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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00HANOI686VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION
[...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...]
2000-04-05 07:48:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL
00TASHKENT4223KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES
[...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]
2000-11-02 11:55:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER RU AF UZ
01ABUJA1006 Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy
[...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...]
2001-05-07 10:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS ECON NI
01CARACAS182CHAVEZ AND COLOMBIA: IT WON'T GET BETTER
[...] (C) THE RIVALRY BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING, WITH ROOTS REACHING BACK AS FAR AS THE BREAK- UP OF GRAN COLOMBIA INTO SEPARATE STATES. OVER THE YEARS, THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES - AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES - MANIFESTED ITSELF AS A PER [...]
2001-01-22 20:56:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL VE CO
01HARARE1955 LETTER FROM ZIMBABWEAN FM MUDENGE TO SECRETARY
[...] (U) ON JUNE 19, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE SIPDIS CONVOKED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF TO DELIVER A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO SECRETARY POWELL. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL HAS BEEN POUCHED TO AF/S. THE TEXT OF THE LE [...]
2001-06-19 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC ZI
01HARARE2397MUGABE HEWS TO HARD LINE IN HEROES' DAY
[...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NATIONAL HEROES' DAY ADDRESS TO A LARGE BUT LISTLESS CROWD AT HEROES' ACRE WAS DEFIANT IN TONE AND UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. MUGABE LAMBASTED THE BRITISH FOR THEIR HISTORICAL SINS AND TOOK AIM AT THE U.S. OVER THE SENATE PASSAGE OF ZDERA. HE TALLIED UP FIGURES FOR LAND [...]
2001-08-14 11:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UK US ZI
02ABUJA1725NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...]
2002-06-07 12:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA2787NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...]
2002-10-03 18:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA2990NIGERIA: YORUBA TRADITIONAL RULER SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Ooni of Ife declared that Nigeria would disintegrate if President Obasanjo were not reelected. The most influential Yoruba traditional ruler, Ooni Sijuwade claimed that the desire of Northern politicians to control national [...]
2002-11-01 15:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02AMMAN2696MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-28 08:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3910JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-16 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3934JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-17 11:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02HANOI2612 VIETNAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02612 01 OF 02 300231Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM WILL BE ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR EFFORTS TO DEEPEN OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...]
2002-10-30 02:22:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR
02KATHMANDU2057SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948
[...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...]
2002-10-30 05:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL
02LAGOS146SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]
2002-12-07 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI
02LAGOS76SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]
2002-12-07 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
03ABUDHABI1356 MEDIA REACTION: WAR WITH IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ CONTINUES TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS VOICE OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN "AL- KHALEEJ' EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE WAR SYMBOLIZES A DEFEAT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. [...]
2003-03-21 09:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1992 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECRETARIAL VISIT EXPLOSIONS IN
[...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, CIVILIAN DEATHS DUE TO AN ARMS DUMP EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, AND ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN "AL BAYAN," UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN CRITICIZED ANY 'EXCUSES' GIVEN FOR T [...]
2003-04-28 08:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI896 MEDIA REACTION: RICHARD PERLE, IRAQ, AND UAE UNSC
[...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUE TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A 2/23 INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PERLE WHO SAID THAT "NO ONE HAS HARMED ARAB INTERESTS AS MUCH AS HE" (IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN). EDITORIALS PRAISED [...]
2003-02-24 10:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ADANA28 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-29 11:50:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1517MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-12 14:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1735MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-23 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2132IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...]
2003-04-08 16:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03AMMAN2928MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-19 11:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7276MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-06 13:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN8050MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-10 12:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN859ONE IRAQI HOPES FOR WAR WHILE JORDANIANS PROTEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the weekend of January 31, which saw a large Jordanian anti-war protest (ref),political FSN spoke at length with a middle aged Iraqi woman, who fumed about the hypocrisy of her Arab brethren and hoped that war would soon sweep away Saddam and the misery besetting her [...]
2003-02-06 16:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IZ JO PHUM SOCI
03AMMAN876SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-09 11:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03ANKARA1201ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Karpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up their autonomous administration. In exchange for Karpaz, Turkish side will give territory from the Guzelyurt region, to Greek side 2. Greek Cypriots who migrate from south to n [...]
2003-02-24 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4318ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-10 04:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA87ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-03 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03COLOMBO1888 MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE
[...] On 11/1 the LTTE unveiled its long-await response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals (see septel). The LTTE counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous press coverage. Some headlines covered straightforward reportage: "LTTE hands over IA proposals; copies to President and par [...]
2003-11-03 11:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO396MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ
[...] Independent English weekly lay out "repercussions to the economies in this and many other parts of the world" On 3/9 an editorial in the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekly),"Gulf War and US," described the negative effects of another Gulf war on the Sri Lankan economy. The editorial [...]
2003-03-10 09:47:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO909 Sri Lanka's foreign policy: Prime Minister
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since coming to power, PM Wickremesinghe has taken steps to steer Sri Lankan foreign policy closer to the U.S. In doing this, he has had successes, including the signing of an ICC waiver with the U.S. and in regard to Iraq where the GSL steered a constructive course. Moreover, o [...]
2003-05-29 10:14:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CE UN
03HARARE1222MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...]
2003-06-16 11:59:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP ZI
03HARARE1377MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA;
[...] Weekend editorials continue to focus on President Bush's first trip to Africa. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Rude awakening awaits Bush" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" (06/29) comments: "The announcement that U. S. President George W. [...]
2003-07-08 09:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1405MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA;
[...] Under headline "U. S. has a role to play in solving Zimbabwe crisis" the July 10 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op-ed by Marko Phiri, political commentator, in which he advocates for a United States involvement in resolvi [...]
2003-07-10 08:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1437MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA;
[...] President George W. Bush's visit to five nations in Africa remains a sizzling issue in the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. An epigrammatic sample of some of the articles, op-ed and opinion pieces follow: 2. Under headline "Cyclone Bush hits Africa" the [...]
2003-07-15 09:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1478MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICAL;
[...] Under headline "U. S. crop subsidies disadvantage African farmers" the July 20 edition of the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" carried the following article by Mbongeni Mguni, in which he criticizes President George W. Bush for dodging t [...]
2003-07-23 11:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1838MEDIA REACTION CUBA/ZIM/U. S. RELATIONS; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Cuba, Zimbabwe lead the way" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 7 editorial to demonizing the West, especially the United States and Britain, for allegedly maltreating Cuba and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: [...]
2003-09-15 05:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1979MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR U. N. REFORM; HARARE
[...] Under headline "The U. N. must reform or die" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" (circulation 50,000 - 60,000) dedicated its September 28 editorial to call for the restructuring of the United Nations. The editorial comes hard on the heels of Robert Mugabe' [...]
2003-09-30 11:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2044DISASTER DECLARATION FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] The Ambassador has determined that the severe and complex political, economic, social and humanitarian crises facing Zimbabwe continue to be of sufficient magnitude to warrant USG assistance and is therefore exercising the disaster assistance authority, as per Reftel B and 2 FAM-061-062, in de [...]
2003-10-09 14:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE678 Zimbabwean Media and Public Opinion on War in
[...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of efforts by both government-owned and privately owned media to spin war news for local political purposes, the conflict in Iraq remains a distant concern for the great majority of Zimbabweans. Public opinion is quietly anti-war and tends t [...]
2003-04-07 06:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI IZ
03ISTANBUL776TURKISH ARMED FORCES DEPUTY AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Declaring at a globalization conference that the Turkish military is not against Turkey's pursuit of EU membership, deputy chief of the TGS Buyukanit further qualified the military's stance with a series of reservations and an indirect but clear set of jabs at the U.S. End summar [...]
2003-05-31 09:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03KATHMANDU2163NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE, LEADERSHIP ELABORATE ON
[...] (SBU) Recent public announcements by Nepal's Maoist leaders indicate an awareness of the movement's dwindling popular support and a continuing attempt to explain ideologically their failure to win power. For example, following the recent Maoist Politburo meeting (Reftel),the Maoists have po [...]
2003-11-05 05:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL NP
03KUWAIT1048KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]
2003-03-23 17:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1177KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 30: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB
[...] SUMMARY: Media commentary reflects a sense of alienation and resentment vis-a-vis Kuwait's Arab League confreres. Demonstrations were held this week in front of the Libyan and Syrian embassies in Kuwait, and a proposal now before the National Assembly calls for parliamentary approval of any f [...]
2003-03-31 15:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2908KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...]
2003-06-30 16:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3186KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW
[...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...]
2003-07-16 15:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4433 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-24 14:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03OTTAWA610 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "A volley of propaganda" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis wrote in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (3/3): "...[W]hat I dislike even more than Saddam's nasty regime are government lies and propaganda. Since 9/11, Americans have been subjected to the most intense propaganda campa [...]
2003-03-06 16:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03TEGUCIGALPA748 HONDURAN ATMOSPHERICS - IRAQ
[...] Moderate Daily El Heraldo 3/22 - Article on a forum for students on the conflict in Iraq sponsored by the youth of the Democratic Unification Party (a leftist party made up of the remnants of the Socialists and Communist parties of the 1980s). Among the speakers was Carlos Reyes of the Bloque [...]
2003-03-25 18:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO PA
04ABUDHABI2074 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGES THAT U.S. PRACTI OF USING IRAQI OIL REVENUES TO FINANCE ITS OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS NOT SOMETHING NEW. THE STRONGLY WORDED EDITORIAL ASSERTS THAT U.S.OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS CONDUCTED TO CONTROL IRAQ'S RESOURCE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING IRAQ AS A LAUNC [...]
2004-06-23 12:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ADANA105SYRIAC CHRISTIANS, SOME DEHAP MAYORS SKEPTICAL ABOUT REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-20 07:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM PTER ECON IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN1576MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 09:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN1737JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING
[...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...]
2004-03-08 16:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN2655MEDIA REACTION ON THE SHI'A "INTIFADA" IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-06 17:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN4555JORDANIAN PRESS: WHEN IN A PICKLE, PRAISE THE KING
[...] (C) Summary. Given the anti-American sentiment on the street and the recent events of Abu Ghreib prison and the violence in Rafah, the Jordanian news media have not missed an opportunity over the past month to attack not only U.S. policy, but American institutions and society in general. The [...]
2004-06-06 13:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPA PREL KPAO IO
04ANKARA1539ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-15 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1649IRAQI TURKMEN CULTURAL AND SOLIDARITY ASSOC.
[...] (SBU) On March 17, two representatives of the Iraqi Turkmen Cultural and Solidarity Association, Abbas Turkmen and Tahsin Saaci, called on PolMilOff to deliver a letter to President Bush (text at para 3) complaining about Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law (TAL),and said their main concer [...]
2004-03-18 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1946ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-02 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1984ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-05 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3603ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3738ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4397ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-05 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5191TURKISH GENERAL STAFF J3 CHIEF DELIVERS TOUGH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In his Sept. 8 introductory call by incoming ODC Turkey Chief Maj. Gen. Pete Sutton, TGS J3 LTG Metin Yavuz Yalcin accused the U.S. of meeting with PKK operatives, failing to capture PKK leader Osman Ocalan, and standing by while Kurds sought to alter Kirkuk's population. He ad [...]
2004-09-14 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PINR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5807ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-13 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6254ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-04 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6742ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-03 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BANGKOK7313THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA
[...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...]
2004-10-20 11:19:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA
04BRASILIA1185SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...]
2004-05-14 17:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO
04BRASILIA991BRAZIL-UNSC: HAITI PKO UPDATE 26 APRIL 2004
[...] (C) Summary. With introduction of the Friends of Haiti draft resolution to the UNSC for discussion and a probable vote this week, Brazil is at an important stage in its planning to deploy a PKO mission. Major issues on the scope now are internal political dynamics, congress' role and operati [...]
2004-04-27 12:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS BR UNSC POL MIL
04BRATISLAVA688Unreconstructed Communists
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU)Poloffs met with Jozef Sevc (Phonetic: sheffts),the head of the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS),on 15 July at their party headquarters. After a 20 minute opening monologue, Sevc finally yielded the floor for questions. H [...]
2004-07-21 08:28:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV LO
04BRUSSELS4438U.S.-EU DISCUSSIONS ON CRISES, FAILING STATES
[...] (C) On October 5 Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS),met with EU officials and laid the ground work for closer cooperation with the EU in dealing with crises and failing states. Agreeing that U.S. and EU priorities fit well in this area, EU cont [...]
2004-10-15 10:20:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CARACAS1156CHAVISTAS SEE REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS DE FACTO
[...] (C) Pro-Chavez political parties registered their candidates in March in anticipation of the August 1 elections for governors and mayors. As with the opposition, the Chavistas see the regional elections as a referendum of sorts on President Hugo Chavez. They also see the elections as an oppo [...]
2004-04-02 21:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1157CHAVISTAS SEE REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS DE FACTO
[...] (C) Pro-Chavez political parties registered their candidates in March in anticipation of the August 1 elections for governors and mayors. As with the opposition, the Chavistas see the regional elections as a referendum of sorts on President Hugo Chavez. They also see the elections as an oppo [...]
2004-04-02 21:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2147TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER: VENEZUELA
[...] (C) VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ IS PERHAPS THE CLOSEST INTERNATIONAL ALLY OF FIDEL CASTRO. THE TWO NATIONS' TRADE RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON VENEZUELA'S CONCESSIONARY PETROLEUM EXPORTS TO CUBA. THE GOV HAS NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS OF WHICH POST IS AWARE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO ADVANCE DEMOCR [...]
2004-07-01 21:56:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETTC KDEM VE
04CARACAS3506CHAVISTAS AT THE HELM IN A SEA OF RED
[...] (C) October and August electoral successes have renewed President Hugo Chavez's mandate, placed his loyalists in most of the governorships and key mayoralties, and positioned the Chavista movement to capture an overwhelming majority in next year's National Assembly elections. Chavez supporters [...]
2004-11-16 14:49:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3584"HEGEMONY IS A CHALLENGE:" CHAVISTA LEADER VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Chavez supporter and Patria Para Todos (PPT) secgen Jose Albornoz talked with DCM November 18 about impending cabinet changes, policy challenges for Chavez and the MVR party, and potential to improve bilateral relations. PPT accepts that party stalwart Ali Rodriguez will leave [...]
2004-11-19 20:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PGOV PHUM ENRG VE
04COLOMBO12 Sri Lanka: U.S. efforts to help end
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka has been abuzz the last several days with reaction to the Secretary's letters to the President and the PM, and the Department's statement issued after the Deputy Secretary met with Minister Moragoda last week. Press reaction has been mixed, with some commentary suppor [...]
2004-01-05 11:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PINR CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1920SRI LANKA: LTTE HEROES' DAY ADDRESS SOFTER THAN
[...] (C) Summary. On November 27, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran delivered his 16th annual "Heroes' Day" address from an undisclosed location in LTTE-controlled territory in Sri Lanka. In the speech, Prabhakaran criticized Sinhalese political parties and the [...]
2004-11-29 11:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
04DJIBOUTI651SECURITY CONCERNS IN LIGHT OF ATTACKS IN SAUDI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Minister of Cooperation, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, May 3, to discuss Embassy concerns in light of the attack in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, on May 1st. Ambassador explained that the Embassy has assessed that its security posture should remain the same but raised concern [...]
2004-05-03 15:55:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC DJ
04HANOI1871 VIETNAMESE ACADEMICS RETAIN SUSPICIONS OF THE U.S.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At least some Vietnamese think tankers continue to view the United States with suspicion, both regarding our international strategy in general and actions more specifically toward Vietnam. Much of the domestic sensitivities by these academics nowadays relate to efforts by "hos [...]
2004-07-02 07:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI VM ETMIN RELFREE CTERR
04HARARE1495CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR GONO: WOLF IN SHEEP,S
[...] (C) We are disturbed that Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's expanding hegemony spells more trouble for Zimbabwe's flagging economy. Although he is an ideological moderate by GOZ and Zanu-PF standards, preaching an uncharacteristic fervor for Western and International Monetary Fund (IM [...]
2004-09-01 14:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV
04KUWAIT1219MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 10-124: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY:. END SUMMARY. 2. "Escalation In Iraq, In Whose interest?" Adel Al-Qassar wrote in independent Al-Watan (4/11): "The reason beh escalation in Iraq is the clash of wills between the people and the o freedom, and what democracy is the United States promising with this violence an [...]
2004-04-13 07:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1399MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 24-28: MIDDLE EAST: VANUNU'S
[...] SUMMARY: Continued criticism of Pres. Bush's perceived closeness to Sharon and tacit approval for Sharon's "crimes" gave way slightly as the week went on to calls for increased security in the wake of the Riyadh bombings. Nabil Al-Fadhl wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (4/24),"As Kuwaitis, [...]
2004-04-29 09:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT189KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JANUARY 8-12: BAKER
[...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti MPs and the head of the Shiite clerics in Kuwait have reacted angrily to the reported suggestion by the Vice President of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress that Kuwait should lease two of its islands to Iraq to use as ports. The leading editorial in daily Al-Watan procla [...]
2004-01-19 04:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2630MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 14-16: TERRORISM; IRAQ;
[...] SUMMARY: While hand-wringing over the origins and motives of as many as 20 Kuwaiti extremists arrested for suspicion of al- Qaeda ties and terrorist plots, the fighting in Najaf rose as the primary topic of discussion in the Kuwaiti media. Some commentators saw an insidious Iranian influence i [...]
2004-08-16 14:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT446KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 4-8: HEZBOLLAH
[...] SUMMARY: The February 7 signing of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US and Kuwaiti officials received prominent coverage, focusing on the economic benefits to be gained by Kuwait through the agreement. Also on the news pages, a number of MPs are requesting discussion of [...]
2004-02-09 04:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
04MANAMA1862ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM DISCUSSES IRAQI FUTURE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. SCIRI Chairman Al-Hakim visited Bahrain this week, bringing a positive message of reassurance that Iraqi Shia wished to work with Sunnis to forge a new Iraq. Hegemony of one faction, he insisted, was not a model for Iraq. He said he had talked with many Sunni religious leaders in [...]
2004-12-13 11:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BA IZ
04MONTREAL1555HYDRO QUEBEC PYLON VANDALIZED
[...] (C) Thierry Vandal, President of Hydro Quebec,s Production division, described the recent vandalism at a Hydro Quebec pylon about a mile from the U.S. border, near Coaticook in Quebec,s Eastern Townships, as the work of &amateurs.8 In a 12/7 meeting with the Quebec City Consul General, Montre [...]
2004-12-09 20:00:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALENRG PTER PBTS CA
04NEWDELHI7053LOOKING AHEAD TO ASEAN: INDIA ENGAGES EAST ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI has engaged actively with East Asian capitals prior to the November 30 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Laos. India's two-track approach to these states--multilaterally through organizations like ASEAN, and bilaterally--exemplifies New Delhi's strategy of expanding economic and [...]
2004-11-05 05:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL TH VM BM LA KS JA IN ASEAN
04OTTAWA2963U.S. AND CANADIAN POLICY PLANNERS SEEK SYNERGY ON
[...] (C) Summary: In policy planning talks October 28-29 in Toronto, U.S. and Canadian colleagues exchanged views and sought ways to synergize efforts on a range of global and regional issues. The Canadian team briefed on Canada,s attempt through its International Policy Review to enhance public s [...]
2004-11-04 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA IR IZ PGOV PREL AF PINS KMPI SCUL
04PRETORIA4748 TRADE LINKAGES DRIVING SOUTH AFRICA'S BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with several Angola watchers from government, business, and academia yielded the common theme that South Africa's relationship with Angola will over the coming years be defined by burgeoning trade linkages between the two. South African firms are investing heavily [...]
2004-10-28 08:05:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALAO ETRD PREL SF EINV
04QUITO2399FAWNING THRONGS GREET LULA IN QUITO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cheering crowds met Brazilian President Lula da Silva at every stop during his August 24-25 visit to Quito. Pre-arrival press was universally positive, portraying the ex-labor leader as a third-world savior and counterweight to the United States. Concurrently, editorials ravag [...]
2004-08-30 18:03:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EC BR UN
04RANGOON675BURMA AND CHINA: TRUE FRIENDSHIP OR MARRIAGE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's ruling SPDC views China as its key bilateral partner and seeks to use the relationship as evidence of its legitimacy and to offset pressure by the international community, particularly the United States, for concrete movement toward national reconciliation and democracy. [...]
2004-05-27 00:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV MARR BM CM
04TAIPEI3071MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] U.S. Presidential Election A) "The United States Needs to Re-organize Its Relations with [Its] Asian Allies" Lai I-chung, International Affairs Director of the Taiwan Think Tank, said in an op-ed in the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (10/1): "Judging by the strategic traits of t [...]
2004-10-04 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3367MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-28 23:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3608MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-15 23:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3905MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-08 10:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3959MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 23:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TELAVIV2119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...]
2004-04-08 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05ABUDHABI2815UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...]
2005-06-21 11:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC TC
05ABUDHABI4134 MEDIA REACTION: KAREN HUGHES'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN THE POPULAR UAE DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" 9/27 NOTED THAT UNLESS THE U.S. CHANGES ITS POLICY TOWARDS THE ARABS AND BECOMES A FAIR AND JUST PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, NEITHER KAREN HUGHES NOR ANY OTHER AMERICAN ENVOY WILL SUCCEED IN IMPROVING THE U.S. IMAGE IN THE AR [...]
2005-10-01 06:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4742UAE -- DAS CARPENTER CALL AT MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 14, DAS Scott Carpenter met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi to seek UAEG views on Iran and Syria. Al Noaimi characterized Iran as a dangerous, destabilizing force in the region that needs to be treated firmly but carefully. He recommended that the USG "depersona [...]
2005-11-22 07:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR SY AE
05ALMATY4412 KAZAKHSTANI ANALYSTS UNCONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA-
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent roundtable to discuss the November 14 military pact between Russia and Uzbekistan, a group of political analysts and academics considered the pact both a hedge against U.S. influence in Central Asia, as well as a signal from Russia that it still has influence in the [...]
2005-12-15 13:09:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN1241MEDIA REACTION ON HARIRI'S ASSASSINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 12:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN1306REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS IN JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordanians remain concerned about the status of Sunnis in a Shia-dominated transitional Iraqi government, but analysts are hopeful that the Iraqi elections will contribute to democratization in the region. Local press continues to accentuate negative analyses of the election, but a growing [...]
2005-02-16 15:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JO
05AMMAN1666MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-28 11:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN1854MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA'S PULLOUT/US
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 11:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN4326ISLAMISTS SCORE POPULIST POINTS
[...] (U) Jordanian Islamists have capitalized on the Koran desecration allegations and other developments to promote their agenda and maintain a high public profile. They staged a peaceful demonstration May 27 against alleged U.S. desecration of the Koran, and publicly denounced the recent World [...]
2005-06-02 07:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC ECON JO
05AMMAN723MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-31 10:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN772MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION AND US AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 13:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN8176MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-16 06:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN9594MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANESE ASSASSINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 11:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05ANKARA1484IRAQ: TURKS TRYING TO CHANGE A LOSING GAME
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's leadership and policy establishment appears to be grasping for a new and more constructive policy direction on Iraq, in part (we believe) based on the desire to limit the weight Iraq puts on the U.S.-Turkish relationship, in part also due to the Turks' post-election evalu [...]
2005-02-28 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ELTN ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA1511TURKISH IMAMS DELIVER ANTI-MISSIONARY SERMON
[...] (U) Summary: Under instructions from the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),imams across Turkey delivered a sermon March 11 depicting Christian missionaries as part of an organized force aiming to "steal the beliefs of our young people and children." The sermon, part of a broade [...]
2005-03-16 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2719ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2837ABSENT GOT LEADERSHIP, TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts report heavy Turkish military presence in southeastern Turkey. Adana PO reports that, while rural flows of recruits to the PKK may be occurring, contacts are not seeing a similar phenomenon from urban areas. Absent any Erdogan government strategy for dealing with the [...]
2005-05-19 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM TU
05ANKARA4857RUMBLINGS IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST MHP
[...] (C) Summary. Although the current Turkish political environment should provide right-nationalist MHP with an excellent opportunity to challenge ruling AKP, MHP has failed to gain much traction. MHP leadership,s failure has contributed to a growing dissident movement within the party. The co [...]
2005-08-18 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA5451ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6480ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6554TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]
2005-11-02 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ATHENS2529COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...]
2005-09-27 13:53:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL
05BAGHDAD2854IRAQ'S ECONOMIC VISION
[...] SUMMARY: At the June 22, 2005 International Conference on Iraq held in Brussels, hosted by the US and EU and attended by over 80 countries and organizations, Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi and Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Salih jointly presented the ITG's vision [...]
2005-07-07 12:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL IZ
05BEIJING14582ADM FALLON AND GENERAL LIANG AGREE ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon and General Liang agreed on the need to improve bilateral mil-mil ties, but stated frank disagreements regarding the transparency of the Chinese military budget and the use of force to resolve the Taiwan question, during a cordial meeting September 6. Liang acknowl [...]
2005-09-06 13:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PINS CH
05BRASILIA2811FINANCE MINISTRY QUERIES ON BILATERAL RELATIONS IN
[...] (SBU) On October 18, Regional Treasury Attache Mat Haarsager, EconCouns, and Econ Assistant met with Finance Ministry U/S Joaquim Levy. The wide-ranging conversation touched upon the issue of debt-for-nature swaps, the USG's democracy/development agenda, and U.S. industry's GSP petition on co [...]
2005-10-21 11:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV KIPR PGOV EFIN US
05CAIRO2789 TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF
[...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...]
2005-04-11 14:14:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG
05CARACAS1822NUCLEAR VENEZUELA A LONG WAY OFF
[...] (C) In public comments on May 22, President Chavez raised the prospect of Venezuela (with Iranian assistance) developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. But to undertake any new nuclear program the GOV would have to start from scratch. Venezuela's small research reactor, built in the [...]
2005-06-15 19:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALENRG MNUC PREL VE
05CARACAS293GOV TAKES ANTI-US TACK ON GRANDA AFFAIR
[...] (C) Venezuelan officials shifted from the battle with Colombia over the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda to anti-US criticism January 19. The officials took advantage of comments regarding Venezuela by the Secretary designate in her Senate confirmation hearings and began painting the G [...]
2005-01-28 20:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS598BOLIVARIAN HUBRIS: CHAVEZ WARNS OF US
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez February 20 accused the USG, and President Bush specifically, of plotting to kill him. During his weekly television program, he warned the US President that if he were killed, his people would fight a follow-on US invasion and sever US oil shi [...]
2005-02-24 20:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
05DAMASCUS5791Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers published the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1636 demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri. They highlighted the fact that the resolution dropped the threat of sanctions and called on Syria to coopera [...]
2005-11-02 15:32:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5812Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian judicial committee announced its headquarters and communication numbers to receive any information regarding the assassination of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri, and that it held its first meeting, expressing hope that any person who has informatio [...]
2005-11-06 14:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5936Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Libya, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of a Libyan delegation carrying a message of solidarity with Syria from Colonel Qaddafi. Papers also reported the visit to Damascus by the Iranian FM, who will supposedly be mediating between Syria and Lebanon to ease the recent tension caused b [...]
2005-11-14 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6040Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported visits to Damascus by Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi Security Council, carrying a letter from King Abdullah to President Asad, and Renato Rabillo, Leader of the Brazilian Communist Party. Papers on 11/19 quoted a dipl [...]
2005-11-20 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6072Damascus Media Reaction: Iraq, Syria/US, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Iraq, featuring a statement by the Commander of US airborne troops in the Central Command in Iraq that the US does not possess any evidence against Syria on the issue of infiltrations through the Syrian border, and a statement by President Bush ruling [...]
2005-11-21 15:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6101Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of the Bahraini FM to Damascus carrying a message from the King of Bahrain to President Asad on Syria's coordination with the International Investigation Commission. On Lebanon, papers featured President Asad's message to President Lahoud congratulat [...]
2005-11-22 12:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6640Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Weekend Syrian papers reported statements by Lebanese personalities emphasizing distinguished ties with Syria, listing among them Lebanese Minister of Energy & Water Mohammed Fneish who underlined the importance of preserving "the distinguished relations with Syria to face the Israeli [...]
2005-12-26 14:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DHAKA1096Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 04:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1114Media Reaction: Syria;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 07:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4483Media Reaction: Iraq Constitution Bangladesh-U.S.
[...] Iraq Constitution -------------------- "Iraq Constitution Points To War On Terror's Agenda" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" front-page article comments (9/11): The US-led invasion of Iraq dubbed as the "war on terror" sparked off by the twin tower bombings in New York fou [...]
2005-09-11 10:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA997Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "Calling somebody a thief by his master for the crime he committed for him" An editorial page article in independent Bangla "Prothom Alo" by columnist Farhad Mazhar opines (3/7): The U.S. Human Rights Report ha [...]
2005-03-07 09:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05FRANKFURT2147SPD Bucks Trend, Wins Local Races in Hesse
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidates have won a series of off-cycle election victories in formerly Christian Democratic (CDU) governed areas in Hesse -- most recently in Kassel (Hesse's third largest city) -- signaling a competitive battle for communal elections in early 20 [...]
2005-03-15 13:04:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR GM
05HANOI1077 VIETNAM CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR OF "SAIGON LIBERATION"
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the "liberation of Saigon" throughout the country April 29-30. As Vietnam geared up for the event, media sources charted an interesting path between highlighting the 10th anniversary of bilateral relations with the United St [...]
2005-05-10 01:56:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI VM
05KINGSTON797KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...]
2005-03-18 21:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID
05KUWAIT3267READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The January shoot-outs between Kuwaiti security officers and extremist militants placed new emphasis on the debate over the Islamic religious education curriculum in public schools, an already politically divisive issue at the best of times. As Kuwaitis wrestle w [...]
2005-07-25 05:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05LIMA2751VENEZUELAN EMBASSY'S SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL CHARTER
[...] (SBU) On 6/15, Political Section FSN Assistant attended a "Participative Forum/Workshop" sponsored by the Embassy of Venezuela in Lima entitled "The Social Charter of the Americas (SCA)." Summaries of the interventions by the scheduled speakers are provided below. 2. (U) Ambassador Jorge V [...]
2005-06-21 17:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI VE PE
05MANAMA1742Six Bahraini Guantanamo Detainees Made Media
[...] Summary: The plight of six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facilities has consumed the Bahraini media for months, building tensions with a series of published reports alleging sexual humiliation and other abuses catalogued in the journal writings of one of the detainees, Juma Al [...]
2005-11-27 15:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA BILAT
05MANAMA1892BAHRAIN: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY THROUGH
[...] Summary: Cultural and sports programs have great potential to support mission goals, but the dearth of such programs and the resources available to pursue them has resulted in many missed opportunities. On numerous occasions, we face a hostile public audience to U.S. foreign policy. From a [...]
2005-12-26 04:13:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV SCUL BA OESC BILAT
05MANAMA706PARLIAMENTARIANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST DRAFT
[...] (C) The draft counter-terrorism law currently before parliament continues to be criticized by MPs and other political actors despite the King's unusual move to reach out to parliamentarians in support of the law. The law is designed to fill gaps in Bahrain's existing criminal code to facilit [...]
2005-05-17 14:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PGOV PREL BA
05MANILA1098MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH
[...] (U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, the only such city in the Philippines. The city of 125,000 is 96-percent Muslim. The main campus of Mindanao State University, located in Marawi, is a nonethe [...]
2005-03-09 09:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP
05MUSCAT1608OMAN ONLINE: HOT TOPICS FROM AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, AND
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-10-26 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05NAIROBI4838 KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ORANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki acknowledged the defeat of the proposed new constitution at mid- afternoon November 22, with the "no" vote decisively ahead in Kenya's constitutional referendum. "No" supporters had already been celebrating their not-yet- official victory. The Electoral Commis [...]
2005-11-22 11:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PGOV KE
05NEWDELHI3432INDIA'S COMMUNISTS ADOPT AMBITIOUS AGENDAS AT
[...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties have been energized by their growing power as "kingmakers" who keep the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in power. During recently-concluded party congresses, they passed the baton to dynamic new leaders and broadened their agenda to take on ambitious [...]
2005-05-06 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI5108SEEKING ELECTORAL GAINS LEFT PARTIES COME DOWN
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have severely criticized the "New Framework for the US-India Defense Relationship" signed by SecDef Rumsfeld and DefMin Mukherjee on June 28, despite initial positive reviews from most Indian media and strategic commentators, and will hold street demonstrations [...]
2005-07-05 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI5616PM SINGH'S US TRIP MEETS NEW DELHI'S HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: Initial reactions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's highly anticipated July 18-19 meetings in Washington have been overwhelmingly positive. Most commentators believe that the US decision to normalize our civil nuclear relationship puts substance behind the US promise to assist [...]
2005-07-20 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI6079PM REAFFIRMS VALUE OF STRATEGIC TIES WITH U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compared to the staid August 3 Lok Sabha debate about Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit (Reftel),the statements in the Rajya Sabha on August 4 were much livelier, with the depth of feeling reflected in repeated personal insults and yelling matches. Throughout the debate [...]
2005-08-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM IN
05PARIS1559MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GREATER MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1754MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW
[...] IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE, A MEASURE AFFECTING THE SERVICE SECTOR AND WHICH, ACCORDING TO SOME, IS BEING USED AND ABUSED BY THE PROPONENTS [...]
2005-03-16 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1859MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION TO WORLD
[...] WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION TO WORLD BANK - BOLTON NOMINATION TO UN 2. SECRETARY RICE IN ASIA (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE INCREASING NUMBER OF "NO" VOTES ON THE EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM SHARES FRONT PAGES ALONG WITH DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE AND THE REPORT OF T [...]
2005-03-21 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2962MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:
[...] INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: EGYPT 2. IRAQ: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION 3. EU-U.S. RELATIONS - EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REFERENDUM ON THE EU CONSTITUTION AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TEN YEARS IN OFFICE ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. A NEW POLL ON VOTER INTENTION ON TH [...]
2005-05-02 13:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3156USUNESCO: FRANCE PULLS OUT THE STOPS ON
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, REASON-1.4D. 2. (C) Summary: France has made it clear that passage of a cultural diversity convention at this fall's UNESCO General Conference is a top foreign policy priority. The push for incre [...]
2005-05-10 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3682MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN
[...] MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN WASHINGTON 2. CENTRAL ASIA: UZBEKISTAN 3. DARFUR AND NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IN THE WANING DAYS BEFORE THE VOTE ON MAY 29 TO RATIFY THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, PRESIDENT CHIRAC GAVE HIS ALL IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS LAST EVENING WARNING THE FRENCH AGAINST "MISTA [...]
2005-05-27 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4616MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-01 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5563MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7128 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]
2005-10-18 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7317MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS749MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO
[...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]
2005-02-07 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7510FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS
[...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...]
2005-11-03 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS7532MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05QUITO1255CONGRESS BACK IN MAJORITY'S HANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the reorganization of the legislative commissions on May 26, the current majority coalition, made up of the Social Christian Party (PSC),the Democratic Left (ID),and Pachakutik (PK),consolidated its control of Congress. Deputies from these three parties now hold the c [...]
2005-06-01 19:13:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EC
05QUITO2863ECUADOR: PALACIO SWEARS IN TWO NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (U) Summary: On December 14, President Alfredo Palacio swore in Alfredo Castillo Bujase as the new Minister of Government (the fourth person to hold this post since Palacio took office in April). Acting Minister of Government Galo Chiriboga returned to his previous post as Minister of Labor. [...]
2005-12-15 22:53:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EC
05ROME1125ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006
[...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...]
2005-04-01 17:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05SANAA564SALEH SAYS FROM NOW ON NO MORE WEAPONS DEALS USING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/ARPI. See para. 12. 2. (S) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Saleh on March 10. In a classic Saleh move to put his interlocutors on the defensive, the Yemeni President opened with a theatrical tirade on the latest Human Rights [...]
2005-03-12 07:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA SR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANTIAGO1539VICE-PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA'S "TELESUR" SPEAKS
[...] (U) Summary: The executive vice-president of Venezuelan-Latin American TV Channel "Telesur," Aram Aharonian, visited Chile July 8-11 to promote Venezuela's regional TV project. Aharonian met with Minister-level government spokesman Osvaldo Puccio on July 8, and spoke to an audience of over 1 [...]
2005-07-15 20:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KMDR KPAO CI VE AR BR PE UY
05TAIPEI1090MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW
[...] Summary: Major newspapers in Taiwan continue to scrutinize the progress and possible impact of China's anti-secession law. Taiwan newspapers played up comments made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that maintain that the law clearly raises cross-Strait tensions and several reported on po [...]
2005-03-14 23:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI1366MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S BEIJING TRIP AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 08:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI1426MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW, CROSS-
[...] Summary: All major Taiwan newspapers carried extensive coverage over the weekend of the massive protest in Taipei March 26 against China's new Anti-Secession Law. All Taiwan newspapers described the rally in front of Taipei's Presidential Office as a peaceful demonstration, although their rep [...]
2005-03-28 09:20:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI1769MEDIA REACTION: JAPANESE HISTORY TEXTBOOK
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-13 08:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI1785MEDIA REACTION: JAPANESE HISTORY TEXTBOOK
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 01:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2487MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations, US Arms
[...] Taiwan dailies June 7 carried reports on three main topics: China's military buildup, constitutional amendments, and a junior-high school exam in Taiwan. With regard to the first topic, the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's largest daily, and the pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" reve [...]
2005-06-07 08:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2690"CHINA TIMES" COMMENTARY DISCUSSES THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-21 00:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2853MEDIA REACTION: THE RISE OF CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-30 23:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2883MEDIA REACTION: CHINA THREAT
[...] Summary: Almost all the major Chinese-language Taipei dailies carried July 1 a Japan-based "Daily Yomiuri" report which said the United States, citing a possible surprise assault on Taiwan by China's special forces as a realistic scenario, has told Japan that it will be difficult to reduce or [...]
2005-07-04 23:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2975MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, G-8
[...] Global War on Terrorism A) "Terrorist Attacks in London Will Re-direct the [Discussion of] Global Issues" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" [circulation: 600,000] editorialized (7/9): ". In the wake of [last Thursday's] terrorist blasts in London, the G-8 Summit, whose focus or [...]
2005-07-11 08:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3041MEDIA REACTION: FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] Summary: Local politics and the arrest of one of Taiwan's most wanted fugitives remained the focus of attention for the major Taipei daily newspapers July 14. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language newspaper that reported on a Central News Agency (CNA) interview w [...]
2005-07-15 07:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3057MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS,
[...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage July 16-19 of Typhoon Haitang hitting Taiwan and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying- jeou winning the KMT chairmanship election, almost all major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan also reported on People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Zhu Chenghu's remarks las [...]
2005-07-19 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3085MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC
[...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave significant coverage July 21 to the Pentagon's annual report on the military power of the People's Republic of China (released Tuesday in DC). All the major Chinese- language newspapers in Taiwan reported on the contents of the report on their front and first [...]
2005-07-21 08:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3116MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC
[...] Summary: The major Chinese-language dailies in Taiwan July 22 focused on the appreciation of China's Renminbi (RMB) and the Pentagon's annual report on the PRC's military power. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" (Taiwan's biggest daily),the centrist "China Times," and the pro-unification [...]
2005-07-22 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3132MEDIA REACTION: RENMINBI REVALUATION, CROSS-
[...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage of local politics and the return of an injured Taiwan super- model from China to Taiwan, the major Chinese language Taipei dailies also spent pages July 23-25 reporting on the impact of the revalued Renminbi on Taiwan, President Chen's offer to attend this [...]
2005-07-25 08:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3509MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY EXERCISE
[...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 20-22 mainly on the KMT's 17th Party Congress, in which Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou took over the helm of the party, and the possible future outbreak of an avian flu in Taiwan. In general, the newspapers in Taipei [...]
2005-08-23 05:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3540MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Major Taipei dailies continued August 25 to cover the aftermath of a riot by Thai laborers in Kaohsiung, and also provided substantial reporting on the issue of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The pro- independence "Liberty Times," "Taiwan Daily" and the centrist "China Time" all carried [...]
2005-08-25 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3674MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 3 - 6 on Council of Labor Affairs Chairwoman Chen Chu's attempt to resign from her current position, and efforts to secure the release of crewmen aboard three Taiwan fishing boats being detained by Somali militias [...]
2005-09-06 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3877MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS, U.S.-
[...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 17-19 on the outcome of the German elections, and local issues such as the sighting of a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine in the Taiwan Strait in July, and President Chen Shui-bian's upcoming trip to Central Ameri [...]
2005-09-19 23:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3911MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENTS
[...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage September 22 on Taiwan independent Legislator Li Ao's speech delivered at Beijing University Wednesday; the death of a three-year- old boy who was left unattended in a kindergarten van; President Chen Shui-bian's transit in [...]
2005-09-22 23:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3944MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS,
[...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies centered their coverage September 23 on President Chen Shui-bian's invitation to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a dialogue; the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense' report that China has built a model of Taiwan's military airport in Guangdong Pro [...]
2005-09-23 09:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4585MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage November 15 on the upcoming 3-in-1 elections, local scandals, and a Council of Agriculture announcement Monday that H7N3, a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu, was found in southern Taiwan. Both the centrist "China Times [...]
2005-11-15 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI694MEDIA REACTION: Taiwan Strait Security in U.S.-
[...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage February 19 - 21 to a joint statement issued by the United States and Japan in Washington Saturday, reporting that the two allies had for the first time included easing tensions in the Taiwan Strait as part of their [...]
2005-02-22 07:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI699MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN STRAIT SECURITY IN U.S.-
[...] Summary: The focus of Tuesday's Taipei dailies shifted from the coverage of the joint statement of the U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee to local politics. On straight news coverage, only the largest Taiwan daily, the pro-independence "Liberty Times" reported on page two that Taiwan's Nationa [...]
2005-02-22 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1247MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS, JUNE 09, 2005
[...] On 06/09, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled, "Funeral March" "As seen in Bolivia, once you enter a crisis it can set of a chain reaction in several directions with unpredictable results. Today this country is on the verge of a civil war because th [...]
2005-06-10 16:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TELAVIV1319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]
2005-03-07 13:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]
2005-03-21 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]
2005-06-01 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4877ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]
2005-08-08 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV87ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...]
2005-01-06 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06ABUDHABI2041UAEG DISCUSS SECURITY CONCERNS WITH NDU DELEGATION
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Education met with a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and discussed regional security issues, accompanied by Ambassador and alternatively the DCM. [...]
2006-05-17 06:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KWBG IR IZ AE
06ADANA54SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 11:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADDISABABA2169ETHIOPIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion with Minister of Justice Assefa Kessito, COM and ConsChief learned that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) continues to evaluate the feasibility of granting pardons to certain convicted criminals for the Ethiopian New Year (September 11). The Minister also [...]
2006-08-09 08:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ET
06AITTAIPEI1346MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, KMT-CCP ECONOMIC FORUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage April 18 on the controversial battle over the ownership of the Sogo Department Store, in which First Lady Wu Shu-chen was allegedly involved; the aftermath of last weekend's KMT-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Econ [...]
2006-04-18 07:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1383MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give significant coverage April 20 to the alleged bribery scandal involving former Presidential Office deputy secretary-general Chen Che-nan, while Chinese President Hu Jintao's U.S. trip and his scheduled meeting with U.S. President [...]
2006-04-20 08:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1406MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT
[...] Summary: While Taiwan's dailies gave significant coverage April 21 to the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday, coverage also focused on the controversial battle over the ownership of the Sogo Department Store, which First Lady Wu Shu-chen is al [...]
2006-04-21 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1743MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage May 20-22 on President Chen Shui-bian's apology for the First Family's involvement in the recent insider trading scandal; alleged involvement by Chen's son-in-law in the snowballing insider trading scandal; Taiwan's first [...]
2006-05-22 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2561MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 29-31 on the investigation into "possible irregularities" in the Presidential Office's special state affairs expenditures account; the conclusion of the Taiwan Sustainable Economic Development Conference last Friday a [...]
2006-07-31 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2785MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's efforts to oust President Chen Shui-bian and investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account stayed in the Taiwan media's spotlight today. News coverage also focused on a scandal allegedly involving the director- [...]
2006-08-16 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2895MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION, ASEAN
[...] Summary: As the multiple efforts to oust President Chen Shui-bian and investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account stayed in the Taiwan media's spotlight August 22, news coverage also focused on President Chen's planned trip to Palau in early September, a [...]
2006-08-22 08:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3585MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST, PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage October 19 to Taipei prosecutors' raid of the Chinatrust Financial Holding Company on Wednesday and the detention of two senior officers in charge of financial and legal affairs. News coverage also focused on the year-e [...]
2006-10-19 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3628MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies put their focus October 24 on the follow-on movements of the "Oust Bian" campaign; on the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral races; on the Center for Disease Control's decision Monday to suspend the use of flu vaccines from a French company f [...]
2006-10-24 10:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3886MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, APEC
[...] Summary: Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's admission of his office's administrative defects in handling the special mayoral allowance stayed in the spotlight of the Taiwan media November 17. News coverage also focused on a near mid-air collision in South Korean airspace, and the surprise victory of [...]
2006-11-17 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3896MEDIA REACTION: APEC, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan dailies (November 18-20) focused on two issues: A traffic accident on Saturday that injured Taichung Mayor Jason Hu and especially his wife, who was still in critical condition as of November 20; and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's decision on Friday to donate NT$15 million [US$46 [...]
2006-11-20 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3979MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI774AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF TAIWAN'S FUTURE, U.S. INTERESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Minister-without-portfolio Ho Mei-yueh emphasized that Taiwan considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States to be its top economic and political priority in a February 23 meeting with the AIT Acting Director. Ho also briefly discussed Taiwan's new cabinet [...]
2006-03-09 22:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON IO PREL TW
06AMMAN1838MEDIA REACTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 11:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN2841SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Lieberman and Prince Faisal met April 17 to discuss regional issues including Iraq, Iranian ambitions, and Hamas. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Prince Faisal of Jordan April 17 in Amman. Prince Faisal is King Abdullah's brother, and was [...]
2006-04-20 11:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN5250A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH KING'S ADVISOR
[...] (C) A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams met with Bassem Awadallah, director of the King's office, in Amman July 12. Awadallah's political director Jafar Hassan, Ambassador, and polcouns (notetaker) joined. Discussions focused on that day's Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers, the Gaza crisis, [...]
2006-07-13 07:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
06AMMAN5537MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5918MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 09:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6105MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-13 09:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN746MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN8573FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: PARALLEL CONFERENCES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ADDITION TO THE PARALLEL CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE ENVISIONED AND SUPPORTED BY FORUM FOR THE FUTURE (FFF) PLANNERS, TWO OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY GATHERINGS WILL OCCUR IN JORDAN DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME AS THE FORUM. SOME PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FF [...]
2006-11-23 09:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MEPI JO
06AMMAN8806NGOS CRITICAL OF U.S. POLICY DENOUNCE FORUM FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Jordanian and international NGOs opposed to the Forum for the Future convened an alternative conference, dubbed "The Forum to Oppose Hegemony," from November 30 to December 1. Ninety civil society organizations from across the Middle Eastern region, and from France and Norway, [...]
2006-12-11 05:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM JO
06ANKARA1069TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA
[...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...]
2006-03-03 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US
06ANKARA189ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2277TURKISH SUPPORT FOR CASPIAN GAS FOR EUROPE
[...] Summary. In an April 19 meeting, Turkey's senior MFA energy expert said Turkey was feeling pressure from Russia, but was supportive of the regional gas ideas laid out by EUR DAS Bryza during his April 4-6 meetings in Ankara (refs). Rende thought the best way to make quick progress was to form [...]
2006-04-25 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TU GR IT
06ANKARA5247ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA568ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6700TURKEY - 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 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6705TURKEY - 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 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6716ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6735TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...]
2006-12-22 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU
06ASHGABAT804THE JULY 24-25 STATE VISIT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad was clearly in control, with President Niyazov playing only a secondary role, during the Iranian President,s July 24-25 state visit to Turkmenistan. Notwithstanding the local state media's assertions that the visit centered on developing economic links -- th [...]
2006-07-27 12:30:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENGR ETRD PARM IR TX UNSC
06ATHENS1713ANTI-AMERICANISM PREVAILS AT 2006 CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary: The European Cultural Center in the ancient religious site of Delphi commenced its "Cultural Amphictyony 2006" on June 30. The following day marked the beginning of a two-day international conference entitled "The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." Greek Minister o [...]
2006-07-05 14:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GR
06ATHENS2078SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES
[...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...]
2006-08-09 04:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG GR
06BAGHDAD2048NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR SUGGESTS IRAQ MOVE AWAY FROM
[...] (C) After three years on the job Ninewa's vice governor, Khasro Goran, has proven to be a very polished and powerful politician with strong ties to the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan. Goran, a Kurd, sees Iraq's future through a Kurdish lens. In his mind, the Kurds' Arab counterparts [...]
2006-06-17 11:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR ECON
06BAGHDAD2869NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY (IIP) CALLS FOR EARLY
[...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leadership in Ninewa believes restoration of security is the most important task in Ninewa, and early elections (to replace the current Kurd-dominated Ninewa Provincial Government) would be the best first step to improve security. Only a fully representative gov [...]
2006-08-09 10:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MARR ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD3684KURD TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurd political leadership in Ninewa are focused on reintegrating districts in Ninewa formerly part of Kurd-dominated provinces into the KRG, through referenda per Article 140 of the current GOI Constitution. This process as Kurds envision it would [...]
2006-10-03 08:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PHUM
06BANJUL744THE GAMBIA: CEMENTING TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) On December 5, President Yahya Jammeh returned from a brief official visit to Tehran, where he had meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other high-level members of the GOI as well as with religious leaders. The visit, Jammeh's first trip since the March 21 aborted coup attempt [...]
2006-12-11 12:05:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IR GA
06BEIJING1306STRONG DOMESTIC PRESSURE DRIVING IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: A strong domestic consensus in Iran is driving the government to restart enrichment activities and to pursue an indigenous nuclear program, according to MFA West Asia and African Affairs Iran Division Director Xu Wei. In a January 19 meeting, Xu said that Beijing believes it is [...]
2006-01-20 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIRUT2752LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRIO SAY THEY ARE A MOVEMENT
[...] (C/NF) During a downbeat but constructive August 22 dinner with Senate Foreign Relations Staffer Puneet Talwar, Ambassador Feltman, and poloff at the Ambassador's residence, March 14 politicians Boutros Harb (MP for Batroun, Maronite),Mosbah al-Ahdab (MP for Tripoli, Sunni),and Nassib Laho [...]
2006-08-24 16:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT2970LEBANON: RIZK ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL STATUTE
[...] (C/NF) During a September 11 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at his Asrafieh home, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk discussed the draft statute to establish a tribunal to try suspects in the Hariri assassination (and possibly other related attacks). He focused particularly on th [...]
2006-09-13 14:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KCRM LE
06BEIRUT3071LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) The recent conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14 was, according to Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. Although casualty figures did not approach the 1983 Grapes of Wrath [...]
2006-09-22 04:09:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3092LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION OFFERS TO HELP
[...] The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon, headed by Assistant Secretary Dina Habib Powell met with a broad cross-section of Lebanese pro-reform elements and offered to help them transform the country's economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century, which in turn would create conditions co [...]
2006-09-25 16:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3482LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND
[...] (C) Welcome to Beirut. Your visit occurs ten weeks after the 34-day conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14. That conflict was, according to Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. [...]
2006-10-30 16:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3565LEBANON: SPARKS FLY ON FIRST DAY OF NATIONAL
[...] (S) Druze Telecommunications Minister and frequent Embassy contact Marwan Hamadeh (protect) read to Ambassador and polchief his notes from the first day of the national consultations sponsored by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri. Hamadeh characterized the consultations as "heading for [...]
2006-11-07 12:09:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3755LEBANON: CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA
[...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora explained to Congressmen Hoekstra and Issa that Syria has three immediate objectives: destroy any chance for the Special Tribunal, regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and re-establish its past hegemony over the surrounding region. Siniora stated [...]
2006-12-04 16:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3843LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr explained to Senator Bill Nelson that Syria has three immediate objectives in Lebanon: to produce political chaos by supporting proxies like Hizballah, to regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and to re-establish its pa [...]
2006-12-15 17:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT772 MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE RECOMMENCES WITH
[...] (SBU) Lebanon's national dialogue resumed the morning of March 13, with the main discussion on Lebanese-Syrian relations. According to MP Boutros Harb, the atmosphere at the meeting was good. He said, "The simple fact that we are going to meet again this afternoon is a positive development [...]
2006-03-13 16:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL KPAL KDEM LE PTER
06BEIRUT969MGLE01: PRO-SYRIAN MARONITE PERCEIVES SUNNI THREAT
[...] (C) Former Minister of Interior Suleiman Franjieh believes the greatest threat facing Lebanon is the concentration of power in the hands of Saad Hariri's Sunni majority. He maintains that both Christian and Shia communities fear marginalization as Hariri's political bloc dominates the polit [...]
2006-03-28 07:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BRASILIA1355BRAZILIAN COPYRIGHT OFFICE SEEKS AN ALTERNATIVE PATH ON IPR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, Econ and FCS personnel met with officials at Brazil's Copyright Office (organizationally, located within the Ministry Culture) to discuss Brazil's emerging policy on IPR and digital inclusion issues. This meeting was to follow-up on an earlier, June 7 session between [...]
2006-07-05 19:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECPS BR
06BRATISLAVA423SMER'S THINK-TANK ROOTED IN THE PAST
[...] (U) Summary. A new think-tank established to advise the leftist political party Smer on matters concerning economy, politics and defense recently rolled out its foreign policy recommendations. The think-tank is dominated by older academics trained in the command-economy era who have decidedly [...]
2006-05-31 15:24:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA471FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE ELECTION: CONTINUITY, OR
[...] (C) Summary: Slovak foreign policy during the second Dzurinda government of the past four years has been extremely complementary to U.S. interests. If the coalition that results from June 17 parliamentary elections is led by Dzurinda's SDKU and made up mostly of center-right parties, we can [...]
2006-06-13 15:07:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC LO
06BUENOSAIRES1323MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...]
2006-06-12 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1433IRAQ; ALLEGED US ESPIONAGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; EVO MORALES;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the alleged preparation for US troop withdrawal from Iraq; former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's statement that US President Bush will ask for his help in fighting the insurgency in Iraq; a new espionage scandal in the US; the rela [...]
2006-06-26 17:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1617MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...]
2006-07-21 12:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1643MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...]
2006-07-24 20:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1707WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...]
2006-08-01 18:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES212MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES-U.S.-ARGENTINA,
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories today focus on the strong U.S. interest in Bolivia and President Kirchner's alleged decision to play a regional role in moderating Evo Morales; election outcomes for Hamas and implications for the Middle East peace process, and the World Social Forum organized [...]
2006-01-27 20:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2149IRAN; IMF ANNUAL MEETING; US-BOLIVIAN TIES;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the exchange of accusations between the US and Iran at the UN General Assembly; the IMF Annual Meeting; Bolivian President Evo Morales rejecting a US report on the outcome of the struggle against drug trafficking; Morales' ackno [...]
2006-09-20 18:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2202ARGENTINA'S PRICE CONTROL CZAR - A TRUE BELIEVER
[...] (C) GoA Secretary of Domestic Trade Guillermo Moreno, President Kirchner's designated price control enforcer, justifies a GoA mix of export tariffs, export controls and strong-arm populist price controls as a means to correct monopolistic behavior and oligopolisitic collusion in Argentina's sm [...]
2006-09-27 10:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2229A HISTORIAN'S VIEW OF KIRCHNER AND ARGENTINE
[...] (C) Leading Argentine historian Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton sees President Kirchner as largely reflecting the opinions of the majority of the Argentine people. For Garcia Hamilton, there are two great traditions that make up Argentine political culture: the republican democracy tradition be [...]
2006-09-29 20:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2242A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON THE US-Argentina BILATERAL
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's statements on the US-Argentina bilateral relationship; Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; Argentina's vote in favor of Venezuela's candidacy; a Watergate reporter's [...]
2006-10-03 11:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2389US PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ; GLOBAL WAR ON
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's statement about a possible parallel between the rise in violence in Iraq and the 1968 Communist Tet offensive; an Argentine-Bolivian gas deal worth 17 billion dollars; the role to be played by the 'Coalit [...]
2006-10-24 09:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2828US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; AMIA-RIO TERCERO BLAST; ARGENTINA'S
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US Senator Joseph Biden's statement that, once the US Congress is controlled by the Democratic Party, it will pay "much more attention" to Latin American issues; an interview with Brazilian sociologist Helio Jaguaribe, wh [...]
2006-12-28 11:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES398MEDIA 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 19:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES505MEDIA REACTION US-INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL A/S
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the nuclear cooperation deal reached between the US and India; the press conference with Eric M. Bost, US Assistant Secretary for Food, Nutrition and consumer Service, US Department of Agriculture; and Argentina [...]
2006-03-03 19:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES623MEDIA REACTION UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL US-
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major local newspapers lead with the creation of the UN Human Rights Council to replace "the discredited UN Human Rights Commission." Based on an article from the New York "Forward" magazine, business- financial, center-right "InfoBae's" Website reports that "The B [...]
2006-03-17 13:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES759MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IRAN US IMMIGRATION
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledging US "mistakes" in Iraq; the implications of the war in Iraq and the threat posed by Iran; US immigration policies and their impact on upcoming US legislative elections; the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui [...]
2006-04-03 19:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES787ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM FOR OIG
[...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Argentina's size, importance to the regional economy, and ability to contribute to U.S. security goals make the bilateral relationship important to U.S. interests. Argentina is the size of the United States east of the Mississippi, with a population of 39 million inhabitants [...]
2006-04-06 21:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASIG BBG
06CAIRO2417U/S JOSEPH'S APRIL 13 MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo April 13 to discuss regional security issues. The meeting focused on efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, with U/S Joseph pressing for solid GOE s [...]
2006-04-23 08:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KPAL EG IR IS
06CAIRO4760TFLE01: PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 31 emergency session, the "General Committee of Egypt's People's Assembly" condemned Israel's "war crimes" and "American complicity with Israel in preventing the UNSC for carrying out its role." The Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Counc [...]
2006-08-02 15:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS EG
06CAIRO6254MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HOSTS LARGE RAMADAN IFTAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hosted a large Ramadan iftar on October 4, with guests including MB luminaries from across Egypt, as well as opposition party leaders, and even a prominent NDP parliamentarian. In remarks to the gathering, MB Supreme Guide Mahdi Akef outlined the MB's [...]
2006-10-09 13:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM EG
06CANBERRA1804PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]
2006-11-09 22:20:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CARACAS124CARACAS WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IV/AMERICAS
[...] (C) The Fourth World Social Forum (Americas Region) will take place January 24-29 in Caracas. GOV organizers say more than 100,000 representatives of NGOs and social movements have registered for the event, which is billed as a mirror event to the Davos World Economic Forum. Like its sister [...]
2006-01-19 15:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SENV ELAB PHUM VE
06CARACAS1449BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...]
2006-05-21 19:36:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT
06CARACAS2829THE OUTSIDERS: BRV RECRUITMENT OF ROGUE STATES
[...] (C) President Chavez' September 5-7 meeting with Belarussian government officials provides another example of the BRV's strategic partnerships with the most troublesome of bedfellows. In part through his extensive international travel schedule, Chavez has strengthened ties around the globe to [...]
2006-09-15 20:12:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS2900CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER
[...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...]
2006-09-21 17:40:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON VE IR
06CARACAS3037THE BRV SOAPBOX: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS THREE
[...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly has passed three foreign policy resolutions in the last two weeks to lend political support to the Chavez administration's ever more radical foreign policy. On September 26, the National Assembly passed both a resolution praising President Chavez' September [...]
2006-10-06 20:01:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3318UNSC DEFEAT: CHAVEZ TRYING TO SAVE FACE
[...] (C) Summary. After publicly predicting that Venezuela would definitely win a rotational seat on the UN Security Council, President Chavez has been forced to backtrack systematically as Venezuela subsequently lost 46 (and tied one) UNGA ballots to Guatemala. Chavez and BRV officials are lamel [...]
2006-11-06 21:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE
06COLOMBO2060SRI LANKA: JAFFNA BISHOP CALLS FOR TOUGH MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishop of Jaffna on December 7 during his day trip to the northern peninsula. An outspoken Tamil rights advocate, the Bishop told the Ambassador that the international community will have to use "stick diplomacy" to persuade the Government of Sr [...]
2006-12-13 10:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO790SCA PDAS CAMP PRESSES GSL ON POLITICAL PROPOSALS
[...] (C) In separate May 15 meetings with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona, Principal Deputy Assistant SIPDIS Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp SIPDIS emphasized U.S. concern at the escalation [...]
2006-05-16 07:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE
06DAMASCUS1217SARG PUBLICLY DISMISSES 311 SANCTIONS, WHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Through government media and public appearances, SARG officials are attempting to reassure their domestic audience that the USG's March 9 decision to impose USAPATRIOT Act Section 311 sanctions against the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) was purely political and that the government [...]
2006-03-21 07:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS1362Damascus Media Reaction: Arab Summit, Syria-Iran,
[...] Summary: The Syrian weekend papers reported a statement by Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir prior to the imminent Arab summit in Khartoum, that "it is necessary that the Arab summit support Syria and reject pressures on it and on other Arab countries." Papers also reported the prelimina [...]
2006-03-28 07:12:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1878Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/US,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's phone call to President Mubarak to condemn the terrorist bombings that hit the Dahab resort in Sinai and to extend condolences on the victims. Papers also featured a statement by Dr. Buthaina Shaaban, Minister of Expatriates, during a mee [...]
2006-04-25 12:34:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS200Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported Egyptian President Mubarak's meeting with US Vice-President Dick Cheney and headlined Mubarak's statement that Syria has cooperated with the IIC. News reports featured a statement by Saudi FM Saud al-Faisal to the Financial Times that Saudi Arabia has p [...]
2006-01-18 14:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2033Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Mohammed Zuhir al- Nashashibi, Member of the PLO Executive Committee, expressed thanks and great appreciation to President Asad for launching the national fundraising campaign for the Palestinian people. "The Palestinian people appreciate the wise and brave [...]
2006-05-03 12:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS209Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Iranian President Ahmedinejad will arrive in Damascus today for a two-day state visit to Syria and will meet President Asad and senior Syrian officials. All papers featured a statement by President Ahmadinejad on Wednesday describing relations between Iran [...]
2006-01-19 16:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2134Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and his separate meetings with President Asad and Vice President Faruq al-Shar'a. Berri briefed Asad and Shara on the results of the Lebanese national dialogue and status of relations betw [...]
2006-05-08 13:28:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2163Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara received Sheikh Jawad al-Khalisi, Secretary General of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress (INFC); at their meeting Shara reiterated Syria's condemnation of terrorist attacks that target innocent civilians and sow seeds of partition [...]
2006-05-09 12:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2192Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Syria has received 53 families of Palestinian refugees who were trapped at the Jordanian and Iraqi borders for 6 weeks before. "Syria has taken necessary steps to host the Palestinian refugees in cooperation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and t [...]
2006-05-10 14:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2264Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Assamani Al-Waseela Assamani, Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, who conferred with Minister Walid al-Mouallem. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of boosting them in all fields. During the meeting, the Sudanese Min [...]
2006-05-15 14:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS231Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, President Asad's
[...] Summary: Syrian weekend newspapers focused on the visit to Damascus by Iranian President Ahmadinejad and featured the joint communiqu issued at the conclusion of the visit confirming Iran's strong support of Syria to restore occupied territories to the June 4, 1967, line. Syria and Iran under [...]
2006-01-23 08:32:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2318DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION CALLS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred prominent Syrian and Lebanese citizens have signed the Damascus-Beirut Declaration, which includes a ten-point "joint future national vision" for reconciliation between the two countries. The document covers the spectrum of Syrian-Lebanese diplomatic, historic [...]
2006-05-17 14:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS2319FULL TEXT OF DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION
[...] (U) FULL TEXT OF DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION: 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Lebanese-Syrian relations are witnessing quick deterioration that could cause a deep fracture between the two neighboring countries and the two sisterly peoples. This deterioration has grown since the exten [...]
2006-05-17 14:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS2337Damascus Media Reaction: UN Security Council resolution
[...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry on the UN Security Council Resolution 1680 that was passed on Wednesday saying it poses "an unprecedented measure of interference in the core of sovereign and bilateral issues for member states to the United Nations. C [...]
2006-05-18 12:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2376Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Prime Minister Ottri sent cables of congratulation to Iraqi PM al-Malki and to Italian PM Prodi on the occasion of forming the new Iraqi and Italian governments. He expressed his confidence in developing cooperation between Syria and Italy to serve their jo [...]
2006-05-23 06:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2404Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Palestinian Minister of Interior Said Siam and his meeting with VP Shara. Siam expressed the Palestinian government's and the Palestinian people's great appreciation for Syria's stances towards the Palestinian people. VP Shara reiterated [...]
2006-05-25 11:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2554Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, Syria/China,
[...] Summary: Government-owned Tishreen, the only paper to appear on Saturday, featured an Interior Ministry statement reporting the clash that took place Friday morning between an anti-terror unit and a terrorist extremist group near Omayyad Square in Damascus. The statement said that the clash r [...]
2006-06-04 12:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2594Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Cuba, Syria/Palestinians,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Fernando Ramirez de Estenoz, Chief of the Foreign Relations Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, featuring his meetings with Vice President Farouk Shara. A statement by the Syrian Arab News Agency said that talks focus [...]
2006-06-05 12:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2636Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinian Authority,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visit to Damascus of Ahmad Qurei', Special Envoy of the President of the Palestinian National Authorit, who conferred with President Asad and conveyed a message from President Mahmoud Abbas about the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the [...]
2006-06-06 14:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS275RIAD SEIF'S PROPOSALS FOR USG ACTION
[...] (C) During a January 24 meeting (reftel),Former MP and recently released Damascus Spring detainee Riad Seif presented Charge with a list of suggested actions the USG could take to support opposition efforts in Syria. The following is a translation from the original Arabic: 2. (C) BEGI [...]
2006-01-25 14:17:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS2777Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Lebanon, Syria/Qatar,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received former US Senator James Abourezk, Chairman of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee on Sunday. Talks during the meeting concentrated on the situation in Iraq, Syria's full support for the political process there, and means [...]
2006-06-12 11:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2822Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Venezuela,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that FM Walid al-Mouallem received James Abourezek, Chairman of the American-Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee and former US Senator, and that they talked about American-Syrian relations, the situation in Iraq, and the Arab-Israel conflict. In a statement to S [...]
2006-06-14 09:08:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2877Damascus Media Reaction: Brammertz Report,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported an address by Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad to the UN Security Council at a session about the latest Brammertz report. Miqdad confirmed Syrian cooperation with the UN investigation into the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. Dr. Miqdad said, "we [...]
2006-06-18 10:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS291Damascus Media Reaction: Golan, Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by citizens of the Golan emphasizing that they are part of the Syrian Arab people and confirming adherence to national unity and genuine accord with their leadership in Syria. They announced their clear stands against all "conspiracies" against thei [...]
2006-01-26 15:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3019Damascus Media Reaction: OIC Ministerial, Syria/Serbia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that FM Walid al-Moallem discussed with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul regional topics of joint concern and issues on the agenda of the 33rd session of OIC Foreign Ministers meeting held in Baku. During a meeting held on the margin of the OIC Ministerial, b [...]
2006-06-21 14:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3305Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a phone call from Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz which focused on the situation in the Middle East and bilateral relations. Papers also reported that Arab and Islamic groups at the UN in Geneva approved a draft resolution proposed [...]
2006-07-06 12:24:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3552Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operations in Lebanon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported a meeting by the Syrian Cabinet emphasizing readiness in all fields to face all future scenarios. PM Mohammed Naji Ottri underlined "the importance of coordination and integration of government performance, escalating readiness in all sectors, and taking t [...]
2006-07-20 08:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS362Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Yuri N. Baluyevsky, Russian Chief of Staff, which dealt with enhancing bilateral relations and with the latest regional and international developments. Papers also reported the joint press conference held by the Russian Chief-of-Sta [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3658Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon,
[...] Summary: The Israeli military operation in Lebanon remained the major topic in the Syrian press. Papers reported that President Asad received telephone calls from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Greek Socialist Party leader George Panadreou, which focused on latest developments in Lebanon [...]
2006-07-26 09:08:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3678Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a statement by the press office of the Syrian Ministry of Communication and Technology denying reports circulated by electronic websites to the effect that Syria possesses information about al-Qaeda and that Syria is ready to offer it to the US. The statement de [...]
2006-07-26 13:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3679ANTI-AMERICAN, PRO-HIZBALLAH THEMES PREDOMINATE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Rising anti-American sentiment is evident in Syria in response to the aerial bombardment Israel has unleashed on Lebanon in the past two weeks. Many contacts, reflecting widespread public sentiment, accuse the U.S. of using Israel's military might to impose its own agenda on Le [...]
2006-07-26 13:54:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS3718Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli operation in Lebanon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Secretary General of Hizbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, stressed in a televised speech on al- Manar TV station that Israel has failed to achieve anything militarily so far in its 18-day aggression on Lebanon, and that Israel has received very tough blows. He adde [...]
2006-07-31 07:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3721Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli War against Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the new Israeli massacre in Qana. Headlines featured President Asad's telephone conversation with Lebanese President Lahoud expressing pain and shock at the crime that Israel has committed against innocent civilians in Qana. President Asad reaffirmed Syria' [...]
2006-07-31 11:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3779Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad addressed the Syrian armed forces on July 31 in a speech published in "The People's Army" magazine, marking the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syrian Army. Asad said that the anniversary is being observed this year "amid internati [...]
2006-08-01 13:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3805Damascus Media Reaction: Israel/Lebanon, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad and Chinese President Jintao exchanged letters of congratulation marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. President Asad expressed confidence that the relations of friendship and co [...]
2006-08-02 13:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3863Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Qatar,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad has sent a message of support and solidarity to Lebanese President Lahoud, conveyed by Foreign Minister Waleed al-Mouallem, to confirm Syria's solidarity with and support of the steadfastness of the Lebanese people and the national resistance [...]
2006-08-07 13:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3899Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Greece,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad called Lebanese President Lahoud on August 8 to discuss the French- American draft UNSC resolution and the international positions on it. Both presidents stressed that any formula must have unanimous Lebanese support. During the conversation, [...]
2006-08-09 07:44:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3928Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Syria/France,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Mostafa Othamn Ismael, Advisor to the Sudanese President, who reiterated the importance of working to stop Israel's aggression against Lebanon, and called for withdrawal of occupation forces from South Lebanon. Ismael expressed [...]
2006-08-11 09:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3969Damascus Media Reaction: Israel/Lebanon, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a telephone call from UN SecGen Kofi Annan. Their talks dealt with the situation in Lebanon following the UNSC resolution and with implementation of the ceasefire. Papers also quoted an official Syrian source as saying that Syria sup [...]
2006-08-14 12:42:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3999Damascus Media Reaction: Asad, Nasrallah, Olmert,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that President Asad will deliver a speech focusing on the latest political developments in the region at the inauguration of the Fourth General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union. Papers also featured a televised speech by Hassan Nasrallah, SecG [...]
2006-08-15 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4046Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Syria/Britain,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian Cabinet stressed that President Asad's address to 4th General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union reflected the impulse of the Syrian people and all the Arab nation and expressed the Arab street's support for the Lebanese national resistan [...]
2006-08-18 06:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4071Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon/Israel, Syria/Norway,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Israel's violation of the cease-fire in Lebanon through its landing attempt in Boudai village in the Bekaa Valley, and the ongoing dispute concerning France's participation in the international force. Papers also reported a meeting on Saturday between Foreign Mi [...]
2006-08-20 12:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4091Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Syria/Egypt,
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers today reported that Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, will pay a working visit to Syria today during which he will hold talks with President Asad that will focus on bilateral relations and current developments in the region. Papers also featured a [...]
2006-08-21 11:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4128 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Qatar/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the working visit to Damascus by Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, and his meeting with President Asad, which focused on the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its repercussions, the current Arab position, the situation in the Palesti [...]
2006-08-22 13:28:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4341Damascus Media Reaction: Annan's Visit, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports of the visit to Damascus by UN SecGen Kofi Annan and his meeting with President Asad, Vice President Shar'a, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem, and Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Faysal al-Miqdad. Talks focused on the need to consolidate the Lebanese ceas [...]
2006-09-06 04:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4419RUSSIAN FM MEETS SYRIAN PRESIDENT; SARG SAYS NO TO
[...] (C) Visiting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met for an hour September 7 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad followed by separate hour-long meetings with Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a, and FM Walid Mu'allim, according to a senior Russian diplomat here. The conversations focused on implem [...]
2006-09-10 13:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS4534Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/PLO, Pope Anti-Islam
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by former Palestinian PM Ahmad Qurei, who met with President Asad and conveyed a message from President Abbas. He also met with VP Shara and held a press conference in which he expressed hope that a Palestinian national unity government wo [...]
2006-09-18 14:25:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4560 Damascus Media Reaction: Pope Anti-Islam Remarks,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports of Syrian Grand Mufti Badreddin Hassoun's meeting with the Papal Nuncio in Damascus, Giovanni Battista Morandini, in which Hassoun warned against inflaming a conflict between Islam and Christianity. He accused some hegemonic powers of seeking to [...]
2006-09-19 12:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4584Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, UNGA Session,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports on Syrian- Lebanese relations, featuring the visit to Damascus by Fathi Yakan, Chairman of the Islamic Action Front in Lebanon, who met with President Asad and reviewed with him developments in the region, particularly in Lebanon in the wake of th [...]
2006-09-20 12:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4635Damascus Media Reaction: UNGA session, UNSC Session on
[...] Summary: Papers continued to report meetings held by FM Walid al-Mouallem on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, citing his meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talbani, Costa Rica's Foreign Minister Bruno Ugharti, Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, German Foreign Minist [...]
2006-09-25 08:20:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5026Damascus Media Reaction: MEPP, Palestinian Developments,
[...] Summary: The Syrian press between October 17 - 19, covered the following issues: President Asad met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Sunday. Papers quoted Moratinos as saying that "Syria is part of the solution rather than the problem." President Asad held an Iftar [...]
2006-10-19 12:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5279Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Europe, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting on November 6 with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, focusing on Syrian-European relations, general developments and a potential European role in the Middle East peace process. Headlines featured a joint press conferen [...]
2006-11-07 14:56:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5304Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Senegal, Syria/Oman, Syrian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today (Nov. 14) reported that President Abdullah Wad of Senegal received an oral message from President Asad on bilateral relations and regional and international developments. The message was conveyed by Minister of Information Dr. Mohsen Bilal. The Senegalese presi [...]
2006-11-14 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5341Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Nov. 27 reported President Asad's and VP Shara's meetings on Nov. 26 with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov, focusing on the tension in the region caused by foreign interference. In statements following the meeting, Sulatanov described his meetings [...]
2006-11-27 13:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5377Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Shara, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 7 reported that President Asad received Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 6 The two leaders reviewed the situations in Iraq, the occupied territories, and Lebanon, and mutual cooperation, reiterating the importance of achieving security and s [...]
2006-12-07 15:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5452Syria/US, Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the Dec. 19-20 visit to Damascus by US Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry and their meetings with President Asad and FM Mouallem. Talks focused on the level of relations between Syria and the United States and ways to activate the comprehensive peace pro [...]
2006-12-28 17:08:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS624Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Danish
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara has informed Moqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr movement in Iraq, about Syria's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq and exchange diplomatic representation at level of ambassadors after the formation of the new Iraqi [...]
2006-02-14 14:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS703Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Cartoon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Lebanese rejection of the calls for foreign custodianship and the positions expressed by the "March 14" forces. Omar Jaftali editorialized in Tishreen that it is shameful that some Lebanese have sold themselves for a fistful of dollars. However, he said that [...]
2006-02-22 07:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS86Damascus Media Reaction: Khaddam, Mubarak/Chirac Summit,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that the Finance Ministry has frozen the assets of Khaddam's wife, sons, grandchildren and their husbands and wives with the aim of securing the sum which will be revealed by the judicial investigation. The decision came in response to the deliberation i [...]
2006-01-05 12:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06FRANKFURT8141German Women, Economy Stuck at Glass Ceiling
[...] In a city of skyscrapers and boardrooms, the absence of top female management in Frankfurt is striking -- nor is Frankfurt unique in Germany. The "glass ceiling" for women in the German workforce is remarkably pervasive and persistent, fueling Germany's demographic problems and lowering potent [...]
2006-12-08 14:46:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KWMN ECON ELAB PGOV GM
06GENEVA1638HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
[...] UN General Assembly President and Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson opened the inaugural session of the Human Rights Council (June 19-23) with a speech recalling why the Council was created and the challenges it faced. UN Secretary General Annan endorsed the adoption of the SIPDIS Conv [...]
2006-07-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GEORGETOWN365 Venezuela and the Caribbean
[...] Following is text of the editorial in today's Stabroek News newspaper, Guyana's leading independent newspaper. The editorial is a good reflection of the Guyanese thinking man's view of Venezuela, Chavez, and the 160 year-old boundary dispute. 2. BEGIN TEXT: It was columnist Mr. Reggie D [...]
2006-04-21 14:21:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS ECIN EINV EPET EAID XL VE GY
06GEORGETOWN433NARCO-CRIMINAL ROGER KHAN LASHES OUT AT USG
[...] (U) Guyana's leading narco-trafficker Shaheed "Roger" Khan has stepped up his public relations attack since news of his grand jury indictment emerged May 5 on conspiracy to import cocaine emerged. Khan approached various media organizations May 10 with a statement painting himself as a victim [...]
2006-05-11 20:20:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM GY
06HANOI30NEXT WEEK'S PARTY PLENUM TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND
[...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the National Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam will kick off its 13th Plenum on January 11. Meeting for several days, the Central Committee will both discuss its future membership and other leadership issues and examine several important Party doc [...]
2006-01-06 10:06:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR VM
06ISLAMABAD9705PAK-SINO RELATIONS: “HIGHER THAN THE HIMALAYAS, DEEPER THAN THE SEAâ€Â
[...] (C) Summary. At a May 23 conference celebrating 55 years of Pakistan-China relations, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz characterized the Sino-Pak relationship as a model bilateral relationship, in which both countries are committed to peaceful co-existence, sovereign equality, and non-i [...]
2006-05-25 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALCH IN PK PREL
06ISTANBUL2100ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SEES NEW U.S. POLICY TREND IN
[...] Summary. A largely academic audience responded positively to visiting scholar Dr. Ian Lesser of the Woodrow Wilson Center and former Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen's discussion of the "Future of Turkish-American Relations." Lesser and Turkmen inaugurated Sabanci University's Istanbul Policy [...]
2006-11-21 14:49:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
06JAKARTA10298INDONESIA WANTS TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/P Director of Policy Planning Dr. Stephen Krasner met on August 11 with Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials for a strategic dialogue on U.S.-Indonesian relations. Led by Secretary General Imron Cotan, the Indonesians stressed their desire to expand and deepen bilateral coope [...]
2006-08-15 11:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PARM KDEM ID
06JAKARTA13229INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR
[...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...]
2006-11-17 06:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID
06JEDDAH567MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA AUGUST 18: MECCA
[...] (U) Once again the sermon from the Grand Mosque in Mecca advocated that the Ummah unite to confront a nebulous enemy, which inevitably comes to mean the non-Muslim world. In a strident sermon, Imam Sheikh Dr. Saud Bin Ibrahim al-Sheraim, warned his listeners, "this age of materialistic civil [...]
2006-08-26 07:44:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH597MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 1:
[...] The sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 1 was delivered by Dr. Salih bin-Abdallah bin-Humayd, the Chairman of the Shura Council, which advises the King. The main idea in the sermon was that of a "new dawn" for the Arab and Islamic nation. He remarked that the results of the recen [...]
2006-09-09 10:29:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PREL SA SCUL
06KHARTOUM1394JUBA,S CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP ON PROBLEMS FACING THE
[...] (C) Summary: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba, Paolino Lukudu Loro, discussed with CG on June 3 some of the major challenges facing the Equatoria region. Loro expressed his relief that the peace was holding but raised the ethnic hegemony of the Dinka, the situation in Yei, land tenure, and [...]
2006-06-12 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR EAGR SU
06KHARTOUM1620SUSPENSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF WEST EQUATORIA
[...] (C) Summary: A mid-June GoSS presidential decree suspended West Equatoria Governor Zamoi, who is blamed for Zande attacks in February on Dinka herders, which resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals. Zamoi is also linked to the embezzlement of stabilization funds. Ethnic balance remains a d [...]
2006-07-10 09:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM606Anti-International Intervention Campaign
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with a steady stream of protests and actions taken by the press, government, and public to reject the introduction of international forces to replace those of the African Union. End summary. ------------------ [...]
2006-03-08 16:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI US AU SU
06KHARTOUM887SOUTHERN SUDAN: POLITICAL FACTIONALISM WITHIN THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People,s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has become the dominant single political movement in Southern Sudan, and the potential genesis of a one-party state. The July 2005 death of John Garang and the formation of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) have given the SPLM opp [...]
2006-04-12 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL SU
06KINGSTON939KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]
2006-05-15 11:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KUWAIT1010ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW
[...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]
2006-03-22 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1011ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW
[...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]
2006-03-22 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1396MEDIA REACTION: Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 13:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2831KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-15 09:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3095TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 10:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3360KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - Debating the Lebanon War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-19 10:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3444KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4564KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, IRAN, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 10:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4617KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERROR FUNDING, IRAN, IRAQ, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 09:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4702KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During back-to-back meetings on 12/24 with a Congressional delegation and the Ambassador, The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said that the key issues facing the coalition in Iraq are transferring security responsibility to Iraqis and checking Iranian influence. He said we are in a [...]
2006-12-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CVIS KU IR
06LAPAZ1414DEJA VU--IS MORALES FOLLOWING THE CHAVEZ MODEL?
[...] (C) Summary: As the Morales government hits the four month mark and further strengthens its relationships with Cuba and Venezuela, there is increasing speculation about the extent to which Morales is following the Chavista model of governance. Three Venezuelan USAID contractors working on dem [...]
2006-05-26 19:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1794SANTA CRUZ: THOUSANDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 400,000 people gathered in Santa Cruz June 28 to support civic leaders' campaign for a "yes" vote in the July 2 departmental autonomy referendum. Speakers accused the Morales administration of attempting to consolidate "hegemonic" power and declared autonomy a means [...]
2006-06-29 21:05:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI BL
06LAPAZ180GOB NAMES LEFTIST CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced the 16 members of his cabinet January 23, the majority leftist, indigenous and from the altiplano. Morales exhorted the new cabinet to change Bolivia, integrate marginalized members of society, eliminate corruption, and serve -- not exploit -- the peo [...]
2006-01-24 19:41:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV TBIO BL
06LAPAZ2636MAS MACHINATIONS AT CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY POLARIZE
[...] (C) Summary: On September 28 in Sucre, on almost purely party lines, the Constituent Assembly (CA) voted in favor of Evo Morales' MAS party's proposal that it declare itself an "originary" organ, and thus theoretically superior to all other branches of government, including the legislature th [...]
2006-09-29 18:43:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2840MAS SPLITS KEY UNION IN SANTA CRUZ
[...] (C) This is the third in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with Edwin Fernandes, leader of the Santa Cruz Departmental Labor Union, known by its Spanish initials COD. Each of the country's nine departments has [...]
2006-10-20 15:33:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3245SENATE MEETS IN DARK OF NIGHT
[...] (C) Following a series of questionable but probably legal maneuvers to attain a quorum, the Bolivian senate met late in the night of November 28 and rapidly approved five new laws, including the controversial land reform bill (INRA) and a Bolivian-Venezuelan military agreement. Within hours [...]
2006-12-01 14:06:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PHUM BL
06LIMA2445LULA-GARCIA MEETING A "LOVE-FEST" ACCORDING TO TOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Pablo Portugal, described the 6/13 meeting in Brasilia between President-elect Alan Garcia and Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a "love-fest," during a 6/14 coffee with the Ambassador. According to Portu [...]
2006-06-19 19:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD EINV PE BR
06LJUBLJANA63SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]
2006-01-31 03:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06MANAGUA1180REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]
2006-06-02 17:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1434NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON NIC WATCH LIST OF INTERNAL
[...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the bulk of the NIC Watch list's assessment of internal instability in Nicaragua. However, we recommend that the following clarifications and recent political developments be considered: CALL FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]
2006-07-03 17:52:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNKDEM MARR MOPS NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2044NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE
[...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]
2006-09-18 19:45:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA430DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...]
2006-02-24 21:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA579FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]
2006-03-14 23:45:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA715LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]
2006-03-30 22:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA745ALLQ,S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ASSERTS AGUIRRE SACASA
[...] (C) Summary: Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, until recently a presidential-hopeful for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),is disappointed with PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman's decision to influence the outcome of the PLC's selection of its presidential candidate. He believes that Aleman's hold on [...]
2006-04-04 22:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAMA1469FINANCIAL CRIMES LAW ESTABLISHES EXEMPTION FOR
[...] (C) Summary. A recently passed law on its way to the King for signature that addresses money laundering and terror financing establishes an exemption for funding "freedom fighters" and "nations struggling against foreign invasion and aggression." Bahrain Monetary Agency Advisor Ralph Ricks c [...]
2006-08-08 11:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD POL
06MANAMA1599KING STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL
[...] (S) Summary. Bahrain's King Hamad, during an August 29 discussion with the Ambassador, repeatedly stressed the value he placed on the U.S. relationship, and the importance of the U.S. role in maintaining peace and security in the region. He expected Bahrain to initiate discussions shortly with [...]
2006-08-31 09:27:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV BA OFFICIALS REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1988SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DISCUSSES MILITARY
[...] (S) Minister of Defense General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told Secretary of the Navy Winter November 26 that the long standing presence of the US Navy in Bahrain and the warm relationship between Bahrain and the US is a stabilizing force given Bahrain's "unpredictable neighbors." He [...]
2006-12-03 11:59:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2024CROWN PRINCE AND A/S HILLEN DISCUSS SECURITY
[...] (C) In their December 8 meeting on the eve of the opening of the IISS Manama Dialogue conference, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told a U.S. delegation led by State A/S Hillen, CENTCOM Vice Admiral Nichols, and NSC Senior Director Doran that the stronger the U.S. message is o [...]
2006-12-11 12:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA442DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR
[...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...]
2006-03-20 05:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA982FM SHAIKH KHALID REQUESTS INFORMATION ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary and action request. Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid has requested further information on the components of the package of incentives for Iran, and especially on the political component which Bahrain understands is aimed at giving Iran recognition as a regional player. He asked that [...]
2006-06-05 13:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BA OFFICIALS BILAT
06MEXICO2460WHAT AILS THE PRI?
[...] (C) Summary: After its considerable successes in the 2003 midterm elections and in state and local races since then, many in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expected that 2006 would be the year of its restoration, particularly given the public's disappointment with the Fox Admini [...]
2006-05-09 14:47:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2711MEXICAN CONGRESS DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE, NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The final session of the 59th Congress ended on April 28, with the modest results that have become its hallmark under a divided government. Some, including Eduardo Perez Motta, head of the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) believe that the new competitiveness law will become [...]
2006-05-20 00:39:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MINSK787LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ
[...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]
2006-07-27 10:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MOSCOW12711CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS?
[...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]
2006-11-30 13:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12897AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTH CAUCASUS, DECEMBER 4-5
[...] (C) Ambassador Burns traveled to the North Caucasus December 4-5 -- the first American Ambassador to visit the region in fifteen years. In Kabardino-Balkaria he discussed with President Kanokov prospects for economic development and political reform. Kanokov provided regional views on frozen [...]
2006-12-12 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD PINR GG RS
06MOSCOW13171RUSSIA AND IRAN: AFTER THE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has repeatedly told us that when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it shares our strategic goal but differs with us over tactics. Moscow's reluctance to agree to coercive measures was on full display during consideration of UNSCR 1737, but in th [...]
2006-12-29 12:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD KNNP MASS IR RS
06MUSCAT1090MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, IRAQI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] Israel's Gaza incursion continued to receive strongly negative coverage in the local press. In a July 7 front-page article, privately owned Arabic-language daily "Al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) reported that Israel had used unspecified "internationally-banned weapons." Arabic papers front-pag [...]
2006-07-11 07:15:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1482MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDEAST TOUR, DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] SUMMARY: "Oman" expresses skepticism about Secretary's latest Middle East tour, supports dialogue with Pyongyang, and claims that the Greater Middle East Initiative aims to weaken Arab culture. "Al-Watan" says the West's "double standards" are responsible for North Korea's nuclear program, an [...]
2006-10-16 11:44:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06NAIROBI633SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT STUMBLES TOWARD BAIDOA
[...] (C) The Somali President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament gathered over the February 11 weekend to iron out their differences over holding the first-ever session of the Somali Parliament inside Somalia. Politicians from the Haber Gedir clan met the same weekend to seek an end to [...]
2006-02-13 09:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NEWDELHI291LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]
2006-01-13 14:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI292LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]
2006-01-13 14:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI3313PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...]
2006-05-12 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI6913THE COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS SPAR OVER THE INDO/US
[...] (C) In its September 12-13 Central Committee meeting the CPI(M) leadership assailed the UPA government's relationship with the US, accusing it of sacrificing Indian autonomy and taking dictation from Washington on foreign policy and economic issues. The CPI(M) pledged to continue agitating [...]
2006-10-05 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN PK
06NEWDELHI8003INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTIES DEBATE HOW TO USE THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have a guaranteed niche in Indian politics and enjoy some advantages. India has the largest number of poor people of any country on earth, including many of the most exploited and oppressed populations found anywhere. These make a natural constituency for [...]
2006-11-28 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CH NP
06NEWDELHI8067HU JINTAO FAILS TO COMMIT TO INDIAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more questions than answers in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-23 visit to India - the first by a Chinese president in 10 years. While taking moderate strides on economic confidence-building measures, it appears that hopes for forward moveme [...]
2006-11-30 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI8137PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...]
2006-12-05 08:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN
06NICOSIA24"OSMOSIS" AND THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS: IT'S ALL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriots fear that the Greek Cypriot side is increasingly disinterested in a bizonal, bicommunal federal solution to the Cyprus problem, and is intent on simply absorbing Turkish Cypriots into the ROC through a process of "osmosis." Buoyed by the confidence and real lev [...]
2006-01-09 13:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CY
06OSLO493NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Norway's young center-left government is engaged in a controversial balancing act on Cuba, publicly supporting Cuban dissidents while also seeking a broader dialogue with Cuba. With the exception of an impending oil drilling contract, Norwegian business interests in Cuba are sc [...]
2006-04-19 16:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU NO
06OSLO873DEMARCHE DELIVERED-COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 04:51:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL NO CU
06OSLO895NICARAGUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 14:03:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAORC PGOV PREL DEM NO KDEM
06PARIS2100MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2314FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR
[...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]
2006-04-07 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2923MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 12:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3269MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Immigration Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4175(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]
2006-06-16 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS452MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Rice Transformational
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 11:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS526MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5461UNESCO STAFF SEE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY AS EXPANSION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor for the Library of Congress (LOC) World Digital Library Initiative (WDL),held an informational meeting with working level UNESCO staff and two separate meetings on June 20 and 21 with staff from the UNESCO Director-General's (DG) office. Eliz [...]
2006-08-11 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS6194MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 09:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and the West - Pope Benedict
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7439 MEDIA WRAP-UP: U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS/ MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) The U.S. mid-term election results fueled speculation about a possible shift in U.S. Middle East policy beyond Iraq. Commentators used the occasion of the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Washington and the Beit Hanoun incident to discuss Washington's support to Israel in the context of [...]
2006-11-17 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PORTOFSPAIN1126PM MANNING FRUSTRATED OVER CARICOM RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Karen Harbert and WHA DAS Patrick Duddy, PM Manning voiced frustration with CARICOM colleagues over their stance on Petrocaribe but at the same time said he would go along with a "CARICOM decision" to support Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. [...]
2006-09-22 21:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEPET UNSC PREL PGOV VE TD
06PRETORIA3202SOUTH AFRICA: SEMINAR ON THE FOREIGN POLICY OF HUGO CHAVEZ
[...] (U) Summary. The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the Embassy of Venezuela sponsored a July 28 presentation by Jos Briceo Ruiz of the Universidad de los Andes on the foreign policy of Hugo Chavez as it pertains to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The main points brought up in [...]
2006-08-04 12:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON USTR SF VE
06QUITO2390ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS MEETING CRITICAL OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: At the Quito Regional Meeting of the Alliance of Civilizations, President Palacio recycled his UNGA speech and Foreign Minister Carrion acted as host. Many participants openly attacked U.S. policies; others had only veiled criticism. Linked closely to the Academy of Latinicity [...]
2006-09-27 21:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EC PREL UN IO
06QUITO2699FM CARRION'S POLICY BLUEPRINT: VANITY PROJECT OR
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion on October 23 released the country's foreign policy whitepaper, the National Foreign Policy Plan 2006-2020 ("PLANEX"). An avowed attempt to focus the nation's foreign policy amidst constant domestic political turmoil, the PLANEX exer [...]
2006-11-07 22:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
06RABAT1374MINISTRY OF INTERIOR'S SECRET PLAN FOR MOROCCO'S
[...] (U) Summary: French language weekly, Le Journal Hebdomaire (July 15),reported on the Moroccan Ministry of Interior (MOI)'s projections on the 2007 legislative elections. The projections confirmed the preeminence of the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD),the strong position of [...]
2006-07-20 14:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR MO
06RABAT1415ELECTIONS ISSUES ATTRACTING ATTENTION IN THE PRESS
[...] (U) Summary: The 2007 legislative elections are getting increasing coverage in Moroccan press outlets. French-language dailies, Le Matin and Liberation, both published articles on the threat "political nomadism" presents to democracy and how the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) Party [...]
2006-07-26 12:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR MO
06RABAT1983SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS OUTLINE GRIEVANCES AND POSSIBLE
[...] (C) During a mid-October visit to Western Sahara, Sahrawi human rights activists indicated profound alienation from Moroccan authorities and deep skepticism about any autonomy package the GOM might be preparing, charging that human rights practices in the region were getting worse. They viewe [...]
2006-10-23 13:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPKO MA WI
06RABAT633PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT HOSTS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) hosted a conference March 31-April 1 on "U.S. Decision-Making and Its Impact on Moroccan-American Relations." Participants included party leaders as well as rank and file PJD members, select diplomats, academics and NGOs. Gues [...]
2006-04-07 15:17:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RIYADH6668170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]
2006-08-22 06:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06SANTIAGO1091MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] On May 20, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez and the U.S. Weapons Embargo." Quote: "Caracas and Washington remain locked in a verbal dispute.... Chavez' provocative style irritates the White House.... In a year in [...]
2006-05-23 13:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO265MEDIA REACTION - PRESS FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 10:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PHUM KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO2661SEARED BLEU: THE SOCIALIST CONVICTIONS OF
[...] (C) Eight months into her term as Chile's President, the core socialist principles that guide Michelle Bachelet are very much in evidence. Her administration's first budget emphasized increased spending on education and health care and she has expended much political capital on social issues such [...]
2006-12-29 12:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI
06SAOPAULO1071MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST;
[...] "Geopolitical Bomb" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (10/10) editorialized: "The announcement of the North Korean nuclear test puts the world at risk to the dangers of [nuclear] proliferation. It will be no surprise if, in view of the new geopolitical reality, bo [...]
2006-10-10 12:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1174MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S CONDEMNATION, US MIDTERM
[...] "Bush, A Lame Duck" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (11/7): "Americans will vote today in the midterm elections, which represent a kind of referendum on the current administration. Polls have suggested that the Republicans will be defeated.... The [...]
2006-11-07 11:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO484MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SOUTH AMERICA, BOLIVIA,
[...] "Obsolescence of What Is Still Unfinished" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo remarked (5/5): "What should have been dealt with yesterday in Puerto Iguazu was the premature dismantling of the unfinished projects of [South American] regional integration. The ruined buildin [...]
2006-05-05 17:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO494MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SOUTH AMERICA,
[...] "Fragmentation Of Latin America" University of Sao Paulo Professor Boris Fausto opined in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/8): "President Evo Morales' decision to nationalize the Bolivian oil and gas industry, using the military and exacerbating the nationalist climate, is of itself a serious oc [...]
2006-05-09 13:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO649MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, US TALKS OFFER, NUCLEAR PROGRAM; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO800MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE; GLOBAL
[...] "Peacekeeping Force" Liberal, largest circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (7/25) opined: "The proposal of an international force made up mainly of European troops to be sent to the South of Lebanon is praiseworthy.... That seems to be the best way both for an immediate ceasefire and to ensur [...]
2006-07-25 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO935Despite Sagging Poll Numbers, Alckmin Adviser Thinks
[...] (SBU) Fernando Braga, Sao Paulo State Secretary for Economy and Planning, argued that former Governor Geraldo Alckmin will make it to the second round of the presidential election, where he will take advantage of Lula's high negative numbers in the polls to "win in the last five minutes." He [...]
2006-08-28 10:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
06SEOUL1920POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The dust is still settling from the Uri Party's catastrophic loss in the May 31 local elections (Ref A). As reflected in post-election polls, voters used the election to send a clear message of dissatisfaction to President Roh. While President Roh has stated that he will continue the adm [...]
2006-06-09 08:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
06SEOUL862ROK-JAPAN MAR 7 STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN TOKYO: LONG
[...] (C) In March 13-14 meetings with poloff, MOFAT and Japanese Embassy contacts said South Korean VFM Yu Myung-hwan's exhaustive meetings with Japanese VFM Yachi during the March 7 ROK-Japan strategic dialogue in Tokyo failed to result in progress on a number of bilateral and regional issues. Y [...]
2006-03-16 08:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC JA KN KS
06SEOUL935SENATOR BOND'S MARCH 20 CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, ROK Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok underscored the level of importance the ROKG attached to the U.S.-ROK alliance, stressing that Seoul looked to Washington to counterbalance the increasing Chinese influence in the region. [...]
2006-03-23 04:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS ECON EAID KN KS
06SHANGHAI6459EAST CHINA VIEWS ON PEACEFUL RISE AND HARMONIOUS WORLD
[...] (C) Summary. According to East China scholars, China's foreign policy doctrine is moving beyond the concept of "Peaceful Development" to "Harmonious World." President Hu, determined to put his stamp on China's foreign policy, had initially supported the "Peaceful Rise" concept promoted by f [...]
2006-10-12 01:36:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI6460SHANGHAI CHINA CONFERENCE A PRELUDE TO 6TH PLENUM
[...] (C). Summary. During an international conference of China Studies, top Chinese scholars discussed China's political development and foreign policy, in a prelude to discussions at the October 2006 Plenum and even the 2007 Party Congress. Chinese scholars characterized China as committed to t [...]
2006-10-12 04:29:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06TAIPEI129MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies focused their coverage January 13 on the Legislative Yuan session Thursday, in which the central government's general budget for fiscal 2006 was reviewed. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, carried an exclusive news sto [...]
2006-01-13 04:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06TALLINN835GOE AND BRS CLOSE TO A DEAL ON RAILWAY SALE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOE and Estonia Railway's (ER) primary shareholder, Baltic Rail Services (BRS) may be close to concluding a deal for the buyback of BRS' shares. The Ministry of Economy (MOE) appears prepared to take a more flexible approach on price. BRS and ER are anxious to close a deal, [...]
2006-09-14 08:40:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN KIDE EN
06TELAVIV1632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]
2006-04-26 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV177ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. administration intends to invite Acting PM Ehud Olmert to Washington before the elections in Israel. The radio reported t [...]
2006-01-12 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1870NEW NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert has appointed as the new chairman of National Security Council Ilan Mizrahi, a former Deputy Head of the Mossad, to replace Giora Eiland, who will retire in several weeks. The National Security Council (NSC),created in 1999 during the tenure of then-PM Bi [...]
2006-05-12 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS IR GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]
2006-05-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2511MOD'S GILAD ON GAZA, KARNI, AND IRANIAN THREATS IN
[...] (S) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad claimed that, during his recent meetings in Jordan, he was told of an Iranian message pressuring Jordan to accept Iranian hegemony in the region. Gilad also reported that he expects strategic [...]
2006-06-24 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PGOV ETTC KPAL KWBG PINS IR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV3431(C) STEINITZ'S MEETING WITH CODEL SHAYS: URGES
[...] (C) Summary: In a August 17 meeting with Codel Shays, Likud Knesset member Yuval Steinitz expressed disappointment with the GOI handling of the recent conflict in Lebanon. Steinitz holds the Lebanese government responsible for neither stopping Hizballah nor offering to intervene when only sout [...]
2006-08-28 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPOL PREL KWBG LE IR IS
06TELAVIV4002ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...]
2006-10-11 13:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ
06TELAVIV4481ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...]
2006-11-09 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL
06TELAVIV4662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4713ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanon 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Sunday the diplomatic-security cabinet adopted PM Ehud Olmert's view that the cease-fire must be reinforced. Ha'aretz cited the cabinet's decision that the [...]
2006-12-04 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...]
2006-02-17 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE2644COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[...] Country clearance is granted for DOE official Alexander Heger to travel to the Netherlands from January 20-27, 2007 to collaborate with Dr. Norbert Langer of the University of Utrecht Sterrenkundig on the field of evolution of massive stars and their nucleosynthesis. This collaboration is in [...]
2006-12-20 14:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENGR OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE542COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[...] Country clearnce is granted for Alexander Heger, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from March 19-25, 2006 to support the Nuclear Astrophysics (nuclearosynthesis) part of the lab-directed research and development project "Coming out of the cosmic dark a [...]
2006-03-14 10:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENGR OTRA NL
06TOKYO1415JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1654LDP AND KOMEITO SECRETARIES GENERAL APPEAL FOR
[...] (C) During a March 29 courtesy call on the Ambassador, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Takebe and Komeito Secretary General Fuyushiba requested the Ambassador's SIPDIS assistance in securing meetings with Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rice, Secretary Rumsfeld and the leaders o [...]
2006-03-29 09:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP JA
06TOKYO3208 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6690 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO907 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/06
[...] Azadegan oil field: 260,000 barrels a day 2. Sakhalin 1 (Russia): 250,000 barrels a day 3. Sakhalin 2 (Russia): 160,000 barrels a day 4. Rang Dong oil field (Vietnam): 50,000 barrels a day 5. Mubarras oil field (United Arab Emirates): 20,000 barrels a day (5) Political comment [...]
2006-02-21 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TRIPOLI383GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The Government of Libya announced on Monday a three-step initiative to express its solidarity with the people of Lebanon and denounce Israeli attacks in the country. 1) The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation was instructed to [...]
2006-08-01 15:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LY IS LE
06TRIPOLI645LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON CHINA SUMMIT WITH AFRICAN NATIONS
[...] (C) Ibrahim Dridi, Director of the Americas Office at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) requested a meeting on November 7 to convey a demarche regarding Libyan views on the China Summit with African nations. "I was instructed t [...]
2006-11-10 14:19:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECIN ETRD PREL AU KECF LY
06ULAANBAATAR657WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS?
[...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]
2006-08-31 09:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMG PREL
06ULAANBAATAR667WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS?
[...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]
2006-09-07 09:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06VIENTIANE386DAS ERIC JOHN VISIT: PREDICTABLY, LAO MFA DENIES
[...] (C) During his April 25-26 visit to Vientiane for ASEAN-related meetings, DAS Eric John met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who categorically denied Laos faced any human rights problems in the areas of religious freedom or treatment of the ethnic Hmong minor [...]
2006-04-27 10:03:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL TH LA
06VIENTIANE632MOVING LAOS INTO CHINA, TRUCK BY TRUCK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laos has mineral resources and China wants them. A regional mining conference in Vientiane shows the deep penetration of the Chinese into the mining sector, and the GoL's preferential treatment of its Chinese investors. Anxious to attract the investment, the Lao have little capa [...]
2006-07-07 03:01:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN ENRG ETRD LA
06VILNIUS711REFINERY'S PROBLEMS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The problems Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) is facing in obtaining crude supplies are unlikely to cause a major economic crisis here, according to several public and private sector officials and analysts. Although the refinery is Lithuania's largest economic entity [...]
2006-08-01 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL LH RU
07ABUDHABI1595IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...]
2007-09-25 05:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE
07ABUDHABI187ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN CONCERNS WITH
[...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan hosted Chief of Staff USAF General T. Michael Moseley on February 1, 2007. MbZ warned Moseley of the growing threat from Iran, stating that they (Iran) "can't be [...]
2007-02-07 06:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI843 MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY ON CHENEY AND AHMADINEJAD
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE intellectual in "Al-Khaleej" is highly critical of the recent visits of both Vice President Cheney and Iranian President Ahmadinejad. He feels both visitors exploited the UAE's "generosity and hospitality" in order to voice "arrogant" messages. Another UAE intellectual in "Al-K [...]
2007-05-22 08:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI894 MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN TALKS/U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN
[...] SUMMARY: The unsigned front-page editorial in "Al-Khaleej" wonders what role the Arabs are playing in the Iranian-U.S. talks. In response to Bush imposing sanctions on Sudan, the editorial in "Al-Khaleej" describes Bush's policies as anti-Arab, focused only on showering them with sanctions and [...]
2007-05-30 10:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUJA2034NIGERIAN VIEWS ON AFRICOM: WE'VE GOT OUR WORK CUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Articles in the September 14 and 17 editions of "This Day" quote unnamed Nigerian Defense establishment sources as being fundamentally opposed to AFRICOM. Privately, Embassy military contacts report far less hostility to the idea. Both the articles and Embassy contacts, however, [...]
2007-09-19 09:04:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
07AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ON CROSS-STRAIT TRADE RELATIONS,
[...] Summary: As the 2008 presidential election stays in the limelight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on June 5 also focused on Taiwan's economic developments, the current status of Taiwan's tobacco business, and the ill-gotten party assets of the KMT. In terms of editorials and commentaries, [...]
2007-06-05 08:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1294MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN SEVERING DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH COSTA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 8 on Taiwan's cutting diplomatic ties with Costa Rica after the latter decided to establish relations with China; on former President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine Thursday; on the cooperation between [...]
2007-06-08 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1610MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S REFERENDUM ON UN BID, NORTH KOREA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 18 news coverage on the 2008 presidential election, on the aftermath of a nationwide amnesty implemented Monday, and on a business scandal involving senior financial officials. The pro-unification "United Daily News" front-paged an [...]
2007-07-18 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1669MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25 on Taiwan's failed attempt to join the United Nations; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States; on Taiwan's rising stock market index; and on a financial scandal allegedly involving a D [...]
2007-07-25 08:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1972MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on President Chen Shui-bian's visit to Central America; on the DPP's final draft version of its "Normal Country Resolution" Monday; and on the possible development of casino tourism in Taiwan. The pro-independenc [...]
2007-08-28 22:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1988MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 29 gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's exclusive interview with the Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV on Taiwan's UN referendum Monday. Both the centrist, KMT-leaning [...]
2007-08-29 10:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1993MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM AND PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 30 devoted much space again to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's remarks on Taiwan's UN referendum as well as President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Latin America, with an emphasis on his transit in Alaska and his [...]
2007-08-30 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2022MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage September 1-4 to the remarks by White House National Security Council senior director for Asian affairs Dennis Wilder last Friday that neither Taiwan nor the Republic of China is a s [...]
2007-09-04 23:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2034MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage September 6 on the UN referendum; on the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao today; and on the 2008 presidential poll. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner [...]
2007-09-06 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2140MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 18-19 on Typhoon Wipha, which hit Taiwan Tuesday; on the island's UN referendum and the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, which is set to convene in New York today; and on an American citizen who was arrest [...]
2007-09-19 22:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2186MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN BID, ARMS PROCUREMENTS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 25-26 on the aftermath of a Taipei District Court's decision Monday to detain an agent and a former agent of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau on suspicion of spying for China; on the 2008 presidential [...]
2007-09-26 10:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI220MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2373MEDIA REACTION: US TAIWAN POLICY AND TAIWAN REFERENDUM ON
[...] Summary: News coverage in Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies October 20-22 ranged over a variety of topics, including Taiwan's arms and alleged nuclear arms development, US arms sales to Taiwan, and the dispute between the Taipei city government and the central government over a torch rel [...]
2007-10-22 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2601MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage December 12 to AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's press briefing Tuesday, in which he severely criticized Taiwan's UN referendum and urged President Chen Shui-bian to keep his [...]
2007-12-13 01:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI354MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S NAME CHANGE CAMPAIGN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage February 13 on the DPP government's name change campaign and the 2008 presidential elections. The pro-status quo "China Times" ran a banner headline on page two that read "Bian Steps on the Red Line Again to Pa [...]
2007-02-13 10:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI691MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, DPRK, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage March 27 on the 2008 presidential elections, on the alleged scandal involving the privatization of the Taiwan Television Enterprise, and on other local issues. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an op-ed p [...]
2007-03-27 09:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI761MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-ROK FREE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies all gave significant coverage April 4 to the crash of a military helicopter in Kaohsiung County Tuesday afternoon, in which eight soldiers were killed. News coverage also focused on the first trial hearing on former KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's [...]
2007-04-04 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI789MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave front-page coverage April 10 to the Executive Yuan's disciplinary action against the National Communications Commission (NCC) Monday by suspending two of its commissioners pending an investigation. News coverage also focused on the 2008 pr [...]
2007-04-10 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AMMAN4320JORDAN: WHY VOTE?
[...] (C) Summary. Contacts across the political spectrum are showing apathy towards the November 20 parliamentary elections in Jordan. Reasons include: mistrust of the government following claims of improprieties during July's municipal elections, a perception that the parliament has no power t [...]
2007-10-24 14:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO KDEM PGOV
07ANKARA1816TURKISH AMBIVALENCE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Two Embassy-organized videoconferences and a recent Turkish roundtable reveal continued ambivalence about Iran's nuclear program among Turkey's non-governmental policy elites, including academics, think-tankers, and columnists. Turkish opinion-makers do not want to see Iran, a nei [...]
2007-07-17 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IR TU
07ANKARA2769PERES ENCOURAGES MODERATION, COMPROMISE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a group of Bilkent University students and faculty on November 11, his first public event during a three-day visit to Ankara. He encouraged the students to embrace a future defined by moderation and risk-taking. Throughout his talk, Pe [...]
2007-11-14 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA2953ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA307ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ASUNCION396COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...]
2007-05-17 13:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE
07ASUNCION596ANOTHER MERCOSUR SUMMIT WITH FEW CONCRETE RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay hosted the 33rd Mercosur Summit on June 29 and passed the rotating Mercosur Presidency to Uruguay. Six regional presidents attended from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile and endorsed a 38-point Declaration offering form but little substance. Venezu [...]
2007-07-19 19:49:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PA PGOV PREL
07ASUNCION989CODEL REID: PRESIDENT DUARTE CALLS FOR US ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At turns charming and caustic, Paraguayan President Duarte held forth before CODEL Reid November 26. In an hour-plus meeting, Duarte expounded on free trade, anti-American sentiment, Chavez,s check-book populism, and the threats to democratic governance if elected leaders do not [...]
2007-12-03 16:52:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR ECON PGOV OVIP PA
07ATHENS1021GREECE REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION IN JERUSALEM
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas requested U.S. assistance in defusing the leadership crisis in the Jerusalem Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church following the May 12 decision of the Jo [...]
2007-05-21 04:59:00Embassy AthensSECRETPHUM KRIF PREL GR
07ATHENS1022GREECE REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION IN JERUSALEM
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas requested U.S. assistance in defusing the leadership crisis in the Jerusalem Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church following the May 12 decision of the Jo [...]
2007-05-21 04:59:00Embassy AthensSECRETGR KIRF PHUM PREL
07BAGHDAD2396NINEWA: CPI HARD AT WORK AND AFTER PC CHAIR
[...] (SBU) PRT Team Leader Knight and other PRT representatives met the Director of the Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) for Northern Iraq and Judge Mohammad Najim (responsible for pursuing CPI cases) on 10 July for a wide-ranging technical discussion of CPI organization and operations. The [...]
2007-07-18 15:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS IZ
07BAKU280AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIEV ASKS FOR MORE SIGNS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for International Security A/S Rodman, SIPDIS President Aliyev said the regional situation was "developing very rapidly," and called for "more public signs" from the USG of the strengthened bilateral relationship, as [...]
2007-03-07 12:19:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG
07BASRAH10POLITICIAN EVADES ASSASSINATION AFTER REO MEETING
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) Provincial Council First Deputy Chairman Nasay'eif Jasem (aka Nussaif Jasim Ali) reportedly was the target of an assassination attempt following our January 24 meeting. The attack occurred up the road from the Basrah Palace Compound (BPC) minutes after the meeting. Jasem was tra [...]
2007-01-25 17:19:00REO BasrahSECRETPTER EAID IZ IR ECON EINV
07BEIJING1482PREMIER STAYS THE COURSE ON REFORM, DOLES OUT PORK
[...] (C) In China's version of the State of the Union address, Premier Wen Jiabao emphasized continued economic reform, balanced growth and social justice in remarks to open the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5. Wen promised to open state coffers to fund a number of social programs to a [...]
2007-03-06 14:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SOCI CH
07BEIJING399MILITARY THINK TANKERS STRESS TAIWAN CONCERNS TO
[...] (C) Academics from military-related think tanks stressed to EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that Taiwan remains the most important security issue in the U.S.-China relationship. Following an overwhelming stress on Taiwan, they also noted North Korea, security for the Olympics and potential differen [...]
2007-01-17 13:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KOLY CH TW KN JA KS
07BEIJING5818NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY,
[...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]
2007-09-05 09:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING7105S/P GORDON BILAT WITH VFM WANG YI: IRAN, BURMA,
[...] (C) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with Policy Planning Director David Gordon November 13, stressed the need for the United States and China to continue their policy planning dialogue on long-term strategic issues. S/P Director Gordon emphasized to VFM Wang that the United St [...]
2007-11-14 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR
07BEIRUT1100DESPITE MARCH 14 CONCESSIONS, HIZBALLAH REFUSES TO
[...] (C) Despite what sound to be far-reaching concessions on the part of March 14 and GOL leaders, Hizballah rejected French Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran's pitch to focus feuding Lebanese politicians on a package of initiatives. Hizballah also rejected renewal of the high-level National D [...]
2007-07-25 07:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1255LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL FALLON
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon: as the first CENTCOM Commander to visit Lebanon, your visit provides us an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for Lebanon. Your visit comes during a critical period leading up to presidential elections this autumn, when the Lebanese are [...]
2007-08-16 15:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1320LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A
[...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]
2007-08-28 12:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1332LAF COMMANDER WON'T BE PRESIDENT, SAY MURR AND
[...] (C) In separate 8/28 meetings with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr and March 14 presidential candidate Nassib Lahoud offered -- despite their deep political and personal differences -- surprisingly similar advice: the USG should not oppose the presidential ambitions of LAF [...]
2007-08-30 15:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1424LEBANON: CONSIDERING THE SO-CALLED CONSENSUS
[...] (S) As we have reported, March 14 leaders say that Nassib Lahoud is their first choice for president, with Boutros Harb the fall-back; March 8 leaders at least tactically suggest Michel Aoun is their only candidate. At the same time there is considerable talk by both sides about finding a c [...]
2007-09-16 12:37:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1454LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 13:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1456LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT
[...] (C) In a September 20 condolence call on Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel following the September 19 assassination of March 14 Phalange MP Antoine Ghanem, the former President said March 14 will continue to fight back politically, despite the "apocalypse of Sin el-Fil". Gemayel stressed the [...]
2007-09-21 14:04:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1514LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOPS CALL FOR SOVEREIGN,
[...] (C) In what many view as their clearest and most political statement ever, Lebanon's Maronite bishops issued their eighth annual "call" on September 19, a beacon of light on a day of tragic juxtaposition; just hours later a massive car bomb killed March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem, bringing to six the [...]
2007-09-30 12:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1599SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE EDELMAN
[...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. You come during a critical period of the presidential election season. Parliament elects the president and is supposed to [...]
2007-10-11 15:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1677LEBANON: UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATEGY
[...] (C) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections, first held during the Ottoman rule Empire in 1854. The landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta,if Accord. Throughout Lebanon,s history democr [...]
2007-10-26 13:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1752LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR OPPOSED TO GIVING NAMES
[...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir told the Ambassador on 11/08 that he is opposed to the French request that he provide a list of five acceptable presidential candidates for Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri to consider. First, he explained, he would offend all other Maronites if he would pick only fi [...]
2007-11-08 14:59:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT199LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE TO SEEK LEBANESE DIALOGUE,
[...] (S) Hisham Youssef, Deputy to Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, is visiting Lebanon to test the SIPDIS waters before Moussa resumes his mediation of Lebanon's political crisis. Moussa, in his continuing engagement with Lebanon, hopes to build confidence with the Lebanese opposition [...]
2007-02-06 15:42:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT450LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH ADOPTS SOME
[...] (C) In a 3/26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Maronite Patriarch conveyed some surprisingly unhelpful positions regarding Lebanon's political impasse. Patriarch Sfeir, perhaps in an effort to appear strictly neutral to Lebanon's warring political factions, has apparently adopted some convi [...]
2007-03-27 13:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT666LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR'S RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE
[...] (C) General Aoun's son-in-law and senior advisor Gebran Bassil provided details about Michel Aoun's anticipated initiative, which has yet to be publicly released. Bassil has been preparing the initiative for some time, but Aoun decided to wait until all of Lebanon's political players appeare [...]
2007-05-11 17:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE
07BEIRUT898LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (SBU) As you visit Lebanon, the much-buffeted democratic government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is fully engaged on a number of critical issues. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are now locked in close combat with Sunni extremists who profess affiliation with Al Qaida, but who many believ [...]
2007-06-20 12:30:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT952LAHOUD'S SECOND CABINET SCENARIO: EVEN IF HE'S
[...] (C) Rumors about if and when President Emile Lahoud will unilaterally form a second cabinet continue to dominate political talk in Lebanon. There are some indications that Lahoud might move far more quickly than expected to take this step to undermine Siniora's cabinet. Elias Murr, citing h [...]
2007-06-27 16:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT993LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUGGESTS NEW TWIST ON
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr believes Syria ultimately will scuttle the most recent compromise idea (promoted by his father Michel) for solving Lebanon's political impasse -- appointing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman for a two-year term to replace President Emil [...]
2007-07-05 15:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BERLIN434BUNDESTAG LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S., P5+1 ON IRAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 parliamentary debate on Iran policy, the four main German parties presented a relatively unified message in support of P5 1/UN efforts on Iran and making Iran responsible for the next steps. Speakers emphasized the clandestine nature of Iran's nuclear program, its [...]
2007-03-02 16:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR GM
07BERLIN561(S) RESULTS OF GERMAN INVESTIGATION OF IRAN'S
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer March 12 and passed a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B and D demarches requesting German authorities to investigate attempts by the Chinese firm Bellamax to procure WMD-related items for I [...]
2007-03-20 15:58:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BRASILIA313VENEZUELA'S GROWING MILITARY PROWESS AND CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel gave a dinner on February 13 for veteran political figures that drew out opinions on political reform, relations with the U.S., party behavior, and grave concerns about a perceived growing menace from Venezuela. Guests included a former president; the presid [...]
2007-02-23 14:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BR XM SCUL
07BUDAPEST177SCENE-SETTER FOR WHA P/DAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit coincides with the first parliamentary session of the year, which will likely bring renewed friction between the center-left coalition government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and the opposition, led by former PM Viktor Orban. The running battle over the government's refo [...]
2007-02-09 07:19:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HU
07BUENOSAIRES1142MEDIA REACTION; LULA'S WARNING TO CHAVEZ; CHAVEZ AND THE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials cover Lula's criticism of Chavez's verbal excesses; Chavez's inconsistent response to the Pope's warnings of growing authoritarianism in Latin America; and the "totalitarian" nature of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's decision to [...]
2007-06-11 14:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1239MEDIA REACTION; US EXPECTATIONS OVER ARGENTINE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion stories include the analysis by US commentators of Mauricio Macri's victory in the Buenos Aires mayoral race; the outcome of the Paris Conference on Darfur; and the confirmation of Robert Zoellick as head of the World Bank. 2. OPINION PI [...]
2007-06-26 14:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1449MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST; CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the "historic" summit between Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Egyptian and Jordan Foreign Ministers; and implications of Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's trip to Spain. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Hist [...]
2007-07-26 19:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1465MEDIA REACTION; AMIA CASE; MIDDLE EAST; VENEZUELAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the USG praise for Argentina's cooperation in the AMIA terrorist bombing investigation; US policy in the Middle East; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's "perpetual presidency," along the lines of that of Argentine former President Jua [...]
2007-07-30 18:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1608MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN-ARGENTINE TIES; 08/15/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories are related to the current status of the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship in the aftermath of the suitcase-scandal and its impact on Cristina Kirchner's chances to win the Argentine presidency. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - [...]
2007-08-16 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1658MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; US FINANCIAL CRISIS AND HEGEMONY;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local media carry opinion pieces on US President Bush's address to a Veterans Convention; the US handling of the international financial crisis; and PDVSA's special privileges in Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Specters" Marcelo Cantelmi, internationa [...]
2007-08-23 13:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1700MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON IRAQ; ARGENTINE ECONOMIC &
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are mainly related to the US policy on Iraq; and Argentina's upcoming economic and foreign policy. Leading "Clarn" also carries an interview with Professor James Kenneth Galbraith, headlined "The world no longer wants to be led by the US." [...]
2007-08-28 22:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1868MEDIA REACTION; NORTHERN ROCK CASE; STRUGGLE AGAINST DRUGS;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the political and economic implications of the Northern Rock case; a USG report on drug trafficking; and the threat posed by corruption to democracy and capitalism. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Signs of a gloomy futur [...]
2007-09-18 17:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2053MEDIA REACTION; AL GORE; CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the impact of the Nobel Peace Award granted to former US VP Al Gore on the race for US presidency; the Chinese Communist Party Congress; Argentina seeking political support at the IMF Annual Assembly; and implications of the deal reache [...]
2007-10-17 08:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES22IRAQ; US TRADE AGENDA; DEATH PENALTY; DEMOCRATS TAKING
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include US President Bush's announced plan to send additional troops to Iraq; US House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi's statements that Democrats could deny US President George W. Bush the money should he call for additional troops; the implications [...]
2007-01-09 10:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES2307MEDIA REACTION; HUGO CHAVEZ; EVO MORALES; CHINA; 12/06/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories are related to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's election defeat; Bolivian leader Evo Morales' calling a referendum on his own presidency; and China's economic progress and respect for freedom. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIAL [...]
2007-12-07 10:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2318MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE NEW ADMINISTRATION; IRAN;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include US expectations over Argentina's new administration; the National Intelligence Estimate pointing out that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003; and Colombian President Uribe's decision to grant a "meeting zone" with the FARC. [...]
2007-12-11 07:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2346ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES STAY IN ATTACK MODE,
[...] (SBU) Action Request: Embassy requests clearance of proposed talking points in paras 7-14 for use in backgrounding the media in response to GOA allegations. 2. (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following extensive positive media coverage on December 14 and 15 of the Ambassador's December 14 [...]
2007-12-16 19:05:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR
07BUENOSAIRES376(C) U.S.- ARGENTINE RELATIONS: DR. JEKYL AND MR.
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner is trying to stake out a position for himself close to Chavez yet still working well with the U.S. on issues important to Argentina. With domestic political advantage and 2007 elections in mind, we expect Kirchner to continue the balanc [...]
2007-02-27 21:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES6SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEATH; LATIN AMERICA; DEATH OF PINOCHET;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Saddam Hussein's execution; the governments of Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez and their influence on violence in Latin America; the aftermath of Pinochet's death; and Bolivian President Evo Morales imposing a visa on US citizens who wan [...]
2007-01-04 11:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES798MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; ECUADOR 04/24/07;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international editorials cover the Virginia Tech University massacre and the flare-up of the debate over arms control; and chances of an institutional change in Ecuador. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Massacre and arms control" Daily-of-record "La Nac [...]
2007-04-24 18:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07CAIRO3558 CONTROVERSY OVER AL-AZHAR ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESEARCH CENTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent opening of the English Language Research Center (ELRC) at the premier Islamic studies university in the Middle East (Al-Azhar University in Cairo) was a key milestone in U.S. public diplomacy efforts in Egypt. There have been ten articles on the new center, three of [...]
2007-12-31 14:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KIRF KDEM SCUL SOCI EG
07CARACAS1086RCTV PROTESTS ENTER SECOND WEEK
[...] (C) Summary: Peaceful pro-RCTV protests continued into their second week. The students' medium term ability or desire to sustain the demonstrations remain unclear. Up to 10,000 students marched to the Supreme Court without incident June 4 and are planning to march to the National Assembly J [...]
2007-06-04 21:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS109CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT SEEKING BROAD LEGISLATIVE POWERS
[...] (C) Summary. Per President Chavez' request at his January 10 inauguration (Reftel),the National Assembly is already preparing an enabling law that would give Chavez legal authority to issue executive decrees in ten substantive areas over the next 18 months. Chavez would assume broad powers [...]
2007-01-18 16:35:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON VE
07CARACAS134 ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS OF CHAVEZ' ENABLING LAW:
[...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly unanimously passed preliminary approval of the Ley Habilitante ("Enabling Law") during a special emergency session on January 18. When fully approved, probably on January 24, the Enabling Law will permit Chavez to control the economic pulse of the country. [...]
2007-01-22 21:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV VE
07CARACAS169VENEZUELAN FREE PRESS FACES AN EVEN MORE RESOLUTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since turning the calendar to 2007, President Chavez has ratcheted up his vitriol - and promised concrete actions - against opposition media outlets, including but not limited to RCTV (reftel). He is also focusing his attention on his own house, dictating not just what, but al [...]
2007-01-25 13:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS2396ASSEMBLY APPROVES 2007-2013 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
[...] (SBU) On December 13 the National Assembly approved the BRV's "Guidelines for the 2007-2013 Economic and Social Development Plan for the Nation." The two page introduction of the 51 page document outlines President Chavez' vision to further develop "21st Century Socialism." Themes include " [...]
2007-12-26 20:32:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV VE
07CARACAS387CHAVEZ WELCOMES KIRCHNER TO VENEZUELA'S OIL BELT:
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a 24 hour trip to Venezuela's Faja oil belt, February 21-22, Presidents Kirchner and Chavez announced a new USD 1.5 billion joint "Bond of the South" offering, and the creation of the "Bank of the South" within 120 days. The two presidents also inaugurated Argentina's ( [...]
2007-02-23 22:24:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV
07CARACAS424NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS U.S. "WAR PREPARATIONS"
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) anti-American foreign policy recently reached new rhetorical depths. The National Assembly unanimously passed a February 22 resolution that condemns U.S. "war preparations" against Iran (sic) and exhorts all countries to "confront t [...]
2007-03-01 14:07:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PTER IR VE
07CARACAS655NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly passed a March 20 resolution calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. and coalition troops from Iraq. This latest resolution comes on the heels of a February 22 resolution condemning U.S. "war preparations" against Iran (reftel). Having conceded to Chav [...]
2007-03-28 21:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE IZ
07CARACAS71CHAVEZ'S WAY AHEAD: WORDS TO DEEDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY In the wake of President Chavez's January 10 swearing-in, Post offers the following preliminary assessment of how Chavez intends to unfold his "socialist" project in coming months. Chavez has been foreshadowing most of these moves, and we take him at his word. Untethered by vo [...]
2007-01-12 11:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE
07COLOMBO1165SRI LANKA: TRINCOMALEE TAMILS WARY OF GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with local government officials, civil society leaders, and community members in the eastern city of Trincomalee on August 10-12th to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the area and promote policies that will foster peace and economic development. The Gov [...]
2007-08-24 08:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PREL KMCA CE
07DAMASCUS15Syria/Europe, US/Syria, Bush's Iraq Strategy, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 8 reported the Jan. 7 visit to Damascus by a British-European parliamentary delegation headed by Former European Commission President Jacques Santier. The delegation met President Asad. Talks focused on developments in Iraq, Lebanon, and the occupied Palestinia [...]
2007-01-08 13:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS157Iran/Syria, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
[...] Summary: The major topic in Syrian papers over the weekend was President Asad's state visit to Iran, which commenced on Feb. 17. All papers reported Asad's talks with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad; Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iranian Islamic Revolution; Ali Larij [...]
2007-02-20 10:01:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS185 Syria/Spain, Lavrov, Palestinian Territories, Arab League,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 22 reported FM Walid al-Mouallem's visit to Madrid and his meeting with his Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos on Feb. 21. Talks focused on bilateral relations, regional issues, most importantly the situation in the occupied territories following the Mecca Accord [...]
2007-02-26 12:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS304 Syria/UK, Arab Summit, Rice/Ki-Moon, Iraq (3/27)
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Mar. 27 reported President Asad's meeting on Mar. 26 with a delegation representing the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee headed by Deputy Chairman of the committee, John Stanley. Talks focused on regional and international developments and the poli [...]
2007-03-27 13:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS416Syria/GCC, Syria/US, Syria/South Africa, Winograd Report,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 3 reported President Asad's meeting on May 2 with Abdul-Rahman Attiya, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC). Talks focused on developments in Iraq, the occupied territories, and Lebanon, and on bilateral cooperation and means to activate Arab c [...]
2007-05-03 14:30:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS419 Asad, Syria/Palestinians, Winograd Report, Iraq, Lebanon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 2 featured President Asad's visit to Der Ezzor province on May 1 to inspect development projects. He addressed a crowd of citizens and officials, saying that "this time the enemies are playing the card of discord among sects in the region." He added that what i [...]
2007-05-07 06:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS476 Syria/Pakistan, Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 18 reported President Asad's oral message to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf about bilateral and regional developments, particularly in the Palestinian territories and Iraq. The message was conveyed by Foreign Minister Mouallem when President Musharraf rece [...]
2007-05-20 13:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS485 North Lebanon Clashes, Mouallem, Jafaari, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 22 continued to report on clashes in Naher al-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon. All papers also featured a lecture at Damascus University by FM Mouallem on May 21 praising Syria's foreign policy under President Asad's leadership, saying that "US pressures an [...]
2007-05-22 12:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS496Asad/Referendum, Syria/UNDOF, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 24 reported VP Shara's lecture at Damascus University on May 23 in anticipation of the May 27 referendum on a new term for President Asad. Vice President Shara renewed Syria's rejection of the war in Iraq, stressing support for the political process in the count [...]
2007-05-24 11:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS507Presidential Referendum, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: The main focus in Syrian papers over the weekend was on the presidential referendum on president Asad's new term in office. Papers cited statements by Syrian officials praising President Asad's achievements during his first term in office. On May 27, papers featured statements by [...]
2007-05-28 13:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS520 Presidential Referendum, Syria/UK, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 29 reported Vice President Shara's meeting on May 28 with former Archbishop Hilarion Capucci in which they discussed the regional situation and the international community's disregard of the oppression of the Palestinians under Israel's abusive practices. Shar [...]
2007-05-30 14:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS521 Presidential Referendum, Syria/UK, Syrian Policy, Iraq
[...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement made by Speaker of the People's Assembly on May 29 officially announcing Bashar Al-Asad as the President of the Syrian Arab Republic for a new 7-year term following the final results of popular referendum in which the President won a reported 97.62 [...]
2007-05-30 14:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS526Asad Re-election, International Tribunal, Syria/UK,
[...] Summary: On May 31 Syrian papers featured a statement by a Syrian Foreign Ministry source commenting on the US State Department spokesman's reaction to the Syrian popular consensus on renewing President Asad's term as president of the Syrian Arab Republic. The statement expressed surprise t [...]
2007-05-31 13:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS54Syria/Iraq, Syria's Role in the region, Rice's visit to the
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 16 continued to report on the visit to Damascus of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Headlines featured President Talabani's visit on Jan. 15 to the tomb of late President Hafez Asad in al-Qerdaha, where he laid a wreath of flowers on the tomb, read verses from t [...]
2007-01-16 14:12:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS572 Palestinian Territories, Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Israel,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 11 reported that the Arab League on June 10 renewed its condemnation of the US congressional resolution which expressed support for Israel in its continued occupation of Jerusalem, describing the resolution as a flagrant violation of international law. Papers f [...]
2007-06-11 11:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS588 Syria/Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Iran
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 12 reported a meeting by the Central Leadership of the National Progressive Front (NPF) on June 11. The Leadership stressed Syria's firm position toward the issue of peace with Israel, describing the current peace proposals to Syria as "contradictory and not s [...]
2007-06-12 12:58:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS598 Syria/Greece, Syria/Italy, Syria/Netherlands,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 13 reported the visit to Damascus by Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis and her meeting with President Asad on June 12 about bilateral relations and political developments in Iraq, the occupied territories and Lebanon. Bakoyannis praised Syria's [...]
2007-06-13 13:13:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS603 Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Syria/Israel, Iraq
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 14 quoted an official Syrian source as saying on June 13 that the Syrian government and Syrian people are concerned about intra-Palestinian fighting and violence. "Fighting among the Palestinian brothers will only serve the interests of the enemies of the Pales [...]
2007-06-14 12:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS643Golan, Rice, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 27 marked the 33rd anniversary of the liberation of Al-Qunaytirah with reports and articles glorifying the "heroism" and sacrifices of Syrian forces during the October 1973 war and stressing that the occupied Golan will definitely return to Syria. Papers cited [...]
2007-06-27 12:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS664Syria/PDRK, US/Syria, Syria/EU, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 2 reported the July 1 meeting of Assistant Secretary General of the Ba'ath Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, with Kim Tai Jung, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations' Bureau at the Central Committee of the Democratic Korean Work Party. The two reviewed current devel [...]
2007-07-02 12:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS717 Amr Mousa, Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 10 reported the visit to Damascus by Secretary General Amr Mousa and his meeting with President Asad on July 9 focusing on regional Arab developments. President Asad expressed support to the Arab League Secretary General mission in Lebanon aiming at achieving ac [...]
2007-07-13 09:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS778 Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 31 reported FM Mouallem's meeting on July 30 with Norwegian Foreign Minister Special Envoy for Middle-East Affairs Sven Sevje. Discussion centered upon recent developments in the Middle East and efforts to revive the peace process. FM Mouallem expressed Syria [...]
2007-07-31 13:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS835 Shara, Syria/India, Nasrallah, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 15 reported a meeting with journalists in Damascus by Vice President Shara on August 14 confirming that Syria has no intention of waging war against Israel to restore occupied Golan, but he accused Israel for seeking "any excuse to launch a war." "Israel know [...]
2007-08-15 13:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS913Syria/Iraq, Syria/Iran, Middle East Peace Conference,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on September 4 reported that President Asad chaired a meeting the Central Leadership of National Progressive Front. During the meeting, President Asad briefed the Front's members on the latest political developments in the region. He referred to the role played by "some [...]
2007-09-06 12:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS95 Syria/Yemen, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 29 reported President Asad's meeting in Yemen on Jan. 28 with Yemeni Prime Minister, Abdul-Qader Bajmal. Talks focused on regional and international developments and meetings of the Syrian-Yemeni Higher Committee. On the issue of Iraq, papers reported Foreign [...]
2007-01-29 14:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DUSHANBE1686CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT BUILDS RELATIONS, FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral WiIliam J. Fallon's 6 November 2007 visit to Dushanbe yielded a second meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and first-time discussions with Defense Minister General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khairulloyev and [...]
2007-11-23 14:08:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07HANOI1462"VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...]
2007-08-14 17:05:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM
07IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 13:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR CASC
07KAMPALA457UGANDA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uganda's Foreign Minister visited Iran and encouraged closer economic ties between the two countries. The European Union's effort to sign a new Economic Partnership Agreement faced resistance from the government of Uganda. Ugandan cargo flights to the European Union resume aft [...]
2007-03-14 11:06:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KHARTOUM332AHMADINEJAD: DOWN, DOWN USA; COME TO JESUS
[...] (C) Summary: In a speech March 1 at the Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated the U.S. for its role in the region, support for Israel and opposition to Iran's nuclear program, as well as heaped criticism on the United Nations and Israel. L [...]
2007-03-02 13:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU IR
07KIGALI195RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]
2007-02-28 06:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KUWAIT1400COURTESY CALL ON MOD'S SHAYKH SABAH AL-NASSER AL
[...] (C) Summary. On September 6, Charg and Chief, OMC-K paid a courtesy call on Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Under Secretary Shaykh Sabah Al-Nasser Al Sabah. The Under Secretary offered his thoughts on an ongoing investigation of aircraft engine sales to Iran, his dreams of upgrading the Kuwaiti [...]
2007-09-16 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU PINR PM
07KUWAIT487PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 3, Parliament ratified 20 international agreements, including a security cooperation agreement with Iran in the field of drug trafficking and law enforcement. However, parliamentarians objected strongly to an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and referred it to the M [...]
2007-04-04 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT490KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND US POLICY IN THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-07 05:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT649KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S POLICIES AND HEGEMONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 09:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT758KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POLICY AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 06:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT89KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND RICE'S VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT973KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND WAR ON TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 07:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07LAPAZ1401GOB INSISTS VENEZUELAN ASSISTANCE IS NOT
[...] (U) In a meeting between the Bolivian and Venezuelan militaries May 21, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes announced that his country donated $30 million last year to Bolivia, part of which the GOB will use to improve military barracks. Montes suggested revamping the Bolivian military to defe [...]
2007-05-22 18:19:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR MASS MOPS BL VE
07LAPAZ1537MORALES LASHES OUT AGAINST CAPITALISM AND THE
[...] SUMMARY: The Fifth World Encounter of the Network in Defense of Humanity was held May 22-25 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Bolivian President Evo Morales opened the gathering of leftist intellectuals and artists with a fiery speech that condemned capitalism as the "worst enemy of humanity." His hot-t [...]
2007-06-05 12:01:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1980LIMITING DISCOURSE: AN AUTHORITARIAN BENT IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 20, 2007 the Government of Bolivia issued Supreme Decree 29174, which expands the coverage of telecommunication technologies in rural parts of Bolivia. The decree also includes articles affecting community-based radio stations. While government-funded communitarian-statio [...]
2007-07-18 13:50:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON BL
07LISBON2750US-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 16:01:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
07MANAGUA328ALN EMBARKS ON REORGANIZATION, RAPPROCHEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) planning coordinator Kitty Monterrey recently shared her party's reorganization plans and provided a copy of ALN president Eduardo Montealegre's letter to his Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) counterpart. In that letter, Montealegre proposes [...]
2007-02-05 20:24:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA810POLITICAL PUNDITS PLACE ORTEGA GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Six of Nicaragua's leading political analysts concur that the Ortega administration has already reached "yellow alert" status and that President Ortega's primordial objective is to consolidate power. Over breakfast at the Ambassador's residence, they lauded our government's app [...]
2007-03-29 18:04:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07MANAGUA905LIBERAL UNITY OR DISUNITY COULD DETERMINE OUTCOME OF NICARAGUA,S 2008 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, COUNTRY,S FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: According to a recent New Link study, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) could win 77 of the 153 municipalities in Nicaragua's 2008 municipal elections if the two estranged liberal parties run separately. This outcome would boost the FSLN's chances to win the 2011 [...]
2007-04-10 22:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07MANAMA1010IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 10:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1021IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-12 12:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA44CROWN PRINCE BRIEFS CNO PANEL ON REGIONAL,
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CNO Executive Panel co-chairs Zakheim and Skinner January 9 that the two issues of greatest concern in the region are Iran and perceived limitations on the U.S.'s ability to project power. With changes in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran had been freed of its na [...]
2007-01-17 13:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM BA REGION OFFICIALS
07MEXICO346SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...]
2007-01-23 23:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MONTEVIDEO707SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A/S SHANNON JULY 10-11
[...] (C) Summary. Arriving in Montevideo several hours ahead of U/S Burns on July 10, A/S Shannon,s pre-visit to Uruguay was very successful and advanced important U.S. foreign policy objectives. The pulp mill dispute with Argentina, Uruguay,s $20 million Haiti proposal, trade, Bolivia, Venezuela [...]
2007-07-31 18:51:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MOSCOW2970CODEL NELSON-LOTT: INTERPARLIAMENTARY TALKS FOCUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May 27-28 sessions in Moscow of the U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group, co-chairs Senators Ben Nelson and Trent Lott and Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov underlined the importance of encouragin [...]
2007-06-19 14:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM MNUC ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS
07MOSCOW3207MOSCOW LOWERS CHAVEZ VISIT PROFILE
[...] (C) Summary. Amid media reports that the Kremlin is attempting to keep a leash on the firebrand Venezuelan leader in the lead up to the Kennebunkport summit, Hugo Chavez held a low-key meeting with President Putin on June 28. The tete-a-tete meeting presumably covered two important agenda i [...]
2007-06-29 13:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON RS
07MOSCOW493MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...]
2007-02-05 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC RS
07MOSCOW5612FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...]
2007-11-30 14:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR RS
07NEWDELHI1275HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegates of the "International Conference on War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia," held in New Delhi March 12-14, adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to change its Middle East policy, break ties with Israel, and promote dialogue with Iran. Hizbollah spokes [...]
2007-03-15 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IS IR IN
07NEWDELHI1488A SNAPSHOT OF INDIAN THOUGHTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In various meetings over the last few weeks, Post has been taking stock of what Indian analysts, professors, lawmakers and journalists are thinking about Iran. This cable is a summary of those conversations. Interlocutors agreed that, while Indians do not want a nuclear Iran, t [...]
2007-03-28 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET ELTN IR IN
07NEWDELHI51LIMP GOI RESPONSE TO SADDAM EXECUTION DICTATED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a tepid if not unhelpful response to the December 30 execution of Saddam Hussein. This was dictated by Congress concerns regarding the sensibilities of India's Muslims. Congress faces a crucial election in Uttar Pradesh (UP) later this year and the state's Muslim [...]
2007-01-04 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KDEM KISL SCUL PGOV IN IZ
07OSLO400UNSCR 1747/OECD: NORWAY SUPPORTS RESTRICTING
[...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref A points on April 19 to Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry Senior Advisor Hege Gabrielsen. Gabrielsen was already informed about the U.S. initiative to institute a common OECD line to restrict new export credits to Iran and said Norway can [...]
2007-04-19 13:20:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM UN IR NO
07OSLO642NORWAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT IRANIAN EXPORT CREDIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 14:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR NO
07PARIS2787A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]
2007-06-28 11:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS921FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]
2007-03-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PRETORIA2602SACP LONG ON IDEALS, SHORT ON IDEAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Attending the South African Communist Party's 12th Congress (SACP) in Port Elizabeth 11-15 July was like traveling back in time. Communist dogma was used to justify the severe measures the party has recently taken to maintain discipline. SACP policy proposals such as nationaliz [...]
2007-07-25 12:22:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU SF
07PRETORIA3948GRASSROOTS ANC WANT CONSENSUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC policy coordinator Michael Sachs told EmbOffs on 12 November that grassroots ANC members are "sick at heart" over the current bitter succession race and would accept a compromise ballot. However, he admitted that the battle looks more and more like it will come down to ANC P [...]
2007-11-15 08:20:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
07SANTIAGO848MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' REGIONAL EFFORTS
[...] On May 23, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Grupo de Diarios America is exploring...the phenomenon of Chavez' penetration in Latin America. From the abundant information gathered we [...]
2007-05-24 11:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO910MEDIA REACTION: RCTV CLOSURE AND THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] Summary: Santiago's most influential dailies ran editorials criticizing the lack of a strong stance against Chavez' decision to close RCTV, notably by the OAS and other countries. Influential "El Mercurio" highlighted that the United States has been the only country to firmly oppose Venezuela [...]
2007-06-06 17:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SAOPAULO749WORKER PARTY CONGRESS GETS BRAZIL'S NEXT PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (SBU) The Workers' Party (PT) National Congress held in Sao Paulo between August 31 and September 2 - only the third in the party's 27-year history - set the stage for a marathon presidential election cycle as the PT looks forward to 2010. A decision to move internal elections up to December [...]
2007-09-06 19:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ELAB ECON BR
07SEOUL1211THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (1 OF 3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY OF CABLE SERIES: This report, the first in a series of three on the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Alliance, examines South Korean perceptions of their security environment. The second looks at what role the ROK sees for the Alliance in its security. The final report addresses how [...]
2007-04-26 07:20:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL3323ROK OPINION OF CHINA DRIVEN BY GOGURYEO ANXIETY
[...] (C) Mt. Baekdu, known in China as Mt. Changbai, is considered in Korea to be a sacred mountain, containing the legendary foundation of the nation. This highest mountain in Korea (and Manchuria) has come to the fore for many South Koreans because they perceive Chinese economic, cultural, and [...]
2007-11-15 08:16:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PROG PREL
07SHANGHAI474EAST CHINA'S SOUTH KOREAN COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1992, South Koreans have flocked to Shanghai in search of economic and educational opportunities. More than 110,000 South Koreans live in east China (Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai),with some 70,000 [...]
2007-07-30 06:46:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD EINV KIRF CH KS KN
07SHANGHAI789SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in mid-November to discuss China-India relations, Shanghai's leading South Asia academic experts provided differing views on a variety of issues including border disputes, United Nations Security Council reform, energy competition, and regional dynamics. T [...]
2007-12-13 01:06:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG PARM CH IN RS
07STATE2659SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background: Department wishes to gain current information about EU member states, efforts to promote democratic reform in Iran, including civil society, respect for human rights, and freedom of information. Through its Freedom [...]
2007-01-09 19:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN
07TAIPEI1920MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 22 on the aftermath of the combustion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa Monday; on President Chen Shui-bian's transit in Alaska Tuesday morning; on local pig farmers' strong protests Tuesday over the Taiwa [...]
2007-08-22 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07TELAVIV2620ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the meeting between PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas. The Jerusalem Post reported that on Tuesday officials from both sides ad [...]
2007-08-29 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2722ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Military correspondent Amos Harel wrote on page one of the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "It is safe to assume that Assad will make some sort of move to keep Israel on the edge of its seat over the [upcoming Jewish] holidays." Senior colu [...]
2007-09-10 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2779ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. France-US Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Monday, in a briefing for Russian-language media outlets in Israel: "I have a lot of respect for the Syrian leader and for Sy [...]
2007-09-18 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV320LIVNI IN TOKYO: NEW MIDDLE EAST, TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: According to both the Japanese Embassy and Israeli MFA, FM Livni used her January 17-18 visit to Japan to outline her views on the current situation in the Middle East and stress the importance of opposing Iran and supporting moderates (including Palestinian President Abbas). She [...]
2007-01-29 15:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAIR JA IS
07TELAVIV3207SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 06:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio mentioned that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly in Nashville and quoted her as saying that "Now the opportunity [...]
2007-11-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV697ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "It is the duty of the government of Israel not to reject the hand that is being offered by Saudi Arabia." Zalman Shoval, senior Likud member and former ambassador to the US, wrote in the ma [...]
2007-03-05 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV715ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TOKYO1538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 00:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2289 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO375DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07
[...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]
2007-10-09 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO55 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO856 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TUNIS1069MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO FREEDOM AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. As requested in Ref C and reported in Ref A, Post undertook a number of activities in June and July to promote the Freedom Agenda and draw attention to President Bush's Prague speech. While many in civil society expressed their appreciation for the USG's ongoing support for polit [...]
2007-08-07 15:57:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS180ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS CT COOPERATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The January 30-31 Arab League Interior Ministers meeting in Tunis was focused on counter-terrorism cooperation. Voicing support for Lebanon and Iraq, the Council of Arab Interior Ministers also discussed narcotics trafficking, civil protection and road safety. President Ben Ali' [...]
2007-02-05 15:26:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV IZ SY SU TS
07TUNIS984FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS
[...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...]
2007-07-24 15:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS
07UNVIEVIENNA710IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]
2007-11-23 19:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07USNATO62PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...]
2007-02-02 08:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
07USUNNEWYORK496UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...]
2007-06-19 20:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK851UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND
[...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...]
2007-10-11 13:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU
07YAOUNDE1428HYDROMINE: AMERICAN DEAL-MAKER FOR CAMEROON'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hydromine, an American project developer partnered with mining companies from the UAE and India, has been working since 2004 to develop Cameroon's multi-billion dollar bauxite resources and related infrastructure, including a railroad and deep water port. While the Prime Min [...]
2007-12-06 12:22:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON EMIN ETRD EINV ECOM PGOV PINR
07YEREVAN783CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...]
2007-06-15 12:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC
08ABUDHABI403 MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY: Columnists in U.A.E. Arabic dailies generally considered the Arab Summit as a success because the Arab leaders managed to meet despite recommendations to boycott it. This was explicitly highlighted by one columnist in Al-Khaleej who deemed the summit was a major step forward. In [...]
2008-04-01 15:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
08ABUDHABI428 MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY: UAE columnists and editorials viewed the Damascus summit somewhat positively, certainly more so than the impression one gets reading the front page headlines that declared it a flop. One writer said that holding the meeting despite U.S. efforts to derail it was, per se, a success. An [...]
2008-04-06 04:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TC
08ABUJA2518ECOWAS: 35TH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 19, the ECOWAS 35th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government met in Abuja. The one-day summit capped off a week of ministerial-level discussions that primarily focused on limiting the effects of the global economic crisis on the region, encouraging infrastruct [...]
2008-12-23 16:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECOWAS NI
08AITTAIPEI1062MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI130MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1492MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S. FINANCIAL
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their October 21 news coverage on a Taiwan Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) and its two pilots that went missing near Penghu [Pescadores] Monday on a training mission; and on the continuing probe into former first family's money launderi [...]
2008-10-21 08:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1524MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused October 28 news coverage on the upcoming visit to Taiwan by China's Association for Relations across theQaiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin and planned talks between ARATS and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF); and on Tai [...]
2008-10-28 07:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1567MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies all gave significant straight news reporting and editorial coverage November 6 to the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the next U.S. president. News coverage also focused on the mass protests in Taipei Wednesday against the vis [...]
2008-11-06 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI161MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1713MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 07:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1784MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 07:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI23MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 09:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI271MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 27 on the island's March presidential poll and the UN referenda; on a Taiwan policy report recently released by former U.S. officials Randall Schriver and Dan Blumenthal; on Taiwan's officials being barred from att [...]
2008-02-27 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI353MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 07:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI560MEDIA REACTION: CHINA AND TIBET, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their April 23 news coverage on the recent announcement of the new Cabinet appointments; on a group of Chinese real estate tycoons' visit to Taiwan; and on president-elect Ma Ying-jeou's platform to levy an energy tax in the f [...]
2008-04-23 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI654MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 10-12 on the continuing investigation into Taiwan's Papua New Guinea diplomatic fund scandal; on the sudden death of Taiwan's Interior Minister-designate Liao Fung-te; and on the lineup of Taiwan's President-elect Ma Yi [...]
2008-05-12 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI675MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI725MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-RUSSIA-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 24-27 news coverage on KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung's visit to China Monday and the new developments in cross-Strait relations, on the controversy over whether a KMT legislator still retains U.S. citizenship, on the soaring commodity p [...]
2008-05-27 10:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI845MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TALKS, TAIWAN-JAPAN DISPUTE,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage on June 17 to the dispute between Taiwan and Japan over the Diaoyutai (generally anglicized in Taiwan as "Tiaoyutai") Islands and to the resignation of Taiwan's representative to Japan. Local newspapers devo [...]
2008-06-17 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AMMAN1833CONVEYING THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN -
[...] (S/NF) Reftel points were delivered to FM Salah Al-Bashir by NEA/IR Acting Director Philo Dibble on June 15 (Ambassador was present). In general, the FM portrayed Iran's nuclear program as nothing more than a bargaining chip, saying that Iran has been "studying" and "declaring" its nuclear i [...]
2008-06-19 14:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPARM KNNP MNUC IR JO
08AMMAN1983JORDANIAN FOREIGN POLICY REACHES INTO CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan, with the heavy personal engagement of King Abdullah, has been reaching beyond the Middle East for partners on a variety of energy, economic, and political issues. Of particular note are the efforts expended on improving and expanding ties with former Soviet republics in [...]
2008-07-02 15:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV ECON KISL ZK ZJ TU IR JO
08AMMAN2052ISLAMIST WEEKLY SEEKS TO CHALLENGE MUSLIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fact International ("al-Haqiqa al-Duwlia") Chairman Zakaria al-Sheikh told us recently that his Islamist weekly newspaper seeks to challenge the dominance of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Islamist press. While his newspaper criticizes the Muslim Brotherhood and aims to "portray [...]
2008-07-10 10:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL SCUL SOCI JO
08AMMAN3329U.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 09:46:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IS JO
08AMMAN3408CODEL DORGAN DISCUSSES REGION WITH JORDAN,S FM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir discussed the strength of the U.S.-Jordanian relationship and the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestinian issue, as well as Jordan's support for Iraq and Lebanon, with Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Cochran and Whitehouse. He also spoke of the ne [...]
2008-12-31 07:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
08ANKARA1301ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-21 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1508HOW TURKEY'S YOUTH VIEW THE US: LOSING A
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Turkey faces a "demographic window of opportunity," with 60% of its population under the age of 30. Politically disengaged and generally neglected as a resource by political parties (refA),young Turks face high unemployment and a country struggling to balance tradit [...]
2008-08-21 09:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1809ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1897ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA708ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA887TURKEY: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) During April 28-29 meetings in Ankara with MFA Undersecretary Apakan, Presidency advisor Turkoglu, PM advisor Davutoglu, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) president Cakiroglu, six members of parliament, and Turkish General Staff J-5 LTG Zorlu, UNVIE Ambassador Schulte urged continued [...]
2008-05-08 09:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KNUC UNSC IR TU
08ATHENS1188TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: ATHENS DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA and MOD officials are saying the right things on Greece's support for Georgia's territorial integrity and the early withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia. At the same time, a team of Russian defense industry experts is scheduled to visit Athens next week to discuss [...]
2008-08-22 16:55:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNGR PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08BAGHDAD1113ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON POST-BASRAH UNITY, JAM,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told us the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was an important step in affirming Iraq's identity as a nation based on the rule of law and institutions rather than a country ruled by outlaw gang [...]
2008-04-09 19:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1676KOUCHNER MEETS CG PETRAEUS, LAUDS SPECTACULAR
[...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner congratulated MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Petraeus on "spectacular" progress in Iraq during an hour-long June 1 meeting held at the Guest House on President Talabani's Karrada compound. Also attending were S/I Satterfield, and, for the French, Ambassador Je [...]
2008-06-02 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ
08BAGHDAD3665KIRKUK: IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT CUTS LOOSE MINOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) have decided to dissolve their coalition with other Turkmen political parties. ITF leaders apparently think the ITF brand is strong enough they can go it alone in the upcoming provincial elections. The main cause of the split was financi [...]
2008-11-20 03:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL TU IZ
08BAGHDAD583AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN AL-SADR ON IRAQ'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 dinner meeting held in his house adjacent to Baghdad's Kadhimiyah Shia shrine, Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr lamented to the Ambassador that Iraq is poorly led by its political class, warned that Arab-Kurd tensions are increasing, and complained of markedly increasing [...]
2008-02-28 13:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BEIJING2303PRC/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT CAST AS REAFFIRMATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23-24 visit of Russian President Medvedev to Beijing aimed to reaffirm the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," to emphasize the two countries' shared desire for a more multi-polar world, and to demonstrate their common approach to international hot-spot issues, said MFA [...]
2008-06-12 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG MASS KOLY RS CH
08BEIJING3340U.S. Presidential Delegation August 23, 2008 Meeting with
[...] (U) August 23, 2008; 1045; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound, Beijing, China. 2. (U) Participants: United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Ms. Karen Hughes Ms. Michelle Kwan Associate Deputy [...]
2008-08-28 10:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB KOLY OVIP CH
08BEIJING3662BEIJING WELCOMES COORDINATION IN FINANCIAL CRISIS; CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH GOING FORWARD
[...] Summary. Chinese Government officials praised U.S. Government willingness to brief them regularly on developments in the financial sector, particularly given their exposure to GSE debt. Although the direct exposure of Chinese firms to other troubled financial institutions is limited, most Bei [...]
2008-09-23 05:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNOTAG
08BEIJING3836October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States' arms sale to Taiwan has "contaminated the atmosphere" of U.S.-China relations, "gravely jeopardized China's security" and "created obstacles to exchanges and cooperation" with the United States. --"The Si [...]
2008-10-07 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW
08BEIJING4074OCTOBER 19-20 VISIT OF TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice Premier Wang Qishan and other senior Chinese financial officials told U/S McCormick on October 20 that China welcomed recent U.S. Government actions to address the financial crisis. People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and other officials raised questions about t [...]
2008-10-28 09:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4245MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4278MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4432MEDIA REACTION: THAILAND, FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. GOVERNMENT
[...] THAILAND "Thai situation still confused" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (12/03): "Thailand's constitutional court recently announced the immediate dissolution of three political parties. Analysts think that even if the Thai military takes abnormal measures to s [...]
2008-12-04 09:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4479PRC SCHOLARS SAY XINJIANG SECURITY IS TOP PRIORITY
[...] (C) Summary: China seeks to improve political and economic relations with Central Asia primarily to ensure PRC domestic security, especially in the restive Xinjiang region given deep cultural and religious links between China's western ethnic minorities and Central Asia, according to PRC scho [...]
2008-12-09 11:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS CH ZK
08BEIJING4667MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR WEAPON, CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENCE
[...] NUCLEAR WEAPON "Are nuclear weapons still useful?" Peng Guangqian, a renowned analyst of nuclear and military strategy and one of the founders of Global Zero, expressed in the official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/24): "U.S. Defense Secre [...]
2008-12-24 07:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4686MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SOMALIA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S. report sets tones for U.S.-China trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/26): "On the day before Christmas, the U.S. issued a report on China's compliance with commitments it made since it joined [...]
2008-12-29 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING809PREMIER'S NPC REPORT PLEDGES MORE REFORM, TACKLES
[...] (C) The State Council's annual "Government Work Report," read by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5, reviewed China's major hot-button economic, administrative and social issues and provided general policy priorities to tackle them. Th [...]
2008-03-05 13:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON KCUL PHUM CH
08BEIRUT1087LEBANON: MARCH 14 WORKSHOP: IMPOSSIBLE TO COEXIST WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 23, the March 14 Secretariat held a workshop at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut to discuss and incorporate public opinion into a draft paper on civil peace and building a state of independence. The paper concluded that it is impossible to build such a state while Hizballah [...]
2008-07-24 16:46:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT355LEBANON: GEMAYEL FEARS CHAOS OR COMPROMISE WITH
[...] (C) Former President and head of the Phalange party Amine Gemayel told the Charge he is afraid of two potential outcomes to the political impasse: chaos or compromise. He equates a compromise with the opposition as a compromise between Lebanese sovereignty and Syrian hegemony. Recapping his [...]
2008-03-07 17:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY LE
08BEIRUT359LEBANON: ADVANCING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY REPORT
[...] (SBU) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections in 1854, under Ottoman Empire rule. The key landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta'if Accord. Throughout Lebanon's history democratic initi [...]
2008-03-10 15:33:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BEIRUT711LEBANON: WHAT DOES HIZBALLAH HAVE IN STORE FOR
[...] (C) This is part one of a three-part series of cables looking at where Lebanon is headed after violence erupted following the Siniora government's May 5 decisions to confront Hizballah (Ref A). This message (part one) deals with Hizballah's intentions now that it has withdrawn its militants fr [...]
2008-05-16 18:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT855Lebanon: Media Reaction, June 6, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 10:18:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BELMOPAN108BELIZE: POSITIVE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial meetings with Prime Minister Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Vega went well. Both said that they felt bilateral relations were on a good track. They said that the main challenge ahead was to run a clean administration, and while they were optimistic about the future t [...]
2008-02-21 20:45:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR EPET SOCI BH
08BRUSSELS1273SCENESETTER FOR LUGAR CODEL MEETINGS WITH EU
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. One goal of the French EU Presidency is to reach political agreement by the end of the year on the EU Commission proposals on internal energy market liberalization a [...]
2008-08-18 14:00:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BUENOSAIRES1038(C) ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT SAYS CRISIS JUST
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Pampuro told the Ambassador on July 24 that the GOA is in a delicate situation, tension is high throughout the government and society, and the crisis is just beginning. He said it is far from clear that a congressional majority can be pulled together at present f [...]
2008-07-25 23:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1215ARGENTINE SENATORS SEE OPPORTUNITY AND RISKS IN NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE REF:
[...] (U) Summary: Argentine Senate president Pampuro again privately criticized the government's handling of the agricultural sector crisis, while government and opposition senators in three separate meetings described a changed political landscape in Argentina to visiting SFRC Professional Staff Membe [...]
2008-08-29 16:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1398Argentina Structures Modest Development Bank on Brazil
[...] (SBU) Former Economy Minister Miguel Peirano is now working to transform Argentina's state-owned Bank for Commerce and External Trade (BICE) into a development bank on the model of Brazil's BNDES. He argues that countries with such unstable economic and financial histories as Argentina and Bra [...]
2008-10-09 20:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1444ARGENTINA: RUSSIAN DELEGATION PROMOTES DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre hosted the Secretary of Russia's National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, on October 15, entertaining Russian proposals for military sales, training, and non-military cooperation including in the field of nuclear energy. Although poten [...]
2008-10-22 14:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV ECON RU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1580ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT RULING OPENS THE DOOR FOR TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court declared Article 41 of the Trade Unions Law unconstitutional and upheld the right of a workers' union that lacks official legal recognition to elect its own delegates. The ruling, if widely applied to organized labor, would expand representation right [...]
2008-11-19 19:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1588Public Diplomacy Best Practices: Countering
[...] SUMMARY. The level of anti-Americanism in Argentina is the highest in the Western Hemisphere. For the last two years, we have been working hard to reverse our negative image, making this the Mission's highest priority. We believe we have found a formula for success through substantially incre [...]
2008-11-21 17:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO AR PGOV
08BUENOSAIRES1632ARGENTINA: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon paid a state visit to Argentina November 23-25, renewing a diplomatic relationship that had been relatively limited since the 2005 Summit of the Americas at Mar de Plata, despite growing commercial ties over that period. GOA officials emphasize [...]
2008-12-01 18:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD EFIN AR MX
08BUENOSAIRES980ARGENTINA: VP COBOS VOTES AGAINST KIRCHNERS IN AG
[...] (C) Summary: After 18 hours of debate, Argentine VP Cobos broke a 36-36 tie in the Senate with his vote against the government's bill sanctioning the increase in agricultural export duties it had unilaterally announced March 11. The agricultural sector welcomed the news, although the congres [...]
2008-07-18 09:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECON EINV ELAB PHUM AR
08CAIRO1198S/P GORDON MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN MFA TEAM
[...] (S) S/P Director Dr. David Gordon engaged with MFA Chief of Cabinet Wafa Bassim in a wide ranging regional policy discussion June 6. Bassim reiterated the Egyptian view that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is paramount. The Egyptians are supporting the Lebanese government, asse [...]
2008-06-11 13:39:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV LE IS SY IZ IR EG
08CANBERRA10262008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART II
[...] (SBU) This is Part II of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Persian Gulf security (Iran),Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Regional Architecture, China and India. Part I (reft [...]
2008-10-14 06:07:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA1172AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER UPDATE
[...] (S/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has directed that Australia's Defense White Paper be completed no later than April 2009, despite internal pressures to delay its release owing to the global financial crisis, according to the senior Department of Defence official heading the White Paper [...]
2008-11-19 07:54:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL AS
08CARACAS172BRV WARNS GLOBOVISION OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) harassment of Globovision, Venezuela's only independent all-news television network, is intensifying. The BRV appears to be laying the groundwork for the network's possible closure in the near future. Citing "public pressure," the BR [...]
2008-02-12 23:25:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS186BANCO MERCANTIL PRESENTS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, senior economists of Banco Mercantil, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, argued that President Chavez was facing simultaneous adverse political and economic shocks following the December 2 referendum. Given his current vulnerabil [...]
2008-02-15 14:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV VE
08CHIANGMAI13LESE MAJESTE, CENSORSHIP OPENLY CRITICIZED AT THAI STUDIES
[...] (C) Despite suspecting they were under the eyes of Thai intelligence officers, Thai students and academics discussed and debated the monarchy and legal prohibitions on lese majeste in an open setting at Thammasat University. Though a taboo topic in Thailand, participants in the bi-annual Thai [...]
2008-01-31 01:50:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TH
08CHISINAU105 Anti-Russian Christian Democrat Leader Also Critical of
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Ambassador Kirby, Christian Democrat (PPCD) leader Iurie Rosca sought assurances that the USG would not "guarantee" Moldovan neutrality. The Ambassador explained that the U.S. was not in a position to guarantee the neutrality of another sovereign nati [...]
2008-02-04 13:36:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MD
08COPENHAGEN436TFGG01: DENMARK FIRM ON RUSSIA, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (U) Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller warned publicly August 13 that Denmark will have to "reconsider" its relationship with Russia if Russian forces are in violation of the agreed cease-fire. Moeller, speaking after the GAERC EU foreign ministers meeting that day, acknowledged that Ge [...]
2008-08-14 14:14:00Embassy CopenhagenSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PHUM OSCE UN GG RS DA
08DAMASCUS420 SYRIA'S LACK OF ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: With Syria's recent effort to gain credit for the Doha Agreement and publicly announcing indirect negotiations with Israel, it hopes for engagement with the West and a loosening of its international isolation. Still, the SARG has yet to make any substantial concessions on the key [...]
2008-06-12 16:40:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
08DAMASCUS762DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 30, 2008
[...] The media storm surrounding the October 26 attack in Abu Kamal and subsequent Syrian accusations against the United States and Syrian actions against U.S. Embassy operations in Damascus continued unabated. Print media were dominated by reports of a large protest march in the town of Abu Kamal [...]
2008-10-30 15:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DOHA658QATAR'S HEIR APPARENT DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Visiting MNF-I Commander General David Petraeus met Qatar's Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim Al Thani August 25 to review security progress in Iraq; emphasize the need for Arab engagement with the GOI; discuss the continued threat posed by Al-Qaida; urge the region to remain united in [...]
2008-09-14 12:38:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MOPS QA
08GUATEMALA1350COLOM CONTEMPLATES INCREASING SIZE OF MILITARY
[...] (U) Summary: On September 1, President Alvaro Colom presented a plan to increase the size of the Guatemalan military from an estimated strength of 15,500 to 25,000. He stated that the increase was necessary to reinforce the borders, combat narcotics trafficking, and to respond to the many m [...]
2008-10-30 17:53:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PHUM PTER MCAP PREL MOPS GT
08GUATEMALA1371STAFFDEL TESS, GUATEMALA VISIT OCTOBER 12-14
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Tess visited Guatemala October 12 to 14 as part of a three-country fact finding tour of Central America. Delegation members held meetings with the members of the country team, civil society, and CICIG, as well as touring Guatemala's border with Mexico in the department of San [...]
2008-11-03 21:27:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PBTS PGOV ORP GT
08GUATEMALA1430GRUESOME BUS SLAYINGS HIGHLIGHT INSECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, 16 persons traveling by charter bus from Chinandega, Nicaragua to the Guatemalan Capital were found dead in the rural department of Zacapa. The 15 Nicaraguan nationals and one Dutch national were shot before the bus they were traveling in was set on fire. Local [...]
2008-11-17 07:44:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1592VICE PRESIDENT ESPADA SPEAKS OUT ON WEAKNESS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, Vice President Rafael Espada delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the National Strategic Studies Program. Espada criticized Guatemalan political parties, including his own UNE party, as personal vehicles rather than genuine institutions. [...]
2008-12-30 11:20:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PINR PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1593PRESIDENT COLOM REPLACES TOP MILITARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: On December 21, in a pointed political message to the military, President Alvaro Colom announced the replacement of the Minister of Defense and the four other most senior military leaders. The changes took the military and local media by surprise, but President Colom had informed [...]
2008-12-30 15:42:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PTER MCAP PREL PINR MOPS GT
08HANOI494PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH GROUP PLANS ANTI-CHINA
[...] (C) On April 28, Poloff met with a pro-democracy youth group leader in Hanoi to discuss the group's plans for anti-China protests during the Olympics torch run in HCMC on April 29. Ms. Nguyen Trang Nhung of Viet Youth for Democracy (VYD) said April 29 protests were planned for both HCMC and H [...]
2008-04-28 09:55:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH VM
08HANOI717DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI
[...] (C) On the margins of the annual USG - GVN Human Rights Dialogue, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with two of Vietnam's leading political dissidents and democracy activists on May 30 in Hanoi. Post informed the Ministry [...]
2008-06-16 02:57:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM OVIP PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC VM
08HARARE1115PF-ZAPU GOING FORWARD WITH SPLIT FROM ZANU-PF
[...] (SBU) On December 10, poloff met with a group of PF-ZAPU officials who explained the rationale for revitalizing the former liberation party and separating from ZANU-PF. They stressed that they had undertaken a clean break from ZANU-PF and blamed the Mugabe regime for Zimbabwe's disastrous dec [...]
2008-12-12 07:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HILLAH13NAJAF TRIBAL LEADERS CAUTION AGAINST ANBAR MODEL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Najaf tribal representatives cautioned Najaf PRT Team Leader that the USG should not try to replicate Anbar-style Awakening Councils in the south central region. While praising the Najaf provincial government, the triba [...]
2008-01-27 14:03:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV ECON
08ISLAMABAD2377 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008
[...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...]
2008-07-14 09:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISTANBUL147LONG-TIME AKP-ER HAS WEATHERED THE STORMS, DEBATES
[...] (C) Summary. Nureddin Nebati, a leading businessman associated with religiously-tied Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) and a founding member of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Istanbul branch, along with AKP's Istanbul Deputy Chairman of Economic Affa [...]
2008-03-24 12:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ISTANBUL287THE IRANIAN MFA'S THINK-TANK DIRECTOR ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Rasoul Mousavi, the director of the Iranian MFA's think-tank, claimed at a conference on Asian security held in Istanbul on May 21 that Iran stands ready to help resolve outstanding regional security challenges; has the most to lose from continued instability and [...]
2008-05-29 04:27:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08JERUSALEM1809JERUSALEM 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 10:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2128JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/26): "GLOATING OVER AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 08:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JOHANNESBURG40SOUTH AFRICA: WITS UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGIST COMMENTS ON
[...] Professor Eddie Webster, head of the Sociology of Work Unit at Wits University in Johannesburg and colleague/wife Luli Cullinicos, presented a sociological assessment of the Polokwane conference at a February 29 breakfast seminar. Webster said the 1996 introduction of GEAR without Parliament [...]
2008-03-03 08:37:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL SF
08KABUL1008ETHNIC DISPUTE PROMPTS PROTRACTED PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Summary: Angry non-Pashtun MPs walked out of the National Assembly's lower house April 12, protesting the centuries old seasonal Pashtun Kochi migration though the Hazarajat and the nomads' 10 reserved parliamentary seats. The lower house has not made quorum since, stalling consideration [...]
2008-04-24 12:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1102DECENTRALIZATION UNITES THE UNITED FRONT
[...] (SBU) Mustafa Zahir, grandson of deceased King Zahir Shah and aspiring United Front presidential candidate, recently shared with us a stump speech he drafted, which proposes replacing the current highly centralized state, organized around a strong presidency, with a decentralized governmental [...]
2008-05-04 16:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
08KABUL1288UNITED FRONT ON POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) United Front Spokesman Hussain Sangcharaki recently elaborated on his political bloc's hope of transitioning to a parliamentary system if it wins the 2009 presidential election. While acknowledging Afghanistan's democratic achievements since the Taliban's ouster, Sangcharaki argued the [...]
2008-05-27 12:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
08KABUL1460MOHAQEQ TILTS AGAINST KARZAI
[...] (SBU) MP Mohammad Mohaqeq, a leader of the predominantly Hazara Hezb-i-Wahdat party, continues to try to unify his divided ethnic group into a bloc that can maneuver between Karzai and the opposition United Front. Though he might prefer to encourage both into a bidding war for Hazara votes, h [...]
2008-06-14 06:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
08KHARTOUM1008SUDAN PRESIDENT BASHIR STRIKES A STRANGELY POSITIVE NOTE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the National Salvation Revolution, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir spoke to the nation from Omdurman July 6. In what was widely seen as a inaugural campaign speech for the elections scheduled next year under the Comprehensive [...]
2008-07-08 05:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1345 UMMA HOPES FOR AN ALLIANCE WITH THE SPLM
[...] (SBU) According to Dr. Balgees Badri, a Sudanese scholar and a powerful National Umma Party female figure, the elections will play out in one of two ways: (1) the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Bashir delays elections until 2010, at which point the SPLM is only interested in the re [...]
2008-09-04 05:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1449TDRA OFFICIALS FEAR ZAGHAWA DOMINANCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 23, the leaders of both the Compensation and Land Commissions in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) told poloff that they fear the Zaghawa tribe's dominance in Darfur and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). Head of the Land Commi [...]
2008-09-25 06:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1634BASHIR LASHES OUT AGAINST WEST IN GEDARIF RALLY
[...] (SBU) In a November 6 rally in Gedarif State, President Bashir lashed out against the West and accused it of trying to "destroy" Sudan, according to Sudanese media reports. "Money and power are not in the hands of the U.S, Britain and France," the President was quoted as saying. Using an insult [...]
2008-11-10 07:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM180NCP CLAIMS SPLM OBSTRUCTION OF ELECTIONS LAW
[...] (SBU) The SPLM is employing a strategy to delay passage of the elections law, claimed NCP political executive committee negotiator Dirdeiry Ahmed Mohammed. During a meeting with polchief February 4, Dirdeiry claimed the SPLM agreed months ago to a 60/40 direct vs. proportional voting system in [...]
2008-02-05 16:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM219WEST DARFUR: JEM VOWS TO PROTECT ITS AREAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader told FieldOff on February 10 that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had miscalculated in its February 8-9 attacks on the JEM-controlled West Darfur towns of Silea, Sirba and Abu Siruj. &JEM will come back to defend its areas,8 he vowed, [...]
2008-02-12 14:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM386DESPITE DAKAR ACCORD, SPLM AND SLM BRACE FOR
[...] (C) Recounting his efforts to press a diffident President Bashir to support the recent Dakar accord with Chad--including a mechanism to monitor violations--Foreign Minister Deng Alor remains concerned that Khartoum will continue to pursue regime change in N'djamena, he told Senior Assistant to [...]
2008-03-16 14:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN AU SU CD UG
08KIGALI292THE SPANISH INDICTMENTS: OUTRAGEOUS AND INACCURATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers offers an unrecognizable version of some of the most painful and violent episodes in Rwanda's history, distorting the established record, inventing mass killings, placing the blame for any misfortune Rwandans have suffered [...]
2008-04-24 08:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR RW
08KINGSTON95(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] (S) The text below is taken directly from an internal briefing document drafted by the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Bilateral Relations Department. The document was dated October 1 2007 and prepared for the then-newly elected Prime Minister Bruce Golding. [...]
2008-01-30 17:50:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON97(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 19:57:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KOLKATA81NAGALAND POLLS GO OFF PEACEFULLY, CONGRESS NOW HAS TO WAIT
[...] (U) March 5 Assembly elections went off peacefully in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland as Congress and the Nagaland People's Front (NPF)-led coalition of Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) vied for control of the 60-member Assembly. Voter turnout was about 85 percent, a two percent dr [...]
2008-03-06 12:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IN
08KUWAIT911KUWAIT: CONCERN ABOUT BEING CAUGHT IN U.S.- IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: The war of words over Iran's refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities has sparked considerable concern in Kuwait, which fears the situation could devolve into an actual U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. The nation's media and a number of its parliamenta [...]
2008-08-21 06:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KU
08LAPAZ1044BOLIVIA: AFTER SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE, WHAT NEXT?
[...] (U) Despite sporadic violence between pro- and anti-autonomy groups, the "Yes" vote in the May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum won by a landslide -- 85 percent to the "No" vote's 15 percent. The abstention rate, between 25-35 percent, was quite low considering the efforts (including the bu [...]
2008-05-05 21:55:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1352IRAN AND EVO: PUBLIC LOVEFEST; PRIVATE FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite recent public gestures, such as a Bolivian envoy meeting with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Bolivian Congress' Lower House endorsement of the 2007 Iran-Bolivia bilateral agreement, there is little evidence that Iran is on track to spend $1.1 billion in [...]
2008-06-13 22:19:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR QA
08LAPAZ1873BOLIVIA: EVO'S IRANIAN VISIT
[...] Bolivian President Evo Morales finished an official two-day visit to Libya and Iran by issuing a joint statement with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declaring that the "interference of the United Nations Security Council (in Iran's nuclear program) has no legal or technical justificatio [...]
2008-09-03 18:38:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER BL
08LILONGWE109MALAWI - INDIFFERENCE AND JEALOUSY COLOR ATTITUDES TOWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's relationship with South Africa is colored largely by indifference, due to South Africa's lack of an aid program and jealousy of South Africa's economic and political position in the region. While Malawi once enjoyed close relations with -- and derived many economic bene [...]
2008-02-25 05:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF MI
08MANAGUA1124NICARAGUA RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2, during a late night speech to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Nicaraguan Army, President Daniel Ortega declared that Nicaragua would back the Russian government of Vladimir Putin, and recognize the independence of Georgia's separatist enclaves of South Osse [...]
2008-09-04 18:56:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL RU GG NU
08MOSCOW1243COE HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD SEES GROWING DICHOTOMY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: COE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg noted during his April 18-26 visit to Russia that while Chechnya is making progress on the protection of human rights, the situation in neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetiya is becoming more violent. In his meeting with Putin, Ha [...]
2008-05-02 15:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW142SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...]
2008-01-18 14:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS
08MOSCOW2453TFGGO1: RUSSIA REACTS TO GEORGIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Russian leaders have downplayed Georgia's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Russian Duma Deputies and Federation Council members have argued that Georgia was only hurting itself by withdrawing from the CIS, and that neither Russia nor the or [...]
2008-08-18 14:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MARR MOPS RS GG CIS
08MOSCOW2735RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON "EGOCENTRIC" U.S., CHINA,
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 8 roundtable held at the Embassy, several Russian analysts thought that the cooling in U.S.-Russia relations in the wake of the Georgia crisis was representative of the cyclical nature of the bilateral relationship, while others were pessimistic about achieving [...]
2008-09-11 14:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR CH GG IN IR RS
08MOSCOW3035SPS POST-MORTEM: PLAYERS, MOTIVES, AND DEBT
[...] (C) Summary: Since the Union of Right Forces (SPS) announced October 3 that it would dissolve and merge with the Democratic Party and Civil Force, details have emerged about the party's re-invention as a loyalist opposition party. SPS Acting President Leonid Gozman and other SPS activists de [...]
2008-10-14 05:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3068Novosibirsk - Stability Above All Else
[...] (SBU) Political stability is the watchword in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, even more so as financial crisis threatens the rapid economic growth that had been the justification for a narrowing of the political landscape. Officials from the city and regional administration emphasized the "c [...]
2008-10-16 13:23:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS
08MOSCOW3137HUMANITARIANS WARY AS VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NORTH OSSETIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unknown attackers blew up a local official's car in front of a downtown hotel in the relative safe haven of Vladikavkaz. Expatriate humanitarians living and working in North Ossetia and its neighboring republics acknowledge a generally deteriorating regional security situation [...]
2008-10-24 13:09:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PTER EAID RS
08MOSCOW3177JAPANESE VIEW OF RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS FROM
[...] (C) Summary. According to the Japanese Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russia and Japan currently enjoy a "calm and good" relationship marked by expanding economic ties. The Russian desire to develop its Siberian and Far East regions, as well as infrastructural needs for Vladivostok's ho [...]
2008-10-29 13:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD RS JA
08MOSCOW445KOSOVO: RUSSIA REACTS PREDICTABLY, STOPS SHORT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Russia responded quickly and negatively to Kosovo's declaration of independence, with the Kremlin and MFA labeling it illegal, illegitimate, and destabilizing. While the joint Duma/Federation Council statement is not expected until later today, both chairs of the international [...]
2008-02-18 14:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS KV
08MOSCOW530NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...]
2008-02-27 12:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS
08MOSCOW539MEDVEDEV MENDS BELGRADE FENCES, AFFIRMS CONTINUITY
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of scandalous comments by a Russian TV commentator calling the assassination of former Serbian PM Djindjic "well-deserved," First Deputy PM Dmitriy Medvedev and FM Lavrov traveled to Belgrade on February 25 to mend fences, reiterate Russia's support for Serbian terri [...]
2008-02-27 15:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL SR KV RS
08MOSCOW817MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...]
2008-03-25 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS
08MUNICH322GERMANY/BAVARIAN ELECTIONS: CATASTROPHIC CSU
[...] (C) Summary: The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria lost 17 points off its 2003 result and brought home only 43 percent of the vote in September 28 state elections. The CSU also lost its 46-year absolute majority in the state parliament. Although the CSU will make no immediate personn [...]
2008-09-29 12:59:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM
08MUNICH68A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried noted that Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov's Munich speech was a welcome change in tone from other senior Russian statements. The discussion focused primarily on Kosovo. Fried urged Russia to be constructive with Serbia and Kosovo; the U.S. had a disagreement over Kosov [...]
2008-02-14 09:39:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PARM PREL GM RS
08MUSCAT180DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL:
[...] (C) Pointing to Lebanon as the critical issue, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi offered a gloomy forecast for the Arab League (AL) foreign ministers meeting scheduled later this week in Cairo and potentially for the AL Summit later this month. The Ambassador ca [...]
2008-03-02 11:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY KV AL IZ MU
08MUSCAT721OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies continued writing on the global financial crisis. Private daily "Al Watan" predicted the rise of a multi-polar world as a result of economic shifts. Private daily "Al Shabiba" said the economic crisis is another failure of the U.S. administration, causing allies to ree [...]
2008-10-14 12:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08NEWDELHI1756SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...]
2008-06-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI264BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT
08NEWDELHI2665MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] "AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL," editorial in the October 5 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily: "The US-India civil nuclear agreement has ensured that India's emergence as a global power has now been formally certified. The U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Ac [...]
2008-10-07 09:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2824MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "MANMOHAN ON RECESSION," editorial in the October 27 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly said in the 7th Beijing Asia-Europe summit that this economic crisis is a result of developed countries' economic policies and the developing countries are paying the price. He s [...]
2008-10-31 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2878SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "SOMETHING THAT WON'T CHANGE," editorial in the November 7 nationalist English daily HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "Does the departure of Mr. Bush change the amplitude of India-U.S. ties? The answer is a resounding no for two significant reasons. Mr. Obama is a man who is clear a [...]
2008-11-07 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NICOSIA287HOW VIRGIN MUST THE BIRTH OF A NEW, POST-SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Just two weeks into long-delayed preparatory discussions at the working group/technical committee level, Turkish and Greek Cypriots already are hotly debating (albeit indirectly) one of the prickliest components of a final settlement: the origin and sovereignty of a reunified Cy [...]
2008-05-09 04:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
08OSLO102NORWEGIANS RECEIVE CUBA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 06:37:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EU CU NO
08OSLO302NORWAY: CHANGING DIRECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry underscored the growing GON interest in engagement with Latin America. Much of this interest comes from the "Super Minister" of Development and Environment, Erik Solheim, who has taken the lead in South America as FM J [...]
2008-06-03 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM WHA AF NO
08OSLO613MORALES NOVEMBER 26 OSLO VISIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftel concerning the explusion of DEA from Bolivia to the head of the Latin American section in the MFA, Hege Araldsen. Araldsen asked if it would be possible to have more information on the positive impact that the DEA has had in Bolivia. Bolivia's Presi [...]
2008-11-10 15:00:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL NO
08OTTAWA136PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...]
2008-01-25 23:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO CA
08PARIS1170NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 13:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR
08PARIS130PRESIDENT SARKOZY ARTICULATES HIS FRAMEWORK FOR
[...] (U) In this annual New Year's message to the Diplomatic Corps on delivered on January 18, President Sarkozy laid out a theoretical justification for recasting France's role on the international scene in the twin challenges before the international community: climate change and the "return of [...]
2008-01-24 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV FR
08PARTO121901(C) Secretary Rice's December 16, 2008 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 16, 2008, 0915-1050, UN Headquarters, New York City 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Welch NEA PDAS Feltman NEA/ARP Office Director Steinfel [...]
2008-12-19 12:15:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL IR EUN XF XG
08PORTOFSPAIN48PM MANNING ON VENEZUELA; INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning agreed in principle to co-host a Caribbean Basin Energy Infrastructure Security Conference, but said it would not be feasible to hold the event until late April or May. It was his strong preference to invite Venezuela; to do otherwise would be "har [...]
2008-01-22 19:42:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECIN ENRG MARR VE TD
08RABAT462MOROCCO: ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS FEELING THE HEAT
[...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's largest Islamist organization, Al-Adl wal-Ihsane (AWI),recently told us that the group was facing intensified pressure from the GOM. AWI Political Committee Chairman Abdelwahed Motawakel underscored the group's rejection of formal political/elector [...]
2008-05-20 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR ECON SCUL MO
08RANGOON888STAFFDEL GROVE'S NOVEMBER 8-10 VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) Staffdel Grove visited Burma November 8-10 to monitor USG Cyclone Nargis assistance, assess the current political climate, and discuss the future of USG humanitarian assistance to Burma (see septel). During Mr. Grove's trip to the Cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta, villagers expressed gra [...]
2008-11-17 05:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON SOCI BM
08ROME1573GEN PETRAEUS DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WITH ITALIAN LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Italy's leaders warmly welcomed the December 9-10 visit of U.S. CENTCOM Commander, Gen. David Petraeus. In his meetings with Prime Minister Berlusconi, Defense Minister La Russa, Foreign Minister Frattini, and Italy's military leadership, Petraeus stressed that the situation in Afghani [...]
2008-12-24 10:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IZ IR LE PK
08SANTODOMINGO225PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 15, 2008
[...] Opposition Walks Out on Central Elections Board 2. Participacion Ciudadana Launches Observation, Cites Abuses 3. Fernandez Criticized for Describing Sun Land Issue as "Closed" 4. New Polls Fail to Clarify Divergent Numbers  [...]
2008-02-15 15:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON KDEM DR
08SAOPAULO433WAR AT CAUCASUS, DOHA 08-11-2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 12:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO484GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA
[...] Worse and Worse Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/16) says: "And here we are, with Paulson [Secretary of Treasury] apparently believing that playing Russian roulette with the U.S. financial system was the better option." The phrase, by economist Paul Krugman, describes with acutene [...]
2008-09-16 11:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SARAJEVO863BOSNIA - CHURCH AGREEMENT SPAT ALLOWS SERBS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic's vetoed on legal grounds a bilateral agreement between Bosnia and the Serb Orthodox church. Since then, senior Republika Srpska (RS) leaders have gone on the offensive, defending the right of Serbs to practice their [...]
2008-05-15 15:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BK
08SEOUL2383KOREA'S VIEW ON THE RISE OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576)
[...] (U) This message addresses questions posed in Ref A on South Korean views on China. ------------------------------ ROK-PRC Engagement: Inevitable ------------------------------ 2. (C) Due to history, geography, cultural affinities, and China's rise as a regional power, Korea has no choic [...]
2008-12-12 06:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL KS
08SHANGHAI375SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COMMENT ON GEORGIA: IMPLICATIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Leading Shanghai academics on Russia and international security fault both Russia and Georgia for escalating the conflict, and state that China will not support independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia because of concerns over setting a precedent for Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang [...]
2008-09-08 05:51:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALCH ENRG MCAP PARM PREL RS TW
08STATE100396BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050122616 and 050122547 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete th [...]
2008-09-19 15:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
08STATE119150BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050127380 and 05012568 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to comp [...]
2008-11-07 20:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC GT KOMC
08STATE129794BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050134068 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...]
2008-12-10 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
08STATE130457BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050092123 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...]
2008-12-11 22:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC GT
08STATE132987BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050091143 and 050121440 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to c [...]
2008-12-19 17:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GT
08STATE133162BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050137875 for the export of revolvers to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...]
2008-12-19 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
08STATE133173BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050137099 for the export of revolvers to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this B [...]
2008-12-19 22:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GT
08STATE35779BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050062674 and 050095703 for the export of pistols to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete [...]
2008-04-07 15:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC GT KOMC
08STATE41023THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP
[...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]
2008-04-18 15:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETIS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE44861RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SUPPORT OF BLUE LANTERN
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political officers Lance Hegerle and Drew Blakeney in supporting the Blue Lantern program during the last year. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring the end-use of expo [...]
2008-04-28 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETTC KOMC GT
08STATE61431GUATEMALAN MND POTENTIAL AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION
[...] Summary: (SBU) Over the last several months, the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) has been working with the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers (PM/RSAT) to investigate the apparent unauthorized re-transfer of firearms that had been provided to the [...]
2008-06-06 21:49:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC GT
08STATE61434BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialists from the Department,s Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met April 9-11 in Guatemala City with USG and Guatemalan officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and other defense trade issues in Guatem [...]
2008-06-06 22:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL GT
08STATE63028BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050107086 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Bl [...]
2008-06-11 19:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GT IS
08STATE69050OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69051OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69056OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:07:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08TAIPEI163TAIWAN'S NEW LEGISLATIVE YUAN OPENS SESSION
[...] (SBU) Taiwan's 7th Legislative Yuan (LY) opened its session on February 1 with the swearing in of 112 legislators elected to the body in the January 12 legislative elections. The restructured legislature now consists of 113 seats, pared down from the 225 seats of previous sessions. One KMT l [...]
2008-02-01 13:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
08TAIPEI365TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN: ONE WEEK
[...] (C) Summary: In a world of suspect and politicized polling, one prominent pollster gives KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou a 26 point lead over the DPP's Frank Hsieh, while the KMT and the DPP internal tracking polls rate the contest as within 10 points. Most still feel the race remains Ma Ying-j [...]
2008-03-14 11:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
08TAIPEI376DPP AND KMT BOOST ENTHUSIASM OF SUPPORTERS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, the DPP and KMT each held a series of large-scale rallies throughout Taiwan aimed at boosting enthusiasm and increasing the turnout of their respective supporters in the presidential election next Saturday, March 22. The weather was very good, and although n [...]
2008-03-17 11:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
08TELAVIV1144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1743ISRAEL 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 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2247U.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 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN
08TELAVIV2250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2308MFA 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 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2326ISRAEL 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 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2427ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited a Post/ Smith Research poll, which found that the Rightist bloc led by Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats (see be [...]
2008-10-31 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2696ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: --------- Summary: -------- The conservative, independent Jerusalem Post editorialized: QThe best place to hit-the-ground-running is on the Iranian issue.... If Iran gets the bomb, Hamas and Hizbullah will be emboldened and Muslim moderates throughout the world will be marginalize [...]
2008-12-03 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2733ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]
2008-12-08 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV835ISRAEL 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 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]
2008-04-29 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TOKYO1264 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO183TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the finding that GM remained the world's largest auto manufacturer, edging Toyota in global sales. 2. "Dark Clouds Hanging over U.S. Economy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/24): "If the fall in housing prices in the U.S. comes to a [...]
2008-01-24 04:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2045 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2439GEORGIA: JAPANESE COMMUNISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST
[...] (C) The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) is "deeply concerned" by and "rejects" Russia's "hegemonic actions" in Georgia, calls on Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia and demands that Russia withdraw its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, JCP Diet member Akira Kasai told Embassy Toky [...]
2008-09-05 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU JA
08TOKYO3033 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3066TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NAGORNO-KARABAKH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included the U.S. presidential election, with papers saying that Sen. Obama appears to be leading Sen. McCain in many states. 2. "Russia Playing up Results of Mediation" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Moscow (11/4): "The politic [...]
2008-11-04 05:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3175 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO669JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO809JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO837JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO888 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TUNIS126TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION - PUPPET THEATER?
[...] (C) The January 14, 2008 evolution of the Tunisian Journalists Association in favor of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists was viewed by some observers, including the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, as "historic reform." To other observers, the new [...]
2008-02-08 14:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS7Civil Society Success: Finally Hitting the Target at the
[...] (SBU) This year's BMENA Parallel Civil Society Forum (PCSF - ref a) - an annual event that prepares civil society participation in the annual Forum for the Future ministerial meeting - was a significant improvement over its predecessors. Last year's parallel forum in Jordan was particularly we [...]
2008-01-03 09:22:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KMPI GE PREL PGOV YM
08USUNNEWYORK870AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS
[...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]
2008-09-29 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK890UN GENERAL DEBATE: VENEZUELA, ERITREA AND OTHERS
[...] SUMMARY: In the final plenary session of the 63rd UNGA General Debate on September 29, speakers included: Ireland, Ethiopia, Belize, Nigeria, South Africa, Eritrea, Thailand, Canada, Cambodia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Belarus, Switzerland, Mauritius, Maldives, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of [...]
2008-09-30 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON AORC UNGA EI ET BH NI SF ER
08VALLETTA146SCENESETTER FOR U/S LEVEY APR 15-17 VISIT TO MALTA
[...] (S) U/S Levey: Embassy Valletta looks forward to your upcoming visit to Malta. Composed of several tiny islands in the Mediterranean, Malta's small size and population (400,000) belies a relatively important strategic and geopolitical role. Malta joined the EU in 2004, adopting the Euro as its [...]
2008-04-09 11:42:00Embassy VallettaSECRET//NOFORNKTFN PTER IR EFIN PARM MT
08WINDHOEK235NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...]
2008-07-31 17:20:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA
09ABUDHABI1015 SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S VISIT TO THE UNITED
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: We look forward to your November 7-8 visit to Abu Dhabi. 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses of the region (our largest export market in the Middle East) and attained a commensurate level of politic [...]
2009-10-29 11:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL AE
09ABUDHABI1067SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT AND ATTENDANCE AT THE 2009 DUBAI
[...] (C) US Embassy Abu Dhabi and US Consulate General Dubai warmly welcome your visit to UAE to attend the 2009 Dubai Air Show. ------------------------------ Air Show Highlights ------------------------------ 2. (U) The Dubai Air Show is the third largest event of its type and is [...]
2009-11-12 09:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL
09ABUDHABI126THE 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 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP IR AE
09ABUDHABI347ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE REITERATES IRAN CONCERNS FOR S/SRAP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) expressed his grave concerns about the Iranian threat to the region. MbZ said the Iranian response to the Nowruz message was pri [...]
2009-04-05 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM MOPS IR AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI575UAE SEEKS CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 10:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
09ABUDHABI736CROWN PRINCE SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joined Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (ABZ) for a dinner covering a range of reg [...]
2009-07-20 12:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN ECON IR AE
09ABUDHABI746(S) MBZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND PM A/S SHAPIRO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 12:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI754(S) MbZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND
[...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ, also Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and de facto defense chief) hosted a July 19 executive session of the Gulf Security Dialogue in Abu Dhabi (July 20 plenary with UAE uniformed officers reported septel). The U.S. d [...]
2009-07-23 09:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI814UAE POLICY ON NPT REVIEW AND RELATED ISSUES
[...] (C) The information in this message is provided in response to reftel request: -- The UAEG takes a supportive approach to most international nonproliferation issues but its diplomatic impact is limited due to human resource constraints and a historically low-key approach to diplomacy. -- [...]
2009-08-16 06:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IAEA PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI856UAE ENERGY POLITICS -- OIL FOR SECURITY?
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to a senior energy official, recent oil storage deals between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and China and Japan were completed for "political" reasons at the instruction of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). While the deals may have simply been visi [...]
2009-08-30 13:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET ETRD PGOV IR RS AE
09ABUJA976NIGERIA: INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OFFERED USG
[...] (SBU) The Independent Power Producer Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) met with EconOff and USAID Consultant on May 19 to discuss the challenges they are facing in the industry and propose a plan to overcome the obstacles, which included: an authorized power purchase agreement; loan guarantees; an [...]
2009-06-05 14:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ADANA16TURKEY: AKP FACING LOSSES, POSSIBLE EMBARRASSMENT IN SE
[...] (SBU) Of the 22 provincial capitals in southeastern Turkey, AKP holds the mayoralty in 15 cities, the pro-Kurdish DTP runs five municipalities and the CHP and DP have one mayor each. While AKP candidates will do very well again this year, the party is likely to lose two-to-four seats and its v [...]
2009-03-26 07:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
09AITTAIPEI103MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 04:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1068MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1117MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused September 15 news coverage on the captain of a Taiwan navy submarine being swept overboard during a mission; on the confrontation between Taiwan and Japan vessels over a Taiwan fishing boat's alleged intrusion into Japanese waters; on th [...]
2009-09-15 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1222MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1272MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 29 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan professional baseball players; and on [...]
2009-10-29 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1290MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused November 3 news coverage on Shim Nakagomi, former coach of the Brother Elephants baseball team, who was involved in the game fixing scandal in the Taiwan professional baseball league and who attempted to leave Taiwan on Monday but was de [...]
2009-11-03 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1390MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 21-23 on developments in cross-Strait relations; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taipei; and on several Taiwan fishing boats, which were detained by the Burmese navy on November 19. 2. Editorials a [...]
2009-11-24 04:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1400MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]
2009-11-25 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI204MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 21-23 on the "national policy conference" organized by the opposition parties; on the local economic downturn plus various government policies; and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China. [...]
2009-02-23 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI298MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI379MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI474MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...]
2009-04-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI507MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 29 news coverage on the swine flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. Several papers also carried reports from the "Defense News" saying that the United State [...]
2009-04-29 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI534MEDIA REACTION: 100 DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI58MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 14 news coverage on an AIT statement issued Tuesday confirming that it has discussed with Taiwan the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and that the U.S. Navy has a responsibility to render assistance to any vessel in distress [...]
2009-01-14 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI682MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 10 on President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to run for the KMT chairmanship in July; on Ma's suggestion that people across the Taiwan Strait be able to read traditional Chinese and write simplified Chinese characters; and [...]
2009-06-10 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI74MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]
2009-01-20 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI85MEDIA 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 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1144APPROACHING ALGERIA ON DIFFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] Algeria's national identity is derived from secular-nationalist and Islamic traditions. Although a nominally secular state, Algeria is nevertheless politically sensitive to domestic Islamic political currents and sensibilities. It is a strong advocate in the OIC and the Africa Group at the U [...]
2009-12-23 14:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM OPDC AG
09AMMAN164JORDAN: JANUARY 19 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Ceasefire announcements along with rescue and recovery efforts led Jordanian media coverage of developments in and around Gaza over the long weekend. The U.S. - Israel MOU also received front-page attention. King Abdullah's participation at the Sharm El-Sheikh meeting headed local c [...]
2009-01-19 13:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN813WARY 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 05:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PINR IR JO
09AMMAN887SCENESETTER 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 12:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR IZ SY JO
09ANKARA1211TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA31TURKEY: 10TH ROUND OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS ROCK
[...] (C) Summary and comment: A new wave of arrests on January 7 related to the Ergenekon investigation (ref a) included two retired four star generals and the former chair of the Higher Education Council (YOK). A former mayor of Istanbul, Bedrettin Dalan, who is in the U.S. currently, is also bein [...]
2009-01-08 15:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA44TURKEY'S CIRCASSIANS DEMAND FREEDOM TO TRAVEL TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of an estimated six million Circassians living in Turkey are demanding the right to travel to Abkhazia directly, potentially complicating Turkish efforts to maintain restrictions on direct travel and adopt further measures to isolate Abkhaz de facto authorities (re [...]
2009-01-12 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS TU
09ANKARA485TURKISH ELECTIONS: JUST "ONE MINUTE," MR. ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: In nation-wide local elections on March 29, the Turkish voters gave 39 percent of the votes to the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),enough for it to retain first place in the polling, but shy of the 40 percent that was widely understood to be the threshold for victo [...]
2009-03-30 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA499TURKEY: IRANIAN ACADEMIC AND DIPLOMAT OUTLINES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The study of Iranian foreign policy suffers from reductionist and simplistic approaches that boil the subject down to sound bites and labels, Ambassador Seyed Mohammed Kazem Sajjadpour, Associate Dean of Research at the Iranian MFA College of International Relations, told a smal [...]
2009-04-01 14:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
09ANKARA548SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) In the short time since your last visit to Turkey, we have seen a broad shift in Turkey's perception of the U.S. and in its view of how we should approach some of the more complex issues in the region. The visit of President Obama was extraordinary, and had a game-changing effect not only [...]
2009-04-14 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM TU
09BAGHDAD630DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY: INTEGRATING IRAQ WITH ITS
[...] (S) Iraq is undergoing a fundamental shift. For 50 years, since the revolution of 1958, Iraq has destabilized the region, launched two wars, countered U.S. interests and defied the international community-while brutalizing its own people. Iraq is now a moderate force for stability in the reg [...]
2009-03-10 16:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IR IZ
09BAMAKO44YOUTH GROUP LEADER ARRESTED AFTER CALLING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 15:22:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ML
09BEIJING1134MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS "China and Japan should alleviate the U.S. influence in their countries' future development" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/28): "The Japanese Prime Minister will visit China soon. This brings attentio [...]
2009-04-28 08:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1165MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, OBAMA'S 100 DAYs
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. conducts hundreds of special investigations on China every year" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/30): These reports focus on the national security of the U.S. It is believed that the purpose of th [...]
2009-04-30 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1196MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINA'S INFORMATION
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "China won't worry a smarter U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/05): "During the first 100 days of Obama's administration, the diplomacy of the U.S. has become smarter. This is the 'smart power' emphas [...]
2009-05-05 08:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1546MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. needs China vs. China needs the U.S." The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (06/09): "U.S. officials and economic personnel have frequently visited China. They all have similar attitudes concerning avoiding ag [...]
2009-06-09 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1557MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Smart Power, 3Ds, and soft diplomacy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (06/10): "After Obama took office, he successively visited the American States, Europe and the Middle East. In this way, he manifests an obvious difference between himself and [...]
2009-06-10 08:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING18272009 U.S.-PRC DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT)
[...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff, stretched what was to be a sixty minute Small Group session with Ms. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP),into ninety minutes, and focused his remarks on objecting to U.S. arms sales [...]
2009-07-01 01:20:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18352009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]
2009-07-01 06:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1874MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, ENVIRONMENT, HONDURAS
[...] XINJIANG RIOT "Supporting Rabiye Qadir is being the enemy of the Chinese people" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/07): "The fierce violence that happened on the evening of July 5th in Urumqi, Xinjiang province has destroyed the lo [...]
2009-07-07 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2061MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA,
[...] SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA "The two U.S. Secretaries: visit to China under a 'green cloak'" The independent Chinese weekly business newspaper distributed in major cities throughout China, Economic Observer (Jingji Guanchabao) (07/20): "The main agenda of Secretary Locke's vi [...]
2009-07-20 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2118MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RETURN TO ASIA, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S
[...] U.S. RETURN TO ASIA "China should pay a high degree of attention to the United States returning to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/24): "It is foreseeable that in the future China will be facing pressure from the United S [...]
2009-07-24 07:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON ENRG CH
09BEIJING2477MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, CCI CORPORATE BRIBERY
[...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Volatile situation in areas neighboring China tests China's response capability" (pg 4) The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/31): "China's rise will face greater challenges if the security en [...]
2009-08-31 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING248MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Obama's stance that China has manipulated their exchange rate has changed from his forefront stance to his behind-the-scenes stance" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/02): "Geithner has once [...]
2009-02-02 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2612MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S.-CHINA MILITARY
[...] 9/11 ANNIVERSARY "9/11 incident still bothers U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/11)(pg 7): "Chinese scholar Geng Xin said that the U.S. initially had the support and sympathy of the world after 9/11, but after launching two [...]
2009-09-11 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2645MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS "Let trade retaliation become China's weapon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/15)(pg 15): "The Chinese people support China's retaliatory measures against the U.S., and believe China has the [...]
2009-09-15 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2824MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL, U.S.-CHINA
[...] CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL "China's rise ends the unilateral world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/02)(pg 15): "China's implementation of the opening up and reform policy and its rapid economic development after 1978 has frustra [...]
2009-10-07 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2850MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE a. "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize and Shocks the World" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/10)(pg 1): "Jin Canrong, professor of the People's University of China, commented that giving the Prize to Obama is [...]
2009-10-14 02:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2930MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL, "G2," U.S. POLICY IN SOUTHEAST
[...] U.S.-ISRAEL "U.S. reassuring Israel" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(10/22)(page A28): "Zhu Zhaoyi, an expert on Israeli issues, said tha [...]
2009-10-22 08:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3121MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3159MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS, TAIWAN
[...] CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS a. "China should show the United States the direction of its military development" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/23)(pg 14): "Obama's recent visit to China will finally decide the United States' China pol [...]
2009-11-23 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S.
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "One third of the United States' latest report devoted to the Chinese Navy" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/25) (pg 06): "A report issued by a special U.S. Congressional co [...]
2009-11-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING498MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Shelving stereotypes a must for cooperation" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/06): "...Concerted cooperation between China and the U.S. depends fundamentally on whether the two countries can transcend the stereotypes mentally of international re [...]
2009-02-26 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING514MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS, GARY LOCKE, U.S.-CHINA
[...] HUMAN RIGHTS a. "Human rights report decried" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/27): "China yesterday denounced U.S. criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order. 'We urge the U.S. to examine its o [...]
2009-02-27 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING55MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] ISRAEL "Chinese people are sympathetic to the miserable Gaza strip" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/08): "China is paying close attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict. This conflict arises much more attention from ordinary Ch [...]
2009-01-08 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING552MEDIA REACTION: NATO, U.S. POLITICS, CHINA'S NUCLEAR
[...] NATO "NATO wants to borrow China's 'Wakhan Corridor'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/04): "A Chinese military officer has said that it is impossible for China to open the Corridor to NATO in order to also help support military a [...]
2009-03-04 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING612MEDIA REACTION: DIAOYU ISLAND, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, FINANCIAL
[...] DIAOYU ISLAND "Diaoyu Island issue, why is the U.S. ambiguous on this issue?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(03/09): "For the U.S. government, their ambiguity on Diaoyu Island is in their own interests. But now, the U.S. government i [...]
2009-03-10 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING644MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...]
2009-03-12 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING662MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NAVAL DISPUTES,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The Foreign Minister's meeting tests the patience of China and the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/13): "At this sensitive moment in the U.S.-China relationship, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's [...]
2009-03-13 09:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING67MEDIA REACTION: NEGROPONTE'S VISIT, PAULSON'S COMMENTS,
[...] NEGROPONTE'S VISIT "Bush sends an envoy to China for a farewell tour: Negroponte says: U.S.-China relations is the legacy of the Bush administration" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/09): "Eight years ago, no one could imagine tha [...]
2009-01-09 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING752MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA,
[...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama admini [...]
2009-03-23 09:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING754MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH CHINA SEA
[...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama adminis [...]
2009-03-23 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING820MEDIA REACTION: CURRENCY, CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH
[...] CURRENCY a. "Enlarge the influences of the RMB and promote China's RMB internationally " 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/27): "While the U.S. dollar crisis it is a good time to reform the international currency syst [...]
2009-03-27 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING843MEDIA REACTION; G20, MILITARY POWER REPORT
[...] G20 a. "China shouldn't sing too loudly at the G20" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/30): "China should become the strength supporting the reform and reconstruction of the international financial system. But thi [...]
2009-03-30 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING847MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 06:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING87MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. and China enter a new era of balance" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/12): "In the 21st century, the balance and strength of the U.S.-China relationship has gradually been built. In the past two cent [...]
2009-01-12 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING871MEDIA REACTION: G-20 Summit, U.S.-China relations,
[...] G-20 Summit "The London Summit should be active as well as practical-- Commentary by Professor Shi Jianxun" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(04/01): It is very selfish and irresponsible of U.S. to misuse the [...]
2009-04-01 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING896MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-Russia relations, U.S. dollar
[...] G-20 a. "The outcomes of the G-20 are beyond all expectations" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/03): Many agreements were reached in London. The global stock markets consequently rose. Senior journalist Ding Gang from People's Dail [...]
2009-04-03 07:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING908SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT
[...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...]
2009-04-07 01:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BM CH
09BEIJING938MEDIA REACTION: Global financial crisis, Obama in Turkey,
[...] Global financial crisis a. "West moots China-U.S. 'co-governance' concept to woo China" The China Radio International-sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(04/08) opined: Hu Jintao's meeting with President Obama in London caused another G-2 rush. In fact, the G-2 concept w [...]
2009-04-08 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING980MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...]
2009-04-14 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIRUT1267HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...]
2009-12-03 07:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE
09BEIRUT1358PM HARIRI URGES INCREASED MILITARY AID
[...] (S) Summary: The U.S. must fully support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to enable it to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Lebanon wo [...]
2009-12-29 13:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL MARR MASS IS LE
09BEIRUT207LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK
[...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...]
2009-02-23 09:31:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY
09BEIRUT322 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:31:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT351LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH,
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]
2009-03-26 14:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR
09BERLIN1629MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, CHINA-UK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Aftermath of Failed Terrorist Attack, Debate in Germany 3. (Iran) Protests, Ahmadinejad Remarks 4. (U.S.-Russia) START talks, Putin Remarks 5. (China) Execution of British National 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan Conference à [...]
2009-12-31 13:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US IR RS UK AF
09BERLIN286MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, IRAN, SYRIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Strategy on Afghanistan 3. France's Return to NATO Command Structure 4. Mideast and Iran Policy 5. Financial Crisis 6. Relaxation of U.S.-Cuban Relations 7. ICC Arrest Warrant for Bashir 8. Eastern European Economic Problems  [...]
2009-03-12 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US FR IR XF XH SU CU SY
09BERLIN324MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...]
2009-03-19 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT
09BERLIN339MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FINANCE, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Nowruz Message to Iran 3. Bank Stabilization Plan 4. AIG Bonus Payments 5. Formation of New Israeli Government 6. North Korean Satellite Launch  [...]
2009-03-23 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS KN
09BERLIN637MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...]
2009-05-27 11:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE
09BERLIN803MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...]
2009-07-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG
09BISHKEK131MANAS, MOSCOW, AND MONEY: A PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Summary. As we consider our options regarding Manas Air Base, Embassy Bishkek proposes one course of action that could allow us to retain access until 2011, in return for a commitment to close the Base that year. This would require both approaching Moscow and offering a significant com [...]
2009-02-12 10:47:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BOGOTA2925COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) has heated up and amidst significant political developments. The Government of Colombia (GOC) [...]
2009-09-11 16:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP MASS ASEC PREF ECON
09BRASILIA1104DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN BRAZIL: WAITING ON OBAMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the CDA as part of U/S McHale's Diplomatic Dialogue Initiative (ref A),the select group of invited Brazilian opinion leaders were unanimous in stressing that, although they have been pleased wi [...]
2009-09-03 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV SCUL ECON PREL BR
09BRASILIA1368AHMADINEJAD VISIT READOUT: A WELL-SCRIPTED AFFAIR
[...] (SBU) This message covers our initial readout of the visit to Brazil by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Follow-up messages will be sent once we obtain a more in-depth readout of the conversation between President Lula and President Ahmadinejad. Summary ------- 2. (C) President [...]
2009-11-25 19:06:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AORC CASC BR IR
09BRATISLAVA248JUSTICE MINISTER HARABIN POISED TO BECOME SUPREME
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Slovak Judicial Council will elect a new Supreme Court Chairman on June 22. It appears virtually certain that Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, to whom half of the members of the Judicial Council are subordinate or otherwise beholden, will win. Justice and the [...]
2009-06-09 13:20:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCOR LO
09BRUSSELS577SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. The Europeans view energy security in broad terms -- to include alternative sources and supply of gas, development of additional renewable resources, research into c [...]
2009-04-17 15:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS715DONNYBROOKS AND DEBACLES: BELGIUM'S REGIONAL
[...] Summary: The Belgian regional and European elections will be held on June 7, and both Flemish and Francophone parties have used mudslinging tactics to get ahead in the polls. For the Flemish elections, the media fight between the Liberals and the populist Lijst Dedecker have hurt both parties, [...]
2009-05-20 16:11:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BE
09BUDAPEST864DEBRECEN - FIDESZ FIEFDOM WITH GROWING JOBBIK
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition party Fidesz has built up a nearly unassailable fiefdom in the eastern city of Debrecen, Hungary's second largest municipality. While the local Socialist party is in tatters, the far-right Jobbik movement appears to be gaining strength, especially among young univers [...]
2009-12-04 10:09:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV HU
09BUENOSAIRES1049MEDIA REACTION; G-20 SUMMIT; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to Argentina's attendance at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; expectations over Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's trip to New York; the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; as well as the UN General Assembly [...]
2009-09-21 15:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES142(C) ARGENTINA: CFK'S STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has made a series of positive comments about President Obama dating from last August. CFK's words signal that she hopes to turn a new page in bilateral relations and reflect genuine admiration for our new president and the process t [...]
2009-02-11 18:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES230Argentina G-20 Update: President Previews GoA G-20
[...] (SBU) President Kirchner, in March 1 remarks to Argentina's parliament on the upcoming G-20 meeting, confirmed that she will call for the wholesale reform of Bretton Woods institutions, including the conversion of IFIs into no-conditionality lending sources to emerging markets. She said she wi [...]
2009-03-04 19:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL KSUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES70ARGENTINE REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 16:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AR
09CAIRO1506NO AGREEMENT ON WATER SHARING AT NILE COM MEETINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 15:14:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO2133ASD VERSHBOW'S NOV 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-15 12:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS PTER PARM SU IR EG
09CAIRO937SCENESETTER 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 09:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KIRF EG
09CARACAS1386US AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT ORCHESTRATED
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador was greeted with government orchestrated resistance and/or protests during trips to the western states of Zulia, Falcon, Merida and Trujillo. During October 4-8 visits to Zulia, a pro-Government media blog criticized the Ambassador's trip to the opposition control [...]
2009-10-29 21:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CO VE
09CARACAS1406POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANDEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to two cities in Western Venezuela, Merida and Valera, from October 24-28, making additional stops in Carabobo, Portuguesa and the Andean highlands of the country. Among the highlights of the trip were the inauguration of the new round of the 2009/10 v [...]
2009-11-03 16:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1493FM Maduro Rails Against U.S. and DCA in Meeting of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the first "International Meeting of Leftist Parties" in Caracas on November 19 with a televised diatribe against the United States. Calling the coup in Honduras a "coup against ALBA," and the Defense Cooperation Agreem [...]
2009-11-20 22:03:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL VE CO
09CHISINAU926 EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN SPECULATES ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador, ex-President Vladimir Voronin reaffirmed his position that the Party of Communists (PCRM) would not participate in the December 7 presidential vote. He conceded that a group of PCRM MPs led by Vladimir Turcan and Victor Stepaniuc app [...]
2009-12-04 14:20:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09COLOMBO552MALDIVES: AMBASSADOR PUSHES FOR CONSOLIDATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In farewell calls on President Nasheed, Vice President Waheed, and Foreign Minister Shaheed, Ambassador warned of growing political and ideological polarization in Maldives and encouraged the government to work closely within its coalition and with opposition parties to continue an [...]
2009-05-21 08:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EENV MV
09COLOMBO97Letter to President Obama from Member of Pariament R.
[...] Embassy Colombo received the following letter from Member of Parliament R. SAMPANTHAN concerning the Tamil National question in Sri Lanka [BEGIN TEXT]: 21 January 2009 His Excellency Barack Obama The President of the United States of America The White House Washington D.C. U.S.A. Dea [...]
2009-01-28 06:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV CE
09COLOMBO979TEXT OF TNA LEADER SAMPANTHAN'S LETTERS TO
[...] (SBU) During an October 19 courtesy call on Ambassador (septel),Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan passed copies of letters he and other Tamil members of parliament sent to President Obama and Secretary Clinton in January 2009. The following are the texts of those letters for the [...]
2009-10-22 10:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09DAKAR870Senegal: Opposition and civil society try to chart the
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24, Senegalese opposition and civil society leaders concluded the Assises Nationales, a year-long national introspection to chart Senegal's future. This National Dialogue involved one hundred and seven organizations including thirty political parties. It was a successful [...]
2009-07-09 15:56:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG
09DAMASCUS389ASSYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH CRITICIZES U.S. AT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the opening session of a two-day international conference entitled "The Message of Peace in Islam," the Assyrian Orthodox Patriarch Mar Zakka Ewas attacked the U.S. for using the fight against "Islamic terrorism" as a pretext for extending its hegemony in the region. The [...]
2009-06-04 15:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SCUL SY
09DARESSALAAM127ZANZIBAR: MEMORIES OF AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REVOLUTIONARY
[...] SUMMARY: Ali Sultani was one of the leading figures of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, but later spent eight years in prison as one of the conspirators of President Karume's assassination (father of the current President Karume). A charismatic raconteur, quoting Edith Pilaf's "Je Ne Regrete Rie [...]
2009-02-27 02:43:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PINR PGOV PREL TZ
09DHAKA1081 BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION
[...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...]
2009-12-01 04:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL SOCI BG
09DHAKA361HIZB UT TAHRIR IN BANGLADESH: STILL NEW, STILL
[...] (SBU) Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) was established in Dhaka in 2001 and has an estimated membership of about 3,000 young, well-educated, middle-class Bangladeshis, mostly from Dhaka. In common with the global HT movement, HTB claims to aspire to the establishment of a Muslim caliphate throug [...]
2009-04-09 04:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL BG
09DOHA429EMBASSY DOHA'S ANALYSIS OF QATARI PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (U) Further to Ref A, Embassy Doha offers the following analysis and reporting on the Prime Minister's rare and important interview on Al Jazeera about Qatar's foreign policy in the region. The subjects covered in the interview, if not the questions themselves, almost certainly were worked ou [...]
2009-07-01 12:30:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA EG IS SA IR SU
09GUATEMALA5GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel a, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Aguila del Desierto, examined records regarding the weapons imported under license 050092123, and the company's relationship with the freight forwarding company Sercogua. The research [...]
2009-01-06 11:50:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRET//NOFORNETTC KMOC GT
09GUATEMALA50PRESIDENT COLOM ALLEGES ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (U) In the days leading up to his one-year anniversary in office, President Alvaro Colom has engaged in an increasingly strident public war of words with opposition leaders and the press. The tiff started when Colom responded to press criticism of First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom by calling h [...]
2009-01-16 12:36:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PTER PINR MOPS GT
09GUATEMALA69GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref a, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Munar S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of the facility, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with Guatemala's Arms [...]
2009-01-26 14:47:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALETTC KMOC GT
09HONGKONG445MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. SHIP INCIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09ISLAMABAD1107 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1409 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1528 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 08:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1680 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2609 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 15:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2810 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 10:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2836 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3043 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 02:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD34 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 03:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
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