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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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01ABUJA2797NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including coalition military operations against Al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts. This unambiguous support was not a given. Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa largest M [...]
2001-11-02 07:33:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI
02ROME5018ICC: ARTICLE 98 DISCUSSIONS WITH ITALY
[...] (C) IN MEETINGS AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE AND THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, THE ICC/ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING TEAM PRESENTED A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE U.S. POSITION AND RATIONALE FOR OUR DRAFT ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TEXT. ITALIAN COUNTERPARTS UNDERSCORED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE EU GUIDEL [...]
2002-10-15 15:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT KICC
03ANKARA7033MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC
[...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...]
2003-11-12 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US
03GUATEMALA2065EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Guatemala's highest priority goals for the next 90 days include ensuring that the national elections (to be held on November 9) are free and fair; that Guatemala ratifies and places in force a bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement with the U.S.; and that Guatema [...]
2003-08-13 22:34:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT PREL GT WHA
03KUWAIT1004APPROVAL OF PROVISIONAL ENTRY OF FORCES INTO
[...] (S) THE GOK HAS AUTHORIZED NEW COALITION FORCES TO ENTER INTO KUWAIT WITHOUT A SIGNED STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT, PROVIDED (A) THEY ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE UNITED STATES AND (B) SOFA NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING. THE AUTHORIZATION, IN A FORM SIMILAR TO THAT GRANTED TO THE CZECHS IN JANUARY, [...]
2003-03-20 04:23:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETMARR MOPS PREL KU
03KUWAIT4456(U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...]
2003-09-29 08:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT858(C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...]
2003-03-11 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU
03LAGOS2283EBONYI STATE: FIELD OF DREAMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Making something out of Ebonyi state will be a challenge. It's in the middle of nowhere, and with Nigerian agriculture in the doldrums the state's prospects seem modest. It's a new state, though, and to beat the odds its leadership has seized on careful fiscal policy, low ov [...]
2003-11-03 17:00:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SOCI NI
03MAPUTO1007AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT
[...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...]
2003-07-21 08:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
03MAPUTO17522003-2004 INCSR SUBMISSION - MOZAMBIQUE
[...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR: I. Summary Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs (hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, mandrax (methaqualone),and heroin) consumed in Europe and South Africa. Some hashish shipments passing through Mozambique find their [...]
2003-12-18 10:59:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER PGOV MZ KCOR
03ROME353ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-29 16:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDIT MARR MCAP NATO PREF
03ROME4923IS ITALYS EXPORT LED GROWTH MODEL IN TROUBLE?
[...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN EXPORTS TO ITS MAJOR MARKETS ARE FACING STIFF COMPETITION FROM, AND LOSING MARKET SHARE TO, CHEAPER EXPORTS FROM ASIA. THE THREAT HAS TRIGGERED MUCH POLITICAL POSTURING IN ITALY, WITH FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND UMBERTO BOSSI, NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER AND MINISTER OF REFORM [...]
2003-10-29 14:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME600ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW
[...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...]
2003-02-13 18:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03SANAA1150YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: NEW BLOOD, MODEST REFORM,
[...] (C): Begin Summary: ROYG Prime Minister Ba Jammal's new Cabinet (complete list para 12) introduces several fresh faces, but incumbents retain the major ministries and all Ministers are members of the General People's Congress (GPC). At a glance: - By relative population, the South (10 Ministe [...]
2003-05-21 04:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2784USAID NATSIOS EXPLAINS MCA TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (c) Summary: On November 3 USAID Administrator Natsios presented Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) criteria to President Saleh, and said Yemen could qualify if Yemen improved in the "Governing Justly" category. While initially questioning the need for Yemen to make progress on such issues as [...]
2003-11-29 14:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
03SANAA2795YEMEN SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (sbu) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes you and your team to Sanaa, Yemen, December 7-8. You will be the first visitor from the Department of Commerce since Deputy Assistant Secretary Molly Williamson in May 2001. Your visit will SIPDIS afford an opportunity for follow-on talks with the Yemeni [...]
2003-11-30 11:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON YM IMF COM
03SANTODOMINGO5786MFA LEGAL ADVISER ON REFUGEES, SOFA WITH KUWAIT,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago told DCM (then-Charge) Kubiske October 9 that his office will begin full-time processing of a refugee case backlog before the end of the year and will soon submit to UNHCR a list of needed technical assistance and training for refugee contingency [...]
2003-10-20 11:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR IZ KU MARR PREF PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5992DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]
2003-10-24 19:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO7306DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNS SOFA WITH KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-15 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR MARR PREL
03STATE72951TFIZ01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0530 EST
[...] (U) SADDAM APPEARANCE ON IRAQI TV: APPEARING ON STATE TV THREE HOURS AFTER THE START OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, SADDAM TERMED THE U.S. STRIKES "SHAMEFUL CRIMES AGAINST IRAQ AND HUMANITY" AND CALLED FOR RESISTANCE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THE BROADCAST WAS LIVE. (CNN) 2. (C) REPORTS OF IRAQI MISS [...]
2003-03-20 11:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1724STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...]
2003-07-22 19:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1868SCENESETTER FOR CJCS GENERAL MYERS' VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]
2003-08-07 20:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1931SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]
2003-08-15 14:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03YEREVAN2883SEVENTH ANNUAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HELD IN YEREVAN
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Ordway for reasons 1.4 (b&d). 2. (C) Summary. The seventh US-Armenian Strategic Dialogue took place in Yerevan November 20. The sides discussed regional security, defense cooperation, and cooperation on counter-terrorism. The delegation heads, EUR DAS Ly [...]
2003-12-02 05:41:00Embassy YerevanSECRETAJ AM GG MARR PARM PGOV PREL PTER TU
03ZAGREB1400LINO DELEGATION VISIT: CROATIA WILL NOT SIGN
[...] (C) Citing both political and legal reasons, the GoC told PM/B's Ambassador Marisa Lino on June 12 that Croatia cannot now sign an Article 98 Agreement. EU pressure, Croatia's status as a signatory of the Rome Statute and a "sensitive" domestic political environment were the main reasons cite [...]
2003-06-18 13:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR HR KICC
03ZAGREB2200CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD
[...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...]
2003-10-10 13:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO
04ANKARA255TURKEY AND SOFA ARRANGEMENTS WITH QATAR
[...] (C) Deputy PMA Counselor informed MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay on January 9 that the USG had not negotiated any SOFA arrangements with the Government of Qatar (GOQ) on behalf of U.S. allies. He added the USG would not approach the GOQ on Turkey's behalf and advised that the GOT [...]
2004-01-15 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ
04BRASILIA1291BRAZIL: BILATERAL POL-MIL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Annual U.S.-Brazil Political-Military consultations, held in Brasilia, May 14, reflected general accord on the health of the bilateral pol-mil relationship but identified areas where collaboration and coordination remained thin. USdel head P/M Assistant Secre [...]
2004-05-27 12:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1748BRAZIL: PURSUIT OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (U) In separate meetings, poloff delivered ref A points outlining continued USG interest in concluding an Article 98 agreement with Brazil to Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE) U.S.-Canada Division Chief Paulo Alvarenga and to MRE United Nations Division Chief Carlos Duarte. Both Alvarenga a [...]
2004-07-14 12:32:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRUSSELS2068EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS
[...] (C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) formulation. The primary topic of discussion was the transition in Bosnia from SFOR to a EU mission. In all of his meetings, R [...]
2004-05-13 06:46:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4144EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...]
2004-09-28 14:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI1588CONSULAR NARRATIVE FY04 - DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) A) Please identify the following: Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and e-mail: Andrea K. Lewis, ETD: October 2006 Telephone: (253) 35-39-95 ext: 2203, e-mail: LewisAK@state.gov - Deputy Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and [...]
2004-12-14 01:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI DJ
04DJIBOUTI812CUSTOMS RECIPROCITY SURVEY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-14 08:36:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKREC AMGT
04KUWAIT3873CONFUSION OVER PORT FEES FOR COALITION SHIPS
[...] (S) Summary and Comment. The Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has intermittently charged US and coalition shipping agents various vessel and cargo-handling fees, in apparent contravention of the US-Kuwait Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite repeated MFA assurances that these vessels wer [...]
2004-11-10 11:31:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETMOPS EWWT PREL KU IZ
04MAPUTO1026MUSLIM OUTREACH IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post is cognizant of the religious diversity in Mozambique and has taken efforts to include representatives from various religious groups, including Muslims, in its outreach efforts. Given the current demographics of Mozambique and recent world events, post is expanding these eff [...]
2004-07-29 13:41:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV OEXC OPRC OIIP MZ KISL
04MAPUTO1053INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX FOR
[...] Per reftel, post submits Investment Climate Statement (ICS) appendix below: MOZAMBIQUE: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Mozambique. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim pe [...]
2004-08-04 15:28:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV MZ OPIC
04MAPUTO1091JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (U) Vodacom, the South African mobile phone operator that began operations in Mozambique in December 2003, now estimates that it has 100,000 subscribers in Mozambique. Mcel, the national operator, estimates that is has 500,000 subscribers. There is clear market growth in this sector and the num [...]
2004-08-13 09:13:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1154CLASHES BETWEEN FRELIMO AND RENAMO HEAT UP IN
[...] (U) Reports of friction between the ruling FRELIMO party and the main opposition party, RENAMO, have increased over the past weeks, ahead of Mozambique's December 1- 2 general elections. On August 12, violence broke out between RENAMO armed guards and police in the town of Inhaminga in the cen [...]
2004-08-27 09:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MZ RENAMO FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1183SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AFONSO DHLAKAMA TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition party RENAMO's presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama will visit Washington following his attendance at the Republican National Convention. RENAMO party officials consider Dhlakama's visit to Washington key for both the party's and the candidate's credibility. As in p [...]
2004-09-02 08:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PGOV ETRD MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO1211AUGUST ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------ FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Ministry of Public Works announced the creation of a Zambezi Bridge Project Office, located in the National Road Administration (ANE) [...]
2004-09-10 08:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1335RENAMO CANDIDATE DHALAKAMA ON U.S. TRIP, CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 29 meeting with Ambassador La Lime, RENAMO presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama outlined the themes of democracy and the need for transparent elections that he had emphasized in his recent visit to the United States. He was pleased with the visit and said he had f [...]
2004-10-05 14:31:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ DHLAKAMA RENAMO
04MAPUTO1341MOZAMBIQUE 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS: END-SEPTEMBER UPDATE
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. -------- Contents -------- 2 - Summary 3 - New Electoral Law 4 - Election Statistics 5 - Parliamentary Elections 6 - Presidential Candidates Deliver Nomination Papers 7 - First, Unreliable Presidential P [...]
2004-10-06 09:31:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MZ
04MAPUTO1398SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. -------------- MACROECONOMICS -------------- 2. (U) The GRM reports that the Mozambican economy is in line with the 8% growth rate target for 2004. Economic activity grew by 8.4% in the first six month [...]
2004-10-21 15:24:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1421AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM: FINAL
[...] SUMMARY: This cable represents the final report for FY02 and the interim report for FY03 Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) in Mozambique. Section one contains the final financial status of all projects from FY02, and section two contains information on the financial status of all pr [...]
2004-10-27 11:09:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MZ SSH
04MAPUTO1430DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND INTERIM REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable represents the interim report for FY03 for the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) in Mozambique. It contains information on the financial status of all projects from FY03 including the amount of money granted, spent, and the balance, as well as an update on the final di [...]
2004-10-29 08:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO1432MOZAMBIQUE: FY 2004 BFIF COMMERCIAL OUTREACH REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. In September-October, econ/poloffs and econ/commercial and political assistants traveled to five Mozambican provinces visiting various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial and investment activities and evaluate the business climat [...]
2004-10-29 10:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO1491CORRECTION COPY: MOZAMBIQUE 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS: OCT
[...] (U) Not for internet distribution. -------- Contents -------- 2. Summary and Comment 3. Presidential Candidates: And Then There Were Five... 6. Lists Finalized for Parliamentary Elections 10. Relative Peace on the Campaign Trail 12. Media Coverage More Balanced 14. Comment ----- [...]
2004-11-16 10:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MZ
04MAPUTO1502MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR TARIFF RATE QUOTA FOR TOBACCO
[...] This is an action request for USTR. See para 3. 2. Below is the text of correspondence received October 14 from the International Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in which the GRM requests that it be allowed to export tobacco to the United States under the tariff [...]
2004-11-17 14:56:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1522MOZAMBIQUE FY 2004 SELF-HELP PROGRAM (SSH)
[...] SUMMARY: This cable lists the 12 proposals that were awarded funds for FY 2004, totaling USD 57,350. Projects are located in 6 different provinces. All agreements have been signed and implementing activities are underway. END SUMMARY. ------------------ SSH Projects 2004 ------------------ [...]
2004-11-23 09:35:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MZ SSH
04MAPUTO1566MOZAMBICAN GENERAL ELECTIONS: VOTE COUNTING
[...] (U) Vote counting began at polling stations last night and continued in the morning hours today. Initial results as reported by state-owned Radio Mozambique early this morning indicate FRELIMO candidate Armando Guebuza holds a healthy lead with RENAMO's Afonso Dhlakama running second and PDD's [...]
2004-12-03 10:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MZ FRELIMO RENAMO
04MAPUTO1584REQUEST FOR FY 2005 LABOR SECTOR SUPPORT IN
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. The Mission, the Mozambican Minister of Labor, labor unionsfederations, and private sector leaders would like continued USG support for labor projects in Mozambique in FY05. In particular, there is an urgent need to continue the USDOL [...]
2004-12-07 14:46:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EINV ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1606REQUEST FOR FY 2005 LABOR SECTOR SUPPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. The Mission, the Mozambican Minister of Labor, labor unions, and private sector leaders would like continued USG support for labor projects in Mozambique in FY05. In particular, there is an urgent need to continue the USDOL- funded "Im [...]
2004-12-13 13:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EINV ECON MZ
04MAPUTO180JANUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 07:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO340FEBRUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP:
[...] (U) In a meeting with Mozambique country director and marketing manager for South Africa's Vodacom, Econ/Poloffs learned that the firm has already captured 12-13% of the national cell phone market. Vodacom began operating in Mozambique in December 2003 and launched strong campaigns in three key [...]
2004-03-12 10:12:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO625APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) With significant Mozambican official travel to China in April (President Chissano, Minister of Industry and Commerce Morgado, Minister of Labor Sevene, Minister of Agriculture Muteia, and others),the Government of China announced its willingness to support the building of mega- projects [...]
2004-05-10 05:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO712MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (U) A major Zimbabwean horticultural company is shifting its operations to Mozambique and Zambia as a result of land seizure in Zimbabwe. Ousted by the Zimbabwean Government, Kondozi Company will be granted 800 hectares of land in the Manica Province by the GRM, according to AIM Reporting. H [...]
2004-05-28 10:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO83CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decade-long progress since the end of the civil war could be slowed or even reversed if corruption is not checked. Senior Mozambicans in fact cite corruption as th [...]
2004-01-20 10:39:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
04MAPUTO84FY O4 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of $30,322 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY 04. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following projects for FY04: A. Commercial Outreach, Market Development, and Export Promotion. Proposed Funding Level: $15,322 Twice the [...]
2004-01-20 10:40:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO894JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-06 14:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
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
04ROME2436 FAO SPEAKS OUT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] (U) Summary: FAO's recent report on the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) concludes that agricultural biotechnology has the potential to benefit small, poor farmers in developing countries. It cautions, however, that biotechnology is no panacea, and that socio-economic impacts, food saf [...]
2004-06-23 09:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD SENV EAID KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME4186 127TH FAO COUNCIL, 22-27 NOVEMBER 2004: LOOKING
[...] (U) Summary: The upcoming FAO Council will provide an opportunity principally for members to review the world's food and agricultural situation, to track progress in the activities of FAO and the World Food Program (WFP),and to discuss FAO program, budget and administrative issues. The we [...]
2004-10-29 09:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04SANAA1178DPM SOFAN: YEMEN WILLING TO HOST PROPOSED G-8
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-16 14:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PGOV YM COM
04SANAA1721ECONOMIC REFORMS STALLED; IMF DELIVERS TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Senior Ministry of Planning official Nabil Shaiban confirmed that President Saleh has decided to delay economic reform, but reiterated the ROYG's long-term committment to implementation. The decision comes in spite of the recent IMF mission headed by Senior Economist Saad [...]
2004-07-19 08:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID AADP YM COM
04SANAA2521WHY ECONOMIC REFORM IS FAILING IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On September 25 Parliament and the Shura Council voted by a clear majority to reject the ROYG's five year economic plan, which included several hotly debated economic reform proposals. The economic package failed because there was no presidential initiative, no strate [...]
2004-09-29 06:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON KMCA KMPI PGOV YM COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA2784WTO UPDATE FOR YEMEN - FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING
[...] Summary/Comment. While accession to the World Trade Organization is still five to seven years out, with the first working party meeting to be held in Geneva on November 30 Yemen will enter a new, more difficult stage of trade negotiations. Through the Integrated Framework (IF) process sponsored [...]
2004-11-01 13:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KMPI YM COM
04SANAA2803DFM NOMAN DEPRESSED OVER RISING CORRUPTION IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a candid and wide ranging discussion on November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman advised Pol/Econ Chief and Deputy that Post should convey to high-level ROYG officials the perils of corruption. Noman advised the Embassy to communicate to journalists and businessmen mo [...]
2004-11-03 11:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KMCA YM ECON COM
04SANAA3098DPM SOFAN SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL COMMITMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy PM and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan reviewed development cooperation and sought strong political support for Yemen's WTO accession bid from visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble on December 15. Sofan complained of a lack of Sa [...]
2004-12-18 05:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV YM COM
04YEREVAN532EMOTIONS STILL STRONG IN ARMENIA OVER OFFICER'S
[...] (C) The axe-murder of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian two weeks ago in Budapest continues to elicit strong emotions from Armenians. The government held a state funeral for Margarian February 28, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1988 Sumgait killings in Azerbaijan. A Sumgait remembrance ce [...]
2004-03-04 09:05:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AM AJ
04ZAGREB562CROATIA: "EXPECT PROGRESS SOON" ON BILAT
[...] (SBU) AS INSTRUCTED BY REFTEL, ON MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, WE AGAIN PRESSED RELEVANT MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS FOR A RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO THE PFP SOFA. 2. (SBU) ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER PJER SIMUNOVIC ASSERTED THAT THE SANADER GOVERNMENT HA [...]
2004-04-01 12:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KTIA HR NATO
05ALGIERS1013AMBASSADOR RAISES EXERCISE-SPECIFIC SOFA WITH
[...] (C) During Ambassador's May 21 call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui (other issues reported septel),Ambassador noted the June 6-18 Flintlock '05 special forces exercise, adding that the exercise would provide an opportunity to advance counterterrorism capabilities in the [...]
2005-05-21 15:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1049SENHADJI POSITIVELY ASSESSES INAUGURAL JOINT
[...] (C) Over May 24 lunch with Ambassador, MOD Secretary General Senhadji expressed great satisfaction with his Washington visit and the inaugural session of the Joint Military Dialogue. He also indicated Algeria would approve a SOFA for the June Flintlock exercises; reaffirmed Algerian interest [...]
2005-05-25 16:33:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PGOV AG MO WI SOFA
05ALGIERS1591AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-ALGERIAN COOPERATION,
[...] (C) Ambassador was the first official caller on newly appointed MFA Secretary General Ramdane Lamamra July 31. Lamamra, a former Ambassador to Washington from 1996-99 and to the UN from 1993-96, was recalled from Lisbon last week to replace a colleague (former Secretary General Hocine Meghlao [...]
2005-08-01 17:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD MARR AG MO WI IZ US SOFA
05ALGIERS1853ALGERIA DECLINES OFFER OF DELEGATION TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on MFA Americas Director Chikhi August 30 to press the need for SOFA protections for U.S. personnel involved in exercises in Algeria and to seek clarification on the issue of a SOFA team visit in September. Chikhi doggedly adhered to the la [...]
2005-08-31 13:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1877ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GOA READINESS
[...] (S) FM Bedjaoui told Ambassador August 31 that political sensitivities over the fact or appearance of a permanent U.S. troop presence or basing arrangements precluded Algeria from agreeing to a public, formal SOFA agreement. That said, Algeria understood the importance and mutual benefit of ou [...]
2005-09-06 10:54:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETMARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS2225FORCE STATUS PROTECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered to FM Bedjaoui on October 26 Ref A demarche on securing protections for personnel engaged in the U.S.-Algerian military exercise this November, leaving behind proposed draft language for an exchange of diplomatic notes. Ambassador stressed our need for written assuranc [...]
2005-10-31 16:57:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05AMMAN710UNRWA'S GAZA DISENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA wants to start large-scale development of its refugee camps in Gaza post-disengagement -- using its experimental Neirab Camp project in Syria, which is centered on re-housing refugees outside camps, as its model. Apart from its limited experience carrying out integrated cam [...]
2005-01-27 15:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO
05ASUNCION859WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR.
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]
2005-07-07 11:20:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ASUNCION860WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR.
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]
2005-07-07 11:21:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05BOGOTA3217SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
[...] (C) With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia [...]
2005-04-07 17:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PTER KJUS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA4050SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
[...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]
2005-04-28 21:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BRASILIA1471BRAZIL REFUSES TERMS OF PROPOSED NOTE ON MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. The GOB has rejected our proposal to grant A and T status to U.S. servicemembers coming to Brazil for the PKO South and Patriot Angel exercises. GOB officials have indicated that a diplomatic note with language similar to that used in the past would be acceptable. End summary. [...]
2005-05-31 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PREL BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA325MISSION COMMENTS: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DRAFT
[...] (C) After initial review of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) draft accord (reftel),Mission believes the Brazilian document is an excellent launching point for negotiation of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). While the MOD version is bare-bones, it also provides a strong negotiating found [...]
2005-02-04 13:09:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL BR ASPA
05BRASILIA815BRAZIL MILITARY EXERCISES, DIPLOMATIC NOTES
[...] This message was coordinated with DAO, MLO, and POL. 2. (C) Over the next few months, Brazil will host a number of military exercises, including PKO South and Patriot Angel SAR. While the GOB has provided its usual written assurances concerning protections for US personnel participating i [...]
2005-03-24 20:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS BR
05DUSHANBE1966TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249)
[...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...]
2005-12-08 09:31:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI
05KUWAIT3091NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES IN KUWAIT OUTLINE PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Vincenzo Prati hosted July 6 the first meeting of NATO member countries in Kuwait, providing a general introduction to the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and explaining the role of NATO Contact Point Embassies (CPEs). The Italian Embassy is the CPE f [...]
2005-07-12 06:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV KU NATO
05KUWAIT4231KUWAIT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT NATO'S SLOW PACE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. NATO member embassies held a second Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting September 28 at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Prati, and in attendance were the Chiefs and D [...]
2005-09-28 13:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PTER IR IZ KU NATO
05KUWAIT4438LEADING MP "SCARED TO DEATH" ABOUT LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met October 15 with Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, a National Assembly member (MP) and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Commenting on the recent ruling family spat over the country's future leadership (reftels),sparked by National Guard Chief Shay [...]
2005-10-16 07:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUCCESSION FREEDOM AGENDA
05MADRID3691SPAIN PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR NATO RESPONSE FORCE
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 21 with MOD Deputy Director for Defense Policy Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez and Spain's Defense Counselor to NATO CAPT Gonzalo Rodriguez. They said that Spain recognizes the urgency of the situation and is prepared to fully support whatever NATO [...]
2005-10-21 15:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PK SP NATO
05MAPUTO1059LAST AGOA GARMENT EXPORTER IN MOZAMBIQUE TO CLOSE
[...] (U) Belita, the only remaining garment factory in Mozambique exporting to the U.S. under AGOA, has announced it will close its operations on September 17. The closure will result in the loss of nearly 600 jobs in the city of Beira, Sofala province. Palmar Group, Belita's parent company located [...]
2005-08-22 14:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EINV MZ AGOA
05MAPUTO115MOZAMBIQUE: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-24 16:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAGR ETRD BTIO BEXP EAID KTDB MZ USTR OPIC
05MAPUTO1176MOZAMBIQUE - AUGUST ECONOMIC DIGEST
[...] (U) The following is a brief summary of significant economic issues in Mozambique in August 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. 2. (U) Index: - Labor Arbitration Centers Planned by End of Year - Government Reorganizes Anti-Corruption Office - Audit of Alleged Crimin [...]
2005-09-14 06:08:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KCOR ETRD SENV KHIV EINV MZ
05MAPUTO1297CHINESE TIES WITH MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (U) Summary: China has extensive political, economic, and military ties with Mozambique, and its visibility appears to be growing. Mozambique,s President and Prime Minister have each met with their Chinese counterparts in the last two months. End Summary. ------------------- Political Relat [...]
2005-10-05 13:13:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PREL CH MZ
05MAPUTO1528MOZAMBIQUE - OCTOBER ECONOMIC DIGEST
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during October 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: 2. 800,000 people face food shortages due to drought 3. Water projects planned 4. Fuel prices rise 5. Dea [...]
2005-11-21 07:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EINV ETRD MZ
05MAPUTO1586MOZAMBIQUE: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 10:09:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRIM MZ
05MAPUTO173SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY MOSELEY
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide an opportunity to gain a better understanding of IBFAN-funded Reencontro's activities on infant feeding feeding and nutrition in Mozambique, the U.S. contribution in the fight against HIV/AIDS under the President's Emergency [...]
2005-02-08 12:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHIV ECON ETRD MZ EAGR
05MAPUTO184MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART I)
[...] (U) This message provides biographical data for key cabinet ministers sworn in on February 5 by President Guebuza. Biodata on additional cabinet members will be provided in septels. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy con [...]
2005-02-09 14:56:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO193MOZAMBIQUE FY 2004 SPECIAL SELF-HELP (SSH) INTERIM REPORT ON
[...] SUMMARY: This cable lists the present status of the 12 proposals that were awarded SSH funds for FY 2004 totaling USD 57,350. All projects are active. END SUMMARY. ------------------ SSH Projects 2004 ------------------ Project - SSH-04-656-001 - Water Well and Cistern Grantee - Associacao [...]
2005-02-10 15:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MZ SSH
05MAPUTO208MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART II)
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (U) This message reports biographical data for key ministers recently appointed by President Guebuza. The message follows biodata presented in reftel A. Biod [...]
2005-02-15 12:19:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO232MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will give you an opportunity to meet leading members of the new Guebuza government and convey to the government and the public our support for Mozambique's development and HIV/AIDS efforts. You also may wish to encourage continued movemen [...]
2005-02-18 10:39:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO257MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART III)
[...] (U) This is the third message in a series of biographical reports on cabinet ministers recently appointed by President Guebuza. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy contacts. ----------------- Table of Contents ------- [...]
2005-02-25 09:18:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO262MOZAMBIQUE CONTACTS: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS
[...] Per reftel request, Post recommends the following Mozambican private sector contacts to be included in a discussion about a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization: Sergio Chitara Executive Director, Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique (CTA) Tel. (+258)-1-311-734/5 Fax. ( [...]
2005-02-27 08:35:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD KTDB MZ OPIC USTR WTO
05MAPUTO288MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON PRESIDENT GUEBUZA
[...] (SBU) Armando Emilio Guebuza was born January 20, 1943 in Murrupula, Nampula province. His father was a member of the Ronga ethnic group (from the Maputo area) and his mother (still living) is Makua (from Nampula). At a young age, his family moved to Maputo, where Guebuza grew up. While attend [...]
2005-03-02 13:45:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO388MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STAFFDEL
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide you an opportunity to gain a better understanding of issues surrounding port and coastal security in Mozambique, as well as insight into Mozambique's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. The trip will also give you i [...]
2005-03-23 15:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO421MOZAMBIQUE: STAFFDEL FLYNN AND STAFFDEL CHAKA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Minority Staff Member Heather Flynn (March 23-28) and House International Relations Committee Majority and Minority Staff Members Malik Chaka [...]
2005-04-01 06:39:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MZ
05MAPUTO702MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S
[...] (SBU) Newly elected Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza is one of five African heads of state to visit Washington on June 13 to participate in a joint meeting with President Bush. We understand the Department is considering a separate meeting for President Guebuza with Secretary Rice. [...]
2005-06-06 15:41:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MZ
05MAPUTO75Mozambique's FY05 BFIF Proposal
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 30,223 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY05. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following three projects for FY05: --------------------------------------------- Project 1: Mozambique Entrepreneurship Forum ---------- [...]
2005-01-13 04:58:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
05NAIROBI4462ARTICLE 98 AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO
[...] (C) Summary: Despite intensive Embassy lobbying over the past year (reftel A-E),and the cutoff of FMF, IMET and some ESF funding pursuant to the ASPA and the Nethercutt Amendment, the Kenyan government still resists signature of an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. Academics, journalists, [...]
2005-10-27 10:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI PGOV KE
05NASSAU393FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM
[...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...]
2005-02-25 16:57:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM
05NEWDELHI6396MEA URGES USG NOT TO PURSUE STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (C) DATT conveyed reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar in a letter on August 16 (full text para 6 below). In a meeting on August 17 with DCM to introduce a new Embassy officer, Jaishanker pulled DCM aside to discourage strongly any effort by the USG to pursue at this [...]
2005-08-18 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IN
05PARIS3679 GOF PLANS FOR BOOSTING CORPORATE INVESTMENT
[...] SUMMARY. Despite GOF predictions of economic disruption if France votes against the EU constitution in the May 29 referendum, the GOF itself is doing little to prepare for such a contingency. The GOF has introduced two bills to encourage corporate investment and small businesses, but any pos [...]
2005-05-27 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PRETORIA2754 South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...]
2005-07-13 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05ROME1734ITALIAN VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC AGENDA
[...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP told Poloff that the GAERC would begin with a Monday morning EU defense ministers meeting to discuss an ESDP progress report. He described the draft he had seen as "non-controversial," with a dozen or so chapters devoted to assessments of rapid response capabilit [...]
2005-05-19 15:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCH PREL MARR MOPS IT EUN
05ROME2349IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...]
2005-07-14 06:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2543 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY IN AFRICA:
[...] Summary: USUN-Rome arranged for Dr. Michael Hall, Regional Biotechnology Advisor for USAID's Regional Economic Development Services Office (REDSO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with representatives at FAO and WFP. Hall also met with an official from the Holy See (to be covered in septel fr [...]
2005-07-29 13:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA VT FAO WFP
05ROME4001 AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND POVERTY HIGHLIGHED IN
[...] Summary: FAO will release the 2005 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report on December 7 at 11:00 am in Geneva. It will be available at www.fao.org shortly afterwards. The special focus of this year's report is Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? The report c [...]
2005-12-06 11:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO WTRO
05SANAA120NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING
[...] (SBU) As per reftel, the titles, names, and contact numbers for leading Yemeni government and political officials were verified on January 4, 2005 and are as follows: Head of Government ------------------ Last Name: Saleh First/Middle Names: Ali Abdullah Conventional Usage: His Excell [...]
2005-01-18 11:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA145YEMEN MOVING FAST ON WTO, MAYBE TOO FAST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Yemen is making progress in trade reforms necessary for WTO accession and possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US. Key ministries have a broad mandate within the ROYG to create the necessary legislation and regulations to comply with international standards. They have [...]
2005-01-25 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI ECON ETRD YM COM
05SANAA193DPM SOFAN PROMOTES DONOR HARMONIZATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 30, Ambassador joined key donors and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan in signing a declaration on their intent to enhance donor coordination in Yemen. In a follow-on meeting with Sofan, Ambassador raised Socotr [...]
2005-02-02 10:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMCA ECON ETRD EAID EINV YM COM
05SANAA2426YEMEN'S THIRD GSM TENDER: CHINESE MAKE AN OFFER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met August 17 with Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Abdulmalik al-Moalimi to discuss the status of a third tender for a GSM mobile phone operator. Post is advocating for Millicom, which has a vending agreement with Motorola. On August 2, the [...]
2005-08-22 13:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM
05SANAA3007MCC: "CAN WE SIGN DURING SALEH'S VISIT?"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Krajeski met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to discuss the November visit of President Saleh to Washington. Sofan said the ROYG would like to see Saleh sign the Millennium Challenge Threshold agreement during the visit. The ROYG has eagerly pu [...]
2005-10-18 04:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM YM
05SANAA335SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...]
2005-02-18 14:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA663SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EB/ICT DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of EB Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Telecommunications and SIPDIS Information Policy David Gross to Yemen March 24-26. You will meet Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning Ahmed Sofan, and Minister of telecommunications and Information T [...]
2005-03-21 11:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM KMCC ENVIRONMENT ECON COM
05SANAA893EB ICT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S MEETINGS WITH ROYG
[...] (U) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross raised the prospect of an independent telecom regulator and advanced AID proposals for rural internet development with ROYG officials on March 26. His discussions with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MOTIT) and the [...]
2005-04-10 12:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EFIN EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PGOV PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA93DEAL CUT ON YEMEN'S BUDGET -- FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: In a rare roll-call vote on January 5, Parliament approved Yemen's 2005 budget while striking a deal with the Government that postpones the lifting of oil and gas subsidies pending the Government's implementation of several wide-reaching economic reforms demanded by Parliament. W [...]
2005-01-15 05:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KMPI YM KGOR COM
05SANTIAGO1677MFA LEGAL ADVISOR ON PROSPECTS FOR LONG-TERM SOFA
[...] (C) On August 4, E/POL Counselor spoke one-on-one with Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Claudio Troncoso to follow up on our request for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),and to explore whether the GOC was ready to discuss specifics. Troncoso reiterated cautions we had heard before from MFA: a [...]
2005-08-09 17:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL CI SOFA
05SANTIAGO1681A/S DESUTTER'S AUGUST 18-19 VISIT TO CHILE:
[...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...]
2005-08-10 14:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM EAID MARR HA VE CI SOFA
05SOFIA1578NEW DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS PLANS TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov told Amb. Beyrle September 9 that an interagency working group would be ready to receive USG experts soon to discuss the timing and manner of withdrawing Bulgaria's contingent from Iraq, as well as a possible follow-on mission. He also expressed [...]
2005-09-12 15:15:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1675BULGARIA PUSHING TO RESOLVE IRAQ & SHARED BASES
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Kalfin told Amb. Beyrle September 28 that Bulgaria intends to have selected a follow-on mission in Iraq prior to the October 17 Bush-Purvanov meeting in Washington. He said that Bulgaria wishes to focus on the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement during next week [...]
2005-09-29 16:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL BG IZ LY
05SOFIA924U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress in concluding a supplemental SOFA with the GOB during talks in Sofia May 16-17. Amb. Loftis also presented the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and identified the military facilities of interest [...]
2005-05-20 14:20:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV BU
05TELAVIV5157DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the seventh day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the remaining southern Gaza Strip settlements of Katif and Atzmona and some remaining families in Shelo/Shalev/Slav -- after a day (August 20) of inaction due to the Sabbath. The Israeli cabinet [...]
2005-08-21 17:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05THEHAGUE1201ONE YEAR SOFA FOR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
[...] (SBU) In accordance with ref A, Embassy Legal Counselor exchanged diplomatic notes on May 3, 2005, concluding an exercise specific status of forces agreement with the Netherlands to provide privileges and immunities for U.S. forces in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The agreement entered [...]
2005-05-04 09:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER ASEC KTIA MARR MOPS PREL NL NA
05TUNIS1324 STATUS OF REQUEST FOR SOFA IN TUNISIA
[...] (C) We have no Status of Forces Agreement currently with the GOT. In connection with training exercise Flintlock, we have signed an MOA (administrative agreement) that is valid for the duration of the exercise (June 3-17, 2005). We have a waiver from EUCOM for the Tunisia portion of Fl [...]
2005-06-17 13:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TS
05TUNIS1934NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE WELCOMES STRONG BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-31 12:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV TS
05TUNIS2807TUNISIA: UPDATE FROM MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) The Ambassador December 27 reviewed a number of bilateral defense-related issues with Tunisian Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, and briefed him on the November EUCOM Mediterranean Ambassador's conference in Stuttgart. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of linking Tunisian funding [...]
2005-12-27 15:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR TS
05VILNIUS1278TWO U.S. AIRMEN FROM NATO MISSION DETAINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuanian police detained two U.S. servicemen following a dispute at a local Vilnius club on November 26. A Lithuanian and Somali citizen claim they were assaulted by the American parties, who deny the allegations and claim mistreatment themselves. The Lithuanian authorities ar [...]
2005-12-05 15:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS LH
05WARSAW3545TIME TO THINK SOFA FOR POLAND
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Warsaw recommends that the USG begin negotiations for a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Poland as soon as possible. In the context of both NATO obligations and bilateral programs, U.S. military per [...]
2005-10-05 07:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR PREL MASS PL NATO
05WELLINGTON650NEW ZEALAND'S LABOUR PARTY: SEEKING VICTORY IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Locked in a tougher than expected battle for votes, a once-confident Labour Party has forsaken its reputation for fiscal restraint to dish out promises of pork for students and low- and middle-income families. In the run-up to New Zealand's September 17 election, Labour also has [...]
2005-08-25 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
06ABUDHABI1342NATO SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 80 LASHES FOR OFFENSES
[...] (SBU) On April 3, a Shari'a court in the northern emirate of Sharjah sentenced Estonian Master Sergeant Andrei Korol to one month in jail and 80 lashes for crimes committed at Sharjah International Airport on February 23. Korol was sentenced to 40 lashes and time served for public intoxicatio [...]
2006-04-05 13:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM NATO AE EN
06ADDISABABA3011DARFUR: UN A/SYG FOR PEACE-KEEPING DISCUSSES UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG for Peace-keeping Operations Annabi said November 11-12 meetings with President Bashir, FM Lam Akol and other GOS principals resulted in an affirmation that the GOS would accept UN packages of "light" and "heavy" assistance to the AU Mission in Sudan, despite Sudan's c [...]
2006-11-14 15:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU CD AU UN
06ANKARA3593R&D HIGHLIGHTS THE 18TH TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 18th Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) meeting and subsequent Defense Industry Day on May 23-24 underscored a continued impasse over the barriers to US defense industry participation in Turkish defense contracts but highlighted R&D as a potential area for closer coopera [...]
2006-06-19 10:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MCAP PREL TU
06ASUNCION1225PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR WHA/BSC DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Bruce: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist financing. You come at a parti [...]
2006-12-06 22:24:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
06ASUNCION590PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BANTZ CRADDOCK
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time as we prepare to submit a new request to the GOP to establish [...]
2006-06-07 17:07:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION750PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER
[...] (C) Brigadier General Oliver J. Mason, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, emergency management, social reforms and other areas of cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political a [...]
2006-07-21 13:43:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06BAGHDAD3329AMBASSADOR AND TALABANI DISCUSS DEFUSING FLAG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with President Jalal Talabani on September 5-6, the Ambassador expressed his disappointment with the timing of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's September 1 statement on using the 1958 Iraqi flag within the KRG until a new flag had been dete [...]
2006-09-07 15:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY RU TU IZ
06BAKU1274BP QUIETLY LAUNCHES MACROECONOMIC MODELING UNIT IN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN GOAJ ENERGY REVENUE MANAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BP has quietly launched an intensive effort to help the Government of Azerbaijan better manage its anticipated billions of dollars in energy revenue. After years of discussions, the GOAJ agreed to place a BP-funded macroeconomic modeling unit at the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ). BP hop [...]
2006-08-29 04:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU1295 AID COUNTRY COORDINATOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT
[...] (SBU) USAID COUNTRY COORDINATOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OIL FUND (SOFAZ),SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV, AUGUST 7. MOVSUMOV OUTLINED THE PLANNED INTERNAL REORGANIZATION OF SOFAZ BASED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-FALL. HE ALSO DISCUSSED THE [...]
2006-08-31 12:05:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU
06BAKU1315AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REQUESTS ADDITIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadayarov told the Ambassador on September 7 that it would be an "honor and a privilege" for Azerbaijan to participate in the roundtable with President Bush on Natural Resources and Social Developm [...]
2006-09-07 12:04:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SENV UNGA AJ
06BAKU1721PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...]
2006-11-28 06:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU18002007 STATE BUDGET FORESEES 60 PERCENT INCREASE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the 2007 State Budget on November 28. Compared to the 2006 budget, the 2007 budget plans for a 57 percent increase in revenues, a 60 percent increase in expenditures, and a small budget deficit. Government revenues are expected to total USD 6.1 [...]
2006-12-11 06:33:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD AJ EINV
06BAKU219AZERBAIJAN: IMF READOUT ON ECONOMY IN LATE 2005
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF resident representative, the slowdown in inflation during the last quarter of 2005 was due primarily to a combination of nominal appreciation in the manat and a deceleration in money growth. In addition, it appears that many businesses did not raise prices [...]
2006-02-14 13:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU480AZERBAIJAN LEADS EITI EFFORTS; PROBLEMS STILL EXIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We warmly welcome your April 4-6 visit for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative International Advisory Group meeting. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to engage the GOAJ on the importance of effectively managing its oil wealth, strengthening public investment p [...]
2006-03-30 07:53:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EFIN ECON AJ
06BAKU582DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP),via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...]
2006-04-17 07:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ
06BAKU650BP UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his regular briefing for U.S. and UK Embassy officers on April 25, AIOC President David Woodward gave a downbeat assessment of talks with BOTAS on BTC completion and predicted further delays. SCP is largely on schedule although Woodward continues to argue that it will be [...]
2006-05-01 02:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BEIRUT3539LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) In a November 2 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh urged to the Ambassador rapid and thorough support for the LAF and action on Israeli overflights and non-withdrawal from Ghajjar. Salloukh was optimistic that Speaker Berri's proposed consultations among political leaders would stav [...]
2006-11-03 16:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BELGRADE1015DISSOLUTION OF STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO -
[...] (U) Introduction: The Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro will need to take a series of steps to implement the dissolution of the State Union. Belgrade and Podgorica posts are reporting periodically on the actions being taken by the republics and by the USG to ensure the peaceful and, to th [...]
2006-06-23 14:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR SR MW
06BELGRADE1294SERBIA: PRESIDENT TADIC ON UPCOMING TRIP TO U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Tadic on 9 August to discuss preparations for his upcoming visit to the U.S., scheduled for the first week of September. Tadic returned to the usual broad themes ) the need for elections before the end-game on Kosovo; the need to work closely with Ko [...]
2006-08-16 08:12:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW
06BELGRADE1381SERBIA: PM KOSTUNICA NOT LETTING UP ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with PM Kostunica on August 29 to review priority issues after the Serbian government,s August recess. He acknowledged the PM,s recent personal address to the nation on Mladic (and several other positive developments) but pressed Kostunica to explicitly call f [...]
2006-08-30 16:05:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW
06BELGRADE1407TADIC AND KOSTUNICA
[...] (U) As Tadic heads to Washington, we would like to share some additional observations about him, about how his views on key issues compare with Kostunica's, and why his visit represents an opportunity different from Kostunica's July visit. 2. (S) Tadic tends to take a more realist, pro-Wes [...]
2006-09-01 12:00:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPGOV PREL
06BELGRADE1522Scenesetter for the Secretary of Defense's Visit to
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Montenegrins celebrate their newly regained independence following a successful referendum in May. Most recently, during the 10 September parliamentary elections the Montenegrin voters handed Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's ruling coalition another mandate with 4 [...]
2006-09-19 15:46:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE434SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 23-24 VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical moment for Serbia in this difficult year of big decisions on Kosovo, the future of the State Union and European integration. The death and burial of Slobodan Milosevic last week provided insights into a country that is exhausted and frustrated with the pol [...]
2006-03-20 13:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV SR
06BELGRADE517Senator Voinovich in Belgrade: Turn Over Mladic
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Voinovich drew on his long record of personal involvement with Serbia's democratic transition in urging the Serbian government to make more progress on cooperation with ICTY and Kosovo. In separate meetings with PM Kostunica, FM Draskvoic, MoD Stankovic and in a longer [...]
2006-03-31 15:25:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL SR XI
06BELGRADE611Defense Agreements with SaM - Next Steps
[...] (sbu) The visits of Senator Voinovich on March 23-24 and General Wald on March 27-28 provided excellent opportunities to push the GoSaM and GoS to do more on our defense agreements. With the WMD now signed and awaiting parliamentary ratification in SaM, the MoD here is keen to push through [...]
2006-04-19 09:52:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL SR
06BELGRADE842SCENESETTER FOR MAY 27 VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Your visit comes at a time when the future of Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) is at a critical crossroads. Serbia will face difficult decisions in the weeks and months ahead on such key issues as: Kosovo final status, the dissolution of the SaM State Union, full ICTY compliance (re [...]
2006-05-26 16:36:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL
06BELGRADE880Senator Inhofe's Visit to Serbia
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator James M. Inhofe's visit to Belgrade 27 May occurred in the aftermath of Montenegro?s referendum and the conclusion of the fifth round of Vienna talks on Kosovo status issues. In meetings with President Tadic, FONMIN Draskovic, DEFMIN Stankovic, and Deputy Chief of the [...]
2006-06-02 13:08:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL SR
06BRASILIA1365BRAZIL REJECTS SOFA REQUEST FOR BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ANNUAL
[...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points and draft dip notes, July 5, to Virginia Toniatti, the MFA's General Coordinator Against Transnational Crime (COCIT). In response to the draft note and Poloff's assertion that the USG would like to conclude a long-term SOFA agreement with Brazil, Toniat [...]
2006-07-06 18:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS MASS KTIA US BR
06BRIDGETOWN1849A PLAN FOR SALVATION: SECOND CWC 2007 ISAG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 held its second plenary meeting October 11-12 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Participants reviewed progress reports on the Regional Security Plan (RSP) threat assessments, and public health and safety issues [...]
2006-10-19 19:32:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
06BUENOSAIRES1004ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...]
2006-05-04 15:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES1005ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...]
2006-05-04 15:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES1006ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...]
2006-05-04 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES1880Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending
[...] The GOA's monthly economic activity index, viewed as a reliable leading indicator of GDP, came out was up 8.2 percent y-o-y in June -- below the BCRA market survey forecast of 8.5 percent. Nonetheless, this continues the recovery since April, which showed the weakest growth rate (+6.3 percent) [...]
2006-08-23 13:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2838ARGENTINA-U.S. POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The United States and Argentina held a successful round of political-military bilateral consultations on December 15, 2006 in Buenos Aires. Both delegations shared their foreign policy principles and objectives. The Argentine delegation explained their government's goals for c [...]
2006-12-28 21:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PARM AR
06BUENOSAIRES798ARGENTINA: NEGOTIATING A STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) POLOFF met April 4 with Minister Ricardo Boccalandro and Counselor Paulo Cavalleri in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN) to discuss the text of the draft diplomatic note (ref. A) on a short-term Status of Forces [...]
2006-04-07 21:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06CANBERRA952EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING ON LOBATO ARREST
[...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Acting East Timor Director provided us a briefing on the arrest of former East Timor Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato on June 22. Ferguson confirmed that a prosecutor, possibly a UN-provided international prosecutor, from the East Timor Of [...]
2006-06-22 08:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS KCRM AS TT
06DARESSALAAM1946SOFA WITH TANZANIA: PROPOSED LANGUAGE BEING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 08:12:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KTIA MARR MOPS TZ
06DILI301EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...]
2006-06-09 11:26:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DUBLIN1020EMERGING CONSTRAINTS ON U.S. MILITARY TRANSITS AT
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Although supportive of continued U.S. military transits at Shannon Airport, the Irish Government has informally begun to place constraints on U.S. operations at the facility, mainly in response to public sensitivities ov [...]
2006-09-05 14:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAIR PTER EI
06FREETOWN876REQUEST TO PURSUE STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH
[...] This is an action request. See Para. 5 2. Since 2001 DOD has assigned at least three U.S. Military personnel to serve as U.S. liaison at the International Military Advisory Training Team (IMATT). Although the UK concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Sierra Leone (G [...]
2006-10-26 17:13:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SL
06GUATEMALA2080GUATEMALA: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO NEGOTIATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH),a component command of U.S. Southern Command, plans to carry out two Special Operations Forces (SOF) Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) deployments to Guatemala in Fiscal Year [...]
2006-10-23 22:38:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALMARR KTIA GT
06ISLAMABAD3684PAKISTAN CONSIDERS NEW SOFA TO BE IN FORCE AS OF
[...] (C) On March 2, poloff delivered to MFA Americas Desk Director Diyar Khan the diplomatic note (text ref A) confirming USG acceptance of the SOFA language in the earlier GOP note, reported ref B. Director Khan confirmed to poloff on March 7 that the GOP has no objections to the USG note and co [...]
2006-03-07 09:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK
06JAKARTA11522DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID MARR PREL
06JAKARTA12547U.S.-INDONESIA SOFA TALKS LAY BASIS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. delegation's exploratory talks with the Indonesian government on October 5 in Jakarta made considerable headway in establishing a basis of understanding for possible formal negotiation of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Embassy shared a draft template text (r [...]
2006-10-13 11:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13170PM A/S HILLEN'S POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen discussed a range of political-military issues with Indonesian Minister of Defense Sudarsono, Foreign Affairs Director General Hariyadhi and other public leaders in Jakarta on November 7. The discussions built on simil [...]
2006-11-09 10:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MNUC RI
06JAKARTA13341INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO REVISED PROPOSED TEXT FOR A
[...] (C) We delivered the revised text of the draft agreement for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Indonesia (ref a) on November 15 to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). We noted that the text had been revised with a [...]
2006-11-29 10:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KTIA MARR MOPS PREL
06JAKARTA13498YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO RUSSIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia and Russia signed a range of intergovernmental and other agreements during the visit of Indonesian President Yudhoyono to Russia November 29-December  [...]
2006-12-15 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR EINV EIND ENRG SOCI ID RS
06JAKARTA1819INDONESIA-U.S. POLITICA-MILITARY TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held a day of political-military talks February 1 to explore expanded bilateral cooperation following the U.S. decision in November to end restrictions on military-to-military relations. The U.S. delegation, led by Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secre [...]
2006-02-10 12:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2744ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23 discussed with Indonesian Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono difficulties budget shortfalls caused for TNI's ability to respond to "natural and man-made disasters" and the GOI's procurement focus on transportation assets, which could [...]
2006-03-02 07:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6770STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) May 30, PolCouns pressed Harry Purwanto, Foreign Ministry Director for North and Central American Affairs, about our pending request for a temporary SOFA agreement in connection with the Yogyakarta earthquake relief effort. Purwanto replied that "internal consultations" were ongoing, and [...]
2006-05-30 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA EAID ID
06JAKARTA6773GOI RESPONDS TO STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT REQUEST
[...] (C) Subsequent to transmission of reftel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs faxed a formal reply late May 30 to our request to implement a SOFA in conjunction with the Yogyakarta earthquake relief. The reply agrees to the principle of establishing a SOFA, but modifies the agreement reached in [...]
2006-05-30 12:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA EAID ID
06JAKARTA6811AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR QUICK AGREEMENT ON SOFA
[...] (C) During a May 31 visit to Yogyakarta, Ambassador pressed Presidential foreign policy adviser Dino Djalal to weigh in on the Foreign Ministry's response (ref. B) to our request for a temporary SOFA agreement in conjunction with earthquake relief efforts there. The Ambassador told Djalal th [...]
2006-05-31 09:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR KTIA EAID MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA6912AMBASSADOR LOBBIES FOREIGN MINISTER ON SOFA
[...] (C) During a June 1 meeting with Foreign Minister Wirajuda (other subjects septel),the Ambassador noted that while the presence of U.S. military personnel in Yogyakarta for earthquake relief is expected to be short, the United States considers a SOFA important to cover those deployments. Fo [...]
2006-06-01 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS EAID PREL KTIA ID
06JAKARTA7015NEGOTIATING A SOFA WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary: We have attempted at senior levels to obtain the same SOFA we had twice in 2005 in order to avoid protracted negotiations over language that might threaten both our long term position and practices already occurring on the ground in Yogyakarta, notably with respect to weapons an [...]
2006-06-03 06:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA ID
06KHARTOUM1002 Response to Humanitarian Access Demarche
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GNU maintains that UN agencies in country continue to operate under their individual agreements, and do not automatically benefit from UNMIS status of forces agreement (SOFA) provisions. On the Voluntary and Humanitarian Work Law, the Government believes it enforces coordi [...]
2006-04-26 15:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID SOCI UN SU
06KHARTOUM1018POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF EAST SUDAN: VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: From April 11-13, Poloff and AF/SPG DeskOff met with government officials, opposition parties, tribal leaders, NGOs, and UNMIS to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in Eastern Sudan. This is the first of two cables to discuss the political and tribal dimensions of [...]
2006-04-30 08:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM1072Sudan - Humanitarian Challenges in the East
[...] A USAID team visited Kassala from April 20 to 23, 2006, to assess the humanitarian situation in eastern Sudan. A disagreement between the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) concerning implementation of the U.N. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is pr [...]
2006-05-05 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1132 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several Darfur locations, with reports indicating that May 13 incidents at Abu Shouk and Al-Salaam IDP camps in El Fasher resulted in the death of a 13-year old boy and damage to AU property. The SLA shot at an AMIS helicopter near Korma, forcing it to cu [...]
2006-05-14 16:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1149 Sudan - Operational Constraints Related to
[...] (SBU) Summary: Any U.S. government (USG) initiatives linked to the support of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) must take into account the operational realities of the region. The experience of USAID's humanitarian operation provides insight into the challenges that will face any new USG ope [...]
2006-05-15 13:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2114 BASHIR SAYS AU MUST LEAVE DARFUR BY SEPT 30
[...] (SBU) At the end of a September 3 meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Bashir unilaterally announced that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is expected to withdraw its forces in Darfur by September 30 and will not be permitted to remain for a transition to a possible UN peace- [...]
2006-09-04 14:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2709Darfur - UN USYG Egeland Warns of Worsening Situation
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the strong efforts of the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and the commitment of the donor community, the humanitarian situation in Darfur is poised to deteriorate, according to Jan Egeland, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Re [...]
2006-11-20 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PHUM PREF SOCI PGOV KAWC UN SU
06KHARTOUM317SUDAN: MISSERYA OFFER DINKA ABYEI ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Misserya tribal leaders from Muglad recently traveled to Abyei to offer the Ngok Dinka all Abyei administration positions in return for not demanding implementation of the Abyei Boundaries Commission (ABC) finding, according to UNMIS contacts. The proposal follows weeks of mutua [...]
2006-02-09 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM850MFA Paper Outlines Foreign Policy Objectives
[...] Summary: During the April 1-5 MFA ambassadorial corps conference (reftel),the ministry circulated a thought piece on the future of Sudanese foreign policy. Its key points are as follows: Sudan is entering a new era following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan must thus [...]
2006-04-06 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV US SU
06KHARTOUM853 SUDANESE GOVERNMENT INCREASINGLY OBSTRUCTING
[...] In recent months, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has increasingly sought to obstruct humanitarian work, slowing the delivery of aid to millions of displaced people within Sudan. A host of events illustrate the escalation of harassment and restrictions directed toward humanitarian org [...]
2006-04-08 04:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM937Sudan - Visit to Port Sudan
[...] Humanitarian conditions in Red Sea State have not changed much since 2005, when USAID last made an extensive visit to this northern state to visit programs in Mohammed Qol and areas north of Port Sudan. The GNU continues to limit humanitarian staff visits to the area, and now requires all hu [...]
2006-04-18 15:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PINS EAID KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM949 SUDAN/Humanitarian obstruction: Charge's call
[...] (SBU) In a heated meeting with Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassibo, Charge and USAID Farnsworth raised the new NGO law, Egeland, NRC, fuel and the SOFA. Charge noted the contrast between the constructive work being accomplished in Abuja (with the energetic help of the USG),and Sudan's [...]
2006-04-20 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KINGSTON2151JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]
2006-10-31 20:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2328JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...]
2006-12-01 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL
06KINGSTON614JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO STATUS OF FORCES
[...] Late on March 20, Embassy Kingston received Diplomatic Note 358/803/3 from the Government of Jamaica accepting the amended Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Tradewinds exercise in response to our Diplomatic Note 085/06 dated March 17, accepting the Government of Jamaica's proposed amen [...]
2006-03-27 21:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM
06MANAMA138BAHRAIN: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In contrast with its size, Bahrain makes an invaluable contribution to U.S. security objectives in the Gulf region by hosting and providing support to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Fifth Fleet and the Naval Support Activity. In 2004 Bahrain was an important coalition partn [...]
2006-01-30 14:37:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP PREL BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANILA283CONGRESS CALLS FOR TERMINATION/RENEGOTIATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Congress' Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on January 19 calling for the termination of the VFA within six months and its renegotiation into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Appa [...]
2006-01-19 10:03:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MAPUTO126MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO130MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO1420Mozambique - International Narcotics Control
[...] Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs such as hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, mandrax (methaqualone),and heroin consumed primarily in Europe and South Africa. Some illicit drug shipments passing through Mozambique may also find their way to the United States and Canada. Drug p [...]
2006-11-03 09:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MZ
06MAPUTO242MOZAMBIQUE: SIX MEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED
[...] (U) Summary. On Friday, February 17, Mozambican police stopped two minivans on the EN4 highway linking Mozambique and South Africa, arresting six men allegedly involved in a plan to traffic 43 persons to South Africa. After being held for questioning in Maputo, the 43 individuals, including two [...]
2006-02-24 09:35:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KDEM KWMN ASEC KCRM SMIG MZ
06MAPUTO97EMBASSY MAPUTO'S FY06 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 27,882 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY06. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following two projects for FY06: --------------------------------------------- -------------- Project 1: Commercial Outreach, AGOA P [...]
2006-01-20 09:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD AMGT EINV ABUD MZ
06MOSCOW10230RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]
2006-09-14 07:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW12942RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]
2006-12-15 13:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06NAHA228PAC3 SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO OKINAWA
[...] (C) Summary: The introduction of the Patriot PAC-3 Air Defense Battalion into Okinawa is a success, with the locally (in Okinawa) most difficult part, the ground movement of sensitive equipment from port and pier to its destination within Kadena AFB, completed October 13. Despite some miscalc [...]
2006-10-16 10:19:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS JA
06PARIS2606SUDAN: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 12:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SU FR
06PRAGUE1100CZECHS REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF U.S. POSITION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech Government is hesitant to use its upcoming meetings with Serbia to deliver a tough message on ICTY compliance because it is hearing mixed messages on how significant ICTY compliance will be i [...]
2006-09-11 05:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI EZ
06RIGA496(C) LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance from Washington agencies. See para 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In a letter to Ambassador Bailey, the GOL has presented a request for USG assistance with air security for the period of the NATO Summit in Riga, November 28-29, 2006 (see para 4 below). In making this [...]
2006-06-26 10:49:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS ASEC NATO LG
06ROME46324TH FAO AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Summary: The biennial African Regional Conference (ARC) of the UN Agency for Food and Agriculture (FAO),held in Bamako, Mali, from January 30 to February 3 highlighted the continent's lack of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals for reducing hunger and poverty, and pr [...]
2006-02-15 14:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR XA FAO
06SANAA3610U.S. CONVENES DONOR GROUP TO CONFRONT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following Yemen's suspension from the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCA),Ambassador gathered an informal group of key donors to discuss ways of jointly pushing for reform in Yemen. Declining performance in political and economic indicators has already led to a [...]
2006-01-02 11:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
06SANTIAGO11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] Summary: You arrive in Santiago three days before the presidential run-off election on January 15. This election pits the top two vote-getters from the December 11 first round election: center-left Concertacion coalition's Michelle Bachelet and the center-right National Renewal Party's Sebast [...]
2006-01-03 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO130CHILE: GOC UNWILLING/UNABLE ON ARTICLE 98;
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and GOC officials conducted a digital video conference (DVC) on January 18 to explore ideas towards managing relations after Chile ratifies the Rome Statutes creating the International Criminal Court (ICC). International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Rad [...]
2006-01-20 16:09:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS CI
06SANTIAGO166INTERIM RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR SOFA PROTECTIONS;
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry Special Policies Director Luis Winter telephoned poloff January 25 to advise that the MFA was prepared to send the Embassy a diplomatic note accepting the U.S. proposal regarding protections for U.S. personnel involved [...]
2006-01-25 14:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO235DEFENSE MINISTER SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON ARTICLE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Chilean Minister of Defense Jaime Ravinet told DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman that he did not see how the GOC could negotiate an Article 98 agreement of the kind we were seeking. Recognizing that sanctions under the American [...]
2006-02-02 21:23:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO241FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCEPTS PROPOSAL FOR MILITARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph five. 2. (C) On February 1, Post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry granting the regime of privileges and immunities for administrative and technical personnel of diplomatic missions established by the Vienna Convention on Dipl [...]
2006-02-03 14:42:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPS CI
06SANTIAGO2581CHILE TO REQUIRE ACCREDITATION OF DOD ELEMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Legal Affairs reiterated December 14 that the MFA does not have legal authority to extend diplomatic status or protections "equivalent to" those of Mission administrative and technical personnel to DOD personnel temporarily in Chile for exercises or military exc [...]
2006-12-18 10:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL CI
06SANTIAGO446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: You arrive in Santiago on the eve of the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Since her run-off election on January 15, President-elect Bachelet has named a gender-equal and technically sound cabinet. It is a cabinet not subject to the cont [...]
2006-03-03 17:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CI
06SANTIAGO562CHILE: FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ICC
[...] (U) Director for Special Policies at Chile's Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Luis Winter, told EPOL Counselor and Poloff that the Chilean Congress would likely ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) at an early opportunity. Winter said the GOC would also introduce legislation allowing it [...]
2006-03-17 21:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PTER MARR CI
06SANTIAGO577AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY,
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren told the Ambassador on March 20 that Chile had not taken a position on Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Van Klaveren said the Bachelet administration was interested in pursuing a long-term SOFA with the U.S. and other countries. He observe [...]
2006-03-20 22:27:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS CI HA
06SANTIAGO630SCENESETTER FOR CNO AND C3F VISITS TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-03-27 11:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MARR MASS OVIP PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO957SCENESETTER FOR AETC/CC VISIT TO CHILE (U)
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-05-08 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD OVIP PGOV MARR CI PREL
06SARAJEVO1700LEADING SDA FIGURE PLEDGES ASSISTANCE FOR SOFA
[...] (C) PolMilOff met the morning of July 28 with Halid Genjac, parliamentarian and member of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) presidency, to discuss continuing delays in the ratification of the U.S.-BiH Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The BiH House of Representatives ratified the agreem [...]
2006-07-31 06:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
06SEOUL1154SEVENTH U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI) meeting in Seoul, March 21, the two sides agreed to work toward a shorter and less detailed Comprehensive Security Assessment (CSA),noted significant progress on the Joint Vision Study, and reaffirmed the commitment to dev [...]
2006-04-07 08:11:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL MARR KS
06SEOUL969AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH ROK FM BAN:
[...] (C) During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon described receiving strong expressions of support for his candidacy for UN Secretary General from Argentina, Peru, Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria. Ban noted that he has met with the foreign ministers of each of th [...]
2006-03-24 08:21:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF MARR KS KN
06SOFIA121BULGARIA: EDGING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward concluding a combined supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia January 18-20. This session p [...]
2006-01-26 14:40:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA454BULGARIA: NEGOTIATING TEAMS AGREE ON BASING TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An interagency negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis reached agreement "ad referendum" with the GOB on all articles of the Defense Cooperation Agreement March 23. The U.S. team preserved USG red lines in all areas including freedom of action (or [...]
2006-03-28 08:19:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06STATE159998A/S FRIED,S MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI STATE OIL
[...] (U) A/S Fried, joined by NSC Director for Eurasia Judy Ansley, met with Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov on September 20 in New York on the margins of the UNGA. EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood also attended (notetaker). 2. (U) A/S Fried beg [...]
2006-09-25 20:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET AJ
06STATE190867SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND V: TOWARDS THE FINAL ROUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Round Five of negotiations on funding levels for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) between the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK) took place at the State Department on November 13, 2006. Lasting one day, the talks concluded with the two parties falling short of a final [...]
2006-11-22 22:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP
06STATE65681ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 18, 2006,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 18, 2006 meeting with A/S Welch on the margins of the 21st Tunisian-American Joint Military Commission, Tunisian Defense Minister Morjane reinforced many of the points made in the just prior meeting with Deputy Secretary Zoellick with regards to Tunisia's intention to [...]
2006-04-26 15:41:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KMPI TS
06STATE66104Deputy Secretary Zoellick's April 18, 2006
[...] (U) April 18, 2006; 4:00 p.m.; Washington D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary D Staff Aaron Jost Ambassador William Hudson Embassy Pol/Econ Deputy Susannah Cooper Tunisia Deskoff William Lawrence (notetaker) Tunisia Defense Minister Kamel Morjane Ambassador Neji [...]
2006-04-26 22:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS ECON EAID
06TELAVIV2413AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHAS CHAIRMAN AND TRADE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor and Shas Party Chairman Eliyahu Yishai outlined his priorities as a minister as well as Shas's position on PM Olmert's realignment plan. The Ambassador enumerated USG concerns regarding p [...]
2006-06-20 16:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV KIPR IS KINR GTIP ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
06THEHAGUE1952NETHERLANDS/SOFA: MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 14:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM MARR PBTS NL
06THEHAGUE528SCENESETTER FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time when GONL concern about Venezuela is growing. You could use this opportunity to press the Dutch to actively campaign against Venezuela's UNSC bid, and to help ensure a stronger EU response toward Venezuelan human rights and weapons procurement activities [...]
2006-03-10 16:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR VE NT NL
06TOKYO1306JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1449JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1577JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2298JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2604 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2964 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3844JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4913IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...]
2006-08-28 07:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5914JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7002JAPAN: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR--PURSUIT OF TERRORIST
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan uses at least five immigration and watchlist databases to track terrorist and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions and one is based on Japan's Foreign Exchange Law. These three lists are available to the public and are [...]
2006-12-15 08:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTFN KHLS PROG PGOV KS TH TW JA
06TOKYO713JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TUNIS1603COM USAFE AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE DISCUSS SOFA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his June 25-26 visit, the Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe General William Hobbins met with Tunisian Minister of National Defense Kamal Morjane to discuss bilateral military relations. Morjane said the Ministry of Defense had provided the MFA with a draft response on [...]
2006-06-27 13:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KMIG TS
06TUNIS1642AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador's farewell call on Minister of Defense Morjane was marked by mutual appreciation for the strong bilateral military relationship and guarantees of its continuation. Morjane shared his views on the broader bilateral relationship, specifically political reform. Morjane [...]
2006-06-30 13:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1702DAS GRAY MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia, Saida Chtioui, to discuss the USG position on Libya, Tunisian relations with Iran, USG support for Guatemala for the Latin American Security Counc [...]
2006-07-06 13:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAO PGOV PHUM SMIG MARR TS
06TUNIS257AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation at the MFA on February 6, Ambassador and Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed the Palestinian elections and future of the peace process, Iran,s nuclear ambitions, the status of SOFA negotiations, prospects for Maghreb unity, freedom of the press [...]
2006-02-06 15:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TS
06USNATO731RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]
2006-12-19 16:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06USUNNEWYORK1039COUNCIL APPEARS READY TO DOWNSIZE UNMEE, BUT SOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acknowledging the failure of the May 17 meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) to produce a breakthrough in the border standoff between Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members finally expressed their readiness to downsize the UN M [...]
2006-05-23 13:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06ZAGREB1231SCENESETTER - PM SANADER’S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Fifteen years after the death of Yugoslavia and eleven years after a horrible civil war, Croatia is poised to become that rarity ) a Balkans success story. With EU entry negotiations underway, tourism arrivals breaking records, and new construction on every corner, Croatia is rebranding itself [...]
2006-10-11 10:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB1334MAINTAINING BILATERAL MOMENTUM AFTER PM'S WHITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As discussed at PM Sanader's October 18 lunch with the Vice-President, the Ambassador and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic began a series of regular reviews of outstanding bilateral issues October 27. State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic and DCM also attended. Embassy provides this overv [...]
2006-11-06 11:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR ETRD PHUM KJUS HR
06ZAGREB1490MAINTAINING MOMENTUM AFTER THE CROATIAN PRIME
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on their October 27 meeting, Ambassador and DCM met with Croatian FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14 to review progress on outstanding issues and areas of cooperation. Discussions on CEFTA and BiH have been reported separately. Kosovo 2. (C) The Ambassado [...]
2006-12-15 14:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIPR CASC CJAN EFIN EAIR EUN NATO
07ADDISABABA1207COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...]
2007-04-19 10:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS OTRA UG ET
07ADDISABABA1230COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...]
2007-04-20 06:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS OTRA UG ET
07ADDISABABA1535ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS --
[...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]
2007-05-21 16:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA1987COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK HICKEY
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Patrick Hickey to Ethiopia June 25 through July 10, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of tr [...]
2007-06-26 06:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ET GH OTRA
07ADDISABABA2361ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER WEIGHED DOWN BY SOMALI
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles, visibly weighed by the past weeks of tough negotiations on the amnesty for 38 high profile opposition leaders jailed since December 2005, and the close oversight of operations in Somalia and the Ogaden, questioned the Ambassador on July 24 over the Ogaden [...]
2007-07-25 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS CASC EAID MASS MOPS ET SO IS
07ADDISABABA2951COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR YUE JIN
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Yue Jin, yue.jin@ars.usda.gov to Ethiopia October 2 to October 7, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance with the control officer 72 hours prior to co [...]
2007-10-02 07:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KE OTRA ET
07ADDISABABA3217COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GENERAL WARD AND TEAM -
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union welcomes General Wlliam E. Ward and his Team to Ethiopia from November 6-9, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance wit [...]
2007-11-01 10:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3218CORRECTED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GENERAL WARD AND
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union welcomes General William E. Ward and his Team to Ethiopia from November 6-9, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance wi [...]
2007-11-01 10:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS AU
07ANKARA1723CERA Energy Conference Highlights Caspian Gas Transient and
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over 250 government and industry representatives attended the tenth annual "East Meets West" Executive Conference in Istanbul, June 26-27, for two full days of presentations and discussions of energy security, resource access, oil and gas transit, and the impact of climate cha [...]
2007-07-06 09:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA2143TURKEY: FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARD ACCOUNTING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 11:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREF
07ANKARA26TURKEY: 2006 DECA INSPECTION DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR TU
07ASUNCION176PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON RECASTING SOFA
[...] (U) Action request: See paras. 2 and 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Both MFA lawyer Tito Velasquez and Vice-Presidential advisor Juan Facetti praised the new draft SOFA text (reftel B) as a significant improvement over prior texts in terms of addressing GOP concerns. Velasquez still does not beli [...]
2007-03-07 17:37:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION285PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Staviridis, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist financing. You com [...]
2007-04-04 21:40:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07ASUNCION338PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR WHA A/S THOMAS SHANNON
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Paraguay and promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal or [...]
2007-04-23 21:09:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
07ASUNCION355FONMIN TO A/S SHANNON: PARAGUAY SEEKS ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ramirez stressed with A/S Shannon the need for greater access to U.S. markets and an agreement on biofuels to more effectively counter the appeal of Chavez's populist message and generously funded assistance offers. He asserted Paraguay's rejection o [...]
2007-04-30 13:28:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER ECON PA
07ASUNCION37PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE ON NEGOTIATING A SOFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 17:06:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION689SCENE-SETTER FOR LT. GEN. SEIP'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Lt. Gen. Seip August 21-22. Your visit provides an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist f [...]
2007-08-20 20:02:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07BAKU1063PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS THE BILATERAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he recognized the need to diversify Azerbaijan's economy and also was aware of the dangers of inflationary pressures. Aliyev hopes to address these issues by combining the State [...]
2007-08-23 10:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR IR AJ
07BAKU1068PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS THE BILATERAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he recognized the need to diversify Azerbaijan's economy and also was aware of the dangers of inflationary pressures. Aliyev hopes to address these issues by combining the State [...]
2007-08-24 04:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR IR AJ
07BAKU1078EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES EPC FOLLOW-UP WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation and reviewed progress and next steps within the framework of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) with his EPC Co-Chair Minister of Finance Sharifov. Sharifov reported that the GOAJ planne [...]
2007-08-28 07:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL
07BAKU1085EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the State Oil Fund Movsumov, Minister of Economic Development Babayev, Minister of Finance Sharifov (septel),and local in [...]
2007-08-29 04:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL
07BAKU1237SCENESETTER FOR AZERBAIJANI FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: As the GOAJ's leading economic advisor, a new "reformist" Minister and member of President Aliyev's inner circle, Finance Minister Samir Sharifov is key to the GOAJ's efforts to successfully manage its GDP growth of 35 percent and projected USD 200-250 billion in energy revenues [...]
2007-10-11 13:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU1268AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR REFRAINS FROM “GOING KAZAKH” ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a October 19 steering committee meeting of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC),the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),representing the Azerbaijan government, avoided declaring the Consortium in material breach of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) as it [...]
2007-10-22 13:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG AJ
07BAKU1338AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, OCTOBER 15-30, 2007
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. --NEW BAKU INTERNATIONAL SEAPORT --AIC EXPANDING PORTFO [...]
2007-11-08 05:01:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
07BAKU1399AZERBAIJAN AND BP-LED CONSORTIUM MOVE CLOSER TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with DAS Bryza, BP Azerbaijan head Bill Schrader said that BP planned to propose to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) that a working group be formed to help clarify each side's understanding of the other side's position concerning the dispute ove [...]
2007-11-23 10:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ ENRG
07BAKU1419AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1-15, 2007
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - PRIVATIZATION VOUCHERS VALID THROUGH 2010 - BTK RAILWA [...]
2007-11-29 10:18:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
07BAKU1487AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES TOP 10
[...] (U) On November 30, Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the 2008 state budget. The 2008 budget revenues total USD 8.8 billion (28 percent of GDP in 2008),and expenditures equal USD 9.9 million (32.5 percent of GDP) resulting in a small budget deficit of USD 1.3 million. In the 2008 budget, the [...]
2007-12-14 08:35:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD AJ
07BAKU1518AZERBAIJAN'S STATE OIL FUND: 2007 PERFORMANCE AND PLANS FOR
[...] (SBU) In 2007, Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) assets grew by 45.5 percent and totaled USD 2.195 billion on October 1. During 2007, SOFAZ earned 2.8 percent or USD 61.3 million of interest as a result of the asset management operations. SOFAZ's asset allocation is 55 percent in U.S. dolla [...]
2007-12-26 12:21:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
07BELGRADE172DEFMIN PLEDGES WARM MIL/MIL TIES DESPITE POLITICAL
[...] (c) In an unexpected tour d'horizon with the Ambassador February 2, DEFMIN Zoran Stankovic pledged that the MoD and the Serbian military would continue to work on broadening and deepening Euro-Atlantic ties despite PM Kostunica's recent harsh political rhetoric (ref a). He said the military [...]
2007-02-05 17:07:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MASS SR
07BELMOPAN645 BELIZE: NOTE RECEIVED AT LAST ON SOFA
[...] (SBU) Embassy received on October 29 diplomatic note 695 from the MFA agreeing to the terms of the SOFA as we proposed them in July via note 07/038. (There are some minor typos but nothing of substance. A copy of the MFA note has been e-mailed to WHA/CEN, Rois Beal.) The note makes no refe [...]
2007-10-30 21:39:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS BH
07BRIDGETOWN195(C) ST. LUCIA PM COMPTON HOLDS HIS CARDS CLOSE BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, Deputy Chief of Mission Gilroy called on Government of St. Lucia (GOSL) Prime Minister Sir John Compton to congratulate him on his return to power and to review the bilateral relationship. She also raised USG concerns about charismatic cabinet member Richard Frede [...]
2007-02-12 21:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR SNAR ASEC EAID ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN284THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...]
2007-03-05 21:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
07CHENGDU124CHINA'S YUNNAN PROVINCE BUILDS OUT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: Yunnan officials in southwest China see construction of new road, river, and rail links with neighboring ASEAN countries as the key to ending their mountainous and landlocked province's long history of isolation and stimulating economic growth. While provincial authorities disag [...]
2007-05-15 04:02:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07DARESSALAAM353TANZANIA: GENERAL WARD AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) In a March 3, 2007 meeting with General William Ward, the Deputy Commander of the European Military Command (EUCOM),President Kikwete warmly welcomed mil-to-mil cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including peacekeeping training under ACOTA and deployment of a U.S. Ci [...]
2007-03-13 13:52:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS TZ
07DARESSALAAM660TANZANIA: START OF ACOTA TRAINING DELAYED UNTIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As suspected, the Kikwete administration is facing civilian-military tensions: Tanzania's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is hindering the President and Minister of Defence's decision to take the next step in the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) progr [...]
2007-05-04 10:03:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL PGOV PARM TZ
07DOHA206QATARI MFA DOES NOT WANT NATO/ISAF TO BECOME A
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Qatari Deputy Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamad al-Rumaihi told Ambassador and DCM February 25 that U.S. personnel supporting the NATO/ISAF Afghanistan mission out of Al-Udeid Air Base are covered by the bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement. He nevertheless complained tha [...]
2007-02-25 14:57:00Embassy DohaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07DUSHANBE1516SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]
2007-10-19 13:36:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE886SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...]
2007-06-13 09:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07ISLAMABAD783PAKISTAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT AND SOFA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The Office of Defense Representative-Pakistan has checked its files and enquired with its contacts and finds no record of bilateral transit/personnel agreements other than the arrangements described in Ref D. Recipients who would like to receive scanned versions of post's various trans [...]
2007-02-17 05:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PK PNAT PREL
07JAKARTA1656A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]
2007-06-14 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2033BILATERAL DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS; HR VETTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-Indonesia Bilateral Defense Discussions (USIBDD) in Honolulu July 18-20, USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) approved 132 military-to-military activities for FY2008, agreed on provision of U.S. GPOI assistance for the TNI's planned Peacekeeping Training [...]
2007-07-27 08:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS PHUM ID
07KHARTOUM172DARFUR: UNDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON NYALA ASSAULTS
[...] (C) Summary: Reftels detail the January 19 incident wherein 20 UN, NGO, and African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) personnel were arrested following the violent breakup of a social event, which resulted in serious injuries to several of the humanitarian personnel. On January 30, UN Deputy Special R [...]
2007-02-05 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID PREF SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1770ADADA CITES "PROGRESS" IN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) Encouraged by his meeting with MFA State Minister Al Wasila earlier in the day, Joint Special Representative Adada told Western governments on November 13 that UNAMID deployment is "progressing" and that Sudan has re-affirmed its commitment to facilitate the force's deployment through th [...]
2007-11-14 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1924"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]
2007-12-05 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2009AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, KALMA CAMP
[...] (SBU) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila told CDA Fernandez December 12 that Sudan has resolved all issues related to UNAMID deployment and will prepare a letter this week regarding troop contributions. Al-Samani said Sudan would like to see the Egyptian and Ethiopian troop [...]
2007-12-16 07:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM280STATE OF DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). In North, South, and West Darfur, INGO and UN agencies' opera [...]
2007-02-23 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US EUN
07KHARTOUM506 DARFUR - INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives again appealed to donors for support in addressing the deteriorating humanitarian environment in Darfur and growing obstacles in providing assistance. Painting a particularly bleak picture, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Man [...]
2007-03-29 06:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM536SUDAN - U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR COMMUNITY ON RECENT TRIP
[...] (U) On March 26, U.N. Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community on his trip to Sudan, which included visits to Juba and Darfur and meetings with various government officials. Holmes voiced concern over the [...]
2007-04-05 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM802 SUDAN - KASSALA STATE
[...] (U) NGOs operating in Kassala State expressed the need to increase the population's self-reliance, as the situation in the state can no longer be considered a humanitarian crisis. NGOs also identified peacebuilding activities as a priority to address the disillusionment and marginalization of [...]
2007-05-23 14:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KINGSTON1400JAMAICA: A SUGGESTED U.S. AGENDA WITH THE NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 13:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR EFIN ETRD EAID MASS SOCI
07KINGSTON57JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (C-AL6-01777)
[...] (U) This message responds to the information requested in ref. A; answers are keyed to paragraphs. A. (C) Econoff sent the updated Regional Security Plan (including threat and risk assessments) electronically to Michael Fortin (ref. B). To access, open the document, type 'rsplan', then sel [...]
2007-01-12 19:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON593JAMAICA: LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON69JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME &
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07LAPAZ1213SCENESETTER FOR DAS COULTER
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes Political-Military Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter to Bolivia May 8-10. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in Bolivian-American relations, with the GOB still defining its role in Bolivia's "revolution." With indigenous coca leader [...]
2007-05-03 12:25:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1906SOFA UPDATE: GOB OK EXCEPT ONE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, poloff delivered the draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 5. The MFA official in charge of the SOFA negotiations indicated to poloff on July 9 that the GOB was comfortable with the latest draft minus the fina [...]
2007-07-10 19:00:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ30682008 AGREEMENT WITH BOLIVIA ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] This is an action request for WHA/AND, L/PM, and PM/ISO. See Paragraph 5. 2. Background: DOD has asked the State Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in Bolivia during 2008. DOD has requested Post immediately propose to the Government of [...]
2007-11-20 21:24:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL BL
07LIBREVILLE500SAO TOME: DEFENCE MINISTER WANTS HELP ON STATUS
[...] (C) Sao Tome and Principe (STP) Minister of Defence Oscar Sousa told CDA November 10 that it would be useful for the USG to send a team to STP to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Sousa said he was impatient to get the agreement concluded. For the second time, he requested exam [...]
2007-11-14 12:20:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL TP
07LIMA2181SCENESETTER FOR PM DAS COULTER-LED JUNE 26-27
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Peru to lead the first-ever Political-Military talks between Peru and the United States comes at a time when relations between Lima and Washington are in excellent shape. Since assuming office in July 2006, President Garcia has maintained the solid macroeconomic fundament [...]
2007-06-21 21:07:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SNAR PE MARR
07LIMA2313DAS COULTER'S VISIT TO PERU FOR POL-MIL TALKS
[...] (SBU) Peru and the United States held their first-ever bilateral POL-MIL talks on June 26 in Lima. Participants noted the striking overlap between the Peruvians' vision of their own security and that of the United States. The Peruvian team, made up of both Foreign Ministry and Ministry of D [...]
2007-07-06 17:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA46PERUVIAN REACTION TO DEPARTMENT'S SOFA TEXT
[...] (SBU) Pol Mil Officer and MAAG Chief met with Ambassador Bellina, Political Advisor to the Ministry of Defense and Director of Policy and Strategy, on December 20 to discuss the Department,s proposed SOFA text. Bellina reiterated the Peruvian position that any SOFA should be grounded in the [...]
2007-01-08 21:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKICC PREL MARR PE
07LUANDA624ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT WARMLY RECEIVES A/S FRAZER
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with GRA officials A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced the US-Angola bilateral relationship, generating much goodwill and amplifying the USG message that we want to develop a strong partnership with Angola, one based on mutual respect, democracy, and good economic governance [...]
2007-06-21 14:01:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN OVIP AO
07MANILA1707PREPARING FOR THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE; PHILIPPINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Ebdane views U.S. counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo as a "real success story," and is appreciative of our assistance in the Philippine Defense Reform program. He predicted President Arroyo would sign a Status of Forces Agreement with Australia during her up [...]
2007-05-24 09:19:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AU JA SN SW RP
07MANILA1814ARROYO'S DOWN UNDER DIPLOMACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presided over the signing of a number of bilateral security and economic agreements during her recent visits to Australia and New Zealand, most significantly a landmark Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Australia, which nonetheless will likely face a diff [...]
2007-06-01 07:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MCAP PTER AS NZ RP
07MANILA2121NEW AUSTRALIAN/PHILIPPINE STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippine-Australia Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed in May currently awaits ratification by the Philippine Senate and the Australian parliament. The Australian SOFA differs from the U.S. Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in that it gives the host nation custody of v [...]
2007-06-25 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER AS RP
07MAPUTO1287MOZAMBIQUE: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs such as hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, and heroin consumed primarily in Europe, and for mandrax (methaqualone) consumed primarily in South Africa. Some illicit drug shipments passing through Mozambique may also find their way to the United [...]
2007-11-06 09:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL PGOV SNAR MZ
07MAPUTO1341BIOFUELS POTENTIAL ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] Summary: Interest in bioenergy development in Mozambique is increasing rapidly. The country has significant tracts of undeveloped land and a climate conducive to biofuel crops. Mozambique participates in trade regimes with the European Union and the United States that could provide preferenti [...]
2007-11-15 13:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAGR SENV EINV PGOV TBIO MZ
07MAPUTO1349 MOZAMBIQUE: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Since March 2007, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons. The comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons bill drafted jointly by the GRM and civil society was approved by the Council of Ministers in August. The head of the committee re [...]
2007-11-19 05:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV SMIG MZ
07MAPUTO1392MOZAMBIQUE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The GRM has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to child labor [...]
2007-11-28 16:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ
07MAPUTO198Mozambique - January Economic Digest
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during January 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- World Bank Approves Loan Support for PARPA II -- World Bank to Support ProMaputo via IDA Credit -- SA Sugar [...]
2007-02-15 13:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
07MAPUTO243MOZAMBIQUE: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Mozambique is primarily a source country for men, women, and children trafficked to South Africa for forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common and increasing practice in rural areas, often with the complicity of family members. Women and [...]
2007-02-27 14:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF MZ
07MAPUTO651Mozambique: Socio-Political Digest
[...] (U) This is a summary of significant socio- political developments in Mozambique over the past two months. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. -- Developments re March 22 Explosion at Munitions Depot -- PDD District Leader Defects to Frelimo -- Police accused of e [...]
2007-06-11 16:01:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPOL PGOV PREL MZ
07MAPUTO69Mozambique - 2007 Investment Climate Statement
[...] The following is Mozambique's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors [...]
2007-01-16 16:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ELAB EINV ETRD EFIN KTDB USTR
07MAPUTO801May/June Economic Digest: Mozambique
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during May and June 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Investment in Tourism Increases Significantly -- M-Cel Now in the Black -- Theft Plagues MozambiqueQs Po [...]
2007-07-11 11:04:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
07MAPUTO93Embassy Maputo's FY07 BFIF Proposal
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 25726 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY07. 2. Embassy Maputo proposes the following project for FY07. We are requesting funding for only one project as we consider Commercial Outreach essential to increasing trade between [...]
2007-01-22 05:24:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EAID EINV ABUD MZ
07MOSCOW2472CODEL NELSON/LOTT: SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a vital juncture in Russian-American relations. As Russia moves closer to succession in March 2008, the more complicated this relationship will be to manage. There is a lot at stake: deepening cooperation in reversing North Korea's nuclear status and preventing the [...]
2007-05-25 17:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PARM ENRG RS
07NAHA89FIRST USN CIVILIAN PORT CALL IN OKINAWA A SUCCESS
[...] (S) The mine countermeasures ships USS Guardian (MCM 5) and USS Patriot (MCM 7) conducted the first USN call on a civilian port in Okinawa Prefecture since Okinawa's 1972 reversion to Japan, successfully visiting Sonai Port on Yonaguni Island June 24-26. This port call to Japan's westernmost [...]
2007-06-27 11:29:00Consulate NahaSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PINS JA
07NAPLES118APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:52:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL IT
07NOUAKCHOTT464 AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES
[...] Responses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPORT OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? (IF THE AIRPORT IS PREDOMINANTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY OPERATED BY ASECNA, PLEASE NOTE THAT SUCH IS [...]
2007-05-23 07:29:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR
07PANAMA172PANAMA: GOP "INSISTS" ON REVERTING TO "OLD
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ------------------------- GOP "INSISTS" ON OLD NOTE ------------------------- 2. (C) The Panamanian MFA has not completed its legal analysis of the new U.S. diplomatic note language requesting status of forces protections (REFTEL A) and does [...]
2007-02-05 13:29:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKTIA MASS AA MOPS PREL PGOV PM US
07PARAMARIBO663EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH SOCSOUTH JCET TOR
[...] (S) Post provides initial concurrence with the Terms of Reference (TOR) provided by Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) with the following caveats noted: A.(S) Timeline: the following modifications are requested: (1) Pre-deployment site survey (PDSS): 3rd week of January 2008 [...]
2007-12-21 21:35:00Embassy ParamariboSECRET//NOFORNASEC MARR PINS PREL PTER NS MASS
07PODGORICA122MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...]
2007-04-19 14:21:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PARM MW
07PODGORICA123MONTENEGRO APPROVES SOFA TRANSLATION, REQUESTS MAY 1
[...] Post has received the final approved Montenegrin translation of the SOFA agreement, which accepts all the changes proposed by State Language Services. The text arrived under cover of a diplomatic note, which requests that the SOFA be signed during the upcoming visit of President Vujanovic to W [...]
2007-04-20 10:33:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA146PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S U.S. VISIT SHADOWED BY CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S MAY 1-4 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, HIS FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE LAST JUNE, GOT WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS. VUJANOVICS MEETINGS WITH VP CHENEY AND SECRETARY WERE COVERED FACTUALLY. HOWEVER, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATUS OF F [...]
2007-05-04 15:31:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA159SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...]
2007-05-14 12:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA182MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...]
2007-06-04 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MARR MW
07PODGORICA204VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...]
2007-06-13 13:07:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MASS MW
07PODGORICA21MONTENEGRO'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) (REF) WAS PRESENTED BY CHARGE BARNES TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE BORO VUCINIC ON JANUARY 30; THE DRAFT SOFA WAS FORMALLY DELIVERED TO THE GOM BY A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON JANUARY 26. MINDEF VUCINIC STATED THAT HE HOPED TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE A [...]
2007-01-31 16:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL MW AF
07PODGORICA231SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]
2007-07-03 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA30MONTENEGRO FM ROCEN DISCUSSES TALLINN VISIT, KOSOVO, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM ROCEN WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH HIS PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH DAS DICARLO IN TALLINN. HE REITERATED THAT, WHILE THEY SUPPORT PROGRESS, THE GOM WILL LAY LOW ON THE AHTISAARI PLAN. THE GOM IS EAGER TO SIGN A SOFA, BUT THE CEREMONY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO PAST ARRANGEMENTS MADE FO [...]
2007-02-09 16:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SR MW
07PODGORICA58MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 11:15:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
07PORTOFSPAIN652SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD &
[...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]
2007-07-05 14:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN657SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD &
[...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]
2007-07-05 17:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PRAGUE1051SECOND MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation John C. Rood and an interagency delegation met September 5 in Prague with a Czech delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar for the second round of negotiations on the Ballistic Missile Defe [...]
2007-09-12 04:49:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1160MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE ROAD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1174CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM
[...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...]
2007-10-26 11:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1205THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 15:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1290CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE
[...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...]
2007-12-11 17:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL PL EZ
07PRAGUE262MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH REPUBLIC UPDATE MARCH 13
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Representatives from Embassy met on March 12 with the Czech Government's interagency Missile Defense team for the first of what will be weekly coordination meetings. DFM Tomas Pojar observed that President Klaus' visit to the United States had been a success. Pojar commented th [...]
2007-03-13 14:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE38MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 08:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE62MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 08:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE999MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...]
2007-08-30 14:46:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07SANSALVADOR394EL SALVADOR AGREES TO SOFA
[...] (SBU) The Saca administration communicated to the Embassy late February 28 that the GOES would agree to the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) text without further changes. On March 1, the administration presented the Agreement in the Legislative Assembly, where it passed by a vote o [...]
2007-03-01 22:29:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR49EL SALVADOR'S PROPOSED CHANGES FOR SOFA
[...] (C) Presidential Legal Adviser Luis Mario Rodriguez sent the Embassy a formal request for proposed changes to the Status of Forces Agreement (ref A) on January 11, 2006. The proposed changes are as follows: --Suggests (though does formally propose) striking the paragraph that reads, "The [...]
2007-01-11 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR715EL SALVADOR FINAL SOFA DOCUMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 21:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES
07SANTIAGO530PLANNING FOR SCI2007JCET330W MOVING FORWARD, ADVON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Deployment in Chile of the advance elements for Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) SCI2007JCET330W is set to begin on April 9. Deployment of advance elements, munitions and weapons for the exercise will continue throug [...]
2007-04-02 21:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL CI
07SANTIAGO618NEW CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER TAKES THE HELM
[...] (C) New Minister of Defense Goni told the Ambassador his initial focus would be on strengthening Chile's regional military-to-military ties, including with Mexico and Chile's more immediate neighbors. Exchange and training programs, along with enhanced cooperation in joint peacekeeeping activiti [...]
2007-04-16 23:02:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI
07SANTIAGO75AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITI, SOFA, THE ICC AND
[...] Summary: (C) Minister of Defense Vivianne Blanlot told the Ambassador January 10 that Chile wanted to see Haiti progress to a point where MINUSTAH'S withdrawal would not initiate a "backslide to ground zero." Chile, along with Argentina and Brazil, were looking for an international commitmen [...]
2007-01-12 21:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV MOPS ETRD CI
07SARAJEVO1545BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 19-20 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Your visit comes at a time of high political polarization in Bosnia. Increased tensions have resulted in the near total paralysis of government and the reform process. Nationalism has even begun to impact the defense reform agenda, where we have seen some recent slippage in the so far suc [...]
2007-07-13 15:11:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1700BOSNIA: ADMIRAL ULRICH URGES OFFICIALS TO MEET PFP
[...] (C) During a July 19-20 visit to Sarajevo, Admiral Harry Ulrich, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and NATO Forces South, met separately with Presidency members Zeljko Komsic and Haris Silajdzic, Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic and Hi [...]
2007-08-06 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK MARR PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2369BOSNIA: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 17:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK IZ MARR MOPS PREL
07SARAJEVO801BOSNIA OFFERS TO HOST COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2008
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes offering Bosnia as the host and organizer of the Combined Endeavor 2008 (CE 08) military exercise. The Ministry of Defense is offering the barracks in Banja Luka and the nearby training center in Manjaca as the [...]
2007-04-13 13:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SEOUL1052FM SONG ON FTA, 6PT, U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE, AND IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 10, Foreign Minister Song Min-soon told the Ambassador that the ROKG and USG should stay coordinated on the KORUS FTA to avoid any perception that different interpretations existed on what was negotiated. Some in the ROK were concerned that the U.S. Congress might push f [...]
2007-04-10 10:46:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KS KN IZ
07SEOUL1216THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (3 OF 3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable in a series reporting on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the Republic of Korea views its security environment. Reftel B looked at how the U.S.-ROK Alliance fits with ROK security perspectives. This final rep [...]
2007-04-26 08:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1852SPI 13: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. The thirteenth U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 13) took place June 8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transition of wartime operational command (OPCON),UNC Armistice maintenance responsibilities, airspace management, security cooperation in Afghanista [...]
2007-06-19 08:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07SEOUL1893DUSD LAWLESS' ALLIANCE MEETINGS WITH MOFAT, BLUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 7, visiting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) Richard Lawless met with the following senior South Korean officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Blue House: Senior Secretary to the President for National Security Yun Byung-se, MOFAT No [...]
2007-06-22 04:49:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL2556REPORT ON 14TH U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The 14th Security Policy Initiative meeting (SPI-14) was held on July 27 in Hawaii. OSD/APSA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Shinn headed the U.S. delegation. The Korean delegation was led by Dr. Jeon Jei Guk, Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy, Ministr [...]
2007-08-24 05:02:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KS
07SEOUL659SPI 11: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS
[...] (C) The eleventh U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 11) took place February 7-8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transfer of wartime operational command (OPCON),the transition of Armistice Maintenance Responsibilities (AMRs),USFK camp returns, the status of the Yong [...]
2007-03-06 08:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07STATE149873NETHERLANDS: PROGRESS ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] This is an action request -- see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. Ref A reported delivery to the MFA Legal Department of a new draft text for a long-term SOFA provided by Ref B. The USG is seeking a long-term SOFA with the Netherlands that would cover U.S. forces present in the Netherlands Antilles [...]
2007-10-29 14:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MARR MASS MOPS NL XL NT
07STATE166776GUIDANCE FOR 13 DECEMBER 2007 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] PURPOSE. This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to draw upon the following three themes for the United Nations (UN) Security Council consultations on the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on 13 December 2007: A) Welcome the progress between the UN and Government of Sudan (GOS [...]
2007-12-13 19:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UN SU
07TELAVIV1063ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...]
2007-04-11 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS
07TELAVIV2082NATO A/SYG COLSTON'S JUNE 24-26 VISIT SEES
[...] (S) NATO Assistant Secretary General (Defense Policy and Planning) John Colston told NATO embassy representatives in Tel Aviv June 26 that his 3-day visit to Israel resulted in progress on implementation of five chapters of Israel's Individual Cooperation Program (ICP). Observing NATO and Isr [...]
2007-07-06 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL NATO PTER MASS MARR IS
07TELAVIV2576U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON,
[...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...]
2007-08-24 04:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS
07THEHAGUE1037NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT EXTENSION
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Post received June 1 the diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 21 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Dutc [...]
2007-06-01 14:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL
07THEHAGUE1220NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs delivered the draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) text pertaining to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on June 20 to the MFA Legal Department. A/DCM discussed the draft agreement with MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on June 21. Geerts said t [...]
2007-06-25 08:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT
07THEHAGUE1990RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...]
2007-11-15 12:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
07THEHAGUE2060NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER SWAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Legal Advisor John Bellinger and Ambassador Roland Arnall met with Dutch MFA Deputy Director General Wim Geerts. Geerts and Bellinger focused on Kosovo, with Geerts indicating that a statement by UNSYG Ban in favor of an international presence there could ad [...]
2007-12-14 07:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KV EU UN
07TOKYO1767(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL
[...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]
2007-04-20 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2030TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]
2007-05-07 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO3371 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3716DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2
[...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]
2007-08-13 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4056 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4096JAPAN'S NEW CABINET: GOOD NEWS FOR U.S.-JAPAN
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked a line-up of cabinet ministers friendly to the U.S. and committed to continuing to make progress in the areas of defense, security, trade, economic reform, and the environment. On defense and security issues the new ministers already have pledged suppo [...]
2007-09-04 10:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4715JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4925 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4927COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 29-November 1, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Alexander Arvizu. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3 [...]
2007-10-22 09:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5066COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL, EAP SPECIAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 2-3, 2007 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein, and NSC East Asian Director Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be [...]
2007-11-01 04:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5070 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5205COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON HAMM
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 12-17, 2007 visit to Japan by Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: 81 [...]
2007-11-09 09:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5331COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 28-29, 2007, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Offic [...]
2007-11-26 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5410JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5451COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office pho [...]
2007-12-05 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
07TOKYO5487COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOINT GUAM PROGRAM OFFICE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 8-10, 2007 visit to Japan by JGPO delegation members Lynn Hicks, James Cannon, Lou Cariello, Wesley Ishuhizu, John Gamez, Scott Forrest, William Taylor, David Demoske, Thomas Cole, Matthew Gagelin and David Bice. 2. (U) Co [...]
2007-12-07 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5504JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5537JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5647COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAUSCHER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 09-11, 2007, visit to Japan by CODEL Tauscher. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone [...]
2007-12-21 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO5668 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TUNIS142REVISED TUNISIA SOFA NOTE
[...] (C) On January 23, Ambassador discussed reftel's revised Status of Forces Agreement text with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah, who led the bilateral interagency SOFA discussions in 2005 as MFA Director General for Asia and the Americas, said that he did not know who would be coordina [...]
2007-01-31 07:47:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TS
07TUNIS230FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY HUGHES CANCELLATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 13, Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked Ambassador to express his concern about the cancellation of a planned visit to Tunisia by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. Abdallah referred to an internal "report" prepared by MFA Secretary of State Chtioui t [...]
2007-02-14 16:14:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS573VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...]
2007-05-09 10:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS615SCENESETTER FOR 22ND US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of DASD Whelan and other USG officials for the 22nd US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC). The Government of Tunisia (GOT) will see your visit and the JMC as an indication of the solid relationship it has with the United States; a relationship it consid [...]
2007-05-17 13:25:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNOTRA PREL MARR TS
07USUNNEWYORK1200UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...]
2007-12-20 21:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07VILNIUS791LITHUANIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. We have conducted an assessment of the legal and political challenges posed to Lithuania by the expiration of a UN Chapter VII mandate per ref A. We conclude that the GOL will not raise any legal concerns, but we believe the political opponents of participation in Iraq will use t [...]
2007-11-02 15:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
07WARSAW1218START OF MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN POLAND:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation began negotiations on a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski. The Poles outlined specific concerns with the U.S. draft BMD agreement. However, they stres [...]
2007-05-25 10:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1430MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND'S PLAN FOR JUNE 25 TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, Robert Kupiecki, Director of Security Policy, Polish MFA, briefed DCM and Poloff on Poland's plan for the June 25 Missile Defense (MD) negotiations in Washington D.C. Kupiecki cautioned that, despite earlier indications, Poland would not present counter drafts of the [...]
2007-06-21 17:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW979POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: DELIVERY OF DRAFT BMD
[...] (C) DCM delivered draft Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement text (Ref A) on April 26 to MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, along with previously provided site map attachments originally provided to the GOP on January 25 (Ref B). Waszczykowski acknowledged receipt of the draft and undertook t [...]
2007-04-27 17:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PL
07ZAGREB1032CROATIAN RESPONSE ON BILATERAL SOFA LANGUAGE
[...] (U) Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic on November 22 sent a letter to the Ambassador stating her "belief" that the language regarding "other appropriate US control" of US personnel (proposed in reftel) and the subsequent explanations (provided in ref emails),is "appropriate...thus contributing to [...]
2007-11-23 15:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO HR
07ZAGREB565U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns visited Zagreb May 10-11 to consult with Croatian leaders and attend the Summit of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (septel). He met with PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic, and had several bilatera [...]
2007-06-08 13:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR OSCE NATO HR YI BK SR
07ZAGREB618CROATIA COMMITTED TO NATO REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff delivered ref A points during week of June 18 to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Asst DefMin Igor Pokaz, and MFA NATO Office Director Neven Mikec respectively. GoC representatives were grateful for USG support and guidance and emphasized com [...]
2007-06-28 13:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB688CROATIANS ACCEPT U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Biscevic informed Ambassador July 19 that the Croatian Government accepted the U.S. compromise proposal on custody (ref e-mail),resolving the last outstanding issue in the U.S.-Croatian negotiations on a bilateral status of forces agreement. [...]
2007-07-19 13:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB736PM ASSURES SOFA APPROVAL AT END OF AUGUST
[...] (C) Following the failure of the Croatian cabinet to provide final approval of the text of the Status of Forces Agremeent at its last session before a two week summer break, the Ambassador spoke August 3 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Biscevic to express his disappointment an [...]
2007-08-06 11:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB820GOC TO APPROVE SOFA IN SEPTEMBER, BUT ASKS TO SIGN
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke on September 6 with Hido Biscevic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor to PM Sanader. Biscevic said that Sanader had told him on September 5 that the Government would give final approval to the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SO [...]
2007-09-06 14:03:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR HR NATO
08ABUDHABI1318SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT
[...] (C) General: we look forward to your first visit to the UAE in your capacity as CENTCOM Commander. ------------------------------ Punching above its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as a regional powerhouse, using its financial c [...]
2008-11-18 04:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE
08ABUJA301UPDATE ON STATUS OF FORCES DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Department desires Post to pursue a broad Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Nigeria, citing the limited nature of the protections afforded DOD personnel under the current 2000 bilateral diplomatic note. We believe that given the current engageme [...]
2008-02-15 12:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
08ABUJA395TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON MINISTERS FOR WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, 2008, the Ambassador and an interagency team briefed key GON ministers, officials, and top advisers to President Yar'Adua on the current U.S.- Nigerian bilateral relation as a follow up to Yar'Adua's December 12-14, 2007 Washington trip. The presentation was orga [...]
2008-02-28 12:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET ENRG SNAR KJUS
08ABUJA815FRAMEWORK FOR PARTNERSHIP: TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and an interagency team met, for the second time this year, with senior-level Nigerian officials as part of the "U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership" in April 2008. During the exchange, the Minister of State for Power reported that the Government of Nigeria (GON [...]
2008-05-06 11:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID ETRD EAIR SNAR NI
08ADDISABABA3000COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFDEL PHELAN
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Mr. Michael Phelan, Minority Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) to Ethiopia November 1-7, 2008. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm [...]
2008-10-31 08:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF AFIN ET OREP OTRA
08ADDISABABA3235USAU: AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH AU HEAD KIKWETE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with AFRICOM Commander General William E. &Kip8 Ward, Tanzanian President and African Union Assembly Chair Jakaya Kikwete discussed the Africa Union,s Peace and Security Architecture, Sudan, the Eastern Congo, Somalia, piracy, and the perception of A [...]
2008-11-26 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AU
08ADDISABABA774COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., U.S. Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Threat Reduction, PM/WRA Senior Policy Advisor Stephanie Pico, and PM/WRA Technical Advisor Michael Kunst to travel to Ethiopia March 27-28 and April 1, 2008. [...]
2008-03-19 14:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN MARR OTRA PREL MU YM DJ EG SA ET
08AMMAN1233FM BASHIR DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON WITH S/I
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 discussion with Foreign Minister Salah Bashir, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to return an ambassador to Baghdad in order to gain a clearer understanding of political developments. In respons [...]
2008-04-23 06:37:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IR IZ JO LE TU
08AMMAN3012IRANIANS RAISE SOFA AT IRAQ NEIGHBORS SECURITY
[...] (U) The fifth annual rotating conference of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's Neighboring Countries took place in Amman, October 23-24, with participation from the Ministers of Interior of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The official closing stateme [...]
2008-11-04 13:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALIR IZ JO PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3408CODEL DORGAN DISCUSSES REGION WITH JORDAN,S FM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir discussed the strength of the U.S.-Jordanian relationship and the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestinian issue, as well as Jordan's support for Iraq and Lebanon, with Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Cochran and Whitehouse. He also spoke of the ne [...]
2008-12-31 07:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
08ANKARA1121ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 06:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1386REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC STATUS FOR OFFICE OF DEFENSE
[...] Post requests Department approve diplomatic status for Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey personnel in accordance with 3 FAH-1 H-2438.2 in lieu of status under the NATO Status of Forces (SOFA) Implementing Agreement with Turkey. ODC Turkey Chief enjoyed diplomatic status until 2005, w [...]
2008-08-04 12:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAPER MARR TU
08ANKARA1611TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...]
2008-09-09 09:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1854TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...]
2008-10-24 07:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1888ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2004ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2024PM MALIKI SENDS ENVOY TO REASSURE NEIGHBORS ON SOFA
[...] (C) PM Maliki sent an envoy, State Minister for National Dialogue Akram al-Hakim, to deliver a personal message to PM Erdogan, and other regional leaders, regarding the Iraq-U.S. SOFA, according to MFA Department Head for Iraq Aydin Acikel. Al-Hakim, who arrived in Ankara early November 20 fro [...]
2008-11-21 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA2025ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2088SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Apakan's December 8-9 visit will be the fifth iteration of the "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" agreed upon by Secretary Rice and then-FM Gul in July 2006. Knowing it will take some time for the new administration to have its new team in place, U/S Apakan presse [...]
2008-12-04 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL TU
08ANKARA2157TURKEY: IRAQI VP HASHIMI SEEKS GOT SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Iraqi VP Tariq Al-Hashimi visited Turkey December 20-21 for meetings with President Gul and PM Erdogan. According to MFA Iraq Department Head Aydin Acikel, Hashimi complained about PM Maliki's administration to GOT officials and reported on discussions Iraqi Sunni, Kurdish, and some Shia p [...]
2008-12-22 17:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2187TURKEY URGES IRAQI PM MALIKI TO PRESS AHEAD WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Both PM Erdogan and President Gul encouraged PM Maliki, during his December 24 visit to Ankara, to enact political reforms that will encourage Sunni participation in government, according to an MFA readout. Maliki reportedly understood the political challenges he faces. The Turk [...]
2008-12-30 16:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA627TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]
2008-04-03 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ASHGABAT982TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR WANTS REAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with the new National Library director revealed new opportunities for deeper cooperation and engagement. While the Library falls under the normally cooperative Ministry of Culture, the new director's frankness and leadership style were a refreshing contrast to what we [...]
2008-07-30 07:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASUNCION275AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH LUGO AS
[...] (C) Ambassador reviewed U.S. assistance in his April 24 meeting with President-elect Fernando Lugo, their first since Paraguay's April 20 national elections. Ambassador opened by mentioning President Bush's April 24 congratulatory telephone call to Lugo; a beaming Lugo said they had a "nice ch [...]
2008-04-25 12:27:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR CVIS PA
08ASUNCION526TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 DEPLOYMENT
[...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (POB) Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here (reft [...]
2008-07-30 20:19:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION535SCENE-SETTER FOR LUGO INAUGURATION
[...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and members of the U.S. delegation attending the August 15 inauguration of President Fernando Lugo. The Lugo administration represents the first interruption in Colorado Party rule in 61 years. Your visit provides an o [...]
2008-08-01 18:01:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION696SCENE-SETTER FOR BUSH-LUGO MEETING: PARAGUAY
[...] (C) President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in Colorado Party's 61-year stranglehold on power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. President Bush's October 27 meeting with President Lugo offers the United States an opportunity to reaffirm it [...]
2008-10-14 18:49:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08BAGHDAD1022NSA RUBAIE BLAMES IRAN FOR BASRAH CONFRONTATION;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 06:33:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ SA
08BAGHDAD1037U.S.-IRAQ STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS:
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq held their first round of negotiations of a status of forces agreement (SOFA) March 23 through April 3 in Baghdad. This agreement is designed to provide a foundation for a long-term military to military relationship between the United States and Iraq. [...]
2008-04-05 06:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR PREL KTIA IZ
08BAGHDAD1039FOREIGN MINISTER: IRAN WILL ESCALATE CONFRONTATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari - just off the plane from the Arab League Summit in Damascus - told Ambassador Crocker, MNF-I CG GEN David Petraeus, NSC Senior Director McGurk and PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries that Iran had se [...]
2008-04-05 12:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIR IZ PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD1045VP ADEL ON SECURITY CRACKDOWN, "CONFUSED"
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told us that the time is ripe for harsh and decisive GOI action against the "cancer" of armed outlaw groups, a measure supported by the Iraqi political class and public and even by Iranian General Qasim Sulaimani. He said th [...]
2008-04-05 17:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1315MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...]
2008-04-28 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1342ZEBARI ON NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari agreed with Ambassador Crocker and S/I Satterfield that Iraq must host the next Neighbors Ministerial and that the GOI must fast track ambassadorial nominees to key neighboring countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in part [...]
2008-04-30 18:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1425ZEBARI ON UNAMI COMPOUND; AMBASSADORIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 6 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Acting Political Counselor that the GOI would only make a symbolic contribution toward the construction of a new UNAMI compound. Zebari appeared determined to tamp down expectations that UNAMI would get the Al Sijud Pala [...]
2008-05-07 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1610PRESIDENT TALABANI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador that he has been mediating between Prime Minister al-Maliki and Vice President al-Hashemi to secure the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet, and he expressed optimism that a final deal could be reached bef [...]
2008-05-26 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1616PM MALIKI ON SISTANI MEETING, ELECTIONS, SFA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 23 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that Grand Ayatollah Sistani is generally supportive of a long-term security agreement with the USG and is keenly interested in upcoming provincial elections. Sistani told the PM he will issue a public stateme [...]
2008-05-27 08:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1634PRESIDENT TALABANI ON TAWAFUQ, SOFA/SFA, LEBANON,
[...] (C) In a May 27 meeting, President Talabani said VP Hashimi and PM Maliki had agreed on the names of seven Tawafuq ministers who would join the Cabinet, and were working on a compromise to replace Minister of Planning Ali Baban in two months. He said the May 26 Political Council for National [...]
2008-05-28 14:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1681ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON SFA/SOFA, ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told S/I Satterfield and NSC Senior Director McGurk that he and ISCI support a bilateral security pact based on the principle of mutual respect for sovereignty. As long as that principle is h [...]
2008-06-03 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1726TURKISH ENVOY ON GOT-KRG COOPERATION, KIRKUK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told S/I Satterfield on June 4 that he is pleased with ongoing GOT-KRG talks and is currently in Baghdad finalizing arrangements for a possible July 3 visit to Baghdad by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. He also hoped to meet with Kurdistan R [...]
2008-06-06 16:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1784PM MALIKI RECOUNTS HIS JUNE 7-9 VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (S/NF) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's June 7-9 visit to Tehran featured meetings with all of Iran's senior leadership, but Maliki told S/I Ambassador Satterfield that he went to visit Supreme Leader Khamenei, agreeing to the other meetings solely out of protocol. The Ministers of Defe [...]
2008-06-14 06:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ IR PREL PGOV PINR
08BAGHDAD1838MFA GOSSIP ON POSSIBLE KEY DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS
[...] (C) During a June 17 meeting on embassy property issues (septel),Ambassador Srood Najib (strictly protect),MFA Director for Americas Affairs, shared gossip on possible Iraqi Ambassadorial assignments to a number of key diplomatic posts. According to Ambassador Najib, those on the inside tr [...]
2008-06-17 16:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2203AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, NSC Senior Director McGurk and DASD Kimmitt, Foreign Minister Zebari provided a readout of the previous day's visit of Turkish PM Erdogan, called the postponement of King Abdullah's visit a big disappointment but no [...]
2008-07-14 14:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ TU JO
08BAGHDAD223HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION STILL STALLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Jeffery lobbied a series of GOI officials January 14-18 for speedier passage of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, but technical and political issues abound, and the law remains entangled among other legislative priorities (reftels). END SUMMARY. DPM Sal [...]
2008-01-26 10:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEPET ECON ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2269BASRAWI CLERIC HOPES FOR POLITICAL CHANGE
[...] (C) Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray, joined by incoming and outgoing REO Directors, met on July 14 with Shi'a cleric and businessman Sayid Abdel Musawi. Musawi was generally positive about Basrah's future, favorably comparing its economy to that of its neighbors and acknowled [...]
2008-07-21 14:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2296KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI PLEDGES COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's July 20 trip to Erbil, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani said he is ready to travel to Baghdad within the week to discuss the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) with PM Maliki. Ambassador noted the KRG's improved relations with Tur [...]
2008-07-23 19:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ECON EPET ENRG PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2304MEK SECURITY TRANSITION: INFORMAL MULTI-PARTY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Informal discussions on July 20 among the GOI, USG, ICRC, UNAMI, and Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)leaders from Ashraf helped to clarify the positions and roles that each party would play in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI, and the ensuing questions of [...]
2008-07-24 13:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2424S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IZ PROPERTIES, FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield and Management Counselor Austin-Ferguson met August 2 with Ambassador Srood Najib, the MFA's point person on the transfer of U.S.-held properties in the International Zone (IZ). The discussion focused on the various IZ properties currently in Department of State ( [...]
2008-08-04 11:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAGMT ABLD PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2561 PRT TEAM LEADER'S CONFERENCE - MOVING FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The message of the July 6-7 Team Leader's Conference was clear: Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) must lay the groundwork for Iraqis to assume greater responsibility, which will occur sooner rather than later. State-DoD cooperation will be essential as DoD turns it [...]
2008-08-13 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREZ IZ
08BAGHDAD26SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL
[...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...]
2008-01-03 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD2741A GREEN LINE AND A RED LINE DIVIDE THE SHIA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish-Shia Islamist tensions about Kirkuk complicate passage of a new election law but also reflect a deeper dissatisfaction among some important Shia Islamists about Kurdish policies. An influential Shia parliamentarian ranted to us on August 24 about alleged Kurdish selfis [...]
2008-08-26 10:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2782MALIKI CONFIDANTE CAREFUL ON SOFA AND DISPUTES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One of Prime Minister's closest confidantes told us August 28 that the Prime Minister will keep asserting the Baghdad government's right to deploy the Iraqi army up to the Green Line. He acknowledged Kurdish sensitivities over towns like Khanaqin and Kirkuk but insisted they a [...]
2008-08-29 12:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS 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
08BAGHDAD3AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS
[...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...]
2008-01-02 06:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD3021FORMER PM ALLAWI: IRAQ NEEDS PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 15 meeting, Iyad Allawi, former Prime Minister and current leader of the secular "Iraqiya" parliamentary bloc, told the Ambassador that Iraq needs its political leaders to develop a greater consensus about key issues like provincial elections, constitutional re [...]
2008-09-19 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3031AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Sons of Iraq (SOI),the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...]
2008-09-21 13:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3040SENIOR AYATOLLAH JITTERY ABOUT U.S. SECURITY RAMP
[...] (C) Summary: Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr, Baghdad's senior Shi'a cleric, warned PMIN on September 19 that the Iraqi government was extremely fragile and would be quickly toppled if the U.S. withdrew forces too quickly. Generally supportive of the U.S., he criticized the USG's current course and [...]
2008-09-22 05:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3062PRESIDENT BARZANI - NOTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, an agitated Kurdistan President Barzani told the Ambassador that he had lost trust in Prime Minister Maliki and if the Prime Minister pushed too far with Iraqi army units there would be armed conflict. Barzani inferred that Maliki has betrayed their friendship [...]
2008-09-23 15:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ IR TU
08BAGHDAD3238D PRESSES PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Speaker Mashadani told DepSec Negroponte that a majority in the parliament supported the bilateral security agreement, but that many deputies would not support it publicly. Noting that other countries benefit from security agreements with the U.S., he said the continued American [...]
2008-10-07 05:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3252BULGARIAN AMBASSADOR: WE WANT TO SUPPORT IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is proud of its service in the Coalition and wants to remain engaged in Iraq, regardless of the probable departure of its 155 troops from Iraq at the end of the year, according to Bulgarian Ambassador Valeri Ratchev. Ratchev, who has just begun a three week visit to Bagh [...]
2008-10-08 12:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ BG
08BAGHDAD3288AYATOLLAH TELLS NEGROPONTE: U.S. MUST STAY UNTIL
[...] (C) Baghdad's leading Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Hussein Al Sadr told Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte October 6 that the United States and Iraq are "working toward a greater good" to establish a "strong, free, and prosperous" Iraq, but he urged the U.S. to "ensure we reach this goal," an [...]
2008-10-11 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3467IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION: PERHAPS STILL
[...] (C) Summary: There are conflicting stories about why the hydrocarbons legislation briefly moved to parliament in recent days. Confusion also remains about which is the "right" version of the law. Parliamentary Committee on Oil and Gas Chairman Ali Balo believes that a political decision on h [...]
2008-10-31 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3487UNAMI INTERESTED IN "GRAND BARGAIN" FOR KIRKUK,
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with S/A Krajeski, UNAMI's Andrew Gilmour said UNAMI will finish its second round of reports on the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) areas by mid-December, but delay issuing them until after the provincial elections because of the currently tense politic [...]
2008-11-03 10:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3508IRAQIS WELCOME OBAMA VICTORY, BUT EXPRESS CONCERN
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions following the November 4 election of Barack Obama, Iraqi contacts have reacted positively but cautiously. While some expressed surprise at Obama's victory, all contacts were congratulatory and positive, recognizing the historic significance of the election of the [...]
2008-11-05 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3511KRG VIEWS ON SOFA, MALIKI, KIRKUK, MOSLAWI
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani was critical of PM Maliki's "double game" on the SOFA but believes Iraqi leaders will eventually sign it. He told how KRG President Masoud Barzani disappointed his Iranian hosts on his most recent visit to Tehran by p [...]
2008-11-06 13:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3530UAE AMBASSADOR: OUR PRESENCE BOOSTS IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: The growing presence of Arab Ambassadors in Baghdad is boosting Iraqi confidence that improved security will last and that Iraq's neighbors are committed to its future, according to the UAE Ambassador to Iraq. UAE engagement on the economic front is also expanding, with large [...]
2008-11-09 04:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EINV IZ AE
08BAGHDAD357IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL
[...] (C) This cable is the third update of Embassy Baghdad,s implementation of the relevant eighteen recommendations of the Secretary,s Panel on Protective Services. The following recommendations have been implemented by Post (reftel D): A. (C) Kennedy Recommendation 12 - Joint Review Board B. ( [...]
2008-02-07 07:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3580DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN AND BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On November 12 we contacted the MFA's Deputy Director for International Organizations, Mohammed Alhmaimidi, to convey reftel request that Iraq be absent for the upcoming UNGA Third Committee votes on the Iran Human Rights no-action motion and substantive resolution, and that Iraq vote ag [...]
2008-11-12 11:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3631SHIA FADHILAH PARTY SUPPORTIVE OF SOFA, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Continuing his intensive diplomatic outreach to gather support for the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the Ambassador updated the Fadhilah party's Secretary-General, Hashim al-Hashimi; Council of Representatives (CoR) bloc leader Hassan al-Shimmari; and CoR member Karim Yacoubi [...]
2008-11-16 10:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD3636IRAQ PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: TRANSITION IN 2009 (SBU)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-15, 2008, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Team Leaders convened in Baghdad for the quarterly Team Leaders Conference. The theme of transition animated this Team Leaders Conference. Presenters highlighted the need for continuing State Department-Department o [...]
2008-11-16 13:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREZ IZ
08BAGHDAD3646UPBEAT FM ZEBARI HAILS CABINET SOFA APPROVAL "A
[...] (S) Summary: A beaming Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari greeted Ambassador Crocker with a hearty "Mabruk" November 16, a few hours after the Iraqi Council of Ministers (CoM) had approved the SOFA by a near-unanimous vote. Zebari, in a decidedly upbeat mood that was a striking contrast from hi [...]
2008-11-18 06:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3652TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt had a series of meetings with key Iraqi economic officials at events surrounding the Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate (DBIC),including a large dinner hosted by Finance Minister Bayan Jabr at his home in the International [...]
2008-11-18 14:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD3664DIWANIYAH RESIDENTS' OPINIONS ON PROPOSED SOFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable summarizes comments about the proposed SOFA agreement made to the PRT by Diwaniyah city residents, including local officials. Some remarks were made during meetings scheduled by the PRT for other purposes, while most were made during conversations with PRT Locally Em [...]
2008-11-19 14:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3671IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES NTM-I AND OTHER ISSUES AT
[...] (S) Summary. At the November 16, Iraqi NSC meeting, NSA Rubaie unexpectedly raised the future of the NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I). When the NSC became bogged down on the issue of the wide range of other possible areas of cooperation proposed by NATO in addition to the training already [...]
2008-11-20 10:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD36982009 BUDGET: FALLING OIL PRICES MEAN CUTS, DEFICIT, DFI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite pressures from key members of the Maliki Government for fiscal largesse, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr cut the proposed 2009 budget while it was under consideration by the Council of Ministers (CoM),where it secured approval before moving on to the Council of Representa [...]
2008-11-23 16:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3736IRAQ BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP OVERSHADOWED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The third session of the Iraq Neighbors Border Security Working Group (BSWG) produced little forward motion toward practical measures to improve security on or within Iraq's borders, although its final communiqu did include some proposed measures that will be helpful if implemente [...]
2008-11-26 17:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ SY TU IR
08BAGHDAD3789IRAQI POLITICS: SHIFTING ALLIANCES AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: The grueling Iraqi political debates that eventually yielded consensus on the provincial elections law and the ratification of the Status of Forces Agreement pointed to an evolution in Iraqi politics in late 2008 as opposed to the way they worked in 2004-06. The contrasts are ge [...]
2008-12-03 12:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3791IRAQI POLITICS: SHIFTING ALLIANCES AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: The grueling Iraqi political debates that eventually yielded consensus on the provincial elections law and the ratification of the Status of Forces Agreement pointed to an evolution in Iraqi politics in late 2008 as opposed to the way they worked in 2004-06. The contrasts are ge [...]
2008-12-03 12:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3808KURDISH WAR OF WORDS WITH MALIKI ESCALATES OVER
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: A war of words between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG),precipitated by Maliki's plan to create Tribal Support Councils in areas disputed by the KRG and the GOI, has steadily escalated in the past week, drawing attention to a range [...]
2008-12-04 13:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD486ZEBARI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT KOSOVO RECOGNITION;
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 16 meeting, Foreign Minster Zebari told Ambassador Crocker he pushed visiting UNHCR High Representative Guterres to expand UNHCR's Baghdad office and to stress positive developments in Iraq. The GOI/GOR MOU Zebari signed in Moscow provides no preferential treatment [...]
2008-02-20 11:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD610DPM ON OIL, SOFA AND TUWAITHA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: DPM Barham Salih on February 25 urged Under Secretary Jeffrey to sustain USG engagement to help Iraq pass SIPDIS the hydrocarbon framework legislation, and while he agreed with Ambassador Loftis on the need to move quickly on a new strategic relationship and status of forces a [...]
2008-03-02 02:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL EPET ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD622JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT IRAQ IN APRIL;
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. IN A SHORT MARCH 1 MEETING, JAPANESE PAGE 02 RUEHGBA0622 C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000622 AMBASSADOR KENJIRO MONJI TOLD AMBASSADOR CROCKER THAT IF JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER KOMURA ATTENDS THE APRIL 22 KUWAIT NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, MONJI WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE HIM TO [...]
2008-03-03 08:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV JA IZ
08BAGHDAD664AMAR AL-HAKIM ON SFA, AHMADINEJAD VISIT, AND
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, ISCI heir apparent Amar al-Hakim expressed support for the concept of a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) as a broad expression of our shared interests and vision. He said he and his father, ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, frequently talk about the impo [...]
2008-03-06 13:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD665VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON VETO, SFA, AND AHMADINEJAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi defended his decision to veto the Provincial Powers Law (PPL) and said he would work closely with CoR leaders and bloc heads to effect a compromise bill that would be passed by the Presidency Council without another CoR vote. [...]
2008-03-06 13:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD68AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (S) During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Samir Sumaidaie, the Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S., sought to establish shared U.S.-GOI priorities in the lead up to the Ambassador's upcoming testimony to Congress. The Ambassador told Sumaidaie the most significant bilateral issue at han [...]
2008-01-10 03:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON KCOR IZ
08BAGHDAD734SHAWAYS GUARDED ABOUT SFA/SOFA PROCESS
[...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, KDP Baghdad Representative (and former Deputy Prime Minister) Rosch Shaways told Ambassador Crocker, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Iraq Satterfield and NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan McGurk that KRG leadership was prepared to take positive, practi [...]
2008-03-12 09:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD744TALABANI'S ANKARA VISIT STRESSES PKK, GOI-GOT
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani met on March 10 with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor Ries, and NSC Senior Director McGurk. Talabani told the Ambassador he was quite satisfied with his visit to Turkey and especially with progress on Northern Iraq. In fran [...]
2008-03-13 12:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD799AMBASSADOR RAISES SOFA/SF AND ICI WITH D/PM BARHAM
[...] (S) Ambassador met March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework (SF) negotiations, the Prime Minister's participation in the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) ministerial, and security at Umm Qasr port and in Basra [...]
2008-03-17 08:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD848VP ABD AL-MEHDI ON INVESTMENT ISSUES, CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, March 14, the Ambassador met with Vice President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) compound in Baghdad. During the meeting, the Ambassador and Adel discussed a host of issues, including foreign investment in Iraq, the activities of the GOI [...]
2008-03-20 06:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD855WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC
[...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]
2008-03-20 14:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD864CODEL LEVIN MEETING WITH VP ABD AL-MEHDI
[...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, CODEL Levin met with Vice-President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Hakim Compound in Baghdad. In a civil yet frank exchange, Senator Levin and Adel discussed a host of topics. Focusing initially on the political and security environment in Iraq, Senator Levin pres [...]
2008-03-21 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OREP IZ
08BAGHDAD886IRAQI NSA RUBAI ON AHMEDI-NEJAD'S VISIT -
[...] (S) National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the purpose and meaning of the Iranian President Ahmedi-Nejad's recent visit with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Amb. Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk in two hour-long conversations, one each on March 5 and March 7. (S/I Amb [...]
2008-03-24 08:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PRGO IR IZ
08BAGHDAD897CODEL LEVIN MEETING WITH VP ABD AL-MEHDI
[...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, CODEL Levin met with Vice-President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Hakim Compound in Baghdad. In a civil yet frank exchange, Senator Levin and Adel discussed a host of topics. Focusing initially on the political and security environment in Iraq, Senator Levin pres [...]
2008-03-25 16:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OREP IZ
08BAGHDAD908VP ABD AL-MEHDI ON INVESTMENT ISSUES, CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, March 14, the Ambassador met with Vice President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) compound in Baghdad. During the meeting, the Ambassador and Adel discussed a host of issues, including foreign investment in Iraq, the activities of the GOI [...]
2008-03-25 16:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD909WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC
[...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]
2008-03-25 16:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD915IRAQI NSA RUBAI ON AHMEDI-NEJAD'S VISIT -
[...] (S) National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the purpose and meaning of the Iranian President Ahmedi-Nejad's recent visit with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Amb. Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk in two hour-long conversations, one each on March 5 and March 7. (S/I Amb [...]
2008-03-25 16:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PRGO IR IZ
08BAGHDAD921NSA RUBAIE ON UPCOMING DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie reviewed a series of upcoming diplomatic engagements including his trip to Saudi Arabia, possible PM attendance at the Arab League Summit, the Prime Minister's trip to Brussels, and the Expan [...]
2008-03-26 02:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER IR IZ KU SA SY
08BAGHDAD968RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY AND POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 28 call on National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie, the Ambassador discussed the current security situation in Baghdad, Basrah, and the southern provinces, all of which were the scenes of intensified conflict with criminal elements associated with Moqtada al-Sadr [...]
2008-03-29 13:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PTER EG IR IZ JO SA SY
08BAKU1026SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPURTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election, which resulted in a landslide victory for President Ilham Aliyev. This fall also marked a troublesome time for the region, with Russia's invasion of Georgia casting a shadow on security and [...]
2008-10-27 14:07:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV ENRG PREL AJ GG
08BAKU1068PRESIDENT ALIYEV, COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sullivan October 28 that economic reform and diversification would be among his top priorities in a second term. The GOAJ, while facing lower oil prices and declining revenues, will continue to promote the Azerbaijan Investment Com [...]
2008-11-07 11:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU1083MINISTER SHARIFOV DISCUSSES EPC, BUDGET AND ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Finance Sharifov heads to Washington next week for EPC meetings and WTO discussions with views on the international financial crisis -- and lower oil prices -- formed in part by Russian Minister of Finance Kudrin, who recently hosted a CIS financial summit. [...]
2008-11-12 08:53:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EIND PGOV AJ
08BAKU1089EXPORT-IMPORT BANK DIRECTOR VISIT BUILDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Baku October 13-16 to follow-up on his February 2008 trip, checking in on U.S. based companies, their partners and projects, and to reassure interlocutors of the Bank's ability to continue to support those projects in spite of the rec [...]
2008-11-13 12:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU1108FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 11-12 visit to Baku Senator Corker met with the newly appointed Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev. In his first meeting with USG officials, the new minister stuck closely to his prepared talking points, emphasizing GOAJ plans to improve the [...]
2008-11-20 11:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU1158USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND DIRECTOR OF
[...] SUMMARY: The visit of USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore to Azerbaijan capitalized on the existing USG strong host-country counterpart relationships. During her three-day visit, Administrator Fore held meetings with AzerbaijanQs President (see reftel),[...]
2008-12-05 09:25:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET ADPM AJ
08BAKU291UPDATE ON SOFAZ, AZERBAIJAN'S OIL FUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Since its creation in 1999, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has acted as Azerbaijan's energy revenue sterilizer and long-term savings vehicle. With current assets in excess of USD 2.5 billion (expected to grow to USD 6 billion this year, and USD 10 billion by 2010, based [...]
2008-03-28 08:41:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PREL AJ
08BAKU324AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, March 01 - 15, 2008
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. PLANS FOR FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS SHAMAKHI-GUBA HIGHWAY TO OPE [...]
2008-04-04 12:30:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU371SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 22-23 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Energy continues to figure prominently in Azerbaijan's geostrategic vision, economic development, and partnership with the United States. President Aliyev and his senior advisors have repeatedly expressed their commitment to working with the U.S. on a new phase of energy coopera [...]
2008-04-17 13:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG PGOV PBTS AJ
08BAKU442ACTION REQUEST: U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNITED NATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Executive Director of Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov called Ambassador Derse this morning to thank the United States for its support for the Azerbaijan-sponsored United Nations resolution on Extractive Indust [...]
2008-05-08 11:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU446U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH KEY AZERBAIJANI MINISTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 22 visit to Baku, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery III discussed with the Foreign Minister and State Oil Company president the importance of gas transit and securing Caspia [...]
2008-05-12 05:26:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU467PRESIDENT ALIYEV SHARES HIS VISION WITH U/S JEFFERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 22 conversation with U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he was seeking "greater clarity" from the Nabucco countries as to their real intentions, and from Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on how active the GOTX will be in seeking energy cooper [...]
2008-05-21 06:32:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU686OIL FUND AGAIN REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO BRING
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) The Executive Director of Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov called Ambassador Derse July 11 to ask that the United States now support bringing the Azerbaijan-sponsored United Nations resolution on Extractive Industrie [...]
2008-07-17 12:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL AJ
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN193BRUNEI SUPPORTIVE ON ARF DISASTER PREP STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A points on June 23 (earliest available date) to Sharifa Amalina, Assistant Director of ASEAN Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT). Sharifa responded that in general, Brunei was supportive of the scope of the proposed elements of the stateme [...]
2008-06-27 00:20:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF EAID ASEAN BX
08BANGKOK1790THAI FEEDBACK ON PROPOSED ARF STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points regarding the proposed ARF Ministerial Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness to MFA Counselor Suriya Chindawongse on June 10. In response, Suriya stated that Thailand was generally supportive of USG initiatives and appreciated the spirit behind the propo [...]
2008-06-12 01:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN TH
08BANGKOK2161THAILAND SUPPORTS MOST ELEMENTS OF PROPOSED ARF
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points regarding the proposed ARF Ministerial Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness to MFA First Secretary of ASEAN Affairs Jitvipa Benjasil on July 11. In response, Jitvipa stated that Thailand agreed with most of the key elements presented and felt that it was [...]
2008-07-16 08:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN TH
08BASRAH59(S) SADRIST IN BASRAH SEEKS USG AID TO REPLACE MOQTADA
[...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Mohammed al-Fariji, a Sadrist cleric in Basrah and representative of Ayatollah Qassim al-Ta'i, requested USG support in al-Ta'i's bid to lead the Sadrist Trend. Fariji noted that the Sadrists were deeply divided, upset with Moqtada al-Sadr's failure of leadership, and read [...]
2008-06-13 17:41:00REO BasrahSECRETPTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL PROP MARR MOPS UK IR
08BASRAH88SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRA RESURFACE DUE TO SOFA VOTE
[...] (C) Summary: Sadrist and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) contacts of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) predict a rise in violence in Basra if the SOFA is approved by the Council of Representatives. While the security situation has dramatically improved since Operation Charge-of-the-Knights (COK) a [...]
2008-11-24 14:02:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ
08BEIJING2324CHINA ON ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL DISASTER
[...] (C) PolOff on June 12 conveyed to MFA reftel points on issuing an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness at the July 24 ARF Ministerial Meeting in Singapore. MFA Asian Department Asian Multilateral Security Division Director Ma Jia said China "stron [...]
2008-06-13 07:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN CH
08BEIRUT1390LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-6 JOINT
[...] (C) The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents a historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, peace and stability in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) has demonstrated a commitment to strengthening our military-to-military ties. T [...]
2008-09-22 15:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1507LEBANON: PM SINIORA, WITH EDELMAN, THANKS USG FOR
[...] (C) Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with Prime Minister Siniora on October 17 to explain to the Prime Minister that USG support for the Lebanese Armed Forces had been formally institutionalized with the recent establishment of the Joint Military Commission (JMC). U/S Edelman also [...]
2008-10-21 14:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1614LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) Under Secretary Clapper: Welcome to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents an historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, [...]
2008-11-10 19:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1701LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL
[...] (C) General Petraeus: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for a sovereign, democratic, and stable Lebanon to reassure Lebanon's moderates that a change in the U.S. Administration does not equal a change in U.S. [...]
2008-11-28 14:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS SY LE
08BERLIN1033NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM NON-DOD CIVILIANS:
[...] (U) On July 21, 2008, Embassy Berlin received a letter (dated July 14, 2008) from Foreign Office Legal Adviser Georg Witschel on SOFA issues related to non-DOD U.S. Government civilian employees serving at USAFRICOM. Witschel's letter was in reply to the Embassy's June 19, 2008 letter, which [...]
2008-07-30 05:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR NATO PREL AF
08BERLIN1102NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM NON-DOD CIVILIANS:
[...] (U) On August 6, 2008, Charge d'Affaires Koenig met with newly appointed MFA State Secretary Peter Ammon and delivered a letter in response to the letter Embassy Berlin received (dated July 14, 2008) from Foreign Office Legal Adviser Georg Witschel on SOFA issues related to non-DOD U.S. Governm [...]
2008-08-12 13:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR NATO PREL AF
08BERLIN1204NATO SOFA STATUS FOR NON-DOD USG CIVILIANS AT U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent correspondence with the Embassy, the German Foreign Office retreats from some of its previous unhelpful positions, but continues to contend that only DOD USG civilian employees or dual-appointed non-DOD USG civi [...]
2008-08-29 12:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO AMGT APER GM XA
08BERLIN1345SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT OF ACTING DOD GENERAL COUNSEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DOD General Counsel Daniel Dell'Orto, accompanied by Charge Koenig, met with MFA Legal Advisor Georg Witschel and MOD Legal Advisor Dieter Weingartner September 17 in Berlin. In addition to a general legal discussion about the use of force in combating transnational terror [...]
2008-09-29 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV GM
08BERLIN1566MEDIA REACTION: Somalia, Obama, U.S.-Iraq Latam, Congo EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Somalia) Pirate Activities 3. (U.S.) Obama Team 4. (U.S.-Iraq) Status of Forces Agreement 5. (Latam) China's Influence 6. (Africa) Congo 7. (EU) Economic Stimulus Package  [...]
2008-11-20 11:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1601STEINMEIER PLANNING FIRST TRIP TO IRAQ -- SIGNALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit Iraq in January 2009 soon after President-Elect Obama's inauguration -- his first visit as FM. According to the MFA, the visit comes on the heels of positive news from Iraq regarding the security and [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN ECON
08BERLIN90NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM CIVILIANS: GERMANY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Pol-mil chief provided the U.S. diplomatic note in reftel to the director of the MFA Office on the Legal Framework for the Stationing of Foreign Military Forces (Referat 503),Onno Hueckmann, on December 20. On January 10, a [...]
2008-01-18 20:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO GM AF
08BOGOTA4083COLOMBIAN COUNTERPROPOSAL TO U.S. DEFENSE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On October 23 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Colombia (GOC) delivered its official response to Embassy Bogota on the Defense Cooperation Agreement text that we proposed on August 13. The GOC counterpropos [...]
2008-11-12 16:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PREF PTER MASS CO
08BRASILIA643BRAZIL,S MILITARY PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANCE: TRUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent meeting of Presidents Lula and Sarkozy and the visit of Defense Minister Jobim to Paris triggered a wave of Francophilia within the Brazilian foreign policy establishment, particularly with regard to the strategic partnership. Despite heavy coverage in the press of [...]
2008-05-13 19:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM BR MASS
08BRUSSELS1340NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE SOFA: BELGIUM AGREES
[...] (C) On August 29, POL/E Counselor delivered the referenced points and proposed MED-D SOFA Exchange of Letters (EoL) to Pol De Witte, Director of Security Policy and Patrick Duray, Legal Counsel, both of the Belgian MFA. 2. (C) Both De Witt and Duray agreed that Belgium does not support [...]
2008-08-29 09:03:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1937EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]
2008-12-22 06:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BUCHAREST1009(C) MFA SECRETARY OF STATE BUGA -- SOMETHING IN 24
[...] (C) Romania,s MFA Secretary of State Iulian Buga (accompanied by Director General Legal Affairs Cosmin Dinescu) asked for an urgent meeting today with Charg to discuss the critical time constraints for permitting Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Buga noted that National Security Adviso [...]
2008-12-23 15:49:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ RO UK AS EN ES
08BUCHAREST250ROMANIAN TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Global Affairs Petru Dumitru on March 27, along with MFA Middle East Director Dobre and three MOD representatives. Dumitru had requested the meeting in order to discuss Romania's legislative timeline for continued legal authority for Romanian mi [...]
2008-03-28 14:11:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST371RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER
[...] (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA and MOD [...]
2008-05-15 13:45:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST463ROMANIA ON THE IRAQ SOFA: "WE NEED A LEGAL
[...] (S) EMBOFFS met with MOD Deputy State Secretary for Defense Policy and Planning Rear Admiral Mihai Cornell and MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Ambassador Mihail Dobre on June 5, to review status of Iraq SOFA negotiations at the request of MOD and MFA. POLMILOFF, drawing on reftels A an [...]
2008-06-10 14:26:00Embassy BucharestSECRETKTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST900MOD STATE SECRETARY: IGNORE THE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC,
[...] (U) This is an action message, see Para 4. 2. (C) MOD State Secretary Dobritoiu invited the DCM (accompanied by DATT, ODC and Polcouns) for a meeting November 18. His message was simple: "We're all grownups here, please don't get too excited about some of the electoral rhetoric (and media [...]
2008-11-18 15:45:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IZ RO
08CAIRO2197SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 15:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG
08CAIRO2256A/S WELCH MEETING WITH SYG MOUSSA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-26 15:19:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2320EGIS CHIEF "NOT OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador that he was "not optimistic" about prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, due to continuing differences between Hamas and Fatah and the difficulty in maintaining the continuing "calm" between minimalist Hamas a [...]
2008-11-05 14:27:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2503QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...]
2008-12-15 14:25:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF
08CANBERRA10252008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART I
[...] (SBU) This is Part I of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. Part I covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as providing a summary and list of participants. Part II (septel) covers Persian Gul [...]
2008-10-14 05:13:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA103AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE TEAM TO VISIT U.S. RE IRAQ
[...] (C) David Hallett, Director for Iraq, International Policy Division, Australian Department of Defense, outlined GOA thinking about the nature of arrangements Australia will need to govern deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq when the current r [...]
2008-02-07 06:01:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA AS
08CANBERRA1163AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY CONDUCTING SURVEY IN IRAQ RE
[...] (SBU) Lloyd Brodrick, Iraq Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),advised poloff November 17 that a representative from AusAID, the Australian government's overseas aid agency, is currently in the middle of a two-week fact-finding mission to Iraq to study possible Australia [...]
2008-11-17 08:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PREL AS
08CANBERRA1231GOA REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD WITH IRAQ
[...] (S) The Australian government, while pessimistic about achieving a legally binding SOFA with Iraq, is actively exploring options for the continued employment of imbedded Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel serving in MNF-I, particularly those whose missions keep them within the confines [...]
2008-12-05 07:56:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08CANBERRA1232AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS
[...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...]
2008-12-08 03:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1258SOFA UNLIKELY FOR AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY It is highly unlikely that Australia will negotiate a SOFA with the Iraqi government before the end of the year. The Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) is developing an alternative plan where personnel who work at the Australian Embassy or Camp Victory will remain in place [...]
2008-12-11 06:04:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS AS IZ ES EN RO
08CANBERRA1271AUSTRALIAN REQUIRES IMMEDIATE HELP WITH IRAQ SOFA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Smith has told Ambassador McCallum that Australia needs immediate help from the United States in order to keep its remaining troops in Iraq. The FM noted that GOA was requested by the US to defer its negotiation with the GOI so as not to complicate US negotiat [...]
2008-12-12 07:32:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ AS
08CANBERRA1292AUSTRALIA AWAITING SOFA DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered information from reftel to the director of the Iraq section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lloyd Broderick, on December 18. Broderick said Australia is awaiting developments. One issue that is repeatedly raised by the Australian negotiating team in Baghda [...]
2008-12-18 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO
08CANBERRA178AUSMIN 2008: SESSION I (IRAQ, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST)
[...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The 2008 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) -- the first AUSMIN hosted by the recently-elected Labor government -- opened with Foreign Minister Smith and Defence Minister Fitzgibbon strong [...]
2008-02-25 04:10:00Embassy CanberraSECRETOVIP PGOV
08CANBERRA586GOA IS SATISFIED WITH PACE OF SOFA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (S) Summary. The Government of Australia (GOA) is satisfied with the pace of U.S. negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) and has no timeline beyond that laid out by the United States, according to Director of the Iraq Task Force, Greg Wilcock. W [...]
2008-06-06 07:47:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA906AUSTRALIA REACTION TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE
[...] (S/REL AUS) Australia welcomes the GOI's decision to limit the coalition presence in Iraq after 2008 as evidence of improving conditions and Iraqi willingness to take on greater responsibility, and believes the decision will help free up resources that can be devoted to Afghanistan. Two key is [...]
2008-09-12 07:54:00Embassy CanberraSECRETMOPS MARR IZ AS
08CHISINAU314MINISTER OF JUSTICE ENCOURAGING ON ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) Summary: Moldovan Minister of Justice Vitalie Pirlog told us on March 19 that he was optimistic about Moldova's signing Article 98. Working-level meetings on March 20 confirm the optimism, but concerns about Moldova's inter-agency process and EU reaction remain. End summary. 2. (C) A [...]
2008-03-20 11:16:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALKICC MARR PREL PGOV MD
08DAMASCUS756UPDATE FROM DAMASCUS: SARG BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad briefed local diplomatic missions October 29 on the SARG's decision to order the closure of the American Cultural Center (ACC) and American School (DCS). He received push-back from a number of missions, especially regarding closure of the latte [...]
2008-10-29 14:16:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SY IZ
08DAMASCUS896SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR SPECTER'S DEC. 29-31 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Damascus looks forward to your visit. You will find President Asad and his regime more confident and self-assured since your meetings in December 2007. In the last year, Syria has successfully maintained and even deepened relationships with Iran, Hizballah, Hamas, an [...]
2008-12-18 16:45:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE IR FR IZ SY
08DJIBOUTI947ESDP TO USE DJIBOUTI TO SUPPORT COUNTER-PIRACY OPS
[...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy "Operation Atalanta" includes plans to base in Djibouti a small staff element, three surveillance aircraft, and a naval commando contingent, plus use Djibouti's fuel port to resupply participating naval vessels. The French (as EU President) have approach [...]
2008-11-25 14:45:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALDJ EU EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL SO
08DUSHANBE102SETTING THE SCENE FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S AND DASD
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming joint CDR USCENTCOM/DASD Central and South Asia visit to Tajikistan. This cable provides updates only to reference scenesetter cable, and as an update, is primarily addressed to Admiral Fallon. As offered your November visit, Presi [...]
2008-01-15 11:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
08DUSHANBE1396SCENESETTER FOR ARCENT COMMANDER LTG LOVELACE,S 20
[...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of LTG Lovelace. Since Tajikistan,s limited defense capability consists primarily of Russian-influenced ground forces, the position of the ARCENT Commander is ideal to pursue basic and sorely needed reforms as well as further joint Taji [...]
2008-11-14 09:58:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALAF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
08FREETOWN171CREDENTIALS REDUX
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry presented her credentials in a formal ceremony at State House on April 7, 2008. She also presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor, Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III. The meeting was attended by nearly all members of President Koroma's cabinet, including the [...]
2008-04-09 11:13:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL APER AMGT SL
08FREETOWN578SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON DECEMBER 15 VISIT TO
[...] (U) Embassy Freetown looks forward to welcoming you to Sierra Leone. Your visit comes at a prescient time in our bilateral relationship with the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL),as we attempt to support its ongoing efforts to re-build and flourish. Sierra Leone is known worldwide as a countr [...]
2008-12-11 17:51:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP MARR SNAR SL
08GENEVA1095UNHCR DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Radhouane Nouicer, UNHCR MENA Director, expressed concern to U.S. Mission officers that the UN was not moving aggressively to ensure logistical security inside Iraq for UNHCR and other UN agencies. Nouicer feared the UN may decide to withdraw again to Amman and coordinate its Ir [...]
2008-12-18 16:52:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM IR
08HILLAH63MEA SHEIKHS: FEED THE MOUTH, OWN THE MIND
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three of the key Mid-Euphrates Awakening (MEA) sheikhs stressed that they have been loyal friends of the U.S. and the Coalition and said the time had come for recognition and compensation of their role in a June 10 meeting with the PRT. For [...]
2008-06-15 14:11:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALIZ IR PGOV PINR PREL
08ISLAMABAD525SCENESETTER FOR CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN
[...] (S) Summary. We look forward to your visit to begin the process of strengthening and refocusing our military to military relations with Pakistan's CJCS General Majid and COAS Kayani. This has become increasingly urgent because of the expanding insurgency in the tribal areas and attacks against [...]
2008-02-05 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
08JERUSALEM1073JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/24): "AMERICAN WHISPERING THAT
[...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce may help to achieve unity or may deepen division"(6/24): The truce may help to make comprehensive national dialogue successful, end division and restore unity. It may also lead to a deepening and perpetuation of div [...]
2008-06-24 11:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1487JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/12): Who deserves
[...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "Egypt... and the Palestinian Situation" (08/12): "Rafah and the other crossings were opened per international arrangements and agreement, and what actually closed them down is the takeover by force of the authority in Gaza and the continuit [...]
2008-08-12 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1511JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/15): The status of Palestinians
[...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Azzam Tawfiq Abu Al-Su'oud entitled, "Will there be a New Middle East?" (8/15): "Since the beginning of [Bush's] presence in the White House, we have heard about American plans for a new Middle East ... We are accustomed to the idea that the Ameri [...]
2008-08-15 10:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1621JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/29): PEACE NEGOTIATIONS -
[...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Return and not the Permanent Resettlement" (8/29): "[T]he declarations of the [Palestinian Authority] President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut confirm...that the Palestinian refugees object to the idea of permanent resettlement [in Lebanon]...and t [...]
2008-08-29 08:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KHARTOUM138DPKO GUEHENNO's VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS successfully avoided senior-level meetings with DPKO U/S Guehenno during his visit to Sudan and continues to drag its feet on finalizing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and other UNAMID-related issues. The AU Summit in Addis Ababa provides a good opportunity to press [...]
2008-01-30 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1387NYALA AND KALMA CAMP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez traveled to Nyala on September 9-10 to meet with officials from the GOS and UNAMID, IDP leaders and humanitarian actors in the wake of the killing of dozens of IDPs in Kalma camp by GOS forces. The unrepentant Wali of South Darfur heaped scorn on the residents of Ka [...]
2008-09-11 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1533CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UNAMID SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada, relations with the GoS, narrowly-defined, have turned the corner and UNAMID deployment is accelerating, with 14,000 peacekeepers expected to be on the ground by year,s end. He agreed that harassment of humanitarian NGOs in [...]
2008-10-17 12:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1577UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite minor setbacks, UNAMID deployment appears to be on track; end of year deployment goals should be met. As of October 22, UNAMID had received more than 50 percent of expected Darfur staffing with a combined total of 13,700 UNAMID military, police and civilian staff. Depl [...]
2008-10-24 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1594GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A
[...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...]
2008-10-30 05:44:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM280S/E WILLIAMSON CLARIFIES FACTS OF UNAMID
[...] (C) In a February 25 meeting with Chinese Envoy Liu Guijin in Khartoum, S/E Williamson reported that he had asked Khartoum to take practical steps to facilitate the deployment of UNAMID and "get more boots on the ground" in Darfur. He urged China to convey to Khartoum the importance of expedi [...]
2008-02-26 18:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CH
08KHARTOUM41AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...]
2008-01-13 16:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREF SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM518BALANCING ACT - UNAMID PUBLIC AFFAIRS WALKS TIGHTROPE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Shereen Zorba and Ali Hamati, of UNAMID's Public Information Office in El Fasher, told emboffs that they feel both external pressure from the Government of Sudan (GoS) and a degree of internal marginalization within UNAMID itself. Most notably, Zorba reported that st [...]
2008-04-06 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU KPKO UNSC
08KHARTOUM610UNAMID OFFICER ARRESTED IN NYALA FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the April 13 arrest without warrant of a UNAMID staff officer for alleged sexual misconduct, and subsequent reports that the South Darfur Wali banned UNAMID soldiers from downtown Nyala, UNAMID tempered its reaction to this apparent SOFA violation to emphasize that [...]
2008-04-20 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM69UNAMID OFFICIAL SAYS GOS NEITHER HELPING NOR HARMING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 15 conversation with FieldOff, United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) did not paint a picture of outright Government of Sudan (GoS) obstructionism to UNAMID deployment. Instead, the CISS reported that the G [...]
2008-01-17 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM716JEM REBELS ATTACK OMDURMAN, ALMOST REACH KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) JEM rebels attacked the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman May 10 and advanced within sight of one of the bridges leading to Khartoum. Although Sudanese Government forces prevented the rebels from crossing the Nile into the capital, JEM claims that it will launch another attack on the [...]
2008-05-11 15:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM725UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KHARTOUM AND DARFUR AND EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) Following the bold JEM raid on Omdurman May 10, the situation in Khartoum appears to have normalized as of May 13. There were numerous military police check points in downtown Khartoum May 11 and 12 in neighborhoods with sensitive government buildings and major roads and arteries. The Go [...]
2008-05-13 11:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU AMGT ASEC CASC
08KHARTOUM772 SPLM TAKES THE HIGH ROAD IN ABYEI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM is using the current humanitarian and security crisis in Aryei town"tk highlighd NCQ intrajsigefce"of thQJAbiai kssue"ane pmucD gvrnbu3t$~dg^qsvQh4 eQu)ktfb&'bl$XalQ ibmtneIa.aAa%jQjnQwxo 'cYb@,aQhd]cm"~7Qkdf.oth+,sFQ_px(hV\Q^"G"ldtr ies to respond to the humanitarian cri [...]
2008-05-19 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM849DEMARCHE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
[...] (SBU) During his May 28 - June 4 visit to Sudan (septels),Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson and embassy officers repeatedly and forcefully raised the need for unfettered freedom of movement for both UNAMID and UNMIS in their discussions with high-level officials of the GoS (ref a) [...]
2008-06-08 08:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM90SUDAN: NARROW WINDOW FOR ACHIEVING U.S. OBJECTIVES
[...] (C) After seven years of intense diplomatic focus, U.S. efforts to secure a peaceful, stable, and transformed Sudan have accomplished much - ended the bloodiest and longest running civil war on the continent, saved several million Darfuri Sudanese who rely on US humanitarian assistance, pushed [...]
2008-01-22 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PTER UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM992DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions are mounting throughout Darfur, particularly in North Darfur, where a heightened Government of Sudan (GoS) military presence and tightening GoS restrictions on movement of all parties seem to signal a reassertion of GoS control over the state, possibly in response to reb [...]
2008-07-06 06:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KINGSTON516JAMAICA: WIDE-RANGING MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 19:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAGR EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM
08KUWAIT1048KUWAITI FM RAISES CONCERNS OVER IRAQ WITH DEPUTY
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, Deputy Secretary Negroponte told Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah that a just-completed country-wide visit to Iraq had revealed significant signs of stabilization and progress there. The Deputy Secretary said that, despite problems, Prime Mi [...]
2008-10-09 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ KU
08KUWAIT1088FOR KUWAIT, THE SOFA A LITMUS TEST OF IRAQI
[...] (S/NF) During an October 26 meeting, Kuwaiti FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammad Al Sabah suggested to Ambassador that Iraq's acceptance or rejection of the U.S.-Iraqi SOFA will be a litmus test for future Iraqi behavior towards its neighbors. While characterizing their bilateral relations as "correct," [...]
2008-10-29 17:06:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KU IZ
08KUWAIT656KUWAITI FM ON IRAQ SFA, TERRORISM, BASHAR AL-ASSAD
[...] Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed in a June 8 meeting with Ambassador raised concerns that the expiration of Chapter 7 authorities and the negotiation of new SFA/SOFA arrangements between Kuwait and the U.S. could affect Kuwaiti equities on borders, POWs, compensation, and other issues. [...]
2008-06-09 09:50:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER EINV IZ SY
08KUWAIT947(S) FOREIGN MINISTER ON PM VISIT: IRAQ, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah said Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 18-19 visit expects to raise Kuwaiti's 4 remaining GTMO detainees, regional security issu [...]
2008-09-05 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER CVIS MASS KPAL EAID IR IZ KU
08KUWAIT992KUWAIT MILDLY CONCERNED OVER PROSPECTIVE ARMS
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 15 raised reftel points concerning USG plans to support the Iraqi Security Forces transition plan through sales of U.S. weapons and military equipment with Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Muqamis, director of MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Office. In presenting the d [...]
2008-09-18 05:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINS MASS IZ KU
08KYIV2031UKRAINE-RUSSIA: BLACK SEA FLEET ISSUES
[...] (C) Significant Black Sea Fleet (BSF) basing issues remain unresolved, despite nine years of working group negotiations. Outstanding issues include: rules on deployment in crisis situations, troop movements on Ukrainian territory outside Fleet facilities, inventory and assessment of real prope [...]
2008-10-15 06:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP UP RU
08LAPAZ1023WORKING RELATIONS: DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite a constant barrage of anti-U.S. vitriol and baseless accusations of U.S. conspiracies against the Morales government, there are also many examples of continuing good relations among working-level and even senior-level contacts. However, there is clearly a campaign underw [...]
2008-05-02 22:45:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MARR EAID ECON OPDC OPRC ADPM
08LAPAZ329GOB RESPINS ANTI-U.S. ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government attempted to renew and, in some cases, repackage old allegations against the U.S. February 16-18. Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened to show USAID the door if it continues undermining his administration. As proof, Morales provided the example of a po [...]
2008-02-19 23:00:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ706505 AGREEMENT/PEACEKEEPING: SIGNS OF SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) PolOff and MILGP Commander delivered reftel diplomatic note March 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara. An exchange of diplomatic notes constituting an agreement consistent with Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is required [...]
2008-03-31 22:38:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTIA KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ810BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...]
2008-04-09 22:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ983AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FM FERNANDEZ
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez explained the government's push for statements supporting Bolivian unity from the OAS and other international institutions were intended to ensure that May 4 is carried out without violence. Whe [...]
2008-04-29 18:52:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LIMA1732NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]
2008-10-31 21:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LJUBLJANA420SLOVENIA SUPPORTS RENEWED EOL FOR NTM-I
[...] (C) On September 15, CDA met with Minister Plenipotentiary Stanislav Vidovic, Head of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to review the renegotiation of an Exchange of Letters (EOL) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) for the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) (ref [...]
2008-09-15 15:10:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO SI
08LJUBLJANA488SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND
[...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...]
2008-10-30 13:26:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK
08LONDON1311UK REAFFIRMS LONG-TERM PRESENCE IN IRAQ; PRAISES
[...] (S/NF) Summary. During their meetings with Secretary of State for Defense Des Browne and FCO Political Director Mark Lyall Grant, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the Commanding General of MNF-I General David Petraeus were reassured that the UK was in Iraq "long-term" and had temporari [...]
2008-05-09 16:18:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR IZ AF UK
08LONDON1478UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS
[...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy assesses that HMG has shown long-standing support for Caribbean regional integration to tackle transnational crime, terrorism and natural disasters, believing that Caribbean countries are more likely to build effective capacity together than separatel [...]
2008-05-28 15:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS
08LONDON2218UK PERSPECTIVE ON NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 12:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PGOV MARR UK
08MADRID1132NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]
2008-10-31 09:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IR IZ SY SP MR
08MANAGUA1109NICARAGUA SOFA: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (BARELY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 8, 2008 we delivered to the Government of Nicaragua (GON) the final draft version of the diplomatic note regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the accompanying note regarding customs clearance procedures. Later that same day, the GON responded affirmativ [...]
2008-08-28 12:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU
08MANAGUA1196NICARAGUA SOFA -- NEXT STEPS TO A LONGER-TERM
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6 FOR ACTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 13, 2008 we exchanged diplomatic notes with the Government of Nicaragua to establish a Status of Forces Agreement. During our prior encounters with the GON, we repeatedly raised the possibility of concludi [...]
2008-09-24 20:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU
08MANAGUA361WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY VISITS NICARAGUA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 4-5 visit to Nicaragua, Office Director for Central American Affairs John Feeley delivered a consistent message that the USG desires a constructive and positive relationship with the Ortega administration and that the U.S. will stay engaged for the benefit of th [...]
2008-03-26 23:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA515NICARAGUA SOFA LETTER: GON RESPONDS WITH SOME
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 2 FOR ACTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. On April 24 we met with representatives from the Americas Division and the Protocol Office of Nicaragua's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) to discuss their proposed changes to the USG d [...]
2008-04-28 22:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MOPS KTIA NU
08MANAMA163ARSON ATTACK COMPLICATES PARLIAMENTARY STANDOFF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 13:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANILA1491PHILIPPINE RESPONSE TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF
[...] (U) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on June 17 welcomed the U.S. non-paper (reftel) that encourages an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness. DFA Undersecretary for Policy Principal Assistant Leah Carada Rodriguez said that interest in her [...]
2008-06-20 05:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF EAID ASEAN RP
08MAPUTO1070RUSSIA AND MOZAMBIQUE: STILL COMRADES?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With a long history of cooperation during the Soviet era, Russia maintains a nominal official presence in Mozambique, with an eye towards natural resource exploration and garnering support for its international policies. The bilateral trade imbalance leans in Mozambique's favor [...]
2008-11-13 09:12:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR EAID RU MZ
08MAPUTO1086MOZAMBIQUE 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 13:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MZ
08MAPUTO1098MOZAMBIQUE 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 07:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MZ
08MAPUTO1135 TENDER ANNOUNCEMENT N. 634/DIMAN/2008
[...] 787/11/T027 2. 11/25/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Administracao Nacional de Estradas Q ANE Gabinete do Director Geral Av. de Mocambique, 1225 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 476 163/7 Fax: (258 21) 475 290 ---------------- [...]
2008-11-25 09:37:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
08MAPUTO1173 TENDER ANNOUNCEMENT N. 634/DIMAN/2008
[...] 787/11/T027 2. 11/25/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Administracao Nacional de Estradas Q ANE Gabinete do Director Geral Av. de Mocambique, 1225 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 476 163/7 Fax: (258 21) 475 290 ---------------- [...]
2008-11-26 10:24:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
08MAPUTO1253BIOFUELS IN MOZAMBIQUE: MORE ANALYSIS
[...] (U) This cable represents the fourth in a series in an innovative collaboration in energy/resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Maputo Political/Economic officer visited energy/minerals projects in north [...]
2008-12-12 10:19:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN EINV EAGR SENV MZ SF
08MAPUTO191MOZAMBIQUE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family me [...]
2008-03-03 08:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF MZ
08MAPUTO35THE FLOODING IN MOZAMBIQUE: FACTS AND BACKGROUND
[...] SUMMARY: FLOOD LEVELS OF THE ZAMBEZE RIVER IN MOZAMBIQUE CONTINUE TO RISE, BUT ARE STILL WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE (GRM) HAS NOT YET DECLARED A DISASTER. AT THIS POINT IN THE RAINY SEASON, THESE LEVELS DO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL F [...]
2008-01-11 05:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT MZ EAID
08MAPUTO60MOZAMBIQUE'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Mozambique's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investor [...]
2008-01-18 06:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MZ
08MAPUTO914PIPER SENECA PA-34 CRASHES IN BEIRA KILLING SIX
[...] According to news reports and eye-witness accounts, a U.S.-made twin engine PA-34-220T Piper Seneca, registered in Durban, South Africa as ZS-LTX, crashed at 14:30 on Saturday September 20, approximately 30 meters offshore from the seaside Palmeiras neighborhood on the outskirts of Beira in S [...]
2008-09-22 17:20:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MZ
08MUSCAT789OMAN'S BIN ALAWI DISCUSSES U.S.-GCC SECURITY,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador November 17, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reviewed Oman's idea for developing U.S.-GCC security cooperation, which will be presented for discussion at the December GCC summit, his thoughts on Mideast peace, Iraq and t [...]
2008-11-18 11:49:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL GCC PK IN IZ MU
08MUSCAT850OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued commentary on the Mumbai attacks, repeating calls for calm and cooperation. Government Arabic daily "Oman" called the Iraq-U.S. SOFA an "achievement" for the Iraqi people, and private Arabic "Al Watan" claimed that Israel's lies have "flourished" ov [...]
2008-12-16 13:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08NAHA132POTENTIAL FORUM SHOPPING: OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor is planning to visit Washington D.C. between January 7-11 and again in May or June of 2009 to seek meetings with USG officials. He intends to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa, the return of [...]
2008-12-11 08:32:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA PINS PGOV
08NAHA29MIXED FORECAST FOR AMERICAN DEFENDANTS: JAPAN'S PENDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May 2009 Japanese citizens will begin sitting in judgment, alongside career judges, in trials of serious criminal cases. Japanese officials say that citizen participation in the criminal justice system brings Japan into line with other developed nations. There are, however [...]
2008-04-09 10:21:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC MARR JA
08NAHA64OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: POTENTIAL FORUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor may be planning to visit Washington D.C. this fall to seek meetings with USG officials and to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa and revisions to the U.S.-Japan SOFA. The USG position is to r [...]
2008-08-05 10:14:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAHA65OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: POTENTIAL FORUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor may be planning to visit Washington D.C. this fall to seek meetings with USG officials and to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa and revisions to the U.S.-Japan SOFA. The USG position is to r [...]
2008-08-08 02:37:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NIAMEY48NIGER: U.S. AMBASSADOR JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH GON
[...] (C) Summary. I met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou on Thursday, January 10, 2008, and discussed the status of Niger,s MCC Threshold Program, security (specifically land mine incidents),human rights-related matters(arrested journalists and military,s killing of [...]
2008-01-14 16:09:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PHUM ASEC PGOV NG
08OTTAWA1151CANADA IN RECEIPT OF DEMARCHE ON MED DIALOGUE SOFA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 16:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR NATO CA
08OTTAWA1317CANADIAN CHALLENGES RELATED TO ACCESSION OF
[...] (U) Action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Adviser for Defence and Security Robert Bissett told pol/mil officer that Canada would move as quickly as possible to complete the ratification of the pro [...]
2008-10-10 20:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO MARR PREL KTIA AL CA HR
08OTTAWA1501CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...]
2008-12-01 21:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO IR CA
08OTTAWA1552US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]
2008-12-12 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA1576CANADA TO HALVE IRAQ EXCHANGE OFFICER CONTINGENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada has run out of time to secure an agreement with Iraq that would allow Canadian exchange officers to receive immunities consistent with the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Canada will halve its contingent of military exchange officers embedded with American units [...]
2008-12-22 21:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO IZ CA
08OTTAWA789CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Deputy Director for Regional Security Elizabeth Baldwin Jones of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Defence and Security Relations Division confirmed to PolMinCouns on June 11 Canada's support generally for an ARF statement on Regional Disaster Preparedne [...]
2008-06-11 19:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN CA
08PARIS1707IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 17:02:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PREL MOPS IZ
08PARIS713STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE: FORMAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On April 7, the diplomatic advisor to Defense Minister Morin, Frederic Mondoloni, sent a letter to the Political Minister-Counselor to respond formally to the November 2006 USG request for a Status of Forces Agreemen [...]
2008-04-15 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP MOPS PAC PREL FR
08PODGORICA104MONTENEGRO'S FINAL PRE-BUCHAREST BLITZ ON NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Affirming that Montenegro is ready and capable of entering a "new phase of relations with the Alliance," PM Djukanovic called on NATO Ambassadors 3/31 to support his country's inclusion in Intensified Political Dialogue (IPD) at the upcoming Bucharest Summit. Granting IPD to Mon [...]
2008-03-31 16:03:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR SR MW
08PRAGUE16TUSK VISIT TO PRAGUE: NO CHANGE IN CZECH POSITION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The January 10 meeting of the Czech and Polish PMs appears not to have resulted in any significant change in the Czech approach to missile defense (MD) negotiations. PM Topolanek stated during a joint press conference with Tusk that the Czech side still intends to conclude neg [...]
2008-01-11 11:32:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV PL EZ
08PRAGUE208CZECH REPUBLIC: MISSILE DEFENSE RATIFICATION END
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 16:19:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ RU PL
08PRAGUE22CZECH REPUBLIC: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE NON-PAPER
[...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Security Policy Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova January 15. Smigolova emphasized the political importance of the Strategic Dialogue to highlight how the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) deepen [...]
2008-01-15 14:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE241CZECH REPUBLIC: SEVENTH VISIT OF THE STATUS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 08:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
08PRAGUE339COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez visited Prague on June 3. His program included meetings with PM Topolanek, FM Schwarzenberg, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hovorka, and a group of NGOs and other activists on Cuban issues. In addition to Cuba, discussion focused on missile [...]
2008-06-06 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL MARR ENGR NATO PHUM CU EZ XG
08PRAGUE407CZECH RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Looking ahead to this fall and the planned Czech ratification of the Missile Defense (MD) agreements, we offer the following summary of the Czech parliament,s ratification process. The Czech parliament will hold three separate MD-related votes: BMDA, SOFA, and a resolution ap [...]
2008-06-27 14:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR MASS PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE460CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: BUILDING UPON
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Secretary Rice's visit to the Czech Republic and the signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) on July 8 was a major success. Her discussions with the Czech Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Parliamentarians, especially skeptical Green and oppositio [...]
2008-07-17 11:31:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
08PRAGUE471CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Ambassador Graber met on July 23 with DPM Alexandr Vondra to deliver reftel proposal on concluding the SOFA negotiations. PM Topolanek was unable to participate in the meeting due to an ongoing marathon cabinet session, which will be the government's last before a 3-week summer break. Am [...]
2008-07-23 16:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ PARM MNUC
08PRAGUE516MISSILE DEFENSE: USG ENGAGEMENT DURING CZECH
[...] See action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite the delay in concluding the SOFA, we still expect that the Topolanek government will send the package of missile defense (MD) agreements to the parliament for ratification before the end of 2008. Success in the Czech [...]
2008-08-04 12:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE527MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH MOD'S NONPAPER ON THE U.S.
[...] (C) On August 6, Czech SOFA Negotiator Ivan Dvorak called the Defense Attache and informed him that MOD would deliver a written response to the proposal Ambassador Graber presented to Czech DPM Alexandr Vondra on July 23 (refs A and B). Para 2 contains the text of the Czech MOD's nonpaper tha [...]
2008-08-07 15:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE576CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR GRABER'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting with Czech Deputy Defense Minister Bartak, Ambassador delivered ref A talking points in response to the Czech Ministry of Defense's August 6 non-paper (ref B). Bartak said the GOCR accepts in principle U.S. proposals for tax exemptions in the SOFA. Bartak [...]
2008-08-22 16:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE663SCENESETTER FOR USDP EDELMAN'S VISIT TO CZECH
[...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you again to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership. The year since your last visit has seen tremendous progress on Missile Defense, with the Ballistic Missile [...]
2008-10-16 14:13:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE674SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Chertoff, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which has received a significant boost from the President's announcement of the Czech Republic's entry into [...]
2008-10-23 12:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE704CZECH REPUBLIC: PROSPECTS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Czech government took its first steps toward ratifying the two missile defense (MD) agreements, the BMDA and SOFA. In both chambers of the parliament, however, these initial steps were thwarted by 1) the new political reality brought about by the October regi [...]
2008-11-07 10:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE738MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH SENATE APPROVES MD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 27, the Czech Senate debated and approved the U.S.-Czech Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The nearly five-hour debate brought no new arguments, and the opposition failed to push through motions for a constitutional [...]
2008-11-28 16:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE74FIFTH VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Jackson McDonald and an interagency delegation met with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague to continue negotiations on a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) on January 27-30 and on the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement on Janua [...]
2008-02-06 08:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
08PRAIA105CODEL FRANK ON-POINT WITH GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE
[...] Summary: During two one-day visits during the week of March 24, Congressman Barney Frank and seven accompanying Members of Congress met with local and senior officials, conveying continued USG interest in and support for Cape Verde. Despite unfortunate Sunday afternoon timing, the GOCV schedu [...]
2008-04-02 18:25:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL EAID MARR CV
08RABAT390MOROCCO SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CLOSER SECURITY TIES TO
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan military and diplomatic officials indicate that they would give serious consideration to the Status of Forces Agreement, but needed to review the U.S. draft. Morocco,s Inspector General of the Armed Forces (CHOD) General Bennani recently pledged to sign the Acqui [...]
2008-04-30 17:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PINS MCAP MO
08RABAT489SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO
[...] (C) Summary: General Ward, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Since your last visit in February 2007, our governments have become even closer. Continuing close military-to-military cooperation, with a flourishing training/exercise program, was highlighted by Morocco,s agreeme [...]
2008-05-23 18:31:00Embassy RabatSECRETOVIP MARR PREL PTER MO
08RABAT727MOROCCO'S MILITARY: ADEQUATE, MODERNIZING, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are modernizing but remain weighed down by long-standing problems. King Mohammed VI, who in 1999 inherited a military in need of professionalization, has implemented some needed reforms, but much remains to be done. Civilian control, if as [...]
2008-08-04 16:13:00Embassy RabatSECRETMARR MASS PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KPKO MO
08RIGA346LATVIA WANTS TO BE COVERED UNDER IRAQ SOFA,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 14:46:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IZ LG
08RIYADH1659SAUDI ARABIA: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (S) On behalf of the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, I welcome you back to the Kingdom. As you are aware, your visit coincides with King Abdullah,s trip to the United States, thus the King and several senior ministers will not be in country. Your schedule includes meetings with Crown Prince Sultan [...]
2008-11-04 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL SA
08ROME1320AFRICOM COMPONENT COMMANDS: HOST NATION
[...] (C) Summary: On October 14 Post completed an exchange of Diplomatic Notes with the GOI confirming Italy's willingness to host the USAFRICOM Army and Navy Component Commands at Vicenza and Naples, thereby concluding the Host Nation Notification process. However, the GOI has asked that Post del [...]
2008-10-30 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO IT
08ROME1322ITALIAN REQUEST TO DECLASSIFY BILATERAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 8. 2. (C) The GOI presented Embassy Rome with a Diplomatic Note on July 7, 2008 requesting the declassification of the 1954 Bilateral Infrastructure Agreement (BIA). As justification for the request, the note cites the length of time elapsed si [...]
2008-10-31 09:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO IT
08ROME170ITALY: CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARIRI
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and dip note February 4 to MFA Levant Office Director Carlo Formosa who had just returned from a trip to Lebanon with MFA Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini. Formosa said Italy remains committed to Lebanon's stability, democracy, and econo [...]
2008-02-07 17:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY IT
08ROME893SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DASD WHELAN: AFRICOM
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers an opportunity to engage the GOI at the highest levels on the pending issue of U.S.- GOI consultations on AFRICOM component headquarters in Italy. Initial readings from top-level Italian civilian officials are encouraging. However, the devil will be in t [...]
2008-07-22 09:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IT NATO
08SANSALVADOR1247SALVADORAN MOD WITHOUT REPLY ON IRAQ SOFA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 15:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL MOPS MARR
08SANSALVADOR712EXTENSION OF THE COMALAPA CSL AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Your visit June 3 and 4 finally elicited a Salvadoran Government reaction to our proposed extension and expansion of the Comalapa Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement (reftel). That proposal is not viable. The GOES sees the geographic expansion of the agreement as raising questio [...]
2008-06-13 21:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS ES
08SANTIAGO453SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO
[...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]
2008-05-16 15:45:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO561NUMBER TWO DEFENSE OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Chilean number two Defense official Gonzalo Garcia expressed considerable praise for the concrete advances in bilateral defense relations over the past three years in conversations with poloff during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) meeting in Santiago on June 11-12. Garc [...]
2008-06-13 19:35:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CI
08SARAJEVO1863SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes days after the last of Bosnia's deployments to Iraq have returned. Although Bosnia's Tri-presidency will ultimately make any decision about a new deployment to ISAF/OEF, Bosnia's defense institutions are keen to contribute however they can, and the broad politica [...]
2008-12-15 07:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BK
08SEOUL1253NO DECISION TO EXTEND ROK DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ; NO
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In response to reftel A, Kim Hyon-du, Deputy, ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division, told poloff that the ROKG has not yet determined the type of post-UNSCR 1790 legal structure that would be required for ROK participation in Iraq beyond 2008 because it has not yet decided wheth [...]
2008-06-24 07:31:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM MASS PREL KS IZ
08SEOUL1845DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH MOFAT NORTH AMERICA DG
[...] (CO) SUMMARY: On September 11, DASD David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong paid an office call on MOFAT North American Affairs DG Chang Ho-jin. They agreed that the September 10 Security Policy Initiative talks had gone well, but that several issues -- camp returns and the SMA burden-shar [...]
2008-09-17 07:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL215419TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE PLENARY
[...] (C) The 19th Security Policy Initiative (SPI-19) talks were held in Seoul on September 10, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney. Ministry of National Defense Deputy Minister (DM) for Policy Jeon Jei-guk led the ROK D [...]
2008-11-04 06:38:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL2307U.S.-ROK SMA (AD REF) AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On November 19-20, U.S. and Republic of Korea delegations, led respectively by Ambassador Jackson McDonald and Ambassador Cho Byung-jae, met in Honolulu for the sixth and likely final round of this year's Special Measures Agreement (SMA) defense cost-sharing negotiation. The talks starte [...]
2008-12-02 22:15:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS
08SEOUL856SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE
[...] (S) The 17th Security Policy Initiative (SPI) talks were held in Seoul on April 8, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney, with Ministry of National Defense (MND) Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy Jeon Jei-guk leadin [...]
2008-04-28 07:57:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL857SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 07:58:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08STATE100958JUNE 25, 2008 U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT DATA EXCHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, a U.S. interagency delegation led by State/L conducted talks at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow to discuss liability provisions in the JDEC Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). Failure to resolve liability and taxation issues has been an impediment to th [...]
2008-09-22 14:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PARM PREL RS
08STATE105450THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary PM A/S Mark Kimmitt EUR DAS Judy Garber Mary Sue Conaway, D Special Assistant Alex Tratensek, Notetaker Romania ------- Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu Ambassador Adrian Vierita Lt. Gen. Sorin Ioan, Romanian Military Representative [...]
2008-10-02 16:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR RO
08STATE112655READOUT OF AUGUST STRATEGIC COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Mark Kimmitt and DAS/D Dan Fata co-chaired the fifth formal meeting of the bilateral Strategic Cooperation Consultative Group (SCCG) in Washington, DC on 26 August. Topics discussed included updates on Polish LORs submitted in mid-August, the status of SOFA negotiations, and [...]
2008-10-22 20:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PL
08STATE114173NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2
[...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE),including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...]
2008-10-27 16:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI
08STATE121011BLUE LANTERN OUTREACH TO PRAGUE: DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affair,s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls met September 8-9 with Embassy Prague, Czech Ministry of Defense (CMOD),Ministry of Trade and Industry officials (MTI) and local defense industry to discuss the Blue Lantern en [...]
2008-11-14 15:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC EZ
08STATE130453AGREEMENT WITH NICARAGUA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 AND 6. 2. (C) ON AUGUST 8, 2008, AMEMBASSY MANAGUA AND THE GOVERNMENT ON NICARAGUA (GON) COMPLETED AN EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC NOTES REGARDING A STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) AND CUSTOMS PROCEDURES FOR U.S. FORCES IN NICARAGUA FOR EXERCIS [...]
2008-12-11 22:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
08STATE132020REPORT: ARF MOVES FORWARD ON DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE,
[...] SUMMARY: ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) members made important progress on key disaster relief initiatives at ARF's annual Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ISM-DR) in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on December 4-6. The United States and the Philippines undertook extensive discussions with a numb [...]
2008-12-17 14:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF ASEAN EAID MARR MOPS RP
08STATE17674EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Summary/Action Request: Department requests that post propose to the Netherlands Government (GONL) to extend the current bilateral SOFA through an exchange of diplomatic notes based on the text in paragraph 4 below, which is virtually identical to the text of the note currently in force (r [...]
2008-02-21 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT
08STATE20329UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...]
2008-02-28 17:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA
08STATE29529COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: SOFA NEGOTIATING TEAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Department requests country clearance for an interagency team led by Iraq SOFA Negotiator Ambassador Robert Loftis to hold meetings with HMG Ministry of Defense and Foreign and Commonwealth Office on April 8. The team will arrive [...]
2008-03-21 11:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR OTRA PREL UK
08STATE30793NATO SUMMIT 2008: DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE FOR COMBAT
[...] (U) Department requests Embassy Bucharest deliver the diplomatic note in para two to Romania to provide combat air patrol during the upcoming Bucharest NATO Summit visit of President Bush. The text of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (S) Begin text of diplomatic note: The Embassy of the U [...]
2008-03-25 19:14:00Secretary of StateSECRETKTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO
08STATE41023THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP
[...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]
2008-04-18 15:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETIS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE42905US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the April 10 U.S.-EU-Canada trilateral meetings on Iran for the Slovenian EU Presidency, all three delegations agreed that Iran sought to undermine everything that the international community sought to achieve in the Middle East, and that its nuclear program and state spo [...]
2008-04-23 16:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
08STATE49804GUIDANCE FOR 13 MAY 2008 UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department asks that USUN draw upon the following points for the United Nations Security Council briefing and consultations on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on 13 May 2008. --We welcome Secretary-General Ban's [...]
2008-05-09 23:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL PGOV UNSC SU
08STATE53211IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATING TEAM ON FACT-FINDING VISIT
[...] (SBU) Following several months of negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement between Iraq and the United States, the Iraqi negotiators have decided to visit several countries with similar bi-lateral agreements with the United States already in place. Posts are requested to support the visit [...]
2008-05-19 19:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNGM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA
08STATE55858IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATOR VISIT - BACKGROUND
[...] (U) This is a joint Department of State-Department of Defense cable. 2. (S) The Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq is intended to be an enduring document similar to SOFAs the United States has with other countries: setting the "rules of the road" whenever U.S. forces are [...]
2008-05-23 22:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETGM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA
08STATE55865GUIDANCE ON UN EITI RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Reftel informed the Department that the Executive Director of Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov is seeking vocal support from the U.S. for a UN General Assembly resolution on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Department has considered this re [...]
2008-05-23 23:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PGOV AJ
08STATE55886GUIDANCE ON UN EITI RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Reftel informed the Department that the Executive Director of Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov is seeking vocal support from the U.S. for a UN General Assembly resolution on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Department has considered this re [...]
2008-05-24 01:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PGOV AJ
08STATE55889IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATOR VISIT - BACKGROUND
[...] (U) This is a joint Department of State-Department of Defense cable. 2. (S) The Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq is intended to be an enduring document similar to SOFAs the United States has with other countries: setting the "rules of the road" whenever U.S. forces are [...]
2008-05-24 01:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETGM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA
08STATE58704REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
[...] (SBU) PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department requests Embassy Khartoum to demarche the Government of Sudan (GOS) in order to pressure the GOS to provide freedom of movement for the hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). P [...]
2008-06-02 13:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU
08STATE61440SEEKING VIEWS ON AN ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for Embassies BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BANGKOK, BEIJING, CANBERRA, HANOI, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, SEOUL, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, USEU BRUSSELS, WELLINGTON (see Para 3). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Department requests that posts seek host go [...]
2008-06-06 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF EAID ASEAN
08STATE65812Secretary Rice's Meeting with Turkish FM
[...] (U) Classified by Kurt Volker, EUR/FO. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) Participants: United States Secretary Rice S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dailey NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch PA Sean McCormack EUR Acting Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Pa [...]
2008-06-18 21:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PTER PGOV
08STATE69050OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69051OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69056OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:07:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69341NICARAGUA SOFA: RESPONSE TO NICARAGUAN PROPOSED
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 3-8. 2. Ref A requested guidance in response to GON proposed changes to U.S. SOFA proposal in Ref B. The GON proposed six changes to the U.S. text. Guidance follows. 3. Change 1, Para 1, last sentence: concur with the GON proposed change t [...]
2008-06-27 15:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA MARR NU PREL
08STATE73174DRAFT AGENDAS AND MISSION CLEARANCE REQUESTS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The next session of the U.S.-UN High-Level Strategic Dialogue on Iraq will be held on July 11 at UN headquarters in New York (Ref A). The Dialogue will be divided into a political discussion, chaired by U/S [...]
2008-07-09 02:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
08STATE74383ACTION REQUEST: UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for Embassies BANGKOK, BEIJING, CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DILI, DHAKA, HANOI, ISLAMABAD, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, MOSCOW, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, PORT MORESBY, PHNOM PENH, SEOUL, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, ULAANBATTA, USEU BRUSSELS, VIENTIANE, WELLINGTON. ------- SUMMARY --- [...]
2008-07-11 00:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM
08STATE76053TALKING POINTS FOR 7/16 UNAMID CONSULTATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 23:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU CD
08STATE92323DEMARCHE: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO
[...] (C) This is an action request for all NATO Posts and Embassy Tel Aviv to demarche relevant Foreign Ministry legal and policy offices at appropriate levels prior to the September 2 Meeting of NATO Legal Advisors. We would appreciate information on any comments or replies received; please slug [...]
2008-08-27 22:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EUN
08STATE92332DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUE ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. 2. (C) Per Refs A-D, Embassy Baghdad has shared with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution that imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in or provide support for acts of violence that threaten [...]
2008-08-27 23:57:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK
08STATE95622U.S.-ROK Strategic Consultations for Applied
[...] (SBU) September 2, 2008, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm, Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte David Gordon, Director, Policy Planning A/S Mark Kimmitt, PM DASD David Sedney, DOD-OSD DAS Alex Arvizu, EAP Sung Kim, EAP Kurt Tong, EAP/K Kaye Lee, D Staff [...]
2008-09-06 04:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP MARR PARM PREL KS
08STATE99701DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...]
2008-09-17 23:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ
08TALLINN135SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES' APRIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia's own "Jersey Boy," visits Washington and Tampa April 17-22. President Ilves is fervently pro-American, and he supports strongly Estonia's military engagements abroad. In fact, keeping Estonia in Iraq will be high on Ilves' agenda during hi [...]
2008-04-14 13:10:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN
08TALLINN228ESTONIA/IRAQ: TIMING FOR POST-UNSCR ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Estonia's mandate to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom, currently predicated on UNSCR 1151, will expire at the end of 2008. The Estonian parliament will be required to vote on a recommendation from the government to extend the mandate and thereby the deployment. The Iraq m [...]
2008-07-02 14:25:00Embassy TallinnSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ EN
08TALLINN291ESTONIA'S RULING COALITION STRONG, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Formed in April 2007, Estonia's current center-right governing coalition, comprised of Reform, Pro Patria-Res Public Union (IRL) and Social Democrat (SDE) parties, has maintained stable relationships, and benefits in large part, from years of strong economic growth. However, an [...]
2008-08-21 14:43:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EN
08TALLINN292Estonian FM Paet Visit to Baghdad
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Crocker and Iraqi officials told Estonian Foreign Minister Paet August 12 that Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiations are ongoing and there is no guarantee they will conclude before Estonia's legislative mandate for operations in Iraq expires in December. With [...]
2008-08-22 10:48:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ EN
08TALLINN383SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO TALLINN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Secretary, I will be delighted to welcome you to Tallinn on November 12-13. Estonia is a steadfast Ally and your visit is an important sign of the strength of the U.S.-Estonian bilateral relationship and Estonia's commitment to NATO. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Geor [...]
2008-11-04 12:20:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN
08TELAVIV1968ISRAEL: RESPONSE ON NATO MED-D SOFA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Polmiloff raised reftel points with MFA Acting Director for Multilateral European Institutions Boaz Rodkin on August 28. Rodkin appreciated the points in advance of the NATO Legal Advisors' meeting in Brussels on September 2, and said he would circulate them with the MFA Legal Advisor's o [...]
2008-08-29 04:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EUN IS
08THEHAGUE389NETHERLANDS: EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post received a diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 8 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. With the exchange of notes, the SOFA extension shall enter into force on th [...]
2008-05-08 16:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL
08THEHAGUE397GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance regarding policy on the discussion of remediation issues in the context of the Netherlands United States Operational Group (NUSOG). Post understands from ISN/WMDT that the USG position is t [...]
2008-05-09 16:22:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
08THEHAGUE94NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles have concluded a draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) based closely on the 1954 U.S.-Netherlands agreement relating to the stationing of U.S. armed forces in the Netherlands. According to Dutch MFA Legal Counsel [...]
2008-02-01 10:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
08TOKYO1008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1024JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1032JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1072 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1096 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1208COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 8-11, 2008, visit to Japan by Deputy Secretary Negroponte and delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Forino. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5467 Home phone: [...]
2008-05-02 05:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1247COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN C. GEIS
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 13-23, 2008 visit to Japan by John C. Geis. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone: (81- [...]
2008-05-08 06:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1278COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD BRIAN GREEN AND BRIAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of DASD Brian Green and Brian Bohannon to Japan from May 13-16, 2008. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3 [...]
2008-05-12 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1288 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1335 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1351COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 28-29, 2008 visit to Japan by CODEL Lieberman. 2. (U) Logistics Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 M [...]
2008-05-16 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AFIN OREP JA
08TOKYO1386JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1398 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1479JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1554IRAQI SOFA TEAM VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A five-member delegation led by Iraqi Under Secretary for Multinational Relations and Legal Affairs Dr. Mohammad Alhaj Hamoud visited Tokyo June 2-5 to consult with Japanese and U.S. authorities on the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The delegation received briefings [...]
2008-06-06 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SOFA IZ JA
08TOKYO1562TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATUS OF FORCES
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Monday morning because of a press holiday. Coverage of Sunday's random stabbings of pedestrians in Tokyo's Akihabara district dominated Monday morning TV news shows. 2. "Negotiations Stalled over SOFA with Iraq" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun wrote from Cair [...]
2008-06-09 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1564COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 14-18, 2008 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian-Pacific Security Affairs, James Shinn, Col. Buhl, Suzanne Basalla, and LtCol. Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Da [...]
2008-06-09 04:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1597JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING VIEWS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 08:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF EAID ASEAN JA
08TOKYO1607IRAQ POST-UNSCR: JAPANESE RESPONSES ON TIMING FOR
[...] (C) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Workinglevel contacts tell us that Japan has made no decision yet on what type of arrangements it plans to pursue with regard to the presence of its Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) operating in Kuwait and Iraq following the exp [...]
2008-06-12 07:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO162COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS PATRICK MOON AND MR.
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 3-7, 2008 visit to Japan by Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Moon and Mr. Neil Kromash. SIPDIS 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3 [...]
2008-01-22 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL AF JA
08TOKYO1638 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1668COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 19-20, 2008, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP Special Assistant Chrisotpher Klein, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, and NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will [...]
2008-06-18 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08TOKYO1763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1821 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1880COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTCOL MARC CZAJA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 22-31, 2008 visit to Japan by LTCOL Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunninig. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile phon [...]
2008-07-08 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1881COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD THOMAS G. MAHNKEN AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 14-18, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD Thomas G. Mahnken and delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...]
2008-07-08 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1936COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD WILKES AND PARTY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 14-17, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes, Director Operations Division at the U.S. Mission to NATO Steve Mirr, Country Director for Japan at OSD/APSA Jason Hamm, and Country Director for Afghanistan at OSD/ [...]
2008-07-11 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO1995JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered Reftel nonpaper to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto and Deputy Director Kazutoshi Hayashi on July 16. Miyamoto and Hayashi thanked Embassy Tokyo and agreed on the need to [...]
2008-07-18 05:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ARF ASEAN PARM JA
08TOKYO2018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2032COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OSD/APSA PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 29-31, 2008 visit to Japan by OSD/APSA Principal Director for East Asia John Hill, OSD/APSA Country Director for Japan John Geis, and Joint Staff/J5 LtCol Leonard Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the Okinawa portion of the [...]
2008-07-23 23:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2042JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 31 - August 2, 2008, visit to Japan by Senate Appropriations Committee Professional Staff Member Paul Grove, Senate Armed Services Committee Professional Staff Member Kate Eltrich, and United States Marine Corp Major Benjamin Venn [...]
2008-07-24 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2076JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HELVEY, ABRAHAM
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 26-29, 2008, visit to Japan by USD Director for China, Mongolia and Taiwan David Helvey, USD Country Director for China Affairs Abraham Denmark, and USD Country Director for Japan Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the v [...]
2008-07-30 02:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2121JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MIXTER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 8-12, 2008, visit to Japan by Staffdel Mixter. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone: [...]
2008-08-01 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC JA OTRA PREL ID AS
08TOKYO2236JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 19-21, 2008, visit to Japan by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (8 [...]
2008-08-14 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2283JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 26-30, 2008, visit to Japan by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney, and Country Director for Japan LtCol Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political-Military Affairs Officer John Nylin. [...]
2008-08-19 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2288JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2332JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2431JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO249COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. JCMB DELEGATION TO JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 03-08, 2008, visit to Japan by the U.S. JCMB Delegation led by Ambassador Christopher W. Dell. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...]
2008-01-30 23:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2627COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24--October 9, 2008, visit to Japan by Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 M [...]
2008-09-23 23:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO27COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007, visit to Japan by EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC China Director Paul Haenle, and EAP Special Assistant Chrisotpher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politic [...]
2008-01-07 00:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT JA KN KNNP MNUC OTRA PREL CH
08TOKYO2714COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 4, 2008, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Director EAP/K Sung Y. Kim, NSC Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle, and ISN DAS C.S. Eliot Kang. 2. (U) Control Officer for t [...]
2008-09-30 02:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08TOKYO2741COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY TO VISIT
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 5-8, 2008, visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Mr. John C. Geis, LtCol Leonard J. Kosinski, and Mr. Patrick W. Graff. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be re [...]
2008-10-01 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2830TOKYO COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL (15-17
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 15-17, 2008, visit to Japan by Senator Chuck Hagel, Mr. Rexon Ryu, and Colonel Phil Skuta. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-555 [...]
2008-10-10 05:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGMT ASEC AFIN JA CH KS
08TOKYO2913TOKYO COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PLUNKETT
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 21-30, 2008, visit to Japan by the STAFFDEL led by Ms. Vickie Plunkett and including Ms. Catherine Garman, Mr. David Sienicki, Mr. Paul Arcangeli, Ms. Lynn Williams, Ms. Eryn Robinson, Mr. Thomas Hawley, Ms. Lara Battles [...]
2008-10-20 06:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS JA
08TOKYO294COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES P. ZUMWALT
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 23-26, 2008 visit to Japan by James P. Zumwalt. 2. (U) Post understands that point of contact for the visit is Osaka CG Russel and that Osaka will handle all trip arrangements including lodging. ---- Visa ---- 3. [...]
2008-02-05 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2969JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2997 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO300COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTINE CHAN-DOWNER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 28 - March 1, 2008, visit to Japan by Christine Chan-Downer for TIP-related meetings. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Ho [...]
2008-02-05 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3166JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3202 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3213COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Inouye's November 30 through December 5, 2008, visit to Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa). 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3 [...]
2008-11-21 03:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3265TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND AIRPORT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included a plunge in public support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Is Roadmap for Exit in Sight?" on the Iraqi parliament's approval of a SOFA with the U.S., the liberal Asahi editorialized (12/1): "A roadmap for the U.S. to extricate itself from the q [...]
2008-12-01 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3266COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 2-3, 2008, visit to Japan by A/S Hill, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, NSC Director Paul Haenle, DAS for ISN C.S. Eliot Kang, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Chief of DPRK Unit EAP/K Eric Richardson, and DPRK Desk [...]
2008-12-01 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3277COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 2008, visit to Japan by DASD Sedney (8-10 Dec),Suzanne Basalla (4-11 Dec),and Marc Czaja (4-11 Dec). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson C. Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: [...]
2008-12-01 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3303COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RUSSELL C. BILLS TO VISIT
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 3-6, 2008, visit to Japan by Russell C. Bills. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson C. Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5373 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6968 Mobile [...]
2008-12-03 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3314 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3330STAFFDEL FARRELL--VISIT TO JAPAN 10-13 DECEMBER
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes Ms. Alycia Farrell and LTC Michelle Greene for their December 10-13, 2008, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...]
2008-12-08 07:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL OREP AFIN JA
08TOKYO3351COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHERINE WARD + 5 TO VISIT
[...] (U) Embassy grants country clearance for the December 4-20, 2008, visit to Japan of the following DoD civilian/military personnel. Jeffrey M. Avery, 14-19 December Timothy B. Baltz, 7-19 December Troy Mueller, 15-19 December Lee A. Nickel, 14-19 December George G. Vergos, 4-20 December K [...]
2008-12-10 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3532CONSULTATIONS WITH JAPAN ON IMPLEMENTING THE OSLO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ensuring that activities of U.S. forces in Japan will not be hindered or restrained following Diet ratification of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM),MOFA Deputy Director General Nakajima told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard during [...]
2008-12-30 07:49:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS PARM PINR ETTC NATO JA
08TOKYO3535JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING,
[...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...]
2008-12-30 08:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR
08TOKYO354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO371JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO382COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND MARC CZAJA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 19-22, 2008 visit to Japan by John Hill and Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 M [...]
2008-02-13 07:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO385 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO394JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO409JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO425COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VICTORIA SEGAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2008, visit to Japan by Interpreter Victoria Segal. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home phone: (81-3)3224-685 [...]
2008-02-19 05:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO426COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL AND PARTY TO JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2008, visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill, S/A Christopher Klein, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, and NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scot [...]
2008-02-19 05:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO429 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO441Country Clearance for Steven Tepp, U.S. Copyright
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Steven Tepp, Policy Planning Advisor, U.S. Copyright Office for February 26 through March 1, 2008. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for this visit is Economic Officer Scott A. Smith. He can be reached at any time through the embassy switch [...]
2008-02-20 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR OTRA JA
08TOKYO454JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO465 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO469JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO483JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO491 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO522JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO559 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO603COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL FARKAS (MAR 22-25,
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 22-25, 2008 visit to Japan by Staffdel Farkas. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Christopher Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile [...]
2008-03-07 01:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO627 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO648 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 23:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO669JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO677 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO683JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO730JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO754JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO758COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ROHRABACHER (MARCH
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 25-28, 2008 visit to Japan by CODEL Rohrabacher. 2. (U) Points of contact for the visit: Substantive Control Officer: Raymond Greene Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6801 Mobile phone: (81-80)-122 [...]
2008-03-20 05:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO765JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO776COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POL M/C AUBREY CARLSON
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 25-30, 2008 visit to Japan by Political Minister Counselor Aubrey Carlson. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Joyce Ogier. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5332 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6970 Mo [...]
2008-03-21 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO809JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO823 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO826JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO849JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO862COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN D. HILL DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 3, 2008 visit to Japan by John D. Hill, Suzanne Basalla, Leo Kosinski, Wesley Ishizu, David Bice, Lynn Hicks and David Spasojevich. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He ca [...]
2008-03-31 04:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO863COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND D. RICHHART
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 4, 2008 visit to Japan by Raymond D. Richhart. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 M [...]
2008-03-31 04:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO868JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO905JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO91COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 13-18, 2008, visit to Japan by David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Russell Morales, Richard Weir, Leonard Kosinski, Richard Morefield and Peter Batten for the purpose of consultations with Embassy, USFJ, and GOJ officials. 2. (U [...]
2008-01-11 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA KS
08TOKYO913 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO920JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO927COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J POL-MIL OFFICER DAVID
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 7-13, 2008 visit to Japan by David A. Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: [...]
2008-04-04 06:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO933JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO942COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 6-11, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Patrick Graff, and LtCol Richard Weir. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3 [...]
2008-04-07 06:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO944 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO959 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO975 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 08:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TUNIS1216CODEL MEEK PRESSES GOT ON SOFA, OBSERVES JCET
[...] (C) CODEL Meek used its December 6 meeting with Defense Minister Morjane to press for a Status of Forces Agreement. Morjane noted that he would be meeting with President Ben Ali later that day and that he might raise the issue. He also planned to discuss peace-keeping operations with Ben Ali; [...]
2008-12-12 11:40:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PTER MASS TS
08TUNIS448SCENESETTER FOR US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Tunisian military officials, including Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, are looking forward to the twenty-third US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington on May 12-14. The Government of Tunisia is proud of our long history of strong military cooperation [...]
2008-05-06 17:13:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PTER EAID TS
08TUNIS962SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, my team and I look forward to your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are delighted you are coming and will provide a warm welcome. They will want to hear your thoughts on regional issues and to reaffirm strong US-Tunisian relations. For us, [...]
2008-08-29 16:02:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PMIL PHUM TS
08ULAANBAATAR310MONGOLIA'S DECISION CYCLE ON TIMING FOR POST-UNSCR
[...] (S) As requested in reftels, the Ambassador, DCM, E/P Chief, and DATT have approached counter-parts in the Government of Mongolia (GOM),to include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Secretary and the Acting Director General for the Americas, Middle East, and Africa, the Foreign Policy Ad [...]
2008-06-23 04:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR43MONGOLIAN VIEWS REGARDING IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) Tsogtbaatar told the DCM January 23 that President Enkhbayar, SIPDIS his boss, firmly supports Mongolia's continued presence, stressing Mongolia is essentially in Iraq to support the U.S. In general, Mongolians support such a presence, [...]
2008-01-24 08:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPREL MARR MOPS IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR89FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES 6 PARTY TALKS, IRAQ, KOSOVO,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Oyun told the Ambassador over dinner February 22 that Russia and the other six party talks (6PT) members had responded favorably to Mongolia's proposal to host the next 6PT Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG) meeting. Regarding the recent announcement that the Government [...]
2008-02-25 01:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON MARR PGOV MG IQ
08USNATO228USNATO RESPONSE TO SURVEYING IRAQ COALITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We expect NATO would need approximately six months after the signing of a U.S.-Iraq SOFA to finalize its own legal arrangements that would allow the continuation of the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). Because several NATO Allies will oppose the Alliance joining the US-Iraq [...]
2008-07-01 15:48:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL IZ
08USNATO314RUSSIA THROWS ITS WEIGHT AROUND IN THE EAPC
[...] (C) Summary: The EAPCs first meeting after the summer break featured Georgian protests about Russian action and a Russian response made memorable by a claim that, if the Russian response had been proportionate, "Tbilisi would now lie in ruins." Russia announced it has withdrawn from the PfP SOFA. T [...]
2008-09-02 17:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR
08USNATO317READOUT: SEPTEMBER 3 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY FROM THE NAC: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reviewed his September 1 phone conversation with President Karzai, who said civilian casualties were now "beyond the tolerance and comprehension of the Afghan people." The SYG said he underscored that NATO is making every effort to avo [...]
2008-09-04 16:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO407READOUT: GENERAL OBERING'S 28 OCTOBER MISSILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obering, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),stopped in Brussels October 28 to address NATO Perm Reps on his way to Warsaw and Prague. He updated Allies regarding missile defense (MD) and introduced his successor, Major General (soon t [...]
2008-10-31 17:33:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PARM MARR CZ PL MNUC
08USNATO436READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Claudio Bisogniero chaired the NAC and announced that the Secretary General will soon issue a &roadmap8 to the April 2009 Summit for Afghanistan, outlining ways for the Council to have strategic discussions [...]
2008-11-21 13:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1175ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...]
2008-12-16 19:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM XF EG
08USUNNEWYORK26UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 10
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID force generation problems continue with no TCC for helicopters or transportation units. Jordan, Norway and Sweden withdrew their offers of troops for UNAMID. DPKO rejected Pakistan's offer of an aerial reconnaissance and Gambia's offer of a sector reconnaissance company du [...]
2008-01-10 22:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK31GUEHENNO ON DARFUR: UNAMID SO FAR IS REHATTED AMIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG Guehenno presented a previously scheduled briefing on Darfur to the Security Council on January 9 and used the occasion to strongly criticize Sudanese military forces for the ambush of a UNAMID convoy on January 7 that left one driver seriously injured and damaged several [...]
2008-01-12 00:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
08USUNNEWYORK48UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 17
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The UK Permanent Mission to the UN (UKUN) hosted a donors meeting on January 16 to solicit TCCs for the UNAMID shortfalls of helicopters and transportation assets. The Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to obstruct [...]
2008-01-17 21:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK527UNSC AGREES TO ZEBARI REQUEST TO CONTINUE MNF-I
[...] (SBU) As mandated by UNSCR 1790, the Security Council discussed June 13 the mandate of MNF-I and arrangements regarding DFI and the IAMB, and agreed to their continuation for the remainder of the calendar year. Amb Khalilzad reported on behalf of MNF-I, highlighting the decrease in security [...]
2008-06-16 19:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ECON UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK578U.S.-UN HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The UN has proposed holding the next session of the UN-U.S. high level strategic dialogue on Iraq July 11 at UN headquarters in New York. The UN presented a draft agenda to USUN June 26, proposing for the first time to treat both political and security subjec [...]
2008-06-30 20:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK92UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 31
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3, 6, and 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Integrated Operational Team (IOT) updated USUN MSC on UNAMID deployments, SOFA negotiations, UK Chief of Staff (COS) Persona Non Grata situation, Canadian APCs, and Government of Sudan (GOS) attempt to den [...]
2008-01-31 22:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08VILNIUS716LITHUANIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON NATO-MED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 14:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO LH
08WARSAW1183SECOND SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw October 6-8 for the second plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassador J [...]
2008-10-09 06:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1281MDA VISIT ADVANCES PROSPECTS FOR RATIFYING MISSILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28-30 visit to Poland, Missile Defense Agency Director Obering and Incoming Director O'Reilly described the benefits of the planned interceptor Missile Defense (MD) interceptor site to Slupsk area residents and, in Warsaw, reviewed U.S.-Russian consultations o [...]
2008-11-06 15:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP PL
08WARSAW1446FOURTH SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID STEADY PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw December 16-18 for the fourth plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanyslaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassado [...]
2008-12-23 09:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PL
08WARSAW314MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...]
2008-03-10 15:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW388POLISH NON-PAPER ON MD NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador Ashe met with Polish FM Radek Sikorski on March 27 to receive the GOP's non-paper with respect to the Missile Defense initiative and modernization of Polish defenses. The text of that paper is provided in paragraph 4. FM Sikorski said that the paper would not be delivered in [...]
2008-03-27 16:09:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW643POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD?
[...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]
2008-06-04 12:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW974POLAND: SECRETARY RICE, FM SIKORSKI SIGN MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 15:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WINDHOEK97NAMIBIA TO REVIEW U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL
[...] (U) During a March 7 meeting, the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku that the USG would be pleased to enter into negotiations to discuss the draft Status of Forces Agreement that the Embassy provided to MFA officials in November 2007 (ref A) and the Ambassador again delivered on Ap [...]
2008-04-08 16:01:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MASS MARR WA
08ZAGREB244CROATIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 15:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB46AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 21 MEETING WITH PM SANADER
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister reviewed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the PM's intention to invite President Bush to visit after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the prospects for an invitation at Bucharest to join NATO, key items [...]
2008-01-23 13:39:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MARR EAIR HR MK KV NATO
08ZAGREB523CROATIAN SABOR APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA
[...] (U) By a vote of 121-1,the Croatian Sabor (Parliament) approved on July 15 the Supplemental Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, which was signed in April of this year. The Sabor approved the agreement under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority, after a determination by [...]
2008-07-15 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB62AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW FM GORDAN
[...] SUMMARY: New FM Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on January 25 that Croatia remains committed to close cooperation with the US, and would continue to strive to promote stability in its region. He confirmed Croatia's intention to recognize Kosovo's independence. He stressed the GoC's awarenes [...]
2008-01-29 14:07:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO UNSC HR
08ZAGREB86NATO ENLARGEMENT: SUSTAINING CROATIA'S PROGRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Upon formation of PM Sanader's new government, the Ambassador met with President Mesic, PM Sanader (ref A),FM Jandrokovic (ref B),DefMin Vukelic, and Speaker of Parliament Bebic (ref C). At all of these meetings, he discussed the GoC's strategy to address Croatia's [...]
2008-02-06 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
09ADANA18TURKEY: DTP SCORES KEY ELECTION VICTORIES IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With over 99% of the votes tallied, official election results confirm a better-than-expected showing in the southeast for pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),which picked up eight mayoral victories as well as 50 district mayor slots. As predicted, the Justice and Dev [...]
2009-03-30 14:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU IZ
09ADDISABABA708CODEL CARNAHAN APRIL 5-8, 2009
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa warmly welcomes CODEL CARNAHAN to Ethiopia April 5-8, 2009 to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly. Travelers should check with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of travel, and consult the Department of State website at http://travel.stat [...]
2009-03-24 14:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP OTRA AF CY EG ET
09AMMAN668SIX YEARS AFTER SADDAM, NEW HOPE IN JORDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Six years after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003, our Jordanian contacts - among the analysts and officials - are evincing greater optimism about Iraq than the strained, highly-qualified hopes we were hearing just a few months ago (Refs A-C). The sustained security im [...]
2009-03-16 11:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR JO
09ASHGABAT1625 GOVERNMENT WORKERS SLEEPLESS IN ASHGABAT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Long working hours are the norm for Turkmen government employees. Few agencies compensate their staff for overtime. Some higher-level officials bring bedding from home for the long nights at the office. On the [...]
2009-12-17 11:57:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB SOCI PGOV TX
09ASUNCION188SUCCESSFUL SOUTHCOM VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Spears conducted a successful visit to Paraguay March 24-26. Defense Minister Barreiro Spaini voiced his support to pursuing a general agreement on military cooperation (while cautioning that he is but one of many voices in the governm [...]
2009-03-28 19:31:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PA
09ASUNCION504TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W,
[...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...]
2009-08-07 15:18:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS
09BAGHDAD1389AMBASSADOR AND CG MEET TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik will be the next Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Ozcelik told Ambassador Hill and General Odierno May 23. The main points he intended to raise in an anticipated meeting with PM Maliki were his May 17 meeting with KRG President Masoud Barzani and the [...]
2009-05-27 14:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TU
09BAGHDAD1496SPEAKER SAMARRAIE SAYS THAT HE CONCURS REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary: Ayad al-Samarraie, Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),told the Ambassador and Commanding General June 4 that a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA) was unnecessary, but doubted the CoR could pass a law nullifying the referendum requirement because of e [...]
2009-06-08 06:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2108FM ZEBARI URGES MORE SUPPORTIVE USG STANCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: FM Hoshyar Zebari, during an August 4 introductory call by Pol M/C, called for greater USG effort to help Iraq get out of Chapter VII, as it had committed to do. He criticized the initiative of recently departed SRSG de Mistura and blamed him for the current complications with [...]
2009-08-05 14:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PTER KU IR IZ SY
09BAGHDAD213PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ ELECTIONS OVERVIEW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Tuz Khormatu district in Salah ad Din (SaD) province has an ethnically mixed population made up of Kurds, Turcomans (both Sunni and Shi'a) and Sunni Arabs. While the district is unavoidably linked to the controversy over neig [...]
2009-01-27 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD2787IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 15, 2009
[...] (C) At the October 15 Council of Representatives (COR) session, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i announced that a vote on the election law would take place on Sunday, October 18 at the soonest. He added that, in the event that the Legal Committee, which is responsible for drafting the text, was not [...]
2009-10-15 16:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD280CHAIRMAN OF COR FINANCE COMMITTEE SPEAKS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A 19 January 2009 impromptu dinner invitation extended to USAID and IFES with Mr. Ayad Samarai, Chairman of the Council of Representatives (COR) Finance Committee, provided a window into what he is thinking on a broad range of subjects as he contests the position of Speaker at [...]
2009-02-03 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV AORC
09BAGHDAD31GEN PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (C) During a December 26 meeting, CENTCOM Commander Gen. David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki discussed the security situation in different regions of Iraq, the implementation of the Security Agreement, and the drawdown of coalition forces. General Petraeus congratulated the Prime M [...]
2009-01-07 09:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD379PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING
[...] (C) With the strong performance of the Da'wa Party in the January 31 provincial council elections, Prime Minister Maliki will claim a public mandate. While many media analyses have tended to overstate this case (as Maliki won no more than 38 percent in two provinces, and less elsewhere) it is [...]
2009-02-13 11:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD402ELECTION OF A NEW COR SPEAKER STILL ON HOLD
[...] (C) Summary: The CoR has adjourned until February 18, at which time the major political blocs hope to have agreed on a candidate for the vacant CoR speakership an agreement that will allow the CoR to pass the 2009 Federal Budget bill and end the 2008 Fall legislative term. In addition to who w [...]
2009-02-16 12:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD548BAATHISTS IN NORTHWEST BAGHDAD: 500 PARTIES, WHY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tarmiyah, Taji and Abu Ghraib "qadas" (rural counties) of northwest Baghdad Province are home to many former members of the Baath Party, Iraqi Army, and other security institutions of the former regime. Most were low-ranking members, but many remain unemployed and suspicious [...]
2009-03-03 12:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD630DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY: INTEGRATING IRAQ WITH ITS
[...] (S) Iraq is undergoing a fundamental shift. For 50 years, since the revolution of 1958, Iraq has destabilized the region, launched two wars, countered U.S. interests and defied the international community-while brutalizing its own people. Iraq is now a moderate force for stability in the reg [...]
2009-03-10 16:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IR IZ
09BAGHDAD649PM Barzani Pledges Strong Support for Cultural Heritage
[...] (U) During a 2/19 meeting at his residence, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barzani told a visiting State Department delegation that he fully supports the establishment of a national cultural heritage preservation training institute in Erbil. The PM said the KRG would cost- [...]
2009-03-12 13:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD83SHIA PARTIES FACE ISSUE-BASED FISSURES BEFORE
[...] (C) Shia political parties, especially ISCI and Da'wa, are engaged in ideological and policy-based battles among themselves that might foreshadow a permanent split of the Shia electoral alliance at the national level, according to numerous meetings with our Shia contacts in Baghdad. These ba [...]
2009-01-13 12:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD91MFA READOUT OF PM MALIKI'S VISITS TO TEHRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki was warmly received during his January 3-5 visit to Tehran, in sharp contrast to his last trip in June, which was soured by belligerent Iranian opposition to the SOFA negotiations. According to a senior MFA official who accompanied Maliki, the visit focuse [...]
2009-01-14 06:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD IZ IR
09BAKU181EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 - AZERBAIJAN
[...] (U) Subject of proposal and general information: - Topic: Coastal and Marine EcoSystem Management - Relevant Ministries/Agencies: Ministry of Ecology, Ministry of Energy, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),State Oil Fund of Azerbaija (SOFAZ) - Timeframe: 1-3 months, Spring-Summer [...]
2009-03-06 12:43:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG AMGT APER AJ
09BAKU224AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMY: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In public February 23 remarks, President Ilham Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's social development and economic situation with confidence and optimism, claiming that the goals of the 2004-2008 "State Program for Socio-Economic Development of the Regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan" [...]
2009-03-19 10:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECIN ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EINV AJ
09BAKU23IFIS WEIGH IN ON EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: In early December, EconOffs met separately with representatives of the EBRD, IMF, and World Bank in Azerbaijan who unanimously expressed confidence that the Azerbaijani economy and banking sector would be able to absorb the twin shocks of the global credit crisis and the sharp d [...]
2009-01-13 13:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EXIM EINV AJ
09BAKU408AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 11:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ AM ECON EFIN EINT GG PINR
09BAKU585EVALUATING AZERBAIJANI FACILITIES DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Charge briefed Reftel A points to Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department in the Presidential Administration, on July 17. Charge's briefing was confined to Reftel information about the agreement with Kyrgyzstan, U.S. desire to develop options to Manas and seeking agreemen [...]
2009-07-23 12:08:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ
09BANGKOK159 THAILAND CONFIRMS ASEAN SUMMIT'S DATES AND VENUE, LOOKS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ASEAN Deputy Director-General (DDG) Manasvi Srisodapol confirmed to us in a mid-January discussion that the ASEAN Summit's venue and dates were set from February 27-March 1 to be held in Hua H [...]
2009-01-22 05:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR TH
09BEIRUT1289PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON STATUS OF U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For over a year, U.S. military engagement activities in Lebanon have been expanding rapidly in number and scope. In addition to the growing list of short-term engagements, in early 2010 the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) will inaugurate a compreh [...]
2009-12-09 17:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL OPDC LE
09BEIRUT63LEBANON: ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) The international financial crisis is not expected to affect the results of ongoing bilateral assistance programs in Lebanon. As highlighted in detail in Ref B, Lebanon has sofar managed to avoid most of the impact of the global financial crisis. Lebanese banks have minimal lQks to forei [...]
2009-01-15 12:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BELGRADE1112SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]
2009-09-25 17:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL SR
09BERLIN1183BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]
2009-09-24 09:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BOGOTA3571Colombia: Follow Up Response on Previous ACE Finalists
[...] Summary. Per reftel, Post contacted the following finalists of the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE): Occidental, SURevolution, General Motors. All three companies are still working in Colombia and continuing their corporate social responsibility programs since being [...]
2009-12-17 19:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV
09BRIDGETOWN171ANTIGUA RETURNS UPP TO POWER; ALP HEADS TO COURT
[...] (C) Antigua and Barbuda's ruling United Progressive Party(UPP) won a closely contested election March 12, taking nine of the 17 seats and retaining its majority in parliament, but losing three previously-held seats in an election marred by delays and technical difficulties. Among the seats l [...]
2009-03-19 14:35:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ST XL
09CONAKRY430CORRECTED COPY - SEIZURE OF DRUG LAB PROVIDES PR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The discovery of a cache of reported narco chemicals sparked a flurry of CNDD activity. The Embassy was invited by the Prime Minister to examine the cache that reputedly belonged to a Guinea narcotrafficking kingpin. The following day CNDD President Moussa Dadis Camara held a [...]
2009-07-23 16:49:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC GV PGOV PREL
09DAMASCUS132SCENESETTER FOR CODELS CARDIN, BERMAN, AND KERRY
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman Cardin, Chairman Berman, and Chairman Kerry, Embassy Damascus is looking forward to your mid-February visits. You should expect an enthusiastic reception by government officials of the Syrian Arab Republic (SARG) and from the media, who will interpret your presence as a [...]
2009-02-12 14:26:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETRD ECON PTER PREF PAUM PARM KWBG LE
09DAMASCUS147ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE,
[...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...]
2009-02-24 13:51:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS94CODEL SMITH: ASAD POSITIVE ON NEW BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 31 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Bashar al-Asad expressed hope for better relations with the new U.S. administration, called for immediate and sustained U.S. engagement in the region, and defended Syria's relations with Iran, Hizballah and Hamas. On Iran, Asa [...]
2009-02-01 14:43:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA KPAL PGOV PTER IR IS IZ SY
09DARESSALAAM676PIRACY PROSECUTION IN TANZANIA A DISTANT PROSPECT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Although MFA is cautiously positive about eventually accepting captured pirates for prosecution, the EU's experience in frustration with the GOT over the issue suggests progress towards legislative changes and a memorandum of understanding will be slow at best [...]
2009-10-19 08:48:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MP PBTS PHSA PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM750TANZANIA SOFA: LIMITS OF TPDF AUTHORITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Africa Command Legal Counsel Colonel Jon Lightner discussed Tanzanian concerns about a proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with senior GOT military attorney Brig. Gen. Rwegasira on October 21. The meeting clarified that the Tanzanian People's Defense Forces (TPDF [...]
2009-11-04 09:35:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MARR TZ
09DJIBOUTI150FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT FOCUSES ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FM Kouchner's surprise February 21-22 visit to Djibouti focused on Djibouti-Eritrea, Somalia, and countering Somali piracy, but did not address bilateral issues, according to the French Ambassador. Despite the expiration of the 5-week deadline imposed by UNSCR 1862 for Eritrea [...]
2009-03-01 08:40:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KPKO FR SO DJ RS
09DJIBOUTI156JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...]
2009-03-01 16:58:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI255JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...]
2009-03-29 15:08:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI415BELGIAN SPECIAL FORCES REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE FOR POSSIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 16:19:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPREL PHSA MOPS DJ SO BE
09DJIBOUTI991SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...]
2009-07-28 17:18:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA
09FRANKFURT1712FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 13:41:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FRANKFURT2648FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 12:57:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FREETOWN336SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT
[...] (U) Post warmly welcomes you to Sierra Leone. Your visit comes at a prescient time, and will hopefully support increasingly robust engagement on a variety of issues, including the pending Status of Forces Agreement. Sierra Leone is known worldwide as a country beset with challenges, many of w [...]
2009-08-27 17:39:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MCAP PGOV PREL OVIP SL
09FREETOWN78KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...]
2009-03-03 17:12:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL
09FREETOWN97DESPERATELY SEEKING THE SOFA: INCREMENTAL PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Rosaline Turay met with DCM and Poloff on March 11 to discuss the pending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). While the need for a SOFA has been discussed by Ambassador and others many times with Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) officials, [...]
2009-03-16 17:41:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SL
09HARARE456TEA WITH MUGABE: CODEL PAYNE'S MARATHON MEETING AT
[...] (SBU) On May 30 President Robert Mugabe received Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),Ambassador McGee, and staffers at his State House office for a nearly three-hour-long meeting. Throughout the marathon meeting Mugabe was alert, articulate, in apparent good health, and defiant. Congressman Pay [...]
2009-06-02 13:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM ZI
09KABUL2681KARZAI ON ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE: SEPTEMBER 1
[...] (S) Summary: In our weekly meeting September 1, President Karzai was confident, lucid and open to areas of post-election cooperation should he be named the winner. We discussed the need to support the ongoing elections process, and he indicated that his negotiations with other candidates was [...]
2009-09-03 10:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2832GHANI SEES BAD AND WORSE POST-ELECTION OPTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani is convinced that without a national framework, Afghanistan will face a political implosion. Without a new national political architecture, Dr. Ghani's prognosis for the country is glum. He warns that the North is on the verge of implosion, K [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL4152STATUS UPDATE: MOU WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON LIFE,
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners who lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in order to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. [...]
2009-12-28 10:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF CA EAID FR GM HU IT LH NL NO NZ PGOV SP SW UK
09KHARTOUM140 BOMBING CONTINUES AND GOS BLOCKS UNAMID SENIOR LEADERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3, the Government of Sudan blocked senior UNAMID leaders from traveling to Muhajarriya - a move that several UNAMID leaders have already interpreted as a violation of UNAMID's Status of Forces Agreement with the GOS. UNAMID sources also reported that the Sudanese Ar [...]
2009-02-03 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KUWAIT26OVERVIEW WITH MFA U/S ON JCSE, GAZA, ARAB ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah on the Embassy,s upcoming Joint Combined Security Exercise. She also discussed the ongoing crisis in Gaza and urged GoK support for both UNRWA and the PA. Jarallah raised his concern that if the Gaza "disaster" continued [...]
2009-01-12 12:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER EAID ECON PHUM KU
09KUWAIT702U.S. MILITARY O/CONUS AND PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy understands that discussions are ongoing among DOD, HHS and DOS regarding primary responsibility for reporting PHEIC (public health emergencies of international concern, e.g., H1N1 influenza outbreaks) among U.S. military personnel serving outside CONUS. Embassy Kuwait -- where t [...]
2009-07-14 09:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU MOPS MARR PREL AMED KU
09LIMA1661PERU: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Please find below Embassy Lima's responses to questions posed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Q: Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Please report on all established or ad hoc dialogues of a pol-mil nature, regardless of the terminol [...]
2009-11-20 16:58:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PE MOPS
09MADRID1166DASD TOWNSEND OPTIMISTIC AFTER HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend concluded two days of discussions November 18 by telling his counterpart, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta, he was optimistic after what he called a "meeting of the minds." Dur [...]
2009-12-09 12:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
09MANAGUA369NICARAGUA SOFA -- GON AGREES TO ONE-YEAR ROLL-OVER
[...] (C) As noted in REF A, on August 8, 2008, AmEmbassy Managua and the Government of Nicaragua completed an exchange of diplomatic notes regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and customs procedures for U.S. Forces in Nicaragua for exercises, visits and other cooperative activities durin [...]
2009-04-03 22:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU
09MAPUTO1007MOST OPPOSITION CANDIDATES DISQUALIFIED FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, the National Electoral Commission (CNE),citing registration irregularities, announced the disqualification of Daviz Simango's Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) from 9 of 13 constituencies in the October 28 legislative elections. MDM will challenge this d [...]
2009-09-09 15:24:00Embassy MaputoSECRETPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1162LEADING JOURNALIST ISSUES HARSH OP-ED ON RULING
[...] On October 23, journalist Machado da Graca wrote the following editorial in the independent newspaper Savana. He is a well-respected Mozambican of Portuguese descent who often uses satire to comment on political and social themes. In this article, he summarizes the doubts and concerns of man [...]
2009-10-27 14:25:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO MZ
09MAPUTO1278 NOTICE FOR TENDER: DEVELOPMENT OF WEB PORTAL
[...] 787/11/T018 2. 11/09/09 3. DARNOLD 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Ana Comoana Direccao Nacional do Turismo Ministerio do Turismo Av. 25 de Setembro, 1503 Q 3rd Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 313 759 Fax: (258 21) 313 [...]
2009-11-09 13:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
09MAPUTO276FOOD INSECURITY ALERT FOR CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: The LATE ARRIVAL OF RAIN THIS YEAR IN CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE, FOLLOWING TWO POOR SEASONS OF RAINFALL, HAS LED TO POOR HARVEST YIELDS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE FOOD SECURITY OF 97,000 IN TETE PROVINCE, 14,500 IN NORTHERN MANICA, AND 58,000 IN SOFALA. A USAID ASSESSMENT TRIP IN DECEMBER 2008 [...]
2009-02-19 10:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT MZ
09MAPUTO608OPPOSITION LEADER SIMANGO READIES PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Daviz Simango, leader of new opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM),is readying a public announcement to run for president in October 28 national elections. In a meeting with the Charge, he described the mechanics of how MDM is organizing its campaign, and di [...]
2009-05-28 13:05:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO609OPPOSITION LEADER SIMANGO READIES PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Daviz Simango, leader of new opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM),is readying a public announcement to run for president in October 28 national elections. In a meeting with the Charge, he described the mechanics of how MDM is organizing its campaign, and di [...]
2009-05-28 13:06:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO615MOZAMBIQUE'S PROPOSAL FOR FY 2009 JULIA TAFT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel 08 State 014280, U.S. Embassy- Maputo submits the following proposal for consideration under the FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. The Zimbabwe-Mozambique Solidarity Alliance (ZIMOSA),working in partnership with the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM) [...]
2009-05-29 08:20:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09MAPUTO652009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MOZAMBIQUE
[...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be a potential investor,s primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and nor [...]
2009-01-22 14:25:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MZ
09MAPUTO713RISING CONCERNS ABOUT NARCOTRAFFICKING AND MONEY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Large-scale narcotics shipments pass through Mozambique, taking advantage of a vast and lightly guarded coastline. Money laundering may be increasing. Narcotraffickers in the country have connections to South Asia, and some appear to have links to the ruling Frelimo party and t [...]
2009-07-01 04:55:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNSNAR EFIN KCOR PTER PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO8USAID/MOZAMBIQUE RECOMMENDS SUPPORT TO
[...] SUMMARY: THE RAINS HAVE COME LATE IN CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PREVIOUS AGRICULTURAL SEASON (2007-08) ALSO EXPERIENCED A POOR RAINY SEASON IN THIS PART OF MOZAMBIQUE AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANTLY DEPRESSED CROP YIELDS. AS A RESULT, MOZAMBICANS IN MOST OF TETE PROVINCE AND THE NORT [...]
2009-01-06 10:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT MZ
09MAPUTO802SENIOR FRELIMO OFFICIAL ON THE PARTY'S FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met on July 10 with Dr. Xarzada Ora, a senior FRELIMO leader, and the party's Secretary of the Central Committee for External Relations. She explained FRELIMO's history, party structure, and some of the party's strategy for the future, describing a dominant party that co [...]
2009-07-20 11:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO962OPPOSITION MDM PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs met recently with Ismael Mussa and Joao Carlos Colaco, both Members of Parliament and opposition Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) sympathizers. Mussa resigned from RENAMO in late May, but technically serves in Parliament as an independent because formally switching [...]
2009-08-28 07:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO986FRENCH ENVOY'S NEGATIVE VIEW OF MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 18 meeting with the Charge, French Ambassador Christian Daziano, who speaks neither English nor Portuguese but appears to understand both, described his view of Mozambique after three months in country. Daziano commented pessimistically on political developments in [...]
2009-09-04 07:38:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR MZ MA
09MASERU336OVERSEAS OFFICE FURNITURE PROGRAM CAA PROCUREMENT - MASERU
[...] (C) Please provide the following office furnishings to Embassy Maseru. Items will be used within the CAA, secure procurement and shipment is required. CABLE ORDER 604-1068 #0068 A. PRIVATE OFFICE / PAGE NO 137 ITEM CODE HBF-SM5 COURANT BOW FRONT DESK W/CREDENZ [...]
2009-09-17 09:21:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT KSLG LT
09MONTERREY219MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE THE
[...] Summary: The state of Nuevo Leon is home to a number of private and public sector sources of microfinance which have helped borrowers to start informal family businesses. However, the unforeseen devaluation of the peso versus the dollar has put significant pressure on microfinance institutio [...]
2009-06-12 22:30:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SOCI PGOV MX
09MOSCOW1660RUSSIAN REACTIONS TO REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA
[...] (C) Embassy delivered the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement (reftel) to MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy and European Cooperation Deputy Director Yuri Gorlatch June 24. Set forth below are their initial questions and comments on the text. We also pa [...]
2009-06-24 15:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF US RS
09OSLO171(C) NORWAY'S MORE POSITIVE IRAQ POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Recognizing the improved situation in Iraq and wishing to support President Obama, Norway decided to "even further normalize relations" with Iraq and to consider a possible political level visit. Despite this positive direction, the GON continues to be skeptical to engagement w [...]
2009-03-17 08:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL PGOV IZ NO
09PANAMA568PANAMA: GREATER COORDINATION NEEDED ON TDN NOTES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. ------------------------------ Late Dipnotes Causing Problems ------------------------------ 2. (C) The process of obtaining privileges for U.S. military forces operating on training or high value transit (HVT) missions in Panama is not f [...]
2009-07-16 21:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PARAMARIBO382Suriname: Response to Request for Information on Security
[...] (U) The United States does not have an established security dialogue with Suriname. Post is covered by the DATT in Brasilia. Post has a Military Liaison Office that coordinates IMET, FMF, and 1206 programs. 2. (U) The United States and Suriname have three defense-related treaties. Th [...]
2009-11-18 19:07:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NS
09PARIS239READOUT OF PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S GULF TOUR
[...] (S) Summary: President Sarkozy sees his February 10-11 visit to the Gulf as a success, especially his surprise visit to Iraq, where he invited President Talabani to lead a state visit to Paris at the end of the year along with both Iraqi Vice Presidents. According to Presidential Middle East [...]
2009-02-17 15:54:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PORTLOUIS205SEYCHELLES SOFA IN THE FINAL STRETCH
[...] (C) A U.S. inter-agency delegation met with Government of Seychelles (GoS) stakeholders in early July to discuss issues associated with the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The discussions, which were built on multi-level country team lobbying efforts over the past two years, led to [...]
2009-07-07 09:43:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS247SEYCHELLES SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to the Seychelles. The U.S. government enjoys positive but limited relations with the government of Seychelles (GOS). Over the past few years, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA [...]
2009-08-11 12:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SE
09PORTLOUIS265MAURITIUS: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Mauritius from 17 to 18 August 2009. During his visit to Mauritius, he met with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Minister of Foreign Affairs Arvin Boolell, and Police Commissioner Dhun Iswar Rampersad. [...]
2009-09-04 06:50:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MASS MP
09PORTLOUIS271SEYCHELLES: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT 19
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Seychelles on August 19, 2009. Accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser, he met with President James Michel, Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay, and Chief of the Seychelles Peoples Defense For [...]
2009-09-08 13:08:00Embassy Port LouisSECRETASEC PGOV PREL MASS SE
09PORTLOUIS366CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) enjoyed a cordial one and a half hour meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam to discuss a variety of issues, including the PM's position on counter-piracy cooperation, peacekeeping deployments, the pending Status of Forces Agreement [...]
2009-11-16 11:42:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS378MAURITIUS SOFA DISCUSSION: SMALL STEPS
[...] (C) This is an action message. Please see para 10 below. 2. SUMMARY: On November 17, in a meeting arranged at the Prime Minister's request, Embassy officials met with the Mauritian Foreign Minister and officials from his ministry, the Prime Minister's office, and the State Law Office. The [...]
2009-11-24 06:52:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV MP SE
09PORTLOUIS397SEYCHELLES REQUESTS CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF US AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 02 meeting with the Charge, Seychelles President James Michel praised US assistance in combating Somali piracy, supported the presence of US UAVs and requested the continued deployment of P-3s (currently scheduled to conclude December 22). Secretary-of-State Jean P [...]
2009-12-07 11:22:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHSA PBTS MARR SO SE
09PRAGUE159CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A CRITICAL VOTE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the embattled government of PM Mirek Topolanek will likely face a critical vote of no-confidence. PM Topolanek has faced down four previous attempts to unseat him. However, the current situation is probably the most significant threat to his government, in a large [...]
2009-03-23 06:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE222CZECH REPUBLIC: FOREIGN POLICY DRIFT EXPECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 24 downfall of the Czech Government and the subsequent political upheaval, as well as the planned Czech parliamentary elections in the fall, will affect a range of Czech foreign and security policy priorities. In this cable we focus on three of the most visible and sign [...]
2009-04-24 15:25:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE5SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Fried, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which received a boost from the Czech Republic's entry into the Visa Waiver Program, but which also [...]
2009-01-05 17:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PGOV EZ EUN
09RABAT1001SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 16:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
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
09RABAT282MOROCCO SAYS IT IS IN FINAL REVIEW OF SOFA AND
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan government and military officials assured visiting Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Bruce Lemkin and Charge that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was in the final stages of review for both the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and t [...]
2009-04-06 07:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PINS MCAP MO
09RABAT326SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Smith, we warmly welcome you and your delegation 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, [...]
2009-04-14 17:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO
09RABAT843SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Huddleston and Admiral Moeller, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serv [...]
2009-10-14 17:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL MO
09RABAT904U.S.-MOROCCO SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The United States and Morocco maintain several security dialogues. Bilateral engagement includes discussions of border control and related issues, military-to-military consultations, and a State Partnership Program with the Utah National Guard. In addition to the formal Def [...]
2009-11-10 14:16:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL MASS MO
09RABAT967SCENESETTER FOR THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Amos, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model for eco [...]
2009-12-10 17:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PHUM ECON MARR EAID PBTS MO
09RABAT998SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WARD, COMMANDER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Ward, we welcome you back to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model f [...]
2009-12-22 08:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MASS PREL ECON PGOV PHUM EAID MO
09RPODUBAI115IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 10,
[...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Future of Reform Movement: Last week former MP (Sixth Majles) Moussavi Khoeni spoke about his experiences as a parliamentarian and his views on reformist participation in the upcoming presidential elections. Turning now to his views on the future of the reformist [...]
2009-03-10 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM CONS IR AF
09SANTIAGO167CHILE SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Santiago welcomes your visit to Chile on March 2-3. Your presence is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise greater regional leadership. We have had several successful high-level defense and security-r [...]
2009-02-24 19:45:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO612 CHILE'S CONGRESS: PRIORITIES AND HOPES FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. The new leaders of both houses of Chile's Congress are interested in strengthening ties with the U.S., and hope to visit Washington in September and re-invigorate the moribund U.S.-Chile Senate Caucus. Electoral reform; transparency and anti-bribery legislation required for OE [...]
2009-07-02 11:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIA KTIP ELAB CI
09SANTIAGO768SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DOUGLAS
[...] (C) I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on August 16-20. Coming shortly after President Bachelet's meeting with President Obama in Washington on June 23-24, your visit is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise g [...]
2009-08-12 17:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO92 CHILE: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] PROCEDURES Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator Patrick Fischer, 56-2-330-3394, FischerPJ@state.gov Inventory System Post is able to take advantage of official travel for spot-checking on an ad hoc basis. However, on-site inspections are infrequent given the small size of the [...]
2009-01-30 18:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN SNAR CI
09SARAJEVO1008SCENESETTER FOR EUCOM ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. I am delighted that you will join us in a visit to Combined Endeavor 2009 in Banja Luka, Bosnia, September 17. Your visit is a great opportunity to stress the U.S. commitment to helping Bosnia on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration. The fact that Combined Endeavor is taking [...]
2009-08-21 05:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP BK
09SARAJEVO211BOSNIA - FUTURE OF THE EUFOR ALTHEA MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, February 10 and 13, Per Normark, Political Military Advisor to the EUFOR Commander, and EUFOR Chief of Staff Brigadier General Wundrak previewed for us EUFOR's upcoming reports to the EU Military Committee, February 23, and to the Political and Security Comm [...]
2009-02-20 16:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN BK
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
09SEOUL44621ST SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The 21st session of the Security Policy Initiative (SPI) opened on March 2, at the ROK Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. The meeting covered a wide range of topics concerning the U.S.-ROK security alliance, including: the North Korea (DPRK) missile situation, an update on [...]
2009-03-20 08:13:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PREL KS KN
09STATE111350(U) ARF ADVANCES DISASTER RELIEF INITIATIVES AT ANNUAL
[...] (U) The ASEAN Regional Forum's (ARF) 27 members, along with other international representatives, advanced a number of proposals for disaster relief cooperation at the annual ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ISM-DR) in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 16-18. Working in small discussion [...]
2009-10-28 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF EAID MARR
09STATE116170AGREEMENT WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON THE STATUS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 5, 6, and 7. 2. In 2007, Trinidad and Tobago enacted a visiting forces act (VFA),in which designated states, visiting forces and civilian component personnel are accorded limited privileges and immunities. The United States is a designated stat [...]
2009-11-10 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA MARR MOPS TD
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