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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 03AMMAN6000 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AMMAN: HAMAS NAMES: JORDAN [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Central Bank canceled an order to commercial banks to freeze bank accounts of HAMAS-connected individuals and entities in Jordan following a political firestorm sparked when the order leaked in the local press. Although there were no actual HAMAS-related funds in [...] | 2003-09-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER KPAL JO |
| 03THEHAGUE1586 | POSTPONEMENT OF HAMAS DESIGNATION: DEMARCHE [...] (S) EconOff delivered demarche ref A to Jan Peter Kleiweg and Wouter Juergens of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 19. The MFA was already aware of the U.S. intent to postpone the designation of the Hamas leaders and linked NGOs prior to the demarche being delivered. [...] | 2003-06-19 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC KPAL KVPR NL PTER |
| 03THEHAGUE2530 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATIONS OF EB/TFC DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ed Goff, Deputy Director EB/ESC/TFC, met Sept 11-12 with Dutch officials, bankers, and U.S. Embassy staff to share ideas in the war on terrorist financing. These officials reiterated Dutch commitment to furthering terrorist financing efforts both domestically and in the EU. [...] | 2003-10-03 08:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN IZ NL EUN |
| 04ANKARA5535 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05AMMAN4320 | HOUSE STAFFDEL MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary. A staff delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, accompanied by Charge, met with King Abdullah on May 29. The staffdel trip was hosted by the Government of Jordan, arranged by the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Also present were Roya [...] | 2005-06-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EFIN IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5195 | WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud and his Senior Advisor Bill Behrens held meetings on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea (May 20-22) with numerous businessmen and Government of Jordan (GOJ) leaders who repeated posit [...] | 2005-06-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL JO |
| 05TELAVIV3844 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...] | 2005-06-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5103 | (S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...] | 2005-08-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6924 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...] | 2005-12-15 04:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06AITTAIPEI2889 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION, GWOT, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage August 19-21 on the multiple efforts to oust President Chen Shui-bian, investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account, and the KMT's plan to release a party assets report on Wednesday. [...] | 2006-08-21 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06ANKARA168 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA348 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4448 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6581 | TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...] | 2006-12-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU |
| 06ANKARA6651 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6700 | TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...] | 2006-12-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 06ANKARA6705 | TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...] | 2006-12-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 06ATHENS1058 | SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL 27 VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to make a quick stop in Athens on April 27. The Greek Government is delighted you are able to visit so soon after FM Bakoyannis' March 23 trip to Washington, and sees your visit as more proof of the deepening U.S.-Greece strategic partnership, or as Bakoya [...] | 2006-04-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR CY TU VISIT |
| 06ATHENS767 | SCENESETTER FOR GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYANNIS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to see Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis in Washington on March 23. This will be her first trip to Washington as Foreign Minister since assuming her post on February 15 of this year. Bakoyannis' objective will be to establish her credentials with you [...] | 2006-03-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR CY TU BAKOYANNIS |
| 06BAKU1531 | WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...] | 2006-10-20 06:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD |
| 06BEIJING11751 | MFA BRIEFS ON SINO-ARAB COOPERATION FORUM [...] (C) Summary. Sino-Arab cooperation has risen to a higher level as a result of the May 31- June 1 Sino- Arab Cooperation Forum's Second Ministerial meeting, according to Ambassador in charge of the Sino-Arab Forum Yao Kuangyi. During a readout, Yao indicated that the Action Plan for 2006 ? 20 [...] | 2006-06-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS CH |
| 06BERN1971 | EUR A/S FRIED AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUHL \ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP EAID SZ |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1587 | JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...] | 2006-07-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2754 | IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...] | 2006-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES398 | MEDIA REACTION ABU GHRAIB, IRAN, HAITI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the new scandal following the broadcast by an Australian TV station of previously unpublished images of apparent abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Bush's request of funds to 'democratize' Iran and the growing allegations of fraud in Haiti which could lead [...] | 2006-02-17 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06CAIRO1811 | SCENESETTER FOR GEN ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) GEN Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to review our agenda on regional security and the future of our FMF assistance to Egypt. President Mubarak believes, and the MoD's senior leadership will reiterate, that our mil-mil relationship is the cornerstone of [...] | 2006-03-23 17:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS IS IZ IR EG SU KPAL KNNP |
| 06CAIRO2162 | CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...] | 2006-04-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP |
| 06CAIRO2475 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss security assistance, border security, regional cooperation, and the MFO with the GOE. The Defense and Foreign Ministers will likely press you for further assurance of the Administration's support for the current lev [...] | 2006-04-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS MOPS KMFO EG IR IS KNNP KPAL |
| 06CAIRO5317 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...] | 2006-08-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP |
| 06DAMASCUS1910 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Jordan, [...] Summary: Syrian papers briefly reported President Asad's meeting with Serge Brammertz, Head of the UN Committee investigating the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Brammertz also held a meeting with Vice President Al- Sharaa, which was attended by Deputy Foreign Minis [...] | 2006-04-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2271 | MALAYSIA'S OIC ROLE FOCUSES ON PRACTICAL MEASURES [...] (C) Malaysia's senior diplomat supporting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's role as Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, told us December 1 that Malaysia would continue to focus on "concrete and practical measures" by the OIC to help its po [...] | 2006-12-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAID KISL MY |
| 06MOSCOW13073 | GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S MOSCOW VISIT: MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER PAGE 02 RUEHMOA3073 C O N F I D E N T I A L STEINMEIER MET WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV, AND FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW ON DECEMBER 21. ACCORDING TO A READOUT FROM GERMAN AMBASSADOR WALTER SCHMIDT, WHO PARTICIPAT [...] | 2006-12-22 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR LE GE RS |
| 06MOSCOW6608 | G-8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS/SENIOR GROUP JUNE 14 [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Moscow June 14, G-8 Political Directors/Senior Group Members discussed outstanding issues relating to the St. Petersburg Summit statement on nonproliferation, including sensitive technology transfers, the U.S.-India agreement, and how to deal with the DPRK and Iran. [...] | 2006-06-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM RS |
| 06MOSCOW8148 | EXTREMISM LAW SIGNED BY PUTIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As expected, President Putin signed into law July 28 amendments to legislation "On Countering Extremism," despite concerns among many that the law may restrict legitimate criticism of the government. As noted in reftel, the revised law expands the definition of extremist activity [...] | 2006-07-31 15:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RS |
| 06PARIS3234 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 06PARIS5837 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...] | 2006-08-30 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR |
| 06PRAGUE260 | PUTIN CONDUCTS FRIENDLY VISIT TO PRAGUE, LIGHTLY [...] (C) Summary. The March 1-2 visit of Vladimir Putin to Prague was aimed at throwing the best possible light on the relationship between Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic concerns were the main focus, but few agreements were signed. Difficult issues were either raised gently, or ignored. D [...] | 2006-03-13 06:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS |
| 06RABAT1986 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...] | 2006-10-23 16:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO |
| 06ROME173 | SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...] | 2006-01-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN |
| 06ROME461 | PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...] | 2006-02-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 06TELAVIV136 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a statement issued Monday by Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, that PM Sharon, while still in serious but stable condition, began to bre [...] | 2006-01-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1426 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1473 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...] | 2006-04-14 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV1523 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS LIEBERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Yisrael Beiteinu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman on April 14 to discuss the political landscape in Israel. Avigdor, fresh from a negotiating session with the lead Kadima Party negotiator, Yoram Turbovitz, expressed confidence that his party [...] | 2006-04-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PINS KPAL IS JO IR IZ LE ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV4256 | LIEBERMAN JOINS THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 24, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party leader Avigdor Lieberman confirmed that he would join the governing coalition with the titles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Threats, perhaps as early as October 25. Lieberman would [...] | 2006-10-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS IR EG JO LE SY |
| 06TELAVIV4662 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 11:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
| 06TELAVIV853 | ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...] | 2006-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TOKYO1587 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO2075 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/06 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule Middle East focus: 4. Government plans to freeze aid to Palestinian Authority, lining up with US, EU 5. Vice foreign minister lining up talks with Iranian officials on nuclear issue China affairs: 6. Anot [...] | 2006-04-18 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO2354 | MEDIA REACTION BIN LADEN AND ZARQAWI TAPES - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 04:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO3844 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO827 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 01:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06VIENNA1552 | May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...] | 2006-05-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA2635 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 05, 2006 [...] The Social Democrats (SPOe) have entered an "election alliance" with the Liberal Forum (LIF) by providing the party one space for a parliamentary seat on their federal ballot list in an effort to broaden the Social Democrat's overall appeal to voters in the upcoming general election. SPOe leade [...] | 2006-09-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA2765 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 15, 2006 [...] The former head of Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, has been arrested at his home in the south of France. Elsner is under criminal investigation in connection with currency speculations and losses at Bawag. The Justice Ministry in Vienna says the 71-year-old Elsner was arrested because there was a f [...] | 2006-09-15 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3296 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006 [...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...] | 2006-11-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 07ABUDHABI1214 | SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...] | 2007-07-19 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1292 | SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S [...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...] | 2007-08-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1479 | SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...] | 2007-09-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1699 | SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...] | 2007-10-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1700 | UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB [...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...] | 2007-10-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE |
| 07AMMAN3230 | EXACT Continues to Play a Vital Role in Fostering [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (EXACT) July 15 - 16 at the Dead Sea in Jordan. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Is [...] | 2007-08-01 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TPHY KPAL JO IS XF |
| 07AMMAN4736 | Jordan Media Reaction to the Annapolis Meeting [...] "Annapolis: Before and After" Columnist Samih Ma'aitah in the independent, pro-business Arabic daily Al-Ghad commented November 29, "There is no need to fear that the Annapolis meeting will waste Arab and Palestinian rights. The meeting was not required to resolve the Palestinian issue but t [...] | 2007-11-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR |
| 07ANKARA1763 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA250 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2826 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2839 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2846 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2848 | TURKEY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Post responses are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A. Watchlisting (see para 10, below) 3. (U) B. Traveler Information Collection. -- Who collects traveler information? Turkish National Police (TNP) Foreigner [...] | 2007-11-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS TU |
| 07ASUNCION689 | SCENE-SETTER FOR LT. GEN. SEIP'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Lt. Gen. Seip August 21-22. Your visit provides an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist f [...] | 2007-08-20 20:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA |
| 07BAKU411 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...] | 2007-04-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC |
| 07BUDAPEST1179 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) Hungarian preparations for the upcoming GAERC finds significant harmony with US positions on key issues. Kosovo remains in the Hungarian spotlight with concerns over possible impact on ethnic Hungarians in the Vojvodina with the inevitability of Kosovo's independence. Encouraging the EU to [...] | 2007-07-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1232 | MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST; HUGO CHAVEZ; LATIN AMERICA IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces cover the US and Israel's strategy on the Middle East; the decline of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's popularity in opinion surveys; and the inclusion of Latin America in the US election campaign. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Middl [...] | 2007-06-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2295 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM; AFTERMATH OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are focused on implications of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's defeat last Sunday; and steps to build the 'peace construct' in the Middle East based on the Annapolis final declaration. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chavez in his la [...] | 2007-12-05 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 07BUENOSAIRES851 | MEDIA REACTION; BUSH VETO OF IRAQ WITHDRAWAL BILL; US [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 07CAIRO2769 | ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 5 [...] Summary. In a briefing for foreign diplomats on the Arab League's (AL) annual September 5 ministerial, AL Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef said that the ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed international meeting for Middle East peace and noted their strong desire to rea [...] | 2007-09-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL PREF EG SO IS IZ SU XP |
| 07CAIRO3280 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CAIRO FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (U) This cable responds to the request for more information regarding illicit cash couriers, as requested in REF A. Much of this information is included in the INCSR. 2. (U) The executive regulations of the AML law (from 2002) and the Banking Law (from 2003) address the issue of bulk cash [...] | 2007-11-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER EG IS |
| 07CAIRO3515 | EGYPT: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2007 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...] | 2007-12-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
| 07CAIRO3542 | EGYPT REACTS TO CONGRESSIONAL CONDITIONS ON US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Eid, Egyptian reaction to Congressional conditioning of US assistance has become more pronounced. Privately, GOE officials have expressed anger but hope that the Secretary will waive the conditionality. On December 23, Minister for Foreign Affairs Aboul Gheit told Am [...] | 2007-12-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL EG IS XF |
| 07DAKAR617 | NEA DAS GRAY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTRY SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: During a March 14, 2007 meeting, Senegalese Foreign Ministry Secretary General Claude Absa Diallo and NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed Senegal,s hosting of the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Summit, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. Ambassador Diallo urged [...] | 2007-03-16 18:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL IR SG |
| 07DAMASCUS188 | Syria/Spain, OIC, Israeli Nukes, Palestinian Territories, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 25 reported that on Feb. 22 in Madrid King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain inaugurated Arab House and the Spanish Political Conference with the participation of Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem and the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Tunisia, Yemen, [...] | 2007-02-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 07DAMASCUS716 | Primakov, Syria/China, Syria/Iran, Mousa, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 11 featured a press conference on July 11 held by Yevgeny Primakov, Chairman of the Russian Chamber of Trade and Industry and former Russian Premier, at the headquarters of the Rossiiskaia Gazeta newspaper on July 10 emphasizing that it is impossible to achieve [...] | 2007-07-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 07DAMASCUS873 | SMOULDERING SYRIAN-SAUDI TENSIONS FLARE AT AN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
| 07DOHA709 | SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...] | 2007-07-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA |
| 07DOHA710 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This is your third visit here, and the most senior USG visit since Secretary Gates met the Amir in January 2007. Your meetings SIPDIS can help define the tone of bilateral engagement on a range of issues over the coming 18 months, help s [...] | 2007-07-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PINR IZ LE QA |
| 07DOHA871 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes you on this brief stop in Qatar. You last met with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) in Washington in December 2006 in your capacity as DNI. In April 2007, HBJ also became Prime Minister, long an inconsequential portfolio held by the Amir's brother. D [...] | 2007-08-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL QA |
| 07JAKARTA326 | MUSHARRAF AND YUDHOYONO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST CRISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Indonesian and Pakistani sources in Jakarta provided a detailed readout of the discussion between Pakistani President Musharraf and Indonesian President Yudhoyono on January 31 in Jakarta, where Musharraf presented a plan for a summit, to be held in Saudia Arabia in March [...] | 2007-02-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL XF ID |
| 07JAKARTA739 | DAS JOHN'S MEETINGS WITH THE ASEAN SECGEN, FOREIGN [...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John called on Imron Cotan, Secretary General of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal. On March 7, Cotan welcomed DAS John's proposal to inte [...] | 2007-03-14 23:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN PREL PGOV KPAL KISL AORC ID |
| 07JERUSALEM1567 | NEW PA PLATFORM: CABINET PLEDGES TO DELIVER [...] (C) Summary. In a progressive platform to be publicly announced July 28, PM Salam Fayyad's Cabinet commits "to fully abide by (PA and PLO agreements) including those agreements signed with Israel." The platform contains no references to revolutionary struggle. In a July 27 conversation wit [...] | 2007-07-27 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS KISL |
| 07JERUSALEM1989 | CEC DOWNSIZES BUT REMAINS READY FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir announced that the CEC is reducing its sixteen West Bank and Gaza offices to six and 83 employees to 76. CEC Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOff that nonetheless, "the CEC is always ready to [...] | 2007-09-21 11:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM2415 | CHIEF JUSTICE ON CASE BACKLOG AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. In a November 13 meetings with PolChief, Chief Justice of the High Judicial Council (HJC) Issa Abu Sharar said the significant case backlog in the Palestinian justice system derives from too few judges; inadequate training for judges; and movement restrictions that impede judges [...] | 2007-11-21 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM2546 | PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY TAKES CONTROL OF [...] (C) Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Acting Governor Jihad al-Wazir told Econoff December 4 that the PMA has taken control of the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB). (Note: PIB has long been under scrutiny for reported ties to Hamas. End note.) Al-Wazir said he will serve as PIB's chairman for [...] | 2007-12-12 16:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07KUALALUMPUR467 | MALAYSIAN OIC DIPLOMAT ON HAMAS VISIT, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) The March 3 visit of a senior Hamas leader was in line with Prime Minister Abdullah's desire to engage directly and in more detail on Middle East issues, Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah told polchief March 9. The Pakistan initiative represents a "repackaging" o [...] | 2007-03-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KISL KNNP OIC IS PK IR MY |
| 07LISBON2750 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Iran, all parties agreed on the need for concerted action in response to its nuclear program and pretensions for regional hegemony, as well as its deteriorating human rights situation. On the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the EU emphasized its support for the planned int [...] | 2007-10-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR |
| 07LISBON966 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...] | 2007-04-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF |
| 07LONDON3571 | UK WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, THEY TELL TREASURY A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: British officials told Patrick O'Brien, A/S for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Treasury, on September 6, that they are very worried about Iran. Both sides agreed we should continue to turn up the pressure on Iran within the context of the United Nations Security Cou [...] | 2007-09-17 18:16:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER IR LY UK |
| 07MADRID2207 | OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH KOREAN [...] (U) November 28; 6:20 p.m.; Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Burns Special Assistant Sumona Guha E. Strother Murray (Embassy Notetaker) Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe Kang Kym-gu, Director, European Regional Cooperation Divi [...] | 2007-12-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD OSCE PARM PHUM PREL ABLD ROK |
| 07MANAMA1067 | FM CLASHES WITH MPS OVER LIVNI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 04:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS BA |
| 07MOSCOW5702 | DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS, LEBANON, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov underscored Putin's positive assessment of Annapolis, praised the Secretary for her "tireless" efforts, and highlighted Russia's interest in discussing a post-Annapolis meeting in Moscow during the December 17 Quartet meet [...] | 2007-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
| 07MOSCOW5879 | MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...] | 2007-12-20 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF RS |
| 07OSLO404 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NO |
| 07RABAT1838 | AL-ADL WAL IHSANE: MAJOR MOROCCAN ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Al-Adl wal-Ihsane, widely assessed as Morocco's largest Islamist organization, concluded its recent annual meeting warning of a "catastrophic" political and economic crisis in Morocco and calling for comprehensive reform, while flatly rejecting violence and terrorism. A prominent [...] | 2007-12-13 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER MO |
| 07RIYADH212 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...] | 2007-02-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA |
| 07RIYADH636 | 19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...] | 2007-03-29 10:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA |
| 07ROME2093 | ITALY: DOMESTIC STALEMATE KEEPS PRODI IN THE GAME, [...] (C/NF) A political stalemate keeps the fragile Prodi government afloat and could do so for a prolonged period, even as it prevents PM Prodi from tackling Italy's much needed institutional/economic reforms. The tense domestic politics and PM Prodi and FM D'Alema's different tactics on some item [...] | 2007-09-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
| 07STOCKHOLM1454 | BILDT ON POST-ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] (C) In a December 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Bildt said: -- Annapolis went better than Europeans expected. America had an opportunity but faced suspicion in taking on the role of honest broker. -- The regional context to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict affected th [...] | 2007-12-12 16:40:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR KPAL |
| 07TELAVIV1019 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his government would release the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift t [...] | 2007-04-05 08:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1062 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1283 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 10:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1348 | ISRAEL 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 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1438 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the shelling of Sderot with Qassam rockets and the internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip. The media reported that more than 20 Qassam rockets fell on Sderot on Tuesda [...] | 2007-05-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1558 | NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...] | 2007-05-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL |
| 07TELAVIV1688 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1727 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1732 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...] | 2007-06-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS |
| 07TELAVIV1757 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hamas Takeover of Gaza Strip 2. Election of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Hamas completed its takeover of the Gaza Strip. Maariv bannered: "Three States for Two Na [...] | 2007-06-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1842 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...] | 2007-06-19 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV1930 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2022 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror: UK Terror Attempts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that difficulty in finding 250 Fatah prisoners, who have been in jail for a long time but do not have "blood on their hands," [...] | 2007-07-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2050 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2081 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2135 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2144 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Media quoted President Bush as saying during a press co [...] | 2007-07-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2323 | JUMP STARTING PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION ON [...] (U) This is a joint cable of the Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Consulate General in Jerusalem. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the formation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad,s Palestinian Authority, the U.S.-Palestinian-Israeli Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met on July 19 for the f [...] | 2007-07-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SENV KBIO KWBG IS |
| 07TELAVIV2448 | YEDIOT ARTICLE CLAIMS BARAK TILTS RIGHT, [...] (U) Israel's largest circulation daily, Yediot Aharonot, ran a banner headline on August 10 "Barak: There is no chance for a settlement with the Palestinians." Although not a direct interview, the article by well-connected journalist Shimon Schiffer states that Barak has been telling associa [...] | 2007-08-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL IS |
| 07TELAVIV2454 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited official Israeli assessments according to which Syria does not believe PM Ehud Olmert's public statements of reassurance that Israel has no intention of attacking S [...] | 2007-08-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2491 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Israeli electronic media reported that a memorandum of understanding was signed this morning in Jerusalem between Israel and the US on the new American defense package for Israel. Unde [...] | 2007-08-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2504 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Aid to Israel 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns as saying on Thursday that the new USD 30-billion defense package for Israel is not conditioned on [...] | 2007-08-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2543 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2576 | U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...] | 2007-08-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS |
| 07TELAVIV2642 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that three Palestinian children from one family were killed in a strike against rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. The media quoted the IDF [...] | 2007-08-31 03:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2652 | U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...] | 2007-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP |
| 07TELAVIV2662 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 10:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2671 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...] | 2007-09-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS |
| 07TELAVIV2690 | DAS DANIN AND IDF INTEL CHIEF MG YADLIN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting August 30, Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Chief MG Amos Yadlin analyzed the ongoing possibility of war with Syria for visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin. While tensions have eased somewhat from their mid-summer high, and while neither side wanted a fight, Yadlin s [...] | 2007-09-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPPS PINR SY IR LE IS |
| 07TELAVIV2737 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2853 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2880 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2973 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3222 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3257 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel expects the US to formally confirm the Annapolis meeting on Friday for the last week of November. Major media suggested that President Bush would ho [...] | 2007-11-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3316 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON "TOWARDS ANNAPOLIS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14th Ambassador Jones held a round-table discussion with leading Israeli academics and think tank representatives to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference. Opinions varied as to the possible outcomes of the conference, but there was general agreement that plannin [...] | 2007-11-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SA IR SY |
| 07TELAVIV3341 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3376 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3379 | LIEBERMAN SAYS HE WILL LEAVE COALITION SOON, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister for Strategic Affairs and leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party, Avigdor Lieberman, met with Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (DAPDNSA) Elliott Abrams on November 19. Lieberman repeated his position that Annapolis was a mistake, [...] | 2007-11-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG EG IS |
| 07TELAVIV3398 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 12:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3411 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3441 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The release of the U.S. National Intelligence Assessment on Iran received top billing in major media. The Jerusalem Post headlined "US: Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Arms Program 4 Years Ago". [...] | 2007-12-04 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3475 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Egypt ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: Only block quotes, December 7, 2007 -------- Â [...] | 2007-12-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3491 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior diplomatic officials in Jerusalem as saying that the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who will meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday to kick off final-status ne [...] | 2007-12-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3507 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3515 | PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 DISCUSSIONS ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION FINANCE AND IRAN WITH THE ISRAELI MFA (CABLE 4 OF 5) REF: A. TEL AVIV 03385 B. TEL AVIV 03386 C. TEL AVIV 03514 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 16:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KNNP MNUC IR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3595 | ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN WATER ISSUES - PREPARING FOR BILATERAL WATER NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAGR EINV EAID IS KWBG |
| 07TELAVIV3630 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader and former PM Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Ha'aretz headlined: "Grave Crisis in [...] | 2007-12-28 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV481 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (English Ed.) quoted senior GOI sources as saying that Israel has decided to reassess its relations with the PA and its Chairman [President], Mah [...] | 2007-02-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV824 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Wednesday FM Livni discussed with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ways to respond to the formation SIPDIS of a Palestinian unity government and that Arab pa [...] | 2007-03-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV871 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Europe Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Israel's friends in the US Congress are applying heavy pressure on the US administration and the EU not to modify their stances regarding the P [...] | 2007-03-21 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07THEHAGUE1902 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PREVIEW OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 10, Embassy shared reftel points with the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmells; Deputy Director for European Integration, Marisa Gerards; and Pauline Diepenbroek, Senior Policy Officer, European Cooperation Directorate. 2. (SBU) WTO off the agenda: Diepenbroek to [...] | 2007-10-16 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC NL EU |
| 07TOKYO1211 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...] | 2007-03-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG |
| 07TOKYO2533 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3727 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 06:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK763 | BAN ON DARFUR, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, QUARTET [...] (C) During his monthly lunch with Security Council PermReps September 17, SYG Ban promised an increased UN role in Afghanistan and Iraq and reported the Italians may provide the aviation assets necessary to support UNAMID deployment. He also said the September 23 Quartet meeting should not be [...] | 2007-09-18 00:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPAL SU AF IZ |
| 07USUNNEWYORK781 | SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON [...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...] | 2007-09-21 17:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
| 07USUNNEWYORK840 | UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...] | 2007-10-09 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 07VIENNA1640 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 19, 2007 [...] Austria's Minister for Education, Claudia Schmied from the Social Democrats, will unveil her plans for a comprehensive school system for 10- to 14-year-old students later today. During a test stage beginning in fall 2008, the comprehensive system will be introduced in five Austrian regions. How [...] | 2007-06-19 15:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA294 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 07, 2007 [...] Minister for Economy and Labor Martin Bartenstein announced he is planning to reform the system of care for the elderly. In an interview with independent daily "Der Standard," Bartenstein outlined a new work model for caregivers, similar to that already in existence for household and hospital s [...] | 2007-02-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 07VIENNA2958 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 17, 2007 [...] All Austrian media report on what is described as "massive squabbling" among the country's leading political parties over the case of teenage Kosovo asylum seeker Arigona Zogaj. On Friday, the Austrian Constitutional Court turned down an appeal from the family seeking initial residence status i [...] | 2007-12-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA328 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 09, 2007 [...] Starting Friday, the SPOe/OeVP coalition will begin working on an extensive reform of state and government which, according to Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, will be the "core piece" of the grand coalition and is intended for completion in summer. The reform will build on reforms announced and p [...] | 2007-02-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 07VIENNA807 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 28, 2007 [...] Gernot and Erika Rumpold, owners of the public relations firm which has been in charge of promoting the Eurofighter, told the parliamentary committee looking into the interceptor purchase deal that it was "not uncommon" for a press conference to cost 96,000 Euros, which the committee has called [...] | 2007-03-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA916 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 05, 2007 [...] An improvement of the legal rights of people living in same-sex partnerships in Austria could happen soon - provided the OeVP settles its intra-party disputes over the issue. OeVP secretary general Hannes Missethon suggested on ORF television yesterday that same-sex partnerships could in the fu [...] | 2007-04-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PAO AU |
| 08ABUDHABI159 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi again welcomes you for a visit to the UAE, where we look forward to your engagement with U.S. personnel on the ground and your discussions with the nation's top strategic defense planner, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Arme [...] | 2008-02-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR KPAL IR IZ AF LE |
| 08ABUDHABI296 | MARCH 11 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND MARCH 12 JOINT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the March 11 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and March 12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) as opportunities to renew our mutual commitment to shared strategic goals with the UAE, to remind the UAE military of U.S. appreciation for its support and i [...] | 2008-03-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ LE AE |
| 08ALGIERS198 | SCENE SETTER FOR A/S WELCH VISIT TO ALGERIA [...] (C) We and the Algerians are looking forward to your visit next week. There was a prominent article about your visit, generated with help from our PAO, in best-selling el-Khabar newspaper on February 21. You will be visiting just as the government machine is gearing up to amend the Algerian constit [...] | 2008-02-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AG |
| 08AMMAN1446 | SOMETIMES THE WEAK SURVIVE - JORDAN'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a new political parties law, the number of parties in Jordan has been cut in half. The public financing envisioned by the law has yet to appear, and the parties are wary of the strings that may be attached to it. Fourteen parties remain - five liberal reformist p [...] | 2008-05-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 08AMMAN1666 | STAFFDEL DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, REGIONAL EVENTS, [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Jordan organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ten-member U.S. congressional staffdel met with a variety of senior figures, including Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, Advisor to the Chief of Defense [...] | 2008-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KIRF KPAL IS SY IZ IR LE JO |
| 08AMMAN265 | CODEL PRICE DISCUSSES JORDANIAN POLITICAL REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: During the January 9-11 visit to Jordan of Codel Price (comprising Representatives David Price, Harold Rogers, Dennis Rehberg, James Moran, Michael Simpson, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, all of the House Appropriations Committee),the group and their staffers met with Chief of the [...] | 2008-01-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS SY IZ |
| 08AMMAN3329 | U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE ADDRESSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Following the signature of a joint MOU on assistance September 22, the first session of a U.S.-Jordan political dialogue convened in Amman on November 17 (Reftel). Jordan was represented by FM Salah Al-Bashir and members of his staff, while the American side was represented by S [...] | 2008-12-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IS JO |
| 08AMMAN3360 | JORDAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In its public statements and security measures, the Government of Jordan continued to place a high priority on its fight against violent extremism in 2008. This occurred against a backdrop of low support among Jordanians for terrorism. The Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey of 200 [...] | 2008-12-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
| 08AMMAN3372 | KING ABDULLAH OUTLINES A REGION IN TRANSITION WITH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah, in a December 14 meeting with CODEL Dorgan, discussed the importance of keeping the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at the center of U.S. Middle East policy during the transition and the next administration. The King also outlined for Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Coch [...] | 2008-12-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 08AMMAN3389 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
| 08AMMAN3390 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
| 08AMMAN3408 | CODEL DORGAN DISCUSSES REGION WITH JORDAN,S FM [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir discussed the strength of the U.S.-Jordanian relationship and the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestinian issue, as well as Jordan's support for Iraq and Lebanon, with Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Cochran and Whitehouse. He also spoke of the ne [...] | 2008-12-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 08AMMAN600 | JORDAN-BASED PNC LEADERS SEE PLANS TO CONVENE [...] (C) Summary: Arab media outlets have in recent weeks reported discussions in Ramallah of the possibility of convening the Palestine National Council (PNC) in the coming months, either in Ramallah, Amman, or Cairo. Post's PNC contacts including Speaker Salim al-Zanoun confirm moves are afoot, [...] | 2008-02-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL JO IS |
| 08AMMAN693 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BEGIN INTERNAL ELECTIONS; HAWKS [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has begun to conduct internal elections for its Shura Council, the MB's highest leadership body. The vote for the 50-member council lasts from late February until mid-March. The election pits "hawks" against "doves" from within the MB, though their policy [...] | 2008-03-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
| 08ANKARA1023 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1145 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1156 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA126 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1410 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA146 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1504 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1965 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1991 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2038 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2069 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2147 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2174 | TURKEY/ISRAEL/SYRIA: OLMERT REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israeli PM Olmert visited Ankara December 22 in what was billed a "farewell" call, meeting privately with PM Erdogan (we believe PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu translated) and, with delegations, President Gul. Syria and Gaza dominated the agenda. According to Israeli Embass [...] | 2008-12-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS SY TU |
| 08ANKARA2177 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2190 | TURKEY CONDEMNS GAZA ATTACKS [...] (U) Turkey has reacted strongly to Israeli attacks in Gaza. PM Erdogan has called the attacks a "crime against humanity," a "blow to world peace," and complained they showed a "lack of respect" for Turkey, which has been exerting great efforts to restore peace in the region. President Gul wa [...] | 2008-12-30 17:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS TU |
| 08ANKARA2192 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 06:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2195 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA435 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA497 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA508 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA72 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA721 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA752 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA755 | TURKEY: SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH ISRAEL AND THE [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref a request. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT supports the Annapolis process and the Road Map, and increasingly sees itself as an impartial regional facilitator, capable of playing a constructive role in the Middle East peace process. Ankara hosted PA President A [...] | 2008-04-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL TU |
| 08ANKARA797 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA91 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ASUNCION868 | PARAGUAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The Governments of the Tri-Border Area (TBA),Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, have long been concerned with arms and drugs smuggling, document fraud, money laundering, and the manufacture and movement of contraband goods through this region. In the early 1990s, they established a mechanism to [...] | 2008-12-29 21:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHSL PETER PA |
| 08BAGHDAD156 | FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to discuss Iraq's relationship with its neighbors, the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and current Iraqi legislation. Zebari updated Menendez on the u [...] | 2008-01-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD984 | REQUEST TO CLOSE DOWN AL-RAFIDAYN SATELLITE TV [...] (SBU) The Al-Rafidayn Satellite Channel is a Cairo-based Iraqi television channel that appears to be affiliated with the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) -- a group of Sunni clerics led by Harith al-Dari -- and which adopts a pro-resistance, anti-U.S., anti-Iraqi Government, and anti-Iran [...] | 2008-03-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PROP PTER EG IZ |
| 08BEIJING178 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...] | 2008-01-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS |
| 08BEIRUT1302 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES URGENCY [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr said the outcome of elections in 2009 will depend on the Christian vote. It is critical that the current majority be able to show results to Christian voters. Specifically, the people must perceive that Murr's relationship with the Unit [...] | 2008-09-04 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE |
| 08BEIRUT1471 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, BERRI STRESSES LEBANON [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told visiting NEA DAS David Hale on October 7 that while he worried about the presence of fundamentalists and Al-Qaeda in north Lebanon, he dismissed the concerns of some Lebanese politicians regarding Syria's increased troop presence at the northern Leban [...] | 2008-10-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS |
| 08BEIRUT161 | LEBANON: SAAD WAKES UP TO 2009 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri blamed Libya and Qatar for undermining Lebanon at the January 27 Arab League meeting, with the preservation of Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman's presidential candidacy the only positive result, in his view. He predicted that, without tou [...] | 2008-02-01 16:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
| 08BEIRUT1667 | LEBANON: HARIRI EXPLAINS HIS CONTINUING HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine on November 20, parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said that he had spoken with Hizballah officials following his October 26 meeting with SYG Hassan Nasrallah (reftels) on a variety of topics. Hariri said [...] | 2008-11-24 09:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE |
| 08BEIRUT1757 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - December 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
| 08BEIRUT1808 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA SAYS HE, SLEIMAN, PROACTIVE [...] (C) On December 31, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora informed the Ambassador and DCM that the GOL was taking a proactive approach with Hizballah in response to the situation in Gaza. He and President Sleiman were in contact with Hizballah officials daily, Siniora said, as well as with leaders of t [...] | 2008-12-31 12:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS |
| 08BERLIN188 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAN, ANNAPOLIS, SYRIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg told A/S Welch in a February 11 meeting that the MFA does not agree that it is necessary to push for an immediate UNSC Iran sanctions resolution before the next IAEA report is issued, although Germany is not against such a push. A/S Welch [...] | 2008-02-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL SY IS GM IR |
| 08BERLIN685 | GERMAN MFA DELEGATION VISITS TEHRAN, LEAVES TOUGH [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: A senior-level MFA delegation visited Iran April 22-23. While the German delegation members pressed their Iranian hosts on both the nuclear issue and the Iranian regime's threats against Israel, they did not deliver criticism of Iran's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor did [...] | 2008-05-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GM IR IZ AF LE SY IS |
| 08BERN443 | FM CALMY-REY SAYS DIALOGUE AND "DIPLOMATIC \ [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 address to senior Swiss \ diplomats, FM Calmy-Rey extolled dialogue and facilitation as \ chief Swiss foreign policy instruments. She used the term \ "diplomatic engineering" in describing her vision of \ Switzerland facilitating dialogue on difficult subjects. A \ r [...] | 2008-08-28 15:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PTER SZ |
| 08BRASILIA1151 | SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...] | 2008-08-27 20:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ECON BR |
| 08BRASILIA304 | BRAZIL: IRAN, ARAB WORLD, ON AMORIM'S MIND IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's recent visit to five Middle Eastern countries continues a renewed focus on the Middle East that began with Amorim's participation at the Annapolis meetings in November of last year. Since Annapolis, Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) Middle Eas [...] | 2008-03-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR VE IS IR BL JO SA EG MO SY |
| 08BRASILIA469 | SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...] | 2008-04-04 18:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON BR |
| 08BRASILIA756 | S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...] | 2008-06-04 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 08BRASILIA823 | SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-22 VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...] | 2008-06-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KHLS OVIP ECON BR |
| 08BRASILIA896 | CONSTRAINING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BRAZIL [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Brazil's participation in the Annapolis peace conference is now cited by every Itamaraty contact, from Foreign Minister Amorim to Middle East desk officers, as the cornerstone of its growing efforts to exert global lead [...] | 2008-07-01 22:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR BR |
| 08BRUSSELS101 | EU COUNCIL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SYRIA, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) European Union Council Head of Middle East Unit Christian Jouret, while dismayed that member states continue to visit Syria or invite Syria to visit them, noted that the member states, as sovereign nations, were not bound by the informal agreement reached last year that HiRep Javier Solana [...] | 2008-01-18 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SY LE IZ IR EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS1059 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON TERRORIST FINANCING, MAY 23, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charities, cash couriers, and UN sanctions reform were the focus of the May 23 bi-annual U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Terrorist Financing in Brussels. The EU will consider the U.S. proposal for a financial sanctions workshop program to address combating terrorist abuse of the non [...] | 2008-07-14 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID EFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KTFN PINR PREL |
| 08CAIRO1067 | CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...] | 2008-05-27 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EG |
| 08CAIRO1110 | GAZA BORDER VISIT: GOE BRIEFING AND TOUR [...] (S) Summary: Senior LAWIO officers guided a GOE-sponsored Congressional staffdel on a tour along the Egypt-Gaza border May 26. In an introductory briefing, LAWIO Chief MG Nagy Kamal told us that the GOE has been making recent progress on discovering and destroying tunnel openings. He said th [...] | 2008-06-02 09:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER IS EG |
| 08CAIRO1291 | SPECIAL ENVOY GENERAL JONES' CAIRO MEETINGS JUNE 12 [...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security General James Jones (Ret.) met June 12 with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman and Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar to discuss his mission. General Jones explained that he is re [...] | 2008-06-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 08CAIRO1340 | GAZA BORDER CALM, NO CLEAR WAY FORWARD ON OPENING [...] (S) Summary: LAWIO Chief MG Nagy told us June 25 that the Gaza border is calm, and that the GOE has recently found an increased number of tunnels used for smuggling commercial goods. He noted that three main tunnels collapsed in June. He said that EGIS Chief Soliman would discuss a Hamas-Isra [...] | 2008-06-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 08CAIRO1878 | STRATEGY FOR THE GAZA BORDER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza took effect June 19, rocket attacks from Gaza have decreased, and Israeli public pressure on the GOE to stop smuggling via tunnels into Gaza has relaxed. However, smuggling remains [...] | 2008-08-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL KPAL PTER MOPS MARR IS EG |
| 08CAIRO1991 | SEPTEMBER 8-9 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed the diplomatic corps September 10 on the September 8-9 Arab League Ministerial, stressing that the discussions focused on pessimistic assessments of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Youssef, Palesti [...] | 2008-09-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL LE IS IZ SY MR XF SU EG |
| 08CAIRO211 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE - FEBRUARY 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS EG |
| 08CAIRO2405 | AFTER A THAW, DECREASING GOE TOLERANCE FOR PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary and comment: The consensus among observers of press freedom in Egypt is that following a high-water mark for openness in 2005, the GOE has been tightening its grip on the press, particularly over the past year through court cases, detentions and the revocation of licenses. With sever [...] | 2008-11-24 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 08CAIRO2438 | ARAB 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY EG |
| 08CAIRO247 | A/S WELCH'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH AMRE MOUSSA [...] (C) Summary. NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met Feb 6 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. Moussa said that the Arab League and the U.S. "are in the same boat" in Iraq, and argued against a precipitous troop withdrawal. On Lebanon, Moussa will continue to push for implementati [...] | 2008-02-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS IZ EG |
| 08CAIRO2485 | SCENESETTER FOR US-EGYPT MCC [...] (S/NF) Summary: This year's U.S. - Egypt Military Cooperation Committee (MCC),being held in Washington December 16 - 17, will be an opportunity to confirm the mutual benefits of our bilateral security relationship and engage the GOE on transforming our relationship to counter current threats [...] | 2008-12-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM EG |
| 08CAIRO2541 | EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...] | 2008-12-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
| 08CAIRO2570 | CAIRO CORE EAC MEETING 12/28/2008 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 12/28/2008, DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Israel Military Operations into the Gaza Strip. The EAC agreed that there are no known specific threats directed at the Embassy or private Americans. DCM instructed RSO and CONS to is [...] | 2008-12-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER CASC EG |
| 08CAIRO2571 | EGYPTIANS ON GAZA [...] (S) Summary: During General Petraeus, December 27-28 visit, Egyptian leaders expressed deep concern with the escalating violence in Gaza, particularly as it exposed Egypt to torrents of both domestic and regional criticism for its alleged complicity in Israeli actions. Foreign Minister Abou [...] | 2008-12-29 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PARM IS KPAL EG |
| 08CAIRO524 | SCENESETTER FOR MINDEF TANTAWI’S VISIT TO THE U.S. MARCH 24-28REF: A. CAIRO 452 B. CAIRO 488 C. CAIRO 507CAIRO 00000524 001.2 OF 002 [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi will travel to Washington, Tampa, and Chicago March 24-28. He will meet senior officials in Washington and at USCENTCOM HQ in Tampa, and view U.S. civil defense arrangements in Chicago. Mrs. Tantawi and as many as five senior generals will [...] | 2008-03-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MASS MARR PTER IS EG XF |
| 08CAIRO641 | ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING ON DAMASCUS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef briefed diplomats on the Arab League Summit (held in Damascus March 29-30) on March 31. Yousef said that the tone of the summit was "conciliatory," but acknowledged that Arab-to-Arab relations have become frayed on a number of fronts and [...] | 2008-03-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY IS EG XF |
| 08CAIRO856 | EGYPT AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Per reftel inquiry, Egypt's overriding security equity in a Palestinian state is a secure and stable border with Gaza. Egypt is interested in opening the Gaza border to humanitarian shipments and trade through a mechanism similar to the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access in o [...] | 2008-04-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG |
| 08CAIRO9 | CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] (S) Summary. EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador and a visiting Codel led by Senator George Voinovich December 31 that he is optimistic progress will be made on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, Soliman was concerned with continuing Israeli criticism of Egyptian anti-smuggling e [...] | 2008-01-02 18:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IS IZ SY EG |
| 08CAIRO938 | PM NAZIF, CODEL TIERNEY DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met March 24 with Representatives John Tierney (D-MA),James Moran (D-VA),Maurice Hinchey (D-NY),Betty McCollum (D-MN),Keith Ellison (D-MN),Barbara Cubin (R-WY) and then-Ambassador Ricciardone. PM Nazif praised President Bush's efforts to achieve [...] | 2008-05-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS EG |
| 08CAIRO965 | ADDRESSING AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: GOE interlocutors provide a varied and contradictory explanation of when force can be used against migrants seeking to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel, but all say that GOE security personnel use deadly force due to the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and ter [...] | 2008-05-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER IS SU |
| 08CAIRO968 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON COUNTER-TERROR LAW, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 7 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Habib Al Adly offered no indication as to whether the Egyptian government will enact new counter-terror legislation by May 31, or instead simply re-extend the existing Emergency Law, in force since 1981. Adly i [...] | 2008-05-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PGOV PREF EG |
| 08CARACAS1103 | STATE OF BRV-ISRAEL RELATIONS C-NE8-00834 [...] (SBU) This cable is a response to State 064659 (C-NE8-00834) requesting details on Israeli relations with Venezuela. 2. (C) Summary. Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) and Israel are severely strained. Bilateral relations, cool for the last several months, show [...] | 2008-08-07 22:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IS VE |
| 08CARACAS1784 | CHAVEZ BLAMES USG FOR ISRAEL'S AIR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to assert a singularly radical foreign policy out of step with most of the international community. The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued December 18 and 27 communiques that criticized un [...] | 2008-12-29 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF VE IS ZI |
| 08DAMASCUS20 | DID ANNAPOLIS PRODUCE A SHIFT IN SYRIAN POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Many observers of Syrian foreign policy here assert the November 27-28 Annapolis Conference stimulated a favorable shift towards the West. While it is hard to ignore Syria's public declarations of interest in peace with Israel and its efforts to cultivate better relations with th [...] | 2008-01-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 08DAMASCUS219 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT 2008: ALL HAT, NO CATTLE [...] (C) Summary: Proclaiming the March 29-30 Arab League Summit an "historic event," the Syrian government trumpeted its ability to overcome alleged U.S. efforts to torpedo the proceedings while trying to avoid open controversy over the lack of any progress in Lebanon. Eleven heads of state prese [...] | 2008-03-31 18:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 08DAMASCUS269 | SYRIAN EQUITIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: Syria's primary security interests in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are to avoid a war with Israel that would threaten the Asad family's hold on power and to win Israel's return of the occupied Golan Heights to the 1967 border lines. As the self-proclaimed center of Arab re [...] | 2008-04-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 08DAMASCUS744 | DAMASCUS EAC REVIEWS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT [...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 27 to review Post's security profile amid Syrian media allegations of an October 26 U.S. military strike on Syrian territory. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, PAO, A/MGT (IMO),DAO, GRPO, CONS, and MSGDETCMDR at [...] | 2008-10-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER CASC SY |
| 08DAMASCUS906 | SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...] | 2008-12-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
| 08DAMASCUS908 | SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...] | 2008-12-29 04:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC |
| 08DAMASCUS920 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION REPORT: EVENTS IN GAZA [...] Summary: Syrian papers feature photos of Palestinian casualties and large impassioned demonstrations in cities throughout Syria. Papers on December 31 also carried photos of President Asad's meeting with Senator Arlen Specter. A Syrian editorialist laments the closure of Rafah crossing and urg [...] | 2008-12-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 08DOHA24 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S JANUARY 21-22 [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your January 21-22 visit to Qatar. You last met with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiyah in Rome in November 2007. Prior to that, he visited you in Washington in May 2007, and you saw him in Doha in April 2006 and November 200 [...] | 2008-01-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | ENRG PREL QA |
| 08DOHA253 | Media Reaction: A/S Welch Visit to Qatar, April 1 [...] Summary: All the Qatari local dailies provided prominent coverage for the visit of NEA A/S David Welch to Qatar on April 1, 2008. The official Qatari News Agency (QNA) published that A/S Welch met with Qatar Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and discussed "bilateral relations and subjects o [...] | 2008-04-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA |
| 08DOHA278 | QATAR'S MINISTER OF STATE OFFERS VIEWS ON GCC+2 [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Mahmoud encouraged NEA A/S Welch over lunch April 1 to proceed with current U.S. thinking on the GCC 2 summit and urged him to include a discussion of Kosovo on the agenda. He described Qatar's relations with Saudi Arabia as "good" followi [...] | 2008-04-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 08DOHA390 | SCENESETTER FOR DHS SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF'S [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Qatar is emerging as a major transit point for people and cargo in a volatile part of the world, creating new challenges for our counter proliferation, counterterrorism, and law enforcement efforts. Your visit to Qatar will help us solidify our relationships and deepen our [...] | 2008-05-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC OTRA QA |
| 08DOHA407 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON'S [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your June 1 visit is an opportunity to discuss four issues of immediate concern to Qatar and the U.S.: - Exchange rates and GCC currency pegs - Counter-terrorist financing - Iran - Sovereign Wealth Funds and Foreign Investment in the U.S. You have meetings confirmed wi [...] | 2008-05-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL ECON EFIN PGOV QA |
| 08DOHA664 | THE NEXT 3 YEARS--AN INTERAGENCY FIELD ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Expected trends in Qatar's internal political situation and foreign policy over the next 36 months include: -- (S) A continuation of a tight grip on power by the Al Thani family, which has controlled pre- and post-independent Qatar for 140 years. -- (S/NF) Within the ruling family, a c [...] | 2008-09-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL AMGT KSPR ECON QA |
| 08DOHA706 | SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE SECRETARY DONLEY [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. Given the closure of the Government of Qatar through October 6 for Eid Al-Fitr, we do not yet have confirmed appointments for you. We have requested office calls for you with the Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim Al Thani, and the Chief [...] | 2008-10-07 12:07:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 08DOHA718 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. You are scheduled to meet with Qatar's Attorney General, Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri, and either the Director or Deputy Director of Qatar State Security (QSS). Dr. Al-Marri may also host a lunch in your honor that would include other Qatari judic [...] | 2008-10-15 06:40:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL QA |
| 08DOHA722 | SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF SCHWARTZ' [...] (C) General Schwartz, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested office calls for you with the Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyeh, and the Commander of the Qatar Emiri Air Forces [...] | 2008-10-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 08DOHA745 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings for you with the Amir, Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Minister of Finance, and Central Bank Governor. When Secretary Paulson was here June 1, he met with all of these officials, except the Amir. The dollar peg and o [...] | 2008-10-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | EFIN EINV PREL OVIP QA |
| 08DOHA777 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HINOJOSA'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings for you with the Amir, the Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, and the Amir,s wife, Sheikha Mozah, who heads the Qatar Foundation, the organization that oversees the six U.S. universities in Qatar. Yours will be one of th [...] | 2008-11-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL QA |
| 08DOHA791 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings with Minister of State for Interior Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Sultan Bin Hassan al-Dhabit al-Dousari, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Confer [...] | 2008-11-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA |
| 08DOHA866 | SCENESETTER FOR LTGEN ALLEN'S DECEMBER 17 VISIT TO [...] (C) General Allen, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I look forward to meeting with you and joining you for dinner with the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyeh. Because your visit is so short and December 18 is Qatar's National Day, there [...] | 2008-12-16 13:21:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 08DUBLIN192 | SCENESETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO [...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern's address to a Joint Session of Congress on April 30 will be framed by the Northern Ireland peace process, Irish economic growth (the "Celtic Tiger"),Ireland's view of its place in the world, and Ahern's announcement that he will step dow [...] | 2008-04-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI |
| 08DUBLIN289 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND [...] (U) CODEL Leahy will arrive against a backdrop of a new Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the continuing successful peace process in Northern Ireland, a slowing, but still world-class economic growth -- the "Celtic Tiger" -- and an Ireland that is increasingly engaged in for [...] | 2008-05-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI |
| 08DUBLIN609 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND [...] (U) Embassy Dublin welcomes Senator Leahy to Ireland. The Senator will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum i [...] | 2008-11-06 18:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR |
| 08DUBLIN616 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (U) Welcome to Ireland. We look forward to your visit. You will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in June [...] | 2008-11-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR |
| 08JERUSALEM1015 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/16): SETTLEMENTS - "AN [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "Waiting for the analysis of Rice's statement" (6/16): "Comments by Secretary Rice after hermeeting with President Abbas included statementsthat the time has come to establish a Palestinianstate, and that settlements are an obst [...] | 2008-06-16 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1028 | SECURITY INCIDENTS - June 9 - June 15, 2008. [...] The following security incidents were compiled from RSO sources, to include both Israeli and Palestinian security contacts, government officials and publications. These were gathered over the previous week and collected in a database. The information is used by the RSO to determine the security [...] | 2008-06-19 04:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PINR CASC |
| 08JERUSALEM1061 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/23): ISRAEL, SOLE BENEFICIARY [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce and a slightly reduced siege"(6/23): Israel needs the rocket attacks to stop and it has achieved that [goal]. At the same time, it wants to continue its siege (albeit, a bit less restrictive) of the Gaza Strip. Hama [...] | 2008-06-23 10:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1109 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/30): THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "the prisoners' swap...and the negotiations trip": "...it is obvious that the [Hizbollah] prisoners' swap that Israel approved [includes] prisoners with blood on their hands... so, it is now possible to say that this major obstacle [to the prisoner [...] | 2008-06-30 10:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1169 | CODEL KERRY REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS, SITUATION ON THE GROUND WITH EREKAT, FAYYAD [...] (S) Summary. In separate July 1 meetings with CODEL Kerry, PA PM Salam Fayyad reviewed progress on Roadmap implementation, while PLO Negotiations Affairs Chief Saeb Erekat summarized progress on permanent status negotiations. Fayyad thanked the USG for "unprecedented" assistance and said the PA is [...] | 2008-07-03 12:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PREL PGOV PBTS IS OREP |
| 08JERUSALEM1179 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/07): SYRIAN BID TO HOST [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs its daily editorial entitled, "Abbas- Assad meeting and Internal Palestinian Dialogue!!" (07/07): "... there are official declarations and... indications that the situation is not yet ripe for [meetings between Abbas and Hamas leader Mish'al], especially since Hamas [...] | 2008-07-07 12:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1231 | HAMAS PRESSURES PALTEL FOR CASH AND CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Hamas is attempting to exert direct control and squeeze revenue out of the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PalTel) in Gaza. Following PalTel's refusal to meet Hamas' terms, armed Hamas officials raided PalTel offices and stores on July 6, forcing PalTel to close them tempora [...] | 2008-07-14 05:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ECPS KWBG KPAL |
| 08JERUSALEM1237 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/14): WHICH COMES FIRST: UNITY [...] Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Obstacles to Palestinian dialogue"(7/14): "...the overwhelming majority of [the Palestinian] people ...believe that dialogue is the solution [to internal Palestinian division]...[however]... the most dangerous obstacle in the way of dialogue is th [...] | 2008-07-14 08:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1259 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/16): "HAS THE WORLD BECOME [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "A call on the international community to halt Israeli actions." Everyday Israel performs acts of tyranny [against Palestinians] such as destroying houses, confiscating land or insisting on building barriers in the middle of farming villages that [...] | 2008-07-16 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1308 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): WHICH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 11:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1309 | CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1335 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...] | 2008-07-23 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1339 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/24): "BARAK OBAMA WILL SOLVE [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Abdullah Awwad entitled, "Barak Obama will solve it" (7/24): "...the democratic candidate is here promising that he will work to solve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, from his first moment in the White House ... Bush promised that the two-state sol [...] | 2008-07-24 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1342 | PA NEEDS ARAB SUPPORT TO MAKE JULY SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministers have publicly stated that the PA will not be able to pay July's salaries without receipt of additional "Arab and foreign" assistance. So far in July, the PA has received only the European Commission's monthly contribution of USD 23 million (w [...] | 2008-07-24 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG SA KU QA AE |
| 08JERUSALEM1355 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/28): "Bush...seeks to achieve [...] Al-Quds runs an editorial by Faysal Abu Khadra entitled, "Obama...and the Miracle of Israel" (7/28): "It is sad to hear and read that the African-American Senator whose father is a Muslim and whose mother is a white American Christian has a tendency towards [miraculously supporting Israel] rath [...] | 2008-07-28 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1362 | UPDATE ON OPIC MORTGAGE FINANCE FACILITY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited Jerusalem and Ramallah July 18-23 to further OPIC,s affordable mortgage finance initiative, launched by PA President Abbas and OPIC CEO Mosbacher on April 14. OPIC VP Drumheller discussed timing and imp [...] | 2008-07-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KWBG |
| 08JERUSALEM137 | FATAH CENTRAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES SIXTH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. On January 15, eleven of the fourteen Fatah Central Committee (FCC) members discussed preparations for the Sixth Fatah Congress. They agreed that 1,500 representatives to the Congress, which will elect Fatah's leadership, will be selected from numerous Fatah organs by February [...] | 2008-01-28 11:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1374 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/30): Demolition of Palestinian [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "With what right are Palestinian houses destroyed?" (7/30): "It has become impossible to tolerate the official international, Arab and Palestinian silence regarding the Israeli Authority's actions of planned and intensive demolition operati [...] | 2008-07-30 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1380 | QALQILIYA SECURITY CHIEFS CLAIM SUCCESSES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Qalqiliya security chiefs told PolOff July 29 that PA security forces (PASF) completed a campaign against vehicle-theft gangs, Hamas activists and wanted criminals in Area B villages from July 15-21, and plan a smaller campaign in villages SE of Qalqiliya in early August. Qalq [...] | 2008-07-30 15:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
| 08JERUSALEM1404 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/01): Strong support for [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rajeh Abu Asab entitled, "Making the national dialogue successful is in the Palestinian and Arab interest" (8/01): "Abbas has announced the launch of the Palestinian-Palestinian national dialogue following his meeting with President Hosni Mubarak [...] | 2008-08-01 11:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1412 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/04): A message to those who [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Enough...!!" (8/04): "The sad events in the Gaza Strip during the last three days and their results have shocked and surprised Palestinians throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, in refugee camps and abroad, not only because they form a [...] | 2008-08-04 07:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1444 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/07): A call for public and [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Where is the role of the public...?" (8/07): "The tragic situation in which we [Palestinians] live is characterized by three signs: - The first sign is the destructive bloody conflict for authority and the preference of narrow group interests ove [...] | 2008-08-07 08:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1446 | PA POLICE CHIEF OUTLINES FORCE PRIORITIES, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary. PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah told PolOff that GOI-PA security coordination is unsatisfactory, with twice as many IDF incursions and increased clearance delays for police operations since July 1. While PA police are increasingly effective at fighting crime, the PA General I [...] | 2008-08-07 13:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PREL |
| 08JERUSALEM1449 | PA BARELY MAKES JULY SALARIES THANKS TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid salaries in the West Bank and Gaza on August 7, thanks to a transfer of USD 42 million from the UAE and a USD 80 million commercial bridge loan taken against future income. However, the PA did not pay the usual NIS 1000 each to employees still [...] | 2008-08-07 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1450 | PM FAYYAD AND PMA GOVERNOR AL-WAZIR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on July 28 to discuss the USG's intent to designate thirteen organizations and one individual for their ongoing support of Hamas (Ref A). PM Fayyad said his government has already taken "courageous" steps to cut of [...] | 2008-08-07 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ECON PHUM KISL KWBG IS EAID |
| 08JERUSALEM1482 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...] | 2008-08-11 08:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1511 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/15): The status of Palestinians [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Azzam Tawfiq Abu Al-Su'oud entitled, "Will there be a New Middle East?" (8/15): "Since the beginning of [Bush's] presence in the White House, we have heard about American plans for a new Middle East ... We are accustomed to the idea that the Ameri [...] | 2008-08-15 10:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1519 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/18): All talk and no action on [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National Dialogue...Again" (8/18): "We are getting tired of calling for [Palestinian] national unity and we request that it be achieved as quickly as possible to end the division ... Everybody is talking about the national dialogue, its [...] | 2008-08-18 09:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1596 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/27): Guarded Optimism following [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Settlement Activity Should Be Condemned with Clear Cut Sentences" (8/27): "[T]he U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, talked, after her meeting with [the Palestinian Authority (PA)] President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, about the expans [...] | 2008-08-27 07:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1627 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/02): WHITHER INTERNAL [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by Gaza political scientist Dr. Naji Sadiq Sharab, entitled, "Whither the [Internal] Division..." (9/02): "[T]his internal division [between Fatah and Hamas]...will mean the disappearance of the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state ... it strips [...] | 2008-09-02 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1634 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/03): DEBATING THE ROLE OF ARAB [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "A Dangerous Legal Precedent" (9/03): "According to news reports, an American court has issued a ruling to impose a heavy fine on the Palestinian Authority for the 1996 killing of an Israeli-American by Hamas. This has established a (new) legal p [...] | 2008-09-03 09:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1658 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/08): INTERNAL DIVISION COLORS [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "We are not in Need of More Division," (9/8): "Once again, division in the Palestinian arena has resurfaced in the expression of political positions related to the teachers' strike in the Gaza Strip. This is, of course, not a political issue because the te [...] | 2008-09-08 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1681 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/09): CONTINUED PALESTINIAN [...] Independent Al-Quds editorializes in "The strikes..." (9/8): "We are experiencing extraordinary, catastrophic conditions in all aspects of our political, economic and daily lives. The on-going JERUSALEM 00001681 002 OF 002 strike [by teachers and health care workers] is increasing the [...] | 2008-09-09 09:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1685 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/10): ALTERNATIVES TO THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by daily columnist Dr. Hasan Abdullah entitled, "The success of Cairo talks Could save our communal ship from sinking" (9/10): "[C]airo talks must lead to an agreement...the agreement should pave the way for presidential and legislative Palestinian electio [...] | 2008-09-10 10:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1716 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/15): A "MULTIPOLAR" WORLD AND [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial under the title, "Partition on the Basis of International Legitimacy"(09/15): "in a statement seldom made by Israeli leaders, Premier Ehud Olmert said [on September 14] in an address to his government, that the dream of Greater Israel has ended [fore [...] | 2008-09-15 08:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1753 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/22): THE UN, THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Al-Quds independent argues in its main editorial under the title, "International Responsibility" (09/22): [I]nternal political crises in Israel... directly impact the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a solution [to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict]... How much longer will the internation [...] | 2008-09-22 08:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1809 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/29): INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] Under the title "So that we don't drown in shallow water," regular columnist Talal Okal opines in independent Al-Ayyam (9/29): JERUSALEM 00001809 003 OF 003 "Does Bush have the ability to make decisions in the time remaining before January of next year? Or, will he and his administrati [...] | 2008-09-29 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1840 | PA PAYS SEPTEMBER SALARIES EARLY; GAZA CASH [...] (C) Summary: With the help of Saudi and Kuwaiti budget support, the Palestinian Authority (PA) paid public sector salaries on time for August and September, while continuing to pay down wage arrears owed to its employees. The PA has now paid more than USD 300 million in back salaries in 2008 [...] | 2008-10-03 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS PTER |
| 08JERUSALEM1845 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): "WHAT IS LEFT OF PEACE [...] Al Ayyam publishes an opinion piece by columnist Samih Shbib under the title, "A dialogue waiting to be clarified" (10/06): "Hamas has its own agenda [that does not include] the PA and PLO... such an agenda bets on the success of Iranian expansion and consequently, the resurgence of regional I [...] | 2008-10-06 11:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1880 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): AN ASSESSMENT OF [...] Al Quds editorial opines under the title, "Freezing negotiations is an Israeli strategy" (10/15): "Almost a year has elapsed since the Annapolis peace conference... an entire year that has totally failed to produce any real progress in the peace process. Reaching a peace agreement, as recomm [...] | 2008-10-15 12:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1934 | PLO WELCOMES EGYPTIAN PAPER ON FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) released a statement October 22 welcoming Egyptian leadership in efforts to forge a "national consensus government and common political program." The statement implicitly conditions PLO acceptance of an Egyptian proposal on formation of a PA [...] | 2008-10-22 16:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER EG |
| 08JERUSALEM1938 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Abdullah Awwad opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "A calm JERUSALEM 00001938 002 OF 002 discourse in a noisy moment (10/23): "All that can be said about the rift between Hamas and Fatah or between the Islamic movement and the nationalist one... is that it is a conflict between the Wes [...] | 2008-10-23 09:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM1991 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/04): "TIME FOR AMERICA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 10:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2019 | GAZA: POWER SUPPLY THREATENED AS CROSSINGS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crossings with Israel have been closed since November 4, following a resumption of violence between the IDF and Hamas, resulting in a sharp drop in fuel supplies. The Gaza power plant will likely shut down at 1830 hours on November 10 due to a lack of fuel, according to [...] | 2008-11-10 14:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID ENRG KWBG KPAL PHUM |
| 08JERUSALEM2111 | FATAH SIXTH CONGRESS: PREPARATORY COMMITTEE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In November 15-17 Fatah Sixth Congress Preparatory Committee sessions in Amman, senior Fatah leaders say they discussed venue, timing, and representation, but adjourned without agreement. Committee members told PolFSN that prospects for holding the Sixth Congress before the end [...] | 2008-11-24 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER |
| 08JERUSALEM2117 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): "A NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2215 | CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) faces serious financial difficulties, according to Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail, and will be unable to pay December salaries without an additional infusion of funding. The PA Ministry of Finance (MoF) told post it will transfer NIS [...] | 2008-12-09 14:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2244 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): "EXTENDING ANNAPOLIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 10:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2289 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): REPORTS ON ABBAS' [...] Al Quds editorial "The complicated crisis in Gaza" opines: "The worst scenario that could happen [in Gaza], is the use of military force, especially the Israeli one, in an attempt to topple the Hamas movement, because such an attempt is a definite prescription for bloodshed, extreme loss of li [...] | 2008-12-24 11:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2293 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 09:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM2294 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 10:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM299 | WEST BANK/GAZA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KPAL KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC |
| 08JERUSALEM365 | ISRAELI ACTION AGAINST WEST BANK CHARITIES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli security forces raided the offices of three charities in Jenin February 19, according to press reports, destroying property and confiscating equipment and other contents. The IDF carried out similar actions February 26 against two charities in Hebron. In both Jenin and [...] | 2008-02-28 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS |
| 08JERUSALEM554 | RESPONSE ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) The Palestinian Authority (PA) under Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad is committed to fiscal transparency and has instituted a number of reforms since taking office in July 2007. 2. (U) On March 26, Fayyad relaunched the Ministry of Finance website (www.pmof.ps) to se [...] | 2008-03-28 10:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KWBG PREL KPAL EFIN |
| 08JERUSALEM713 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): ABBAS DEMANDS THAT USG [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by regular columnist Talal Okal entitled "There is only one way out" (4/24): "The outcome of the visit of former US president [Carter] does not deserve the media uproar that it created regarding its possible effects and consequences ... Carter asked Hamas t [...] | 2008-04-24 09:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM720 | FATAH LEADERS ON POSSIBILITIES OF FATAH-HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Faris said he met with senior West Bank Hamas leader (and former PA Minister) Nasser al-Din al-Sha'ar April 24 without prior coordination with Fatah officials. Faris said placing preconditions on dialogue will not bring Hamas closer to the PLO and [...] | 2008-04-25 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
| 08JERUSALEM721 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): "WHAT IF BUSH LEAVES [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Jawad Al-Bashiti entitled, "What if Bush leaves and takes with him the promise and vision and the map?" (4/28): "...President Bush did not show President Abbas anything during their latest meeting at the White House that gives Abbas optimism about [...] | 2008-04-28 10:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM724 | FAYYAD TO DONORS: ISRAEL "GROSSLY UNDERMINING" PA [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Fayyad used the final Ramallah gathering of donors before the May 2 AHLC meeting to argue that the GOI has not met its commitments to improve access and movement in the West Bank. At the same time, he said, the IDF's continued security operations undermine his efforts to d [...] | 2008-04-29 08:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID IS |
| 08JERUSALEM835 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/15): "SETTLEMENTS: THE NEW [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by columnist Sulaiman Al-Wari entitled, "Settlements are the new Palestinian catastrophe" (5/15): "On the sixtieth anniversary of the catastrophe, Israel remains the only occupying country [power] in this modern time. It has not assumed its responsibilit [...] | 2008-05-15 11:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM869 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/21): "THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION: [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "The Torah speech of Bush at the Knesset and the secularism of the American State," by Muhammad Shaker Abdullah (5/21): "The United States was established... by groups who were escaping religious persecution in Europe in the seventeenth century. [...] | 2008-05-21 10:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM911 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/29): WAITING ON AMERICAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 11:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM923 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "After Barak... Olmert loses his chance" (6/02): "...Olmert cannot go to Washington and ask for its support in the middle of his current crisis unless he achieves some progress in his meeting with Palestinian A [...] | 2008-06-02 10:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM946 | ABBAS CALLS FOR "COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DIALOGUE" [...] (C) Summary. In a June 4 speech in Ramallah, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called for "comprehensive national dialogue to implement all elements of the Yemeni Initiative" and said "as a result of this dialogue, I will call for new Presidential and legislative elections." Yasser Abd [...] | 2008-06-05 11:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER |
| 08JERUSALEM983 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/10): DIALOGUE - ONLY WAY OUT [...] Ali Abu Hilal, member of the Palestinian National Council, commented in independent Al-Quds under the headline, "In Order to End Internal Division and Achieve National Unity," (6/10): "It is important to point out that real national unity... is one that is based on a shared Qatform of policy an [...] | 2008-06-10 09:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 08JERUSALEM992 | S/P GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings on May 31 and June 2, Palestinian interlocutors briefed S/P David Gordon on Palestinian attitudes toward negotiations with Israel and domestic politics in the West Bank and Gaza. Sari Nusseibeh said leaders on both sides could improve their political standing by com [...] | 2008-06-11 08:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
| 08KHARTOUM1828 | SUDAN: 2008 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...] | 2008-12-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU |
| 08KHARTOUM396 | YASIR ARMAN ON USG-SUDAN RELATIONS, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman has called on the USG to admit that it needs Khartoum as much as it loathes it, and to recognize that in the absence of "meaningful leverage" against the National Congress Party, it must refocus its efforts on "internal mechanisms for chang [...] | 2008-03-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM SU |
| 08KUWAIT1253 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Tuesday, December 30, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editoria [...] | 2008-12-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION |
| 08KUWAIT337 | U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...] | 2008-03-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC |
| 08KUWAIT435 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 21-22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Embassy Kuwait looks forward to your return for the April 21-22 Iraq Neighbors Conference. Ambassador Jones arrives April 19, and receiving you will be her first official act. In addition to your primary focus on the multilateral Iraq event, the timing is propitious for advancing bila [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EAID OVIP KU IZ IR |
| 08KUWAIT700 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- Update: U.S. Designation of [...] (U) Summary and Comment. The June 13 U.S. designation of Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) as a charity that provides financial and material support to al-Qaeda and its affiliates continues receive heavy coverage in the Kuwaiti press. Although the vast majority of publish [...] | 2008-06-19 03:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU KWMN MEDIA REACTION |
| 08LUXEMBOURG213 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND [...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 16 July 2008. One submission was presented to and approved by the committee. 2. (S) Name: ABO KHALIL, Adam DOB: 20 July 1980 POB: Rafah, Palestine Nationality: Israeli Father: ABO KHALIL, Taher Mother: NEGA, Shady Possible Al [...] | 2008-08-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET | CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
| 08MADRID1212 | CODEL SIRES VISIT TO MADRID, NOVEMBER 13-14, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Codel Sires (Representatives Albio Sires, Lynn Woolsey, Phil Gingrey, Ron Klein, and Laura Richardson) visited Madrid November 13-14 to discuss rail transportation security, counter-terrorism, and bilateral relations. They met with Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, M [...] | 2008-11-18 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL SP |
| 08MONTEVIDEO49 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The spring 2008 Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and EAC concern over a very porous border. The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Uruguay and the U.S., and the visit of POTUS/SECSTATE in March 200 [...] | 2008-02-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER UY |
| 08MOSCOW1519 | TNK-BP INTERNAL FIGHT GOES PUBLIC; BOTH SIDES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
| 08MOSCOW630 | THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...] | 2008-03-06 11:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS |
| 08MOSCOW751 | THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...] | 2008-03-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS |
| 08MOSCOW956 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...] | 2008-04-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ RS |
| 08MUSCAT198 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...] | 2008-03-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS |
| 08MUSCAT237 | SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested an audience with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa [...] | 2008-03-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON |
| 08NEWDELHI2961 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, G- [...] "WILL HISTORY HELP RADIATE A NEW GLOW ON AMERICA, WITHIN AND WITHOUT?" editorial-page article in November 20 Kolkata pro-BJP Bengali daily BARTAMAN by Nashville- based columnist Subhankar Mukherjee. "Obama used a refreshing slogan during his campaign, 'Change we need.' He altered this soon af [...] | 2008-11-20 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3259 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "INDIA IN SEARCH OF A STANCE VIS-A-VIS PAKISTAN" editorial in the December 31, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to Pakistan seems to have eased considerable tension between India and Pakistan. If Pakistan's mellowed politica [...] | 2008-12-31 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 08OTTAWA1123 | CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...] | 2008-08-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA |
| 08OTTAWA1552 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...] | 2008-12-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA |
| 08OTTAWA636 | SCENESETTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS, MAY 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a key partner of the United States in the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide, in addition to being the home of one of the world's most successful democratic systems and strongest rule of law. Prime Minister Stephen Harper leads one of the most st [...] | 2008-05-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CA |
| 08OTTAWA816 | DESIGNATION OF WORLD TAMIL MOVEMENT AS A TERRORIST ENTITY [...] (U) Summary. On June 16, the Government of Canada listed the Toronto-based World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist entity under the anti-terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code, describing it as the "leading front organization" for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada, whic [...] | 2008-06-17 17:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN CA CE |
| 08PARIS2033 | NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE HIND [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will visit Paris during the week of November 9 for meetings with PM Fillon and FM Kouchner, according to PLO Representative Hind el-Khoury. She noted that the Palestinian delegation was "very pleased" with the results of the [...] | 2008-11-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
| 08PARIS2055 | MFA PREVIEWS PART OF FM KOUCHNER'S MESSAGE WITH [...] (C) Summary: During his November 11 visit to Washington, FM Kouchner will share the long-awaited EU paper on the Trans-Atlantic Partnership, MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille told EUR PDAS Marcie Ries November 7. Specifically, Kouchner, whose intended audience is President-elect Obama and hi [...] | 2008-11-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PREL |
| 08PARIS2089 | FRENCH REACTION TO NOVEMBER 9 QUARTET MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The November 9 Quartet meeting reaffirmed the international consensus on the need to continue the Annapolis process "exactly as we expected," said French NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli on November 12. Paoli said he was struck by an informal consensus among Arab attendees that H [...] | 2008-11-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
| 08PARIS969 | NO CHANGE IN FRENCH POLICY TOWARD HAMAS, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille denied on 20 May any change in French policy toward Hamas following erroneous reports that the GOF had resumed contacts with Hamas. No dialogue or official contacts, beyond "technical" ones related to security carried ou [...] | 2008-05-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL FR IS |
| 08PARTO8 | (U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. W [...] | 2008-07-12 12:10:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG |
| 08PARTO91702 | SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PM SOCRATES [...] (U) Classified by Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 4, 2008, 1930, Lisbon, Portugal. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Thomas Stephenson Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Assistant Secretary C. David [...] | 2008-09-17 03:45:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON EI KV RU |
| 08RABAT1024 | "ISLAM IN AMERICA" DOCUMENTARY ON MOROCCAN TV [...] Morocco's semi-private television network "2m" produced a 28-minute documentary on Islam in the U.S., which aired in early October on the popular monthly news magazine "Grand Angle" ("Wide Angle"). It also aired on Al Maghribiya satellite channel, which is widely watched by the Moroccan commu [...] | 2008-10-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KISL KPAO OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI PGOV MO |
| 08RABAT83 | MOROCCO: UPSET ABOUT GAZA BLOCKADE BUT SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/Sec-level DG Azeroual, responsible for Arab Affairs, told us that Morocco would work behind the scenes at the Arab League Ministerial for a moderate statement, and would succeed. He underscored, however, that the cut-off of essential supplies to Gaza was unacceptable and a [...] | 2008-01-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LE IS SY MO |
| 08RIYADH1137 | SAUDI ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Saudi government has so far contributed over half a billion USD in 2008 to support the Palestinian Authority (PA). The SAG acknowledges the strategic importance of keeping the PA funded to prevent Hamas from gaining full control of the Palestinian territories. The Saudis, as [...] | 2008-07-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ECON IR IS KWPA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA |
| 08RIYADH1245 | TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...] | 2008-08-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA |
| 08RIYADH72 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S VISIT TO THE [...] Summary: Saudi print media has focused over the past week on President Bush's visit to the region and more specifically on his meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and his activities in Riyadh during his January 14-16 stay in the Kingdom. Reports on the President's official mee [...] | 2008-01-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL OIIP SA |
| 08ROME1021 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary. Mr. Vice President, Silvio Berlusconi's government has worked hard over its first months in office to regain its position as our best ally in continental Europe. Your September 4-10 visit comes as the Berlusconi government reconvenes for what promises to be an important legislat [...] | 2008-08-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT |
| 08RPODUBAI51 | IRAN'S HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD MEDIA MINEFIELD - AN [...] (S) Summary: Hassan Fahs [strictly protect], former Al-Arabiyya bureau chief in Tehran, and Mazen Hayek, the Group Director of Marketing of Middle East Broadcasting Center, Al-Arabiyya's parent company, both attribute Fahs' recent expulsion from Iran to political motivations. Fahs repeatedly [...] | 2008-10-28 08:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PINR PROP PREL ECPS IR |
| 08SANAA1053 | YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...] | 2008-06-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS SA YM |
| 08SANJOSE710 | (C/NF) C-NE8-00834: ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH COSTA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite some concerns and irritants voiced both publicly and privately to us by the Israeli Ambassador to Costa Rica, the overall relationship between Costa Rica and Israel is relatively calm and businesslike. While not as dynamic as Costa Rica's commercial relationship with the [...] | 2008-09-03 17:44:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PARM PREL PGOV KPAL IS XF CS |
| 08SANTIAGO1132 | SEGPRES MINISTER: WELCOME OBAMA, POSTPONE SUMMIT [...] (C) A key Bachelet minister says President-elect Obama has a unique opportunity to positively influence U.S.- Latin relations, with expectations in the region for change very high. The new administration's policy towards Cuba will be telling, more so than how the U.S. deals with Venezuela. Ho [...] | 2008-12-22 19:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI |
| 08SEOUL2487 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 30, 2008 [...] "Breaking the Cycle" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 30) 2. "Massive Israeli Assault on Palestinians" (Hankook Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 39) 3. "Israel Is Launching Indiscriminate Attacks for What?" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 30, 2008, Page 27) Features 4. Kim Jong-il' [...] | 2008-12-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 08STATE102737 | UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs three and four. USUN should seek to delay by several weeks, if possible, a meeting of the Security Council at the Ministerial level proposed by Saudi Arabia and the Arab Group to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements. If a meeting is [...] | 2008-09-25 17:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL IS LE SY |
| 08STATE103379 | TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the general security environment in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and reminds American citizens of threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security [...] | 2008-09-26 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE |
| 08STATE112275 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, OCTOBER 22 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for October 22. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Special Coordinator Serry for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. This is a time [...] | 2008-10-22 02:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
| 08STATE122043 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SEEKING HALT TO TERMINATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Banks Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank (IDB) have indicated that they plan to terminate all correspondent banking services for Gaza branches of Palestinian banks. Washington is concerned that the planned action by the only two [...] | 2008-11-17 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PREL IS |
| 08STATE131264 | Secretary Rice's December 5, 2008 Meeting with [...] (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador James Cain A/S Sean McCormack, PA PDAS Marcie Ries, EUR Damon Wilson, NSC Staff John Rath (Embassy Note taker) Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister Kirsten Dybvad, Permanent Secretary of State Ulrik Federspiel, MFA Permanent [...] | 2008-12-15 17:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL DA |
| 08STATE131277 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S DECEMBER 8 MEETING [...] (S) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried met December 8, 2008 with Turkish Undersecretary Apakan and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a two-hour discussion on European issues as part of the Shared Vision strategic dialogue. They covered U.S.-Turkish cooperation and share [...] | 2008-12-15 17:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08STATE15648 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on February 18- [...] | 2008-02-14 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IS IR CD BM |
| 08STATE22352 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...] | 2008-03-04 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
| 08STATE27642 | DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, BAHRAIN UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Washington requests that addressees notify host Government/EU officials that the United States designated Future Bank, Bahrain under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass [...] | 2008-03-17 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR BA |
| 08STATE30340 | (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PARAGUAY [...] (S/NF) This cable reports the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs for Paraguay. The review produced a list of priorities (paragraph 5) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paragua [...] | 2008-03-24 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KPRP ECON PREL PGOV ETRD PA |
| 08STATE39168 | TRAVEL WARNING - SYRIA [...] This Travel Warning alerts U.S. citizens to ongoing safety and security concerns in Syria. American citizens are urged to thoroughly consider the risks of travel to Syria and to take adequate precautions to ensure their safety. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Syria issued on Septembe [...] | 2008-04-14 23:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC SY |
| 08STATE41023 | THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP [...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...] | 2008-04-18 15:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IS MARR MCAP PINS PREL |
| 08STATE42643 | GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 23 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Mission is instructed to draw from the points in para 2 below in discussing events in the Middle East during the briefing and consultations to be held Wednesday morning, April 23, in the UN Security Council. 2. (U) Begin points: Mr. President, given the importance of a peaceful r [...] | 2008-04-23 03:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL LE IS UNSC |
| 08STATE43492 | REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK SADERAT,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The United States has concerns about Bank Saderat's growing presence in Greece, both in size and profit margin. The U.S. designated Bank Saderat, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, for providing sup [...] | 2008-04-24 16:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XG XT ZL ZS GR |
| 08STATE43742 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...] | 2008-04-24 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH |
| 08STATE52061 | LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Posts should draw from the background in paragraphs 5-11 when making this demarche. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Arab League mediation has arrested Lebanon's descent into renewed civil war. However, the calm is fragile, the Hizballah [...] | 2008-05-16 01:16:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL LE SY IR |
| 08STATE54639 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 26-27 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 27. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on May 26-27. [...] | 2008-05-21 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO |
| 08STATE56306 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, MAY 28 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing, currently scheduled for May 28. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Mr. President, over the last two months, the United States has been increasingly dismayed about the unp [...] | 2008-05-27 16:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
| 08STATE63693 | SHUTTING DOWN BANK SEPAH AND REVIEWING IRAN,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/REL IRAQ) Following a report in late May 2007 that Bank Sepah intended to open up a branch in Baghdad, U.S. officials approached Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi [...] | 2008-06-12 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR IZ KNNP PARM PTER |
| 08STATE67950 | BANK SADERAT OPENS NEW BRANCH IN QATAR [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Recent press reports have noted that Iran is actively working to expand its banking relationships with its Middle Eastern neighbors. This expansion is presumably a response to the increased [...] | 2008-06-24 21:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM XF ZP ZR QA ECON |
| 08STATE68256 | ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (C) Summary. The USG remains concerned about certain radio and television broadcasts, particularly in the Middle East, that are conducted by designated terrorist entities or are likely to incite imminent acts of violence. [...] | 2008-06-25 15:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER XF AL |
| 08STATE68825 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, JUNE 26 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for June 26. Please see septel for further guidance in the event an Arab Group draft resolution is tabled. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I would like to thank U [...] | 2008-06-26 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
| 08STATE74922 | (U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...] | 2008-07-12 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG |
| 08STATE78243 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, JULY 22 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for July 22. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for today's briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would like to make four po [...] | 2008-07-21 19:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE PREL UNSC |
| 08STATE84562 | (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's July 23, [...] Classified by NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) July 23; 4:30pm; Washington, DC, USA. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte NEA DAS Gene Cretz Aaron Jost (D Staff) Jonathan Peccia (NEA Notetaker) Israel LTG Gabi Ashkenazi Defense [...] | 2008-08-06 19:45:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PTER OVIP IR IS |
| 08STATE84841 | IRANIAN PROLIFERATION-RELATED FINANCIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) We are increasingly concerned about financial transactions between Syrian and Iranian WMD proliferation entities and want to alert addressees to transactions that may b [...] | 2008-08-07 16:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR |
| 08STATE89450 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, AUGUST 20 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for August 20. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for today's briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would like to make four po [...] | 2008-08-20 14:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
| 08STATE92723 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...] | 2008-08-28 20:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL |
| 08STATE99211 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for September 18. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. Today, I would like to make [...] | 2008-09-17 01:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
| 08STATE99672 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UNITED STATES GOALS AND [...] (SBU) The upcoming General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA),September 23 - October 1, and regular session, which continues through December, will provide a platform for the advancement of key U.S. interests. We will use the high-level ministerial meetings Secretary-General Ban i [...] | 2008-09-17 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA |
| 08TELAVIV1010 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 60th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox papers, prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and 60th Independence D [...] | 2008-05-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1025 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 05:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1036 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1038 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 08:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1040 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1053 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...] | 2008-05-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1070 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media reported that today Israeli and Syrian representatives announced in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Ankara that their countries were engaged in indirect p [...] | 2008-05-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1114 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1133 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Alleged Corruption Affair 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Defense Minister Barak's call for PM Olmert to "detach himself from the day-to-day leadership of the country." Media reported that Barak [...] | 2008-05-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1185 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert addressed the AIPAC conference yesterday and focused on Iran, saying that it must be stopped by all possible m [...] | 2008-06-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1197 | NETANYAHU OUTLINES LIKUD'S APPROACH TO PEACE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON OVIP IS |
| 08TELAVIV1214 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet today to discuss a proposed Egyptian-bro [...] | 2008-06-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1272 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1337 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1363 | BOTH SIDES BLINKED: BARAK-OLMERT DEAL KEEPS [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert and MOD Barak reached political agreement on a way forward that resolves the coalition crisis sparked by the opposition's plan (now abandoned) to vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset (reftel). In essence, Olmert agreed to Barak's demand that he spell out a time-frame [...] | 2008-06-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1400 | TRILATERAL WATER MEETING: PLANNING TO MEET SCARCITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV TBIO IS PA JO |
| 08TELAVIV1413 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that at noon today, a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in Jerusalem traffic and plowed his vehicle into cars and a crowded public bus near the old Central Bu [...] | 2008-07-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1421 | ISRAEL 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 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1456 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media reported that Israel has signed a prisoner exchange agreement with Hizbullah, according to a statement released yesterday by the Prime Minster's Bureau. The media [...] | 2008-07-08 10:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1470 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in The Jerusalem Post and Makor Rishon-Hatzofe) reported that yesterday the Water Authority unveiled an emergency plan to combat the "worst water cr [...] | 2008-07-09 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1523 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on the "handshake that wasn't" between PM Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted Likud MK Yuv [...] | 2008-07-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV157 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1591 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1624 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Global War on Terror 2. Lebanon 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that diplomatic officials told the newspaper yesterday that while acknowledging that an agreement with the Palestinian [...] | 2008-07-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1646 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1690 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Israel admitted 188 Fatah-aligned Palestinians who fled Gaza after intense fighting with Hamas. The media reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas refused to [...] | 2008-08-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR IS KTFN KWBG |
| 08TELAVIV1743 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. China Olympics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that a top Israeli defense official has told the daily that if Russia goes through with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to I [...] | 2008-08-08 09:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1806 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Georgia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano as saying that Israel violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in at least three areas: overflights of Lebanon; [...] | 2008-08-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1831 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert is considering firing Defense Minister Ehud Barak for opposing the budget draft. Ha'aretz reported that clashes over the budget could bring down the [...] | 2008-08-19 10:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV186 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. World Financial Crunch ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that according to defense sources, Israel intends to keep the crossings into the Gaza Strip permanently closed and will only allow emergency humanitaria [...] | 2008-01-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV19 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1933 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 05:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV1979 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior GOI source as saying that Hamas recently increased the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, from 1,000 t [...] | 2008-08-29 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV204 | CODEL Voinovich Discusses the Way Forward in Gaza with [...] Summary: On January 2, 2008 Codel Voinovich met with Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avraham QAvi Dicter, at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Senator Voinovich was accompanied by Representatives Rob Bishop (R, Utah); Phil Gingrey (R, Georgia); Steve Pearce (R, New Mexico) and Michael Turner [...] | 2008-01-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR OREP IS |
| 08TELAVIV2084 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. 9/11 Anniversary ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the killing of two IAF airmen yesterday evening when their Cobra attack helicopter crashed in the Galilee, apparently due to a technical failure. Ha'aretz [...] | 2008-09-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2096 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2132 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...] | 2008-09-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2204 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that yesterday President Shimon Peres told the UN General Assembly that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech on Tuesday constituted the "darkest anti-Semitic [...] | 2008-09-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2246 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The most important interview that PM Ehud Olmert granted the pre- Jewish New Year Holiday media is the one with Yediot, in which he declared that Israel must withdraw from [...] | 2008-09-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2247 | U.S./IS DIALOGUE ON LEBANON: SUPPORT MODERATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA Jeffrey Feltman chaired an Embassy Tel Aviv-Washington interagency delegation participating in the first joint U.S./Israeli dialogue on Lebanon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem. Overall, the Israelis [...] | 2008-09-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN |
| 08TELAVIV2308 | MFA CONFERENCE PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR LIVNI [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Livni used the MFA's first annual policy and strategy conference as a platform to elucidate her cautious approach to peace negotiations, stressing her views that negotiations must be grounded in political reality, should not be accelerated to accommodate polit [...] | 2008-10-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS |
| 08TELAVIV2315 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2326 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and The Jerusalem Post quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying yesterday that she would leave "no stone unturned" in order to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal b [...] | 2008-10-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2337 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni was supposed to meet with Shas Chairman Eli Yishai last night, but the meeting was canceled. A statement released jointly by their bureaus s [...] | 2008-10-16 13:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2360 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2446 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin warned at yesterday's cabinet meeting that a government decision to evacuate more territory m [...] | 2008-11-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2447 | CASHLESS IN GAZA? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KPAL KTFN EFIN IS |
| 08TELAVIV2469 | ISRAEL: IDF OPERATION IN GAZA SPURS ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: IDF forces entered into the Gaza Strip during the evening of November 4 to collapse a tunnel purportedly to be used to kidnap IDF soldiers near the Gaza security fence. Several Hamas militants were killed and IDF soldiers wounded in the ensuing firefight. Hamas responded Novemb [...] | 2008-11-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS KPAL IS |
| 08TELAVIV2479 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 06:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2571 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted President Shimon Peres as saying in London yesterday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed himself Qvery impressed with the Arab Le [...] | 2008-11-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2640 | MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on November 16 met separately with Eran Etzion, MFA Director of Policy Planning, Tal Becker, MFA Foreign Policy Advisor, and Yaakov Hadas, Deputy Director General of the Middle East and Peace Process Division to discuss Israeli views [...] | 2008-11-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL SY XF IS |
| 08TELAVIV274 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2798 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
| 08TELAVIV2799 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
| 08TELAVIV2816 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying that important progress had been made in the talks between Israel and the Palestinians even though the goal of an agreement [...] | 2008-12-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV2839 | ISRAELI ISLAMIC MOVEMENT GAINING INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The official goal of the Islamic Movement in Israel is to bring Muslims living in "Palestine of 1948" back to Islam. The Movement has focused its efforts on three primary fronts -- the social, the religious, and the political. While efforts on the political front have been limi [...] | 2008-12-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF SOCI IS |
| 08TELAVIV2865 | ISRAEL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Twenty-four Israeli civilians [...] | 2008-12-22 16:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IS |
| 08TELAVIV29 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV293 | CODEL VOINOVICH DISCUSSES GAZA SMUGGLING ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 04:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL IR IZ |
| 08TELAVIV316 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night Israel cut power supply to Gaza by less than 1%. The media reported that Israel will eventually lower the amount of electricity it s [...] | 2008-02-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV357 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media quoted Hizbullah as saying that Imad Mughniyah, the senior Hizbullah military leader believed to be the mastermind behind the attack against a [...] | 2008-02-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV39 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV394 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Kosovo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the issue of negotiations with the PA over Jerusalem. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice agreed to defer talks on Jerusa [...] | 2008-02-19 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV442 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "When the malice of Hamas meets the confusion of an Israeli government that has no solution to the Qassam rocket fire, the outcome means playing wi [...] | 2008-02-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV453 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that both PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo and FM Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem voiced skepticism publicly for the first time on Tuesday about concluding a pe [...] | 2008-02-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV503 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 05:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV524 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV545 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 11:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV61 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV641 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...] | 2008-03-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV675 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV707 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV724 | ISRAEL 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 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV742 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 06:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV78 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 04:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV812 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert and PA President Mahmoud Abbas have decided to meet every two weeks until the November 4 deadline for striking a deal, regardless of developments on t [...] | 2008-04-08 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV824 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV835 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Olmert has called on IDF commanders in the West Bank to understand that the roadblocks are causing suffering to the Palestinians, whose needs should be taken into [...] | 2008-04-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV84 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV912 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Editor-in-Chief Amos Regev wrote on page one of the independent Israel Hayom: "Israel must now remove the constraints it placed on itself.... The target should be the elimination of Hamas as a fighting force." Senior Middle East affairs analyst [...] | 2008-04-21 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV95 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV973 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV978 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 05:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08THEHAGUE123 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...] | 2008-02-11 13:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE |
| 08TOKYO1824 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08 [...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...] | 2008-07-03 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1987 | ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS, JORDANIANS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians made further progress on Tokyo's "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" (CPP) initiative at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo July 2. For the first time the parties were able to agree on the text of a joint press statement which indicated the [...] | 2008-07-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO JA |
| 08TOKYO227 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS [...] LEAD STORIES: Five of six national dailies gave top play to the ruling coalition's move to submit to the Diet stopgap legislation aimed at maintaining the gasoline tax at the current level beyond April. 2. "Bush Keen to Set Path toward Addressing Global Warming" Public broadcaster NHK's Was [...] | 2008-01-29 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO247 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08 [...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...] | 2008-01-30 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3523 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...] | 2008-12-30 02:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV JA |
| 08USNATO407 | READOUT: GENERAL OBERING'S 28 OCTOBER MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obering, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),stopped in Brussels October 28 to address NATO Perm Reps on his way to Warsaw and Prague. He updated Allies regarding missile defense (MD) and introduced his successor, Major General (soon t [...] | 2008-10-31 17:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM MARR CZ PL MNUC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1019 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...] | 2008-11-05 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1142 | UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...] | 2008-12-05 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1199 | UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...] | 2008-12-23 19:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK140 | UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...] | 2008-02-14 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR |
| 08USUNNEWYORK180 | UNSC: GAZA SITUATION UNDERMINING ANNAPOLIS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry and UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Holmes provided SIPDIS the Security Council on February 26 with a detailed description of the situation in the Palestinian territories, a [...] | 2008-02-27 00:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IS LE KPAL KWBG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK280 | RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...] | 2008-03-28 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK478 | MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...] | 2008-05-29 23:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK851 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN [...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...] | 2008-09-20 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK95 | JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...] | 2008-02-01 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY |
| 08VIENNA106 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 24, 2008 [...] Austria's Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein from the OeVP says he is committed to clearly defined climate protection goals. However, he told Austrian radio, he is opposed to the climate guidelines put forward by Brussels, which call for the share of renewable energies to be increased to 34 [...] | 2008-01-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 08VIENNA1766 | Austria Suspends Investigations Against Palestinian [...] In late November, the Vienna public prosecutor suspended criminal investigations against representatives of the Palestinian Association in Austria, an organization on OFAC's SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list. The public prosecutor was unable to establish proof of terrorism financing o [...] | 2008-12-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER AU |
| 08VIENNA1875 | AUSTRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. According to Austria's Bureau for the Prot [...] | 2008-12-22 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU |
| 08VIENNA305 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 03, 2008 [...] ... headlines one Austrian daily newspaper, summing up the media's assessment of the current mood in the SPOe-OeVP government. There is new cause for conflict, adding to the two parties' recent disputes ranging from tax reform to the allegations of abuse of office in the OeVP-led Interior Minis [...] | 2008-03-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 08VIENNA320 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2008 [...] The trial of two people on charges connected with terrorism threats will continue at a Vienna court today. Prosecutors are planning to show a video clip which one of the defendants, Mohamed M., allegedly took part in producing. The video was released on the internet last March and threatened at [...] | 2008-03-06 15:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 08VIENNA335 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 07, 2008 [...] The parliamentary investigating committee created earlier this month to look into allegations of abuse of office in the Interior Ministry will meet for the first time today. At the inquiry's inaugural session, members will vote on a chairperson - a position sought by both the Freedom Party (FPO [...] | 2008-03-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 08VIENNA527 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2008 [...] The parliamentary committee, which investigates charges of corruption against the Ministry of the Interior, has now issued a summons against Minister G|nther Platter to account for holding back files and documents that are needed to assess the charges. The minister had done so with reference to [...] | 2008-04-16 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 08VIENNA532 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 17, 2008 [...] There is no end to the price surge that shocks Austrian consumers: According to the latest statistics, the costs of living went up by 3.5 percent in March - more than in January or February. This price increase was especially noticeable in the costs for food products, gasoline, housing, and en [...] | 2008-04-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 09ABUDHABI126 | THE BOBCAT AND THE CAGED LION - THOUGHTS ON THE UAE AND IRAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the Iran Regional Presence Office. Summary ------- 2. (C) Iran has previously been compared to a caged lion (reftel). Its immediate neighbor to the South is more like a bobcat: a potent fighter for its size, sharp of tooth and ready to [...] | 2009-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP IR AE |
| 09ABUDHABI148 | UAE ACTIVITY IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: As the UAEG hosted the "moderate camp" of Arab ministers February 3, its role in moderating peace in the Middle East came somewhat more into focus. The UAE is a determined player, and consistent coordinator, in Arab efforts to secure stability; its contributions to GCC and Arab [...] | 2009-02-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID KPAL KWGB IS AE |
| 09ABUDHABI193 | STRONG WORDS IN PRIVATE FROM MBZ AT IDEX -- BASHES IRAN, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On the margins of Abu Dhabi's largest defense exhibition (IDEX),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) engaged visiting US dignitaries with strident remarks about Iran and Qatar's dangerous ties to extremist elements (including Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood). He s [...] | 2009-02-25 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR QA RU AE |
| 09ABUDHABI277 | FLAGSHIP UAE CHARITIES FOCUSED ON AID, NOT IDEOLOGY [...] (C) Summary. On 25-26 February, U.S. Embassy and Treasury officials met with senior leadership from the Mohammed bin Rashid Establishment for Charitable and Humanitarian Works (MBRHC) and the UAE Red Crescent Society (UAERC). Both UAE-based NGOs affirmed their commitment to deliver aid to the [...] | 2009-03-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AE ECON KTFN PTER |
| 09ABUDHABI575 | UAE SEEKS CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER |
| 09ABUJA746 | NIGERIA: COUNTERFEIT MEDS ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN LAGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a April 7-9 three-day counterfeit products and investigative techniques workshop, Nigerian government (GON) agencies made progress in better understanding what intellectual property rights (IP) are, how counterfeit medicines enter Nigeria, and what steps should be taken to [...] | 2009-04-30 09:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI |
| 09AITTAIPEI85 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION [...] Summary: January 21, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage to the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday. Almost all papers devoted their first few pages to Obama's taking the helm as the United States' 44th pres [...] | 2009-01-21 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09ALGIERS1041 | POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC [...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...] | 2009-11-22 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
| 09ALGIERS12 | GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...] | 2009-01-04 18:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG |
| 09ALGIERS224 | ALGIERS: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) Algeria is a nominally secular state with a 99-percent Muslim population. There are no identifiable ethnic or religious communities that har [...] | 2009-03-03 18:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AG |
| 09ALGIERS476 | ALGERIA: PROSPECTS FOR REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ [...] (S) In response to reftel, Algeria has been reluctant to re-engage fully with Iraq ever since two of its diplomats were killed there in 2005. We have found that until recently, the Algerians lacked direct and reliable sources of information on political and security developments in Iraq, ofte [...] | 2009-05-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PGOV PREL AG |
| 09AMMAN1354 | JORDANIANS URGE ACTING A/S FELTMAN TO BE CLEAR [...] (C) On June 14, Acting A/S Feltman visited Amman to discuss regional issues with Chief of the Royal Court (CORC) Nasser Lozi and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. The Jordanians said that they were pleased with the election results in Lebanon and believe that the opposition will relinquish claim [...] | 2009-06-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY JO |
| 09AMMAN1659 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF [...] (S) Jordan is increasing its contributions in Afghanistan and to regional security efforts, reaching out to Syria to provide an alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The King is able to carry out this ambitious [...] | 2009-07-23 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS JO |
| 09AMMAN18 | JORDAN: JANUARY 4 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: Over the New Year's holiday weekend, developments in Gaza continued to dominate front and inside pages as well as op-ed pages of Jordanian media outlets. Coverage gave equal treatment to Jordanian public demonstrations and to efforts by King Abdullah and government officials to stop I [...] | 2009-01-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR JO |
| 09AMMAN211 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY [...] (S) Foremost on the mind of King Abdullah will be his desire for assurance that the U.S. has reinvigorated its pursuit of a two-state solution. The King pins the blame for the Gaza crisis on three factors: the perceived political vacuum during our presidential transition, doubts about a weake [...] | 2009-01-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 09AMMAN2493 | JORDAN-U.S. JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION SCENESETTER [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: This Joint Military Commission comes at a time when Jordan is increasing its contributions both in Afghanistan and to broader regional security, offering Syria an Arab alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestini [...] | 2009-11-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PGOV PINS JO |
| 09AMMAN2761 | JORDAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 14:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR JO |
| 09AMMAN2765 | JORDAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (SBU) Through both its public statements and its actions, the Jordanian Government continues to demonstrate a solid commitment to combat terrorist groups and extremist ideologies. 2. (SBU) Despite the government's steadfast support, however, extremist messages still find a receptive audience [...] | 2009-12-22 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR JO |
| 09AMMAN511 | GOJ ALERTS STAFFDEL GROVE TO IMMINENT SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Professional Staff Member Paul Grove of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations discussed Jordan's imminent FY2009 supplemental funding request separately with Jordan's Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC [...] | 2009-02-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 09AMMAN516 | JORDAN'S PM RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated reshuffle of Jordanian PM Nader Al-Dahabi's cabinet took place on February 23, with ten ministers replaced and five ministers changing portfolios. At first glance, the reshuffled cabinet has fewer proponents of reform and gives a larger voice to security-co [...] | 2009-02-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 09AMMAN517 | SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S FEBRUARY 28 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Foremost on the King's mind are Israeli efforts to form a new government and how the results would affect progress toward peace. The King will also want to know of any developments in the U.S. strategic approach toward Iran and Syria, which could trigger a shift in Jordan's app [...] | 2009-02-25 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 09AMMAN552 | STAFFDEL DIAMOND, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings February 16-17, Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir and Advisor to the King Ayman Safadi told Staffdel Diamond that to obtain peace in the Middle East the U.S. administration needed to pursue immediate negotiations, not a protracted process. It also needed to pr [...] | 2009-03-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 09AMMAN69 | JORDANIAN CONTACT EXPOUNDS ON REASONS BEHIND GID [...] (S/NF) Summary: PolOff met on January 5 with Dr. Muhammad Al-Momani (protect),host of a current affairs program on Jordan's state-run television. Momani offered his understanding of former General Intelligence Department Director Muhammad Al-Dahabi's dismissal and how the decision to fire h [...] | 2009-01-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR JO |
| 09AMMAN813 | WARY OF U.S.-IRAN ENGAGEMENT, JORDAN OFFERS WORDS [...] (S) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for evaluations of third-country reactions to possible U.S. engagement with Iran. Jordan's leaders believe such engagement would reward regional hardliners while undermining Arab moderates - without convincing Iran to cease its support for te [...] | 2009-04-02 05:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PINR IR JO |
| 09AMMAN887 | SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah is extremely pleased to be the first Arab leader to meet with the President in Washington. He wants to show his skeptical public and the wider Arab street that his moderate approach gains him access to (and, he hopes, influence with) the White House. The visit [...] | 2009-04-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR IZ SY JO |
| 09ANKARA1336 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA136 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 09ANKARA142 | SCENESETTER FOR MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL ENVOY GEORGE [...] (S) The Gaza crisis and IDF attacks on Palestinian civilians dominated the Turkish press for three weeks and will still be fresh in the minds of GOT officials as you arrive. PM Erdogan, incensed that Israel launched attacks on Gaza just days after PM Olmert had visited Ankara with no mention [...] | 2009-01-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU |
| 09ANKARA218 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 06:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA248 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA25 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN RETURNS TO RHETORICAL FORM OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a Justice and Development Party (AKP) group meeting on January 6, PM Erdogan delivered a speech condemning Israel for its attacks on the Gaza Strip, labeling them a "black stain" on humanity. This is a return to form for a politician whose traditional use of anti-Israeli rhe [...] | 2009-01-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS OSCE PGOV TU |
| 09ANKARA259 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 05:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA279 | SCENESETTER FOR MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL ENVOY GEORGE [...] (S) Turkish officials, including President Gul and FM Babacan, have worked assiduously to walk back remarks by PM Erdogan that were extremely critical of Israel during the Gaza crisis, repair the traditionally strong Turkish-Israeli relationship, and assuage fears in Washington and European ca [...] | 2009-02-20 17:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU |
| 09ANKARA308 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA331 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA390 | TURKEY: SAADET MIGHT BE AKP'S ELECTION SPOILER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saadet Party (SP),a small, religion-based party with roots intermingled with those of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),may prove to be the surprise of Turkey's nationwide local elections on March 29. Though still on the political margins, SP's conservative [...] | 2009-03-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
| 09ANKARA61 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 09ANKARA745 | TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CASEY [...] (SBU) Coming in the wake of hugely successful trips of President Obama and Secretary Clinton, your visit will be seen as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. Your visit is an opportunity to reinforce the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations and [...] | 2009-05-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TU |
| 09ANKARA781 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN WARNS CODEL CASEY ON AGR [...] (C) Senators Robert Casey (D-PA),Ted Kaufman (D-DE),and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ),and Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN) and Charge met May 29 with PM Erdogan, TGS D/CHOD General Igsiz, and a senior MFA delegation led by U/S Apakan. On Armenia, PM Erdogan urged Congress to leave the events of [...] | 2009-06-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS SY TU AM AZ |
| 09ANKARA826 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA847 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 10:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA9 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 09ATHENS1643 | Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Citizens' Protection [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis provided Ambassador Speckhard with an outline on November 12 of his ambitious plan to reorganize and energize all of Greece's civilian security agencies, including the national police, the domestic intelligence servi [...] | 2009-11-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV SOCI PTER KCRM KTIP SMIG GR |
| 09ATHENS19 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE, [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...] | 2009-01-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN |
| 09BAGHDAD630 | DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY: INTEGRATING IRAQ WITH ITS [...] (S) Iraq is undergoing a fundamental shift. For 50 years, since the revolution of 1958, Iraq has destabilized the region, launched two wars, countered U.S. interests and defied the international community-while brutalizing its own people. Iraq is now a moderate force for stability in the reg [...] | 2009-03-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON IR IZ |
| 09BEIJING2438 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...] | 2009-08-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
| 09BEIRUT1367 | LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...] | 2009-12-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY |
| 09BEIRUT140 | LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...] | 2009-02-03 18:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
| 09BEIRUT161 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...] | 2009-02-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
| 09BEIRUT170 | LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR [...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...] | 2009-02-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
| 09BEIRUT197 | LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...] | 2009-02-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
| 09BEIRUT25 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...] | 2009-01-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
| 09BEIRUT262 | LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...] | 2009-03-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
| 09BEIRUT268 | LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...] | 2009-03-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
| 09BEIRUT28 | LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...] | 2009-01-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
| 09BEIRUT304 | LEBANON: SINIORA NOT OPPOSED TO NEW UNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 18:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PREF IS SY QA MU LE |
| 09BEIRUT368 | LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...] | 2009-03-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF |
| 09BEIRUT396 | LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO [...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...] | 2009-04-06 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
| 09BEIRUT534 | LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...] | 2009-05-14 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY |
| 09BEIRUT556 | LEBANON: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY EXPRESSES PRAISE FOR [...] (U) Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Beirut on May 15. He met with Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah, the four Central Bank Vice Governors, Chairman of the Banking Control Commission Walid Alameddine, and members of the banking com [...] | 2009-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
| 09BEIRUT570 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...] | 2009-05-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE |
| 09BEIRUT647 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...] | 2009-06-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR |
| 09BEIRUT820 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...] | 2009-07-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
| 09BEIRUT91 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WORRIED HAMAS PLANS TO USE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 21, March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri expressed concern the past weeks' events in Gaza could lead to Hamas using Lebanon's Palestinian camps to confront Fatah and Israel. Hariri urged the new U.S. administration to "do something" about the Pales [...] | 2009-01-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS |
| 09BERLIN1225 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...] | 2009-09-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM |
| 09BERLIN125 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia  [...] | 2009-02-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF |
| 09BERLIN155 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUANTANAMO, MSC, ISRAEL, ECONOMY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Reconstruction 3. Fate Of Guantnamo Detainees 4. Munich Security Conference 5. Upcoming Israeli Elections 6. U.S. Economy -- Protectionism 7. Sarkozy Speech 8. Nuclear Energy 9. U.S. Healthcare Insurance 10. Vatican Controversy [...] | 2009-02-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IZ US IS XF FR VT |
| 09BERLIN48 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...] | 2009-01-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | XF IS GZ RS UP US EU |
| 09BERLIN57 | MEDIA REACTION: [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Gas Dispute 4. Guantnamo Closure 5. Hillary Clinton Hearing 6. Afghanistan 7. Obama Inauguration 8. Osama bin Laden Tape  [...] | 2009-01-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | GZ IS RS UP AF US |
| 09BERN109 | BERN SEPQ MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) The following are responses to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire for political violence and terrorism for the U.S. Embassy in Bern, and are keyed to the reftel. 2. (SBU) Political Violence -------------------------- I. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or [...] | 2009-03-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | ASEC PTER SV |
| 09BRASILIA1447 | WHA A/S VALENZUELA RECEIVED BY EAGER BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. On his first visit to Brazil as Assistant Secretary, Arturo Valenzuela was received December 14 by senior government officials eager to minimize differences and demonstrate their interest in working with the USG on a range of topics. Meetings with the Presidential Foreign Policy A [...] | 2009-12-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 09BRASILIA391 | BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...] | 2009-03-28 00:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL BR |
| 09BRASILIA671 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...] | 2009-05-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN |
| 09BRASILIA771 | BRAZIL: CODEL THOMPSON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS),accompanied by other 4 Committee Members and some 20 staff, visited Brasilia on May 28. In addition to a country team and special session with Department of Homeland Security representatives (ICE, CBP, [...] | 2009-06-18 19:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER OREP PGOV BR |
| 09BRASILIA960 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 4-6 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on [...] | 2009-08-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL BR |
| 09BRUSSELS1021 | EU AND TREASURY ON IRAN, DPRK, CFT, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: In eleven separate meetings with various EU and Member State officials on June 16-17, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen pressed for robust EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and Iran ( [...] | 2009-07-27 04:56:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
| 09BRUSSELS1552 | AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH UNGA [...] (U) The Ambassador met privately with Louis Michel, former Foreign Minister of Belgium and European Commissioner for Development, on November 13. Michel was accompanied by the Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Yves Leterme, Fransiskus Van Daele. 2. (C) Michel and the Ambassador discussed [...] | 2009-11-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KBIO UNGA BE |
| 09BRUSSELS219 | RUSSIA-EU FM TROIKA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary: According to European Commission (RELEX) and Council Secretariat participants at the EU-Russia FM Troika meeting in Moscow February 11, Russian FonMin Sergey Lavrov will soon travel to the Middle East in advance of an international conference Moscow is determined to host. Also, [...] | 2009-02-13 19:01:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS EUN GG AF SO XF XH |
| 09BRUSSELS223 | (CORRECTED CABLE FOR ERROR IN SUBJECT LINE) EU [...] (C) Summary: As Israel undertakes the formation of a new government and plans go forward for the March 2 Cairo donors conference, several EU officials and diplomats from EU member states and non-EU interested missions (such as Egypt, Israel and Norway) have told us the importance they attach t [...] | 2009-02-17 15:39:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PARM EU IS |
| 09BRUSSELS49 | DEMARCHE: SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TO BE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Czech (EU presidency) PermRep Milena Vicenova January 13. In her discussion, Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syria's behavior, including assistance to Hezbollah and Hamas, lack of cooperation with the IAEA, the problem of foreign fighters tr [...] | 2009-01-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY |
| 09BRUSSELS537 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...] | 2009-04-08 12:24:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
| 09BRUSSELS567 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...] | 2009-04-16 14:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS616 | EU TERRORISM SANCTIONS: TROUBLE CONTINUES [...] (U) This message contains an urgent Action Request (paras 31-32). Please see also Summary and other Action Requests paragraphs 6-7, 12, 17-18, 23, 25, 29 and 37. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Due in part to recent European court rulings, EU implementation of UN and autonomous sanctions ag [...] | 2009-04-29 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
| 09BUDAPEST422 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST423 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
| 09CAIRO104 | GAZA EVACUEES DESCRIBE "ORDEAL," ASSERT WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Palestinian-American familes evacuated from Gaza into Egypt on January 19 described for us their "horrifying ordeal" trying to survive Israeli attacks. They recounted the emotional trauma both they and their children experienced in the face of "primitive" living condition [...] | 2009-01-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV PTER KPAL CASC IS EG XF |
| 09CAIRO118 | ASSESSMENT OF EGYPT'S REGIONAL ROLE IN THE WAKE OF [...] (S/NF) The serious intra-Arab rifts exposed by the Gaza crisis also highlighted both the extent and limitations of Egypt's role in leading the moderate Arab position. The Gaza crisis was only the most recent, and significant, event to expose the polarization of Egypt and Saudi Arabia at one en [...] | 2009-01-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1185 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Since your last visit in December 2008, President Obama's well-received Cairo speech has reinvigorated the tenor of our bilateral relationship. -- (S/NF) However, a sense of renewal in our bilateral relationship has not yet resulted in tangible improvements in our m [...] | 2009-06-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS IR IS KPAL PHUM KDEM |
| 09CAIRO1220 | U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 03:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY |
| 09CAIRO1350 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Tantawi discussed bilateral military cooperation, counter smuggling, and Iraq. -- (S/NF) Tantawi thanked General Petraeus for opposing Congressional conditioning of U.S. assistance to Egypt a [...] | 2009-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO196 | ARAB LEAGUE COS ON "BLEAK" REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO2064 | POLICE BRUTALITY UPDATE: LAWYERS ALLEGE SEVERE [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Credible human rights lawyers representing members of the Hizballah cell detained since late 2008 believe the GOE tortured the suspects with electric shocks and sleep deprivation to reduce them to a "zombie state." -- (S) The lawyers believe the GOE used the same torture on a se [...] | 2009-10-29 17:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL LE EG |
| 09CAIRO231 | SCENESETTER FOR REQUESTED EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S/NF) Madame Secretary, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit has been looking forward to meeting you since your nomination was first announced. The Egyptian leadership, including President Mubarak, are encouraged by the Administration's immediate attention to the Middle East and your and the Preside [...] | 2009-02-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EG IS QA IR SY |
| 09CAIRO2315 | EGYPT: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally on counter-terrorism issues. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2009 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course of [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR EG |
| 09CAIRO2397 | STEEL WALL CRITICISM AND GAZA MARCHERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV CASC ASEC EG |
| 09CAIRO2402 | SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY ZEWAIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO OVIP EG |
| 09CAIRO265 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (SBU) Senator Lieberman, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes at a pivotal time for Egypt and the region. A ceasefire is almost in place between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptians are seeking to cement. The U.S., European countries, and regional governments are searching for ways to put in p [...] | 2009-02-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OREP KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO330 | ACTIVISTS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON REFORM WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, civil society activists and an opposition party leader discussed democratic reform in Egypt with Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),the Ambassador and the DCM. President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Hisham Kassem said that over the next 15 years Egy [...] | 2009-02-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO358 | WHAT DOES EGYPT WANT OUT OF THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptians see the March 2 Gaza Reconstruction Conference as validation of their role as the regional leader in forging peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Their goals for the conference are straightforward: they want to be seen as helping the Palestinian people [...] | 2009-02-26 19:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL EG IS XF |
| 09CAIRO45 | RISING ANGER OVER GAZA [...] (C) Summary and comment: Egyptians are seething over Israeli military operations in Gaza. The January 9 "Day of Anger and Solidarity with Gaza," supported by a range of Egyptian opposition forces, most prominently the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),featured the largest protests since the crisis bega [...] | 2009-01-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS PA EG |
| 09CAIRO529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator McConnell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., [...] | 2009-03-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MCCONNELL PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO549 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] Key Points -- (SBU) U.S.- Egypt military relationship is strong, but should change to reflect new regional and transnational threats. -- (SBU) More focus is needed on combating emerging threats, including border security, counter terrorism, civil defense, and peacekeeping. -- (S/NF) Egypt continues [...] | 2009-03-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS PARM MOPS KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO567 | INFLUENTIAL SUDANESE BUSINESSMEN ADVOCATE "NO [...] (C) Key Points -- Two influential North Sudanese businessmen in Cairo, Kamal Ibrahim Ahmed (protect),Chairman of TransExport Trading Company and Muhammad Abdel Moneim (protect),Chairman of Wadi El Nil Flour Mills urged the USG not to compromise with the Government of Sudan (GOS),warning t [...] | 2009-04-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF SU EG |
| 09CAIRO568 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Tauscher, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The [...] | 2009-04-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TAUSCHER PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO569 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator Bond, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., Euro [...] | 2009-04-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP BOND PGOV KWBG ECON KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO602 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...] | 2009-04-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG |
| 09CAIRO624 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) The Egyptians and I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Our partnership in law enforcement and security cooperation remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the aus [...] | 2009-04-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
| 09CAIRO65 | CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG |
| 09CAIRO722 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROSS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (S) President Mubarak sees Iran's attempts to exert influence throughout the region as Egypt's primary strategic threat. However, Mubarak's focus on the Iranian threat differs somewhat from ours. While he will readily admit that the Iranian nuclear program is a strategic and ex [...] | 2009-04-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KPAL IS LE SU IR EG |
| 09CAIRO874 | SCENESETTER: PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Introduction: President Mubarak last visited Washington in April 2004, breaking a twenty year tradition of annual visits to the White House. Egyptians view President Mubarak's upcoming meeting with the President as a new beginning to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship that will restore a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG IS IR IZ |
| 09CAIRO937 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission Cairo welcomes your visit, the first by a U.S. president to Cairo since President Clinton's in 1990. The Egyptian Government will also warmly welcome you, as will the Egyptian people, who are proud that the U.S. has recognized what they view as Egypt's central role in the Arab [...] | 2009-05-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KIRF EG |
| 09CAIRO98 | GAZA: REVERBERATIONS WITHIN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crisis has inflamed a visceral hatred of Israel among Egyptians, and deepened disaffection for the Mubarak regime, furthering negative views of Mubarak as a "Western puppet." While GOE efforts to counter the negative propaganda may soften current hard feelings, the immed [...] | 2009-01-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PA IS EG |
| 09CANBERRA545 | GILLARD: ON TRACK TO BECOME AUSTRALIA'S NEXT PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Described by her many supporters as "smart, tough, loyal, and the best parliamentary performer in the Australian Labor Party (ALP)," Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard - who visits Washington later this month - has positioned herself as the heir apparent to Prime Minister Kev [...] | 2009-06-10 22:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 09CAPETOWN15 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO SA ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff attended the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting where the recently-arrived Israeli Ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev Steinberg, appeared to discuss the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza. In general, the proceedings [...] | 2009-01-22 16:49:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IS GZ SF |
| 09CONAKRY102 | CONAKRY RESPONSE - ASSESSING THE NEED FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information regarding assessed needs for increased law enforcement and judicial training in Guinea. Post notes that the USG has suspended aid to Guinea, with the exception of humanitarian and democracy assistance, in response to th [...] | 2009-02-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC GV |
| 09DAKAR23 | SENEGAL CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Senegal has firmly and repeatedly condemned the recent actions of the government of Israel in the Gaza strip. On January 3, President Abdoulaye Wade, current Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),condemned the Israeli incursion into Gaza [...] | 2009-01-07 17:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SG IS |
| 09DAMASCUS130 | HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE REAFFIRMS CONDITIONS FOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Almost a week after the February 5 deadline for responding to Egypt's Gaza cease-fire proposal, Hamas appears ready to stand pat on its demands for Israel to agree to re-open border crossings and lift the siege as part of any deal. In contrast to Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled M [...] | 2009-02-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER SY |
| 09DAMASCUS132 | SCENESETTER FOR CODELS CARDIN, BERMAN, AND KERRY [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Cardin, Chairman Berman, and Chairman Kerry, Embassy Damascus is looking forward to your mid-February visits. You should expect an enthusiastic reception by government officials of the Syrian Arab Republic (SARG) and from the media, who will interpret your presence as a [...] | 2009-02-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD ECON PTER PREF PAUM PARM KWBG LE |
| 09DAMASCUS142 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: ENTERING THE SYRIAN SPIN MACHINE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IZ IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS147 | ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...] | 2009-02-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS149 | SYRIA - SAUDI ARABIA: MOVING TOWARD NORMALIZATION? [...] (C) Summary: The Algerian ambassador provided his understanding February 25 of the sequencing of a normalization in ties between Syria and Saudi Arabia. Initiated by joint concern over Saudi jihadists on the loose, renewed contacts between the two have been expanded from the counter-terroris [...] | 2009-02-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY |
| 09DAMASCUS171 | CORRECTED COPY (CLASSIFICATION) RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington's answer on Syria related questions -- our policy remains under review -- has all but ceded public discussion of our policy to the Syrian government. As the Department proceeds with its review of U.S. policy toward Syria, the Syrian government's media manipulation of Co [...] | 2009-03-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPAO IZ IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS179 | PRESIDENT ASAD AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS A NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS185 | MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKING TO [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to assess the current activities of MJD in Syria and XXXXXXXXXXXX, we met XXXXXXXXXXXX with XXXXXXXXXXXX has connections to the Movement for Justice and Development (MJD). XXXXXXXXXXXX reported on the MJD's effort to expand in Syria and the current coordination between the [...] | 2009-03-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS193 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and a comprehensive regional peace between Israel and its other neighbors. The U.S. emphasis was no longer on [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS198 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro emphasized the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution and providing humanitarian relief for Gazans, as demonstrated by the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell and the U.S. pledg [...] | 2009-03-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS199 | CORRECTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 179 PARA 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-15 05:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS226 | ASAD AT AL SUMMIT: ASSERTING RIGHT OF ARAB [...] (S) Summary: Syria's Bashar Asad heads this week to the Arab League Summit in Doha seeking to support Qatar's efforts for a productive meeting and to assure moderate Arab states of Iran's desire for better relations. Syria's position on Sudan remains aligned with that of Qatar in support of [...] | 2009-03-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG AL IS SU IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS251 | SYRIAN SCORE CARD: NO GRAND BARGAINS, BUT POSITIVE FIRST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Four weeks after Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro met with Syrian FM Muallim (refs A-F),Syria has taken some positive steps to facilitate more normal Embassy operations, named an ambassador to Lebanon, and sent Muallim to Baghdad to discuss enhanced secu [...] | 2009-04-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL PTER IZ LE IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS252 | CODEL LYNCH MEETS ASAD, MUALLIM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS27 | FM MUALLIM TELLS CODEL SPECTER BETTER U.S.-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In addition to sharing Syrian views about the situation in Gaza (ref B),FM Walid Muallim told Senator Arlen Specter December 30 the best way to change Iranian behavior related to its nuclear program was to remove the issue from the UN Security Council and pursue a monitoring sol [...] | 2009-01-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS390 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS49 | SYRIA CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Damascus Crime and Safety Report follows (corrected to remove SENSITIVE caption): OVERVIEW -------- Syria is the only country designated by the United States Government as a state sponsor of terrorism to also maintain full diplomatic relations with the United States. Syria r [...] | 2009-01-15 05:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER SY |
| 09DAMASCUS669 | GAUGING SYRIAN VIEWS OF RISING REGIONAL TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: After briefly showing signs of more constructive policies towards its neighbors earlier this summer, Syrians are expressing shock over rising tensions in the region and perceive "anti-Syrian forces" at work. The Syrian Government's response has been to harden its position tow [...] | 2009-09-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS82 | RE-ENGAGING WITH SYRIA: THE MIDDLE EAST'S [...] (C) Summary: The SARG welcomed the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell, indicating a willingness to engage with him, but that is only the first step. In dealing with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, form and substance will be important in near equal measure; previous attempts to elicit con [...] | 2009-01-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS868 | SPECIAL COORDINATOR HOF'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim spent most of the one-hour conversation with Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Hof lamenting the lack of progress in U.S.-Syrian bilateral relations. Muallim welcomed the possibility of a January visit by Special Envoy (S/E) Mitchell to Damascus, but st [...] | 2009-12-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPAL IR LE IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS871 | SYRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Junaid Munir is the Embassy POC. Unclassified e-mail: MunirJM@state.gov. Tel: (963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups. It also provided political and material support [...] | 2009-12-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SY |
| 09DAMASCUS880 | SYRIAN-IRANIAN SHOW OF SOLIDARITY MASKS TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) The successive visits of three high-level Iranian officials to Damascus in early December appear at first glance to reaffirm strong Iranian-Syrian security ties and other forms of bilateral cooperation, but they may, in fact, mask deepening rifts over Iraq, Yemen, and the possibility of war [...] | 2009-12-22 03:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR LE IZ TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS89 | RE-ENGAGING WITH SYRIA: THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Aware that relations with the SARG are under review in Washington, French Ambassador Michel Duclos, who played a key role in restoring French-Syrian bilateral relations offered his recommendations for re-engaging: ignore rhetoric and focus on actions, understand the Syrians' [...] | 2009-01-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL FR SY |
| 09DOHA180 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S MARCH 15-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Admiral Olson, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to seeing you again and to joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. You are the highest ranking military officer to visit Qatar since General David Petraeus visited February 13-16. [...] | 2009-03-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA210 | SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL BURGESS'S MARCH [...] (SBU) Lieutenant General Burgess, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to meeting you and joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. 2. (SBU) We have requested the following meetings for the morning of March 30: -- The Crown Prince, Sh [...] | 2009-03-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA3 | QATARI LEADERSHIP SEEKS TO SHOW ACTIVISM ON GAZA [...] (U) Many of the estimated 15,000 people who attended the January 1 rally at the Qatar Sports Club stadium to show their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza carried placards saying, "Stop Killing Our Children." Children and adults waved Palestinian and Qatari flags. The Doha Youth Center [...] | 2009-01-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA31 | QATAR ISLAMIC BANK CEO: NO TIES TO NEW HAMAS BANK [...] (C) Qatar Islamic Bank would not "endanger its shareholders or its board" through ties with "bad actors," including Hamas, now or in the future, the bank's CEO, Salah Mohammad Jaidah, told Ambassador January 11th. 2. (C) Jaidah was responding to Ambassador's question about how the bank bala [...] | 2009-01-14 09:33:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN ECON EFIN IS QA |
| 09DOHA393 | SCENESETTER FOR A A/S JEFF FELTMAN'S JUNE 16-18 [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with the MFA Minister of State, Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Mahmoud, and he will host a lunch in your honor. Also, the MFA informed us today that the Prime Minister is returning from the United States (where he has [...] | 2009-06-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA402 | QATARI INTELLECTUALS TO FELTMAN: PROBLEMS? WHAT PROBLEMS? [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with seven influential Qatari intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence to hear their views on Qatar. Dr. Hassan al-Ansari, who is simultaneously a professor of political science at Qatar University, Edit [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA421 | QATARI PREMIER LAUDS RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN AL-JAZEERA [...] (U) Speaking in an extended interview on June 24 with Al Jazeera Arabic television, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani said that Qatar's relations with the U.S. are strategic. However, he said, "Let's be obvious ... there is a difference of views in some m [...] | 2009-06-25 12:55:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO QA EG IS SA |
| 09DOHA464 | THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY [...] (U) This Ministerial was the annual high-level meeting mandated by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Turkey and the GCC at their first ministerial summit in September of 2008 held in Jeddah. -- Although Turkey and the GCC consider the 2008 MOU to be the "launching point" for th [...] | 2009-07-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON TBIO SCUL IR IZ TU ZP |
| 09DOHA526 | QATAR TO DONATE $10 MILLION TO GAZA THROUGH HAMAS [...] (U) Local media reported August 23 that Amir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani called Hamas official Ismail Haniyah the evening of August 21 to inform him that Qatar would donate 10 million USD at the start of Muslim holy month of Ramadan to aid Gazan fishermen and workers. According to the lo [...] | 2009-08-24 13:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09GENEVA34 | SADA CUMBER'S FAREWELL CALL ON OIC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber paid a farewell call on OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on January 11 in Geneva. The two agreed to work swiftly on the details of USG-OIC cooperation on maternal and infant mortality. They discuss [...] | 2009-01-15 17:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL EAID OIC SA |
| 09HONGKONG23 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-US RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09ISLAMABAD122 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISTANBUL28 | TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
| 09JAKARTA41 | GAZA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: Charge met with thirty Indonesian religious and civil society leaders at their request for a wide ranging discussion of the situation in Gaza on January 9. Indonesian interlocutors noted concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called on the United States [...] | 2009-01-09 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL ID XF |
| 09JAKARTA5 | GAZA -- INDONESIA REACTS TO ISRAELI MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and Indonesian Muslim groups have strongly condemned ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza. Hard-line groups have called for volunteer fighters to go to Gaza, but the Indonesian government has vowed to prevent this. The GOI is sending a medical relief team to the [...] | 2009-01-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KISL ID IS |
| 09JEDDAH348 | OIC ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-20 16:26:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL KWBG KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SA OIC |
| 09JERUSALEM1137 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 10:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1155 | GAZA CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN and NGO contacts report that socio-economic conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate as legitimate imports remain limited and the private sector dormant. ConGen Gaza contacts and recent visitors to Gaza report adequate supplies of basic commodities, including a glut of som [...] | 2009-07-07 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID PGOV PTER ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1203 | ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...] | 2009-07-14 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM1224 | NEW PA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON MEDIA, HAMAS, [...] (C) In a July 13 meeting with Polchief, newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Director of Information Ghassan al Khatib outlined plans to reform the Palestinian Authority's communications strategy. He noted that Hamas support fell in Gaza after December 2008-January 2009 Israeli combat o [...] | 2009-07-16 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV KPAO KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1330 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 10:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1333 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 12:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1604 | CHIEF JUSTICE ON JUDICIAL CHALLENGES, MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar discussed recent improvements in the Palestinian judicial sector, and the challenge of recruiting qualified judges. He praised Prime Minister Fayyad's support for enforcement of High Court orders and was critical of what [...] | 2009-09-04 11:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWBG KJUS ASEC PINR IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1623 | PM FAYYAD: SETTLEMENTS AND PALESTINIAN ECONOMIC [...] (S) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on September 8 that a deal on settlements with the GOI needed to be "inclusive" or otherwise risked undermining U.S. credibility. He noted that West Bank economic growth continued to exceed expectations, but warned that, abs [...] | 2009-09-09 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS QA KU SA |
| 09JERUSALEM1699 | MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON QATAR TRIP, ZAKAT [...] (S) Summary: PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al-Habash called Qatar's recent decision to re-open the Qatari Charitable Society (QCS) in the West Bank under PA supervision a positive step. He said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) he signed with QCS gives the PA information on the [...] | 2009-09-16 15:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL ECON PTER KWBG KPAL KISL QA IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1711 | PALTEL EXECUTIVES ON GAZA OPERATIONS, WATANIYA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting PalTel CEO Kamal Abu Khadijeh and Vice President Kamal Husseini claimed in a September 17 meeting that PalTel, the monopoly fixed-line and mobile provider in the West Bank and Gaza, faces several challenges, including a stalled merger between its mobile operator and Zain J [...] | 2009-09-22 13:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL KWBG IS GZ PGOV |
| 09JERUSALEM1742 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 05:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1767 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/05): Further Israeli actions [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 12:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1793 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/09): Palestinians react to [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 11:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1799 | HAMAS SEIZES CONTROL OF AL AQSA UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas authorities seized control of Al Aqsa University in Gaza on October 7 by ousting the university's president after he departed Gaza for the West Bank. This move follows continuing pressure by the Hamas "government" to extend its control over Al Aqsa and other civil socie [...] | 2009-10-09 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL |
| 09JERUSALEM1804 | FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM [...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...] | 2009-10-13 09:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF |
| 09JERUSALEM1890 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) Summary. Since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007 and the subsequent establishment of an "emergency government" in the West Bank under PM Salam Fayyad, the trajectories of Gaza and the West Bank have increasingly diverged. In Gaza, Hamas has consolidated control, thanks to externa [...] | 2009-10-16 16:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1932 | ABU ALA'A SAYS NEGOTIATIONS REQUIRE DEFINED [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations cannot resume while settlement activity continues, Palestinian negotiator Ahmad Quraya' (Abu Ala'a) told the Consul General in an October 20 meeting. Abu Ala'a urged the USG to play a strong third-party role in order to prevent negotiations from back-sliding to pre [...] | 2009-10-22 17:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1971 | EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PA UPDATES ON GOE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 28 meeting with the Consul General in Jerusalem, Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman provided an update on Fatah-Hamas reconciliation efforts. He said the GOE continues to press Hamas to sign a draft Egyptian reconciliation text, but does not anticipate [...] | 2009-11-02 08:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG |
| 09JERUSALEM1980 | USUN AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN CIVIL [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, Palestinian civil society in the West Bank agreed that donors' investments have not yet shown tangible results on the ground. As one participant put it, "money is not buying PM Fayyad love." Several participants noted on [...] | 2009-11-03 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID KDEM ECON IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1984 | UNSCO AND UNRWA DESCRIBE CONTRADICTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) Robert Serry and UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Director for Gaza John Ging emphasized the need to restart essential infrastructure projects in Gaza, inc [...] | 2009-11-03 18:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PGOV EAID KPAL GZ IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1986 | PM FAYYAD AND AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, PM Fayyad said the Palestinian economy is growing at an impressive pace, but can go only so far under occupation. Increasing private sector investment is only possible, Fayyad noted, if Israeli restrictions on Palestinian [...] | 2009-11-04 04:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM204 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): HOPES FOR MITCHELL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM205 | CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): HOPES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM2168 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): Settlement Moratorium [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 09:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM2197 | WATANIYA PALESTINE: ONE MONTH POST-LAUNCH [...] (SBU) Summary. One month following its November 1 launch, Wataniya Palestine has 80,000 subscribers and 300 direct-hire employees. Wataniya CEO Allan Richardson said that the GOI has given "assurances" to the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) that it will allocate the needed remaini [...] | 2009-12-04 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ECPS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM221 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on February 2. Water and sewage services in Gaza remain limited. The power station reduced its power output on January 31 due to a lack of sufficient fuel. The internal distribution [...] | 2009-02-02 15:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM2275 | FEW HEADLINES AS ABU MAZEN DEFENDS HIS STANCE ON [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said little new on negotiations or his personal future in a December 15 speech to the opening session of a two-day PLO Central Council (PLO/CC) meeting in Ramallah, which convened primarily to extend his term as president beyond its expirati [...] | 2009-12-15 17:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM2333 | GAZA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY: FED UP WITH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Gazans are broadly disgusted with political parties (both Hamas and Fatah) and are focused on day-to-day issues of survival, according to Post contacts in Gaza's business community, who remain confident in the resourcefulness and resilience of the business culture in Gaza. The [...] | 2009-12-29 09:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PTER KWBG PREF IS |
| 09JERUSALEM266 | REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF SIX USAID ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Department authorize six USAID assistance projects in Gaza, including water and sanitation projects and the provision of plastic sheeting to elementary schools. The projects will meet urgent humanitarian needs for the population of Gaza. Authorization [...] | 2009-02-09 13:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PTER PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM269 | WEST BANK AND GAZA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority's (PA) counterterrorism (CT) efforts improved in the 2008 reporting period. PM Salam Fayyad's government engaged in efforts to control terrorist groups, particularly Hamas. Nevertheless, additional efforts will be required to dismantle terrorist groups in the Wes [...] | 2009-02-09 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER ASEC EFIN |
| 09JERUSALEM317 | IMPRESSIONS FROM GAZA-BASED LES [...] (S) Summary. ConGen RSO LES who lives and works in Gaza City, said that Hamas remains in firm control of Gaza. He notes that local support for Hamas has decreased since the December 2008 - January 2009 conflict, but decreased support for Hamas does not mean increased support for the current [...] | 2009-02-24 09:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | AFSN PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL EG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM321 | PM FAYYAD: PA HAS IMPROVED WEST BANK SECURITY; [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad met with six Congressional delegations February 15-22: Codels Kerry, Lieberman, Cardin, and Waxman, and Staffdels Eltrich and Diamond. PM Fayyad emphasized three common themes in his briefings: 1) the PA has improved West Bank security, and the GOI should cea [...] | 2009-02-24 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER OREP |
| 09JERUSALEM337 | CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JERUSALEM MAYOR NIR [...] (C) Summary. Recently-elected Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat described his "businesslike" approach to municipal governance to the Consul General during a February 23 meeting, saying that he hopes to develop Jerusalem into a tourist haven using the "Disney World" model. Barkat said he wants to in [...] | 2009-02-26 13:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG ABLD PREL |
| 09JERUSALEM340 | "GOVERNMENT" IN GAZA REPLACES MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN [...] (C) Summary. The "Minister" of Local Government (MoLG) in Gaza removed the mayor of al-Zahra and the municipal council in mid-February, installing a committee of individuals associated with Hamas to run the municipality. Deposed Mayor Tarik Hijju, who is a member of Fatah, told PolOff that h [...] | 2009-02-26 15:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM360 | SOME ADDITIONAL TYPES OF GOODS ENTER GAZA, OVERALL [...] (SBU) Summary: International assistance agency contacts reported that the GOI has recently approved a slightly broader variety of goods for entry into Gaza. Overall access for goods into Gaza remains strictly limited, however. ConGen contacts said the GOI continues to reject many everyday it [...] | 2009-02-27 16:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM489 | GAZA: TUNNEL ACTIVITY PICKS UP AS RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: ConGen contacts in Gaza report that smuggling into Gaza via the tunnels is increasing. Contacts say that large shipments of fuel, food, and electronics from Egypt were transferred into Gaza March 14-19. At the same time, the GOI and Hamas are each making it difficult for aid [...] | 2009-03-19 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PREL EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER EG |
| 09JERUSALEM490 | IDF ARRESTS HAMAS POLITICAL FIGURES IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The IDF arrested 20 senior Hamas officials in the West Bank overnight on March 18-19. The IDF also re-arrested a separate set of lower-profile Hamas during the week of March 9. Both Hamas and the PA President's office put out statements criticizing the arrests. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-03-19 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM491 | GOI DEMOLISHES WEST BANK RESIDENCES, DISPLACING 25 [...] (C) Summary. Israeli authorities demolished four structures on March 18, three of them residential, displacing 25 Palestinians in the village of al-'Azariya in the West Bank, just outside Jerusalem. One house was on the Palestinian side of the barrier, in a built-up area of al-'Azariya. Th [...] | 2009-03-19 16:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM50 | HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR GAZA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. Situation --------- 2. (SBU) The Israeli Defense Forces initiated military action against Hamas in the Gaza strip on December 27. IDF ground forces entered Gaza on January 3. Since the initiation of military action, large numbers of ci [...] | 2009-01-06 18:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM666 | SUPERVISION AND COMPLIANCE IN GAZA BANK BRANCHES [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early April, Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) and banking sector contacts outlined their supervision and compliance operations in Gaza bank branches. The PMA made a similar presentation to GOI officials at a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting on [...] | 2009-04-14 13:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV |
| 09JERUSALEM674 | FATAH MEMBERS JOSTLE FOR INFLUENCE AHEAD OF SIXTH [...] (C) Summary: As preparations for the Sixth Party Congress proceed, Fatah members have begun to jostle for influence over future membership in the Fatah Central Committee (FCC),which will be decided by the Congress. With delegate lists nearly finalized, aspiring Fatah leaders are competing [...] | 2009-04-16 13:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM694 | NO CLEAR TREND EVIDENT IN RECENT UNIVERSITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Employee and student elections are widely seen by Palestinians as indicators of the relative standing of political factions at a given point in time. Recent elections reveal no clear trend in favor of either Fatah or Hamas, who continue to compete for influence and attempt to s [...] | 2009-04-24 09:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 09JERUSALEM749 | HUMANITARIAN AID ACCESS TO GAZA REMAINS LIMITED [...] (SBU) UN and NGO contacts report that movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza continues to face significant obstacles. USAID and NGOs cite increased difficulty in securing access since late February. Despite GOI assurances to the USG in March and an Israeli Cabinet decision that all food woul [...] | 2009-05-06 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
| 09JERUSALEM825 | NEW FAYYAD GOVERNMENT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. A new Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet under the leadership of PM Salam Fayyad was sworn in on May 19 by PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Coming after a difficult, prolonged negotiation over Ministerial positions, the new government includes representatives from four pol [...] | 2009-05-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM889 | HAMAS FORCED TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A collapsed Ponzi scheme linked to the tunnel trade has cost Gazans an estimated USD 200m, caused political problems for Hamas, and forced Hamas to agree to partially compensate victims for their losses. Hamas officials have been forced to defend their reaction to the crisis [...] | 2009-06-05 10:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
| 09KHARTOUM139 | SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND [...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...] | 2009-02-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
| 09KHARTOUM1421 | SUDAN 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...] | 2009-12-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU |
| 09KHARTOUM150 | SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND [...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...] | 2009-02-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
| 09KHARTOUM226 | WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DOHA AND NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Doha process continues, the conclusion of the initial phase of the process on February 17 with an "Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building" between JEM and the GoS (reftel a-d) left behind notable early losers and winners. Rapidly changing events in Sudan, [...] | 2009-02-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
| 09KHARTOUM37 | SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK [...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...] | 2009-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU |
| 09KHARTOUM458 | SUDAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) Keyed to ref a are the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) responses below for northern Sudan, including Darfur. The SEPQ for ConGen Juba's Consular district will be sent via septel. ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Demonstrations [...] | 2009-04-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT SU |
| 09KHARTOUM459 | SOUTHERN SUDAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) Keyed to ref a are the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) responses below for Southern Sudan. ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out [...] | 2009-04-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT SU |
| 09KHARTOUM632 | MINNAWI PREPARES TO COUNTER JEM DEPREDATIONS [...] (C) SLM/A leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on May 12 that he is returning to the field in Darfur as soon as possible, perhaps on May 13, to defend his remaining positions in North Darfur against the depredations of the Chadian-suppored Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). JEM attacked S [...] | 2009-05-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU |
| 09KUALALUMPUR12 | GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...] | 2009-01-08 23:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN IS MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR23 | GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS [...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...] | 2009-01-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR471 | ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE [...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...] | 2009-06-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR942 | MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...] | 2009-11-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY |
| 09KUWAIT10 | FURTHER KUWAITI RESPONSE TO GAZA CRISIS [...] (LOU) Summary: Kuwait's Council of Ministers (COM) on January 4 called on the international community and the UNSC to take steps to halt Israeli "aggression" in Gaza; the COM also reiterated a GOK offer to open up hospitals to injured Palestinians. Several convoys of official and non-official [...] | 2009-01-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KU |
| 09KUWAIT105 | MFA U/S DEFENDS KUWAITI ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: On February 2, MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah met with Ambassador to offer the GoK,s perspective on the results of Kuwait's January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit, and the sharp differences that were evident between the "Doha" and "moderate" camps with regard to Gaza. The Amir contribut [...] | 2009-02-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON PREL KPAL EAID KU |
| 09KUWAIT1118 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON DELIVERED TO KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Post delivered a copy of Secretary Clinton's letter to the office of Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on November 25. Dr. Mohammed is out of the country, as is MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. 2. (SBU) Econcouns h [...] | 2009-11-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL EAID PGOV |
| 09KUWAIT215 | KUWAIT MFA DOWNBEAT ON P.A. CORRUPTION, UPBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah expressed satisfaction with the outcome of a Riyadh-hosted GCC donors meeting on Gaza and optimism about the progress of a separate donors meeting on Gaza in Sharm Al-Sheikh, while noting concern [...] | 2009-03-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
| 09KUWAIT22 | KUWAIT CONFIRMS CONTINUED AID TO GAZA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with Econcouns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Mansour Al-Otaibi noted Kuwait's annual $1.5 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and its $300 million commitment from the 2006 Paris Donors C [...] | 2009-01-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU |
| 09KUWAIT367 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL VISIT TO [...] (C) Special Envoy Mitchell, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit represents the first official high-level engagement of Kuwait's leadership by the Obama Administration. We have requested meetings with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah and Fore [...] | 2009-04-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KU JO |
| 09KUWAIT54 | ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT: ARAB DISUNITY AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Economic Summit concluded January 20 in Kuwait with a "Declaration" in lieu of a "final communiqu" after leaders failed to agree on language regarding the recent hostilities in Gaza. Despite heroic efforts to paper over differences and Saudi King Abdullah's open calls fo [...] | 2009-01-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KPAL KU |
| 09KUWAIT631 | SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...] | 2009-06-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU |
| 09KUWAIT87 | KUWAITI MPS SIFT THROUGH GAZA RUBBLE [...] (U) Amid ongoing calls to grill the PM, wrangling over KDOW, and rumors of pending constitutional or unconstitutional dissolution by the Amir, the Kuwaiti parliament, keeping Gaza at the forefront, managed to limp through another session January 27-28. Per ref A, Gaza continues to be the sol [...] | 2009-01-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR PREL KU |
| 09KUWAIT97 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On February 2, Ambassador used a meeting called by MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah to brief on the outcomes of the Arab Economic Summit and on the central role that Gaza played in the summit (septel) to urge the GoK to provide immediate budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ambas [...] | 2009-02-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL EAID ECON KU |
| 09LAPAZ67 | LA PAZ - ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - 2009 [...] ROAD CONDITIONS IN BOLIVIA Outside the major cities, road conditions are quite poor. Of the 42,815 Km. of roads in Bolivia, less than five percent are paved. Of the remainder, one third is topped with gravel, and the rest (approximately 60% of all the roads in country) are poorly maintained [...] | 2009-01-15 11:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER BL |
| 09LONDON1750 | (S) TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES UK TO TAKE IRAN SANCTIONS; PRESS INTERPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 13:50:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER ECON IR UK |
| 09LONDON1876 | FCO MINISTER IVAN LEWIS' "INTRODUCTORY" VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary. Recently appointed Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis made his first visit to Syria and Lebanon August 3-6, in what FCO officials told us was Lewis' "introductory" visit to the region. In Syria, Lewis sought to broaden the UK's bilateral relationship with Syria and urged Syri [...] | 2009-08-12 14:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY UK |
| 09LONDON207 | IRAN - ANALYST KHAJEHPOUR ARGUES FOR: BROADENING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iran's leadership is committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably committed to creation of a nuclear weapon, in the view of Tehran-based political risk analyst Bijan Khajehpour, who met privately in London with U.S Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte ac [...] | 2009-01-23 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS KPRP LE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UK IA SW |
| 09LONDON617 | UK ANNOUNCES IT WILL REENGAGE WITH HIZBALLAH, BUT [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG's decision to publicly announce that it is reestablishing ties with Hizballah was based on domestic considerations, and was not meant to surprise the USG or other allies, FCO and Cabinet Office officials told us March 10. UK officials made the decision to reengage with H [...] | 2009-03-10 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY UK |
| 09MADRID169 | S/I SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. S/I Satterfield, accompanied by Charge, briefed Spanish FM Moratinos on recent developments in Iraq, as well as Iraq's regional engagement with Arab states on February 11 and asked if Spain could make a commitment to send trainers to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Moratinos ag [...] | 2009-02-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ SP |
| 09MANAMA236 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL [...] (SBU) Bahrain is eager to see the Obama administration,s peacemaking efforts succeed, and your visit April 20 will be big news here. King Hamad will receive you at his palace in Safariyah, joined by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad, and others. Ambassador Ereli, who is nearing [...] | 2009-04-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL TU IS BA |
| 09MONTEVIDEO142 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)- [...] (C) Summary: The Spring 2009 Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and concern over a very porous border. In general, anti-US protests have declined in size and intensity since March 2007. END SUMMARY Post provides the following nu [...] | 2009-03-11 13:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER UY |
| 09MOSCOW1016 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysts told visiting Senators Carl Levin and Bill Nelson that Russia did not consider Iran a threat, and warned the U.S. against isolating Tehran or countenancing a military option to halt the Iranian nuclear program, which would lead to instability in the Middle East. Russia [...] | 2009-04-21 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP IR RS |
| 09MOSCOW1111 | FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN WITH [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Lavrov told visiting Codel Levin April 15 that arms control issues were Russia's top priority. Noting that Moscow was waiting for concrete proposals, including specific language, from the U.S. on a post-START treaty agreement, Lavrov said he recognized that the [...] | 2009-04-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KACT IR RS |
| 09MOSCOW113 | RUSSIAN MFA ON GAZA, LEBANON AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin welcomed the U.S.-Israeli Anti-Smuggling MOU, which he thought would help produce the Egyptian brokered cease-fire, and urged early consultations by the Obama Administration on next steps. Vershini [...] | 2009-01-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR LE IQ IR IS RS |
| 09MOSCOW1793 | ASD VERSHBOW DISCUSSES SUMMIT WITH ROUNDTABLE OF [...] (C) Summary: A panel of experts told ASD Vershbow the July 6-8 POTUS visit had been a success, with both sides working hard to ensure a positive outcome. Experts praised Obama's rhetoric as defending U.S. values without meddling in Russia's internal affairs. Being Obama's primary interlocut [...] | 2009-07-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EAID RS |
| 09MOSCOW496 | RUSSIA SET ON A MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 15-19 visit to the Middle East reinforced Russia's intention to convene a Moscow Middle East conference (and ward off Sarkozy's entry into the race for MEPP summitry). The GOR now aims to hold an April or May meeting that Russian officials argu [...] | 2009-02-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IR IS SY RS XF |
| 09MOSCOW861 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...] | 2009-04-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS |
| 09MOSCOW895 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...] | 2009-04-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS |
| 09MUSCAT4 | SULTAN'S MESSAGE TO IRAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Oman's Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural, Affairs Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas, was dispatched by Sultan Qaboos to Tehran on December 15, 2008 (reftel) to deliver a surprisingly blunt message to the Iranian leadership. In a meeting with the Ambassador January 3, the once powerful Infor [...] | 2009-01-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT55 | ASSESSMENT OF OMANI GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LOCAL IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Omani government's response to events in Gaza indicates an increasing awareness of and concern about public opinion. By permitting numerous demonstrations and media content outside the bounds of official positions on Egypt and Hamas, the government has given freer rein to po [...] | 2009-01-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KWBG MU |
| 09MUSCAT7 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, DISUNITY, AND AGGRESSION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies remained fixed on the Gaza crisis, condemning Israel and calling for Arab unity. Columnists used the beginning of 2009 to reflect on general factors leading to the current violence. Government daily "Oman" said 2008 saw an important decline in Arab unity, af [...] | 2009-01-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT78 | OMAN'S ENVOY TO IRAN ADVISES POSTPONING U.S. DIALOG WITH [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos' Special Envoy to Iran and Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al Rowas, advises against U.S. dialog with Tehran until after the Iranian presidential elections. Speaking with the Ambassador January 27, Al Rowas suggested that proposing direct talks now would make the U [...] | 2009-01-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT93 | EGYPTIAN COM CONFIRMS OMANI GOVERNMENT CONCERN OVER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: According to the Egyptian ambassador to Muscat, the Omani government facilitated recent public protests over the situation in Gaza to let both Omanis and expatriate residents vent their anger. The Egyptian COM also confirmed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) had set-up [...] | 2009-02-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG MU |
| 09NEWDELHI12 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN IN DEEP CRISIS," op-ed article in January 4 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The only contribution of Pakistan in the war against terror is that it is the origin of terrorism, safe haven for Al-Qaida and the hub of the Pakistani and Afghan [...] | 2009-01-05 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1490 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "TERRORISM, PAKISTAN AND HILLARY CLINTON'S INDIA VISIT," editorial in July 17 centrist Marathi daily NAVSHAKTI: "The Indian government is as usual is in a state of high alert in order to protect its financial capital - Mumbai -- from yet another terror attack. On the other hand, the Pakistani [...] | 2009-07-20 07:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI52 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GAZA; [...] "DOES AJMAL KASAB DESERVE SYMPATHY?" editorial in the January 10, 2009, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "Pakistan-based terrorists, the ones who wreaked havoc in Mumbai on 26/11, came with the definite purpose of full-scale mayhem and bloodshed. Similarly, the ones who [...] | 2009-01-12 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI6 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "SOFTENING OR ACTING?" editorial in January 1 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's National Security Advisor Durrani's not ruling out that captured Mumbai militant Kasab is a Pakistani national indicates a softening in Pakistan's attitude. But, that's not without reason. Besid [...] | 2009-01-02 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NICOSIA141 | CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to Afghanistan, Panayiotou stated that the GOC is in broad agreement with the USG points raised and appreciates the need for a regional approach, particularly one that takes in [...] | 2009-02-20 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZL AF SU GZ YI BK KO HR MK CY |
| 09NICOSIA194 | EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (C) Meeting in Nicosia February 24, U.S. Ambassadors and interagency representatives covering the Eastern Mediterranean RSI region discussed ways to strengthen counterterrorism efforts in an environment characterized by new migration waves from the Middle East to Europe, the aftermath of the I [...] | 2009-03-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PTER PREL EAID ASEC GR TU CY |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT16 | REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY' HARDENS [...] (C) Summary -- The two week "National Dialogue on Democracy" developed more a menu of options than a political roadmap out of Mauritania's political crisis. Detractors see what they expected from the process, a charade designed to legitimize General Aziz' coup. Insiders hope Aziz will not u [...] | 2009-01-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09OSLO116 | PART III: NORWEGIAN FM STOERE: THE WORLD AT HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL IS NO |
| 09OSLO386 | NORWAY IS GOOD: NORWEGIAN EXCEPTIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Norway's sense of exceptionalism, while under some pressure due to some significant policy failures, still is a central part of the national culture and has an outsized impact on Norwegian foreign policy. Norwegians truly believe that there is something inherently good about being [...] | 2009-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NO |
| 09OSLO624 | NORWAY'S TUNE ON ISRAEL, THE PEACE PROCESS, AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 7, Charge Heg had a constructive discussion about overall U.S. Norway cooperation in the Middle East with senior Norwegian diplomats Jorn Gjelstad, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer. [...] | 2009-10-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL IS IQ NO |
| 09OTTAWA154 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE - [...] This Message is SECRET/NOFORN. ---------------------------- 2. POLITICAL VIOLENCE ---------------------------- ---------------------------- I. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS ---------------------------- A. Human rights groups, small political protest/grass roots organizations and Canadian Aboriginal group [...] | 2009-02-27 22:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
| 09OTTAWA610 | CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...] | 2009-08-06 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA |
| 09PANAMA171 | PANAMA'S SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09PARIS1125 | MIDDLE EAST PEACE: FRENCH MFA ON SARKOZY-MUBARAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Middle East Director Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor August 11 that the French await a response to the letter sent August 6 by Presidents Sarkozy and Mubarak to President Obama, calling for a Middle East peace summit this autumn. "We don't necessarily [...] | 2009-08-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPAL IS FR |
| 09PARIS135 | WHY SARKOZY THINKS ENGAGING SYRIA IS WORKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the past 12 months, President Sarkozy has portrayed his Syria policy as one of performance-based, carefully benchmarked engagement -- engagement that could be easily halted or reversed in the event of Syrian back-sliding. Although Sarkozy has publicly touted this policy [...] | 2009-01-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PGOV PREL SY |
| 09PARIS1442 | MUSLIM-JEWISH RELATIONS IN FRANCE FOLLOWING GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a series of recent meetings, French officials responsible for developing and implementing GOF policy toward organized religion told poloff that the January 2009 conflict in Gaza continues to strain institutional and communal relations between France's two large [...] | 2009-10-28 09:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
| 09PARIS276 | GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with PM Fillon, NSA Levitte, FM Kouchner, MinDef Morin and military chief Georgelin February 9 and 10, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, noting the administration's strategic review now underway and emphasizing t [...] | 2009-02-26 07:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV NATO KPAL AF IR IS IZ PK FR |
| 09PARIS786 | FRENCH GAERC PREVIEW: MIDDLE EAST, BALKANS, CUBA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 12, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona previewed the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Themes to be discussed at next week's GAERC include Cuba, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and the Western Bal [...] | 2009-06-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN CU WE GZ IS LE SY YI BK HR SI GG |
| 09PARISFR76 | GAZA/JERUSALEM DOMINATE UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD INFORMATION [...] Summary: Middle East issues dominated the information session for Executive Board members held by UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura on January 16. Arab states repeatedly urged Matsuura to be more active in protecting educational and cultural facilities in Gaza. The latter undertook to [...] | 2009-01-20 15:32:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO PREL KWBG IS EG JO |
| 09PRAGUE27 | A/S FRIED AND EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS' TROIKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9 Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met in troika format (Czech EU Presidency and following Swedish Presidency, European Commission, and European Council Secretariat) at the Political Director level. The discussion primarily focused on the Middle East and the Western B [...] | 2009-01-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU CD |
| 09PRAGUE324 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the June 15-16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, Lebanon, the Western Balkans, [...] | 2009-06-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU LE CU BM |
| 09RABAT172 | CHARGE'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER FASSI FIHRI: [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) told Charge February 25 that he would go to the Sharm el Sheikh donor conference and looked forward to meeting the Secretary. He believed that Mauritania should be included in what he viewed as an Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) meeting there an [...] | 2009-02-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS KPAL WI AG IR IS MO MR |
| 09RABAT290 | MOROCCO,S ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Mitchell, we warmly welcome your proposed trip to Morocco. King Mohammed VI and his government are anxious to exchange ideas with you. Morocco can play an important, if secondary, role in the Middle East Peace Process. The Government of Morocco (GOM) is supportive of [...] | 2009-04-06 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG IS MO |
| 09RABAT44 | OSAC/CRIME SAFETY REPORT FOR MOROCCO [...] The following information is keyed to reftel. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A. CRIME THREATS: In general, crime in Morocco does not pose a great threat to Americans visiting or working in this country. However, every individual visiting or working in a foreign country sho [...] | 2009-01-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC AMGT APER MO |
| 09RABAT484 | ISRAELI DIPLOMATS EXPECT MORE FROM MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco and Israel took advantage of Israeli participation in the June 3-5 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism seminar in Rabat to re-launch a diplomatic relationship that had been on ice since the Israeli military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. [...] | 2009-06-09 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAIR KPAL MO IS |
| 09RABAT865 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton, we look forward to your return to Morocco. Since your visits as First Lady, and in particular in the ten years since King Mohammed VI ascended to the throne, the Kingdom has made great strides in promoting gender equality, sound economic principles, and relig [...] | 2009-10-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PHUM ECON MASS KWMN KPAL WI MO |
| 09RABAT952 | CIVIL SOCIETY AND G8-BMENA GOVERNMENTS MEET AT SIXTH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ECON KMPI XF XT CA |
| 09RIYADH158 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- King Abdullah's approach to the Peace Process is shaped by political, personal and religious factors. -- He regards the Arab Israeli dispute as a strategic threat to his Kingdom for two reasons. First, it undermines the Al Saud's strong security ties with the United States [...] | 2009-01-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SA |
| 09RIYADH1671 | IO/DRL (KESHAP) VISIT BEGINS DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 19 meeting Deputy FM for Multilateral Affairs, HH Dr. Torki told IO/HR Director Keshap and Senior Human Rights Policy Advisor Ostermeier that the SAG was prepared to consider working with the U.S. on a new approach to the defamation issue in the UN context. Pri [...] | 2009-12-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA |
| 09RIYADH288 | Mecca's First African-Saudi Imam [...] SUMMARY & COMMENT: Media attention given to the Mecca Grand Mosque's first African-Saudi Imam, Adil al-Kalbani, provided a glimpse of King Abdullah's attempts to combat racism and promote openness among the Kingdom's senior clergy by giving national prominence to a talented, somewhat unorthod [...] | 2009-02-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PTER SA |
| 09RIYADH486 | HOW TO MAXIMIZE SAUDI FUNDING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) -- Saudi Arabia is a large aid donor. In 2007, the Saudi Fund for Development officially distributed 2.2 billion dollars in foreign assistance. Numerous other contributions are made through additional channels. -- During the past five years the USG has made 66 formal requests for fina [...] | 2009-03-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EAID PREL PGOV EINV SA |
| 09RIYADH910 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY [...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...] | 2009-07-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA |
| 09ROME314 | ITALY CONFIRMS PLEDGE OF $100M FOR GAZA, BUT ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Responding to reftel demarche, Antonello De Riu of the Italian MFA confirmed Italy's pledge of $100m (79m Euros) in aid for Gaza, to be spent over three or four years, though he cited two problems that could result in the pledge not being met: Italian "over engagement" and the l [...] | 2009-03-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN |
| 09RPODUBAI47 | IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 17, [...] [U] This January 13, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] Russians Offer Iran Security Inducements to Shun US Negotiations: According to a former Guardian Council member and as corroborated by a former IRGC general, Russia has reported [...] | 2009-02-02 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IR |
| 09SANAA116 | SALEH TAKES PR HIT FOR DOHA, STOKES PAN-ARAB FLAMES IN [...] President Saleh's decision not to send Yemeni representation to the emergency Arab League summit called by Qatar for January 16 left him and the ROYG open to criticism and condemnation by the Yemeni opposition and the public at large. Observers largely credit pressure from Saudi Arabia and Eg [...] | 2009-01-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO KPAL YM |
| 09SANAA149 | IRAN'S RED LINE IN YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. "Iran is a crucial neighbor so Yemen should respect its red lines and it should respect Yemen's red lines too," said Minister of Foreign Affairs Abu Bakr al-Qirbi during a January 19 interview with an independent, sometimes sensationalist, news outlet. The comment, apparently u [...] | 2009-01-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR YM |
| 09SANAA356 | SANAA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Various ethnic, religious, and professional groups are capable and have been allowed to stage demonstrations in the past. T [...] | 2009-03-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER YM |
| 09SANTIAGO167 | CHILE SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Santiago welcomes your visit to Chile on March 2-3. Your presence is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise greater regional leadership. We have had several successful high-level defense and security-r [...] | 2009-02-24 19:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR CI |
| 09SANTIAGO53 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 16 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the death of a Hamas leader in Gaza, and the emergency water-landing of a U.S. Airways aircraft in New York's Hudson River. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Article on Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco's advisors in the United States. Taking into [...] | 2009-01-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTIAGO56 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 15 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted an audit on Chile's National Registry Service that revealed repeated mismanagement and embezzlement during former Director Guillermo Arenas' administration; Chile's Central Bank's predictions of a 2% to 3% economic growth in 2009; and the latest developments in the [...] | 2009-01-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTIAGO768 | SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DOUGLAS [...] (C) I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on August 16-20. Coming shortly after President Bachelet's meeting with President Obama in Washington on June 23-24, your visit is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise g [...] | 2009-08-12 17:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP MASS MARR CI |
| 09SANTIAGO859 | Scenesetter for Secretary of Commerce Locke's September [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Simons, I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on September 27-29. In hosting the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) for the first time outside of the United States, Chile has worked closely with us to strengthen the ACF because it shares with us an awaren [...] | 2009-09-23 20:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP CI |
| 09SEOUL10 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 02, 2009 [...] "North Korea Returns to the Past with Its Strategy of 'Tongmi Bongnam'" (Hankook Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) 2. Frustrating Editorial (JoongAng Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 34) 3. Let U.S. Congress be an Example to Korean Lawmakers (Chosun Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) Features [...] | 2009-01-02 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL18 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 5, 2009 [...] Global Response to Gaza (JoongAng Ilbo, January 5, 2009, Page 26) 2. If ROK-U.S. Alliance is Strong, We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Pyongyang's Strategy of Engaging with the U.S. and Sidelining ROK (Chosun Ilbo, January 3, 2009, Page 27) 3. ROK and U.S. Fail to Round off Bush's Tenure with S [...] | 2009-01-05 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL26 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009 [...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...] | 2009-01-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL3 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-01 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL55 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 12, 2009 [...] Pyongyang Wants Envoy at Obama's Inauguration (JoongAng Ilbo, January 12, 2009, Front Page) 2. Ambassador Stephens: "Obama Will Take a Package Approach toward North Korea's Nuclear Dismantlement and the Establishment of Diplomatic Ties" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 10, 2009, Page 8) Top Headlin [...] | 2009-01-12 06:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL68 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 14, 2009 [...] Why Is U.S. Attacking ROK Cars Only? (JoongAng Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. U.S. Replaces Apache Helicopters Not with A-10 Aircrafts But with F-16 Fighter Jets, Leaving a Possible Military Vacuum (Dong-a Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 10) 3. North Korea's Double-faced St [...] | 2009-01-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL7 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09STATE100749 | FAYYAD PRESENTS INSTITUTION-BUILDING PLAN AT AHLC [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the United States and more than 20 donor countries joined Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for a September 22 meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at United Nations headquarters in New York. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere, who chaire [...] | 2009-09-28 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PREL PGOV WBG EU IS |
| 09STATE112828 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 15, South African Justice Richard Goldstone released the report of his fact-finding Mission into alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the fighting between Hamas [...] | 2009-11-02 17:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL |
| 09STATE11937 | (U) Secretary Clinton's February 5, 2009 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met on February 5 for 30 minutes in their first bilateral meeting. The warm and open exchange followed a one-on-one working lunch and preceded a 20-minute press conference. The two agreed to coordinate closely on a wid [...] | 2009-02-10 03:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL KPAL FR IR RS |
| 09STATE1216 | TRAVEL ALERT - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens that the Israel Defense Force (IDF) is engaged in a military operation against terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. This operation began on December 27, 2008, with aerial and naval bombardment, and expanded on January 3, 2009, to include gro [...] | 2009-01-06 23:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE |
| 09STATE124988 | DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN-IRANIAN JOINT BANKING VENTURE [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Media reports from September 30, 2009, indicated the Syrian Central Bank issued a license for the formation of a new bank called Aman Bank (originally called the Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB)) (reftel [...] | 2009-12-07 16:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY |
| 09STATE131801 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ACTION REQUEST FOR SENIOR [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para 3. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In August 2009, Special Representative to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan (S/SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in coordination with the Department of Treasury established the interagency Illicit Finance Task Fo [...] | 2009-12-30 13:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK KU AE QA SA |
| 09STATE13432 | TRAVEL WARNING - SYRIA [...] This Travel Warning warns U.S. citizens of ongoing safety and security concerns in Syria. American citizens are urged to consider carefully the risks of travel to Syria and to take adequate precautions to ensure their safety. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Syria issued on April 15, 20 [...] | 2009-02-13 00:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC SY |
| 09STATE17313 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, February 25, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-9 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 10-13 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 14-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 32-40 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 41-52 7. (U) Iraq [...] | 2009-02-25 04:59:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 09STATE1985 | DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO DELAY APPROVAL OF THE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary. Department requests action addresses to urge host governments and EU officials at the highest appropriate levels to withhold approval of the EU-Syrian Association Agreement. The EU and the Syrian government (SARG) initia [...] | 2009-01-08 21:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY |
| 09STATE2008 | GUIDANCE: GA SPECIAL SESSION ON THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) At the request of the Non-Aligned Movement, the UN General Assembly may hold on January 8 or 9 a resumption of its Emergency Special Session on "Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory." This emergency session last convened o [...] | 2009-01-08 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA UNSC PREL IS SY KPAL |
| 09STATE26756 | (U) Secretary Clinton's March 18, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman. Reason: 1.4 (b)and(d) 2. (U) March 18, 2008; 15:30; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Maria Sisk, NEA Desk Officer (no [...] | 2009-03-20 00:59:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY IR BA PREL PTER PGOV |
| 09STATE3120 | DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR THE JANUARY 16 ARAB [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) At the request of Qatar, the Arab League has called an Emergency Ministerial meeting on January 16 in Kuwait to discuss the situation in Gaza. This meeting of foreign ministers precedes the Kuwait- [...] | 2009-01-13 00:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF |
| 09STATE3778 | GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS, REMARKS FOR [...] USUN may draw from the following remarks during an January 14 open debate regarding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Guidance regarding a draft PRST on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict will follow septel. 2. Begin suggested remarks: Mr. President: On behalf [...] | 2009-01-14 18:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC |
| 09STATE43054 | U.S. MESSAGES ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] (SBU) The U.S. remains committed to comprehensive peace in the Middle East, including the two-state solution, and to an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict as soon as possible. To this end, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell recently completed a 9-day trip to the Middle East and [...] | 2009-04-28 23:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG AL EU RU IS |
| 09STATE4358 | TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK, AND [...] This Travel Warning updates U.S. citizens on the risks of traveling to Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and about threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security factors when planning travel t [...] | 2009-01-15 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE |
| 09STATE46591 | GUIDANCE: UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in the Security Council debate on the Middle East scheduled for May 11, and for its public statements about the debate. 2. (U) Talking points: -- Thank the Secret [...] | 2009-05-07 16:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL IS LE KPAL |
| 09STATE737 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST SESSION, JANUARY 6 [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during an open session of the Security Council on the Middle East likely to be scheduled for January 6. 2. (U) Talking points. -- Mr. President, the United States has been working around the clock to [...] | 2009-01-06 00:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL MOPS IS KPAL |
| 09STATE79299 | WORLDWIDE CAUTION [...] The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against American citizens and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instab [...] | 2009-07-29 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC |
| 09STATE84876 | TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK, AND [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and about threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security factors when planning travel [...] | 2009-08-14 15:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE |
| 09STATE9230 | WORLDWIDE CAUTION [...] This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instability and social unrest. The armed conflict b [...] | 2009-02-02 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC |
| 09STOCKHOLM4 | SWEDES TO PROVIDE $10 MILLION TO UNRWA'S GAZA [...] (SBU) On January 7, Poloff and Econoff shared reftel points with Fredrik Floren, Deputy Director for Levant Affairs & North Africa, Middle East and North Africa Department, at the Swedish MFA. Floren confirmed that Sweden will donate $10 million in humanitarian and development assistance. He [...] | 2009-01-07 12:55:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM691 | SWEDISH LEFT PARTY'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS: TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, MP Hans Linde, the Left Party's foreign affairs spokesman, gave poloff a preview of his party's policy priorities, including on labor rights and Afghanistan -- two issues which are obstacles to consensus within the opposition Red-Green Coalition. Coalition parties [...] | 2009-11-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN AF SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM86 | SWEDISH OPPOSITION LEADER ON PARTY'S FUTURE, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Senior career diplomat, UN mediator and Social Democratic Party (SDP) elder Jan Eliasson met with CDA on February 8 to discuss the Transatlantic Partnership, Iran, Israel, Russia and Swedish domestic politics. He made the following points: -- U.S. and EU should deepen relations [...] | 2009-02-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU IR IS RU SU SW |
| 09TELAVIV1105 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1115 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 10:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1171 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "How We Beat Obama" Senior op-ed writer Akiva Eldar commented in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (6/1): "Let's agree that Obama in his naivete really has become preoccupied with inconsequential matters, such as a handful o [...] | 2009-06-01 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV12 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1218 | IDF WEST BANK COMMANDER SHAMNI BRIEFS THE [...] (C) Summary. Major General Gaddi Shamni, the commander of the IDF's Western Command, briefed the Ambassador June 4 on what he termed the development of relations of cooperation and mutual trust between his coammnd and the PA Security Forces at all levels over the past year. Shamni described [...] | 2009-06-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON KWBG IS |
| 09TELAVIV1221 | TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETING, APRIL 21, [...] (C) Summary. With the U.S. as chair, the Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met in Tel Aviv April 21, to facilitate technical discussions on current Israeli and Palestinian water issues. This was the first meeting held since June 2008. The discussion revolved around the general lack [...] | 2009-06-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KWBG IS |
| 09TELAVIV1226 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "NetanyahuQs Moment" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (6/8): QFaster than expected, the Prime Minister has reached the moment when he must decide between adhering to his outdated political platform and advanci [...] | 2009-06-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV124 | GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 16, 1200 [...] (S) As of 1100 local on January 16, the USDAO had reported that Israeli heavy armor and mechanized forces were moving into southern Gaza from the Sufa and Kerem Shalom crossings, moves which suggest a ground operation is in the making in the vicinity of the Philadelphi corridor. The Israeli [...] | 2009-01-16 10:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PINS PINR KWBG EG LE IS KPAL CASC |
| 09TELAVIV126 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Gaza Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and other media reported on feverish efforts to achieve a cease-fire by this weekend. Israel Radio reported that Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry's political-se [...] | 2009-01-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1340 | LIBERMAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW AND MINSK PART OF GOI [...] (S) Summary. The MFA's readout on Foreign Minister Liberman's June 2-3 visit to Moscow closely tracked with Embassy Moscow reftel, but with some interesting differences of nuance: the Israelis stated that Liberman's outreach to the Russians represents a new foreign policy priority for Israe [...] | 2009-06-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON MASS RU IR IS |
| 09TELAVIV138 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast Summary: -------- Veteran journalist Eitan Haber wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "[And] we,in our little corner, in the Middle East, in Israel, are tensely waiting to see whether you will continue the tradition of American presidents of the pas [...] | 2009-01-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1502 | GOI'S NEW TERROR FINANCE DESIGNATION STRATEGY [...] (C) GOI officials outlined significant changes in Israel's approach to terror finance designations to a USG delegation on June 30-July 1. The Israelis described new efforts to engage previously designated entities (mostly charitable NGOs) to encourage reform and increase funding to legitimate [...] | 2009-07-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN IS |
| 09TELAVIV1574 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 10:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1688 | PM A/S SHAPIRO'S JULY 22-23 VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a number of GOI officials on July 22-23 to stress the importance of the U.S.-Israeli political-military relationship, and to discuss among other issues Israel's Qualitative Military Edge (QME). GOI interlocutors [...] | 2009-07-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR SA LE IS |
| 09TELAVIV1732 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mieast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------ Key stories in the media ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Washington issued another diplomatic protest over Israeli conduct in East Jerusalem on Monday, its second in as many weeks. Assistant Sec [...] | 2009-08-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1783 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1802 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Israeli and Hamas spokespeople have presented conflicting reports on progress in the talks about the possible release of Gilad Shalit. YediotQs Arab affairs corres [...] | 2009-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV1862 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet that he would like to resume direct negotiations with the PA following the U.N. Genera [...] | 2009-08-24 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2036 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV206 | ISRAELI THINKING ON LEBANON ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: From January 1-10, Poloff and visiting NEA Lebanon desk officer Matthew Irwin discussed Lebanon in meetings with Israeli MFA, MOD, and NSC officials, as well as local academics and journalists. Overall the meetings confirmed that Israel shares the goal of supporting Lebanese mod [...] | 2009-01-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY IR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2118 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech delivered by PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday. The PM blasted IranQs nuclear program and the welcome Presi [...] | 2009-09-25 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2164 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the deal reportedly brokered by Germany and Egypt, in which Hamas will give Israel tomorrow a video recording proving that Gilad Shalit is alive. In exchange Israel will [...] | 2009-10-01 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2362 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that yesterday President Obama marked the fifteenth anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. He was quoted as saying: [...] | 2009-10-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV241 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2499 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Committee approved a plan to build 900 housing units in the cityQs southeastern neighborhood of Gilo. Leading media repor [...] | 2009-11-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2526 | GOI INTERAGENCY DISCUSSION ON TURKEY [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 15, Israeli officials told NSC Senior Director Dan Shapiro during a GOI interagency briefing hosted by National Security Advisor Uzi Arad, that they believe Turkey is engaged in an ongoing strategic realignment towards the Middle East and away from the West, and that t [...] | 2009-11-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MARR TU IS |
| 09TELAVIV2575 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2580 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at an economic conference that the 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in the West Bank is a one-time, temporary deal, and [...] | 2009-12-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2648 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the KnessetQs Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Syria is now willing to negotiate without p [...] | 2009-12-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV2670 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the QGolan Heights and Jerusalem Referendum BillQ is expected to return to the Knesset plenum for a key vote, after a late-nig [...] | 2009-12-09 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV273 | ISRAEL'S REACTION TO MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE [...] (SBU) Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have exchanged numerous salvos over the past week, but the unilateral cease-fires that brought an end to major hostilities in the Gaza Strip on January 18 have not fully unraveled. Tensions flared on January 27 when a roadside bomb struck an Isr [...] | 2009-02-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS LE KWBG IS |
| 09TELAVIV2812 | ISRAEL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Four Israeli citizens were ki [...] | 2009-12-24 11:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IS |
| 09TELAVIV2851 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Hayom reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell is slated to arrive in Israel next Thursday. The reported purpose of his visit [...] | 2009-12-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV29 | GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1800 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Israel continues to press forward intensely with Operation Cast Lead while Israeli officials rebuff diplomatic entreaties to enter into a short-term cease-fire with Hamas that would restore the status quo ante. Prime Minister Olmert reiterated Israel's demands that Hamas ceas [...] | 2009-01-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PREF PINR KWBG PINS MOPS IS LE EG |
| 09TELAVIV344 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the election campaign on its last day. All media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying yesterday for the first time that he endorses Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...] | 2009-02-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV347 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the election campaign on its last day. All media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying yesterday for the first time that he endorses Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...] | 2009-02-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV36 | SENATOR SPECTER DISCUSSES GAZA, SYRIA, AND IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) and the Ambassador on December 29, 2008 met with Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Likud Party Knesset Members Silvan Shalom and Yuval Steinitz. Netanyahu conveyed his support for Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, adding that the long-r [...] | 2009-01-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG SY IR IS |
| 09TELAVIV415 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Shimon Peres intends to wrap up his consultations today with the 12 political parties that earned seats in the incoming Knesset toward the formation of a new gove [...] | 2009-02-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV449 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Formation of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relayed messages to Israel in the past week expressing anger at obstacles Israel is placing to the [...] | 2009-02-25 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV459 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Politics 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted top advisers to PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday that he is expected to lobby Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week against U [...] | 2009-02-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV682 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that on Saturday night police sappers disarmed a powerful 100-kg bomb in a car outside HaifaQs Lev Hamifratz shopping mall, thwarting a potential terrori [...] | 2009-03-23 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV752 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 10:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09TELAVIV935 | DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK: EXPERIENCED ASSET FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Binyamin Netanyahu's government settles in, it benefits from the continuity provided by Defense Minister and Labor party leader Ehud Barak, who served the same role in former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government. Barak brings valued military experience and leadership at a [...] | 2009-04-28 08:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS |
| 09TELAVIV966 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz cited the concern of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's aides that President Obama will "surprise" the Prime Minister with unanticipated ideas and demands at the [...] | 2009-05-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 09THEHAGUE572 | NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally share U.S. views on the agenda items for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Dutch are concerned about how to respond to Judge Goldstone's report on Israel and Russia's proposal to review the HRC process. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) DUTCH SUPPORT [...] | 2009-09-21 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PHUM PREL NL |
| 09TOKYO1162 | TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
| 09TOKYO1163 | TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG [...] (C) Begin text of Scenesetter: Mr. Deputy Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan will continue to be a close friend and partner, but our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challeng [...] | 2009-05-21 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
| 09TOKYO1270 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-07 22:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO218 | TWO IRANIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Iranians officials, Senior Advisor to the President Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and Foreign Ministry Spokesman and Special Advisor to the Minister Hassan Qashqavi, recently paid separate visits to Tokyo to push Tehran's views on the situation in Gaza and in the wider Middle East [...] | 2009-01-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KWBG KNNP IR JA |
| 09TOKYO317 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso, Foreign Minister Nakasone and Defense Minister Hamada are eager to see you to discuss our new Administration's foreign policy and ways to improve our global and regional partnership. That your first stop on your first overseas trip i [...] | 2009-02-10 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
| 09TOKYO478 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO599 | JAPAN-IRAN: VISIT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL TO TOKYO; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Oceania Nematollah Izadi visited Tokyo March 9-12 for semi-annual Director General-level meetings. His discussions with counterpart Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Toshiro Suzuki and Deputy Minister [...] | 2009-03-18 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR CASC AF IR JA |
| 09TUNIS14 | TUNISIAN "STREET" VENTS ANGER OVER GAZA [...] (C) Anger in the Tunisian "street" continues to increase over civilian casualties in Gaza, and the GOT is taking measures to show that it is not out of step. President Ben Ali again expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza, and was credited with identifying with their plight in a key Frid [...] | 2009-01-09 18:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL TS |
| 09TUNIS2 | GAZA: TUNISIAN REACTIONS INTENSIFYING [...] (C) The Tunisian reaction against the continued Israeli air strikes in Gaza is becoming stronger. In separate statements, Ben Ali called for an immediate end to the aggression against the Palestinian people in his New Year's speech, and the Chamber of Advisors condemned the raids as "crimes [...] | 2009-01-02 17:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TS |
| 09TUNIS24 | SCREWS TIGHTEN ON PRIVATE TUNISIAN TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: At a December 17 dinner with the Ambassador and again at at January 9 private meeting, the director general of Tunisia's first and only private broadcast and satellite TV station detailed ongoing government interference and a surprise tax judgement against the station of almost U [...] | 2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | TS KPAO ECPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS567 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...] | 2009-04-16 14:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1046 | UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on November 2 - 3. The Commissioner General of UNRWA opened the debate [...] | 2009-11-17 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAL PHUM PREL PREF KWBG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1073 | UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...] | 2009-11-25 23:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK114 | SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...] | 2009-02-11 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK |
| 09USUNNEWYORK159 | UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...] | 2009-02-19 22:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK185 | 1267 COMMITTEE LAUNCHES WORK ON MAJOR NEW TASKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council's 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions) has recently begun two workload-intensive tasks mandated in resolution 1822 (2008) to address deficiencies in the fairness and clarity of the Committee's procedures. The first task directed the Committee to compl [...] | 2009-02-27 10:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK219 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: During their introductory meeting on March 3, Ambassador Rice and Saudi PermRep Khalid Al-Nafisee discussed Saudi Arabia's progress on the Interfaith Dialogue, the Lebanon Tribunal and Gaza, recognition of Kosovo, and relations with Iraq and Iran. Al-Nafisee was keen to emphasiz [...] | 2009-03-05 22:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XF ZP |
| 09USUNNEWYORK222 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS MOROCCAN PERMREP LOULICHKI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and Moroccan PermRep Mohammed Loulichki on March 5 held their introductory meeting and discussed the Western Sahara, Human Rights Council, and Durban Review Conference. Loulichki spoke at length about human rights, insisting that the inclusion of human rights lan [...] | 2009-03-09 15:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XI XF KPAL WI MARR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK328 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...] | 2009-03-27 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK [...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...] | 2009-04-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK468 | GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon transmitted to the Security Council on May 5 his letter and summary of the Board of Inquiry's conclusions and recommendations into nine incidents involving the UN in Gaza between December 2008 and January 2009. The Security Council will discuss in inf [...] | 2009-05-07 15:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK618 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE [...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...] | 2009-06-25 02:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT |
| 09VIENNA1589 | AUSTRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. Introduction and General Assessment ----------------------------------- 2. Accordin [...] | 2009-12-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU |
| 09WARSAW1093 | POLISH FM SIKORSKI'S MISSION TO MIDDLE EAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official characterized FM Sikorski's October 19-20 trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as an "information gathering" mission to help Poland prepare for its EU presidency in the second half of 2011. Although Poland will continue to engage Israelis and Pal [...] | 2009-10-28 06:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IS PL PREL |
| 10AMMAN323 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman warmly welcomes your visit, which will allow us to engage the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the highest levels. We have requested an audience with King Abdullah and confirmed meetings with the Foreign Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperatio [...] | 2010-02-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JO |
| 10AMMAN329 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN ADM [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The Chairman's visit comes at a time when Jordan has made significant contributions both in Afghanistan and to broader regional security: encouraging Syria to seek a moderate Arab alternative to Iranian influence, maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli- [...] | 2010-02-08 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS OVIP JO |
| 10AMMAN454 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Senator John Kerry. We have confirmed meetings with King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY CONTINUED: The end of 2009 was marked with a flurry of political changes in Jordan, with the Kin [...] | 2010-02-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JO |
| 10AMMAN459 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (S//NF) Summary: Mr. Vice President, Embassy Amman warmly welcomes you to Jordan. As you arrive, Jordan continues to face some of the most troubling challenges of King Abdullah's 10-year reign. Jordan has been hit hard by the global economic slowdown and is heavily aid-dependent. The pared- [...] | 2010-02-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP EAID PGOV PREL JO |
| 10ANKARA3 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WASSERMAN SCHULTZ [...] (SBU) Welcome to Ankara. Your visit comes one month after Prime Minister Erdogan and President Obama met for three hours, an event that received a warm reception in the Turkish press. The two leaders discussed our countries' close collaboration on Afghanistan, convincing Iran to give up its [...] | 2010-01-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA302 | U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S [...] (C) Summary: During February 18 "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" meetings in Ankara, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- Appealed for "simultaneity" between Armenian Protocols ratification and the Minsk Process; -- Registered increasing GoT dissatisfaction with Iraqi PM Mal [...] | 2010-02-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU |
| 10BEIRUT115 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 JOINT MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 10-12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington are the second in the series of bilateral military discussions that began in October 2008 (reftel). As Lebanon emerges from 2009's six-month struggle to form the new national unity government, the JMC will [...] | 2010-02-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER KPKO PINR SY IS LE |
| 10BEIRUT123 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...] | 2010-02-05 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR |
| 10BERLIN190 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, U.S.-SYRIA, DUBAI-MOSSAD, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Relations, Dalai Lama 3. (U.S.-Syria) Washington Sends New Ambassador 4. (Dubai) Killing Of Hamas Arms Dealer 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.) New Nuclear Power Plants 7. (EU-Greece) Euro  [...] | 2010-02-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH SY XF UP ENRG EMS |
| 10CAIRO179 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Director Mueller, I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our strong law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the auspices of Minister of Interior Habib Al Adly (we have reques [...] | 2010-02-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
| 10CAIRO181 | Scenesetter for Admiral Mullen [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Since your last visit, the U.S. and Egypt initiated a senior-level Strategic Dialogue that built upon the improved bilateral atmosphere following President Obama's June 2009 speech in Cairo. We have seen improved cooperation in multilateral fora, in addition to close c [...] | 2010-02-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PARM ETTC EG |
| 10CAIRO235 | A/S POSNER PRESSES GOE OFFICIALS ON THE EMERGENCY LAW [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) In January 12-14 meetings, A/S Posner stressed that U.S. human rights policy is based on principled engagement, universal standards and a recognition that reform will come from internal actors. In all instances, he cited President Obama's announcement on his second day [...] | 2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF EG |
| 10CAIRO64 | EGYPT'S EMERGENCY LAW AND ITS BROAD USES [...] KEY POINTS -- Egypt's State of Emergency, in effect almost continuously since 1967, allows for the application of the 1958 Emergency Law, which grants the GOE broad powers to arrest individuals without charge and to detain them indefinitely. -- The Emergency Law creates state security cour [...] | 2010-01-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KIRF ELAB EG |
| 10DAMASCUS159 | SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ATTENDS CT DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a surprise appearance, Syrian General Intelligence Director (GID) General Ali Mamlouk attended a February 18 meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad and a U.S. delegation led by S/CT Coordinator Daniel Benjamin. Miqdad explained Mamlouk had joined the meeting at th [...] | 2010-02-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
| 10DAMASCUS8 | CODEL GREGG'S DECEMBER 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: In a frank one-hour meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, Senators Gregg, Bayh, Specter, Enzi, Cornyn, and Klobuchar affirmed Washington's interest in better U.S.-Syrian relations and pushed Asad to take positive steps as well. The senators urged Syria to move forward on [...] | 2010-01-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL IR LE IZ SY |
| 10DOHA52 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Chairman, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and Prime Minister on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic Forum. You would be the first Congressional visitor to meet in Doha with Qatari officials since Speaker Pelosi in M [...] | 2010-02-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL OVIP OREP KWBG KPAL QA |
| 10DOHA71 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...] | 2010-02-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA |
| 10JERUSALEM148 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE WEST [...] Obtain temporary copy of certificate of registration from the Ministry. 2. Deposit initial capital, which is 25 percent of the capital plus official bank fees (1/1000 of stated capital). 3. Obtain signature of the required documents by a local lawyer. 4. Register with the commercial Regist [...] | 2010-01-25 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC KWBG |
| 10JERUSALEM156 | GAZA BRANCHES OF PALESTINIAN BANKS TURN AWAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian bank branches in Gaza have been turning away large Israeli Shekel (NIS)-denominated deposits, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),Gazan merchants, and Palestinian bankers. Contacts in the gas sector in Gaza voiced concerns that they may not have eno [...] | 2010-01-26 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM185 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESSES GAZA ELECTRIC [...] (C) Summary. In a calculated move to decrease its financial burdens and increase the fiscal sustainability of the Gaza Strip's only electrical power plant, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is cutting back its payments for the plant's industrial fuel. The PA's goal is to press the Gaza Electr [...] | 2010-01-29 20:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREF ENRG GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM187 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS, WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the end of the war in Gaza, the coastal territory remains in a challenging humanitarian situation, with modest improvements in access for humanitarian and commercial goods. The average number of monthly shipments into Gaza increased by nine percent in 2009 com [...] | 2010-01-29 21:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREF GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM330 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW MEETS PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: During his February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Planning Ali Jarbawi described the PA's development project planning process and his ministry's donor coordination role. Jarbawi stressed the importance of easing restrictio [...] | 2010-02-23 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM332 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETINGS WITH UNRWA [...] (SBU) During his February 19 visit to the Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank, Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew toured the camp's UNRWA health clinic and discussed UNRWA's operations with UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General Margot Ellis, Deputy Director for G [...] | 2010-02-23 17:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL KWBG IS LE |
| 10LONDON148 | UK DOMESTIC TERRORIST FINANCE REVIEW [...] (S/NF) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) has been leading HMG efforts to review its domestic terrorist finance designations, subsequent to agreements HMT made with UK courts and the European Commission, in 2008. USG assistance in the form of a TDY secondment from U.S. Treasury to HMT in November 2009, pl [...] | 2010-01-22 15:22:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETTC UK |
| 10LONDON19 | (S/NF) UK: NO ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY HAMAS ARM; DIFFICULT INTERPAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 17:16:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON KTFN PTER UK |
| 10MOSCOW161 | FM LAVROV'S ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY REPORT [...] (C) Summary. On January 22, FM Lavrov held his annual press conference on Russian foreign policy, covering a wide range of issues such as START, missile defense, Patriot missiles in Poland, Iran, the Middle East, European security and Haiti. He highlighted areas of friction with the west on [...] | 2010-01-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS IR HA |
| 10PRETORIA304 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DIFFICULT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Dov Segev-Steinberg told Ambassador Gips in a meeting in February 3 that relations between his country and South Africa remain difficult despite Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ebrahim's desire to be a broker for peace in the [...] | 2010-02-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF |
| 10RIYADH182 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to Saudi Arabia, which, by virtue of its historical and cultural ties to Central Asia; personal relationships between Saudi, Afghani and Pakistani leaders; financial power; and leadership of the Muslim world, can play a central role in im [...] | 2010-02-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KTFN SA AF PK |
| 10STATE12997 | WORLDWIDE CAUTION [...] The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps [...] | 2010-02-12 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC |
| 10STATE13750 | READOUT OF JANUARY 20 U.S.-FRANCE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On January 20, 2010, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Defense Under Secretary for Policy Michele Flournoy hosted the third U.S.-France Strategic Dialogue with counterparts Jacques Audibert and Michel Miraillet. Discussions focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan, NATO Reform, Missile [...] | 2010-02-17 03:09:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS FR IR TU |
| 10STATE15722 | GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Embassy Suva for Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Embassy Libreville for Gabon and Sao Tome. Embassy Port Moresby for Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Embassy Port Louis for Seychelles only. Embassy Koror for Palau only. Embas [...] | 2010-02-22 00:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PHUM UNGA |
| 10STATE15856 | (S) TURKISH FIRMS ENGAGED IN MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 7. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information about several transactions involving Turkish firms planning to export and import from Iran arms and related material controlled by the Wassenaar Ar [...] | 2010-02-22 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU IR |
| 10STATE16231 | USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 3-4. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold its 13th regular session in Geneva on March 1-26, 2010. The first week of the session will be a high-level segment; Under-Secretary for Democracy and Global Af [...] | 2010-02-23 01:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN |
| 10STATE16233 | USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 3-4. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold its 13th regular session in Geneva on March 1-26, 2010. The first week of the session will be a high-level segment; Under-Secretary for Democracy and Global Af [...] | 2010-02-23 01:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN |
| 10STATE16234 | USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 3-4. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold its 13th regular session in Geneva on March 1-26, 2010. The first week of the session will be a high-level segment; Under-Secretary for Democracy and Global Af [...] | 2010-02-23 01:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN |
| 10STATE16235 | USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 3-4. SUMMARY -------------- 2. (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold its 13th regular session in Geneva on March 1-26, 2010. The first week of the session will be a high-level segment; Under Secretary for Democr [...] | 2010-02-23 01:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN |
| 10STATE16236 | USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 3-4. SUMMARY -------------- 2. (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold its 13th regular session in Geneva on March 1-26, 2010. The first week of the session will be a high-level segment; Under Secretary for Democrac [...] | 2010-02-23 01:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN |
| 10TELAVIV101 | REP. HASTINGS DISCUSSES HAITI AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Concluding his 14th trip to Israel in 18 years, Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL 23rd district) told Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon that he is leaving Israel this time more optimistically than when he left in December 2008. He added that the U.S. Administration [...] | 2010-01-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KBWG HA IS |
| 10TELAVIV107 | CODEL HASTINGS' MEETING WITH PM NETANYAHU [...] (S) Summary. Representative Alcee Hastings met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 10. Their discussion covered the CODEL's meetings in the region, Iran, and the PM's views on starting negotiations with the Palestinians. Netanyahu expr [...] | 2010-01-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV118 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell c [...] | 2010-01-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10TELAVIV250 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at a joint press conference with visiting Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi that the resumption of talks over a pris [...] | 2010-02-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10TELAVIV279 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV |
| 10TELAVIV290 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that following heavy international pressure, PA President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to the U.S. proposal to hold talks with Israel -- in the format of indirect negotiations con [...] | 2010-02-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10TELAVIV343 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday leading media reported that Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel next week. Israel Hayom and other media reported that yesterday at Jerusalem [...] | 2010-02-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10TELAVIV360 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...] | 2010-02-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10TELAVIV362 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...] | 2010-02-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10TELAVIV379 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...] | 2010-02-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG IS |
| 10TELAVIV418 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak will leave for the U.S. Tuesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the possible reviving of talks with the Palestinians. Barak decided to mak [...] | 2010-02-23 08:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 10USUNNEWYORK55 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...] | 2010-01-29 23:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE |
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