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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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01HANOI900PROTESTANT LEADERS REPORT DESTRUCTION OF CHURCH IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM DEATHS
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAMESE PROTESTANT CHURCH SOURCES WITH EXTENSIVE LINKS TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INFORM US THAT RESIDENTS OF GIA LAI PROVINCE, PARTICULARLY, FACE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, WITH HEAVY POLICE AND SECURIT [...]
2001-04-17 08:37:00Embassy HanoiSECRETPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02ROME895 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF
[...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...]
2002-02-22 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02VATICAN3638CHURCH IN AFRICA: CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH OFFERED DCM A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE CHURCH'S CONCERNS IN AFRICA DURING A JULY 23 CALL. SARAH FOCUSED ON THE "NEW" CHALLENGE FROM FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES [...]
2002-07-23 15:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VT VTPREL
03ABUDHABI2796 MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS WMD
[...] SUMMARY: THE SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS, THE US "FAILURE" TO FIND WMD IN IRAQ, AND ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON HAMAS LEADERS GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S "ANNOYANCE" AT THE ASSASSINATION AT [...]
2003-06-11 10:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI325 NEXT STEPS ON U.S.-MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP
[...] SUMMARY: POST WELCOMES THE LIST OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS, DETAILED IN REFTEL. THEY WILL PROVIDE WELCOME REINFORCEMENT FOR OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE UAE'S DEVELOPMENT IN THESE CRITICAL AREAS. IN PARTICULAR, WE SEEK WAYS TO ACCELERATE THE POSITIVE MOVEM [...]
2003-01-21 11:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO TC
03ANKARA964HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]
2003-02-07 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03COLOMBO1916 President's moves place spotlight on deep
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's dramatic November 4-5 moves against the UNP government have placed the spotlight on Sri Lanka's deep cohabitation divisions. The Constitution gives her office overwhelming executive powers. Without access to Parliament, which has been suspended, the Pri [...]
2003-11-05 13:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC SOCI CASC CE NO LTTE
03KATHMANDU26NEPAL: FY2003 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Summary: Post's anti-trafficking-in-persons (TIP) project proposals for FY2003 provide for improved formal and non-formal educational opportunities for girls; a public awareness campaign targeting urban migrants, media outlets, transport providers and rehabilitation centers; and improvement i [...]
2003-01-06 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB KPAO EAID NP
03USUNNEWYORK299UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE
[...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...]
2003-02-06 01:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ
03VATICAN4751JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY
[...] (U) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. The Pope is one of the most compelling public figures of the 20th Century, and continues to garner international attention even as he struggles with physical li [...]
2003-10-17 11:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR SOCI VT
04AMMAN7571MEDIA REACTION ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-13 10:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04ANKARA7067SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S
[...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]
2004-12-20 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04COLOMBO690 Amid raucous scenes, initial vote on Speaker
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Parliament convened on April 22. The opening session was chaotic, with both sides of the chamber hurling invective at each other. Initial voting for the Speaker of Parliament ended in a 108-108 tie between the government and Opposition candidates. Another vote is e [...]
2004-04-22 11:33:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM CE
04LILONGWE404FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...]
2004-05-14 11:44:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI
04MUSCAT2142OMAN ONLINE: VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, VISAS, INCREASED GAS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]
2004-12-08 13:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU EAC
04SANTODOMINGO5242DOMINICAN PRES. FERNANDEZ OFFERS TO RESOLVE CORN
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting USOAS PermRep Ambassador John Maisto and Ambassador Hertell took advantage of a meeting planned on Summit of the Americas to tell President Fernandez and Foreign Secretary Carlos Morales Troncoso September 16 that a proposed 25 percent tax on products containing high fruc [...]
2004-09-20 18:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV DR
04TAIPEI3332MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-27 00:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3742JAPAN POLICY AT A CROSSROADS
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials say they are willing to be patient with the glacial pace of development in formal relations with Japan because they need time to resolve a deep internal policy division over how to manage the relationship. The policy debate is driven by sharply divergent assessmen [...]
2004-11-23 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH TW
05ADANA4SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2004
[...] VAKIT / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): The EU has accepted the application of the Adana Chamber of Commerce for a project named "Integrated Foreign Trade and Exchange Course" that is worth 80.000 euros. The project aims to educate and enhance the qualifications of foreign [...]
2005-01-03 10:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ALMATY1435ENVIRONMENTALISTS CHARGE OIL MAJORS WITH POLLUTING
[...] (U) Summary: A coalition of Kazakhstani and U.S. environmental activists charge the Karachagank Petroleum Operating (KPO) with polluting the village of Berezovka, and demand its relocation. KPO rejects these accusations and points to extensive monitoring data. Local authorities support KPO and [...]
2005-04-12 12:10:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2058KAZAKHSTAN: WORRISOME NATIONAL SECURITY, NGO
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Troubling legislation is progressing rapidly through Kazahkhkstan's Parliament. If adopted in its current form, the legislation would stifle civil society here, and roll back several fundamental freedoms. Although [...]
2005-06-02 13:01:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ANKARA2230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5140TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]
2005-09-02 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05BAGHDAD3854MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-18 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BANGKOK7305BESIEGED AUDITOR-GENERAL TALKS TO EMBASSY ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka, the besieged Auditor-General of Thailand, on November 14th concerning her controversial situation and about corruption in Thailand. Although Jaruwan has avoided speaking to the press and stays out of the public eye, she gave Polo [...]
2005-11-25 05:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TH
05COLOMBO2056 Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on
[...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]
2005-12-07 11:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05KUWAIT4209COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT
[...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...]
2005-09-27 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM
05LJUBLJANA15 SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. The new FMF Training case was signed in December and all documentation was completed in time to use the case to send nine students to training in January. The ACSA with Slovenia is not in force yet. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. FMF/FMS BUDGET 1) ODC submitted the FY07-12 FMF [...]
2005-01-07 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05MANAMA281POLICE ARREST WEBMASTER OF BAHRAIN ON-LINE
[...] (SBU) Police arrested "Bahrain On-Line" webmaster Ali Abdul Imam February 27 and detained him for 15 days on charges of incitement against the government and spreading false rumors, charges that carry a maximum sentence of six years in jail, according to Bahraini newspapers. Two technical su [...]
2005-03-01 13:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MINSK1462EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 02, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Stricter Laws on Discrediting Belarus On December 25, the lower house of PQliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of amendments to Belarus' cr [...]
2005-12-05 11:08:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK859EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 27, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. No Election Observation On July 21, Secretary of the Central Elections Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated the Belarus does [...]
2005-07-29 12:58:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05NAIROBI4983 WTO - KENYA, WITH THE EU, PREPARES FOR HONG
[...] (U) This report includes an action request for State, USTR, and USDA; please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the fact that it does not have a sitting Trade Minister, Kenya hopes to play a leadership role in developing a consensus among African countries at the upcoming WTO Ho [...]
2005-12-01 12:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV WTRO KE
05NEWDELHI301AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO
[...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...]
2005-01-12 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05OTTAWA395CANADIAN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A tan, rested, and combative Parliament returned this week ready to get down to business. The buzz on Parliament Hill was higher than normal as the MPs -- energized by their enhanced role in the minority government -- begin to tackle a host of divisive issues. While most agree [...]
2005-02-09 14:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN CA KCRS
05PARIS8311NEW FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES ON THE WAY,
[...] (SBU) French Interior Minister Sarkozy's anti-terrorism bill, approved by France's National Assembly on November 29, has moved to the Senate for final approval with surprising speed. The Bill will authorize video surveillance of more public places and give the government increased powers to [...]
2005-12-07 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON KTFN FR
05QUITO1000EMBASSY RECOMMENDS 3C FINDINGS FOR ISAIAS BROTHERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: William and Roberto Isaias, former chiefs of Filanbanco bank and among Ecuador's richest men, fled Ecuador in 1999 after absconding with over $100 million in government bailout funds. They used their ill-gotten wealth to buy safe passage from Ecuador and later pressured prosecu [...]
2005-05-02 23:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS EFIN KCOR EC
05SANSALVADOR2627MEDIA REACTION - UNGA, SEPTEMBER 11, AND KATRINA
[...] "Disappointment at the Summit, Passivity on the Plains" by Joaquin Samayoa in Sept. 21 moderate daily La Prensa Grfica (circ. 110,000). "The UN General Assembly on global poverty produced a lukewarm consensus, expressed in a document that emerged after several months of work to accommodat [...]
2005-09-22 15:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR ES KPAO UNGA
05TAIPEI1407CHEN SHUI-BIAN: RESILIENT, IN CONTROL, BUT BOXED IN
[...] (C) Summary. In the three months since he led his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) into its December legislative election setback, President Chen Shui-bian has stepped back from the confrontational public rhetoric he brought to both the presidential and legislative campaigns last year. His [...]
2005-03-28 06:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI332NEW PM HSIEH CHANG-TING: THE VIEW FROM KAOHSIUNG
[...] (C) Begin Summary. The January 25 appointment of Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) as Taiwan's new Premier was long-rumored, but still surprised some in the South who saw Hsieh as one of President Chen's chief competitors. The move was a natural step for Hsieh, however, who had served [...]
2005-01-26 22:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI3945 THE INNER CIRCLE: PRIMER ON POLICY MAKING IN
[...] (S) Summary. A close inner circle of trusted associates both advises Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on foreign policy and has the most accurate information on those issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the National Security Bureau (NSB) have been largely excluded from policy [...]
2005-09-23 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI61TAIWAN'S PLANNED GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan is undertaking a massive reorganization of its government. The plan is to reduce Taiwan,s current 36 ministries down to 13 with 4 councils and 5 independent commissions over the next year. Major changes include consolidating the administration of state-owned enterprise [...]
2005-01-07 10:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
05TELAVIV4791ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that tens of thousands of right-wing activists participated in Tuesday's anti-disengagement [...]
2005-08-03 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4877ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]
2005-08-08 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06ABUDHABI4356 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/IRAN AND UAE
[...] Summary: A UAE female columnist in "Al-Bayan" confirms that it is time for the Bush administration to hear from Arabs that the chaos which is part of Bush's policies is stupid and foolish, turning the region into bloody fields. "Al-Khaleej" ran a front-page editorial denouncing the Iranian [...]
2006-11-27 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUJA1703PDP RECONCILIATION: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
[...] (C) Attempts by President Olusegun Obasanjo and the leadership of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile party members throughout Nigeria face serious problems. Incidents across Nigeria indicate that the reconciliation moves have only opened old wounds and created new suspic [...]
2006-07-05 15:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
06ABUJA3247ATIKU TO SEEK AC NOMINATION: WORRIED ABOUT REACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Vice President will actively seek the nomination of the Action Congress (AC) on December 20 in Lagos, according to one of his closest advisers. But Atiku is also deeply concerned that President Obasanjo will react swiftly by declaring his seat vacant and replacing him with c [...]
2006-12-20 11:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06AITTAIPEI1743MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage May 20-22 on President Chen Shui-bian's apology for the First Family's involvement in the recent insider trading scandal; alleged involvement by Chen's son-in-law in the snowballing insider trading scandal; Taiwan's first [...]
2006-05-22 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AMMAN1253MEDIA REACTION ON AFTERMATH OF PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 12:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN4221SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON ZARQAWI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 05:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5498MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-23 10:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN7306MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON, PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-24 10:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN746MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06ANKARA6460AKP PARTY CONGRESS: AIMING AT THE 2007 ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The second ordinary congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) saw Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as party chairman without contest and conveyed an image of the five-year old party as a mature, sophisticated organization with a domestic focus [...]
2006-11-20 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
06ATHENS437NEW GREEK CABINET LINEUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Greek Government Spokesman Roussopoulos announced the much-anticipated reshuffle of the Greek Cabinet February 14. Ref A reports in depth on new Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyianni. The new Cabinet, which was sworn in at 10am (local) February 15, includes 14 mini [...]
2006-02-15 15:24:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GR INTERNAL
06BAMAKO1237MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 14:06:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BANGKOK115THAI TELECOM SECTOR REFORM: NTC ISSUES LICENSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Thailand,s telecom sector has long been defined by the co-existence of its state owned enterprises TOT and CAT, and several private companies doing business under concessions granted by the state owned enterprises (SOEs). While the concessions brought competition into the Thai [...]
2006-01-06 12:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECPS EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK3538THAILAND CELEBRATES ITS KING
[...] (C) Summary. The Thai people took time off from their political crisis on June 9 to celebrate the 60th year of King Bhumipol Adulyadej's reign. The multi-day gala offered dramatic and often times moving evidence of the nation's respect and adoration for its monarch. In his public audience o [...]
2006-06-14 10:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK788THE GREAT THAKSIN ASSET SALE: TAX-FREE BUT WITH
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The sale of the Prime Minister's publicly-listed family holding company, Shin Corp, to Singapore's Temasek, has provoked widespread criticism for the byzantine nature of the transaction, the fact that [...]
2006-02-09 10:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TH
06BEIJING16961 BROADCAST NEWS: CCTV YOUTH MOVEMENT EARNS
[...] (C) Two young anchors unexpectedly debuted on China Central Television's 7 p.m. national news broadcast early this summer. The appearance of Mr. Kang Hui and Ms. Li Zeming, both in their early 30s, has stimulated debate about CCTV's direction and spurred rumors about the possibility of chang [...]
2006-08-17 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING23804CHINESE AND U.S. EXPERTS DISCUSS COAL MINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 21-22, the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) co- hosted a conference on "Legal Means to Address the Problem of Mine Accidents" with Chinese experts in Beijing. The Chinese experts were extremely candid about the seriousness of China's mine [...]
2006-11-16 05:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EMIN CH
06BEIRUT324MGLE01: SINIORA ON END TO CABINET BOYCOTT,
[...] (C) In a 2/4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora claimed that he and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri had orchestrated the end of the Shia cabinet boycott by cornering Hizballah publicly. There is no private and no written deal, Siniora insisted, noting that he fully expec [...]
2006-02-06 09:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE IS SY KPAL
06BRATISLAVA489CAMPAIGN ATMOSPHERICS
[...] Summary. (U) Slovakia has entered the final countdown to elections. Polls open Saturday June 17 at 7:00 AM and close at 10:00 PM (1:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST). The parties are hosting their grand finale campaign programs, the last polls have been released, and the final TV debate has been held. Giv [...]
2006-06-16 14:46:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON LO
06BUENOSAIRES1279Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...]
2006-06-07 13:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES408Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 64 million in the FX market on February 14. Then the BCRA kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...]
2006-02-21 12:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES515Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. The peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD early in the week, after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 29 million in the FX market on February 27. By mid-week, strong investment inflows to purchase domestic stoc [...]
2006-03-06 11:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES966Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] In its second quarter inflation report, the BCRA increased its 2006 growth forecast from 6 percent to "above 7 percent" based on the strong economic performance during the first two months of the year and the statistical carry-over effect from 2005. According to the report, the continued stre [...]
2006-04-28 20:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06CAIRO3270(U) PRESSING EGYPT ON TORTURE CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Egyptian human rights circles are outraged by reports of the alleged torture by police of Mohammad Al-Sharqawy and Kamal Al-Shaer, activists with "Youth for Change," an offshoot of the Kefaya movement. According to press and blog accounts, police detained Sharqawy and Shaer af [...]
2006-05-30 14:47:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EG US
06DAMASCUS1368SARG NERVOUS OVER BRAMMERTZ, DESPITE POSITIVE BODY
[...] (C) Summary: Despite its continuing efforts to project calm, the mid-March Brammertz report seems to have provoked SARG anxiety about where the UNIIIC investigation is headed. A range of contacts report that the regime's guardedly positive public reaction to the mid-march UNIIIC report soured [...]
2006-03-28 14:04:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM SY
06DAMASCUS5341Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Nov. 27 reported President Asad's and VP Shara's meetings on Nov. 26 with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov, focusing on the tension in the region caused by foreign interference. In statements following the meeting, Sulatanov described his meetings [...]
2006-11-27 13:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06GEORGETOWN5Guyanese Business Optimistic as CSME Approaches
[...] On Christmas Day, GOG President Jagdeo signed documents indicating Guyana's commitment to the CSME, becoming the sixth CARICOM head of state to do so. This was the culmination of several initiatives aimed at preparing Guyana for CSME compliance by January 1. In other recent developments, parli [...]
2006-01-03 16:18:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL ECON BEXP XL GY CARICOM
06GUANGZHOU13562The Long March: The Fourth Wall, Meizhou's Opening
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Long March, a series of road journeys through the Guangzhou consular district (reftels),we traveled to Meizhou, the traditional capital of the Hakka, a subset of China's majority Han ethnic group. The Hakka, or "guest people," currently find themselves faced with [...]
2006-04-28 09:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV ETRD EINV CH
06HANOI1434VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR THE JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The United States and Vietnam will convene a meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee in Hanoi, June 19-20. In preparation, Mission is providing a review of implementation issues to raise with the Vietnamese side during the discussions. [...]
2006-06-14 08:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EAID ECON KIPR PREL VM
06HANOI657 U.S.-VIETNAM BILATERAL WTO ACCESSION MARKET ACCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working within a theme of liberalization, linkages, and legislation, U.S. and Vietnamese negotiators made significant progress in bilateral WTO Accession market access negotiations held January 16-18 in Hanoi. In the agricultural market access negotiations, tariff lines coveri [...]
2006-03-21 09:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO PREL USTR VM
06ISLAMABAD11311POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE
[...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...]
2006-06-15 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNEAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD11740POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S
[...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...]
2006-06-21 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV MASS
06JAKARTA8958TIMIKA TRIAL OPENS
[...] (SBU) Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators appeared in Jakarta Central Court on July 18 to face charges in connection with the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua. The three-hour July 18 session was administrative in nature, devoted to identifying the [...]
2006-07-18 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JERUSALEM888IRANIAN FINANCING FOR HAMAS?
[...] (S) ConGen contacts in Fatah and the PA have not been able to confirm press reports that Iran pledged to provide USD 250 million in funding to the incoming Hamas government. However, our contacts do agree that Hamas is reaching out to countries such as Iran to obtain funding in the face of Isr [...]
2006-03-02 13:33:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL EFIN KPAL KWBG IR
06KATHMANDU376PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING
[...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE),and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding. Post has pouched the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat Tra [...]
2006-02-08 01:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP
06KIEV1082EXBS: Ukraine Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable
[...] On October 1, 2004, ExBS Advisor requested that the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) de-obligate fiscal year 2004 ExBS operational funds for use in fiscal year 2005. Despite numerous written and oral requests since then, the funds remain unavaila [...]
2006-03-21 08:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL
06KIEV384UKRAINE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] Below is text requested reftel of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Ukraine. Begin Text: Investment Climate Statement 2006 -- Ukraine A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT When President Yushchenko took office in January 2005, he [...]
2006-01-30 15:11:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV461UKRAINE: GONGADZE CASE AND ELECTION POLITICS
[...] (C) Politicians and the judge associated with the Gongadze case, wielding both implied carrots and sticks, have sought the public silence of Myroslava Gongadze -- widow of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze -- in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March, according to Myroslava's lawyer Val [...]
2006-02-02 13:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM
06KINSHASA154FY06 SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND ALLCATION REQUEST
[...] (U) Embssy Kinshasa requests $82,500 in FY06 Special Self-Help Funds (SSHF) (reftel a). JUSTIFICATION ------------ Embassy Kinshasa's seletion committe has chosen nine projects for FY06 SSHF, each o which will be directly overseen by a mission oficer and the SSHF funding coordinator. Post [...]
2006-01-30 13:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID CG DEM
06KUALALUMPUR21672006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXTENDING (AND
[...] (C) The defense of Malay rights, heated racial rhetoric, and Islamic themes dominated the 2006 UMNO General Assembly, with the often jolting Malay speak reaching Malaysians directly for the first time through unfiltered, live television coverage. Deputy Prime Minister Najib opened the 2006 U [...]
2006-11-27 08:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MY
06LAGOS1248PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY
[...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...]
2006-10-03 16:53:00Consulate LagosSECRETPREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1418SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Kidnappers may be trying new tactics in Rivers State. Tinubu aide terms Lagos political scene tense. Edo State contact scoffs at idea of a Lucky Igbinedion Vice-Presidency. Senators in Cross-River State accuse contractors of embezzling money intended for development. Officials [...]
2006-12-12 15:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NI
06MANAMA1116GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES WARN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT
[...] (C) Several Embassy media contacts have told Emboffs that the government recently formed two committees designed to monitor the content of print and broadcast media in Bahrain. The chairman of the board of the independent daily Al Wasat received a letter from one of the committees complaini [...]
2006-06-21 11:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM BA POL REFORM HUMRIT
06MANAMA1473TFLE01: BAHRAINIS RALLY, RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT
[...] (C) The conflict in Lebanon continues to move Bahraini citizens and political, religious, and civil society organizations into action in support of the people of Lebanon and Hizballah. With the notable exception of some hard-line Salafis, most segments of Bahraini society are united in their [...]
2006-08-09 09:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EAID BA LE REGION POL
06MEXICO2220 TEN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Whoever wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2 will inherit both the economic strengths built and bolstered during the Fox Administration and the daunting challenges that Fox leaves unfulfilled or simply unaddressed. Fox's major economic legacy will be the macroeconomic stability [...]
2006-04-26 19:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MONTEVIDEO230THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK
[...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]
2006-03-07 19:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MOSCOW10606AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL: STILL ALIVE - FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: A surprising "white knight" - billionaire Alexandr Lebedev, minority shareholder in Aeroflot - with $40 million from his own pocket has resuscitated the Boeing deal that as of September 15th, looked near demise. Lebedev's move might give the Kremlin a face-saving to allow the Boei [...]
2006-09-21 15:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EAIR RS
06MOSCOW1445SPRING STATE DUMA SESSION OFF TO SLOW START
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The spring semester of the Russian State Duma, which began on January 11 and will run through mid-June, got off to a slow start. Deputies are burdened with almost 600 draft laws, with 52 designated as priority bills focusing on water and forestry regulation, transportation safe [...]
2006-02-15 12:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL PHUM SOCI RS
06MUSCAT1122MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-LEBANESE CONFLICT; OMANI LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: Omani press decries "Israeli aggression." Private "Al-Watan" daily laments "Arab silence." The state-owned "Oman" deems Hezbollah to be conducting "legitimate resistance." In online discussion, participants applaud Oman's new labor law, even if "American pressure" is behind it, and [...]
2006-07-17 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06NEWDELHI3471CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA
[...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]
2006-05-18 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NIAMEY1075POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION IN NIGER: (STILL) A
[...] (C) More than two years have passed since Nigeriens elected local councils to govern the country's 265 communes. The advent of political decentralization - a subject of discussion for most of the nation's first four decades of independence - was greeted with excitement by ordinary Nigeriens wh [...]
2006-09-22 16:22:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR EAID NG
06OTTAWA2837VISIT OF USTR AMBASSADOR SUSAN SCHWAB TO OTTAWA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab visited Ottawa on September 11-12 to sign the U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will be voted on by the Canadian Parliament during the week of September 18. Prior to the signing ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Intern [...]
2006-09-18 21:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON EAGR CA CH KS
06OTTAWA3423CANADA'S CLEAN AIR ACT FACES TOUGH SLEDDING
[...] (U) Summary: Less than two weeks after its introduction in the House of Commons the Tories' highly anticipated "made-in-Canada" environmental plan, the Clean Air Act, has been derailed from the standard parliamentary pathway. The bill will likely be subject to a massive redraft in an ad hoc " [...]
2006-11-16 22:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON CA
06OTTAWA3561NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...]
2006-12-08 12:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PINR CA
06RABAT316ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BELKHEIR'S VIEWS ON WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted Algerian Ambassador Larbi Belkheir for an informal tea and conversation on the Western Sahara and Morocco-Algeria relations the afternoon of February 16. Belkheir had just returned from Algiers the previous day. Present were Algerian DCM Ginad Boumedienne, NE [...]
2006-02-23 17:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RANGOON1722A TALE OF TWO SITTWES: BURMA'S ETHNIC TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Non-Buddhist ethnic minorities in Burma's Rakhine State face the worst of times, with a flat economy, no citizenship rights, and no freedom to seek better opportunities elsewhere. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),World Food Program (WFP),UN High Commission on [...]
2006-11-27 09:51:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON516FORMER STUDENT LEADER STAYS THE COURSE
[...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing--former pro-democracy student leader, political prisoner, and current activist--is struggling with the challenges of readjusting to life outside of solitary confinement and the pressures of meeting the expectations of his many followers and supporters. As in 1988, h [...]
2006-04-24 00:31:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RIGA246LATVIA TO CONTINUE WITH MINORITY GOVERNMENT AS
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis now leads a minority government. The New Era party, the governing coalition's largest, left the government April 7 in the culmination of a three-week government crisis characterized by competing claims of corruption and government malfeasance. New Era lef [...]
2006-04-07 15:41:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL LG
06SAOPAULO1038WHA PDAS SHAPIRO'S MEETINGS IN SAO PAULO
[...] (SBU) During a September 18-21 visit to Sao Paulo to attend the WHA ELO Conference, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met with a series of experts on questions of foreign policy, international trade, and socio-economic issues. Private sector representatives painted a gloomy economic picture, noting t [...]
2006-09-27 16:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EINV ETRD SOCI ECON BR
06SKOPJE953MACEDONIA: POLICE LAW IMPASSE:GOM-OPPOSITION TALKS
[...] (C) The parliamentary impasse between the VMRO-DPMNE-led government and ethnic Albanian opposition party DUI over the draft police law continues, with DUI insisting that it will not respect the police law unless it is passed with a qualified (Badinter) majority. PM Gruevski and DUI President [...]
2006-10-06 13:39:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV MK
06TEGUCIGALPA1238HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE MAY GO TO TRAFIGURA, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for the national bid were reportedly sent by bid consultant Robert Meyeringh to the GOH for review June 29. Ambassador has called for an appropriate and CAFTA-consistent review and comment period of the TOR once they are formally released (expec [...]
2006-07-11 22:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA897HONDURAS: ALLEGED PETROCARIBE - ELECTRICITY FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TELAVIV4107OLMERT PUSHES LIEBERMAN-LIKE REFORM IDEAS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert opened the Winter session of the Knesset October 16 in the conspicuous absence of President Moshe Katsav, who ducked the occasion rather than face a firestorm of protest from MKs who are calling for the President's resignation amidst serious allegations of s [...]
2006-10-17 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV914ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV915ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TOKYO1818 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2011JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2550JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 00:56:00Embassy 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
06TOKYO2689 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2715 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2913 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3038 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3219JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3252SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE EAGER TO HOST FOREIGN BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Shizuoka Prefecture, located between Tokyo and Nagoya is eager to attract foreign direct investment even as it confronts problems with its large population of foreign factory workers. End Summary 2. (SBU) Introduction. Shizuoka will roll out the welcome mat for foreign inv [...]
2006-06-13 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO3967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4581 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 00:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5456 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5605 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5740 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5902 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO599JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6475THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY
[...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...]
2006-11-12 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6638JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6690 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6710 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-26 22:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06VIENNA2322AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME
[...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...]
2006-08-03 11:30:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2690AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 08, 2006
[...] The third in a series of television debates between Austrian political leaders was a face-off Thursday night between the Social Democrats' boss Alfred Gusenbauer and BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler. As expected, the two politicians strongly disagreed on issues including the bank Bawag and immigr [...]
2006-09-11 07:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07ADDISABABA1104ETHIOPIA: BENCH RULES CUD LEADERS MUST ANSWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of rulings between April 4-9, the High Court dismissed charges of "attempted" genocide and treason against all defendants in the nearly year-long trial of opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society represent [...]
2007-04-12 15:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07AITTAIPEI2109MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese and English language dailies on September 13th gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Christensen's speech, which was delivered at the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference in Annapolis Tuesday, Sep [...]
2007-09-13 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI465MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS, SIXTIETH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 28 - March 1 on the sixtieth anniversary of the 2-28 Incident, on the sudden tumble of China's stock market Tuesday, and on the 2008 presidential elections. The pro-status quo "China Times" carried the results of [...]
2007-03-01 08:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ANKARA141ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA64ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07BAGHDAD2586HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DETENTION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Human Rights Committee Deputy Harith al-Ubaidy (Tawafuq),and committee members Hanin al-Qeddo (Eitilaf) and Shatha al-Ebousy (Tawafuq) told PolOff separately in July that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki, in a July 23 meeting with the committee, said t [...]
2007-08-04 07:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD3038PROSPECTS FOR HYDROCARBON LAW PASSAGE - NOT SO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders are pessimistic about the speed at which Iraq can pass the framework hydrocarbon and revenue management laws, but believe the GOI already has the parliamentary majority needed to ultimately enact the laws. END SUMMARY. VP thinks passage likely, but not soon ----- [...]
2007-09-11 04:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
07BANGKOK5593THAI ARMY BARS SOUTHERN DETAINEES FROM RETURNING
[...] (C) Thai NGOs are concerned about a July 22 military order, based on martial law, that prohibits 384 named detainees from traveling to their homes in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern provinces. Most of these detainees appear to be ethnic-Malay Muslims who have been compelled to particip [...]
2007-10-30 09:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH
07BEIJING6076PRC URGES IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENVOY TO RESPOND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Director General for West Asian and North African Affairs Song Aiguo informed us September 17 that Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi told PRC officials September 13-14 that the Iran nuclear issue is "on the right track" and urged China to oppose new sanctions. Ac [...]
2007-09-17 11:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIRUT1959LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER ASKS A/S WELCH TO DELAY
[...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman told visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 16 that the investigation into the December 12 assassination of General Francois al-Hajj was focusing on Islamic extremists suspected of trying to undermine the army. Palestinian [...]
2007-12-16 13:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BRUSSELS1087BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION: BELGIAN MUSLIMS FACE MULTIPLE CHALLENGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: More than half of Belgium's immigrants from Morocco and Turkey (nearly all of whom are Muslim) live below the Belgian poverty line, defined as 777 euros (approximately $1,000) or less, per household, per month. This finding is from "Poverty in the Migrant Population," the first pa [...]
2007-03-30 10:48:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI SMIG ECON KISL KPAO BE
07BUENOSAIRES1262ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 12-27, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov t [...]
2007-06-28 18:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1776ARGENTINE-URUGUAYAN PULP MILL DISPUTE: FINNISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Finnish Embassy believes that despite the bilateral frictions that the Argentina-Uruguay pulp mill dispute has created, the mill project will open as scheduled in October with a minimal possibility of violence. The Embassy discounts as spurious Argentine environmental ac [...]
2007-09-06 19:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EINV SENV PREL SOCI FI UY AR
07CHENNAI289BELLWETHER PROJECT: TAMIL NADU'S MANUFACTURING BOOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recently announced proposed projects - an almost $1 billion automobile joint venture between India's Mahindra & Mahindra, Nissan, and Renault and a $30 million dollar investment by Dell - highlight Tamil Nadu's continued growth as a manufacturing hub. While Tamil Nadu also [...]
2007-04-17 10:44:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV EFIN PGOV IN
07COLOMBO1260SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING LEGAL HURDLES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Godfrey Yogarajah of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) called on Ambassador to provide an update on the problems faced by Sri Lanka's Christian community. Yogarajah noted that Sri Lankan churches are experiencing a growing number [...]
2007-09-12 12:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO176SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VOWS NOT TO TAKE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Disaster Relief and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe January 30 to share with him a list of suggested actions the Government could take to address the human rights situation. The deeply frustrated Minister (strictly protect throughout) expressed [...]
2007-01-30 14:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07CONAKRY370GUINEA'S NEW GOVERNMENT MEETS INITIAL DEMANDS
[...] (C) On March 28, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate addressed the nation with a clear message thanking all Guineans for their patience and cooperation in the creation of a "government of broad consensus". The Prime Minister listed eight priorities for his government with the consolidation of nat [...]
2007-03-29 14:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINS EAID GV
07DAMASCUS482 Syria/Lebanon, Golan, Asad/Referendum, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 21 reported that clashes erupted on May 20 in the Lebanese city of Tripoli and in the nearby Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp between the Lebanese army and militants from the Palestinian group Fatah al-Islam. All papers featured an official statement by th [...]
2007-05-21 13:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS857Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 22 reported President Asad's meeting on August 21 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in which he reiterated Syria's support for the current political process in Iraq and stressed the need to intensify efforts to create a suitable foundation for achievin [...]
2007-08-22 11:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DOHA1052QATAR FORGES ITS OWN "WAHABI" PATH
[...] (C) Summary: Qatar's brand of Islam, according to three sources, is both traditional and progressive. It is traditional in that it is based on scripture and standing interpretations, but progressive in its tolerance for various Islamic schools of thought and moderate social strictures. Even [...]
2007-11-08 13:51:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL QA
07KATHMANDU720NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION
[...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]
2007-04-06 13:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KYIV135UKRAINE: ONE VICTOR? CABINET OF MINISTERS LAW
[...] (C) Summary. A landmark Cabinet of Ministers law passed January 12 via a presidential veto override (ref A) will remake the Ukrainian political landscape once it comes into effect, although President Yushchenko cited a technicality to issue a renewed veto January 19 and returned the bill to t [...]
2007-01-19 15:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07LIMA1667NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in April 2007: ** Eradication total of 894 hectares is low compared to this time last year; in April 2006 we had eradicated 3,120. ** Garcia embraced eradication as an important element of GOP policy; taking a tough line against cocaleros. ** CORAH worker killed [...]
2007-05-08 21:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07MANAGUA1622ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT SIX MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: During his first six months in office, President Daniel Ortega has expanded executive powers and used them to destroy or give away pieces of Nicaragua's cultural patrimony; to threaten opposition media and freedom of expression; to fire large numbers of government officials and r [...]
2007-07-02 17:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON NU
07MINSK104BELARUS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN: MOTIVES
[...] (SBU) On January 21 and January 27, the Belarusian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs held meetings with their Iranian counterparts and the Iranian president in Tehran. Although the Belarusian state media mysteriously ignored the trips, Iranian and independent Belarusian news sources re [...]
2007-02-02 10:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ETRD BO IR
07MINSK227EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]
2007-03-16 15:28:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK229EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]
2007-03-19 05:55:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MOSCOW5630RUSSIA STILL A SMOKER'S PARADISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Duma session that ended November 16 failed to approve legislation placing greater restrictions on smoking in public places. The outgoing Duma also did not approve the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Russia has neither signed nor ratified. Observe [...]
2007-12-02 08:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
07MOSCOW845"FOR A JUST RUSSIA" POSITIONS SELF AS
[...] (SBU) The second, Kremlin-approved party, "For a Just Russia (SR)" at its inaugural congress February 24-27 combined left-wing rhetoric, criticism of the GOR's performance, anger at its treatment in the regions, and patriotism in a credible effort to establish itself as an alternative to the g [...]
2007-02-28 16:00:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PREL RS
07NICOSIA340IN TOURING IRANIAN FACILITY SANS INSTRUCTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RoC Ambassador to Iran Charalambos Kapsos, acting without instructions from Nicosia, defied European Union counsel and attended the April 9 ribbon-cutting of Iran's Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, according to April 16 local media accounts. A Foreign Ministry official subsequentl [...]
2007-04-18 11:55:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC TRGY AORC PREL CY
07PRAGUE939Czech Public Finance Reform: The Next Parliamentary
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Topolanek's government faces a key challenge this week, when its public finance reform bill undergoes second reading in the lower chamber of the parliament. Topolanek will have to bring order to his fractious coalition government and to his own party, the ODS, which remains sp [...]
2007-08-13 14:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ ECON EFIN
07RANGOON1088BURMA: REGIME HOLD GAMBARI IN NAY PYI TAW
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari arrived in Rangoon November 3 and proceeded straight to Nay Pyi Taw where he was granted meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Relations (liaison with Aung San Suu Kyi). A UN official told us Gambari described his meeting with [...]
2007-11-05 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON259INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) In honor of International Women's Day, the Charge d'Affaires held a well-attended afternoon discussion on March 8 with women leaders from the National League for Democracy, the 88 Generation Students, ethnic representatives, and leaders of grass-roots NGOs. The Charge opened the discus [...]
2007-03-12 09:58:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
07RIGA860LATVIA'S 2008 BUDGET
[...] Summary: On November 8th, the Saeima (Parliament) passed the government's 2008 budget, with 54 parliament members voting in favor and 39 against. In line with the main budgetary priority, which was economic stabilization in the face of accelerating inflation, the budget plans to run a 1% of G [...]
2007-11-16 11:46:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD LG
07SOFIA1073BULGARIANS CHAFE AT RUSSIAN HARD LINE IN B-A
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian government officials are expressing public and private disdain for two Russian proposals tabled during August 27-28 negotiations for the Burgas-Alexandropolous Pipeline (B-A) in Athens. The proposals would require Bulgaria and Greece, as minority shareholders in B-A, [...]
2007-09-05 15:01:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV BU
07SOFIA943DROUGHT HITTING FARMERS, ECONOMY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The regional drought affecting the Black Sea region has severely damaged Bulgaria's main crops. With some harvests almost complete, yields are estimated to be down by 35 percent for wheat and 80 percent for corn. Rising grain and oilseed prices are causing near-term spikes in br [...]
2007-08-06 08:19:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PGOV BU AGR
07SUVA177FIJI UPDATE 3/22/07: CORRUPTION COMPARISONS; A
[...] (C) A Transparency International poll taken in Fiji before the coup indicates people were not shocked by corruption in the Qarase era. Overall, Fiji stacked up quite favorably compared to global and regional results, which suggests, no surprise, that the need for a "clean up" was not really wh [...]
2007-03-21 20:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07TAIPEI2312PARTISAN POLITICS AND POSTURING CLOUD NATIONAL DAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's October 10 National Day celebrations, including a speech by President Chen to senior officials, had a partisan slant but produced no major "surprises." In his speech, President Chen highlighted the recent application to the UN under the name "Taiwan" and the importan [...]
2007-10-11 10:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
07TAIPEI2408TAIWAN DEFENSE BUDGET MOVES ONE STEP FORWARD:
[...] (C) Summary. A Legislative Yuan (LY) joint committee has approved the 2008 defense budget and sent it to the full LY for action. The approved defense weapons systems include PAC-2 upgrades, PAC-3 missiles, P-3C aircraft, diesel submarines, and F-16 fighters, while reducing funds for Taiwan' [...]
2007-10-26 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP CH TW
07TELAVIV1348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]
2007-05-08 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1476ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 09:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV860ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE566UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...]
2007-03-27 15:21:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL
07TOKYO1564 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 23:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1689JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2430 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 08:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3100 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3511 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3969ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affairs Council Chairman -- Toshihiro NIKAI LDP Policy [...]
2007-08-27 14:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3970ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary. (This is a corrected copy amending paragraph 16.) This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affa [...]
2007-08-27 14:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4416 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4588 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy 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
07TOKYO4721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07
[...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]
2007-10-09 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4856 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 22:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5039JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5465JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5493 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/07
[...] Fund management organizations of Diet members and candidates for the Diet 2. Political organizations represented by Diet members and others and their branches in electoral districts 3. Political organizations recommending Diet members and others Political funds auditors (tentative name) regi [...]
2007-12-07 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB 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
07TOKYO619 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07USUNNEWYORK273RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]
2007-04-09 21:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07YEREVAN192PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY CONGRESS A SUCCESS, REAL
[...] (C) Prosperous Armenia (PA),the new oligarch-founded party that has taken Armenia's political scene by storm (but whose agenda is still unclear),held its long-awaited pre-election congress on February 15. The congress hall was packed, and also drew a number of sour-faced senior government o [...]
2007-02-23 11:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08ABUDHABI382TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is home to a broad array of communities, including those vulnerable to exploitive human traffickers. The population is comprised of over 80 percent foreigners, many of whom provide unskilled or minimally skilled labor to a fast-growing economy. In thi [...]
2008-03-26 11:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE
08ABUJA1016(S/NF) NIGERIA: xxxxxxxxxxxx
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: xxxxxxxxxxxx contended that Yar'Adua began experiencing symptoms of acute renal failure in late 1999, and traveled at that time to Mainz, Germany, to consult with kidney specialists. xxxxxxxxxxxx claimed, that in 1999, German doctors told Yar'Adua to undergo dialysis treatment, and [...]
2008-06-02 15:11:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI NI
08ABUJA1095NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31,
[...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...]
2008-06-12 11:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI
08AITTAIPEI1290MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1424MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS DEALS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 27-30 on Super Typhoon Jangmi, which pounded Taiwan heavily Sunday and Monday, bringing massive rains and causing considerable damage to the island; on the House of Representatives' veto of the Bush Administration [...]
2008-10-01 01:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1430MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 2 on the revamped U.S. financial bailout plan, which is scheduled for the Senate's vote Thursday morning; on rumors that a big local bank is suffering financial problems; on the probe into the alleged money-launderi [...]
2008-10-02 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1443MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 4-6 on the U.S. financial bailout bill, which U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law Friday; on the approved U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; and on the probe into the alleged money-laundering case involving former [...]
2008-10-06 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1450MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the arrest of Yeh Sheng-mao, former Director of the Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau (MJIB); National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Henry Tsai's remarks that SARS was a bio-chemical warfare a [...]
2008-10-07 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1550MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies gave significant straight news reporting and editorial coverage November 1-3 to the five-day Taiwan visit by China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin; the talks to be held between ARAT [...]
2008-11-03 09:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1561MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese and English-language dailies continued to give significant news coverage November 4 to the historic meeting between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Ch [...]
2008-11-04 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI835MEDIA REACTION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS, TAIWAN-JAPAN DISPUTE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies June 14-16 gave extensive coverage to the rising diplomatic row between Taiwan and Japan over a collision between a Taiwan fishing boat and a Japanese frigate in the disputed waters around the Tiaoyutai Islands last Tuesday. News coverage also [...]
2008-06-16 10:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI886MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 21-23 news coverage on the peaceful resolution to a recent dispute between Taiwan and Japan, triggered by the collision between a Taiwan fishing boat and a Japanese frigate in early June; on President Ma Ying-jeou's nomination of Co [...]
2008-06-23 10:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08ANKARA1476SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1711ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1932ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ASHGABAT1158DAS KROL DISCUSSES TURKMENISTAN/CENTRAL ASIA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 2 lunch with members of Ashgabat's foreign diplomatic corps, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol raised regional issues of direct concern to the United States and western governments. There was much discussion the situation in Turkmenistan and the region, es [...]
2008-09-03 17:45:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TX
08BAGHDAD3796GOI DELIVERS ASSURANCES TO MEK, TAKES CUSTODY OF
[...] (C) Summary: A GOI delegation led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim conveyed the GOI's humanitarian assurances to the USG to the Camp Ashraf (Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)) leadership during a November 26 visit. The GOI had been reluctant to officially convey the assurances, concerned tha [...]
2008-12-04 06:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ
08BEIRUT952LEBANON: SENIOR COORDINATOR FOLEY HEARS OF
[...] (C) In a June 26 visit to Beirut, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley learned from the head of the agency responsible for immigration control, Surete Generale Director Wafiq Jezzini, that the Surete Generale has suspended its practice of detaining Iraqi refugees living in L [...]
2008-07-01 09:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PTER IQ LE
08BELGRADE1217SERBIA: HOLY ASSEMBLY RETAINS PATRIARCH PAVLE
[...] (SBU) The annual fall session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) ended with a whimper on November 15. Although the Sabor reportedly discussed the life, organization, and mission of the Church, it failed to resolve decisively the most pressing issues. [...]
2008-11-26 14:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
08BRUSSELS1273SCENESETTER FOR LUGAR CODEL MEETINGS WITH EU
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. One goal of the French EU Presidency is to reach political agreement by the end of the year on the EU Commission proposals on internal energy market liberalization a [...]
2008-08-18 14:00:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS609Aviation Emissions: EU Willing to Negotiate, but
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU interlocutors told FAA Assistant Administrator Daniel Elwell that the EU proposal to include aviation emissions in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) would probably be enacted by end 2008. The EU is committed to going forward with a unilateral proposal, and many EU entiti [...]
2008-04-22 15:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ELTN ECON EPET EUN
08BUENOSAIRES1009ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF RESIGNS AND IS REPLACED BY
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: After months of rumors of his impending departure, Argentine Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez (AF) stepped down July 23 and has been replaced by Sergio Massa, the 36-year-old mayor of suburban Tigre and Kirchner protege. Another top GOA official announced there w [...]
2008-07-23 23:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1080ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, August 2, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) defended her administration's policies in her first press conference in her eight-month tenure. This was a departure from the Kirchners' longstanding media strategy, which has irked the media by not holdin [...]
2008-08-05 09:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1643ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering November 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be included on the ema [...]
2008-12-02 20:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08CAIRO2438ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTS ABBAS; DOES NOT CONDEMN HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary. The Arab League Ministerial meeting of November 26 resulted in explicit support for PA President Abbas to remain in office until the intra-Palestinian conflict is resolved and parliamentary and presidential elections are able to be held. There was no explicit reference to Hamas [...]
2008-11-30 15:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS SY EG
08CANBERRA185AUSMIN 2008: SESSION II (DPRK, INDIA, CHINA,
[...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C/RL AUS) U.S. and Australian officials dedicated the second session of the 2008 AUSMIN conference to a consideration of regional security issues throughout Asia. They agreed to coordinate in managing the st [...]
2008-02-25 07:47:00Embassy CanberraSECRETOVIP MOPS
08CARACAS1739SUPREME COURT BLESSES AMENDMENT, PSUV GEARS UP THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court appears poised to remove any potential legal obstacles to Chavez's constitutional amendment proposal to remove presidential term limits, paving the way for his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to begin both its signature drive and discussions within t [...]
2008-12-18 16:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS286CHAVEZ PUTS FINISHING TOUCHES ON HIS PSUV PARTY
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez presided over the final session of the founding congress of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) March 2 in Maracaibo. Over 1600 PSUV party delegates elected Chavez party president the week before. In Maracaibo, Chavez announced the names of 69 PSUV m [...]
2008-03-03 22:15:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CHISINAU175MOLDOVA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions in ref A, which requests post's contribution to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Moldova mostly were undertaken by NGOs and international organizations (IOs),primarily because [...]
2008-02-21 14:52:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM PREF MD
08CHISINAU249PRESIDENT REJECTS DUAL-CITIZENSHIP BAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS:
[...] (C) Summary: To the surprise of many, President Voronin sent back to Parliament the draft law banning public officials from holding dual (read Moldovan and Romanian) citizenship. Most observers believe that Voronin, as the prime mover of the bill, had come to understand that the law would invo [...]
2008-03-06 08:20:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MD
08DJIBOUTI665Somalia - First Steps to Implementing the Djibouti
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 16, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (SRSG) opened the first meeting of the High Level Committee and the Joint Security Committee to implement the Djibouti Agreement. At least one of the objectives of the meeting is [...]
2008-08-17 15:08:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DJ SO
08GUANGZHOU292"NETIZENS" HAVE THE GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT'S EAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: If the Party Secretary can take the time to surf the web for ideas and useful policy proposals, so can you. That's the message from Guangdong Party Secretary Wang Yang to his subordinates, following a recent highly publicized meeting with 26 prominent south China "netizens" (act [...]
2008-05-23 08:54:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT ECON PGOV CH
08ISLAMABAD3822 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 12, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08KYIV101UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART
[...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]
2008-01-17 07:20:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08KYIV191UKRAINE: RADA SESSION CLOSES WITH A WHIMPER
[...] (C) Summary. The final weeks of the new Rada's first session ended disappointingly with the Party of Regions blockading the rostrum and the coalition unable to muster a majority to pass any legislation or make personnel appointments. With over 700 draft bills at some stage of the legislative [...]
2008-01-29 11:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2174SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV
[...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...]
2008-10-30 15:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV99UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART I
[...] As requested reftel, below is Part I of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in two separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Invest [...]
2008-01-17 02:59:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08LONDON3042(U) QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH A THIN LABOUR
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Queen laid out Gordon Brown's legislative plans for the coming year in the annual Queen's Speech at the December 3 State Opening of Parliament, but most of the political and media attention was not on PM Brown's legislative agenda (much of which had been released already) but on [...]
2008-12-04 16:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON PREL PINR UK
08MANILA2386 HIGHLIGHTING U.S. SUPPORT FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN
[...] Summary. During an October 14 visit to the terrorist-affiliated Southern Philippines island of Jolo, Sulu Province, the Ambassador expressed solidarity with the people of Mindanao and emphasized the United States government's continued support for peace and prosperity in Mindanao. Groundbreak [...]
2008-10-22 08:04:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID
08MEXICO63INFLATION A KEY CHALLENGE FOR THE MEXICAN
[...] (SBU) A key challenge for the Calderon administration this year will be containing inflation expectations and bringing the overall inflation rate closer to 3%. The annual consumer price inflation rate hovered around the top end of the government's target range throughout 2007, with end-of-mont [...]
2008-01-10 13:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
08MONTERREY10MONTERREY: A NAFTA SUCCESS STORY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon and its capital city of Monterrey have benefited greatly from NAFTA, with huge leaps in manufacturing exports and employment. Nuevo Leon faces stiff international competition on basic manufactured goods but hopes to move to higher value added products. [...]
2008-01-09 20:49:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL MX
08MOSCOW2366(SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S.,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...]
2008-08-13 03:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08NASSAU764AFTER SUMMER RESHUFFLE, NEW GCOB INITIATIVES AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham consolidated his government after a cabinet reshuffle in July and launched several new initiatives in the first hundred days since. The new Ministry of Environment has energetically pushed renewable energy options, while the new Minister of Tourism has u [...]
2008-10-30 14:17:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON BF
08NDJAMENA39CLAMPDOWN ON CHAD'S INDEPENDENT VOICES AS SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Chad is ratchetting up hostility against Sudan and displaying less tolerance for criticism. Human rights activists have noted a deterioration in the overall human rights situation: targets of the clampdown include radio and print journalists, a human rights ac [...]
2008-01-18 14:08:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
08NEWDELHI1779GAY RIGHTS IN GANDHI-LAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, several hundred gay activists plan to march in three Indian cities (New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore) in what is anticipated to be the largest display of gay pride in a country where homosexuality is considered illegal or "against the order of nature." Incidentally, [...]
2008-06-27 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI IN
08NOUAKCHOTT421SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...]
2008-08-11 09:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC CASC EAID MR
08OTTAWA627U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...]
2008-05-07 16:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA
08PARIS1168NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...]
2008-06-20 12:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ
08PARIS1377A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON
[...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...]
2008-07-21 11:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS
08PRAGUE322CZECH GOVERNMENT LOSING MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Topolanek coalition is struggling on a number of fronts to maintain momentum and advance a few key priorities before the summer parliamentary recess and the fall regional and senate elections. Tensions appear to be growing between and within the three parties that make up th [...]
2008-05-27 15:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE758CZECH PM TOPOLANEK REELECTED CIVIC DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 5-7 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) congress reelected PM Mirek Topolanek as chairman, but with less than overwhelming support. Topolanek's victory was overshadowed by President Vaclav Klaus, the party's founder, who formally relinquished his title of ODS honorary chai [...]
2008-12-09 06:44:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08RANGOON337BURMA: THAN SHWE IS THE PROBLEM
[...] (C) Summary: A businessman and a journalist with close ties to the regime told Emboffs that all roads lead to Senior General Than Shwe, who remains isolated and unaware of the scale of the catastrophe that has befallen his country. No one will approve visas for international humanitarian ass [...]
2008-05-08 10:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
08SANJOSE593COSTA RICA - AUSTR VISIT CLEARLY LAYS OUT REMAINING CAFTA
[...] (SBU) Visiting Costa Rica June 24-26 at GOCR request, AUSTR Everett Eissenstat told GOCR officials that legislative solutions are required to resolve the state guarantee (insurance) and biodiversity issues. GOCR officials, including President Arias, made equally clear that new legislation at t [...]
2008-07-11 22:25:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CS
08SANTIAGO454SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES
[...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...]
2008-05-16 15:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV
08SEOUL499SOUTH KOREAN NGOS' UPHILL STRUGGLE IN NORTH KOREA
[...] (SBU) In early March, DPRK officials faxed a request to their ROK counterparts at Mt. Kumgang saying that South Korean aid workers should "temporarily" halt visits to Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong, but noting that aid would still be accepted, with no further explanation. The message encapsulated No [...]
2008-03-13 06:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS KN ECON EAID
08SHANGHAI422SHANGHAI SCHOLARS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DELAY IN SIX-PARTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx are concerned about the current impasse in the Six-Party Talks, but each varies in his diagnosis of its causes and prescriptions for U.S. policy. xxxxx claims that a debate has emerged within the Chinese leadership over the merits of quick U.S. delisting, as a result of Pyongy [...]
2008-09-26 06:40:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRET//NOFORNCH KN PGOV PHUM PREL
08SHENYANG71PRC-DPRK: BORDER-CROSSERS, RELIGIOUS TROUBLES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC appears to have tightened internal security in the PRC-DPRK borderlands in recent months, though border-crossers continue to trickle into China. Border residents report increased official scrutiny of some religious activities. Yanji officials warned religious leaders that [...]
2008-05-30 06:56:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF KN KS CH
08STOCKHOLM117MUSLIM IMMIGRANT CHALLENGES IN SWEDEN: INFORMAL
[...] (U) In Gothenburg on January 24-25, the DCM met with city officials and Muslim community leaders to discuss integration. Immigrants comprise nearly one quarter of Gothenburg's population of half a million. Most live in segregated neighborhoods on the city's northern outskirts, and crime and [...]
2008-02-14 13:33:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KISL KPAO ECON OIIP SW
08TAIPEI1541HARD TIMES FOR CHINA TIMES -- TAIWAN'S DAILIES FACE REVENUE
[...] (U) Summary: The China Times, one of Taiwan's oldest and most respected newspapers, has laid off half its staff, seen its circulation drop by half, reduced its daily page count and announced its intention to transform itself into an "elite" daily. Advertising expenditures on the island have fa [...]
2008-10-31 07:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO TW
08TAIPEI411NOTES ON TAIWAN'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: MA
[...] (C) Summary: This cable provides biographical information on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) and KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou, including personality, leadership styles and views on dealing with the United States. Widely known as a cosmopolitan thinker with a sharp wit, Hsi [...]
2008-03-21 12:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR TW
08TASHKENT307UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MAY
[...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Ambassador was summoned to a meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the release of the 2007 U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on March 11. Norov was swift to condemn the report, which he characterized [...]
2008-03-12 13:56:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TBILISI2303GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR JOHN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation of and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and no international monitors have had access [...]
2008-12-09 14:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2378GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE TBILISI VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and international monitors do not have access to So [...]
2008-12-15 11:44:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TELAVIV1226ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1334NEAR-TERM KNESSET DISSOLUTION UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Summary: The Knesset is scheduled to hold its first vote on Likud MK Silvan Shalom's bill to dissolve the Knesset on June 25. Labor and Shas party leaders have indicated that their parties will vote in favor of this preliminary reading of Shalom's bill, but most political observers think [...]
2008-06-20 16:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1403ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1421ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with yesterday's bulldozer rampage in Jerusalem. The media reported that three were killed and 80 injured. The media highlighted the fate of a baby whose mother was crushed [...]
2008-07-03 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1845ISRAEL PASSES STRONG NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the legislative session that concluded in July, Israel's parliament (Knesset) passed several new laws significantly strengthening environmental regulation. These included a Clean Air Act, a "Polluter Pays" law, and a stronger enforcement law. Israel's business, academic an [...]
2008-08-21 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TBIO IS
08TELAVIV724ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...]
2008-03-27 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1015CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES
[...] (SBU) The Thirteenth Conference of the States Parties (CSP 13) failed to reach consensus on its final report and broke some new ground in establishing precedents. Long simmering tensions with Iran -- for some delegations going back many Executive Councils, for others rising during the Review [...]
2008-12-12 17:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THESSALONIKI63PM KARAMANLIS: STAY THE COURSE ON REFORMS, NO EARLY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his annual speech on economic policy at the Thessaloniki Trade Fair, PM Karamanlis promised to continue implementing the GoG's reform agenda, despite the global economic crisis and lack of public enthusiasm. Greece needs to reform its ineffective public sector, further reduce [...]
2008-09-10 07:06:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAIR PREL MK RU GG GR
08TOKYO1109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1513JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2047JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 01:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO262JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2646JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08
[...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...]
2008-09-25 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2711JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3143 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3318JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3370 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO35 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 08:30:00Embassy 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
08USUNNEWYORK695PACIFIC ISLANDS ELABORATE ON DRAFT GA RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Eight Pacific states described in a July 31 meeting with USUN their desire for Security Council engagement on climate change, specifically to acknowledge its linkage to peace and security. They recognize the risks involved, but believe the upside worth it given that traditional UN fora [...]
2008-08-01 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG UNSC UNGA SENV AORC
08VILNIUS341U.S. EMBASSY MINSK -- THE POWER OF ONE
[...] (SBU) On April 30, together with nine colleagues, I was declared "persona non grata" and given seventy-two hours to depart Belarus (reftel). The days since my departure have afforded me an opportunity to reflect on my tour and on some policy and management decisions that proved critical to o [...]
2008-05-09 09:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAMGT PGOV PHUM PREL BO
08WELLINGTON92008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND
[...] Following is Post's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2008 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Foreign direct inve [...]
2008-01-14 05:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NZ
08YEREVAN163PM STAFF PLEA FOR U.S. SUPPORT IN CANDID CHAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and polchief met with two of the PM's closest advisers over drinks late February 26 to compare notes. PM staff probed for our political assessment. We expressed concerns over arrests of opposition politicians, voting infractions we had seen, the conduct of the recounts, and [...]
2008-02-27 14:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AM
09ABUDHABI202UAE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's point of contact for the Trafficking in Persons Report is: Kundai Mashingaidze Tel: +971 2-414-2621 Fax: +971 2-414-2639 Email: mashingaidzek@state.gov Number of hours spent on th [...]
2009-02-26 14:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG AE
09ABUDHABI225MUSLIM BUT MODERN -- THE UAE'S VERY CONTROLLED ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE's identity is deeply Islamic, but also fundamentally modern. In contrast to some Islamic societies, most Emiratis see no contradiction between Islamic rectitude and modern convenience. Nonetheless, the UAEG seeks to reign in Islamic discourse to prevent radical views fr [...]
2009-03-05 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SCUL AE
09AITTAIPEI12MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their January 7 news coverage on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case, on the dual citizenship controversy surrounding legislator Diane Lee, and on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, KMT-lean [...]
2009-01-07 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1208MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize winners, among whom one holds an honorary position at Taiwan's Academia Sinica; on the upcoming NBA preseason game in Taipei; and on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrate [...]
2009-10-07 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1227MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1268MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On October 28, the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. beef continued to receive extensive coverage in Taiwan's print media. Major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported that dozens of trade organizations and hundreds of stores and restaurants in T [...]
2009-10-28 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1295MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On November 4, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage to the controversy caused by the Taiwan government decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a front-page banne [...]
2009-11-04 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1370MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17 on a financial memorandum of understanding inked between Taiwan and China Tuesday evening; on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China and his town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai Tuesday afterno [...]
2009-11-17 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1400MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]
2009-11-25 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1470MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 11 on the fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, which will be held in Taichung from December 22-24; on possible U.S. arms [...]
2009-12-11 11:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]
2009-03-30 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI454MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 11-13 news coverage on a series of government-organized events commemorating the 100th birthday of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo; on the developments in cross-Strait relations and the controversy over Taiwan's plan to s [...]
2009-04-14 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI58MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 14 news coverage on an AIT statement issued Tuesday confirming that it has discussed with Taiwan the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and that the U.S. Navy has a responsibility to render assistance to any vessel in distress [...]
2009-01-14 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI785MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their June 27-29 news coverage on the sudden death of Michael Jackson last Thursday; on the arrest of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday and its impact on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Central Am [...]
2009-06-29 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI832MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF AND APPLES, HONDURAS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 9 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's efforts to fight corruption; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. Several newspapers report [...]
2009-07-09 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS838AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER FOR ALGERIAN PRESS
[...] (C) Human rights lawyers and editors of Algeria's independent French and Arabic language print dailies complained of a continuing oppressive environment for the press over the past year during an iftar hosted by the Ambassador September 15. Government unwillingness to share information with t [...]
2009-09-17 16:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL US
09ANKARA144ERGENEKON PROBE: SOME SMOKE, BUT LASTING IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary: The widening scope of the Ergenekon investigation has divided Turkish society into two increasingly hardened camps: those who see the case as a courageous step to bring Turkish society under the rule of law, by uncovering and then holding accountable the gangs responsible for hu [...]
2009-01-29 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA403ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANTANANARIVO752MADAGASCAR: ALL EYES ON ADDIS
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union will host a meeting of Madagascar's four vying political chiefs Nov 3-5 in Addis Ababa. The meeting has been touted alternately as a forum for getting the four chiefs' seal of approval on the provisional agreements made during the Oct 6 international contact gro [...]
2009-11-02 13:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA
09BAGHDAD1601UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ
[...] (C) The investigation of former Trade Minister Al-Sudani and subordinates over corruption allegations is continuing, amidst parliamentarian's claims of interference in the inquiry by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's Dawa party. There are uncertain prospects for the Council of Representatives' [...]
2009-06-18 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BEIJING2573GANSU AND QINGHAI TIBETANS SAY TENSIONS EASING,
[...] (S) Tibetans in Qinghai and Gansu provinces reported that human rights conditions are slowly improving, particularly in Qinghai, though some Tibetan monks and academics complained that they continue to experience pressure to cooperate with government propaganda campaigns. PolOff visited the [...]
2009-09-08 10:52:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3128PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]
2009-11-16 12:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING580PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]
2009-03-05 15:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BERLIN967GERMANY,S RIGHT WING NPD AND DVU FACE POOR
[...] (C) Crippled by financial scandals, leadership problems and right-wing political rivalries, the National Democratic Party (NPD) and German People's Union (DVU) have little chance of securing the five percent necessary to enter the next Bundestag after the parliamentary elections on September [...]
2009-08-07 14:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BRATISLAVA191PRIME MINISTER FICO RESPONDS TO EU PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: After months of investigations, broad media coverage and multiple inquiries from the European Commission, Prime Minister Fico has ordered the cancellation of an illegal 119.5 million Euro tender let by the Construction Ministry (a Slovak National Party ministry). [...]
2009-04-24 13:41:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO
09BUENOSAIRES219ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT OPENS CONGRESS PREDICTING A
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) opened the ordinary session of Congress March 1, focusing largely on the economy, predicting that 2009 would be the most difficult one of the last 100 years, and asserting that Argentina was ready to face the economic crisi [...]
2009-03-03 18:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AR
09CARACAS987BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) is poised to pass yet another reform to Venezuela's criminal penal code (COPP) which would expand state control over criminal proceedings and, most controversially, require banks and telecommunications companies to record and make a [...]
2009-07-29 21:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
09CHISINAU685LUPU FEELS "WINDS OF CHANGE" IN THE AIR
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential hopeful Marian Lupu expressed skepticism about Acting President Voronin's recent announcement that he would vacate his Presidential position for his seat in Parliament. Lupu also described recent meetings with the Russi [...]
2009-09-04 15:14:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09DAMASCUS671RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: TOWARD A SIX-MONTH PLAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: March 2010 will mark the end of the first year of U.S.-Syrian engagement. As reported reftel, this period poses a series of formidable challenges. Syrian policies continue to impede government formation in Lebanon, support foreign fighters going into Iraq, maintain close [...]
2009-09-10 13:55:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY
09DARESSALAAM771SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO DAR ES SALAAM
[...] Your visit to Dar es Salaam comes at a time when our bilateral relationship with Tanzania has never been stronger, in part because of our expansive assistance efforts in multiple sectors. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it [...]
2009-11-12 03:55:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDOREP TZ
09DHAKA841AWAMI LEAGUE MUST GOVERN WELL, OR "WE WILL GO TO
[...] (C) Commerce Minister Faruk Khan told the Ambassador August 25 that the Awami League government faced a stark choice: "if we do not govern well enough to win reelection, we will go to jail" when the opposition comes to power in five years. Khan said Prime Minister Hasina must do three thing [...]
2009-08-27 08:52:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD BEXP EINV EAIR ELAB BG
09GENEVA824START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V):
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 25, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The second meeting of the Conversion or Elimination (CorE) and Notifications Working Gro [...]
2009-10-02 11:45:00Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09HOCHIMINHCITY236POLITICAL TITAN SURVIVES CORRUPTION CHARGES; POLICE AND
[...] (C) Summary: A former traffic cop, a Cong An (Police) newspaper journalist and even a Major General in the MPS have become the latest collateral damage in a political power play centered around Danang Party Secretary Nguyen Ba Thanh. Like the PMU 18 scandal (reftels),this story highlights th [...]
2009-04-01 02:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VM
09ISLAMABAD1380 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2361 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2496 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2554 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2640 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 11:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3035 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD435 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD921 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD971 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD980 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09JAKARTA1964SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Consulate Medan hosted Thanksgiving Day dinner in Padang, West Sumatra, the province struck by a catastrophic earthquake on September 30. ConGen Medan hosted 85 guests including senior government officials, U.S. alumni, high school students, Americans and ordinary citizens w [...]
2009-12-01 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV SOCI ID
09JEDDAH131MAKING A FIRST UMRAH IN MECCA: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 5, 2009, ConGen Jeddah political officer made a first visit to the Masjid Al-Haram(Grand Mosque) in Mecca in the company of three American Muslims of Sudanese origin, two men and one woman, in order to perform together the Umrah (visit to the holy places). Following is a [...]
2009-04-08 14:38:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF KISL PHUM SA
09JERUSALEM1267 FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Consulate General Jerusalem conducted specific consultations with targeted stakeholders regarding the topics in reftel. Our primary line of questioning was: from stakeholders' perspectives, what programs in the USG portfolio should be expanded, what programs are mi [...]
2009-07-22 15:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON OEXC SENV PREL SCUL KPAL KWBG
09KINSHASA644 KABILA'S TAPED STATEMENT TO THE NATION
[...] (U) President Joseph Kabila presided over Congolese Independence day ceremonies in Goma on July 1 (reftel). Kabila did not speak in Goma. Instead, prior to leaving Kinshasa, Kabila taped a speech for nationwide diffusion that was later broadcast via the news media. The speech is at para 3 be [...]
2009-07-06 17:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KUWAIT109GOK FINESSING OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS CASE SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary inquiries debate about the terms of a possible settlement between Kuwait Airways Corporation(KAC) and Iraq have highlighted a major disconnect between the GOK and KAC. GOK MFA Undersecretary Jarallah affirmed that the Amir had intended to resolve the issue during si [...]
2009-02-05 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ECON IZ KU
09KYIV1703U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The next round of the U.S.-Ukraine Council on Trade and Investment, scheduled to be held in Washington on October 14, will provide an important venue to address the broadest range of economic issues with Ukrainian counterparts. Issues of concern to U.S. business include Ukrain [...]
2009-10-02 07:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09LAPAZ412BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY
[...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]
2009-03-17 18:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LISBON553PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET
[...] Summary: In the wake of September 27 Portuguese elections, PM Socrates announced his new cabinet on October 22, naming seven new ministers, including five independents and four women for a total of nine independents and five women in his 16-member cabinet. The cabinet will take office on Oct [...]
2009-10-23 16:59:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PO
09LISBON71PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT PRACTICES -
[...] (U) This message responds to the reftel questions concerning Portugal's information collection, screening, and sharing practices. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Which ministr [...]
2009-02-03 07:35:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PO
09LONDON2499MILIBAND'S RUSSIA TRIP AIMS TO MOVE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 15:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL ETRD KNNP PARM SENV MARR MNUC
09LONDON348THE BRITISH ASK, IS OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP STILL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Secretary Clinton's public praise for the U.S.-UK special relationship following her February 3 meeting with Foreign Secretary Miliband, coming on the heels of the President's January 26 phone call with Prime Minister Brown, has gone a long way to calm what has been a stronger than [...]
2009-02-09 15:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MCAP EUN PINS UK
09MANILA2000SENATORS CALL FOR VFA RENEGOTIATION
[...] (C) On September 14, seven Philippine Senators introduced a resolution calling on the Arroyo administration to renegotiate the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The seven Senators are important legislators, including the Chair and Co-Chair of the Legislative Oversight commissio [...]
2009-09-18 07:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR RP
09MEXICO1209 SITREP 6 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 29 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases rose to 99, with eight cases resulting in death. Additionally, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that non-critical federal government offices will close from May 1 thru May 5. Essential government services will [...]
2009-04-30 17:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MINSK394BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]
2009-12-04 20:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK415BELARUS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-INCLUSIVE
[...] Summary. The GOB is in the final stages of amending Belarus' electoral law in anticipation of local elections next April and presidential polls in 2011. While Lukashenka and other regime officials have publicly addressed proposed changes to the code, the amendment process has lacked transpar [...]
2009-12-23 12:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BO
09NAIROBI1428SOMALIA - Writers Program's Somali Outreach
[...] Four American writers conducted an extremely successful outreach visit to Somali youth during an ECA- and University of Iowa's International Writers Program-sponsored June 9-18 trip to Kenya. While they also did Kenya-specific programming on the same trip, this message highlights the outreach t [...]
2009-07-07 13:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PREF KPAO SO KE
09NASSAU764Nassau Monthly - November 2009
[...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Retirements, Cabinet Shakeup Leads to New Appointments -- Airport Wait Times Cut as Secondary Screening Checkpoint Demolished -- Tourism: Hotel Deals Hurt Revenues; Cruise [...]
2009-12-15 17:44:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL PGOV BF
09OTTAWA30A MODERN ROLE MODEL: GOVERNOR GENERAL MICHAELLE JEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 16:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA429PARLIAMENTARY REPORT NOTES INCREASING VIOLENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. The government's fourth quarterly report to Parliament on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan cited improvements in Canadian and Afghan combat effectiveness in Kandahar, but noted that progress on key development benchmarks had faced challenges from growing insurgent violence. [...]
2009-06-05 12:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID AF CA
09OTTAWA719CANADA: ODDS RISE FOR GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE -- THIS WEEK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 19:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09PARAMARIBO20PARAMARIBO AMERICAN CORNER SUSTAINING FUNDS 2009
[...] SUMMARY - - - - - - (A) The American Corner (AC) continues to serve as a dynamic platform in launching Post's public diplomacy outreach activities. In 2008, Post noted a substantial 40% increase in the average number of attendees in direct proportion to the total number of program and no [...]
2009-01-16 15:05:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KIRC
09PESHAWAR107FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 1 -
[...] (C) Events in northwest Pakistan made international headlines throughout the first week in May, coinciding with President Zardari's visit to the United States, while Prime Minister Gilani appeared on national television the evening of May 7 to declare "all out war" against the Taliban. (Ref. A [...]
2009-05-22 11:55:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PHNOMPENH549MU SOCHUA LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced Mu Sochua liable for defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen on August 4, closing this chapter of the long-running drama. International observers attended the session to hear the verdict, though police denied entry to NGO representatives and jo [...]
2009-08-04 13:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PORTAUPRINCE822CONSTITUTIONAL CONFUSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 14, the last day of the ordinary session, the Parliament voted with over a two thirds majority for amending the Haitian Constitution of 1987. The approved text makes substantial changes to Parliamentary mandates, effectively consolidating the electoral calendar into o [...]
2009-09-21 15:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09RABAT170GAZA, GUANTANAMO, AND A LEFTIST THAW: MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) A leftist human rights activist broke a long-standing boycott to meet with us on February 17, after he was barred from entering Tunis for a human rights conference in late January. The fact of the meeting was a sign of a nascent but broad thaw beginning to take place due to the change [...]
2009-02-25 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS MO
09RANGOON604STAFFDEL WEIL/LEE DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (SBU) House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) professional staff members Lynne Weil, Jessica Lee, and Dennis Halpin visited Burma August 27-30 to assess USG assistance programs and public diplomacy outreach efforts. In separate meetings with officials from the Ministries of Social Welfare and [...]
2009-09-11 06:58:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO EAID BM
09RIYADH1278KING CHARTS NEW VISION FOR SAUDI ARABIA WITH
[...] (SBU) After only three short years of preparation, Saudi Arabia inaugurated the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in an elaborate ceremony on September 23, coinciding with Saudi National Day. The massive scale and luxury of the amenities are physical reminders of the [...]
2009-09-29 06:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SOCI EINV KSCA SCUL SA
09RIYADH568COURTSHIP OF SAUDIS PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR SUDAN
[...] (C) KEY POINTS -- A recent diplomatic offensive in Riyadh by the Sudanese now yields benefits in public and private support. -- Saudi officials publicly greeted President Omar al-Bashir April 1 as he made a single day Umrah pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, lending an air of official weight to a [...]
2009-04-14 12:08:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ICC SA SU
09SARAJEVO233BOSNIA - SPECULATION ABOUNDS ON FUTURE OF BOSNIAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are anticipating a tumultuous time in Bosniak politics as spring approaches. The main Bosniak party, Sulejman Tihic's Party of Democratic Action (SDA),will hold an election on May 26 for its party presidency, and speculation on the candidates and outcome is already captivatin [...]
2009-02-26 06:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SEOUL1020SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 06:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1243SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 22:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1252SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 06:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1905SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 08:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL269PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009
[...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...]
2009-02-23 09:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL552SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL791SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 23:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL973SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09STATE123222THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President will announce his decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan in an address to the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point on December 1 at 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time. This cable contains information which we hope will be us [...]
2009-12-02 01:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF PK
09STATE82572U.S.- RUSSIA JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT TALKS
[...] (S) A U.S. interagency team -- led by ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Vann H. Van Diepen -- met with a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs-only team, led by Ambassador Anatoly Antonov, Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs (participants list at para 11),on July 29, 2009 to discuss wha [...]
2009-08-07 22:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM ETTC TSPA IR KN RS
09TELAVIV1337OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS BOYCOTT KNESSET TO PROTEST
[...] (U) The Kadima-led opposition this week united to oppose the government's attempts to pass several measures aimed at increasing the long-term stability of Israeli governments, but also specifically intended to assist Prime Minister Netanyahu. Opposition leader Livni pushed to have the six op [...]
2009-06-19 13:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IS
09TOKYO1081JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO118JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1184 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 07:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1424 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1744 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 21:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1917 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2010 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2390 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2469 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2532 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 21:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO569JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO797 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO849 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 06:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09USNATO256NATO COMES TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Political Committee met June 10 to discuss the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE Ministerial in Corfu to launch a positive, wide-ranging dialogue on European security. France and Germany used the meeting to present and solicit Allied input on previously existing n [...]
2009-06-12 18:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AORC XG RS
09VIENNA1590Aiming to Reassure, Austrian Bank Stress Tests Underline
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New "stress test" results for Austrian banks -- released the same day the GoA had to take over 6th-largest Hypo Alpe Adria/HAA -- show that major banks could withstand a "double-dip" recession but will need additional capital in the medium-term. The Austrian National Bank says m [...]
2009-12-18 12:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU
09WELLINGTON38TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 03:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN NZ PHUM PREF SMIG
09WELLINGTON41TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 18:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP NZ
09WELLINGTON702009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND
[...] Following is Post's resubmission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for New Zealand. As of end of January 2009, Post submitted ICS as part of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide per reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2009 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Open [...]
2009-03-11 03:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR NZ
09YEREVAN78LATEST PACE RESOLUTION SPURS LIMITED REFORM
[...] (C) With its January 27 passage of Resolution 1643, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected to give Armenia more time to complete reforms highlighted in previous PACE resolutions 1609 and 1620, focusing on the way forward negotiated by rapporteurs John Prescott and [...]
2009-02-10 16:05:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM COE AM
10ABUJA64NIGERIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with an estimated population of over 150 million. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic market in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite these advantages, much of that market potential is unre [...]
2010-01-21 12:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC NI
10AITTAIPEI12MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 5 on the controversy over the U.S. beef issue and the discussions in the Legislative Yuan over amendments to the law concerning U.S. beef imports; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; on the domestic concerns over the H1N1 [...]
2010-01-05 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI35MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 8 on the proposed referendum on the import of U.S. beef products, which passed the initial review by the Referendum Review Committee of the Executive Yuan Thursday and will be able to enter the second stage of the r [...]
2010-01-08 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10ANKARA214TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10BAGHDAD350SOUTH BAGHDAD: ON THE EVE OF U.S. MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The January 25 Transfer of Authority (TOA) from ePRT Baghdad South's current partner brigade (30th HBCT) to the incoming new brigade (1/3 ID) is a good moment for a snapshot of the Area of Operations (AO) jointly shared with the 30th for the past 10 months. In an AO [...]
2010-02-10 17:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BELGRADE88SERBIA SAYS KOSOVO ELECTRICITY OFFER IS INSUFFICIENT AND
[...] (SBU) Serbia's lead electricity negotiator, Assistant Minister for Kosovo Dragan Petkovic, insists Serbia wants to find a solution to the ongoing electricity dispute in northern Kosovo, but says KEK's proposal is insufficient and its willingness to reconnect the north is insincere. While Petk [...]
2010-01-19 11:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KV SR
10BRATISLAVA6HARABIN UNBOWED BY GROWING CRITICISM OF JUDICIARY
[...] (U) Summary. Despite a public plea from over Slovak judges to address problems in the Slovak judiciary, including the prevalent use of suspensions for judges accused of minor infractions, and the willingness of key GOS officials to discuss the judiciary with foreign interlocutors, Chief Just [...]
2010-01-08 15:04:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM LO
10CHENGDU22SW CHINA CHRISTIANS: RELIGION AND CHARITABLE WORK IN
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Pastor Richard Cai, the founder of Huamei, a faith-based organization in Sichuan, recently provided an overview of Protestant church groups and faith-based work in Si [...]
2010-01-28 12:24:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10CHENNAI30 ENERGETIC-BUT-CIVILIZED DEBATE OVER BIOTECH EGGPLANT DRAWS
[...] (U) Summary: As part of Minister of Environment Jairam Ramesh's cross-country tour to discuss the introduction of a biotech eggplant in India (reftel),Ramesh held an informal event on February 6 at a university in Bangalore. Both sides (for and against) appeared evenly represented at the venu [...]
2010-02-09 10:46:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN
10DARESSALAAM61SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO TANZANIA
[...] Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when our bilateral relationship with Tanzania is at an historic highpoint, in part because of our expansive assistance efforts in multiple sectors. Tanzania's unbroken record of political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development n [...]
2010-01-28 04:04:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDOREP TZ
10LONDON213S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: SOMALIA - SUPPORTING
[...] With its large Somali Diaspora community and historical connections, the UK is home to many Somali-run non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that deliver development programs with/through/as local organizations in Somalia. Harnessing the capacity of the UK's active and capable Somali communit [...]
2010-01-29 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO EAID SO UK
10LUSAKA52HOLLOWED HALLS: ZAMBIA'S TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chronic absences. Poor preparation. Classroom inebriation. And that's just the professors. While gains have been made in elementary and secondary education, insufficient capacity, resources, facilities and training have crippled Zambia's ability to educate its citizenry at the t [...]
2010-01-25 14:50:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI KIRC KPAO ZA
10MINSK20BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]
2010-01-20 18:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK21BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]
2010-01-20 18:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MUSCAT124OMAN NOMINATIONS: FY-09 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
[...] Following are Embassy Muscat principal and alternate nominees for the 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. Responses are keyed to para 10 of REFTEL. 2. First Principal: A. Last name as on passport: Al Busaidi B. First name as on passport: Khalfan [...]
2010-02-24 13:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI KPAO MU
10OTTAWA208CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 23:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10PARAMARIBO26Paramaribo: Request for American Corners Sustaining Funds in
[...] (U) SUMMARY (A) Embassy Paramaribo requests "American Corner Sustaining Funds" for FY10. Post's vigorous efforts in harnessing the American Corner's (AC) capabilities as one of Post's premier public diplomacy tool paid off with a dramatic 132% increase in the number of audience members r [...]
2010-01-14 15:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KIRC NS
10PRAGUE115FEELING THE BURN: RENEWABLES TARGETS AND SOLAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech government's response to EU-set targets for increased use of renewable energy sources (RES) to meet electricity needs has been lackluster and expensive. Renewables' share in electricity consumption increased last year mainly due to a recession-driven decrease in total el [...]
2010-02-24 11:00:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALTRGY ENRG BTIO PREL TNGD BEXP EZ
10RANGOON104 Journalism in Burma: Newspapers, the Censor Board, and the
[...] (SBU) Burmese journalists face a restricted and uncertain environment, but a literate public has fueled a recent expansion of privately owned newspapers in urban areas. Self-censorship is prevalent and the Censor Board is heavy handed, though editors generally get along with the current dire [...]
2010-02-25 01:45:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR EAID PREL PHUM BM
10SEOUL287SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 23, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 08:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10TALLINN302010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV EN
10TASHKENT90UZBEKISTAN: GOU PROMOTES "UZBEK" VALUES AMONG YOUTH
[...] (U) Summary: Several articles on the development of Uzbek "spiritual values" have been published in Uzbekistan's state media over the past few months. One such article, entitled "Spirituality: We are Responsible for Our Children," was published recently by government-owned Narodnoye Slovo follo [...]
2010-01-20 09:47:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ
10TOKYO201 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO61 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
85RIYADH5470 SAUDI POLICY TOWARD IRAN
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: EVENTS AND PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE COM- BINED TO MITIGATE SAUDI FEARS AND HOPES REGARDING IRAN. MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAT IRAQ WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, THAT THERE IS LESS DANGER OF A DIRECT IRANIAN ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, THAT THE LIKELI- HOOD OF EFFECTIVE IRANIAN-I [...]
1985-06-12 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PREL MOPS ENRG IR SA
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