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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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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
01ABUJA1547NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO
[...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI),law enforcement [...]
2001-07-05 13:32:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI
01ABUJA1587NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND OTHER ISSUES
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...]
2001-07-05 15:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI
01ABUJA2115NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR,
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...]
2001-08-28 09:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR
01ABUJA2289NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F),and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...]
2001-09-12 16:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL
01ABUJA2881PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH
[...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...]
2001-11-14 15:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NI
01ABUJA954POST OFR ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH NSA MOHAMMED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 19 post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting, Nigeria,s National Security Advisor told us that the Nigerian civilian government has complete control of the military. The NSA was pleased that the OFR meeting had been positive, but deep frustration that [...]
2001-05-03 13:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS NI PREL
01ABUJA959Agreement on Strengthened Cease-fire in Sierra
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2 the ECOWAS Committee of Six, the UN, and the Sierra Leone Government reached a reaffirmation of the November 10, 2000 cease-fire agreement in Sierra Leone with RUF representatives lead by Omrie Golley. According to sources at ECOWAS, The RUF committed itself to the di [...]
2001-05-03 15:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA964NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...]
2001-05-04 09:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALOVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA993NIGERIA: OBASANJO REPLACES SERVICE CHIEFS
[...] (U) President Obasanjo on April 24 abruptly retired Chief of Army Staff LTG Victor Malu, Chief of Naval Staff VADM V.K. Ombu and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa. MG A.O. Ogomudia will replace Malu, and RADM S.I. Afolayan and AVM J.D. Wuyep will replace, respectively, Ombu and Alfa. [...]
2001-05-04 15:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINS PINR NI
02ABUJA1168NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Ambassador Jeter met NSA General (Ret.) Aliyu Mohammed to raise concerns about the lack of Nigerian support for MPRI and Operation Avid Recovery (OAR). The Ambassador warned that obstacles faced by the OAR EOD support team and Nigeria's non-payment on MPRI are sending [...]
2002-04-15 11:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR PINR NI
02ABUJA1817NIGERIA AND NASCO - THE TRUSTEESHIP OPTION
[...] (C) Summary: If placing NASCO under trusteeship is a USG priority, we suggest the Secretary raise it when he calls on Obasanjo 21 June. Approaches at other levels are unlikely to bear fruit. However, action against NASCO could result in collateral damage to bilateral relations far exceeding [...]
2002-06-19 16:00:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ETTC PINS NI
02ABUJA2337NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND A/S
[...] (C) Summary. During their July 25 meeting at Aso Rock Villa, President Obasanjo and Assistant Secretary Kansteiner discussed major regional conflicts and the potential crisis on Nigeria's southeastern border -- the Bakassi. This cable reports the discussion on Bakassi. Other topics are reporte [...]
2002-08-06 08:26:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI
02ABUJA2862NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU -- DISTANCING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar admitted his relationship with President Obasanjo was on the shoals, attributing the deterioration to Obasanjo's poor political skills and reliance on malevolent, imprudent advisors. Atiku stated Oba [...]
2002-10-16 13:57:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA596 NIGERIA: FY2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-26 08:13:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PGOV NI
02AMMAN2478JORDAN AND DEBT ISSUES
[...] (C) We understand there will be a high-level interagency meeting May 20 to discuss Jordan's request for debt relief from the Paris Club in the wake of King Abdullah's visit to Washington and meetings with the President, Secretary O'Neill, NSA Rice and other senior U.S. officials. Since ther [...]
2002-05-19 15:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN JO
02HARARE572MORE ON TSVANGIRAI'S ALLEGED "PLOT" TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE GOZ FIRED ANOTHER OFF-TARGET SALVO IN ITS CONTINUING ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT MDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MORGAN TSVANGIRAI THROUGH ACCUSATIONS THAT HE APPROACHED THE CANADIAN DICKENS AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00572 01 OF 02 051236Z MAD [...]
2002-03-05 12:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ZI
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
03ABUDHABI4361UAE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO OPEC "SURPRISED" BY
[...] (U) Classified by Economic Section Chief Oliver B. John, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 9/28 meeting with Econ Chief, UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari said he was "a little bit surprised" by the organization's decision las [...]
2003-09-28 09:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUJA1062NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June meeting, President Obasanjo and Ambassador Jeter discussed the status of U.S. bilateral security assistance programs. Obasanjo was perplexed by the impending shut-down of the MPRI program, the C-130 restoration program, and the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Ce [...]
2003-06-16 10:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NI
03ABUJA1497MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: APCS, WARRI, MPRI
[...] (S/NF) CDA delivered REF A demarche on APCs for ECOMIL to Minister of Defense Kwankwaso on 29 August. Kwankwaso said he had not heard of Ghana's request that the GON provide APCs for the Ghanaian ECOMIL battalion. Kwankwaso and MOD PermSec Kaigama indicated the GON would consider the Ghanaia [...]
2003-08-29 18:32:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP LI ML SG GH NI
03ABUJA280NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR TINUBU RECAPS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by Consul General and Staff Assistant (note-taker) met a politically confident and relaxed Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on January 24. Despite the allegations being tossed at him, Tinubu appeared self-assured and convinced of his political lo [...]
2003-02-07 12:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS NI
03ROME3700URGING HIGH LEVEL ITALIAN/EU PRESIDENCY ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE ACTING (NORMALLY DEPUTY) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S BUREAU FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, FRANCESCO BASCONE, TOLD CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED USG CONCERNS (REFTEL) OVER THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS TO REMOVE RUSSIAN TROOPS AND ARMS FROM MOLDOVA AND TO REACH A FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT [...]
2003-08-14 13:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EU IT MD OSCE
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
04ABUJA1394GENERAL FOGLESONG'S VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy hosted 8-10 August a visit to Abuja by General Robert H. Foglesong, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). His purpose in his first-ever trip to Nigeria was to establish personal contact with senior Nigerian military officials and set the stage for greater security assista [...]
2004-08-16 09:10:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NI
04ANKARA1507SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]
2004-03-12 16:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
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
04BRASILIA3100DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVSIOR SHIRZAD'S NOV,
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. At a November 22 dinner for visiting Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad and NSC Director Del Renigar, senior executives of key Brazilian and multinational companies questioned Brazil's continued membership in Mercosur (in its current configuration [...]
2004-12-17 18:39:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV BR BL AR
04KUWAIT1003(C) SCENESETTER FOR VPOTUS MEETING WITH FONMIN
[...] (C) Meeting with the Vice President March 31 will be the highlight of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah's visit to Washington. It will also be the GOK'S highest-level meeting with the USG since Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's Septemb [...]
2004-03-28 13:09:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT4106KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY;
[...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...]
2004-12-01 04:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO
04MANAMA1227MINISTER OF INTERIOR: HELP US PUT THESE GUYS AWAY
[...] (S/NF) CDA, RSO and POL met with Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa and Under-Secretary for Operations Brigadier General Abdel-Latif Zayani August 3 to discuss the status of the investigation regarding the six Bahraini extremists in custody, security issues and U.S. [...]
2004-08-04 10:34:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PREL PGOV BA
04NEWDELHI7026INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM PREPARATORY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-18, 2004, Department Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy Michele Markoff and DOD Director of International Information Assurance Programs Tim Bloechl participated in preparatory meetings with the GOI for the November 9-10 [...]
2004-11-04 04:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCIP TINT PREL ECPS KCRM IN US
04NEWDELHI7512SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...]
2004-11-29 05:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR
04ROME2248STATUS OF US MILITARY PROJECTS UNDERWAY AT ITALIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Whatever final decisions are made with regard to the US military's Global Posture Review (GPR),changes emanating from the GPR will build upon numerous milcon and other projects already underway within Italy. Careful coordination will be required to ensure that these current proj [...]
2004-06-14 05:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04TELAVIV1575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...]
2004-03-12 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1794ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2140ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...]
2004-04-09 12:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05ANKARA3892CHARGE D'AFFAIRES UNDERSCORES USG PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Turkey's NSC Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) SIPDIS urged Turkey to get in lockstep with the US on Syria and Iran, noted continuing USG efforts to recognize northern Cyprus' April 2004 vote in support of the Annan Plan and [...]
2005-07-07 05:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL IZ SY IR TU
05ANKARA7158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05BAGHDAD3943ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THE MINISTRY OF
[...] (U) Action request, see para 18. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Recent press accounts alleging massive fraud at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MoD) -- most notably implicating former Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan -- repeat allegations that have been made for some time. Embassy, IRMO, and MNSTC-I pla [...]
2005-09-24 02:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL KCOR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5000IRAQI MCNS MEETS DEC. 9: ELECTION SECURITY, PRIME
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the afternoon of December 9, 2005 at Prime Minister Ja'afari's residence. Ja'afari expressed extreme consternation about the fact that his flight back to Baghdad from Japan was denied permission to lan [...]
2005-12-14 15:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM IZ
05BOGOTA11058DRUG CZAR WALTERS DISCUSSES PEACE AND JUSTICE LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 9, 2005, ONDCP Director John P. Walters met with Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran Arana and several members of his staff. During the hour-long meeting the two expressed their appreciation for the cooperation that both countries have shown each other in their mutu [...]
2005-11-29 19:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDDOJ OPDAT PGOV PHUM SNAR CO
05BRASILIA2149BRAZIL - POTENTIAL ECONOMIC SCENARIOS AS THE
[...] (C) Summary: Financial markets have, to date, largely taken in their stride the interlocking set of vote-buying and corruption scandals currently engulfing Brazil's political class (ref A). Several factors are working together to insulate the economy against the political turbulence, includi [...]
2005-08-12 17:08:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV
05BRASILIA698AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN WORKERS' PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 9, Ambassador Danilovich met with Jose Genoino, the President of Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) and the PT's Secretary for International Relations, Paulo Ferreira. Genoino noted that the PT is now celebrating its 25th anniversary and has evolved into a modern nationwide i [...]
2005-03-14 18:33:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI BR US
05BRATISLAVA251PARLIAMENT LEADER HRUSOVSKY'S APRIL VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The April visit of a Slovak parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Pavol Hrusovsky will be a useful opportunity to press our agenda on Iraq, minority rights, religious registration, and while coordinating on areas where we already agree like trafficking and Cuba. Hrusovsky [...]
2005-03-25 18:05:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LO
05CAIRO7725VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 08:59:00Embassy CairoSECRETEAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY
05MANAMA484BAHRAIN MOVES FORWARD WITH JOINT COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. An FBI-led team's March 19-22 visit to Bahrain successfully kick-started Bahrain's effort to establish a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) within the next two-four months. Most notably, Minister of Interior (MOI) Shaikh Rashid pulled in senior leaders from CT-related agencies [...]
2005-03-30 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALASEC BA PTER
05NEWDELHI301AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO
[...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...]
2005-01-12 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI3017COMMANDER USPACOM MEETS DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) On 13 April 2005, Commander USPACOM met with Deputy National Security Advisor Ambassador Vijay Nambiar at the NSA's conferencing facility at the Cabinet Secretariat Building. Nambiar was joined by 10 members of the National Security Counsel. Also attending the meeting were PACOM staff, U [...]
2005-04-22 07:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PTER IN
05NEWDELHI3653FS SARAN PREPARES FOR WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 14 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran gave an optimistic overview of the SIPDIS issues for his upcoming trip to Washington, emphasizing the GOI's intention to develop a rich menu of deliverables to make the Prime Minister's July White House visit "a [...]
2005-05-14 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KDEM ETTC MASS NP CH IZ IN US
05NEWDELHI3769MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...]
2005-05-19 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4131INDIAN PUNDITS PRESS FOR NEW DIRECTION IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Delhi-based Nepal-watchers are split in their diagnosis of the strength of the competing factions in Nepal, and on their prescriptions for an end to the country's political crisis. The GOI decision to release non-lethal military assistance to the RNA and press reports of Indian [...]
2005-06-02 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI5382DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...]
2005-07-13 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK
05NEWDELHI5445GOI WORKING TO MANAGE DISAPPOINTMENT AT US G-4
[...] (C) Summary: US opposition to the G-4 UN Security Council expansion proposal was badly received in India, but the GOI is doing damage control to preserve the positive atmospherics of the PM's July 18-20 Washington visit, including working to ensure the resolution will not come up for a vote while t [...]
2005-07-14 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN CH UNSC
05NEWDELHI6150DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]
2005-08-08 15:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6638INDIAN QUESTIONS ABOUT IRAN WMD BRIEFING OFFER
[...] (S) In response to the USG offer to brief the GOI on Iran's weaponization program and pursuit of the nuclear fuel cycle (Ref A),MEA Deputy Secretary (Americas) Santosh Jha told PolMilOff on August 29 that MEA is generally interested, but would like more information before it could formally a [...]
2005-08-29 14:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKNNP PARM PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI9771MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...]
2005-12-28 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK
05PARIS3879FRENCH RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN COUNTERFEITING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: French authorities have no knowledge of North Korean counterfeiting of other major currencies, including the Euro. We underscored our concern about North Korean counterfeiting activities, and French authorities said they would be happy to share any information that might come thei [...]
2005-06-03 16:32:00Embassy ParisSECRETKCRM EFIN FR
05ROME3838 CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE MISSION ITALY - DECEMBER 14 and 16, 2005.
[...] (SBU) Mission Italy will host an unclassified Crisis Management Exercise (CME) on December 14 at Turin, Italy and December 16, at American Embassy Rome. The exercise will be facilitated by Douglas Kinney, Crisis Management Training Division, Leadership and Management School, Foreign Service In [...]
2005-11-21 16:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEPT OF STATE FOR DS AS DSS EX IP ITA CT EUR WE FSI LMS CMT CA OCS ACS POSTS RSO PSO
05ROME3994 OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - TURIN - MONTHLY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 16:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KOLY IT AMGT
05TELAVIV1013ISRAELIS BRIEF U/S LEVEY ON TERROR FINANCE STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Security Council Counterterrorism Director General Danny Arditi met with Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and his delegation on February 14 in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv. Arditi said that the GOI has recently switched the focus of its terrorism finance efforts from [...]
2005-02-18 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1593C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...]
2005-03-17 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV321ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...]
2005-01-19 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]
2005-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4749ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israeli Relations 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Sunday) and Israel Radio reported that senior Israeli officials Dov Weisglass and [...]
2005-08-01 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV499ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave next week for a tour of Europe and the Middle East, which will include nine countrie [...]
2005-01-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6246STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS,
[...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]
2005-10-31 16:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05VILNIUS103PRT ROADMAP: FROM LITHUANIA TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. In order to build upon our diplomatic success securing Lithuanian leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, the USG should now move quickly to formalize plans to provide tangible deliverables to the GOL. Lithuania is urgently seeking Washington commitm [...]
2005-01-28 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05WARSAW3044IRAQ-POLAND: JONES-SMITH CONSULTATIONS WITH GOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Richard Jones Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy (S/I) led an interagency delegation to Warsaw July 28-29 to consult with senior GOP officials and encourage continued substantial Polish participation in the Iraq Coalition and the Multi-Nati [...]
2005-08-05 11:46:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PL IZ
05WELLINGTON739NZ FOLLOW-UP: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT INFORMATION
[...] (S) Post IWG agencies met to discuss Ref A and B. We also discussed the possibility of the terrorist lookout information sharing pilot with Conoff in Auckland. Agencies all agree that GNZ would be a good candidate for the proposed pilot project, and would likely be receptive should we make [...]
2005-09-23 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06ABUJA1841NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT
[...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...]
2006-07-18 12:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA3181ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT OBASANJO WILL
[...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...]
2006-12-12 16:24:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3186CORRECTED COPY - ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT
[...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...]
2006-12-13 09:06:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ANKARA1468SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...]
2006-03-21 08:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ATHENS2152GREECE LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNIFIL THROUGH NAVAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA and MoD contacts informed Embassy that Greece plans to respond positively to resolution 1701's call for contributions for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Senior Greek military planners are focused on providing a naval force to the future peacekeeping effort in Lebanon, with o [...]
2006-08-17 15:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE GR
06ATHENS767SCENESETTER FOR GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYANNIS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to see Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis in Washington on March 23. This will be her first trip to Washington as Foreign Minister since assuming her post on February 15 of this year. Bakoyannis' objective will be to establish her credentials with you [...]
2006-03-21 14:53:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR CY TU BAKOYANNIS
06ATHENS900COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTERT (APR 8-9)
[...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Representative J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and accompanying members of his delegation. The Control Officer for the April 8-9 visit is Karen Grissette. She can be reached during office hours throu [...]
2006-04-04 11:33:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GR IN NP VM
06BAGHDAD1247MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...]
2006-04-17 12:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1844MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...]
2006-06-01 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1920MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...]
2006-06-07 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2114MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]
2006-06-21 02:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2965GOI SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM PLANS TO ADDRESS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh jointly chaired a meeting August 12 to identify issues and concrete steps Iraq can take to address the immediate fuel crisis. National Security Advisor (NSA) Mowafuq Rubaie said a security operation similar to the Baghdad Secu [...]
2006-08-15 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3205MCNS - AUGUST 27
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...]
2006-08-31 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4239CHARGE MEETS WITH PM'S CHIEF OF STAFF NOVEMBER 14
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 14 meeting with Charge, PM Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah said the PM would review the draft U.S. letter to the UNSC on UNSCR renewal later in the day. According to Dr. Tariq, the PM's cabinet reshuffle may not happen for a month; the PM is still in the process [...]
2006-11-14 21:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEG IZ PGOV PREL SA UN
06BAGHDAD4706IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...]
2006-12-26 07:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ
06BERLIN1494GERMAN VIEWS ON THE "ROAD TO RIGA"
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings May 18-19 with USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland, German officials were cautious across the board. Nuland focused on the strategic rationale behind our Riga summit initiatives but made only modest headway in broadening German thinking. Nuland found Chancellery and MO [...]
2006-06-02 13:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PREL GM
06BERLIN3452GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...]
2006-12-07 18:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM
06BUCHAREST278ROMANIA SEEKS "POSITIVE POLITICAL SIGNAL" FROM
[...] U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragrap 11. 2. (C) Last summer, Romania proposed a "Back Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summi" as a launching pad for a process of dialogue ad partnership among Black Sea states, the U.S. an the E.U. (Refs) The proposed forum focuses on "o [...]
2006-02-16 16:00:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV PTER EPET TU
06BUCHAREST629ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES -
[...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...]
2006-04-18 07:57:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO
06CAIRO3038EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK'S U.S. VISIT STIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Cairo is still buzzing a week after news broke over Gamal Mubarak's visit to the United States. The perception that Gamal attempted to conduct the visit "in secret" - only to be exposed by a chance White House sighting SIPDIS by a Jazeera correspondent, was a major focus of cri [...]
2006-05-22 14:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO4169EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON US-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On July 5, Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Aboul Gheit to discuss preparations for the US-Egyptian Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washington. Aboul Gheit had met the previous day with the Prime Minister and other cabinet memb [...]
2006-07-05 15:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM EG
06DARESSALAAM1076CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...]
2006-07-03 07:07:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPGOV PTER PREL EAID
06DARESSALAAM1089(CORRECTED COPY) CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND
[...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...]
2006-07-03 10:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPGOV PTER PREL EAID
06ISLAMABAD21223PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]
2006-10-31 10:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22023PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]
2006-11-16 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9336NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN
[...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...]
2006-05-22 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL AF
06JERUSALEM1697PA OWES EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS FOR WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to East Jerusalem medical care providers, the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to incur costs of over USD 800,000 per month for specialized care for the cases it refers from the West Bank despite empty coffers. (Note: A negligible number of cases are referred [...]
2006-04-27 09:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KWBG IS
06KABUL1714KARZAI NERVOUS ON PROVINCIAL SECURITY: RESURRECTS
[...] (C) In the wake of recent insurgent activity in the South, President Karzai is afraid he may be losing public confidence in his government's authority in rural provincial districts, and he is once again broaching the idea of raising informal auxiliary police units to provide security in ce [...]
2006-04-17 05:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR PTER EFIN AF PK
06KABUL2151 A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Course of Action plan outlined below is desig for implementing President Karzai?s decision to re-balance the Afgha in order to address pressing security issues in the south (reftel). by members of the international community involved with building up t the Afghan Ministry [...]
2006-05-12 15:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2154A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Course of Action plan outlined below is designed as a guide for implementing President Karzais decision to re-balance the Afghan National Police in order to address pressing g security issues in the south (reftel). This outline will be used by members of the international [...]
2006-05-13 08:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL2178PRT/TARIN KOWT: GOVERNOR MONIB'S TENUOUS GRASP ON URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] (C) The security situation in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province remains acute seven weeks after the arrival of a new governor. Unhelpful interference by the previous governor, stepped up Taliban activity, and police forces operating outside governmental authority impede Governor Monib's ability [...]
2006-05-14 11:22:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL3179DEPT FOR THE PREVENTION OF VICE AND THE PROMOTION
[...] (C) The feared Department of the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue that existed during and before the Taliban era may resurface again if Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Shinwari has his way. Two months ago, at a meeting of the National Ulema Council for Afghanistan, Shinwari and [...]
2006-07-17 08:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR AF
06KABUL4783PAG REPORT OCT 2: MOVING ON GOVERNANCE AND AUX POLICE
[...] (C) The October 2 Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting agreed on an general action plan for Afghan Development Zones (ADZs). Two GOA teams will be going to Helmand and Kandahar provinces to assess the state of governance there, with the aim of identifying and removing incompetent or corrupt offi [...]
2006-10-04 05:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF NOTAG
06KABUL5751DEC 6 PAG: NAC SHOULD TEST MUSA QALA
[...] (C) The December 6 PAG continued to negotiate the tests necessary to determine whether Musa Qala district is operating under the control of the central government. A new document was issued but remains flawed as it still misses the essential ingredient needed to test the agreement )- a small [...]
2006-12-09 11:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5824PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING INCIDENT AT
[...] (SBU) At 1250hrs on December 12, an explosion occurred inside the Helmand Governor's compound in Lashkar Gah, within the courtyard but outside the building. It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible. One account reports that one of the guards was trying to usher the bomber away from t [...]
2006-12-12 16:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5825AN EMOTIONAL KARZAI LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) President Karzai broke into tears during his December 10 speech launching Afghanistan,s Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. While recounting the atrocities suffered by the Afghan people over the past 30 years, he noted that Afghans had suffered at the hands of both terro [...]
2006-12-12 16:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS AF
06KABUL5926PRT/KUNDUZ: HOSPITAL REFORM WORKING IN NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) The provincial hospitals in Kunduz and Takhar Provinces are two of five pilot projects under the World-Bank funded Hospital Reform Program. They receive extensive support from the Ministry of Public Health and are relatively well-equipped, have capable and well-paid staff, and appear to [...]
2006-12-21 13:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5952PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR
[...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...]
2006-12-26 09:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KIEV1994UKRAINE: KRAMER-WOOD 5/22 MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, and Ambassador, former State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko stressed that Ukraine's next prime minister should be a politically independent technocrat -- not a politician. Zinchenko had advised President Yu [...]
2006-05-24 15:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI ECON PREL UP RS
06KUWAIT465JANUARY 17 VICE PRESIDENT MEETING WITH KUWAITI
[...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- The Vice President Ambassador Richard LeBaron NEA/PDAS Elizabeth Cheney OVP Chief of Staff David Addington National Security Advisor to the VP John Hannah Deputy Assistant to the VP for NSA Samantha Ravich Gamal Helal (interpreter) DCM Tueller (notetaker) [...]
2006-02-08 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KU
06MADRID621AMBASSADOR SHIRIN TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (C) Summary. During her two-day visit to Madrid, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform, met with Spanish National Security SIPDIS Advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA Director General for International Organizations Arturo Laclaustra, and MFA Director General for For [...]
2006-03-14 09:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UN SP
06MANILA830SITREP 1: MALACANANG DECLARES "STATE OF EMERGENCY"
[...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo declared a "State of Emergency" in a TV address at 1120 hrs (local). Arroyo's formal proclamation of national emergency blamed a conspiracy between the "extreme Left" and "military adventurists." Based on Mission information, there does appear to have been som [...]
2006-02-24 07:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MANILA970SITREP 22: STATE OF EMERGENCY LIKELY LIFTED BY
[...] (C) Summary: NSA Gonzales told A/S Hill March 2 that he expected President Arroyo to lift the State of National Emergency today or tomorrow. Defense Secretary Cruz told A/DCM separately that the President would "definitely" lift it on March 3, due mostly to arguments from her economic team. [...]
2006-03-02 10:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC ECON RP
06MUNICH114MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MERKEL URGES
[...] (SBU) The February 3-5 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy ("Wehrkunde") on "Restoring the Transatlantic Partnership," explored a wide-range of security policy topics, including the future of NATO, its relationship with the EU, Russia's relationship with Europe and NATO, and Foreign and [...]
2006-02-23 16:28:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM NATO IAEA NPT ENRG IR GM
06NEWDELHI161D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC
06NEWDELHI294NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...]
2006-01-14 09:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH
06NEWDELHI2967INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]
2006-05-01 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI5135INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING
[...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]
2006-07-21 07:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5136INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...]
2006-07-21 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI6133THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...]
2006-09-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06RIYADH7838USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]
2006-10-05 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06SANAA2575TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Yemen provides no known financial support for terrorism and insurgency in Iraq. Financial controls in general are weak, making it difficult to track suspicious transactions. The informal financial market comprises the vast majority of transactions, making it even more difficult [...]
2006-09-05 12:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EFIN YM
06SEOUL1330AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM BAN: NORTH KOREA,
[...] (C) Summary: In their April 21 luncheon meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Ban discussed several bilateral and North Korea-related issues (see refs for discussions on ROK-Japan relations and Ban's candidacy for UNSYG). On North Korea, Ban said Seoul intended to raise human rights [...]
2006-04-22 09:06:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KS KN
06SEOUL2227ROKG OFFICIALS DISCUSS DPRK MISSILES, KIC,
[...] (C) In a series of meetings on June 28, SFRC Professional Staff Member Frank Jannuzi told officials from the Ministry of Unification (MOU),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK should seek to dissuade a DPRK missile launch. Seo [...]
2006-07-06 06:01:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETRD KS KN
06SEOUL434LEE JONG-SEOK HEARING OCCASIONS REHASH OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOU-designate Lee Jong-seok's hearing at the National Assembly has served as a stage for renewed controversy over the recent U.S.-ROK agreement on strategic flexibility of U.S. Forces in Korea. The debate was sparked last week when a ruling party lawmaker disclosed classified r [...]
2006-02-07 09:16:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KS
06TELAVIV1048ISRAELI NSA EILAND'S INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the Israeli raid to arrest Palestinian detainees formerly monitored by U.S. and UK personnel in Jericho had been planned as early as 2002. He claimed the [...]
2006-03-15 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1064ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON AID TO PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the GOI has not yet established a clear interagency position on assistance to the Palestinians. Eiland said that the NSC's plan on possible steps to reduce [...]
2006-03-16 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG KPAL LE IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1932ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR OLMERT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Ehud Olmert's main public goal for his first trip to Washington as prime minister is to win U.S. support for what he calls the "convergence plan," which will relocate 60,000 - 80,000 settlers from isolated areas in the West Bank to other settlement blocs west of the separation barr [...]
2006-05-17 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV387INITIAL ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE PLC ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged patience in formulating a response to the surprise outcome of the Palestinian elections, but said publicly that he will not negotiate with a Palestinian Authority government that includes Hamas. Israeli politicians from m [...]
2006-01-27 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TOKYO4543US-JAPAN COORDINATION ON DPRK MISSILES LAUNCHES:
[...] (S) Summary: A U.S.-Japan inter-agency meeting August 9 concluded that bilateral coordination in the period surrounding the July DPRK missile launches was extremely good, but room for improvement remained. The Japanese side reiterated their strong desire to learn what steps the USG was con [...]
2006-08-11 08:04:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR KN JA
06TOKYO5091JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6824TAKUMI NEMOTO AND ABE'S EVOLVING ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's initiatives to strengthen the Kantei (Prime Minister's Office) in the policy-making process have created a number of new economic players, one of the most important being Special Assistant to the Prime Minster Takumi Nemoto. There do not appear to be plans for Nemoto [...]
2006-12-04 05:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
06WELLINGTON86PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]
2006-02-01 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
07ABUJA1153President Yar'Adua's First Appointments
[...] Summary: President Yar'Adua made some of the first official appointments to his government on May 30. He announced that Ambassador Babagana Kingibe is the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),while Major-General Abdullahi Mohammed retains the post of Chief of Staff and Ma [...]
2007-06-07 13:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS NI
07ABUJA1162AMBASSADORIAL MEETING WITH NSA MUKHTAR ON HOSTAGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to their request, Nigerian National Security Advisor General Abdullahi Mukhtar convened a meeting of Ambassadors from countries currently affected by hostage taking in the Niger Delta. He stressed that the GON knows the identities of the expatriates in captivity and [...]
2007-06-08 11:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET PGOV PTER NI
07ABUJA219SECURITY OFFICIALS DISCUSS DELTA, HOSTAGES
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian officials including the National Security Advisor, Chief of Defense Staff, and Director of the State Security Service met with a select group of Ambassadors on February 2. The meeting was requested by the diplomats to express concern about their nationals who are at pre [...]
2007-02-02 13:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CASC ASEC ENRG NI
07ABUJA2497NIGERIA: AFRICOM LEADERSHIP VISIT ABUJA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28-29, Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates and Vice Admiral Robert Moeller visited Abuja to discuss AFRICOM with Nigerian government officials, ECOWAS Commission President Chambas, Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) member representatives, and members of the Nige [...]
2007-12-03 16:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS NI
07ABUJA47ALIYU MOHAMMED HOPES TO REPLACE YAR'ADUA ON PDP
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, the former National Security Advisor (NSA),on January 8. Aliyu Mohammed believes that Governor Yar'Adua has failed as a candidate and says that President Obasanjo is trying to find a way to replace him. Aliyu claims that his [...]
2007-01-10 16:43:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07AMMAN4884IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - DECEMBER 10
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR signed a USD 11 million agreement with the Jordanian Ministry of Health to assist the GOJ in providing primary care services to Iraqis at equivalent costs to non-insured Jordanians. UNHCR hopes that increased Iraqi usage of Jordanian primary care facilities will allow the [...]
2007-12-11 16:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO
07ATHENS153199TH U.S.-GREEK JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 23, the 99th meeting of the U.S.-Greek Joint Commission dealing with bilateral political-military issues, particularly the relationship between Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) and the Government of Greece, was held at Souda Bay NSA on the island of Cre [...]
2007-07-31 13:27:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL GR
07BAGHDAD1081MARCH 23 FARDH AL QANOON EXECUTIVE STEERING
[...] (C) Summary: The March 23 Fardh Al Qanoon (FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (ESC) continued to have several members absent including VP Mahdi, DPM Zawbai (due to assassination attempt),NSA Rubaie, Yassin Majeed, as well as other ministry officials. However, DPM Salih attended the meeting af [...]
2007-03-28 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ PREL
07BAGHDAD1226INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with UN Iraq Special Representative Gambari on April 7 to discuss the way ahead on the International Compact with Iraq (ICI). The following day Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Gambari co-chaired a meeting with ambassadors of the expanded prep group to announ [...]
2007-04-09 10:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1329IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE CALLS FOR RAPID
[...] (C) Summary: At the April 13 session of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih called the April 12 bombing of the Council of Representatives (CoR) troubling from a security standpoint, but a unifying event for the CoR. Sarafiya bridge, a [...]
2007-04-18 11:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG KCRS KPAO MOPS PGOV PREF PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1500PM CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES SECTARIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah commented on steps to improve the government's sectarian inclusiveness and the Iraqi perspective on Iranian attempts to exert influence in an April 29 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission. DCM reviewed Section 607 authority as [...]
2007-05-04 14:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1711NINEWA'S GOVERNOR FADING
[...] (S/NF) Ninewa's Governor Duraid Kashmoula has shown progressively greater mental and physical impairment over the last several weeks. His behavior has become unpredictable and counterproductive; his effectiveness as Governor and PRT and Coalition interlocutor is now questionable. However, h [...]
2007-05-23 14:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PBTS IZ
07BAGHDAD2145READ OUT FROM JUNE 26 MCNS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 16 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: --Commander in Chief Joint Forces General Babakir al-Zebari gave an operational update on Baquba. Commanding General MNF-I David Petraeus expande [...]
2007-06-29 13:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS PINR PINS PNAT PREL
07BAGHDAD2437JULY 15 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 15 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),ministers: -- heard about the poor security situation in Basrah from both the Basrah Operational Commander and the Chief of Police -- discussed the need to move forward quickly with a plan to rem [...]
2007-07-23 07:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD2463BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 13, in the absence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Mowafaq Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). Key issues discussed included the preparation of new Government of Iraq (GOI [...]
2007-07-25 15:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD3136BLACKWATER PERSONNEL SECURITY DETAIL INVOLVED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 19:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC IZ PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD3142PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO JOINT COMMISSION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 19:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ AMGT ASEC PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD3143PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO JOINT COMMISSION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 19:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3156EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH ON PERSONAL SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 18:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3573IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 26
[...] (C) Summary. On 26 October, in the absence of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Muwfak Rubai chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured a reading of the propo [...]
2007-10-28 13:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3574IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 19
[...] (C) Summary. On 19 October, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured the surprise announcement that Ahmed Chalabi would be the new head of the Services C [...]
2007-10-28 13:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3597MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH
[...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...]
2007-10-30 02:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3601MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH
[...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...]
2007-10-30 08:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ
07BAGHDAD37IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (S) Summary: At a dinner December 20, in honor of Secretary of Defense Gates, Iraqi political leaders SIPDIS underscored the fundamental importance of the new plan for Baghdad Security as well as steps to forge a new moderate political front to allow the government to marginalize and attac [...]
2007-01-05 21:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3766AMBASSADOR PRESSES VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI TO PUSH
[...] (S) Reinforcing the USG message on importance of finalizing benchmark legislation and a joint statement on the Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD),the Ambassador and visiting Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Satterfield met with Vice President Tariq al Hashimi on the evening of November 12. Ha [...]
2007-11-15 15:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3911CG AND CDA DISCUSS FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND SYRIA,
[...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging hour-long meeting Thursday, November 29, MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge Patricia Butenis reviewed efforts with Prime Minister Maliki to stem the flow of Foreign Terrorists (FTs) from Syria and elsewhere, possible limited Turkish military acti [...]
2007-12-02 12:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3985S/I SATTERFIELD, CG, AND CDA DISCUSS UNSCR,
[...] (S) Summary: S/I Satterfield took the opportunity of the regular weekly meeting between PM Maliki and Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General Petraeus (CG) and Embassy COM (CDA Butenis) to press PM Maliki to sign his (Maliki's) letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) requesting a UNSCR [...]
2007-12-09 06:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4063Weekly Update: Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee -
[...] SUMMARY: The December 11 Baghdad Services Committee meeting reviewed previous recommendations, briefly mentioned an oil report to be discussed more thoroughly at an upcoming meeting and reviewed GoI contracting procedures. It was attended by representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Trade [...]
2007-12-14 12:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ REL UK
07BAGHDAD4094IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, 14 DECEMBER 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) on December 14. Rubaie announced that the Government of Iraq (GoI) will launch their ne [...]
2007-12-17 07:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD4118MCNS ON DECEMBER 16 DISCUSSED TURKISH ATTACKS,
[...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met December 16 to be briefed on Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) contributions and support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and to clarify funding procedures for the Rusafa Rule of [...]
2007-12-18 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMASS PTER PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IZ TU
07BAGHDAD512PM'S ESC DISCUSSES BORDER CLOSURES, BSP, PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. The Executive Steering Committee (IESC),chaired by PM Maliki met in its third session on February 9. Topics discussed included the plan to close Iraq,s points of entry (POE,s) with Syria and Iran on February 14, efforts on coordinating services in conjunction with the Baghdad Sec [...]
2007-02-14 11:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ PREF
07BAGHDAD869IRAQI POLICE SERVICE CAUSES DELAYS TO PROVINCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 11:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PNAT PINS MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD879READ OUT FROM MARCH 11 MCNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the March 11 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Maliki requested his cabinet focus their efforts on securing Diyala, the 'most dangerous place in Iraq.' -- Minister of Industry Twazi Al-Hariri pleade [...]
2007-03-12 19:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BEIJING917DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH DG LIU JIEYI
[...] (C) EVFM Dai Bingguo will represent China in the next Senior Dialogue following the expected confirmation of Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte, MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen. China is prepared to hold subdialogue talks on the Middle East, Africa, [...]
2007-02-07 12:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR
07BEIRUT108LEBANON: PM SINIORA EXPECTS STRIKE ACTIVITY;
[...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora interpreted Friday night's televised interview by Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah as a clear indication that the anti-government March 8th coalition is not yet ready to negotiate a resolution to the current impasse. Siniora believes the disappointing turnouts of the [...]
2007-01-22 06:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1986LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND FRENCH CHARGE EXCHANGE
[...] (C) During a visit to Beirut following the December 17 Lebanon Ministerial in Paris, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliot Abrams discussed Lebanon's continuing political crisis with French Charge d'Affaires Andre [...]
2007-12-21 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BERLIN38GASTRIGHT DELEGATION DISCUSSIONS IN BERLIN ON
[...] (C) (Summary) In an productive and timely visit, South and Central Asian Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tom Schweich, USAID Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Ward, and J [...]
2007-01-09 09:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL SNAR PTER PNAT PGOV EAID ECON ECIN
07BERLIN457NSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble told National Security Advisor Hadley February 23 Germany and the U.S. need to share information to combat terrorism, but the European Parliament is concerned about civil liberties. Schaeuble sought U.S. agreement for a U.S.-EU-Russia trilateral meetin [...]
2007-03-06 15:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS AF LE IZ SR RS GM
07CAIRO572IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari told the Ambassador on March 3 that he was working with the Egyptian government and UNHCR to ease residency requirements for the growing number of Iraqis in Egypt. On Egypt-Iraq relations, Zebari said he had selected a candidate for Ambassador to Cairo, but [...]
2007-03-05 06:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ARABL EG IZ
07ISLAMABAD5393MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY;
[...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]
2007-12-30 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07JERUSALEM1690PA REBUILDING FOREIGN MINISTRY; MFA PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry Director General for Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Krayshah told PolOff August 13 that PM Fayyad may appoint a new Foreign Minister, but has not selected a candidate. He said the PA Foreign Minister and PLO Political Bureau Chief posts [...]
2007-08-15 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM785INTERIOR MINISTRY SECURITY PLAN: LONG ON
[...] (C) Summary. PA Interior Minister (MoI) Hani al-Qawasmi (Independent) issued a 100-day security plan in early April, but the plan has already languished without political and security commander support. Technical Team for Reform (TTR) Chairman Basil Jabr presented Poloff with a list of probl [...]
2007-05-03 10:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM899GAZA: AT LEAST 16 MORE DEAD AS HAMAS STRIKES AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF FIGHTING BETWEEN HAMAS- AND FATAH-ALIGNED FORCES, 43 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OVER 110 INJURED SINCE MAY 12. HAMAS ATTACKS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON KEY LEADERSHIP/FACILITY TARGETS, WITH MILITARY-WING GUNMEN KILLING 6 FATAH BODYGUARDS AT INTE [...]
2007-05-16 14:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS
07KABUL1345TENSION FLARES OVER PAKISTAN FENCING ALONG
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani actions to fence areas near the eastern border are seen by the Afghans as a deliberate effort to provoke a crisis over acceptance of the Durand Line. Shots have been fired, and President Karzai is said to have instructed Minister of Defense Wardak not to allow any enc [...]
2007-04-19 18:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF PK
07KABUL1478PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...]
2007-05-02 10:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1605AFGHAN PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCULES: FM SPANTA
[...] (C) The Wolesi Jirga held a no-confidence vote against Foreign Minister Spanta and Refugee Minister Akbar on May 10, the day after the ministers' "unsatisfactory" appearance before Parliament to answer questions about the more than 50,000 Afghans deported by Iran in recent weeks (Ref A). Akba [...]
2007-05-14 11:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR AF
07KABUL1690AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER FIRING INCIDENTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Another border firing incident between Afghan and Pakistani forces occurred early on the morning of May 17. The facts regarding which side fired first and why remain hard to pin down, with each side blaming the other for having provoked the exchange. The incident occurred in [...]
2007-05-20 09:51:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS MASS NATO PREL PK AF
07KABUL2299PAG DISCUSSES SCHOOL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 12 the Policy Action Group (PAG) chaired by NSA Rassoul discussed school security. Education Minister Atmar reported that there had been 20 attacks against schools in the previous week. Education Minister Atmar assessed that the Taliban have shifted their focus from d [...]
2007-07-17 13:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER EAID NATO AF
07KABUL3192U.S.-AFGHAN-PAKISTANI TRILATERAL: MOVING FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 14:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON AF PK
07KABUL558DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: READOUT FROM FEBRUARY
[...] (S) Summary: Afghan legal experts are still preparing the GoA's response to our request for a written description of the legal framework that the GoA would apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanomo (GTMO) to GoA custody at the Afghan Nati [...]
2007-02-19 14:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL685STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) On February 22, senior USG officials responsible for Afghanistan and GoA counterparts participated in a Working Group on Governance in preparation for the Strategic Partnership plenary to be co-led on the U.S. side by U/S Burns and U/S Edelman on March 13-14. Participants agreed on a li [...]
2007-03-03 07:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL700PRT FARAH: SEMI ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incidents and attacks continue and security remains tenuous and uncertain, but the police now show a heightened presence with patrols and raids in Farah Province. Governing dynamics will be seriously affected as Farah deals with its third governor in less than six months. The [...]
2007-03-04 06:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON MARR PINS PREL SOCI IR AF
07KABUL805SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]
2007-03-08 17:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KINGSTON1264JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07LONDON4328(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 16:16:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07MANILA683HELPING THE PHILIPPINES COMBAT UNLAWFUL KILLINGS
[...] (U) In a letter to Ambassador dated February 28, Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo expressed "sincerest appreciation SIPDIS of the Philippine Government and people for your words of support and encouragement for our efforts to address the issue of unexplained killings," and welcomed an o [...]
2007-03-01 08:34:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EAID RP
07MEXICO2858MEXICAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY LOSING JOBS TO CONTRABAND
[...] SUMMARY: According to representatives of the Mexican Textile and Clothing Industries, as well as leaders of various Textile Workers Unions, their segment of the economy has lost some 318,000 jobs since 2000, with another 500,000 jobs currently at risk. Both the industry and the unions attrib [...]
2007-06-04 15:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD KTEX PGOV PINR ECON MX CH
07MEXICO3993PETROLEOS MEXICANOS: A VERY, VERY GOOD PLACE TO
[...] SUMMARY: On July 17, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009. The current Pemex/STPRM contract was set to expire on August 31, 2007. This was report [...]
2007-07-27 21:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX
07MOSCOW1305RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...]
2007-03-26 09:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW1355GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A US-Russia working-level meeting at the MFA March 27 discussed the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),and considered recruitment efforts with both the EU and the OSCE to broaden participation in the Global Initiative. [...]
2007-03-28 11:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PTER PINR KGIT RS
07NEWDELHI574INDIA PREPARING FOR US-INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy PolCouns met on February 1st with the new Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for India's Counter-Terrorism Cell, Indra Mani Pandey, as well as Director (Military Affairs) Brig. AS Nundal, who is acting as a coordinator for the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Wo [...]
2007-02-06 09:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07PARIS3919FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]
2007-09-18 17:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07SEOUL2974SUBJECT: ISSUES TO WATCH AT THE ROK-DPRK SUMMIT,
[...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun and his 300-person entourage of businesspeople, journalists and support staff will drive from Seoul to Pyongyang on the morning of October 2 for the second ROK-DPRK summit meeting with Kim Jong-il. This is the first chance for Roh and Kim Jong-il to meet face to face [...]
2007-10-01 10:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKN KS PGOV PREL
07STATE130600BLACKWATER PERSONNEL SECURITY DETAIL INVOLVED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 20:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC IZ PREL PTER
07TELAVIV918ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS: EU ENVOY ON PEACE TALKS, NUG
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 22 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Deputy Legal Adviser Schwartz, and the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte said he believes Israelis are uneasy with political horizon discussions, nervous about U.S. intentions, and uncer [...]
2007-03-26 07:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER EFIN IS
07TOKYO827GOVERNMENT COUNCIL RECOMMENDS NEW NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) During a February 27 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Japan's National Security Advisor Yuriko Koike provided Dr. Crouch with an advanced copy in Japanese of the "Report (draft) by the Council to Strengthen the National Security Function of the Prime Minister's [...]
2007-02-27 13:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC PINS JA
07USNATO105(C) WELCOME FOR NSA STEPHEN J. HADLEY, FEBRUARY
[...] (C) USNATO warmly welcomes the visit of National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley and delegation to Brussels February 21, 2007 for meetings at NATO and the European Union. The overall control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work: 32-(0)2-724-3136, fax: [...]
2007-02-16 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL NATO EUN AF AMGT
07USNATO109NSA HADLEY TALKS TO NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley discussed a wide range of strategic issues with NATO Allies on February 21, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, new U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, and relations with Russia. Mr. Hadley's visit comes as Europe [...]
2007-02-22 13:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL WEU RU
07USNATO110NSA HADLEY'S 21 FEBRUARY DISCUSSION WITH NATO SYG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: De Hoop Scheffer described European weakness as playing out in Allies, approaches to Afghanistan (lack of unity of purpose),Russia (desire not to rock the boat),and missile defense (ditto). Mr. Hadley pressed the SYG to have ISAF do more on counternarcotics, and an augmented [...]
2007-02-22 15:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RU NATO
07USNATO112AFGHANISTAN: INFORMAL MEETING OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -Force Generation: RC/S missions agreed that there was a general lack of clarity on just what CJSOR shortfalls remained post Seville, and several RC-S allies intend to ask the SYG for a clear list from SHAPE. Canada and the UK noted progress on the sensitive issue of bringing t [...]
2007-02-23 12:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MASS KPAO AF JA
07WARSAW937POLAND-IRAQ: GOP REAFFIRMS MND-CS COMMITMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, an interagency delegation met with GOP officials to press for a GOP commitment to maintain Polish troops and bases in Iraq through the end of 2007 (del list in para 2). The common Polish position was a commitment to keep Polish troops in Iraq throughout 2007 with a p [...]
2007-04-23 13:30:00Embassy WarsawSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PL
08ABUDHABI711UAE-IRAQ RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE
[...] (S) As the U.S. and Iraq prepare to co-host, on UAE soil, the Friends of Iraq Conference June 17-19, we offer a few thoughts on the UAE's policy vis-a-vis Iraq and potential opportunities to deepen mutual engagement between the two nations. The Conference follows closely after UAE Foreign Min [...]
2008-06-15 15:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER IR IZ AE
08ABUJA1398NIGERIA: KEY POINTS FROM GENERAL WARD'S VISIT -
[...] (C) The Ambassador and visiting Africa Commander General Ward had a private meeting on July 23 with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe (FonMin) at his home on the margins of the 2008 AFRICA Endeavor exercise. The FonMin had returned late on the evening of July 22 from a recently convened [...]
2008-07-24 12:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI
08ABUJA1929NIGERIA: CODEL JOHNSON VISITS ABUJA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional Delegation, led by Congressman Hank Johnson and including Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, visited Abuja on August 19. The Codel discussed bilateral relations, mutual security issues, foreign investment and future cooperation between the GON and USG with members of Niger [...]
2008-09-30 14:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA219NIGERIA: DAS MOSS'S MEETINGS WITH MOD AND NSA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During January 24 meetings at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA),Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss expressed U.S. concerns and views on Nigerian peacekeeping commitments, the Niger Delta crisis, and U.S./Nigerian counterterroris [...]
2008-02-04 13:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS NI
08ABUJA2292NIGERIA: THREATS TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 18 dinner with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, Ambassador shared USG concerns over the recent GON crackdown on the press, which included the closure of one television station and the detention of several journalists, including one American citizen. FonMin replie [...]
2008-11-21 07:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NI
08ABUJA962NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA GOVERNMENT'S REPORT CARD AT ONE
[...] (S) This is the second cable in our series to address U.S. Mission Nigeria's analysis of President Yar'Adua's performance as head of state. Our first report card on him appeared at just over the halfway mark of his first year in office (ref A). This cable looks at what he has or has not done [...]
2008-05-28 18:39:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PINR KCOR PREL ECON NI
08ANKARA1296ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ATHENS1445 101ST U.S.-GREEK JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On September 29, DCM led USG delegation to the 101st meeting of the U.S. and Greek Joint Commission. The commission focuses on bilateral political-military issues, particularly the relationship between Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) and the Government of Gre [...]
2008-10-16 13:08:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL GR
08BAGHDAD1019MCNS ON MARCH 30 REVIEWS BASRAH, BAGHDAD, NINEWA
[...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: With PM Nouri al-Maliki still in Basra, Deputy PM Barham Salih chaired the March 30 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) foreshadowed by the sound of indirect fire (IDF) impacting in the International Zone as participants arrived at the meeting. The Commit [...]
2008-04-02 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1044IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...]
2008-04-05 14:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1052APRIL 2 MEETING BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR, GENERAL
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki, flushed with the success of recent ISF operations in Basrah, reviewed next steps with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 5. Maliki noted that he was dedicating $100 million dollars towards Basrah's reconstruction, and is using Tribal Support Counci [...]
2008-04-06 10:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1151REO BASRAH SITREP 12 APRIL 2008
[...] (U) This is a Basrah REO situation report for April 12, 2008. 2. (S//REL ACGU) Summary: The ISF commenced "Operation Charge of the Knights II" on April 12, targeting remaining JAM strongholds in Basrah. There has been limited resistance from small arms fire and IED screens. Basrah Oper [...]
2008-04-13 09:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS IZ PINS PINR PGOV
08BAGHDAD1221MALIKI IMPATIENT TO BEGIN MORE INTENSIVE MILITARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At an April 14 Crisis Action Cell (CAC) concerning operations in Ninewa province, Prime Minister Maliki complained that the operational plan briefing lacked substance; Vice President Hashimi and Deputy Prime Minister Salih concurred. Maliki--clearly frustrated by what he perceive [...]
2008-04-20 07:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD1250RUN-UP TO ANBAR PIC - WHO'S IN CHARGE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an occasionally animated three-hour meeting between representatives of Coalition Forces, the GOI and the leadership of Anbar province April 7, the senior provincial leaadership pushed back against what it believed to be central government efforts to take provincial security a [...]
2008-04-23 01:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1396CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 22 and 29
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 22 meeting and for a third straight week the Ministry of Trade complained that some of their trucks carrying needed food rations for Sadr City were turned away at checkpoints by the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC). The Amanat also blamed the BOC's strict checkpoint [...]
2008-05-05 11:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECPS IZ
08BAGHDAD166MALIKI ON CABINET SHAKE-UP, RETURN OF TAWAFAQ, AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging weekly security meeting on January 17, Prime Minister Maliki told Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus that a Cabinet shake-up was very possible within a few weeks which would likely result in a technocratic government with fewer ministries. Maliki expressed h [...]
2008-01-22 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER TU
08BAGHDAD183Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 22
[...] SUMMARY: Attendance was high at the January 22 meeting of the Baghdad Services Committee, both from the Government of Iraq (GoI) and USG sides. The Baghdad Deputy Mayor started the meeting, emphasizing the need for better service project coordination between the Amanat and the USG. The Joint Pl [...]
2008-01-24 09:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1965IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS,
[...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...]
2008-06-27 10:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD2071NSC JUNE 29 REVIEWS SUCCESSFUL SECURITY
[...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired June 29 the National Security Council (NSC) that discussed security operations in Amarah (Maysan Province),the security situation in Diyala, and the need for supplemental funding of the Ministry of Interior. The Prime Minister ope [...]
2008-07-05 08:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2347ELECTION SECURITY, AIRPORT SECURITY, AND AMNESTY
[...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh chaired the weekly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Jul 20, deferring planned discussions about Diyala security operations because this had been the topic of an earlier meeting of the Crisis Action Committee held by Prime Minister Mali [...]
2008-07-28 06:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD267OPERATIONS IN MOSUL DOMINATE JANUARY 27 MCNS
[...] (S REL MNF-I) Following brief remarks from MOD on Army escorts for fuel deliveries, Prime Minister Maliki moved the discussion from the scheduled topics to the situation in Ninewa province, especially in Mosul (ref. A). MOD painted a picture of disorganized security forces in Mosul and outlin [...]
2008-01-29 17:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SY IZ
08BAGHDAD2729IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 17 REVIEWS MOSUL
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 17 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on reconstruction efforts in Mosul, MOD's logistics modernization, and protection of infrastructure. The Council also reviewed operations in Diyala, protec [...]
2008-08-25 10:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD2784IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 24 REVIEWS READINESS OF
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: The National Security Council (I-NSC),chaired by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, focused its discussions August 24 on the readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to provide security for Iraq and command and control of Ports of Entry (POEs). The council also heard [...]
2008-08-29 13:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD290Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 29
[...] SUMMARY: At this week's regularly held Provision of Services Committee meeting, the committee met for 2.5 hours to discuss issues ranging from trash collection privatization and re-opening previously closed streets to electrical supply for pumping stations and service problems in specific qadas [...]
2008-01-31 15:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD2933NSC SEPTEMBER 7: STEMMING ASSASSINATIONS AND
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Isawi chaired the sparsely attended September 7 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council considered plans to tackle the rising number of assassinations in Baghdad, reconstruction coordination, and the achievements of [...]
2008-09-11 06:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2936CG DISCUSSES PESHMERGA-GOI CONFLICT, FORCE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In their regular weekly meeting on 4 September 2008, Commanding General MNF-I GEN David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (joined by CDA) discussed disposition of Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) near the city of Khanaqin and the Green Line, Iraqi military force struct [...]
2008-09-11 11:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3022NSC SEPTEMBER 14 REVIEWS NINEWA SECURITY
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Salih chaired the September 14 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council heard short follow-up reports from the MOD on Civil-Military Operations Centers, from the MOI on continued difficulties in securing fund [...]
2008-09-19 12:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3325I-NSC OCTOBER 12 REVIEWS SITUATION IN MOSUL,
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The October 12 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Prime Minister setting aside the prepared schedule and calling for a briefing on the situation of reported Christian persecution in Mosul City, Ninewa. All members of the NSC wanted to [...]
2008-10-15 06:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3553PROGRESS ON CAMP ASHRAF (MEK) TRANSITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. EmbOffs recently met with senior GOI stakeholders, including Minister of Interior (REF A),Minister of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Minister of Human Rights, regarding the transfer of security responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In [...]
2008-11-10 11:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3747IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH U.S.
[...] (S) Summary. At the November 23 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi Essawi sitting in as chair for the Prime Minister, the Council received a report from Minister of State for National Security Affairs Shirwan Waeili on the recent U.S.- [...]
2008-11-28 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD4006GOI TO ASSUME REPONSIBILITY FOR CAMP ASHRAF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie led a joint GOI-USG delegation to Camp Ashraf December 20 to discuss the assumption of security responsibility for the camp, home to over 3000 Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) [...]
2008-12-22 14:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD448MCNS ON FEBRUARY 10 DISCUSSED AIRPORT SECURITY,
[...] (S REL UK AS) In a meeting chaired by D/PM Barham Salih, the MCNS received a concise, well-organized briefing on 2007 force generation results for the Iraqi Army, discussed at length the administrative direction and security command at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP),and briefly revi [...]
2008-02-15 13:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD570MCNS ON FEBRUARY 24 DISCUSSES TURKISH INCURSION,
[...] (S/REL AS UK) Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Saleh opened the February 24 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting with a discussion of the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq (ref. A). National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie presented a list of intelligence col [...]
2008-02-27 13:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ TU
08BAGHDAD618Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - February 26
[...] SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting, the committee discussed issues ranging from electricity in Sabi' Al Bor, to Amanat Clean Up days and a host of issues related to Haifa Street. Despite being a holiday week, the meeting was well attended. Representatives from the Ministries of Electricity, [...]
2008-03-03 04:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD705NSA RUBAI ON SOFA, SFA, AND GETTING APPROVAL
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging March 5 conversation, National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the Strategic Framework (SF) and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk. Rubai stressed the delicate political clim [...]
2008-03-10 03:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD742UNAMI SRSG DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, ANKARA TRIP, SOFA
[...] (C) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador met with UNAMI Special Representative (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura upon his return from Ankara. The Ambassador and the SRSG discussed the veto of the Provincial Powers Law, provincial elections, and the SRSG,s thoughts on a way forward. De Mistura said [...]
2008-03-13 11:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD763Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 11
[...] SUMMARY: Despite the Chairman's absence, the Provision of Services Committee met this week, hosted by the Deputy Minister of Electricity (DMoE). The meeting was well attended - the Baghdad Governor and a representative from the National Reconciliation Committee attended for the first time. The [...]
2008-03-14 10:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD769MCNS MARCH 9: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN MOSUL,
[...] (S REL MNFI) LTG Jalal Tawfiq Riyadh, Ninewa Operations Command and former commander of the Iraqi Army 9th Division, presented a well-organized and thorough brief on preparatory measures for tackling Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Ninewa province. The MCNS dealt again with instructions to the Mini [...]
2008-03-14 14:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD880MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES BASRAH SECURITY, TAJI
[...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]
2008-03-23 15:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD890CORRECTED COPY (REFTEL): MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES
[...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]
2008-03-24 16:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD900CORRECTED COPY (REFTEL): MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES
[...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]
2008-03-25 16:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD904MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES BASRAH SECURITY, TAJI
[...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]
2008-03-25 16:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD990PM CHIEF OF STAFF ABDALLAH TELLS AMBASSADOR GOI
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met March 30 with Prime Minister Maliki's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdallah to counsel the GOI to add political and economic measures to its military efforts in Basra. He also expressed concern that the PM's decision to pursue operations to take control of Umm Qasr port ha [...]
2008-03-31 16:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BASRAH27BASRAH AVOIDS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WHILE PREPARING FOR FUTURE
[...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Limited Government of Iraq (GOI) planning and poor coordination with the Coalition for the potential humanitarian consequences of the March 24 "Charge of the Knights" operation in Basrah left all concerned parties--most importantly, Basrawis themselves--unprepared for the [...]
2008-04-10 14:34:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV IZ IR
08BEIJING1171PERSONNEL CHANGES AT MOFCOM MAY AFFECT EXPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In an informal off-the-record meeting, a working-level official provided hints of imminent personnel changes at the Minstry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and opined on the possible impact of these changes on export control cooperation with the U.S., including implementation of the Vali [...]
2008-03-27 09:55:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL
08BERLIN1187GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]
2008-08-26 16:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN122WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]
2008-01-29 16:25:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1356U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...]
2008-10-02 08:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN629MERKEL'S LATIN AMERICA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS DIVIDE...OR
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel's four-country tour of Latin America got unexpected media attention after Hugo Chavez compared the Chancellor's CDU to the Nazi party. Reflecting their differences in other areas, the CDU and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are promoting different approaches to Lat [...]
2008-05-13 18:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CU XM GM
08BRUSSELS100IRAN'S NSA JALILI SNUBBED BY EU OFFICIALS BUT SET
[...] (C) During his visit to Brussels the week of January 21 en route to Davos, Iran's National Security Advisor Said Jalili is scheduled to address an open session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. However, the European Commission and Council Secretariat have refused Jalili' [...]
2008-01-18 13:57:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC UNSC ETTC KNNP IR EUN BE
08CANBERRA1230NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DUNCAN LEWIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the appointment of Duncan Lewis to the newly-created post of National Security Advisor (NSA). The creation of the position of NSA is the first step in the formation of the Rudd Government's new national security structure. The NSA will be resp [...]
2008-12-05 06:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MARR AS
08DAKAR126 RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 09:26:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG
08ISLAMABAD1097TARIQ AZIZ NOT ALARMED BY ZARDARI'S DEAL WITH NAWAZ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1933CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...]
2008-05-23 16:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1995RUMORS OF MUSHARRAF RESIGNATION, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: As one press headline announced May 30, "Rumors and Denials Galore." Pakistan is abuzz at the possibility that President Pervez Musharraf may be ready to resign from office, or, alternatively, use his 58(2)(b) constitutional powers to dissolve the National Assembly. A particular [...]
2008-05-30 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1998CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PPP LEADER ZARDARI:
[...] (C) Summary: On May 26, Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, NSA Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqan [...]
2008-05-30 16:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD226NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD251ELECTIONS OBSERVATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Charge met with NSA Tariz Aziz to urge the GOP to immediately renew visas for International Republican Institute (IRI) Pakistan mission staff. Charge later met with IRI to discuss plans for election monitoring. IRI said that they expected their board to meet in Was [...]
2008-01-16 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2515COALITION SECURITY MEETING: FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Gilani chaired a seven hour meeting of coalition partners on July 23 to discuss the security situation. It produced a predictable statement affirming the GOP's three-pronged strategy of political engagement, economic development and force when needed. The public accent was o [...]
2008-07-24 14:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3186TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: In a discursive conversation with President Zardari on October 2, Ambassador again encouraged the appointment of a czar for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). She stressed that the federal and provincial governments were not working well together to confront the is [...]
2008-10-06 10:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3248PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT BEGINS TERRORISM DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary. The October 8-9 closed joint session of parliament convoked by President Zardari to address the security situation has been widely praised as a good first step in convincing Pakistan's elected leadership to take ownership of the fight against extremism; this effort now should be extend [...]
2008-10-13 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3716PAKISTAN REACTIONS TO TERROR IN MUMBAI
[...] (S) Summary. President Zardari, PM Gilani and FM Qureshi have made all the right public statements condemning the November 27-28 militant attacks in Mumbai; Gilani has agreed to an Indian request and is sending ISI Chief MG Pasha to India to participate in the investigation. Interior Minister Malik [...]
2008-11-28 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IN UK PK
08ISLAMABAD3719ZARDARI PROMISES TO SEND AN ISI DIRECTOR TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary. Pakistani leaders and media remained defensive November 30 about accusations of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks and demanded evidence from India. Zardari, Qureshi and an unnamed senior defense official are quoted as denying involvement and promising to take action again [...]
2008-11-30 09:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3733PAKISTAN: MUMBAI SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Ambassador has returned and will see Chief of Army Staff General Kayani at 3 pm local time. Zardari is unavailable for meetings today. 2. (C) UK PM Gordon Brown is trying to call President Zardari today. 3. (C) NSA Durrani advised DCM that Zardari is meeting this evening with all of the Pak [...]
2008-12-01 11:04:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD691ZARDARI'S POST ELECTION PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Adviser Aziz told Ambassador February 15 that he, Musharraf, and ISI Director Taj have met several times with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari on post-election planning. Zardari has scheduled a PPP Executive Committee meeting on February 19 to ch [...]
2008-02-16 06:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD9PAKISTAN ELECTIONS-FEBRUARY 18; INVESTIGATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Election Commissioner announced today that elections will be postponed until February 18. It is not yet clear how the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will react. We expect President Musharraf in a nationally televised address tonight at 2000 local to announce the GOP is acceptin [...]
2008-01-02 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR ASEC PK
08KABUL2933AFGAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY MEETING - GOOD SPIRIT, SHORT
[...] (C) On 11/3, the Ambassador called separately on Presidential Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai and NSA Zalmay Rassoul. The 10/31 Karzai-PM Gailani-President Gul trilateral and the Karzai-Gailani bilateral were long on positive atmosphere, and short on substance. Gailani told Karzai that Pakist [...]
2008-11-04 12:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
08KABUL579IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...]
2008-03-06 11:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF
08LAGOS357NIGERIA: AMCIT CAUGHT IN ESCLATING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: On August 25 an American academic doing research in Cross River State was beaten and then detained for six hours by Nigerian police. The incident occurred against a background of increasing political violence in Cross River State. A traditional ruler in Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekp [...]
2008-09-08 11:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL CM NI
08LONDON2651USDP EDELMAN’S OCTOBER 15 MEETINGS IN LONDON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The UK is pessimistic about Pakistan, especially in light of President Zardari's poor leadership and the bad economy, although they praise efforts by Pakistani President Zardari to cooperate with Afghan President Karzai, UK senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Foreign [...]
2008-10-21 17:03:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK ECON KNNP MOPS PTER AF FR
08MONROVIA976LIBERIA: 2008-09 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Attached is the text of Liberia's 2008-09 INSCR report. The text has been e-mailed as instructed reftel. Monrovia POC is economic officer Lucy Abbott abbottlk@state.gov. (Note: URLs exceeding 55 characters have been removed but are included in the text sent via e-mail. End note.) 2. B [...]
2008-12-01 08:06:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ECON LI
08NAIROBI233Somalia -- Travel Request
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 30. 2. (C) Post requests Department approval and country clearance for a Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) Advance Team to travel to Hargeysa, Somaliland. The MSD Team will conduct a security assessment for future travel by Assistant Secretary [...]
2008-01-22 15:35:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNOTRA AMGT ASEC PTER PREL SO
08NAIROBI341APPROVAL REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) Action Request: Post seeks Department approval and country clearance for travel of the following DS security personnel and delegation members to Hargeysa, Somaliland on February 2 and 3. Ambassador Ranneberger, Ambassador Yates, and Regional Security Officer Robert Whigham concur with the [...]
2008-01-31 13:58:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNOTRA AMGT PGOV PREL KE SO
08NAIROBI544Somalia - Revised Travel Request
[...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...]
2008-02-25 13:33:00Embassy NairobiSECRETOTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NEWDELHI1248INDIA'S UPA-LEFT NUCLEAR COMMITTEE STALLS AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government and its Left allies agreed May 6 to hold a ninth committee meeting on May 28 to continue discussion about implementing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Although press reports indicated that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a pessimistic [...]
2008-05-07 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1353AMBASSADOR MEETS L.K. ADVANI TO URGE BJP TO BACK NUKE DEAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador on May 8 again urged BJP leader L.K. Advani in a private meeting to exhibit statesmanship and either back the nuclear deal or withdraw opposition to it. Advani did not alter his argument, but I sensed that he is much less comfortable than he was a month ago. Advani informed the [...]
2008-05-16 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2671U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...]
2008-10-07 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN
08NEWDELHI3037NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 06:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3166INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TELLS SENATOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with Indian National Security Adviser MK Narayanan, Senator John Kerry: -- urged Narayanan to consider which Pakistani actions could be considered as sincere confidence building measures in responding to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, cautioning agains [...]
2008-12-16 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI950DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...]
2008-04-01 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP
08PARIS94DEFMIN MORIN ON HIS TRIP TO THE U.S., AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Herve Morin to discuss Morin's upcoming trip to the United States. Morin offered views on the situation in Afghanistan and strongly advocated the French strategy of strengthening European defense capabilities "along side [...]
2008-01-18 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO FR AF
08ROME525(C) DELIVERING TOUGH MESSAGES TO ENI CEO PAOLO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 5-6 visit to Washington, Post believes it would be helpful to U.S. interests if Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni is told very clearly of serious USG concerns about 1) his company's close collaboration with Russia's Gazprom and 2) his company's continuing involvement in Iran. E [...]
2008-04-24 14:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG IR IT PGOV PREL RU
08SEOUL1107THE 2009 ROK DEFENSE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Won 621 trillion (about USD 620 billion) plan to transform the South Korean defense establishment inked in 2005 is under intense pressure from President Lee Myung-bak,s austerity measures. Just as President Lee is trimming all spending, the economic forecasts completed in 200 [...]
2008-05-30 06:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL1174PROTESTS PAST PRIME? LEE VOWS "FRESH START"
[...] (C) Summary: The June 10 anniversary of the 1987 pro-Democracy protests drew record numbers of crowds demanding a renegotiation of the agreement to lift the ban on imports of U.S. beef. The demonstrators remained peaceful, heeding the pleas of the ROKG and former Presidents Roh Moo-hyun and [...]
2008-06-11 08:18:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL1248BLUE HOUSE LINEUP: EXPERIENCE IN, PROFESSORS OUT
[...] (C) The June 22 changes to the Blue House Chief of Staff and senior secretaries indicate a perceived need by President Lee Myung-bak for professionalism and experience of his immediate staff. Compared to the previous line-up, the percentage of bureaucrats and politicians assigned to senior po [...]
2008-06-24 05:38:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS PGOV PREL PINR
08SEOUL1292AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan, in office less than a week, said that it was a shame that, because of the protests over American beef, President Bush's July 9-11 visit had to be postponed. President Lee looked forward to resch [...]
2008-06-27 07:36:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KS KN
08SEOUL2340PRESIDENT LEE UNPOPULAR, OPPOSITION EVEN MORE SO
[...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak is suffering from entrenched low popularity that is affecting his ability to govern effectively. Even some Blue House insiders worry that if he does not turn things around in 2009, he could spend the remainder of his term powerless, overshadowed by jockeyi [...]
2008-12-08 07:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL329SETTING THE RIGHT COURSE: TRANSITION TEAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Transition Team Chairwoman Lee Kyung-sook and National Security Advisor-designate Kim Byung-kook met with the Ambassador to discuss preparations for the planned April U.S.-ROK summit, the Transition Team's performance, and the best way to kick off President-elect [...]
2008-02-20 06:21:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL707NSA KIM ON NORTH KOREA, SUMMIT AND ALLIANCE ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over an April 8, 2008 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Byung-kook said that President Lee's position on North Korea had not changed despite the heated rhetoric from Pyongyang. Lee wanted "sincere and substantive" dialogue with the North, d [...]
2008-04-08 09:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PINR KN KS
08TELAVIV2337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni was supposed to meet with Shas Chairman Eli Yishai last night, but the meeting was canceled. A statement released jointly by their bureaus s [...]
2008-10-16 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Italy: Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the killing of three IDF soldiers and the wounding of three others in a Hamas ambush yesterday. Major media characterized what was the most int [...]
2008-04-17 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TIRANA56ALBANIA: ASSESSMENT OF NATO READINESS
[...] (U) The following headings track those in Ref A: All Intel Topics ---------------- 2. (SBU) Please see Ref B for an overview of Albania's intelligence services. 3. (C) Successive democratic Albanian governments, both Democratic Party (DP) and Socialist Party (SP) led, have worked to [...]
2008-01-22 15:07:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PINR AL
08USNATO186NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 28, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Acting Secretary General (A/SYG) Bisogniero thanked the U.S. for arranging the May 22 brief with COMCSTC-A MG Cone. Chairman of the Military Committee Henault stated that 62 ANA kandaks would be fielded by August 2008, called for more pol [...]
2008-05-29 12:06:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO224NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 25, 2008
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on recent events in Kandahar and Arghandab, emphasizing the role of the ANA and the fact that Arghandab was clearly a tactical and logistical win for the ANA. Responding to the briefing, Charge Olson emphasized the importance of the ANA and suggest [...]
2008-06-27 13:40:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO82NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on ISAF flood relief, and Ambassador Nuland urged quick work and additional resources to make flood relief a good news story at Bucharest. SHAPE described excellent cooperation between ISAF and ANSF resulting in a counter-IED s [...]
2008-02-28 14:43:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USUNNEWYORK152UNAMI EXPANSION PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January visit to Baghdad of UN Under Secretary for Safety and Security David Veness, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has been given permission to raise its international staff ceiling to 140, which means an increase of 19 professional staff. [...]
2008-02-15 21:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK87NEW YORK CONSULTATIONS ON UN EFFORT IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Following recent consultations on UNAMI with senior UN officials, including U/SYG Pascoe, Special Representative de Mistura, and UNHCR New York Director Bertrand USUN has confirmed the following. On staffing, UNHCR has placed a senior professional staff member full-time in Baghdad, assig [...]
2008-01-30 00:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
08WELLINGTON264DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...]
2008-08-27 01:12:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS NZ
09ABUJA1173NIGERIA: GON ISSUES AMNESTY DECREE FOR NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) Summary: On June 25, after several hours of discussion with the Council of State (COS -- a constitutionally established consultative body of over 50, including the VP, Chief Justice, all former Heads of State, all serving state governors and other senior officials) President Umaru Yar'Adu [...]
2009-06-26 15:48:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NI
09ANKARA548SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) In the short time since your last visit to Turkey, we have seen a broad shift in Turkey's perception of the U.S. and in its view of how we should approach some of the more complex issues in the region. The visit of President Obama was extraordinary, and had a game-changing effect not only [...]
2009-04-14 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM TU
09ANKARA560TURKEY'S TOP GENERAL SPEAKS OUT ON CIVIL-MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug's April 14 address at the Turkish War Academies Command received blanket and mostly positive media coverage. Commentators called the speech "groundbreaking," "balanced" and "courageous," and characterized the conciliatory languag [...]
2009-04-15 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
09ANKARA625TURKEY'S MILITARY CHIEF ADDRESSES MEDIA ON
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a April 29 press conference, Turkey's top military official GEN Ilker Basbug rejected media speculations of military links to the shadowy "Ergenekon" organization, whose alleged aim is to foment a coup against the current government. He reiterated the military' [...]
2009-04-30 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
09BAGHDAD1049IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES AIR FORCE MODERNIZATION,
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi al-Issawi chaired the April 12 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) in the absence of Prime Minister PM) al-Maliki and strictly adhered to a three-point agenda: Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) force generation; interagency recommendations on a p [...]
2009-04-17 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
09BAGHDAD1157WHITHER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE?
[...] (C) Over the past week, Baghdad has swirled with rumors over the current status of National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie. According to media reports, confirmed by a member of Rubaie's staff, on April 23, Iraq's Council of Ministers (COM) took action to dissolve Iraq's National Security [...]
2009-05-01 17:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1456IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, CRIMINAL
[...] (C) Summary: During the May 31 session of the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) the Minister of Human Rights aggressively confronted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the assembled security officials over her concerns over the human rights situation in Iraq, directly refuting his c [...]
2009-06-03 06:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MARR IZ PTER
09BAGHDAD188SECOND MEETING OF JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS
[...] (U) Summary. On January 19, the United States and the Republic of Iraq conducted the second meeting of the Joint Military Operations Coordinating Committee (JMOCC),a military operations steering committee established under the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA). Consistent with the first JM [...]
2009-01-26 03:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MASS PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD197RUBAIE CLAIMS HE CARRIED MESSAGE OF CONFIDENT IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor Mowafaq al-Rubaie carried the message of a more confident Iraq to Tehran in meetings with senior Iranian officials January 19-22, according to a readout of the visit Rubaie gave to Ambassador Satterfield, PMIN and Pol-Mil Counselor after returning to Bagh [...]
2009-01-26 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3SECURITY TRANSITION FOR CAMP ASHRAF - ALL QUIET ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After receiving what Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) leaders at Camp Ashraf described as "three blows" in the last week - a visit by Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, an Iraqi NSA press release on the vi [...]
2009-01-03 07:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD420MEK/CAMP ASHRAF UPDATE: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: As the Iraqi National Security Staff and some of the internal security forces agitate for rapid movement against the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, Minister of Human Rights Widjan Salim has moved to a more prominent position on the GOI Ashraf Committee. She visited C [...]
2009-02-18 10:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD709MALIKI COURTS THE SADRISTS: STRATEGY, FEAR AND
[...] (C) The Sadrists' journey in the Iraqi political wilderness may be coming to an end. A Sadrist return to government, while not without risks, offers hope for a durable peace in Shi'a-majority parts of Iraq. It will also offer big challenges for us. Less than a year after his military opera [...]
2009-03-17 06:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
09BAGHDAD730MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - GOI MISHANDLING UNDERLINES NEED
[...] (U) This is an action request (see para 11). 2. (S/NF) Summary: The GOI is expressing increasing frustration with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In response to GOI assertions that the MEK are "breaking the rules," more stringent controls have been placed on personne [...]
2009-03-18 10:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD815IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TURKISH VISIT, COMBATING
[...] (S) Summary: At the April 22 National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Maliki warned security agencies against complacency in the fight against violence, and said he would visit key provinces to meet with local leaders, including Basrah, Ninewa and Diyala. He expressed concern that al [...]
2009-03-25 15:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MARR SA IZ
09BERLIN245EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...]
2009-02-27 14:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER
09BERLIN514A/S FRIED INITIATES GERMAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In separate meetings April 29, A/S Fried presented MFA State Secretary Silberberg and Chancellery National Security Advisor Heusgen with information on nine Uighur detainees and requested that the German government review the cases as a prelude to a formal U.S. request to rese [...]
2009-05-05 13:00:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM EUN GM
09BRASILIA634BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE: ENDGAME STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. With two months remaining before the Government of Brazil decides on a next generation fighter aircraft, the U.S. competitor, Boeing's F18 Super Hornet is still perceived by many Brazilians in and outside the GOB as a likely second or even third-place finis [...]
2009-05-19 16:39:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS ETTC BR
09BRUSSELS1719EEB A/S FERNANDEZ IN BRUSSELS: IMPACT OF LISBON TREATY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions with EU officials and stakeholders in Brussels on December 9-10, EEB Assistant Secretary Fernandez explored the current state of, and prospects for, the transatlantic economic relationship, the future of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC),the impact of t [...]
2009-12-23 16:25:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV EUN
09CANBERRA1042AUSTRALIA EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: DCM delivered on November 25 reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ric Smith and Deputy National Security Adviser Angus Campbell. Both Smith and Campbell had been previously briefed on an unclassified version of reftel points during a regularly-sch [...]
2009-11-25 09:25:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM PREL MARR MOPS AS
09CANBERRA178AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIAN NSA
[...] (C) At the direction of Prime Minister Rudd, National Security Adviser Duncan Lewis plans to visit Washington the week of March 2 with instructions to personally deliver Australia's submission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan review by weeks's end, as indicated in Ref A. Embassy recommends Departm [...]
2009-02-20 06:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR AS
09CANBERRA41AUSTRALIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The text of the report follows. The embassy POC is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia continues to maintain a regional leadership position in the fight against terrorism. Australia's trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States addressed terrorist threats in [...]
2009-01-13 06:02:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC
09COLOMBO307SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES ON SAFE ZONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 18 Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Bogollagama to urge him to fulfill GSL commitments not to shell the safe zone and to allow medicine to reach civilians trapped there. Ambassador called claims that the army was not shelling the safe zone "not credible" and echoed [...]
2009-03-19 09:50:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS CE
09COLOMBO522Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 71
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite indications from within the safe zone that the trapped civilian population might attempt to escape on May 12-13, a large-scale exodus had not materialized as of 4 pm local time on May 13. Charge and Defense Attache liaised with Government officials and with contacts in [...]
2009-05-13 11:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COPENHAGEN206NATO SYG-DESIGNATE EAGER TO BEGIN NEEDED REFORMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 07:45:00Embassy CopenhagenSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS DA
09GENEVA1107START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-065. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 28, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov [...]
2009-12-02 17:57:00Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA959START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-029. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 26, 2009 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Ms. Purcell ------- [...]
2009-11-04 11:30:00Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09HANOI1422Letter to NSA Jones from DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem
[...] After work hours December 24, Post received an electronic copy of a letter to National Security Advisor Jones from Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, which we sent to EAP/MLS to be forwarded to the NSC staff. Text of the letter is as follows: 2. Begin text: [...]
2009-12-28 06:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ASEAN VM
09ISLAMABAD1402 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1437PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1438NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1440PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD2754PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 01:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2760 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD44PM GILANI FIRES NSA DURRANI
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Ambassador Mahmood Durrani confirmed to Ambassador that he had been fired by PM Gilani late on January 7. The press reported that Gilani fired Durrani because he confirmed to the press that Mumbai attacker Mohammed (Ajmal) Kasab was indeed a Pakistani citizen wit [...]
2009-01-08 15:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD93PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced a Federal Investigation Agency-led (FIA) task force to investigate the Mumbai attacks of November 2008. Malik emphasized Pakistan's commitment to investigating and prosecuting all the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. He [...]
2009-01-15 15:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09KABUL1406CANDIDATE VETTING: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR STANEKZAI
[...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Vice-Chairman of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (D and RC) Muhammad Massom Stanekzai told the Ambassador on June 1 the D and RC submitted to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) the names of 112 Provincial Council candidates and four national- [...]
2009-06-04 06:16:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PRER AF
09KABUL354KARZAI AND OPPONENTS SQUARE OFF ON CONTINUITY OF
[...] (C) First Vice President Massoud declared at a 2/16 Cabinet meeting his intent to resign as of 5/21. He called on President Karzai to do the same, and hand power to a caretaker government until the 8/20 election. Karzai told the Ambassador strongly and categorically that he would not hand po [...]
2009-02-16 18:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3625CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION
[...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...]
2009-11-10 09:21:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3801AFGHAN NSA: KARZAI WILLING TO PUBLICLY ENDORSE
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Zalmay Rassoul previewed President Karzai's next steps on key governance issues in our November 29 meeting. He predicted that Karzai would announce cabinet appointments on or around December 15, followed by appointments to his presidential [...]
2009-11-29 14:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3865KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President Obama´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]
2009-12-03 11:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PROG AF
09KABUL397KARZAI REOPENS ELECTION DATE TIMING
[...] (C) On 2/23, President Karzai informed a group of western and developed country embassies that he would announce on 2/27 his decision either to comply with the Constitution (i.e., declare that the election should be advanced to the spring) or seek a political agreement that would result in his [...]
2009-02-23 16:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL4027KARZAI ON ANSF, CABINET, AND 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai reiterated to Admiral Mullen and Ambassador Eikenberry on December 14 his commitment to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) development, Interior Ministry (MOI) reform, and to obtaining sufficient security force recruits and training. Although Karzai's reported cabi [...]
2009-12-16 09:57:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4070THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]
2009-12-19 16:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KUWAIT1130KUWAITI SECURITY DIALOGUE PARTICIPATION
[...] (U) The responses below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) The United States and Kuwait participate bilaterally in two established dialogues: The Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and the Joint Military Commission (JMC). Details on these dialogues are provided below. Gulf Security Dial [...]
2009-12-02 11:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KU
09KUWAIT316SCENESETTER FOR AF CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL SCHWARTZ
[...] (C) General Schwartz, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to engage with senior Kuwait military leaders as the bilateral relationship adapts to our changing profile in Iraq and new challenges in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Your in [...]
2009-04-01 04:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KU
09LONDON2199(C/NF) P5 HEADS OF DELEGATION SIDE-MEETING ON NPT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On Friday, September 4, in conjunction with the UK-hosted P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament, UK Del head, Mariot Leslie, convened a side meeting of the P5 heads of delegation (HOD) to discuss preparations for the UN Security Council Summit on [...]
2009-09-22 14:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP UK CH FR RS IR EG PK
09LONDON254(S) UK URGES USG TO DECLASSIFY INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: UK Treasury and Foreign Office officials have expanded upon their prior request for USG declassification of intelligence on Iran sanctions issues. HMG is concerned that a lack of substantial USG-provided information in the public statements of case will hamper the ability of EU [...]
2009-01-28 17:09:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KNNP MNUC PARM ECON ETTC PTER IR UK
09LONDON265SUBJECT: BRITISH PRESS CASE AGAINST IRISL WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 15:02:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK
09MADRID1132SPAIN COMMITTED TO ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Charge spoke to Secretary General of the Presidency (and former Deputy Foreign Minister) Bernardino Leon on November 23 to convey reftel points. Leon, President Zapatero's closest foreign policy advisor, who was in the Middle East on travel with Zapatero, said that Spain was committed [...]
2009-11-25 14:10:00Embassy MadridSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP
09MADRID1210SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S MADRID ENERGY SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 16:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG EU RU SP UK
09MADRID169S/I SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. S/I Satterfield, accompanied by Charge, briefed Spanish FM Moratinos on recent developments in Iraq, as well as Iraq's regional engagement with Arab states on February 11 and asked if Spain could make a commitment to send trainers to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Moratinos ag [...]
2009-02-17 16:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR IZ SP
09MADRID612SCENESETTER FOR MOD CHACON'S JUNE 30 - JULY 2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon arrives in Washington June 30, she will be looking among other things to restore and consolidate her image as the rising star and heir-apparent of President Zapatero's cabinet. Since taking office in April 2008, Chacon has talked of the impo [...]
2009-06-26 12:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
09MADRID924SPAIN COMMITS ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's Council of Ministers approved September 11 an additional contingent of 220 military personnel who will join the permanent contingent Spain has in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 998 military personnel. Minister of Defense Carme Chacon must now ask for Congressional [...]
2009-09-15 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID AF SP
09MONROVIA147LIBERIA: VOLUME I OF TRC REPORT PUBLISHED, ICGL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted Volume I of its Final Report to the GOL December 19 (reftel) and just recently made it public on its website (www.trcofliberia.org). The report included a list of the "most significant" warring factions (see paragraph 5) and [...]
2009-02-20 16:28:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID LI
09NEWDELHI1337NSA JONES DISCUSSES U.S.-INDIA SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Meeting National Security Advisor James Jones on June 26, Defense Minister A.K. Antony stressed his support for moving beyond minor irritants and to a broad and expanded security relationship between India and the United States. Both Jones and Antony affirmed their commitment to buildi [...]
2009-06-29 05:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK AG IN
09NEWDELHI1339NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...]
2009-06-29 10:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
09NEWDELHI2000AMBASSADOR PRESSES NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE
[...] (C) Summary. During a lengthy September 22 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador pushed for rapid GOI action to implement several key provisions of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Agreement in advance of Prime Minister Singh's November 24 state visit to the U.S. Na [...]
2009-09-26 07:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2043FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on September 30 that recent GOI-Pakistan talks in New York were detailed and "useful," observing that the Pakistan side "seemed to realize that terrorism is as much a threat to them as it is to us." Noting that Pakistani a [...]
2009-10-05 08:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN AF PA
09NEWDELHI2142U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS
[...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...]
2009-10-21 14:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA
09NEWDELHI2198SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...]
2009-10-29 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL
09NEWDELHI415INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO SR HOLBROOKE: PAKISTAN
[...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan emphasized that Pakistan's relationship with India would be driven by the Pakistani military. Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, who also attended, noted that the Indian and Pakista [...]
2009-03-05 06:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN
09OTTAWA291CANADA AND THE AMERICAS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...]
2009-04-15 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA
09OTTAWA347CANADA SEEKS ITAR RELIEF FOR INDUSTRY
[...] (C) Summary: Officials and business leaders in Ottawa told PM Acting A/S Ruggiero that Canadian human rights commissions or courts soon could force the defense industry to stop applying U.S. International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) rules that deny proscribed nationals, including c [...]
2009-05-12 18:20:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CA
09OTTAWA426(S) VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: SECOND CANADIAN
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Defence and Security Relations Shelley Whiting conveyed to Embassy on June 4 the second of two Canadian diplomatic notes seeking U.S. military-to-military support in advance of and during the February 2010 Winter Olympic [...]
2009-06-04 21:01:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MARR KOLY PTER CA
09PARIS1183FRANCE AND THE NPT: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT RevCon),France will continue to be a critical P3 ally while on certain issues also maintaining tactics or positions different from our own. Post deals extensively with the GOF on nuclear iss [...]
2009-08-28 16:45:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09PARIS1512SRAP HOLBROOKE CONSULTATIONS WITH DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Paris on November 13, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Richard Holbrooke consulted with Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to President Sarkozy, on proposals to improve the coordination of the SRAP collective and to improve overal [...]
2009-11-14 10:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO FR AF GM
09PARIS1638PRESIDENT SARKOZY: THE KEY DECISION-MAKER WHO CAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary. At the mid-point of his five-year term, French President Sarkozy continues to be the dominant, virtually unchallenged, political force in France. Slowed in domestic reform efforts by entrenched interests and the world-wide financial crisis, Sarkozy is increasingly focused on success [...]
2009-12-04 11:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV FR
09PARIS276GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with PM Fillon, NSA Levitte, FM Kouchner, MinDef Morin and military chief Georgelin February 9 and 10, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, noting the administration's strategic review now underway and emphasizing t [...]
2009-02-26 07:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV NATO KPAL AF IR IS IZ PK FR
09PARIS762EUR A/S GORDON’S JUNE 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH NSA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a June 3 meeting with A/S Gordon, French NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte previewed the agenda for the POTUS-President Sarkozy bilat at Normandy. He noted that Sarkozy hoped to use the occasion to announce the appointments of two French general officers to high-level NATO positi [...]
2009-06-08 16:42:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS769SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR MITCHELL'S VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Senator Mitchell: The timing of your second visit to Paris could not be better. You will find your interlocutors energized by the President,s speech in Cairo and his subsequent visit to Paris and Normandy. They will be eager to follow up on the President,s bilat with Presi [...]
2009-06-09 16:16:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09RABAT231MOROCCO SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Lemkin, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, and as a resul [...]
2009-03-24 18:47:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV MARR MCAP PHUM PTER ECON MO
09ROME1110AMBASSADOR WARNS EDISON ON ITS IRAN PROJECT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Thorne told Edison CEO Quadrino that his operations in Iran are helping the Iranian regime and seriously damaging his company's image in Washington. The Ambassador noted that the USG supports Southern Corridor Caspian gas projects such as Edison's TGI, but he warned [...]
2009-09-28 16:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG IR IT
09ROME1119UNIFIL: ITALY LOOKING FOR A SIGNAL FROM US
[...] (C/NF) Summary. We have a window -- albeit one that is beginning to close -- to reverse an evolving decision by the GOI to cut its posture in UNIFIL by nearly half as it cedes the command to Spain. The decision comes as the GOI looks for ways to trim its budget while maintaining funding for [...]
2009-09-30 16:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO IT LE IS
09ROME1284CONTINUED USG ENGAGEMENT IMPORTANT AS ITALY TAKES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GOI is creating a nuclear energy regulatory agency, the first in a series of important steps in the government's efforts to bring back nuclear energy to Italy. Much remains to be done: Italy must win public support for nuclear power and find a solution to the nuclear waste [...]
2009-11-20 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EINV ENRG IT
09ROME1309AFGHANISTAN: ITALY CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE ON
[...] (C) Ambassador Thorne delivered Reftel points to Gianni Letta, Chief Undersecretary to PM Berlusconi, on November 24. Letta took the message on board, and thanked the Ambassador for the heads up on the pending USG decision and "asks" for new resources. Following the NSA Jones discussion with [...]
2009-11-25 17:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09SEOUL445DASD SEDNEY'S MARCH 1-3 SECURITY POLICY MEETINGS
[...] (C) Close coordination on North Korea, significant progress in three areas of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and a push for a major ROK contribution in Afghanistan characterized DASD David Sedney's March 1-3 meetings in Seoul. -- (C) Sunday March 1, DASD Sedney reached agreement with MOFAT DDG Lee o [...]
2009-03-20 07:48:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPHSA PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS AF KN KS
09SEOUL607SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Holbrooke, welcome to Seoul. Although your stay in Seoul is barely three hours, you are seeing the three key Koreans shaping ROK foreign policy: President Lee, FM Yu and NSA Kim. President Lee and his advisors are eager to hear directly your sense of the way forward i [...]
2009-04-14 09:24:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR AF PK KS
09SEOUL642PRESIDENT LEE/ADVISORS TALK ROK ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP),met on April 16 in Seoul with ROK President Lee Myung-bak, NSA Kim Sung-hwan, and FM Yu Myung-hwan. SRAP Holbrooke explained the Obama Administration's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pak [...]
2009-04-20 08:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MASS EAID AF PK KS
09SEOUL647ROK NSA AND 6PT ENVOY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Kim Sung-hwan and Six-Party Talks Envoy Wi Sung-lac separately told Staffdel Jannuzi on April 17 that the timing of reengaging North Korea would be important and Seoul and Washington should not appear "anxious." Wi suggested a dialogue should be o [...]
2009-04-21 07:04:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP OREP EWWT KS KN
09STATE100237DAY 2: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND
[...] (SBU) Day 2 discussions of the U.S.-South African Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue focused on technical level nuclear security issues. DOE/NNSA, NRC, and State gave a series of presentations on areas of cooperation. The United States invited the SAG to visit U.S. nuclear facilities [...]
2009-09-25 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF
09STATE100312GUANTANAMO CLOSING S/E FRIED SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting at the Kuwaiti Permanent Mission in New York, S/E for the Closure of Guantanamo, Dan Fried told the Kuwaiti PM that the way forward to resolve the Kuwaiti detainee issue is to finalize the draft diplomatic note outlining proposed GOK security measures. R [...]
2009-09-26 00:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDRG KU
09STATE30541UPDATED GUIDANCE ON REPORTING RADIATION ALARMS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: This guidance cable updates and replaces reftels to reflect national- level policy for reporting radiation alarms and nuclear smuggling. All Embassies and other posts are instructed to initially notify the Department by telephone or e- mail, specifically to [...]
2009-03-31 00:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PTER ASEC KCRM ENRG ETRD KCOR PINR
09STATE45504DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, May 5, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 8-13 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 14-20 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 21-32 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 33-36 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 37-45 7. (U) Suspicious Activity Incide [...]
2009-05-05 16:44:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE52964REPORT ON FIRST WEEK OF NPT PREPCOM III, MAY 4-8,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first in a series of reporting messages on the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT PrepCom III),which met in New York on May 4-15, 2009. The U.S. Delegation to the PrepCom achieved much of its m [...]
2009-05-22 19:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL NPT
09STATE80163(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the United Nations (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the United Nations (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the [...]
2009-07-31 20:24:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPKO KUNR
09TELAVIV1671SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 06:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1689ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2778CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH IDF CHIEF OF GENERAL
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Lt General Gabi Ashkenazi at the MFA November 15. Their discussion covered U.S.-Israeli cooperation on missile defense and cyber warfare, the Iranian threat, Syria and Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Goldstone Report, and IDF training and readiness. L [...]
2009-12-23 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MOPS MASS KWBG SY IR IS
09THEHAGUE759NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CABINET DELIBERATING -
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Dutch cabinet deliberations on Afghanistan are stalled going into the holiday break, with no clear indication when the impasse will be broken. Dutch post-2010 commitments to Afghanistan are being held hostage to the Labor Party's (PvdA) uncompromising stance. Ambassador's engagement wi [...]
2009-12-21 16:28:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV NATO AF NL
09TRIPOLI156LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: LOOKING FOR SIGNALS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 10:44:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER KPAO KPAL LY
09TRIPOLI924LIBYAN SUCCESSION: QADHAFI ORCHESTRATING THE BOYS' HIGH WIRE ACT? REF: A) TRIPOLI 883; B) TRIPOLI 685; C) TRIPOLI 212; D) 08 TRIPOLI 699; E) TRIP OLI 487; F) 08 TRIPOLI 870; G) STATE 43049; H) TRIPOLI 661; I) TRIPOLI 208; J) TRIPOLI 899
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 15:52:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR LY
09TRIPOLI938LIBYA HALTS HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM FUEL TRANSFER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Following a four-day standoff, the Russian plane scheduled to remove Libya's last remaining HEU spent fuel stores departed Libya without its cargo. Despite bilateral agreements with the U.S. and Russia -- and intensive outreach efforts by the U.S. and Russian Ambassadors -- Libyan [...]
2009-11-25 13:59:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA387IAEA RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL TO FORMALIZE NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security (ONS)has accepted a USG proposal to formalize annual USG-IAEA/ONS nuclear security program review and planning meetings. ONS indicated that ONS top management would be available to participate in the first such meeting in October 2009, in W [...]
2009-08-13 13:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNNP TRGY AFIN ABUD AORC
09USNATO9NATO/IRAQ: DENMARK AND PORTUGAL TEMPORARILY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark and Portugal decided to withdraw their NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) personnel from Iraq until the legal status of the mission can be clarified. The Czech Republic and Hungary may follow suit. NATO negotiators will meet with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Baghdad next week t [...]
2009-01-14 16:30:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USOSCE64OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A
[...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...]
2009-03-25 16:06:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USOSCE66U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna),U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...]
2009-03-25 16:29:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALEINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USUNNEWYORK817AMBASSADOR RICE AND INDIAN PR PURI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and a team from USUN met on August 26 with Indian Mission counterparts as the first step to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. The new Indian ambassador arrived with instructions to strengthen the U.S.-India relationship at th [...]
2009-09-04 12:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER
09VALLETTA498PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SYG
[...] (S) SUMMARY. U.S. Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec met November 12 with Mr. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM),at Piazzi's request. Piazzi urged U.S. support for and participation in PAM's planned February meeting in Malta on the Jerus [...]
2009-11-16 19:12:00Embassy VallettaSECRETPREL KPAL IS MT
10ABUJA157ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mahmud Yayale Ahmed discussed the current "very abnormal" political situation, President Yar'Adua's health, concerns about the 2011 elections, and what he considers an Algerian-Chadian axis of support for extremists February 9 in [...]
2010-02-11 15:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA181NIGERIAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF: WE BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS),LTG Dambazau, told A/S Carson February 8 that the GON military believes there is no alternative to democracy. "We are a young nation and will improve if we give ourselves the opportunity." He termed the violence in the North a "new phenomenon," and sa [...]
2010-02-18 09:19:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR PINS PINR NI
10ASTANA187 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUSHES ABC GOALS AS SUMMIT PROSPECTS LOOK
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a working lunch on February 15, MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiev told Charge that State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev was very pleased with his February 1-4 visit to Washington and wants to g [...]
2010-02-16 02:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10BRUSSELS183SUBJECT: DEPUTY NSA MICHAEL FROMAN VISIT TO
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman held wide-ranging discussions with over 25 senior EU officials in Brussels January 27. Froman and the Ambassador met with Commission President Barroso, the incoming European Commissioners for Climate (Hedegaard),[...]
2010-02-17 13:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ECPS EFIN ENRG EINV ETRD EUN KGHG
10CANBERRA34DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] SUMMARY: In January 10 meetings with Australian Transportation Minister Albanese and National Security Advisor Lewis, DHS Deputy Secretary Lute stressed the need for global cooperation to strengthen security on international flights following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack. D/S [...]
2010-01-14 02:49:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNECON EAIR PTER PREL AS
10ISLAMABAD339 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 10:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10KABUL170SRAP MEETING WITH KARZAI: MOVING REINTEGRATION
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told S/SRAP Holbrooke January 16 that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before London but save the details of the plan for a rollout at the Kabul conference in late spring. Karzai is still conflicted about finalizing the policy, according to several observers [...]
2010-01-19 05:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL504KARZAI COS: NO NATIONALIZATION OF ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff Daudzai claimed there is no presidential decree in the works to nationalize the Electoral Complaints Committee (ECC) and that the law remains as it stands to allow for international observers to remain on the ECC. However, we have learned that nat [...]
2010-02-09 10:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF PREL
10KABUL699PRESSING KARZAI FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone demarched President Karzai and his inner circle on the problems of the final version of the electoral decree February 24-25, stressing the need for an independent Electoral Complaints Commission with international commissioners, p [...]
2010-02-26 11:38:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10MADRID119EXTENSIVE USG ENGAGEMENT WITH SPAIN ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post has left no stone unturned in its extensive engagement with the GOS on the USG's dual-track engagement with Iran and the importance of increasing pressure on Iran if Tehran fails to reciprocate with confidence-building measures and transparency regarding its nucl [...]
2010-02-02 07:48:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC
10MADRID195A/S VALENZUELA INVITES SPAIN TO TEAM UP IN LATIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Valenzuela's February 1-3 visit to Madrid was characterized by bilateral goodwill and mutual optimism for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America to address significant challenges in the region, not least of which the impact of the ongoing economic crisis and the after-ef [...]
2010-02-22 08:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
10MOSCOW144U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS
[...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]
2010-01-22 08:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW163START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 21, 2010 Times: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) MFA DVBR Director Antonov told A/S Gottemoeller that he was not aware of which topics the GOR would raise during J [...]
2010-01-23 08:20:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW225START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 22, 2010 Times: 10:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: MOD, Moscow ------------ Participants ------------ 3. (U) Russian Federation ------------------ --General of the Army Nikolai Yegorevich Makarov, [...]
2010-01-29 15:23:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10NEWDELHI212HFAC STAFFERS MEET WITH INDIAN MEA OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) On January 12, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers Jasmeet Ahuja and Greg McCarthy met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs officials to discuss U.S.-Indian defense relations, civil nuclear cooperation, and the role of water issues in India's bilateral relations . Indo-America [...]
2010-02-02 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMASS KOMC PREL PTER SENV BG CE PK IN
10NEWDELHI225WHAT IS INDIA DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?
[...] (C) Summary: India is proud of its ongoing "development partnership" with post-Taliban Afghanistan that began in late 2001. The GOI claims the sum of its performed and pledged assistance to date totals USD 1.3 billion, of which approximately one-third has been disbursed. India's civilian ai [...]
2010-02-03 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PARM IN AF
10NEWDELHI355NSA MENON DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY AND TRADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with CODEL McCaskill February 17, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon touched on regional security issues including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, as well as several trade-related issues including defense acquisitions, India's Medium Multiple Role Fighter Aircraf [...]
2010-02-25 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG IR PK IN
10RIYADH204SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 21-23 VISIT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Saudi officials are very excited about your visit, which they expect will build on the successful December visit of Deputy Secretary Poneman to write a new chapter in our bilateral dialogue on energy and Science & Technology Cooperation. You will arrive at a tim [...]
2010-02-18 13:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KGHG EINV ECON PREL SA
10TELAVIV279SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV
10TELAVIV379SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S
[...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...]
2010-02-18 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG IS
95STATE249803INTSUM: SYRIA - PEACE-PROCESS STAGNATION
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. SYRIA HAS TOUGHENED ITS PEACE-PROCESS POSITION SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN INTERIM AGREEMENT. ASAD IS PROBABLY NOT CAPABLE OF MAKING THE GESTURES THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO JUMP START THIS TRACK DURING AN ISRAELI ELECTION YEAR. END SUMMARY. 2. THE SIGNING OF [...]
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