DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED" AT LACK
[...] (C) Action Request at Para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) While delivering Refs A and B, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff were treated to an unexpected and emotional reaction to U/S Bolton's PSI letter from usually stoic MFA Director General for Disarmament and Security Affairs Haluk Ilica [...]
2004-07-01 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC PREL TU IR
04ANKARA3791ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-12 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3900MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON
[...] (U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce the price of its natural gas exports to Turkey if Turkey agrees to facilitate the transport of Iranian gas to Europe. The report added that the deal was rea [...]
2004-07-14 16:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 16:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4072ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-21 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4109CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]
2004-07-23 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4110AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT
[...] (U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of Three Seas Energy Conference in Istanbul. (Septel reports on Mann,s meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Guler.) Mann was joined by Turkish MFA Deputy U/S A [...]
2004-07-23 10:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4112TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S.
[...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]
2004-07-23 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4118ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-23 16:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4131IRAQ, THE TURKS AND US
[...] (S) After four years in Ankara as the Iraq watcher/Operation Northern Watch POLAD, and seven TDYs to Iraq before, during and after the war, Embassy PolMilOff offers the following observations about dealing with Turkey on matters relating to Iraq. Working with the Turks on Iraqi issues can be [...]
2004-07-27 12:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA4132IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]
2004-07-27 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4148TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]
2004-07-28 09:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4227SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...]
2004-07-29 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL SU TU
04ANKARA4233ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4267ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-30 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4320ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-03 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4370ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4421TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]
2004-08-06 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4443TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC
[...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]
2004-08-09 09:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4451ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-09 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-10 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4504TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II
[...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]
2004-08-11 09:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4524A TURKISH PROPOSAL TO MAKE MECCA AND MEDINA
[...] (C) Action request--para 7. 2. (S) Summary: A key Embassy contact on Islam in Turkey is launching an effort within the Muslim world to turn Mecca and Medina into an autonomous zone. He seeks USG financial support to bring his project to fruition. We will inform him that the U.S. cannot su [...]
2004-08-11 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL TU
04ANKARA4526ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4563ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4580TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1-
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]
2004-08-16 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4587ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-16 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4601TURKISH ENERGY OFFICIALS ON LIBERALIZATION, IRAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) Director Mehmet Bilgic expressed confidence in Turkey and BOTAS' growing role as an energy transit country for oil and gas, citing that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan oil pipeline and Shah Deniz gas pipeline (tendering process) were on sc [...]
2004-08-16 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD IR TU
04ANKARA465TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...]
2004-01-23 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MARR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4733PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia but urged restraint, dialogue and, in Abkhazia, easing the CIS economic embargo. In response to Erdogan's emphasis on the importance [...]
2004-08-20 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET TU GG RS
04ANKARA4742ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-20 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4764ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-23 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4807OUT OF COUNTRY REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN IRAN:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 08:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL AF IR TU
04ANKARA4815ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4860ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-26 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4878ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-27 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4887PUTIN VISIT TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 2-3
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The highest-level Russian visitor to Turkey since Podgorny in 1972, Putin will arrive amid steadily increasing bilateral economic ties -- particularly in Russian energy sales and interest in energy-sector investments and ar [...]
2004-08-27 16:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL ENRG TU RS
04ANKARA4995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-03 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5002TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15-
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]
2004-09-03 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5014IAEA/IRAN - TURKEY TO SPEAK OUT AT UNGA, BUT FEARS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul is expected to voice Turkey's concerns about Iran's nuclear program at the UNGA, but MFA worries that referring Iran's case to the Security Council before the outcome there is assured might actually accelerate Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. End summary. [...]
2004-09-07 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR TU
04ANKARA5029AMBASSADOR'S SEPT. 1 MEETING WITH FONMIN GUL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's EU candidacy; pressed for Turkish agreement with Greece/Cyprus to forego annual exercises in Aegean and Cyprus; urged Turkey to use its weight in OIC to persuade Sudan to abide by UNSC resolutions on Darfur; asked for a rapid decisio [...]
2004-09-08 06:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MARR TU
04ANKARA5051AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]
2004-09-08 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
04ANKARA507 New Import Surveillance Measures
[...] (U) On December 31, 2003, the GOT published a series of import surveillance and protection measures in the State Gazette. The measures set import reference prices for consumer goods ranging from kitchenware to toothbrushes (see para 3 for summary). The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat is now [...]
2004-01-27 07:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD TU
04ANKARA5115AMBASSADOR AND DCHOD BASBUG DISCUSS CYPRUS, EU
[...] (S) TGS Deputy Chief GEN Basbug told the Ambassador September 8 that developments regarding Cyprus were "worrisome," pointing at the European Court of Human Rights consideration of Loizidou clone cases and the lack of EU action on ending the isolation of northern Cypriots. He hinted that Anka [...]
2004-09-10 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PARM IZ CY IR TU
04ANKARA5205TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]
2004-09-15 09:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5306SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]
2004-09-17 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5373ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-21 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5385 AMBASSADOR PRESSES TRADE MINISTER ON IPR
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 9. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a September 17 meeting with State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, the Ambassador raised intellectual property rights, barriers to importing distilled spirits and rice (septel),scheduling a Trade and Investmen [...]
2004-09-22 07:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KIPR PREL TU
04ANKARA5395ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-22 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5453ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-23 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5535ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-27 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5550AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]
2004-09-28 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5556ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-28 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5587DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S.-Turkish security cooperation relationship during their September 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff (DCHOD) Ilken Basbug agreed on the need to elevate the level [...]
2004-09-29 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS OVIP PGOV MOPS TU
04ANKARA5660ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-01 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
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