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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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01VATICAN1390FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...]
2001-03-12 17:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT
02AMMAN4499MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-12 10:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02ANKARA8110TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH
[...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]
2002-11-08 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA9040AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer, MFA Deputy U/S for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK Party and main opposition CHP, American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders affirmed AJC's support for Turkey. End summary. 2. (C) Dec. 13 AJC President Tann [...]
2002-12-18 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02HANOI2956UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...]
2002-12-12 08:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR
02STATE250963DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]
2002-12-07 02:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
03ABUDHABI3816 IRAQ GC AUGUST 17-18 VISIT TO ABU
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of the Iraqi Governing Council's (GC) first visit to the UAE, UAEG officials were cautiously optimistic that the entire Arab world will eventually throw its support behind [...]
2003-08-19 15:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4428 SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...]
2003-10-02 08:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC
03AMMAN4807 SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...]
2003-08-03 12:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03ANKARA1273ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-26 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1533ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-11 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3011ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-08 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-13 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3305ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-21 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3401ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3918AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6,
[...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]
2003-06-18 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA4019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-23 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4105ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-26 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA462ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-17 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-19 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03BRUSSELS5635TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (list of participants in paras 20-21). The six members of Congress and ten members of the European Parliament (MEP's) reviewed the draft EU Constitutional Trea [...]
2003-12-16 12:23:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1389INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 07:10:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03KUWAIT3946KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN
[...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...]
2003-08-26 09:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4459(C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...]
2003-09-29 08:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT5756(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]
2003-12-20 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03OTTAWA2453CANADA SUPPORTS IRAN NONCOMPLIANCE RESOLUTION AT
[...] (C) Canadian DFAIT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Terry Wood assured us that the GOC fully supports a finding of noncompliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting and wants to assist in any way possible. Though Canada already was inclined to support a resolution, Wood s [...]
2003-08-27 20:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IAEA
03STATE9334NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM:
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]
2003-01-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA2866DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO
[...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...]
2003-12-08 21:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU HO UNGA
03THEHAGUE2114PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...]
2003-08-22 08:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA
03THEHAGUE2457TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH PERSPECTIVES ON ADDING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the EU's 2002 decision not to designate NCR/NCRI, the Dutch believe the USG will have to present more evidence of NCR/NCRI ties with MEK before Europe is ready to reconsider this decision. Meanwhile, the Dutch have noted indications of MEK fundraising in the Netherlands [...]
2003-09-30 06:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PTER IR IZ
04ABUDHABI3410UAE Succession Update: The Post-Zayed Scenario
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE will likely experience a smooth transition of power once the elderly President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan leaves the scene. Day-to-day governance of the UAE is now firmly in the grasp of the post-Zayed generation. Sheikh Zayed's decree appointing his son Mohammed [...]
2004-09-28 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPINR PGOV TC
04ANKARA3405ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-15 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-16 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-03 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5051AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]
2004-09-08 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
04ANKARA5453ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-23 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5535ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-27 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5660ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-01 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5741ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6167 IRAN REQUEST FOR BOEING PARTICIPATION IN KISH
[...] (SBU) Following, for the record, are the texts of three documents given to DCM by the Swiss defense attache in Ankara, who is also accredited to Tehran. The documents relate an Iranian desire to encourage the participation of the Boeing Company in the Kish Air Show, which will be held Novem [...]
2004-11-01 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC TU IR
04ANKARA6207SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...]
2004-11-02 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6396ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-10 16:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6887PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]
2004-12-10 19:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA992ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-20 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BRATISLAVA1130SLOVAKS WILL NOT LOBBY FOR IRAN/TURKMENISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 06:29:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM LO
04BRUSSELS2262USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE
[...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]
2004-05-27 10:28:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2593MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
[...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...]
2004-06-17 15:52:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUENOSAIRES3171DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) On November 9, PolOff met with the Foreign Ministry's Jorge Luis Gomez, Directorate of International Organisms, and Federico Villegas, Office of Human Rights, to seek Argentina's support for the resolutions on Belarus, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran. Villegas noted that these wer [...]
2004-11-10 19:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AR UNGA DEMARCHE
04GUATEMALA583GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR
[...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...]
2004-03-09 15:48:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GT UNHRC
04KUWAIT1346(SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD
[...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis),who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...]
2004-04-25 10:23:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU
04MADRID822SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN
[...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...]
2004-03-10 15:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP UNHRC
04NEWDELHI7733PUTIN VISIT: FROM RUSSIA WITH TOUGH LOVE
[...] (C) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 3-5 visit to India did little to broaden their ties beyond defense, despite efforts by both sides to infuse the relationship with new momentum. Both leaders pressed their issues with Russia extracting a promise from India to sign a defe [...]
2004-12-07 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP MASS IN
04PARIS9025FRENCH LOBBYING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) As per reftel, Poloff spoke to MFA DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the Directorate of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen about the need to lobby third countries against supporting any "no action motions" that might be brought by Iran or [...]
2004-12-17 17:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL FR EUN
04ROME3381ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...]
2004-09-03 04:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR IT EUN
04SANAA3086UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED SUPPORT IN
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Ref B demarche was delivered November 9 (ref C). 2. (C) Noman said he received the same demarche from the Dutch December 13. The DFM confided that he agreed with the USG position on both t [...]
2004-12-14 09:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL IR YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA3118DAS DIBBLE MEETINGS WITH ROYG MINISTERS: YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Visiting NEA/ARPI Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble met separately with Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi, Minister of Interior Alimi, and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Sofan on December 15. The Ministers worked from the same talking poi [...]
2004-12-18 14:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER MARR ECON KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04TELAVIV1408ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-08 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1677ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...]
2004-03-18 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6200ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...]
2004-12-08 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1105CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...]
2004-05-03 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1144CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...]
2004-05-10 12:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1499CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...]
2004-06-17 12:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AL LY CWC
04THEHAGUE1845CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA
[...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...]
2004-07-22 14:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC
04THEHAGUE1967CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) A recent trip by the Director General proved uneventful and produced little or nothing in terms of substantive results - an outcome considered very successful by the DG. The OPCW Chief of Cabinet Raphael Grossi expounded on a number of personnel issues, most notably appealing for a solid [...]
2004-08-05 13:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2836NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...]
2004-11-03 17:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3273DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 15:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL PHUM PREL
04YEREVAN1255 DECIPHERING THE ARMENIAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA
[...] (SBU) The Armenian-American Diaspora continues to wield considerable influence upon the foreign and domestic policies of the Government of Armenia. This influence ranges from the obvious connection of U.S.-born and/or trained GOAM officials, the influence of private and public U.S. assistance [...]
2004-06-01 12:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AM
05ADANA168SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
[...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...]
2005-09-26 08:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05AMMAN1826MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...]
2005-03-06 14:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC
05AMMAN5136JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM
[...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...]
2005-06-28 06:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ECON PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN7522VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH
[...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...]
2005-09-20 06:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO
05AMMAN9963IRAQ: AMMAN COALITION TALKS AMONG SUNNIS AND
[...] (C) Senior Iraqi Sunni and secular politicians including Iyad Allawi and Adnan Dulaime met in Amman on December 25 and 26, and agreed to form an &Iraqi National Alliance8 coalition to compete with the Shi,ite Islamist "555" coalition in forming a new government. The immediate goal of the new [...]
2005-12-29 16:38:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ JO
05ANKARA1260ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1755ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-25 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1952SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL JOHN HANDY,
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith, Secretary of State Rice, [...]
2005-04-05 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA2250ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2317ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-23 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2324"OUR VIEWS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS," TURKISH IRAQ
[...] (C) Turkey almost entirely shares our views on Iraq, GOT Special Envoy Koruturk told Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Amb. Richard Jones on April 19. Amb. Jones outlined for the Turks our approach over the coming year, including providing support for the Iraqi Security Forces (I [...]
2005-04-25 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD TU IZ NATO
05ANKARA2524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2910TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR MAY-JUNE CODELS
[...] Summary: The Erdogan government's drift on relations with the U.S., with the EU, and on reform is of concern, as are trends inimical to religious freedom. U.S. Turkish relations remain solid in specific areas and we look for new opportunities to expand cooperation, but our relations are not [...]
2005-05-23 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP PINS ECON MARR TU
05ANKARA2968ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA325ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3301COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Action request--see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey fully supports U.S. efforts to conclude CCIT convention at the 60th UNGA, acknowledges resistance exists among some OIC member states on points which are red lines for both the U.S. and Turkey, and asks for clarification of the U.S. sta [...]
2005-06-10 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU UNGA
05ANKARA3385ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3833TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30,
[...] 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 Saturday, June 18: [...]
2005-07-01 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4405ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 05:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5133ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5540ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-24 01:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6101ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6183ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 04:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
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
05BAGHDAD2472FINAL TEXT OF PRESIDENT TALABANI'S LETTER TO PM
[...] (C) President Talabani's Chief of Staff Kameran Karadaghi passed to Charge Staff Assistant the final text of a letter Talabani had dispatched to ITG Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, noting explicitly that the text had been drafted by Talabani and cleared by KDP chief Masoud Barzani. In the brief [...]
2005-06-12 10:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD2991DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...]
2005-07-19 11:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3016IRAQ AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE FEARS CHILL IN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iraq Ambassador-designate to Egypt, Safia al-Suhail, worries that Iraqi-Egyptian relations will chill unless the Iraqi government takes the initiative after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the Egyptian Charge. Al-Suhail told PolOff July 18 that before this tragic incid [...]
2005-07-20 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV
05BAGHDAD3018CHARGE'S TOUR D' HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Charge on July 19, President Jalal Talabani pledged to continue lobbying for Masoud Barzani's direct participation in securing a draft constitution by August 15, and urged Charge to travel to Salaheddin to try to persuade Barzani to come to Baghdad. Tala [...]
2005-07-20 17:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER IZ SY KEDEM
05BAGHDAD5028RAMADI REALITY GAP: SECURITY COUNCIL VS. MOD
[...] (C) Summary. This a SET Ramadi Cable. Minister of Defense Sadoun Dulaime addressed in strong terms the Anbar Security Council on December 12. Chastising Anbaris for allowing the province to serve as an 'incubator' of the insurgency, the minister deflected calls by the council to create a ne [...]
2005-12-17 10:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS IZ
05BRATISLAVA938SLOVAKIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRAN
[...] (S) Per ref A, Ambassador and Embassy staff briefed MFA State Secretary Magda Vasaryova, MFA PolDir Miroslav Lajcak, MFA Director General for International Organizations Anton Pinter, and a Slovak Intelligence Service representative on U.S. concerns that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa [...]
2005-11-23 16:13:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LO
05BRUSSELS585US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR
[...] (SBU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for the spring UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR),and to review the human rights situation in China and Iran. Also discussed were the Global War on Terrorism (GW [...]
2005-02-10 13:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05COLOMBO1366IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 10:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO875IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 07:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
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
05DHAKA1699Media Reaction: Middle East; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 05:47:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2409WIDENING SPLITS AMONG BANGLADESHI ISLAMIST GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary. There is a widening, public split between mainstream Jamaat Islami and other, more extreme Islamist groups driven by ideological, personal, historical, and even material factors. While IOJ could drop out of the ruling coalition, the JI-BNP alliance -- grounded solidly in politica [...]
2005-05-24 10:07:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PGOV PTER BG
05DUSHANBE1966TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249)
[...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...]
2005-12-08 09:31:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI
05HELSINKI1216FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Finland shares USG concerns about possible no-action motions on important Third Committee resolutions. Johanna Suurpaa, MFA Director for Human Rights, told Poloff that the GoF was increasingly pessimistic about the Uzbekistan and Burma resolutions. The Burmese regime has been embolden [...]
2005-11-18 13:58:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL FI UNHRC
05ISTANBUL1080DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN
[...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...]
2005-06-23 16:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL TU XD XF XI
05ISTANBUL403MARMARA GROUP REFLECTIONS ON PRESIDENT ASSAD AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation of Marmara Group (Strategic and Social Research Foundation, founded in 1985) members visiting Damascus February 20-24 was impressed with President Assad's stated interest in promoting positive relations with Turkey and the U.S., but sensed the Syrian bureaucracy was [...]
2005-03-14 12:18:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SY TU
05KUWAIT1976BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...]
2005-05-12 10:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2548IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]
2005-06-08 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4293FREEDOM AGENDA: REDUCTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reducing the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10 is a top priority for reform-minded parliamentarians (MPs) in the next National Assembly session, which begins October 17. They argue that the reduction would reduce electoral corruption by making common prac [...]
2005-10-03 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05MANAMA1292ISLAMIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL PROMOTES MODERATION,
[...] (C) Ministry of Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Al Muftah told the Ambassador September 4 that he welcomed USG support for exchange programs to promote the concepts of tolerance and moderation in Islam. The Ministry would assist in programming American speakers on Islam in the Uni [...]
2005-09-07 12:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAO OEXC SCUL BA
05NEWDELHI2140MODI CASE REFLECTS DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIVIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Aside from limited and localized protests in Gujarat and scattered nationalist editorial comment, BJP efforts to build a domestic political issue out of the Modi visa revocation seem to be dissipating. Few outside the Sangh Parivar have risen to the bait and responded to BJP calls to [...]
2005-03-21 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI3878PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...]
2005-05-25 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN
05NEWDELHI7693INITIAL INDIAN OUTREACH TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: India has begun to lobby Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members in advance of the 19-20 October meeting of the Consultative Group (CG),MEA Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns and PolMilOff on 3 Oct. So far, the GOI has engaged [...]
2005-10-03 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8162INDIA'S STANCE ON IRAN AND THE IAEA CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The spate of media and political criticism touched off by the GOI's decision to vote with the US and the EU3 (UK, France, and Germany) at the September 24 IAEA meeting on Iran is increasing rather than dying down. Foreign Secretary Saran recently summoned Ambassadors from the EU3 to [...]
2005-10-20 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IR IN
05NEWDELHI9758MTAG: GOI WILL FOLLOW UP ON IRAN BROKERING, PUSHES
[...] (S) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA officials, who promised to provide the additional information to concerned GOI agencies and report the status to us at an early date. New Delhi remains concerned by Ref C decision to sanction Indian entities for INPA violations, p [...]
2005-12-28 08:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
05PARIS1588JAPANESE EMBASSY ON CHIRAC VISIT TO JAPAN, EU ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: On March 8, 2005, Japanese DCM confirmed to DCM that President Chirac will visit Japan officially March 26-28. Chirac, who will be accompanied by a French business delegation and Commerce Minister Loos, will attend the 2005 Aichi Expo and later meet with PM Koizumi and the Empero [...]
2005-03-10 11:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN
05PARIS3316MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UZBEKISTAN - UPRISING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-16 11:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4115MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE
[...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...]
2005-06-13 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7788MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7920FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...]
2005-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP
05PRAGUE116CZECHS READY TO PROMOTE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS; SEEK USG VIEWS
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: While not a member of the CHR, the Czechs are prepared to lobby in support of a CHR resolution on Cuba and would like to coordinate efforts with Washington. Specifically, the GOCR wants to know if the USG will sponsor this year's resolution. [...]
2005-01-25 15:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CU EZ UN CHR
05PRAGUE376CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND
[...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...]
2005-03-15 14:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN
05PRETORIA2854SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE;
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...]
2005-07-19 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05ROME1859UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...]
2005-06-01 09:45:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI
05SANAA255INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005
[...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]
2005-02-07 11:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05TELAVIV1593C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...]
2005-03-17 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2323ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...]
2005-04-14 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2777ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]
2005-05-04 09:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2809ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York 3. May 5 UK Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the PA has informed the Israeli defense establishment that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas has [...]
2005-05-05 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]
2005-05-24 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3189ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]
2005-05-26 10:41:00Embassy 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
05TELAVIV5363ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...]
2005-09-01 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5705IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
[...] (S) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador September 8 that a renewed international push on Iran, including referral to the UN Security Council, is necessary, because, based on the response to date of the international community [...]
2005-09-16 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]
2005-09-21 08:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5794NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S
[...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]
2005-09-21 03:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]
2005-09-26 07:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]
2005-10-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]
2005-10-31 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6246STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS,
[...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]
2005-10-31 16:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6946ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz led with a report by Akiva Eldar that on Wednesday, Israel succumbed to international pressure and informed the U.S. that it plans to complete preparations on Friday for operatin [...]
2005-12-15 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...]
2005-12-19 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE3053NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) On November 8, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Marwienke Tillema (Deputy Director, International Law Division, MFA). POLOFF conveyed to Tillema U.S. gratitude to the EU for co-tabling the Turkmenistan resolution and explained that, despite U.S. desire to co-sponsor and assist with lob [...]
2005-11-09 15:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL NL UNGA
05VIENNA3703UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - AUSTRIA SHARES
[...] On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department. According to Theuermann, Austria plans to vote with the U.S. in favor of the UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Turkmenistan, North K [...]
2005-11-22 12:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AU UNHRC
05YEREVAN391ARMENIA LOOKING TO IRAN TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON
[...] (C) In a February 25 meeting, Armenia's Minister of Energy, Armen Movsesian, told us that Armenia's energy market was too dependent on Russia, especially for the supply of gas, and that Gazprom has proved an unreliable source in the past. Armenia's number one energy priority is to complete [...]
2005-03-04 04:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AM IR RU
06ABUDHABI2119 MEDIA REACTION: APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF UAE
[...] SUMMARY: Three daily Arab newspapers appealed for the release of the kidnapped UAE diplomat. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" warns Arabs against counting on America because its policies have always served Israeli interests. An editorial in English daily "Gulf News" rejects the concept of a regio [...]
2006-05-22 10:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2972 MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: An article in "Al-Bayan" accused the U.S. of supporting Israel against its own interests, while another criticized President Bush's hypocrisy in calling for Israel to preserve the Lebanese government while demolishing the state. An article in "Al-Khaleej" draws comparisons between c [...]
2006-07-19 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3626UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA:
[...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ),MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...]
2006-09-13 13:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR
06ACCRA335AMBASSADOR AND CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSS
[...] (C) On January 30, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on Canadian High Commissioner Donald Bobiash. They agreed Ghana has been slow to seize the opportunities it has to become a middle-income country, and also agreed the U.S. and Canada appear to care more about corruption and p [...]
2006-02-07 14:44:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06AITTAIPEI2962TAIWAN TIFA FOLLOW-UP: PROGRESS AND HIGH LEVEL
[...] Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Eric Altbach and the U.S. trade delegation visit to Taipei August 17-21 to follow-up the May TIFA talks. Taiwan was eager to reaffirm its commitment to the TIFA process and report on actions taken since the May T [...]
2006-08-25 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EIND EINT ETRD KTEX TW
06AITTAIPEI3614MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST, TAIWAN'S "SECOND
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage October 21-23 on the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral races; on the split between the KMT and the People First Party (PFP) leadership over December's Taipei mayoral election; on the follow-on movements of the "Oust Bi [...]
2006-10-23 10:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALMATY1086KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS OIL EXECUTIVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed ExxonMobil (EM),Chevron, and ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives on Secretary Bodman's visit to Kazakhstan (Ref A) in separate March 16-17 meetings. In follow-on conversation, EM and CP representatives confirmed Shell's earlier report (Ref B) that a recently [...]
2006-03-28 03:17:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET KZ
06AMMAN1289SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL
[...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...]
2006-02-22 07:13:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ
06AMMAN1309MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 13:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN3954GEN DAYTON MEETS WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
[...] ( C ) Summary: Dayton and Dhahabi discussed the Palestinian situation, Iran,s role in it, a proposal to train Abu Mazen loyalists in Jordan, and the pro-Hamas lobbying of several Amman personalities, including the Russian Ambassador. End summary. 2. ( C ) USSC Lieutenant General Keith [...]
2006-06-05 13:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL IS JO
06AMMAN5895MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-06 12:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06ANKARA1353SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ALEVI COMMUNITY UPDATE
[...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey's Alevi population is deeply alienated by perceived Sunni attempts to change Turkey's secular identity and is asserting its concerns more widely, including in EU institutions, and seeking to establish a higher p [...]
2006-03-14 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA1426ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1511ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2027ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA237ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2662ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2677ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2746ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2870A DEVELOPMENT TALE OF TWO SOUTHEASTERN CITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, located in Turkey's southeastern region, are home to some of the country's most notable tourist attractions, yet both provinces suffer from poverty and underdevelopment. Seasonal migration, gender inequality, and a lack of economic opportunity [...]
2006-05-18 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU
06ANKARA2897ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2970ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3203SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...]
2006-06-02 08:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA3451ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 11:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4448ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 14:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4887ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 12:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5604ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5710ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 05:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5774ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5862ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6065AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...]
2006-10-20 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV TU
06ANKARA6276ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6590PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2006-12-06 06:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6621ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6716ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6757ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 10:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA69ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA737TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY TOUGHENS STANCE ON
[...] (SBU) Speaking to the press on February 15, MFA spokesman Namik Tan previewed the visit by Ambassador Schulte and the USG Iran briefing team (reftel). Using language stronger than in previous government statements, Tan said that "the crisis between Iran and the international community has re [...]
2006-02-16 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNUC IR TU
06ANKARA856ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR 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
06ASHGABAT883TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE JULY 2006
[...] (U) Turkmenistan state media provided relatively positive coverage of and adequate support for mission events in July. Turkmenistan state television was active and positive in its coverage of ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson's statement on U.S. Independence Day, her farewell meeting with Preside [...]
2006-08-18 10:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT904TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Turkmenistan's state media coverage of the August 13-15 visit to Turkmenistan of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven R. Mann included misinformation about the content of his meeting with President Niyazov and downplayed Mann's emphasis on the need for transparency and comp [...]
2006-08-24 12:45:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASTANA919KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, DECEMBER 2006
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Opposition Journalist on Trial ------------------------------ 2. On November 23, the Bos [...]
2006-12-22 05:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KZ
06BAGHDAD4560PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...]
2006-12-14 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN
06BAGHDAD4622DISABLED IN IRAQ: HANDICAPPED SOCIETY DESCRIBES
[...] (C) Summary. Members of the Iraqi Handicapped Society (IHS) told Emboffs December 13 that physically and mentally handicapped persons continued to be marginalized in Iraq, receiving little political attention or services from the government. "In the old regime, Saddam paid little attention [...]
2006-12-19 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
06BAGHDAD79FM ZEBARI: SHIA FAR FROM DECISION ON PM CANDIDATE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Ambassador on January 9 that the Kurdish Alliance has reached agreement on supporting Talabani for President in the new Iraqi government. The Shia UIA alliance is, in his view, deeply divided over whether to support current PM Ja'afari or curr [...]
2006-01-09 17:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PREL IR IZ KRG
06BANGKOK2548UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - THAILAND SEEKS U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On April 28, POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel A) to the Thai MFA regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The MFA confirmed Thailand's own candidacy within the Asia Group for a UNHRC se [...]
2006-05-02 06:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR TH UNHRC UN
06BANJUL329THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMAR [...]
2006-05-23 18:23:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL332THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-05-24 10:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL333THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-05-24 10:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL439THE GAMBIA: REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA, IRAN
[...] (C) Prominent journalist and Embassy contact portrayed President Jammeh's invitation to Venezuelan and Iranian leaders to recent African Union Summit here as a swipe at the U.S. following the suspension of The Gambia's MCA eligibility. According to our source, Chavez actively lobbied Summit d [...]
2006-07-12 14:35:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA UNSC GA IR VE GT
06BEIRUT1544MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS
[...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...]
2006-05-17 15:33:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE
06BEIRUT1808MGLE01: A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ELECTORAL REFORM
[...] (C) Reform of the electoral law is the bellwether of the Lebanese government's overall reform plan, and U.S. support for it is in entirely keeping with the President's Freedom Agenda. While there is widespread popular support for replacing the electoral law currently in effect -- associated [...]
2006-06-07 12:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI EAID KPAO LE
06BEIRUT3414LEBANON: DAS DANIN MEETS LEBANESE FORCES LEADER
[...] (C) Samir Ja'ja' told DAS Danin that Syria and Hizballah will try either to stall the international tribunal for the Hariri assassination by loading the cabinet with a blocking minority or by bringing the government down through street demonstrations. Ja'ja' assessed the March 14 coalition as [...]
2006-10-24 14:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3540LEBANON: AOUN DEFENDS HIZBALLAH RELATIONSHIP,
[...] (S) In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, FPM leader Michel Aoun denied that his party had any dealings with Syria and asserted that Hizballah is increasingly independent of Damascus. Despite March 14 group warnings of violent confrontation, the FPM has no plans either with or without [...]
2006-11-03 17:24:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT715MGLE01: SINIORA WISHES PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE HAD
[...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora regretted the suspension earlier that day of a national dialogue process taking place in the Parliament. The talks made progress while they lasted, he argued, particularly in the area of bringing under control an armed Palestini [...]
2006-03-08 16:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER MARR KPAL SY LE
06BRATISLAVA960SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT UK-FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] Slovakia will likely support the UK-French draft UNSCR on Iran, according to Ambassador Vladimir Lomen of the UNSC Coordination Unit at MFA. Lomen told Poloff the UK had lobbied the GoS hard for support and that the matter was being considered in the FM's office as of the morning of December 1 [...]
2006-12-12 14:29:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IR LO
06BRUSSELS450EU, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ACTION PLAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ukrainian and EU officials discussed the status of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan and negotiations on a visa facilitation regime and readmission agreement. Ukrainian embassy officials said their priorities with the EU in 2006 are to: 1) launch consultations on [...]
2006-02-09 16:19:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CVIS ECON UP XH IR USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS800U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...]
2006-03-08 14:34:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUENOSAIRES1059MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...]
2006-05-10 19:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES146STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...]
2006-01-19 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR
06BUENOSAIRES158MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...]
2006-01-20 20:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1584MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...]
2006-07-17 20:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1705WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...]
2006-08-01 16:13:00Embassy 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
06BUENOSAIRES1766USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...]
2006-08-07 19:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2435US FENCE BILL; THE AMIA CASE; AMBASSADOR EARL ANTHONY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 18:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2499AMBASSADOR WAYNE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; NICARAGUAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on the arrival of Ambassador Wayne to Argentina; the upcoming US legislative elections; Nicaraguan presidential elections; an alleged White House's Website containing detailed information on how to manufacture a nuclear bomb; Saddam Hussein sentenced t [...]
2006-11-07 09:05:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2691CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...]
2006-12-05 19:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2692FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...]
2006-12-05 19:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2694CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...]
2006-12-05 21:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2754IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...]
2006-12-15 09:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2790AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS WITH AMIA FAMILY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met December 15 with representatives from "Familiares y Amigos de las Victimas" (Family and Friends of the Victims, or FAV),one of the three main organizations representing AMIA victims, and the first meeting between FAV and Ambassador Wayne. Both sides expressed t [...]
2006-12-20 12:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR IR LE
06CAIRO1367ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...]
2006-03-06 16:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC
06CALCUTTA495INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...]
2006-11-01 12:35:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL
06CARACAS2830CHAVEZ AND THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD
[...] (U) With his eye towards increasing his international stature and gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),President Chavez is literally traveling to all ends of the earth. As a part of this strategy, and in addition to his visits and signing of multiple b [...]
2006-09-15 20:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS288CHAVEZ MEETS WITH JEWISH LEADERS, OFFERS TO
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez met with Venezuelan Jewish community leaders January 31 in response to recent allegations of anti-Semitism against Chavez. Jewish leaders complained of anti-Semitic statements in official media; proposed legal punishments for anti-Semitic attacks; and expressed conce [...]
2006-02-03 19:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM VE IR
06COLOMBO135UNDERSECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Undersecretary Burns met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. The Foreign Minister told U/S Burns that Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to negotiation and a peaceful solution despite continued provocation by the Liberation Tigers of T [...]
2006-01-23 15:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL IR CE
06COLOMBO180SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT IAEA REFERRAL OF IRAN TO UNSC
[...] (C) President Mahinda Rajapaksa called the Ambassador early February 2 to tell him that the cabinet had decided the night before to support the U.S. position on Iran and the IAEA by voting in the February 2 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to refer the issue to the United Nations Security Coun [...]
2006-02-02 09:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IAEA KNNP CE IR
06COLOMBO321IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 10:56:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06DAMASCUS2132Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, US/Israel,
[...] Summary: Papers reported that Syria has called for an international conference to distinguish between terrorism and the right of self-determination. Minister of Interior General Bassam Abdul Majid said in a statement on the sidelines of a conference of Interior Ministers of the EU and Adjacent [...]
2006-05-08 12:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2634UNHCR DAMASCUS FEARS FURTHER DEPORTATIONS OF
[...] (C) At UNHCR Damascus' request, poloffs met June 5 with UNHCR's senior protection officer Dietrun Gunther and protection officer Tania Pesce about the SARG's treatment of Iranian Ahwazi refugee Saeed Saki, who has been accepted for resettlement in Norway. In January, SARG authorities detaine [...]
2006-06-06 13:17:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL SY IR
06DAMASCUS4251Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria/Venezuela,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports of the visit to Lebanon by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Headlines featured Annan's meeting with Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and their press conference in Beirut, in which Annan expressed full solidarity with the Lebanese [...]
2006-08-29 11:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5358Damascus Media Reaction: Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 3 featured a Dec. 2 press statement by Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome stressing the importance of dialogue and cooperation with Syria to solve the region's issues and establish stability. Mr. Prodi warned against the partitioning of Iraq, saying th [...]
2006-12-04 10:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5379 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, Baker/Hamilton
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem met on Dec. 9 with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chi Jion and an accompanying delegation. Talks focused on developments in the region, particularly in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq, and on bilateral relations [...]
2006-12-10 13:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DUBAI1904SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 14:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI
06DUBAI3263LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 12:51:00Consulate DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI5191IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:07:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE
06HELSINKI505FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...]
2006-06-02 12:24:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI
06ISLAMABAD21968 ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...]
2006-11-13 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
06JAKARTA5703IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIAN
[...] (C) House of Representatives Chairman Agung Laksono plans to engage in a friendly manner with Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad during Ahmadi-Nejad's upcoming visit, according to one of Agung's closest associates. Agung's positive view of the Iranians appears to stem at least in part from his pe [...]
2006-05-05 11:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EMIN IR ID
06JEDDAH197JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM CONCLUDES WITH OPTIMISM
[...] SUMMARY: On February 13, the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) concluded its three-day run after a variety of speeches promoting the Saudi economy as an economy no longer based solely on oil. A recurrent subtext of the talks was the fact that Saudi Arabia was becoming integrated into a global eco [...]
2006-03-08 09:44:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH271IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CONFRONTS CONOFF AT JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent gathering at the home of a prominent Saudi businessman, the Iranian ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mohammed Kazem Khawansari, confronted Conoff after he was seated near him by the host. Khawansari discussed the recent publication of an [...]
2006-04-07 14:52:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA IR IS KPAL KWBG
06KABUL1345AFGHANISTAN ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY: U.S. POULTRY
[...] (U) Summary: In the wake of Afghanistans first confirmed case of Avian Influenza, Summit Associates, an American company that imports U.S. frozen chicken and eggs, requested Embassy advocacy to intervene with customs officials blocking Summit containers from entering the country and to help l [...]
2006-03-27 15:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL257PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE
[...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...]
2006-01-18 06:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM
06KIRKUK130KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...]
2006-07-20 13:57:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU
06KUALALUMPUR2041SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]
2006-11-01 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]
2006-11-08 08:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUWAIT2147KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA CRITICIZES GOK ON
[...] (C) Kuwait's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, met with the DCM on May 23 to discuss his concerns over the treatment of Indonesian domestic workers in Kuwait. He criticized Indonesia and especially his own government for not doing enough to protect Indonesian workers, and sugges [...]
2006-06-07 17:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL KIRF JO ID KU TIP RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
06KUWAIT2150FREEDOM AGENDA: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM BLOSSOMS IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Kuwait's recent "orange revolution" is the role played by the ad hoc coalition of pro-reform youth organizations known as the "orange movement." These youth organizations, which include both liberals and Islamists and were not [...]
2006-06-07 17:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT255CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN ENGAGES KUWAITIS ON IRAQ, IRAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 20-21 visit to Kuwait, CODEL Ros-Lehtinen met with Kuwaiti officials to offer condolences on the death of Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Sabah, and to express USG appreciation for Kuwaiti support for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and for Kuwait's $500 million pledge to h [...]
2006-01-25 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV KWMN IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4609FINANCE MINISTRY TALKS TAXES, AID, AND DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 9, Econcouns met with acting Assistant Undersecretary of Finance Khalid Al-Rubeian to discuss Kuwait's new draft tax law, the December 7 designations by the United States of three Kuwaitis for support to Al-Qaida, and assistance to the Palestinians. Al-Rubeian said t [...]
2006-12-10 09:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ KU
06LIMA847SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Lima warmly welcomes your visit to Peru -- the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell,s attendance at the OAS General Assembly SIPDIS here on the fateful September 11, 2001. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to highlight for Peruvians, a [...]
2006-03-03 18:11:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD SNAR PE
06LJUBLJANA329SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY
[...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]
2006-05-25 06:18:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06MOSCOW10382LAVROV'S MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary: With FM Lavrov's September 7-9 trip to the Middle East, promotion of a "universal" peace process, experts' conference, renewed Syria track, and support for the Arab League ministerial session at UNGA, the GOR continues to seek "player" status in the region. Practically, GOR sup [...]
2006-09-18 11:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IS SY LE 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
06MUSCAT1588OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...]
2006-11-14 13:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ MU
06MUSCAT1670SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA A/S WELCH TO MUSCAT
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your visit to Oman. Oman remains a dependable friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subjects, although it prefers to maintain a low profile. Regional threat issues are a prominent concern for the Omani leadership; however, Oman's p [...]
2006-12-06 14:22:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KDEM KMPI KNNP KWMN SMIG ECON
06MUSCAT622FM UPDATE ON IRAN, PSI ATTENDANCE, AND U.S. VISIT
[...] (C) FM Bin Alawi confirmed Omani attendance at upcoming PSI events in May and June, as suggested during the recent visit of U/S Joseph. Clarifying remarks on Iran, he said Oman harbors no illusions about Iranian actions but nevertheless cannot advocate actions that might trigger conflict. He [...]
2006-04-17 13:43:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PGOV ETRD IR XF MU
06NAIROBI919 AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...]
2006-03-01 10:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER
06NEWDELHI2527JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...]
2006-04-13 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK
06NEWDELHI2532CODEL HASTERT AND SONIA GANDHI DISCUSS US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting with a delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL),Sonia Gandhi was particularly engaged on the status and process of passing the civil nuclear agreement in Congress. She was surprised to hear that the Representatives [...]
2006-04-14 06:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI2536PM ASKS SEN HAGEL FOR HELP PASSING CIVIL NUKE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an April 10 meeting in Delhi with Senator Chuck Hagel asked for "Congressional blessings" for the US-India civil nuclear deal. He outlined to the Senator the importance of the deal to India's burgeoning economy, and made the case that India is a [...]
2006-04-14 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EFIN
06NEWDELHI294NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...]
2006-01-14 09:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH
06NEWDELHI3199INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]
2006-05-09 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI4824GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES
[...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...]
2006-07-10 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKUNR PREL VE IN
06NEWDELHI4825GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES
[...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...]
2006-07-10 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKUNR PREL VE IN
06NEWDELHI948IRAN'S ANTI-US COLD WAR FALLS FLAT IN INDIA
[...] (C) Summary. India's IAEA Iran vote, the Danish cartoons, and the POTUS visit are reverberating on the Indian political scene, provoking Indian Muslim leaders and activists to speak out. On the domestic front, however, the Congress-dominated UPA government has begun to act on the promises m [...]
2006-02-08 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN IR IZ
06NICOSIA1767"TRNC" UNIVERSITIES: A (STUNTED) GROWTH INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Cypriot higher education system has developed into an important source of income for the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" and pride for the community. Recent developments, however, call into question the viability of the education sector. Expanded capacity in [...]
2006-10-13 13:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU
06PARIS1507MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 11:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1605FRANCE ON GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA FOR UNSC SEAT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for IO affairs Sylvie Bermann indicated March 10 that the GOF had not yet formulated a position on the contest between Venezuela and Guatemala for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While the MFA favors Guatemala, Bermann made clear that the fin [...]
2006-03-13 17:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1863MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2267MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...]
2006-04-06 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR VE BO CU HA
06PARIS2358FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN
[...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...]
2006-04-11 07:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS31MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4278FRANCE/VENEZUELA: NO DECISIONS YET ON ARMS SALE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 20, we raised ref A (possible French company arms deal with Spain for Venezuela) and ref B (Venezuelan anti-NGO bill) demarches with the MFA's PDAS and DAS-equivalents for Latin America. Regarding reports that the Spanish company Navantia has asked Thales France for pa [...]
2006-06-21 13:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KDEM PGOV VE PARM
06PARIS4305MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5183UNESCO: SESAME CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON CONTINUED MID EAST
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Council of the Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) convened for its eighth meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on July 10-11, 2006. The centerpiece of the program is a synchrotron light source, to be installed in Jor [...]
2006-08-01 09:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO TPHY TSPA KISL SOCI XF JO
06PARIS6498FRANCE OPPOSES VENEZUELA UNSC SEAT BUT RELUCTANT
[...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with poloff on other issues (prior to reception of ref A),MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini commented that Venezuela would do great harm to Security Council credibility, if elected. That said, Giacomini thought it significant that Venezuela had come up shor [...]
2006-09-28 13:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL VE UNSC FR MARR MASS
06PARIS840MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 12:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS854DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE
[...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]
2006-02-10 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PRAGUE1308CZECH RESPONSE TO UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Czechs generally support USG priorities for UNGA. They support tough sanctions on Iran and North Korea. They continue to support Guatemala for the UNSC seat, although they believe that there is now little that countries outside of Latin America can do to influence the outcom [...]
2006-10-20 11:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA EZ
06PRETORIA3339SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR OBAMA'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Welcome to South Africa, an anchor country in our Africa policy. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African Government (SAG) has made major progress toward establishing a vibrant democracy and market-based economy. The SAG has focused on p [...]
2006-08-15 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ECON KHIV SF
06QUITO2315GOE'S UNGA PRINCIPALS: EXPERIENCED PERMREP,
[...] (C) Summary: This report on the GOE's UNGA principals responds to questions posed by the Department in Ref A. The GOE has an experienced and capable UN PermRep in Diego Cordovez. Relations between President Alfredo Palacio and FM Francisco Carrion are generally close, but include tensions [...]
2006-09-15 20:52:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UN EC
06RABAT1925UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) On October 13, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the issues raised in reftel A and to emphasize the US' denial of Venezuela's election to the Security Council, reftels A and B. [...]
2006-10-13 15:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RIGA832LATVIAN VIEWS ON GAERC - FOCUSED ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel demarche to Veronika Erte, A/S-level official responsible for EU issues at the MFA, on October 12. The GOL adopted its GAERC positions in cabinet on October 10. Latvia will be represented at the GAERC by its Ambassador to the EU. 2. (C) Georgia - Althou [...]
2006-10-12 14:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EUN GG RU LE LG
06ROME1347IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA WARNS PRESSING TOO HARD ON QRF
[...] (C) The Italian MFA does not foresee a change in Italy's policy of gradual troop reductions, in consultation with the Iraqis and coalition partners, in Iraq. Barring additional terrorist attacks, the MFA also does not expect major problems with funding renewal for the mission this summer. But [...]
2006-05-05 16:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1450GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY
[...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]
2006-05-12 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR
06ROME1518ITALY'S COMMUNIST CHAMBER LEADER WELCOMES USG
[...] (C) Communist Renewal leader Fausto Bertinotti May 17 warmly welcomed his first official contact, as Italy's new Chamber of Deputies president, with the US Ambassador. He initiated an animated discussion of Italy's economic problems, and expressed cautious optimism that the new government co [...]
2006-05-18 10:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PGOV
06ROME3051ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...]
2006-11-09 12:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT
06ROME3279D'ALEMA MAXIMUS
[...] (C/NF) Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emerging as the most prominent and dynamic member of the Prodi Government. Barely six months into his tenure at the MFA, he appears intent on leaving his imprint on Italian foreign policy, the Italian Government, and on Italy itself. On forei [...]
2006-12-12 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IT
06SANTODOMINGO1898DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ - VISIONS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 2 President Leonel Fernandez described to the Ambassador his ambitions for the two years remaining in his term, including a "democratic revolution" including grassroots consultations on institutional change. He asked for a friendly hearing and "some modest concession" t [...]
2006-06-06 19:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD KDEM KIPR DR
06SINGAPORE990AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOF/MFA SECOND MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Second Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim told the Ambassador during a March 24 courtesy call that the United States and Singapore could resolve issues separating us on a double taxation agreement (DTA). On casinos, he said that Singapore would implement addit [...]
2006-03-28 06:44:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SN
06SOFIA633BULGARIA AGAINST IRAN'S HRC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 14:33:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA IR BU
06TELAVIV1017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1216ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast 3. Iraq 4. Europe: Anti-Americanism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch and Deputy US National Secur [...]
2006-03-29 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1295ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...]
2006-04-03 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1331ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to highlight Acting PM Ehud Olmert's efforts to form a government coalition. Yediot and Israel Radio quoted Olmert as saying Monday that it can be assume [...]
2006-04-04 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1488ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...]
2006-04-17 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon 4. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted Senator Joseph Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate and a serving member of the Senate Armed Servi [...]
2006-04-21 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1720ISRAEL OPPOSES IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff shared appropriate reftel (B) points with Daniel Meron, the MFA's director for human rights and international organizations, on April 28 and discussed the issue again after receipt of reftel (A) on May 2. Meron said the GOI strongly opposes Iran's candidacy for the U.N. Human Right [...]
2006-05-02 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR PREL IR IS UNGA UNHRC GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1913ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...]
2006-05-16 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2112ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the US is willing to enter multilateral direct talks with Iran, if Tehran agrees to halt its nuclea [...]
2006-06-01 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]
2006-01-23 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV313ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Palestinian voters ahead of Wednesday's elections for the [...]
2006-01-24 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]
2006-10-12 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4086ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]
2006-10-17 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4373ISRAELI MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY HEAD ON MISSILE
[...] (C) In an October 8 meeting, Israel Missile Defense Agency head Arieh Herzog told visiting House Armed Services Committee counsel Roger Zakheim that Israel is working with the U.S. to address (a) a gap in its missile defense (MD) capability vis-a-vis a potential future threat of Iranian nucle [...]
2006-11-02 15:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IR IS
06TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...]
2006-01-31 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...]
2006-02-06 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV751ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...]
2006-02-22 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV930ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]
2006-03-07 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE2282NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S
[...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...]
2006-10-20 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2431NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...]
2006-11-09 21:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR
06THEHAGUE487CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) In coordination with Ian Richards (special assistant to the Deputy Director General) and Renato Carvalho (head of Inspectorate Management),del rep will participate in selected sessions of Technical Secretariat inspector training during the week of March 13. The goal will be to get a bet [...]
2006-03-07 16:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE577OKAMOTO DESCRIBES DETERIORATING JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 08:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH KN KS RS NL
06THEHAGUE610NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: INTEGRATION EXAM
[...] Summary: Effective March 15, certain nationalities will need to pass a civic integration exam to immigrate to the Netherlands. Initial reactions in local and foreign press have been divided on whether such a policy will result in better integration of immigrants in the country or only further [...]
2006-03-22 06:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE685CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN, MEPP, INDONESIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) visited The Netherlands March 22-23 and discussed Iran, Palestinian and Israeli elections, Indonesia, and Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Wexler also publicly debated H.J. Ormel, Parliamentary foreign policy leader for the governing Christian [...]
2006-03-30 13:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP MARR NL
06TOKYO2063 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2353JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3676JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4772MEDIA REACTION Q CUBA-US RELATIONS - TOKYO
[...] "After Castro: Cuba Should Improve Relations with US" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/21): "It has been three weeks since Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has ruled the country for nearly half a century, fell ill. It is time for the world to think about Cuba after he is gone.... The Cuban [...]
2006-08-21 05:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO618 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6323IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...]
2006-11-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA
06UNVIEVIENNA815IAEA/DPRK/IRAN: JAPAN NIXES BOG DPRK RESOLUTION;
[...] (S) Like-minded countries, meeting at the US mission November 2, agreed with Japan's view that, in light of the October 31 announcement on Six-Party talks, the Board should pursue a Chairman's Summary, but not a resolution unless the DPRK reneges on this agreement. Country statements at the B [...]
2006-11-03 15:11:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1073EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...]
2006-05-25 21:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG
06USUNNEWYORK2260UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 17:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
06USUNNEWYORK907UN REFORM AND THE P-5
[...] (C) USUN has engaged in a concerted effort to reinvigorate the P-5 as a tool for advancing U.S. interests here in New York, including through more frequent and regular P-5 consultations to discuss a wide range of topics. These consultations, at the Permanent Representative, Coordinator and ex [...]
2006-05-03 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC UN
06VATICAN240HOLY SEE: MARTINO DISCUSSES NICARAGUA, SECURITY WALL WITH
[...] (C) Cardinal Renato Martino (please strictly protect here) told the Ambassador November 16 that the Holy See had attempted to get Cardinal Obando y Bravo out of Nicaragua in the run-up to the recent elections, but that Obando y Bravo had not acted on the Vatican's "invitation" for him to come [...]
2006-11-21 14:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI NU CU MX VT
06VIENNA2829DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]
2006-09-22 14:43:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN AU
06VIENNA3245DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Human Rights Director. Charge delivered ref SIPDIS (b) points to Theuermann upon receipt on November 7. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria shared U.S. views on the c [...]
2006-11-07 08:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN AU
06WARSAW2323READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...]
2006-11-03 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS IZ PL
06YEREVAN1687ARMENIA'S CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR IF-AND-WHEN RUSSIA
[...] (C) As winter approaches and tensions continue between Georgia and Russia, Armenians are increasingly concerned that Russian gas, shipped to Armenia through Georgia, will be cut off as happened in January 2006 (ref A). According to a USAID-funded expert, Armen Arzumanyan, if Russian gas is cut [...]
2006-12-07 10:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL RS GA AJ AM
06YEREVAN295ARMENIA: ANXIOUS NOT TO CONFRONT IRAN ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding Iran's application for membership in the Association of State Nuclear Authorities of Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors during separate calls on Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian February 28. Si [...]
2006-03-01 12:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM
06YEREVAN353ARMENIA: DIFFICULT TO EXCLUDE IRAN FROM NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Armenia seeks a face-saving way to support our request to exclude Iran from an upcoming Forum of State Nuclear Safety Authorities of the Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors. Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) Chairman Ashot Martirosyan told us the MFA will convene a meeting t [...]
2006-03-09 13:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM
06ZAGREB461VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...]
2006-04-11 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
07ABUDHABI1898UAE SKEPTICISM ON SOVEREIGN WEALTH INITIATIVES;
[...] (C) Summary. UAE government and finance officials remain skeptical over U.S. and international sovereign wealth fund initiatives, but eagerly await additional details to further evaluate. UAE-based investment firms cite increased political risk surrounding foreign investment in the U.S., and ar [...]
2007-11-19 11:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALAE ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER EINV
07ABUDHABI702CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. On April 24 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) hosted CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon for an introductory lunch, in what was the Admiral's first visit to the UAE since assuming command [...]
2007-04-26 15:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE
07ADDISABABA181SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...]
2007-01-23 14:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SO ET
07AITTAIPEI1443MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 23-25 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, who announced Saturday his decision to select former premier Vincent Siew as his running mate in next year's presidential election; on the KMT party congress on Sunday; [...]
2007-06-25 07:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2067MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN AND BUSH-HU MEETING
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage September 7 to the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at APEC Thursday, and to President Chen Shui-bian's videoconference with the American Enterprise Institute Thursday on [...]
2007-09-07 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI777MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 7-9 on the suspicion that China's "Internet army" may have hacked into home computers of senior officials from Taiwan's University of National Defense, planted a Trojan Horse virus, and gained access to classified inf [...]
2007-04-09 08:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AMMAN3582IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI,
[...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...]
2007-08-26 14:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER JO IZ
07AMMAN3583IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI,
[...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...]
2007-08-26 15:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER JO IZ
07AMMAN4567IRAQ/IRAN: IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC KHOE,I SAYS IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Anti-Iranian Iraqi Shi'a cleric Jawad al-Khoe'i (strictly protect) described to Emboff his views on Iranian perceptions of Iraq and the U.S., the current situation in Iraq and Iran (where he has been studying for ten of the last twelve years),political developments, ongoing Ir [...]
2007-11-14 12:44:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ IR JO
07ANKARA10ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1215TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: INTO THE BEAR'S DEN?
[...] (C) Summary: Deepening economic and political ties between Russia and Turkey bear watching, but they do not signal a fundamental shift in Ankara's foreign policy orientation. Contacts believe Russia offers Turkey a sympathetic ear as both feel buffeted by a critical west. However, on key Turk [...]
2007-05-21 07:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET TU RS
07ANKARA2027ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2051ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2209ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2210ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2211ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2386ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2388ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2475 ANKARA NOMINATION: 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) Personal Information: Full legal name of nominee - Rojbin Tugan Job title/Association - Lawyer Date of Birth - May 30, 1971 Country of Birth - Turkey Citizenship - Turkish Republic Address - Bulak Mahallesi, Cumhuriyet Cad., Tugan Apt. 3rd Floor, Hakkari Telephone - +90 (0438) 211-6963 [...]
2007-10-05 06:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TU
07ANKARA2487ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA250ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2550ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2569ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 12:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2584TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...]
2007-10-18 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
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
07ANKARA307ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA317ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA493ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA624ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA64ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA641TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA
[...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...]
2007-03-21 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AM AJ TU
07ANKARA754ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA805TURKEY SHOCKED BY GOI DECISION ON IRAQ EXPANDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In successive conversations April 6 with Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu expressed "shock" and great disappointment that Egypt rather than Istanbul is being chosen to host the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial. Both urge [...]
2007-04-09 05:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TU
07ANKARA83ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANTANANARIVO853 COMORAN FM JAFFAR REITERATES PRO-AMERICAN STANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ahmed Said Ben Jaffar welcomed the Ambassador to the region, encouraging him to visit the Comoros to deliver credentials and see the country at the first opportunity. Jaffar expressed frustration that the African Union (AU) had not upheld commitments with regar [...]
2007-08-27 11:18:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID CN
07ASHGABAT1335"DUBAI ON THE CASPIAN" LIKELY TO STILL BE "LAKE ERIE ON A
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 3 business forum showcased multi-billion dollar, world-class plans for the Avaza Tourism Zone. World-renowned design companies, architectural firms, and developers are involved in the project, guaranteeing [...]
2007-12-10 11:42:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EPET ECON ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT302 MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MANN'S
[...] (U) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's March 3-6 visit to Turkmenistan received wide and generally positive coverage in state media. State media only gave coverage of Mann's March 5 meeting with President Berdimuhammedov and omitted his meetings with other government officials [...]
2007-03-16 12:36:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT371RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PROMISES
[...] (SBU) During an April 5 meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russia,s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expanded the traditional Russian-Turkmenistani state dialog, touching on economic cooperation, but focusing a majority of the time on "humanitarion," [...]
2007-04-12 14:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX
07ASTANA277SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: While recent Kazakhstani headlines have been dominated by discussion of the country's new government, its bid to assume the OSCE chairmanship, and a democratization initiative presumed to be in the works, the real, abiding story here is Kazakhstan's economy. The country's natura [...]
2007-01-30 12:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD KZ
07BAGHDAD1795VOTE ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES DELAYED -- AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister's poorly coordinated effort to gain parliamentary approval for a new slate of six ministers -- five of which are different from those proposed May 10 (reftel) -- has yet to reach fruition. The proposed Ministers of Health, Agriculture, and Transportation; along [...]
2007-05-30 01:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD2848FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: On August 21, during his visit to Baghdad, FM Kouchner asked the Ambassador how France could be helpful on Iraq. The Ambassador suggested that an active French role on economic development -- including bilateral and EU assistance -- would be helpful, as would French support for th [...]
2007-08-25 17:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL FR IZ
07BAGHDAD3895UK AMBASSADOR TO IRAN ON IRI NEGOTIATING STYLE,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 10:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IR IQ
07BAGHDAD3903BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: IRAN SEES U.S. AS ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 16:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER IR IQ
07BAGHDAD3922SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (S) Dear Mr. Secretary: Your visit to Iraq comes at a critical time. Since the September testimony by the Ambassador and Gen. Petraeus, we have seen further progress on security: Anbar Province remains remarkably calm; the Sadr ceasefire continues -- in general -- to hold; the threat from Al- [...]
2007-12-03 07:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC OVIP IZ
07BAGHDAD981FM ON UPCOMING MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE: NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 19 meeting with PolCouns, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari reported he has been in contact with his counterparts of those countries who attended the March 10 Neighbors Conference. Plans for the upcoming April Ministerial have stalled due to the Prime Minister's insisten [...]
2007-03-20 14:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAKU1099FORUM ON KARABAKH ADVOCATES SETTING A DEADLINE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Forum on Karabakh -- a nascent association of opposition-leaning individuals -- on August 29 told the Ambassador that their organization is increasingly impatient with the Minsk Group process due to its lack of progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh c [...]
2007-09-04 12:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU1141AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AHAMDINEJAD
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Iran increasingly supports Iraq's territorial integrity, but President Ahmadinejad will not change his position on Iran's nuclear program. During President Ahmadinejad's August visit to Baku, t [...]
2007-09-14 08:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PHUM KDEM KNNC MARR IR AJ
07BAKU1483AZERBAIJAN AND ITALY AGREE TO STEPS FORWARD FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 12 visit by an Italian delegation headed by Minister for Economic Development Pierluigi Bersani was highlighted by the signing of an Energy MOU with the Ministry of Economic Development. Edison CEO Umberto Quadrino said that 2008 would bring commercial negotiations be [...]
2007-12-13 13:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ IT ENRG TU
07BAKU309KEY MP ANALYZES AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Chair of Parliament's International Relations Commission Samad Seyidov discussed Azerbaijan's role in the Council of Europe and in GUAM. He outlined growing Russian influence in Azerbaijan, and expressed frustration over Russian pressure o [...]
2007-03-15 06:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM AJ
07BAKU38PRESIDENT ALIYEV, A/S LOWENKRON AGREE TO ESTABLISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on December 18 that the US and Azerbaijan need a "permanent dialogue, every two months," in which we can address openly and frankly issues related to Azerbaijan's democratic developmen [...]
2007-01-09 12:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ETRD ECON IR RU AJ
07BAKU411PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...]
2007-04-11 11:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC
07BAKU852CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: In a friendly and relaxed July 3 meeting, Representative John Tierney and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev exchanged views on Azerbaijan's development, regional role and strong relationship with the U.S. and the West. On the Gabala radar station, Aliyev stated that if Russia and th [...]
2007-07-09 11:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ IR PBTS
07BAKU862KEY MPS DISCUSS AZERBAIJAN'S FUTURE, BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 3 meeting with Representative Tierney, Chair of Parliament's International Relations Commission Samad Seyidov and Members of Parliament Asim Mollazade and Nasib Nasibli noted that Azerbaijan has chosen western orientation, explaining that this is difficult under increas [...]
2007-07-10 07:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR AJ
07BAKU880WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS ELECTS A NEW LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: The World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) held its ninth international conference in Cologne, Germany July 6-8. With over two hundred participants representing Azeri communities in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia in attendance, members exchanged ideas and discussed new strat [...]
2007-07-12 09:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ
07BAKU936AZERBAIJAN FM SAYS PROGRESS ITH TURKMENISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 19 and July 24 conversations, FM Mammadyarov said that gas transit talks with Turkey would begin soon, and that Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov's recent trip to Turkmenistan was encouraging. He supported the idea of a TEP "under a NATO IPAP chapeau," and accepted [...]
2007-07-25 13:53:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU ENRG
07BANJUL332THE U.S./GAMBIAN RELATIONSHIP: DEPARTING
[...] (C) The U.S./Gambian relationship remains strained,due primarily to President Jammeh's increasingly authoritarian leadership and consequent decline in the human rights environment here -- a decline that figured prominently in the June 2006 suspension of The Gambia's eligibility for the Milleni [...]
2007-06-25 15:41:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO KPAO EINV ETRD
07BEIJING619A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...]
2007-01-26 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING7330QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW
[...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...]
2007-12-04 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA
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
07BEIRUT427LEBANON: AOUN SKEPTICS ON HIZBALLAH, POLITICAL
[...] (C) Some of Michel Aoun's closest friends and MPs are unsure about the soundness of his arrangement with Hizballah and his fitness for the office of President. At a 3/21 dinner, they also observed that Hizballah's influence from abroad is incontestable, and that Iran has more control over it [...]
2007-03-22 16:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT576LEBANON: SINIORA IN GO-SLOW MODE ON TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) PM Siniora's recent trip to Egypt garnered an energy deal that could reduce Lebanon's dependence on Syria, but President Mubarak and Amr Moussa advised steadfastness, not confrontation, in the GOL's political conflict with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Rumors of a Swiss track to solve t [...]
2007-04-25 06:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM ENRG PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT651LEBANON: HARIRI PROMISES SINIORA WILL SEND SECOND
[...] (C) Indicative of increasing momentum toward Chapter VII, March 14 parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador in a 5/8 meeting that PM Siniora is about to send a second, more emphatic letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon. Although Chapter VII was not explicitly referred to in the d [...]
2007-05-08 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT692LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND PM SINIORA COORDINATE
[...] (C) In a 5/16 meeting, PM Siniora informed the visiting NEA A/S Welch that he is ready to initiate an all-out final diplomatic push to garner support for Chapter VII to establish the Special Tribunal. Once the P-3 draft resolution text has been agreed upon, Siniora will concentrate on winni [...]
2007-05-17 13:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT773LEBANON: CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH PM SINIORA
[...] (C) On 5/31, PM Siniora conveyed to CODEL Leahy his sincere gratitude for U.S. leadership in yesterday's UN Security Council vote for resolution 1757, which will establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said the June 10 sunset clause was almost irrelevant because Speaker Berri will co [...]
2007-05-31 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BRASILIA2132IRAN-RUSSIA-VENEZUELA TRIANGLE THREATENS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Iran, Russia, and Venezuela are involved in an open and growing collaboration with a common purpose to make more arms available to radical populist governments and spread anti-American ideology in the region, according to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and National [...]
2007-11-13 14:41:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL MASS BR VE XR RS IR
07BRASILIA2262BRAZIL: UNWILLING TO ENDORSE ARGENTINE CLAIMS ON
[...] (S) Summary: With its abstention on the vote to confirm issuance of international capture notices for five Iranian nationals and one Lebanese suspected of involvement in the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires at the Interpol General Assembly session on November 7 the Government of Brazil has [...]
2007-12-12 14:06:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL BR AR
07BRUSSELS1175MID-TERM CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 13:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR EUN
07BUENOSAIRES1090MEDIA REACTION; RCTV; G8 SUMMIT; 06/04/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to the implications of the revocation of RCTV's license in Venezuela; and the upcoming G8 Summit with the major topics of disagreement between the US and Russia. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela - Ch [...]
2007-06-05 09:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1327AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH AMIA FRIENDS AND FAMILY
[...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Ambassador Wayne, accompanied by Legal Attache and poloff, met with representatives from the Friends and Families of victims of the 1994 Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) terrorist attack (FAV). The Ambassador praised the FAV's efforts to keep the memory o [...]
2007-07-11 17:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI IS
07BUENOSAIRES1367MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT; US-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover the international conference on the Middle East called by US President George W. Bush; the current status of the US-Russia relationship; and implications of US Treasury Secretary Paulson's trip to Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND [...]
2007-07-18 11:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1757MEDIA REACTION; THE ISRAEL LOBBY; COLOMBIA; CHINA;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion pieces are related to "The Israel Lobby," by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt; negotiations over hostage release in Colombia; and Chinese hackers' reiterated attacks on the US Pentagon's computing system. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIAL [...]
2007-09-06 08:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1802ARGENTINA: AMIA DICUSSES INTERPOL GA VOTE STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary. On September 4, Ambassador Wayne met with the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Luis Grynwald and other AMIA officials to discuss AMIA's strategy to ensure that the INTERPOL General Assembly (GA) votes to uphold its Executive Committee's (EC) decision [...]
2007-09-10 17:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES1888CRISTINA IN HER WORDS: WILL ARGENTINA'S
[...] (C) Summary. A well-briefed, confident Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) described her policy priorities to the Ambassador on September 20, a few days before she departs for a five-day program in New York. Although she defended GOA positions on controversial economic issues, CFK expressed a stro [...]
2007-09-21 14:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP EFIN EINV EAIR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1931ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CALLS ON IRAN TO COOPERATE
[...] (C) Summary: Media pundits, Jewish groups, and Argentine government officials uniformly praised President Kirchner's strong call during his September 25 address to the UN General Assembly for the Government of Iran to cooperate fully with Argentina's justice system in the investigation of the [...]
2007-09-26 20:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1971(S/NF) EMBASSY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS -- SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) Interpol's General Assembly meets November 5-8 in Marrakech, Morocco. Embassy understands the Government of Iran may be actively lobbying Interpol member governments to either vote against or abstain in the vote for the Executive Committee's re [...]
2007-10-03 13:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1990ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL
[...] (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Assembly meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Gonzalez explained that on October 3 the MFA sent an ALDAC to its diplomatic mi [...]
2007-10-04 20:05:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1991ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL
[...] PLEASE DISREGARD BUENOS AIRES 1990 WITH THE SAME SUBJECT LINE, SENT BY ERROR. POST WILL RECALL OOB OCTOBER 5. 2. (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Ass [...]
2007-10-04 21:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES205AMIA UPDATE: ARGENTINA LIKELY TO REQUEST QUIET USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met February 1 with MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez (who has the lead on the AMIA case) to discuss GOA strategy to prepare for the March Interpol Executive Committee meeting that will likely decide whether Red Notices will be issued for the arrest of the nine suspects in t [...]
2007-02-02 20:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES2060AMIA: ARGENTINA'S REQUESTS FOR HELP AT INTERPOL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 16 with the Argentine government's point man on AMIA issues, Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, recently returned from meetings in Lyon with Interpol's secretariat. Gonzalez formally requested USG assistance in lobbying Interpol member governments in p [...]
2007-10-17 21:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2222AMIA: MFA READOUT FROM MARRAKECH AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: GOA is very pleased with the results of the November 7 Interpol General Assembly vote in Marrakech and credits its success to its close coordination with, and the efforts of, the USG. The GOA has seen no "diffusion" notice from Iran regarding the GOI's stated intention to seek in [...]
2007-11-15 21:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL AR IR
07BUENOSAIRES249AMIA RED NOTICES: DOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Visiting DOJ Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher and Criminal Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz met February 7 with MFA Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Cappagli, MFA SIPDIS AMIA-lead Ambassador Gonzalez and other senior MFA of [...]
2007-02-08 18:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV FBI AR
07CAIRO3503REPAIRING EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COMMUNICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 11:51:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS
07COLOMBO1528SRI LANKAN FOR MIN TO TRY TO DISSUADE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tourism Minister Moragoda told Ambassador that he was traveling to Tehran in mid-November to advance the President's trip to Iran. Embassy has continued to underline our concerns about Iran's proliferation programs and sponsorship of terrorist activities known to the most senior [...]
2007-11-08 12:23:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS IR CE
07DAMASCUS866MALIKI VISIT POSITIVE, BUT INCREMENTAL APPROACH
[...] (S) Summary: No one here is saying "modus vivendi," but PM Maliki's August 19-22 visit was notable for top-level SARG and Iraqi commitments on security, energy, and political cooperation. Behind the scenes, the Iraqis strongly suspect that the August 14 attacks on Qahtaniya and Al Jazeera [...]
2007-08-25 09:04:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SY IZ
07DARESSALAAM819TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER MEMBE DISCUSSES
[...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, told the Charge June 6 that Tanzania will join an AU mission to stabilize the situation in the Comoros Islands, by sending a company of 200 soldiers to monitor upcoming elections and train the Comoran army. The M [...]
2007-06-07 15:41:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MOPS IR SO ZI TZ
07DUSHANBE1516SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]
2007-10-19 13:36:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE238IMPROVING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE TAJIK BANKING SECTOR
[...] Summary. The Tajik banking sector continues to develop rapidly, with over 35 percent growth since 2005. However, consumer confidence in the banking system remains weak, resulting in an extremely low deposit rate and little money available to feed economic investment. Tajikistan's top banker [...]
2007-02-12 11:42:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EIND EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07HANOI1624MFA OFFICIALS STICK TO NAM, UNSC BUSINESS DURING TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official who was part of a three-person GVN delegation to the recent NAM meeting on human rights held in Tehran, the Vietnamese delegation focused on the NAM event. On the margins, the delegation also lobbied with other attendees on behalf of Vietnam's UN Secu [...]
2007-09-11 17:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC IR VM
07HILLAH84POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]
2007-06-06 05:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI11PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 10:29:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI31CONFLICTING CLAIMS WHETHER MOUSAVIAN WILL BE RELEASED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 13:06:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI39SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 15:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI45PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07IRANRPODUBAI64DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 15:34:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL
07JAKARTA1452SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT A/S HILL
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Jakarta and ConGen Surabaya welcome your upcoming visit to Indonesia. Rumbles within the U.S. House of Representatives of possible legislation that would jeopardize normalized military-to-military relations with Indonesia would unravel our recent progress in this area an [...]
2007-05-23 07:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2296PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]
2007-08-22 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA2421DAS MARCIEL'S MEETINGS WITH DEPLU DG HADI AND SBY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate August 28 meetings, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel discussed a range of bilateral issues with Andri Hadi, Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and with Dino Djalal, advisor to President Yudhoyo [...]
2007-09-04 09:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CACS ID
07JAKARTA2549INDONESIAN/IRANIAN RELATIONS: MARGINAL SUBSTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Many elements of a strong bilateral relationship remain underdeveloped between Indonesia and Iran. The two countries maintain marginal trade and investment links. Defense and security cooperation is virtually nonexistent. Despite this, much of the public and Indonesian legislat [...]
2007-09-13 06:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MNUC PARM ETRD UNSC ID IR
07JAKARTA972HEAT STILL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO FOLLOWING IRAN
[...] (C) A number of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) from across party lines, including the Speaker himself, continued their vocal assault on Indonesia's decision to vote for UNSCR 1747. Despite the heated rhetoric and highly public critique of the administration's decision [...]
2007-04-04 10:41:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA994ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia will resist taking a clear position on the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo until the last minute and will look for UNSC consensus and a solution agreed by both Serbia and Kosovo. We see little prospect for Indonesian leadership on Kosovo, nor even tacit support for Kosov [...]
2007-04-09 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPAO UNMIK PGOV YI EU ID
07KABUL1186WORLD WATCHING DEBATES ON THE AFGHAN MEDIA LAW
[...] (U) The Media Law is slated to go for parliamentary debate on April 11 amid rumors over which of five drafts - ranging from reasonably moderate to very restrictive of media content and oversight - will actually be presented and voted on. When it happens, the final debate and vote will attrac [...]
2007-04-10 13:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL178BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN
[...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]
2007-01-20 05:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2324UNHCR VIEWS ON AGHANISTAN, IRANIAN DEPORTEES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting, Ambassador and UNHCR Country Representative Salvatore Lombardo discussed a wide range of issues. Chief among these were the politicization of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Afghan deportees from Iran and concerns regarding President Karzai,s forth [...]
2007-07-19 02:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL AF IR PK
07KABUL954KOENIGS AND BOUCHER ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION,
[...] (C) A special response fund to allow the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan close developmental cooperation with ISAF would advance civilian-military coordination; Washington support requested. Additionally, in a March 14 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central A [...]
2007-03-24 13:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF IR
07KUALALUMPUR184SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]
2007-01-31 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR651SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]
2007-04-11 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR924SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE,
[...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]
2007-05-24 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT184JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]
2007-02-07 15:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
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
07KUWAIT781FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON RECENT VISIT TO IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Foreign Affairs Chairman and Inter-Arab Parliament (IAP) Speaker Mohammed Al-Sager gave PolOffs a read-out of his recent visit to Iran. Al-Sager said Iranian officials he met, including Rafsanjani, asked for Kuwaiti mediation with the U.S. and called on Kuwait to play [...]
2007-05-16 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT808TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...]
2007-05-22 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT852KUWAIT'S BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FAIL TO LAUNCH
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several important state-sponsored infrastructure projects in Kuwait have been delayed for a number of years for largely bureaucratic and political reasons. These projects includes power plants, desalination plants, a mega-refinery, a major container port, and a [...]
2007-05-31 06:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV ENRG ECON
07LAPAZ3053BOLIVIA ON UN 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) DCM contacted Bolivian Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on November 19 regarding reftel. Fernandez mentioned that Bolivia would take different positions on each of the four human rights resolutions before the UN Third Commission. Only in the case of Burma is Bolivia prepared to fully [...]
2007-11-20 12:02:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN 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
07LJUBLJANA755SLOVENIA WILL ATTEND UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (SBU) On December 6, Smiljana Knez, head of the Human Rights Unit of the MFA's Division of International Organizations and Human Security, assured EmbOff that Slovenia's Permanent Representation to the UN will attend the upcoming UNGA plenary votes on the four condemnatory resolutions on the [...]
2007-12-10 12:40:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UNGA SI
07LONDON2420(C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK
[...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A),FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...]
2007-06-22 17:07:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALCASC PHUM PREL IR UK
07LONDON809UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...]
2007-03-02 15:26:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK
07MADRID1202SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...]
2007-06-19 10:56:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AF
07MADRID1251SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...]
2007-06-22 15:58:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AF LE
07MADRID383SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...]
2007-03-02 11:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL SP
07MANAGUA1672UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN DEBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua continues to reduce its foreign debt load. The commercial debt buy-back program, which will reduce foreign debt claims by USD 1.3 billion, is almost complete. Despite strong lobbying efforts with Iran and Libya, no additional countries have forgiven non-Paris Club bil [...]
2007-07-06 21:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EPET PGOV PREL NU
07MANAMA263AL WIFAQ COURTS SUNNIS AND GOVERNMENT BUT RISKS
[...] (C) Shia opposition political society Al Wifaq,s strategy since entering the Council of Representatives (COR) in December has been to build trust and consensus with the royal family and Sunni legislators, saving more inflammatory debates over constitutional reform and corruption for later. The [...]
2007-03-22 08:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM BA POL
07MEXICO5466MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...]
2007-10-16 17:08:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV
07MOSCOW259DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...]
2007-01-23 10:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE
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
07MOSCOW3434RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...]
2007-07-13 11:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS
07MOSCOW3803ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...]
2007-08-02 14:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW4088DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AND WESTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 31-August 1 meetings, DAS Bryza's discussions with MFA, western and Russian energy officials centered on oil pipeline issues and Eurasian gas developments. Transneft head Vainshtok criticized the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, (CPC) and suggested it should only be expande [...]
2007-08-21 14:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5425MFA UPBEAT ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, DEBT
[...] (C) Summary: On November 15, MFA Deputy Director for Iraq Aleksandr Kinshak told us that Russia considered the Iraq Neighbors Expanded Ministerial in Istanbul "very successful," noting that the atmosphere was more positive in Istanbul than at the previous ministerial in Sharm el Sheikh. Kinsh [...]
2007-11-16 14:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MUSCAT1040OMANIS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) In attempt to get an unvarnished view of U.S. foreign policy from well-educated Omanis, who are normally reluctant to openly share their opinions on political topics, the Ambassador convened on November 6 the first of a planned series of small-scale discussion groups. Entitled "First Tue [...]
2007-11-13 11:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM MU
07NASSAU1399AMBASSADOR SIEGEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
[...] Summary: Ambassador Siegel presented his credentials to Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna on November 14 in a ceremony at Government House. Prior to the ceremony, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Brent Symonette, who affirmed the government's desire to maintain the best possible rel [...]
2007-11-16 22:10:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDAPER PREL PTER UNGA BF
07NEWDELHI5206NUCLEAR DEBATE RERUN GETS PERSONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Personal attacks between the ruling Congress Party and opposition BJP leaders marked the eight-hour-plus December 4-5 Rajya Sabha (upper house) nuclear debate in Parliament. Going over the same arguments as in previous Parliament debates, the Left and United National Progressiv [...]
2007-12-05 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI871SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 14:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NICOSIA103INTERNAL, EXTERNAL WOES THREATEN T/C "STATE U"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Cyprus's Eastern Mediterranean University is "in dire trouble," worries Vice Rector for Student Affairs Samil Ergodan and Senior Advisor to the Rector Johann Pillai. Beset by labor strife, empty "government" funding commitments, and cronyism at home, the "TRNC's state" univ [...]
2007-02-02 15:24:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU
07OSLO330SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...]
2007-04-03 14:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO
07PARIS151COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]
2007-01-16 07:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS195MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...]
2007-01-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR
07PORTOFSPAIN1065DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Poloff met October 22 with Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presented the points in ref a. Regarding the request to oppose &no-action8 motions in order to permit full debate on serious human rights issue raised within the Third C [...]
2007-10-24 19:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PHUM PREL TD UNGA
07PRAGUE22SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S JANUARY 11 VISIT
[...] (C) Dan, I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Your visit will be our first opportunity to meet the "new" Czech government that President Klaus will formally appoint tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. You are set to call on new/old Prime Minister Topolanek, new Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, an [...]
2007-01-08 15:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE645CZECH MFA PROVIDED WITH NEW INFORMATION ON
[...] (S) Summary: On June 4 the DCM provided the Czech MFA Political Director with newly releasable intelligence on Venezuela-Iran military cooperation. This information, combined with previously provided open-source material, may prove sufficient for the Czech Government to veto military technolo [...]
2007-06-06 12:29:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE
07PRETORIA1380VISIT OF A/S SILVERBERG
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to South Africa to consult with the South African Government (SAG) on the President's strategy to end the suffering in Darfur. Sudan is one of Pretoria's top foreign policy priorities. SAG principals will appreciate the opportunity to discuss Darfur, souther [...]
2007-04-20 12:56:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OTRA SU SF
07PRETORIA2106 SHE,S BACK - HEALTH MINISTER MANTO
[...] (U) South Africa's Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang resumed 100 percent of her duties as Health Minister on June 6, 2007 following a three-month absence to recover from a liver transplant. Her first action was to decline participation in the 3rd Annual South African Aids Conference in Durban (Ju [...]
2007-06-12 13:30:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA2395IRANIAN DEPFORMIN ARAGHCHI DEFENDS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking July 4 at the University of Pretoria, Iranian DepForMin Araghchi argued that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful, but stressed that Tehran will not give up its NPT right to enrich uranium. Iran remains open to "creative" ideas on building confidence about the peaceful [...]
2007-07-06 10:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR IZ IS SF
07RABAT1676DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST
[...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...]
2007-10-31 13:07:00Embassy RabatSECRETPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT265WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]
2007-02-09 12:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO
07RABAT273WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]
2007-02-09 16:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO
07ROME175ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE
[...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...]
2007-01-26 11:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC IT
07ROME2093ITALY: DOMESTIC STALEMATE KEEPS PRODI IN THE GAME,
[...] (C/NF) A political stalemate keeps the fragile Prodi government afloat and could do so for a prolonged period, even as it prevents PM Prodi from tackling Italy's much needed institutional/economic reforms. The tense domestic politics and PM Prodi and FM D'Alema's different tactics on some item [...]
2007-09-28 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IT
07ROME310PROPOSAL FOR GOI-USG EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Throughout 2006, Embassy Rome has engaged the GOI in a dialogue on export control issues, with mixed results. While the GOI is a reliable supporter of the Missile Technology Control Regime and Australia Group, the G [...]
2007-02-14 10:32:00Embassy RomeSECRETETRD ETTC IR IT
07SANSALVADOR298SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (S) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca is likely to emphasize his concerns over Venezuelan and Iranian threats to regional stability and press for extension of TPS during his February 27 meeting with the President. Saca will also raise gang violence, deportation of Salvadoran criminal alien [...]
2007-02-20 16:36:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL OVIP KCRM KHLS ES
07SANTODOMINGO2152SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong econ [...]
2007-09-14 19:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD SNAR UNGA DR
07SAOPAULO601CONVERSATION WITH AN OLD FRIEND OF LULA
[...] (C) At a June 26 lunch with poloff and econoff, businessman and lobbyist Mohamad Ali Laila (protect) shared his views on President Lula, the PT, Brazil,s relations with Venezuela, and the Lebanese and Muslim communities in Sao Paulo. Laila, who is President Lula,s neighbor in Sao Bernardo [...]
2007-07-12 14:12:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL SCUL BR LE
07STATE29082DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...]
2007-03-08 04:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT
07TALLINN259ESTONIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 23-24 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. On April 20, we delivered Reftel points on U.S. positions in advance of the EU's April 23-24 GAERC meeting to Kart Juhasoo-Lawrence, MFA Counselor for U.S. Affairs, and Kristel Kase, EU GAERC Desk Officer. The majority of the meeting was devoted to discussing the upcoming U.S.-E [...]
2007-04-20 14:45:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEUN ETRD KPAL PREL EN
07TALLINN622ESTONIA: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 14:29:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG EUN IS JA PARM PREL IAEA EN
07TELAVIV1113ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]
2007-04-18 06:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1223ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]
2007-04-26 08:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1704A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG
[...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...]
2007-06-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA
07TELAVIV1857ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Media quoted President Bush as saying during a press co [...]
2007-07-13 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2338ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...]
2007-07-30 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2543ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2558ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2579ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-24 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2636ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...]
2007-08-30 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR
07TELAVIV2662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 10:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that on Thursday PM Ehud Olmert told a gathering of Kadima that "there is a partner for dialogue in the PA." Media quoted Olmert as saying that he wil [...]
2007-09-21 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2947ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3120ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 10:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3502AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH VICE
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon on December 11, 2007 in Ramon,s Jerusalem office. In response to the Ambassador's questions regarding the meeting of Ramon,s inter-ministerial committee on illegal outposts earlier in the day, Ramon declared that a [...]
2007-12-12 12:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3612ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the outcome of Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday. Media reported that Barak and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak se [...]
2007-12-27 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 05:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1939NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH SUPPORTIVE ON MOST THIRD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 24, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA Director for Human Rights, Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer. Van den Heuvel welcomed the consultation, noting Dutch agreement on all country resolutions. While inclined to support [...]
2007-10-25 05:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALUN KTIA PHUM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE1952CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (SBU) The November 5-9 Conference of the States Parties will either be extremely hectic or rather uneventful. When Executive Council 50 passed the 2008 budget, expectations for a meeting of the EC during the Conference faded. Del believes an EC meeting will be necessary during the week of t [...]
2007-10-30 15:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE204CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Javits spoke with the Ambassadors of the UK, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea, as well as OPCW Director General Pfirter on the unacceptability of Iran as the Chair of the OPCW Executive Committee. There was unanimous acceptance of that position, nuanced differe [...]
2007-02-02 13:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR
07THEHAGUE313CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (SBU) On February 12, the P-5 Ambassadors met to discuss universality efforts. Following welcoming remarks by Amb. Javits, DG Pfirter provided an update on universality efforts. On the three Caribbean non-SPs, the DG said he had specifically mentioned the Bahamas, Barbados and the Dominican [...]
2007-02-20 14:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
07TOKYO1113 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2652 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 23:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2786FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2799JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5429JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07USEUBRUSSELS3178HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 15:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN
07USUNNEWYORK1193UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA
[...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...]
2007-12-20 18:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK120962ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]
2007-12-26 16:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
07USUNNEWYORK953UNGA/C-6: RULE OF LAW DEBATE
[...] SUMMARY: Fifty delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during its October 25 - 26 debate on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Many delegations underscored the importance of rule of law activities and their contribution to human rights and international peace and secu [...]
2007-11-02 18:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07VIENNA1176AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2007
[...] Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen and Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) will be interviewed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase deal today. The committee will also demand that Darabos provide them with a copy of the expert opinion asse [...]
2007-05-07 13:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1218AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007
[...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...]
2007-05-10 13:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1230AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 11, 2007
[...] Even if Austria cancels the contract to purchase 18 Eurofighters from the EADS consortium, the jets will have still cost the country a considerable amount of money. So far, about 200 million Euros have gone into preparations for the interceptors and most of it cannot be refunded, experts explai [...]
2007-05-11 13:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1605AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC
[...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...]
2007-06-15 14:48:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU
07VIENNA2456AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2007
[...] The new board of directors of bank Bawag says it will sell the bank's real estate assets, which include the Bawag headquarters in Vienna's first district that is topped off with a large penthouse formerly inhabited by ex-Bawag CEO Helmut Elsner. Other Bawag properties to be sold include the pen [...]
2007-09-20 13:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2948AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]
2007-12-14 14:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA478AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 23, 2007
[...] Erika Rumpold, head of public relations company 100 Percent Communications, which received over 6 million Euros to promote Eurofighters refused to answer questions at the parliamentary inquiry looking into the purchase of the planes. Committee members said Rumpold may face a fine similar to tha [...]
2007-02-23 14:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA516AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 28, 2007
[...] Eurofighter company boss Aloysius Rauen complained that his firm has been disadvantaged by details leaked to the public from an Austrian parliamentary inquiry into the purchase of 18 Eurofighter jets for use by the Austrian armed forces. Rauen said that concerns about corporate security and dam [...]
2007-02-28 14:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA909AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 04, 2007
[...] Greens MP Werner Kogler says he believes a "network" connecting intermediaries and Austrian ministry officials was set up surrounding the Eurofighter purchase deal, citing specifically two members of the Defense Department's evaluation commission, who entertained close personal ties with interc [...]
2007-04-04 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA932AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2007
[...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the SPOe, and the head of the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter deal, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, believe the country's chances to get out of the purchase contract have increased. Last week new documents surfaced which allegedly confirmed bus [...]
2007-04-10 12:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07WELLINGTON361DEFENSE AND TRADE MINISTER PHIL GOFF'S TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's Minister for Defense and Trade Phil Goff sees his May 9-11 visit to Washington as a chance to build on the positive momentum created by PM Helen Clark's March visit (Ref A). On the Defense side, Goff will express hope that both countries can continue to identify j [...]
2007-05-08 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD MARR NZ
07YEREVAN1000EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...]
2007-08-07 10:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN1255ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
[...] This is the latest in our periodic series of cables highlighting news of U.S. policy interest. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Ex-President Blasts Government In Quasi-Campaign Speech -- ...And Reaches Out To Old Enemies -- PM Sargsian Talks Iran and Turkey in Moscow -- Pro [...]
2007-10-17 12:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KCRM AM
07ZAGREB990ENGAGING THE CROATIANS ON THEIR UNSC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While some key decisions affecting Croatia's UNSC membership, particularly on personnel, will have to await the outcome of Croatia's parliamentary elections on November 25, the basic lines of Croatia's approach are already becoming evident. We can expect President Mesic, who will [...]
2007-11-05 07:39:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC HR
08ABUDHABI392THE UAE'S YOUNG NEW AMBASSADOR -- MBZ'S RIGHT HAND MAN GETS
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE on 24 March nominated a new Ambassador to the U.S. in the coming months. The choice of 34-year-old Yousef Mana al-Otaiba -- the sharp, loyal, aide and right-hand man to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Zayed (MbZ) -- reflects a desire to heighten the UAE's visibility [...]
2008-03-27 14:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL OVIP AE
08AITTAIPEI1026MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-13 22:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1438MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 3 on a order by Taiwan's Department of Health Thursday to remove from shelves more dairy products from China that were found to be contaminated with melamine; on the U.S. Senate's approval of a revised US$700 billio [...]
2008-10-05 22:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08ANKARA1175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1359ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1377ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1532ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA164ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1711ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1824ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2045TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. CT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL, URGES
[...] (S) Summary. S/CT Dell Dailey urged Turkey November 14 to agree to an annual high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue, pressed it to use its influence with Syria to halt the transit of foreign terrorists and asked it to positively respond to earlier U.S. information-sharing proposals. Inter [...]
2008-11-25 12:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV IZ SY EU TU
08ANKARA2069ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2194TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...]
2008-12-31 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
08ANKARA62ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA620ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA673ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA937TURKEY: EU TROIKA, IN ANKARA, FOCUSES ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU continued its intense engagement with Turkey (following EC President Barroso's recent visit) with a May 6 EU Troika meeting in Ankara. The EU delegation stressed the accession door remains very much open for Turkey, but reforms must be reinvigorated. Turkish [...]
2008-05-15 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU EUN
08ASHGABAT210 TURKMENISTAN: SOME TURKISH VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN
[...] (C) On February 1, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil met with the Charge to discuss regional energy issues (reftels). He said it is important to explain to Turkmenistan that allowing major Western companies to work in the Caspian and onshore would promote the country's economic and political ind [...]
2008-02-11 08:59:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET TU AJ TX
08ASTANA2166 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...]
2008-11-03 09:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ
08BAGHDAD1347RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...]
2008-05-01 09:56:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1578COR FINANCE CHAIR ON SUPPLEMENTAL CONFUSION
[...] (C) During an introductory meeting with Econoffs May 21, Dr. Ayad Samarraie, Council of Representatives (CoR) Finance Committee Chair, noted that multiple plans for the Government of Iraq's (GOI) proposed supplemental budget have engendered confusion. He cited DPM Barham Salih's proposal to all [...]
2008-05-23 07:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD159TRIBAL AWAKENINGS: SOUTHERNERS STILL HALF-ASLEEP
[...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad POL - PRT Maysan, Muthanna, Karbala, Najaf, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyah, Babil, Wasit and REO Basrah cable. 2. (C) Summary: There is no "Shi'a awakening" in southern Iraq comparable to the ar-Ramadi based Sunni Awakening. There is a plethora of independent tribal moveme [...]
2008-01-22 13:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1826RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL MINISTER ON UPCOMING
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Ashti Hawrami expressed cautious optimism that KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's upcoming meetings with PM Maliki in Baghdad could lead to passage of some hydrocarbon legislation "by October." This optimism [...]
2008-06-17 12:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD2358VP ADEL AND ISCI CHAIR HAKIM: WE'LL TRY TO BROKER
[...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on July 24 that he and President Talabani had vetoed the recently-passed Provincial Election Law and that ISCI would work with the Kurdish Alliance and other CoR blocs to find a solution to the Kirkuk election issue. He said th [...]
2008-07-28 15:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2606(U) KARBALA RECEIVES NATIONAL INVESTMENT CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION (NIC) CHAIRMAN DR. AHMED RIDHA MET WITH POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN KARBALA ON AUGUST 5. HIS PREPARED REMARKS CONCERNING THE IMPERATIVE OF BOOSTING INVESTMENT IN THE PROVINCE WERE DELIVERED WITH EVIDENT CONVICTION AND APPEARED TO BE WELL RECE [...]
2008-08-17 06:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2812KARBALA: IRAN EXERTS HEAVY INFLUENCE THROUGH
[...] (S) Summary: Since Iraq's liberation, Tehran has sought to increase its sway within Karbala and other key Shi'a holy cities. Iranian agents make use of direct payments and business favors to ensure that provincial government figures remain compliant and favorably inclined to Iranian interests. Sham [...]
2008-09-02 06:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2972KARBALA'S PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary: Karbala's Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is composed of seven university professors who focus more on where investments should be placed than on how to accommodate and advocate for investors. Because the PIC has as yet received no funding from Baghdad, it relies on its me [...]
2008-09-15 13:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3238D PRESSES PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Speaker Mashadani told DepSec Negroponte that a majority in the parliament supported the bilateral security agreement, but that many deputies would not support it publicly. Noting that other countries benefit from security agreements with the U.S., he said the continued American [...]
2008-10-07 05:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3445UPDATE ON MEK TRANSFER
[...] (S) Summary: In preparation for the transfer of security authority from the USG to the GOI for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, the USG is encouraging MEK leaders to begin planning for the transition and pressing the GOI to formulate a plan for when it takes over responsibility. [...]
2008-10-28 18:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD348PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN'S TRIBES SEEK POLITICAL ROLE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Tribal members in Maysan are asserting their political relevance by occupying key positions and creating independent advocacy groups. Members of several local tribes, including the Bani Malik, the al-Fartusi, and the al-Gharrawi, [...]
2008-02-06 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3553PROGRESS ON CAMP ASHRAF (MEK) TRANSITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. EmbOffs recently met with senior GOI stakeholders, including Minister of Interior (REF A),Minister of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Minister of Human Rights, regarding the transfer of security responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In [...]
2008-11-10 11:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD470NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...]
2008-02-19 07:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAKU1039PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS BENS HE SEEKS GREATER US
[...] (C) Summary: Just ahead of his inauguration, President Aliyev told visiting U.S. business executives that Azerbaijan is a force for stability in an insecure neighborhood. During his second administration, Nagorno-Karabakh will remain "issue number one." By occupying Azerbaijan's territories, [...]
2008-10-29 12:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ AM
08BAKU1069IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW
[...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...]
2008-11-07 13:31:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ
08BAKU136AZERBAIJAN ENERGY PLAYERS GIVE STATUS UPDATE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Azerbaijan energy interlocutors agree the key to timely development of the Shah Deniz Stage Two gas project is settling issues of gas transit through Turkey. BP and Statoil claim that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is moving too slowly in signing commercial cont [...]
2008-02-13 15:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV PBTS TU AJ
08BAKU140AZERBAIJAN'S OIL COMPANY UPBEAT ON COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR President Abdullayev was very upbeat upon hearing of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's willingness to increase bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan and looked forward to follow up discussions with the USG as soon as possible. He denied European charges that SOCAR was no [...]
2008-02-14 14:36:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PBTS TU TX AJ
08BAKU250SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...]
2008-03-14 06:41:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ
08BAKU251AZERBAIJANIS SEEK REPEAL OF SECTION 907 IN
[...] (C) Summary: In separate February 20 meetings, the AmCham Board of Directors, Deputy Foreign Minister Pashayev and a group of reform-minded MPS told Senator Brownback (R-KS) that Azerbaijan sought to deepen its ties with the United States. In recognition of Azerbaijan's growing partnership [...]
2008-03-14 06:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG ECON KPAO AJ
08BAKU277LOOKING TO ARMENIA,"AZERBAIJAN NOW SYMBOL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A clearly pleased President Aliyev branded the recent Armenian Presidential elections "a fraud," the incoming and outgoing Armenian President "criminals," and said that the sham elections and subsequent violence, where the Armenian government was forced to kill its own people, al [...]
2008-03-25 05:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ TX AR ENRG
08BAKU3AZERBAIJAN'S INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: In the past few years and especially the last year as oil revenues have come on-line, the GOAJ has adopted a strikingly more confident and activist foreign policy. The GOAJ's new activism is reflected in a high volume of foreign visits to and from Azerbaijan, the large number o [...]
2008-01-03 10:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU35CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...]
2008-01-15 11:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ
08BAKU392FATA-MAMMADYAROV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 16 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored increasing volatility in the region and pressure from Azerbaijan's neighbors, especially in connection with Azerbaijan's commitmen [...]
2008-04-24 06:04:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ
08BAKU541PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...]
2008-06-10 11:25:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU602PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]
2008-06-26 08:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU945AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: Over dinner October 1 with the Deputy Secretary, key Azerbaijani foreign policy thinkers discussed the role of Russia and Iran in the Caucasus, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and efforts to intensify the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Participants highlighted Azerbaijan's diffic [...]
2008-10-08 08:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ AM ENRG GG PGOV PREL RS
08BAKU982IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S
[...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...]
2008-10-15 09:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR
08BAKU983IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S
[...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...]
2008-10-15 09:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR
08BASRAH12CBS REPORTER KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH (PART 1)
[...] (C) Summary: CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler (protect throughout) and his Iraqi interpreter were kidnapped from their hotel in Basrah city the night of February 10. It is unknown exactly who is responsible, but many suspect a small, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) splinter group of former [...]
2008-02-18 13:19:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PHUM PTER UK IR IZ
08BASRAH43SOUTHERN REGION FORMATION STILL ON BASRAWI MINDS
[...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) Summary: The formation of a southern Iraqi region is still on the agenda of many political actors in Basrah. With the exception of the Sunnis and staunch nationalists, the preponderance of Basrawis appears to favor a southern region in some form. ISCI's ultimate goal remain [...]
2008-05-13 07:28:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ
08BEIJING1111PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...]
2008-03-24 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING1143SCO: MFA COY, SECRETARIAT POSITIVE ON IRAN'S BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A contact at the Chinese Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether China would support Iran's bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),but said there are "ample reasons" for Iran's admission to the organization, including the potential for energy cooperation [...]
2008-03-26 11:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS IR
08BEIJING1203VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS
[...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...]
2008-03-31 08:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY
08BEIJING4572IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267,
[...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...]
2008-12-17 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH
08BEIRUT1516LEBANON: AOUNISTS DEFEND DEPUTY PM'S DEMANDS FOR
[...] (C) In separate meetings with members of Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),DCM and Pol/Econ Chief expressed concerns that Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra's threats to boycott cabinet meetings chaired by Prime Minister Siniora contradicted the spirit of the Doha agreement. MP [...]
2008-10-23 16:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IR LE
08BEIRUT1659LEBANON: MILIBAND URGES LEBANESE TO ACT ON RANGE
[...] (C) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband addressed three main topics with Lebanese interlocutors in his November 18-19 visit: Syria, Iran, and the Middle East Peace Process. On Syria, he told the Lebanese that the UK is not naive and is not selling out with moves such as his trip to Damascu [...]
2008-11-20 14:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1722LEBANON: TASHNAQ AVAILABLE FOR COURTING, SAAD NOT
[...] (C) Tashnaq has not decided with whom it will ally for the 2009 elections and is open to any option that will help it meet its goal of winning a five MP bloc, a senior Tashnaq MP told DCM. During the recent trip by a Tashnaq delegation to Syria, president Assad was very interested in Lebanese [...]
2008-12-04 15:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE SY
08BEIRUT367LEBANON: WHITHER MARCH 14 AFTER MARCH 14?
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt conveyed the image of a stagnated March 14 bloc to the Charge in a March 8 meeting at his Clemenceau residence. With majority leader Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in the U.S., and regional support unreliable, Jumblatt lamented [...]
2008-03-11 12:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
08BEIRUT456LEBANON: ANTI-HIZBALLAH SHIA LEADER CONTINUES
[...] (C) In an April 2 meeting, independent Shia leader Ahmad Assad claimed that his Lebanese Options Group (LOG) political party was gaining momentum among the Shia community, and in particular from former supporters of Amal, the party of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Assad is appealing primaril [...]
2008-04-02 16:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY LE
08BEIRUT570LEBANON: NEW THINK TANK AIMED AT LINKING
[...] (C) Prominent Shia attorney (and Hariri lawyer) Mohamad Matar is establishing a new think tank aimed at linking disparate independent Shia groups in Lebanon and securing more political representation in a system in which Hizballah has a monopoly on the Shia representation. Matar believes Hizb [...]
2008-04-24 16:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR IR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT865LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECURITY MOST IMPORTANT TO
[...] (C) Linking success in the 2009 parliamentary elections to March 14's ability to "protect its people," caretaker Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel Mouawad proposed that March 14 implement a security strategy. This would include developing a force within the Internal Secu [...]
2008-06-09 14:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EG LE
08BEIRUT918LEBANON: DEPOSED TYRE SHIA MUFTI PROPOSES FORMING
[...] (C) On June 19, Charge and visiting S/P advisor met deposed Shia Mufti of Tyre Sayyed Ali al-Amin, who remains in Beirut after Hizballah drove him out of his position during the May clashes. Al-Amin described the lack of support from Iraqi Shia, whom he describes as afraid to confront Iranian [...]
2008-06-20 18:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER EAID PINR IQ IR LE
08BERLIN1038GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...]
2008-07-30 10:57:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR
08BERLIN1466ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to [...]
2008-10-30 06:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1467ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to Afghanista [...]
2008-10-30 06:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1530GERMANY LOBBYING AGAINST IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION
[...] (C) Deputy Head of the Human Rights Division of the MFA Martin Huth told Poloff November 10 that the MFA had tasked its embassies in Madagascar and India November 7 to demarche their respective host governments to vote against the no-action motion on Iran (per reftel). Huth told Poloff in a f [...]
2008-11-12 13:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GM
08BERLIN1649MEDIA REACTION: UK-Iraq, Economic, EU Summit, Greece,
[...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on the controversy between the CSU and CDU on lowering taxes, on German participation in the EU mission to combat piracy, and on the government's most recent personal data protection measures. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with a story [...]
2008-12-11 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1660IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...]
2008-12-12 12:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU
08BERLIN345MARCH 14 QUINT MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] SUMMARY. At a March 14 deputy director-level Quint meeting on Afghanistan in Berlin, all welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and agreed it was important to provide him as much support as possible. There was also agreement that the upcomin [...]
2008-03-18 12:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID NATO GM AF
08BERLIN424GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 11:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRETBM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BERLIN433(S) IRAN - GERMAN EXPERTS WANT "HARD EVIDENCE" ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: German Finance and Economics Ministry officials, like their counterparts in the Chancellery and MFA, recognize the expediency of including Bank Melli in a post-UNSCR 1803 round of EU autonomous sanctions. However, experts in these ministries say they have not yet seen "convincin [...]
2008-04-07 10:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON EINV ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC
08BERN612BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 14:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ
08BRASILIA1356BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]
2008-10-10 20:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
08BRASILIA420BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR
[...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...]
2008-03-27 10:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BR
08BRASILIA526IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2
[...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...]
2008-04-18 18:31:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN
08BRIDGETOWN93PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...]
2008-02-14 16:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL
08BRUSSELS1244THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]
2008-08-12 17:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1412UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaking both as the Human Rights person at the Belgian MFA and as a participant in the EU Working Group on Human Rights meeting of September 4-5, Francine Chainye told Poloff Judith Heimann: --There were no surprises in our demarche talking points (reftel) except for Belarus (see [...]
2008-09-11 15:26:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN EU BE
08BRUSSELS171BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the Ambassador met on February 1 with Belgian MFA Secretary General Grauls. In response to the Ambassador's suggestion that the MFA issue appropriate instructions to the Belgian M [...]
2008-02-01 16:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM BE IR
08BRUSSELS1910(C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...]
2008-12-16 15:57:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR
08BRUSSELS214IRAN: EU AGREES TO EXPAND ASSET FREEZE AND TRAVEL
[...] (C/NF) At a February 6 meeting in Brussels, an EU working party prepared a list of 19 entities and 15 individuals to be subject to travel bans and asset freezes under the EU's Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (2007/140/CFSP). According to a Council Secretariat contact, EU c [...]
2008-02-07 18:06:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS863IRAN: FURTHER JAPANESE VIEWS ON P5+1 AND ROME
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 15:11:00USEU BrusselsSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL ENRG JP EUN
08BRUSSELS870(S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...]
2008-06-09 14:43:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK
08BRUSSELS894IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN,
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...]
2008-06-12 15:16:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BUENOSAIRES1166ARGENTINE PRESIDENT HELPS BROKER CHAVEZ MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (CFK) and her Ambassador to Washington, Hector Timerman, appear to have played a role in setting up Hugo Chavez's August 13 meeting in Caracas with Jewish leaders, as confirmed by Timerman's participation in the meeting. CFK's involvement a [...]
2008-08-19 14:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VE AR BZ
08BUENOSAIRES1205ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your September 3-6 visit to Argentina. The agricultural and political situation in Argentina has chang [...]
2008-08-28 15:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CODEL EAGR ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1333ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]
2008-09-24 22:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1456ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]
2008-10-23 18:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1676ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS
[...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina December 16-18. With the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, we are looking to build on a strong and positive bilateral relationship. We are working together in significant [...]
2008-12-10 17:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES176ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...]
2008-02-14 16:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES318ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...]
2008-03-13 11:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES441ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 23:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
08BUENOSAIRES708ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]
2008-05-23 20:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES990ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]
2008-07-18 21:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08CAIRO1067CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...]
2008-05-27 11:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EG
08DAMASCUS199SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN AND E.O. 13460: A STRATEGY TO
[...] (S) Post proposes an operational strategy to use E.O. 13460 to expose and exploit Bashar al-Asad's domestic economic vulnerabilities (ref A). These include the growing influence of a Syrian business class resentful of increased regime extortion despite Bashar's promised economic reforms, the [...]
2008-03-20 11:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETEFIN EINV ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY LE
08DAMASCUS20DID ANNAPOLIS PRODUCE A SHIFT IN SYRIAN POLICY?
[...] (C) Summary: Many observers of Syrian foreign policy here assert the November 27-28 Annapolis Conference stimulated a favorable shift towards the West. While it is hard to ignore Syria's public declarations of interest in peace with Israel and its efforts to cultivate better relations with th [...]
2008-01-08 14:00:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
08DAMASCUS560AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISIT SIGNALS NEW SARG EMPHASIS ON
[...] (C) Summary: On July 30-31, President Asad and other senior officials provided a lavish reception for Deputy Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chair Ammar al-Hakim. Embassy sources suggest Al-Hakim responded favorably to Syrian lobbying to oppose a a long-term security agreement between [...]
2008-08-07 16:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
08DAMASCUS609FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4
[...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...]
2008-08-27 10:04:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR
08DAMASCUS610FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4
[...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...]
2008-08-27 12:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR
08DAMASCUS646SARKOZY'S VISIT YIELDS VICTORY FOR FRENCH OIL
[...] (C) The most significant economic development resulting from French President Nicholas Sarkozy's visit to Damascus was the signing of an MOU with the SARG that would position the French petroleum company Total to take the lead on any potential projects linking Syria's petroleum infrastructure [...]
2008-09-15 15:12:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV FR SY
08DAMASCUS773CORRECTED COPY: ANYTHING BUT CONCILIATORY: SARG
[...] (S) Summary: Several Embassy sources suggest Iran and Hizballah are pressuring the SARG not only to lobby PM Maliki's government to alter the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral security framework and SOFA, but also to participate in joint attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and elsewhere. As rep [...]
2008-11-03 09:19:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PTER PINS ASEC IZ IR SY
08DHAKA517BANGLADESH OPENS BIDS ON OFFSHORE EXPLORATION FOR
[...] (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh May 7 opened bids from international energy companies interested in exploring for oil and natural gas in the Bay of Bengal, as Bangladesh seeks to secure future energy resources. Following discoveries of natural gas reserves off the Indian and Burmese shores [...]
2008-05-08 09:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV EMIN PGOV BG
08DILI286DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, DCM met November 7 with Roberto Soares, Director of Interregional Cooperation at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge that Timor-Leste vote against "no-action" UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea. We noted that while Timor-Leste has [...]
2008-11-07 09:00:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA TT
08DUBAI100DUBAI ESTH UPDATE: COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amman ESTH Hub officer and PolEconoff held January 30-31 ESTH related meetings in Dubai. Meetings with Nakheel, the developer of high profile Palms and World island projects, highlighted their pioneering aspects as they reclaim additional coastal land. While Nakheel is planning [...]
2008-03-17 12:44:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE
08DUBLIN289SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND
[...] (U) CODEL Leahy will arrive against a backdrop of a new Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the continuing successful peace process in Northern Ireland, a slowing, but still world-class economic growth -- the "Celtic Tiger" -- and an Ireland that is increasingly engaged in for [...]
2008-05-21 15:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN609SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND
[...] (U) Embassy Dublin welcomes Senator Leahy to Ireland. The Senator will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum i [...]
2008-11-06 18:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUBLIN616SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (U) Welcome to Ireland. We look forward to your visit. You will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in June [...]
2008-11-12 16:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUSHANBE102SETTING THE SCENE FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S AND DASD
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming joint CDR USCENTCOM/DASD Central and South Asia visit to Tajikistan. This cable provides updates only to reference scenesetter cable, and as an update, is primarily addressed to Admiral Fallon. As offered your November visit, Presi [...]
2008-01-15 11:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
08DUSHANBE1402RAHMON HOLDS FORTH - DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a two and half hour meeting on November 11, Rahmon urged greater U.S. attention to Afghanistan and the problem of narcotics trafficking, and said the global financial crisis was affecting Tajikistan because of lower prices for aluminum and cotton. While claiming Tajikistan was [...]
2008-11-19 03:09:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE245TAJIK-IRANIAN FRATERNAL RELATIONS RECONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon visited Iran unexpectedly February 9-10. He returned with promises of some fuel oil to help Dushanbe in the ongoing winter power shortage, and "agreements" for Iran to consider undertaking more hydropower, power transmission, and tunnel improvement work. The vi [...]
2008-02-19 11:38:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IR TI
08EFTOBUENOSAIRES648ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 21-22 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]
2008-05-15 18:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08FREETOWN414FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR JULY 2008
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's media outreach in July included Ambassador Perry's remarks at the 232nd anniversary of the Independence of the United States, a statement commending the people of Sierra Leone for the successful conduct of the July 5 local council elections in Sierra Leone, and a st [...]
2008-08-25 08:17:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
08IRANRPODUBAI1SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1,
[...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...]
2008-01-16 08:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC PGOV PINR
08IRANRPODUBAI25CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFFS, AS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-27 14:13:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI8THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2008 IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 16:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08ISTANBUL438AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-15 17:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL439AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL440AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08JERUSALEM1335JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT
[...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...]
2008-07-23 11:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2029JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): UNITY - "BEFORE IT IS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2194JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 10:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KABUL1817 Iran: Another Wave of Deportations?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per a July 12 letter from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR) office in Tehran, Iran will start deporting 85,000 Afghans at the beginning of the Persian month of Asad (July 22). Iran has already deported over 166,000 Afghans since January 1, 2008, mostly yo [...]
2008-07-19 12:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF
08KABUL2109 Chairman of Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament
[...] Not for Internet Distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 30 with Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoi, Chairman of the Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament. Sultanzoi, who emigrated from Afghanistan to the United States and worked for 22 years as a United [...]
2008-08-10 10:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF
08KABUL2229FARAH: SECURITY WORSENS, GOVERNANCE IMPROVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Roohul Amin became Farah's governor on May 4, and is working closely with provincial officials, elders and the international community, but is struggling with ongoing insecurity. Amin's efforts to tackle corruption have produced some positive results. His efforts to secure Farah [...]
2008-08-21 02:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL2972HEZB-E-ISLAMI ON VOTER REGISTRATION, IRAN CONCERNS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan is continuing to organize a nation-wide political movement and distance itself from its origins as a mujahideen military force under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The party has organized members in half of the country's provinces, but recent [...]
2008-11-11 02:24:00Embassy KabulSECRETKDEM PGOV PTER AF IR
08KABUL579IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...]
2008-03-06 11:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF
08KABUL667HAZARAS DIVIDED BY KARZAI, UNITED FRONT POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The once united Hazara ethnic group has politically splintered since the fall of the Taliban; its fragments are being divided between Karzai and the opposition United Front. Powerful Hazara leaders' connections to Iran, or lack thereof, sometimes dictate their affiliation with [...]
2008-03-16 16:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV AF
08KINGSTON957JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 14:49:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID
08KUALALUMPUR286MALAYSIA HAS NOT STOPPED IRAN AT ARMS SHOW
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Foreign Ministry on April 18 blocked the Defense Ministry's efforts to exclude Iran from the Defense Services Asia (DSA) military sales exhibition. The Embassy submitted a diplomatic note, and carried out a joint demarche with the UK and France at the Foreign Minis [...]
2008-04-18 12:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IR MY
08KUWAIT203LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL
[...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...]
2008-02-20 15:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU
08KUWAIT696NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND
[...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT),met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...]
2008-06-18 11:21:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU
08LAPAZ2118BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION
[...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...]
2008-09-29 17:35:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2176WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES
[...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...]
2008-10-07 21:52:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ810BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...]
2008-04-09 22:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LISBON2515PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU LINE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Portugal's MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins said Portugal plans to coordinate its human rights agenda with other EU member states and vote on Third Committee measures as a bloc. The GOP approved draft text for Third Committee resolutions, but Martins said Portugal was still wait [...]
2008-09-12 17:29:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALUN PHUM PREL EUN PO
08LJUBLJANA116DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES HOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 15, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles and Director of Office of Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organizations, Doug Rohn held bilateral and U.S.-EU consultations wi [...]
2008-03-07 07:20:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN SI
08LONDON1623UK ON CUBA, IRAN AND OTHER ISSUES AT THE JUNE GAERC
[...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials provided to Poloffs on June 12 the responses below to ref points on key GAERC agenda items, as well as a general readout of UK expectations for the June GAERC meeting. Cuba ---- 2. (C) The UK supports lifting the EU's Restrictive Measures on Cuba at the Jun [...]
2008-06-13 13:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID ZL ZK IR IZ IS CU
08LONDON3110IRAN: FCO QUIETLY URGES PRESSURE ON GERMANS FOR EU
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany has deep political reservations over bank designations proposed against Iran under the EU's Common Policy, and is making legal and intelligence arguments within E4 against UK and French proposals to designate several Iranian banks, according to a UK Foreign and Commonweal [...]
2008-12-12 18:03:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ENRG IR KTFN MNUC PTER UK
08LONDON821IRAN: FCO CAUTIOUS ON PROSPECTS AND END GAME FOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) contacts are hopeful but uncertain on how and when a UK appellate court will rule on the legality of the current HMG freeze of Mujaheddin-E-Khalq's (MEK) UK assets; in case of an unfavorable ruling, HMG will likely pursue the case in the UK's h [...]
2008-03-19 17:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC IR PREL PTER UK
08MADRID757TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your presence provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message on Iran financial sanctions with both government and private sector representatives. (Note: Your schedule has been sent via e-mail to staff.) You will also have an oppo [...]
2008-07-10 09:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETC ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM
08MANAGUA885NICARAGUAN DONORS GROW DISENCHANTED WITH ORTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last six months, bilateral foreign donors in Nicaragua have grown increasingly disillusioned with the Ortega administration. This disappointment has coincided with an unrelated shift in European assistance agencies' priorities away from Central America towards Africa and [...]
2008-07-11 23:34:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV ECON NU PREL
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
08MOSCOW2843RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION
[...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...]
2008-09-23 13:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS
08MOSCOW3064RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...]
2008-10-16 10:45:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS
08MOSCOW3323RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...]
2008-11-17 13:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF
08MOSCOW3364RUSSIA INCHES AWAY FROM ARMENIA
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the Georgia conflict, Russian and Armenian officials assert there has been no change in Russian-Armenian relations, and see no detrimental impact of possible improved relations between Turkey and Armenia. Experts however argue that Russia is able to use the [...]
2008-11-20 14:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AM AZ RS
08MUSCAT34MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT'S TOUR TO THE REGION.
[...] SUMMARY: President Bush's tour to the region is garnering extensive local media coverage in Oman. The media described his tour as "controversial" because of his remarks in support of Israel, in local eyes contradicting the purpose of the visit. Both private and government dailies expressed the [...]
2008-01-14 10:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08NEWDELHI1760FS MENON DESCRIBES HARDENED POSITIONS,
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon described for the Ambassador on June 26 a hardening of positions on the part of the Left and within the Congress Party on whether to take the next step in advancing the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. The Left ultimately rejected submis [...]
2008-06-26 07:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN KDEM
08NEWDELHI1921PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION UNDERSCORES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's call on him to explain next steps needed to bring the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to fruition, Pakistani High Commissioner Shadid Malik focused on the need for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to follow a "criteria-based approach,"specifying, "We can onl [...]
2008-07-10 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PK IN
08NEWDELHI2012INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]
2008-07-22 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2812MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "PM's STRAIGHT TALK," editorial in the October 28 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "When markets fail, governments must act. At the Asia-Europe summit in Beijing, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh minced no words. He said the international financial crisis has resulted because [...]
2008-10-30 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2835MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...]
2008-11-03 10:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3152MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "PAKISTAN AT ITS DECEIVING BEST," op-ed article in December 14 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by security affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "In the name of action, Pakistan has rounded up a handful of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. This is out of fear that U.S. may declare Pakistan terrorist-sponso [...]
2008-12-15 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3254INDIANS STATE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has categorically denied the reported upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmedinejad to Delhi this week, while Indian and Pakistani press continue to speculate on the purpose of the rumored visit. End Summary. Ahmedinejad,s Visit " [...]
2008-12-30 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK IR IN
08NICOSIA461CYPRUS SUPPORTS SUBSTANCE OF P5+1 PACKAGE, BUT MAY
[...] (C) Ambassador on June 19 delivered reftel points and contents of P5 1 Iran Package to Cypriot MFA Political Director (P equivalent) Euripides Evriviades. Ambassador emphasized the package's generous and wide-ranging nature, building as it did on an already-robust 2006 offer. Should Iran's [...]
2008-06-20 14:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM CY
08OSLO140NORWAY'S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 07:44:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO612NORWAY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Norway actively supports passage of the Canadian-led resolution condemning the deteriorating situation of human rights in Iran. Norway has been and will continue to lobby countries assigned to it. This lobbying has taken place in the capitals of each respective country. The Ministry of [...]
2008-11-10 14:55:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM NO
08OTTAWA1199CANADA SUPPORTS US GOALS FOR UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Canada supports broadly U.S. goals for the UNGA Third Committee, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade human rights desk officer Cyndy Nelson. Nelson said however she could only offer a preliminary assessment, as Canada is in the middle of an election campaign. [...]
2008-09-12 19:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UN CA
08OUAGADOUGOU1019DEMARCHE CONCERNING RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA AND
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK on Tuesday, November 11 to the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,. Vincent Zakane. Also in attendance were the Director Generals for Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral Affairs. (Comment: Att [...]
2008-11-12 16:46:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
08PARIS1169NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH
[...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...]
2008-06-20 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ
08PARIS1305STRONG FRENCH SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL EU SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) is pressing EU counterparts to adopt a "Common Position" that transposes UNSCR 1803 in a forward-leaning way, including tougher measures on export credits, dual use exports, financial due diligence, and cargo inspections. The French hope this poli [...]
2008-07-10 12:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP IR FR
08PARIS1333COUNSELOR COHEN ENGAGES FRENCH ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 8 and 9, State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen discussed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, terrorism, ESDP, and the French Defense White Paper with officials from the French MFA, Elysee, MOD, and Secretariat General of National Defense (SGDN). MFA interloc [...]
2008-07-15 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETMCAP PGOV PREL EUN AF PA IR IZ FR
08PARIS1446FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...]
2008-07-29 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN
08PARIS2087HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN: FRENCH RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 13:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
08PRAGUE460CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: BUILDING UPON
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Secretary Rice's visit to the Czech Republic and the signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) on July 8 was a major success. Her discussions with the Czech Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Parliamentarians, especially skeptical Green and oppositio [...]
2008-07-17 11:31:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
08PRETORIA1932SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 29,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 35 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Experts Believe Inflation will Peak at 13% - Land Expropriation Bill Shelved - 'South Africans Act like Americans' - Intense Lobbying Exp [...]
2008-09-02 06:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08REYKJAVIK199Iceland's Bid for the UN Security Council
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Iceland's bid for one of two available WEOG seats on the UN Security Council in 2009-10 is rapidly drawing to a close. The campaign, hamstrung by a slow start and tepid support at home, has found its legs over the last year under the enthusiastic direction of Foreign Minister [...]
2008-09-12 16:57:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC UN AU TU IC
08ROME1226SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 13 TRIP TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Mr. President, Silvio Berlusconi's October 13 visit to Washington provides an opportunity to strengthen our close ties with a valuable ally in Europe. Since your June 11-13 visit, Berlusconi has consolidated the standing of his government in Italian public opinion through a ser [...]
2008-10-02 15:08:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IT
08ROME148ITALY AND ISAF: NO NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN NEAR TERM,
[...] (C) Summary: With the current political crisis likely to drag on for months, and a caretaker government prohibited from making significant policy changes, we see no prospect for new large-scale Italian military commitments in Afghanistan between now and the summer. However, GOI officials are [...]
2008-02-01 16:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR EAID AF IT
08ROME247IRAN: ITALY CONTESTS EDISON DEAL VIOLATES ISA;
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. Summary. -------- 2. (C) Econ M/C delivered points on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) and reported investment by Italian energy company Edison in Iran's Dayyer Block to MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. Econ M/C also raised U.S. [...]
2008-02-28 16:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IT
08ROME774SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME, JUNE
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Rome presents a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a number of important security issues in the wake of the successful meetings between the President and PM Berlusconi on June 12. In particular, the positive atmosphere generated by the visit should contribu [...]
2008-06-19 12:14:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08SANAA1473DEPORTATION STILL FEARED FOR THE BAHA'IS
[...] (SBU) As of September 3, the four imprisoned Baha'is (reftel) remain detained and face possible deportation. According to their lawyer, Khaled al-Anisi, the ROYG has now unofficially agreed that they may choose the country to which they will be deported. 2. (SBU) On August 31, the Charge d' [...]
2008-09-03 14:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANJOSE763COSTA RICA: AUGUST 28 UNSC BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Acting A/S Brian Hook's August 28 bilateral consultations with the MFA on UNSC matters were successful in bringing the U.S. and the GOCR to mutual understanding - if not agreement - on a range of UNSC issues. A/S Hook lobbied the MFA for greater cooperation on speed in the UN [...]
2008-09-23 13:23:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALEFIN IZ PGOV PINR PREL UNSC UN CS
08SANJOSE883COSTA RICA TO VOTE WITH USG ON KEY THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 13:47:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS IR KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL UN
08SANSALVADOR1290GOES WILL VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS
[...] (C) Poloffs met with Ambassador Carlos Adrian Velasco Novoa, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director, and Gustavo Argueta, MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer, November 12. Polcouns expressed thanks for Salvadoran opposition to no-action motions. Velasco and Argueta said El Salvador has formally decid [...]
2008-11-14 23:13:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ES
08SANTIAGO583SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN,
[...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...]
2008-06-19 20:39:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI
08SARAJEVO870BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans to the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was t [...]
2008-05-19 08:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK
08SARAJEVO871BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON
[...] (C) Summary: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans for the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was [...]
2008-05-19 11:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK
08SEOUL2499ROKG VIEWS ON INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Econ MinCouns and Deputy Econ Couns followed up on reftel demarches on December 16 and 22 to multiple officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) to discuss financial pressure on Iran as well as Korea,s energy rela [...]
2008-12-31 02:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP MNUC IR KS
08SINGAPORE1199SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT NO ACTION ON UNGA 3RD
[...] (C) CDA used reftel materials to urge, in a November 10 meeting with MFA International Organizations Director Lim Kheng Hua, that Singapore move as far as it can in the direction of voting against no-action resolutions and for UNGA 3rd Committee Human Rights resolutions on Iran, Burma and the [...]
2008-11-10 11:32:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SN
08STATE116392(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PALESTINIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Palestinian Issues (paragraph 3-end) and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Palestinian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD results f [...]
2008-10-31 15:25:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPAL PREL PTER XF
08STATE117881YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action motions and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and DPRK. Votes on these resolutions and on any associated no-action motions are expected later this month in the Third Committee of the United Nations G [...]
2008-11-05 17:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
08STATE117889YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paras 3, 9-12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK (North Korea). Ambassador or Charge is requested to engage at the highest [...]
2008-11-05 18:02:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
08STATE117901YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action motions and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and DPRK. Votes on these resolutions and on any associated no-action motions are expected later this month in the Third Committee of the United Nations G [...]
2008-11-05 18:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
08STATE22941SECURING IRAQI SUPPORT TO PROPOSE AN UNSCR TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The Deputies Committee tasked State with laying the groundwork for a UN Security Council Resolution that would sanction those who threaten the peace or stability of Iraq similar to the measu [...]
2008-03-06 00:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC IZ PREL PTER XF
08STATE43742APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...]
2008-04-24 21:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH
08STATE80088DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING
[...] (SBU) The department requests that action addressees pursue the following objectives with regard to host government's potential attendance at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting in Tehran, July 27-30, 2008. Posts should: -- Determine from host governments wheth [...]
2008-07-24 22:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL PHUM PTER IR
08STATE83136P3 MEETING ON ACTION PLAN FOR IRAN
[...] (S/REL UK AND FRANCE) ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime Daniel Glaser on July 25 met with UK and French counterparts in Paris to discuss individual and collective P3 actions in the event Iran r [...]
2008-08-01 19:37:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EFIN
08STATE83662REQUESTING COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Department requests that Posts approach host governments at an appropriate level, share the Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) report provided in Paras 5-58 below, and make the following points and requests: -- Ur [...]
2008-08-04 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08TELAVIV1053ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...]
2008-05-20 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1170ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert as justifying his trip to Washington in spite of the political crisis, by saying that the security dialogue began by President [...]
2008-06-03 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1185ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert addressed the AIPAC conference yesterday and focused on Iran, saying that it must be stopped by all possible m [...]
2008-06-04 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1214ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet today to discuss a proposed Egyptian-bro [...]
2008-06-10 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1258ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1273ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 05:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1591ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1706ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1814ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday Maariv listed security arrangements that Israel has drafted for any future final status arrangement with the Palestinians. The Israelis would like to submit this list and to hav [...]
2008-08-18 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2268IRISL OBJECTIVES SHARED WITH GOI
[...] On September 10, Econoff transmitted Treasury's press release on the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. The press release was also transmitted [...]
2008-10-03 15:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS
08TELAVIV2368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London that senior Tehran officials are recommending a pr [...]
2008-10-22 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin warned at yesterday's cabinet meeting that a government decision to evacuate more territory m [...]
2008-11-03 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2475SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2500ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2520ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on a wave of layoffs in Israel, and quoted Finance Minister Roni Bar-On as saying that Qthe man in the street wonQt pay for the tycoonsQ ills. The media reported that [...]
2008-11-13 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2544ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel's commitments under t [...]
2008-11-14 12:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2860ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that dozens of rockets and mortar shells fell on southern Israel from Gaza over the weekend. The media reported that the attacks have sparked a heated debate in Israel o [...]
2008-12-22 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV724ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...]
2008-03-27 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV785ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Zimbabwe Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that senior advisers of President Bush (headed by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley) and PM Ehud Olmert (Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turgeman) met over t [...]
2008-04-03 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas ambush in Gaza and four others were injured. The radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that four Hamas activists [...]
2008-04-16 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV924ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media cited a report published today by the Syrian news agency Sham-Press that PM Ehud Olmert has relayed messages to Syrian President Bashar Assad affir [...]
2008-04-23 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGU799CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 15-19, 2008
[...] (U) Budget consultations continued apace, with a session on the International Cooperation and Assistance Branch September 15 and the first wrap-up session September 19. Questions flowed but there was no sign of agreement on the key issue -- the increase in OCPF inspections. The first facilit [...]
2008-09-25 12:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE425CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART II: EVENTS AND
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref a),and the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref b). Other cables will f [...]
2008-05-19 15:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE433CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART III: ANALYSIS OF THE
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref b),and reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref c) and events [...]
2008-05-21 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE449CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND
[...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...]
2008-05-28 11:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE521CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) This report covers the week of June 9-16. Preparations for the upcoming Executive Council (EC) are proceeding apace, with the first informal consultation held on June 12 under the new EC Chairperson. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) discussed the EC agenda in some detail on Ju [...]
2008-06-16 13:33:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE687NETHERLANDS: EU'S MEK DECISION (C-RE8-01539)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 08:46:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR NL
08THEHAGUE88CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S.
[...] (U) At the end of the tenth anniversary year of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),most U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 were advanced if not fully achieved. An Executive Council (EC) chairman very supportive of the U.S. was elected in May. Article VII implementation moved forward, a [...]
2008-01-29 15:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE898CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (U) Like the Dutch weather, the sunshine and progress of Executive Council 53 in June (Ref A) returned to more typical dark clouds and rain in Executive Council 54, October 14-17. Despite daily meetings, lobbying, and a small group of key delegations meeting to try and find compromise, the w [...]
2008-10-24 16:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08TIRANA502ALBANIA PRESSES FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT ISLAMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA unsuccessfully lobbied the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to recognize Kosovo's independence at the group's June 16 to 18 meeting of foreign ministers in Kampala. The GOA believes that several OIC countries are likely to recognize Kosovo over the next sev [...]
2008-07-08 05:40:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT KISL KV AL
08TIRANA564GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION
[...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...]
2008-07-25 15:40:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL
08TIRANA875ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]
2008-12-12 08:07:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL
08TOKYO1772 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2175JAPAN "NOT COMPLACENT" ABOUT BID FOR NON-PERMANENT
[...] (C) Japan is "doing our best" to line up support for its bid to win a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for next session, according to MOFA U.N. Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima. He refused to be drawn out on details or numbers, but said Japanese missions abroad are working in [...]
2008-08-07 07:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO26 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO365JAPAN UNABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE ON LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Other than public statements in support of the Lebanese government, Japan is unable or unwilling to take further steps at this time to support Lebanon. Funds are not available for the Special Tribunal, Lebanon does not qualify for Japanese official development assistance (ODA),t [...]
2008-02-12 09:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY JA
08UNVIEVIENNA453IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]
2008-08-14 06:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA454IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]
2008-08-14 06:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA523VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN ON COMPACT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 11:48:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAF AS AU CA EAID FR IT KCRM NL NO PREL
08USEUBRUSSELS1475DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES AND IO ACTING DAS REES EU
[...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and IO Acting DAS Grover Joseph Rees met September 1 in Brussels with the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Troika as part of ongoing consultations. The EU-hosted meetings were led by Jacques Pellet, French MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights [...]
2008-09-23 15:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EU
08USOSCE197FSC: END-OF ROUND WINTER-SPRING-SUMMER 2008:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 winter and spring-summer rounds in the Forum for Security Cooperation were highlighted by extensive discussion of the April 20 UAV incident in Georgia and U.S. missile defense in Europe. Russia pushed several CSBM proposals, including its rapid reaction forces informa [...]
2008-07-31 14:27:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USUNNEWYORK117363RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]
2008-12-16 00:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08USUNNEWYORK1175ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...]
2008-12-16 19:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM XF EG
08USUNNEWYORK1197UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...]
2008-12-22 18:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
08USUNNEWYORK1198UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...]
2008-12-23 19:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
08USUNNEWYORK139U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...]
2008-02-14 13:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU
08USUNNEWYORK955IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...]
2008-10-20 16:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA UNSC PREL AORC
08VATICAN91(C) NEA DAS DAVID HALE DISCUSSES LEBANON WITH THE VATICAN
[...] (C) The Holy See shares the USG goal of a peaceful, free and sovereign Lebanon. The Vatican advocates a cautious approach that focuses on consensus and restraint to achieve this goal. The Vatican's point person for Lebanon urged the U.S. and the West to support March 14, but to discourage "unr [...]
2008-12-05 18:52:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF LE VT
08VIENNA1717IRAN/FATF: FOLLOW-UP WITH GOA AND RAIFFEISEN BANK
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy followed up again with GOA and Raiffeisen officials to press for strong implementation of FATF Iran recommendations. GOA reps say Austria already implements virtually all of the measures in Ref A demarche. Raiffeisen gave us recent data they believe support their asse [...]
2008-11-24 12:31:00Embassy ViennaSECRETECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1819ENERGY SECURITY WEIGHING HEAVIER IN AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy security has arrived on the agenda of Austrian policymakers. Whereas energy policy was heretofore dominated by issues like renewables/biofuels, climate change, and a vociferous anti-nuclear stance, now diversifying and securing energy supply take equal priority (even as [...]
2008-12-11 12:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PGOV SENV AU IR
08VIENNA612008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]
2008-01-15 15:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENNA726AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008
[...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...]
2008-05-28 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08WARSAW1346USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...]
2008-11-25 15:07:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN
0901OF02RPODUBAI288IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...]
2009-07-15 11:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON IR
09AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...]
2009-10-21 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AMMAN1182MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...]
2009-05-21 13:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO
09AMMAN952JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: Wednesday's newspapers in Jordan led with extensive coverage of the President's meeting with King Abdullah at the White House Tuesday. Beneath banner headlines reading "Jordan, U.S. See Eye To Eye On Peace," reports stressed the two leaders' commitment to moving the Middle East peace [...]
2009-04-23 11:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09ANKARA1054TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1430TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA146ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1666TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1707TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1732 TURKEY: Eastern Provinces Score Gains in Counternarotics,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish officials are making steady inroads against drug smuggling in the southeast, local officials told Embassy officers during a recent visit. PKK terrorist activity has declined, but it remains active in drug smuggling. The inability of Turkish officials to share informati [...]
2009-12-04 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR PREL EFIN IR IZ TU
09ANKARA1742TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1745TURKEY: PARTNERS BUT NOT PALS WITH EGYPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Turkish MFA and Egyptian Embassy view the bilateral relationship positively for now, but the two countries' wariness towards each other could impact relations down the road. The Turkish MFA says it views Egypt as a partner and not a competitor. The Egyptian Embassy com [...]
2009-12-08 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEG PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1759TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA336CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...]
2009-03-04 16:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IS TU
09ANKARA367ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA386ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA423ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA47ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA532MIXED REACTIONS TO OBAMA'S CALL FOR DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA564ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA803TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 10:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA826TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ASHGABAT277 OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE SITUATION IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan, refugees who arrived from Tajikistan during the 1990's have either returned home or been granted citizenship. Integration of the largely ethnic Turkmen [...]
2009-03-02 12:10:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX
09ASHGABAT370TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT
[...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...]
2009-03-23 14:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASTANA1539 KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...]
2009-09-18 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ
09ASTANA2051 KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...]
2009-11-18 07:27:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ
09ASTANA982 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]
2009-06-08 10:08:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ASUNCION681PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...]
2009-12-15 17:25:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR
09ATHENS1511Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...]
2009-09-25 14:15:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR
09BAGHDAD2120MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DISPELLING MEK CLAIMS OF
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. military medical personnel will enter Ashraf, Diyala Province, in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the hunger strike (reftel). While the residents of Ashraf have refused food shipments from the GOI, the residents' claims of GOI blockage of food shipments to Ash [...]
2009-08-06 13:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2237SENIOR IRAQI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN-IRAQ RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 17 meeting with Post's Iran Watcher (IW),Ambassador Taha Shukr al-Abbassi, head of the MFA's Neighboring Countries department responsible for Iran-Iraq relations (A/S equivalent),made the following points: (1) Iraq seeks a bilateral relationship with Iran base [...]
2009-08-18 11:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD224IRAQ NATIONAL LIST MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON PROVINCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 15:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2487AHMED CHALABI DISCUSSES HIS NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 12 meeting with POL M/C, Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress party and member of the newly-formed and predominantly Shia Iraqi National Alliance (INA) (see reftel),criticized the GOI and PM Maliki for failing to govern effectively. He said the I [...]
2009-09-14 14:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2637RRT ERBIL: KRG BULLISH ON RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials told us recently they are pleased with the KRG's improving relations with Turkey, casting this development -- along with strong relations with the United States -- as a counter to malign Iranian [...]
2009-10-01 12:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2744EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCE IN IRAQ: COMMERCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's evolving political and economic environment has led to increased engagement from other countries using commercial advocacy on behalf of their national political interests. The GOI has begun to engage a number of countries in high level commercial dialogue, and despite its [...]
2009-10-12 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON POL PGOV PREL IZ EINV
09BAGHDAD287GOI ASKS WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE MEK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 14. 2. (C) Summary: GOI point person for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie (in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador),briefed international organizations and countries the GOI believes may have r [...]
2009-02-04 09:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PINS PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2992IRAN'S EFFORTS IN IRAQI ELECTORAL POLITICS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran is a dominant player in Iraq's electoral politics, and is using its close ties to Shia, Kurdish, and select Sunni figures to shape the political landscape in favor of a united Shia victory in the January election. A pro-Iran, Shia-dominated, and preferably Islamist governme [...]
2009-11-13 12:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2997SHEIKH WELCOMES U.S. PARTNERSHIP, STRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: Mohsin Nayef Faisal al-Jarba, a politically well-connected sheikh in the influential Shammar tribal confederation, told poloff and military chaplains on November 10 that he welcomed continued partnership with the United States. The sheikh stressed support for non-sectarianism, in [...]
2009-11-14 09:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD413NEGOTIATING WITH IRANIANS: THE MEK IN IRAQ AS A
[...] (S) Summary: In a case study of significant face-to-face dealing with Iranians, the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) at Camp Ashraf in Iraq have been exasperating negotiators during six months of talks with Embassy and Multi-National Force ) Iraq (MNF-I) interlocutors on their future in Iraq. We believe [...]
2009-02-17 11:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD751IRAQI BUDGET: "DIFFICULT YEAR" SAYS MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on March 16 that the USD 59 billion FY 2009 Budget as passed by the Council of Representatives was lower than the government had requested and that Iraq faces "a difficult year." Cuts to operational budgets are expected in every ministry. Jab [...]
2009-03-19 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON CVIS PGOV IZ
09BAKU109AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA: CAN BAKU MAINTAIN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Analysts across the political spectrum in Baku suggest that Russia has stepped up diplomatic efforts to lure Azerbaijan away from its political, security, and energy links to the West. They note that this is part of a broader Russian effort to regain its position as the politica [...]
2009-02-10 12:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ AM RU
09BAKU144AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS -- MORE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to BP Azerbaijan executives, gas production from the second phase of the giant offshore Shah Deniz gas field will be approximately sixteen billion cubic meters annually, higher than expected. However due to inability to reach agreement with Turkey on a gas transit regi [...]
2009-02-24 12:35:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
09BAKU20AZERBAIJAN'S DISCREET SYMBIOSIS WITH ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 12:43:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PRL PTER AJ IS IR
09BAKU22BAKU'S PERSPECTIVES ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
[...] (C) Summary: One of the few positive effects of Russia's war on Georgia in August 2008 was a reinvigoration of efforts to solve the Caucasus' other frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Many observers, and even officials at the highest levels of both governments, felt that the stark demonstr [...]
2009-01-13 13:00:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV AJ AM RU TU
09BAKU252AZERBAIJAN: WHAT FOLLOWS THE RAPPROCHEMENT?
[...] (S/NF) Summary. As Turkey and Armenia head toward a historic reconciliation, official Baku is in shock at what it views as possible major abandonment by its closest cultural and political partner. Foremost in the minds of Azerbaijani leaders is the effect of renewed Turkey-Armenia relations on [...]
2009-04-02 08:50:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU AM AJ
09BAKU26YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT
[...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]
2009-01-14 10:53:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU269AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR REAL N-K
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Turkish Ambassador Hilusi Kilic called Ambassador Derse Sunday April 5 to relay his deep alarm at the coming "crisis" in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations and plead for U.S. assistance to ensure that Armenia continues to negotiate in good faith on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after achievin [...]
2009-04-07 04:34:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU27YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT
[...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]
2009-01-14 11:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU394AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REACTS MILDLY TO OBAMBA
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev complained of double standards on democracy and human rights, based on President Obama's recent statement on press freedom. The President joked that it was probably just copied reflexively from last year's statement and he hoped this would not continue to be emp [...]
2009-05-14 13:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU508IRANIAN ELECTION: IRANIAN POLITICAL SOURCES REPORT
[...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher was in contact Tuesday night with four well-connected sources who shed light on the ongoing situation in Iran. Two sources were wealthy Baku-based Iranian businessmen with allegedly extensive contacts in Tehran including to Mousavi's circle. The other two are in [...]
2009-06-24 13:10:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON AJ IR
09BAKU743AZERBAIJAN'S DIASPORA SMALL, NOT POLITCALLY ACTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's diaspora of permanent migrs is small, although there are possibly 2 million labor migrants in Russia and Turkey. The diaspora has not been active in affairs in Azerbaijan or in the United States, but two new groups have recently formed: one pro-government and one pro [...]
2009-09-18 06:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SMIG AJ
09BAKU801IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE
[...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]
2009-10-07 12:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU804IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE
[...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]
2009-10-08 06:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU806IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE
[...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]
2009-10-08 11:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BASRAH15BASRA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) In March 17-19 meetings with the Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and the Regional Embassy Office, Basra political leaders all but conceded that the next provincial government will be headed by the Da'wa-led State of Law coalition, despite attempts by opposition parties to capitalize on [...]
2009-03-25 13:23:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ
09BASRAH16BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB
[...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]
2009-04-03 13:09:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BASRAH21BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT
[...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...]
2009-04-26 14:08:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09BEIJING2494PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...]
2009-09-01 12:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR 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
09BEIRUT177LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...]
2009-02-13 17:56:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
09BEIRUT685LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009
[...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...]
2009-06-22 13:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE
09BERLIN1199MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...]
2009-09-28 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO
09BERLIN1224CWC BWC CLOSE ALLIES MEETING SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings of Close Allies have always been valued for providing a useful venue for a frank exchange of views on, and an opportunity to coordinate approaches to, biological and chemical weapons-related issues. This meeting showed the need to re-invigorate the process, from the p [...]
2009-09-30 11:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW GM
09BERLIN1225MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...]
2009-09-30 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM
09BERLIN1354MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...]
2009-10-27 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM
09BERLIN1400MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-05 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT
09BERLIN1469MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...]
2009-11-18 11:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1559MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...]
2009-12-08 13:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU
09BERLIN196MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Clinton,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
09BERLIN220IRAN: FORMER CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-Chancellor and former SPD Chief Gerhard Schroeder's February 19-22 visit to Iran has come under fire not only from rival parties and Germany's Jewish community, but also from a senior SPD Bundestag member. The MFA (and with it, FM Steinmeier) has also distanced itself from t [...]
2009-02-23 15:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM IR
09BERLIN298IRAN: GERMANY INCREASINGLY FORWARD-LEANING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with key German government officials indicate that the German government, in coordination with its EU-4 partners, continues work to tee up additional EU designations of Iranian entities. The key problem is on the sequencing and breadth of designations, on wh [...]
2009-03-13 11:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD GM IR
09BERLIN303GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...]
2009-03-13 15:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS
09BERLIN402MEDIA REACTION: G20, NATO, CHINA-US, ISRAEL, ECB
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Summit 3. NATO Summit 4. Hu-Obama Meeting 5. New Israeli Government 6. Lowering of Interest Rates  [...]
2009-04-03 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH IS
09BRASILIA1261BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...]
2009-10-23 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR
09BRUSSELS1338JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB.
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...]
2009-10-02 09:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS536IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER BRIEFS EU ON PRIORITY
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 2-3 visit to Brussels, Daniel Glaser, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, assured an uncertain European Union that the United States remains committed to the dual track approach to Iran and said [...]
2009-04-08 12:23:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS
09BRUSSELS920EU AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...]
2009-07-06 09:53:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE
09BUCHAREST425ROMANIA: BECOMING MORE 'LIKE MINDED' ON 1267?
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In response to questions raised by USEU in ref emails, EconOff met with Elena Paris, Head of Unit at the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to discuss current Romanian v [...]
2009-06-22 13:52:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PREL RO
09BUENOSAIRES1044MEDIA REACTION; OBAMA'S DECISION TO ABANDON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on President Obama's decision to abandon the missile defense shield in Europe; the impact of the Argentine broadcasting draft legislation on Washington; as well as a proposal of foreign banks to Argentina for t [...]
2009-09-18 18:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES794ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...]
2009-07-07 21:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR
09BUENOSAIRES966ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...]
2009-08-25 14:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR
09BUJUMBURA301BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...]
2009-06-30 15:28:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALBY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU
09CAIRO1804FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN ,
[...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...]
2009-09-16 15:19:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG
09DAMASCUS147ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE,
[...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...]
2009-02-24 13:51:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS669GAUGING SYRIAN VIEWS OF RISING REGIONAL TENSIONS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: After briefly showing signs of more constructive policies towards its neighbors earlier this summer, Syrians are expressing shock over rising tensions in the region and perceive "anti-Syrian forces" at work. The Syrian Government's response has been to harden its position tow [...]
2009-09-10 08:23:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY
09DAMASCUS783IS THE SARG INFLUENCING HAMAS'S INCREASINGLY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Hamas distributed a memorandum last week to some Arab ambassadors in Damascus blasting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas for "obstructing reconciliation efforts." It also condemned Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation and expressed reservations H [...]
2009-11-08 13:27:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KPAL SY
09DUBAI447UAE'S RAS AL KHAIMAH: ROGUE OR REFORMER?
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ras Al Khaimah (RAK),the UAE's northern-most emirate, has emerged into the media spotlight amidst a blitz of recent accusations by a deposed former Crown Prince that, among other things, RAK facilitates illicit trade with Iran, in particular cargo related to Iran's nuclear and [...]
2009-10-18 08:13:00Consulate DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KNNP ETRD ECON ETTC AE IR
09DUSHANBE785TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...]
2009-06-25 10:50:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNEAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09GENEVA1089START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-049. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 24, 2009 Time: 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov [...]
2009-11-30 17:04:00Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09HANOI520A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT VIETNAM'S UPR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was a lesson in the manipulation of process, according to the Canadian lead for the "troika" that coordinated Vietnam's UPR. The GVN clearly understood that only 60 countries would be ab [...]
2009-06-05 03:07:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI740SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City comes at an important moment in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. Overall, bilateral ties have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. Th [...]
2009-08-06 09:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
09HANOI846SETTING THE SCENE FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS,
[...] (SBU) Director Slaughter: Your Policy Planning Talks with the Vietnamese, the second since discussions were inaugurated last October, comes at an important moment in the bilateral relationship. Overall, ties between our two countries have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and [...]
2009-08-26 06:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
09HANOI978Setting the Scene for Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign investor [...]
2009-09-18 10:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV MARR KHIV KHDP BM
09ISLAMABAD1189 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1330 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1371 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD139 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1421 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1435 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 10:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD178 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 10:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD190PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1976 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 09:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2263 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2453 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2459HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...]
2009-10-10 06:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2600 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD637PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISTANBUL270KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO
[...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...]
2009-07-15 08:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
09JEDDAH166ALBANIAN-SPONSORED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Albanian ambassador in Riyadh and representative to the OIC reported that his country's draft resolution on Kosovo recognition is moving forward to the Damascus ministerial despite a last-minute Egyptian attempt to modify and dilute the text. The Kosovo issue will be raised an [...]
2009-05-08 13:12:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH367THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...]
2009-10-01 11:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL
09JEDDAH415READ-OUT FROM OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] (C) In October 28 meeting, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) senior advisor Ufuk Gokcen (protect) told Jeddah Poloff that OIC Secretary Geneal Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was "upset" by the way te U.S. position was being portrayed in the Arabi media, specifically noting that Arabc daily A [...]
2009-10-28 16:18:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPHUM PREL SA SI UNGA UN
09JERUSALEM186JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): WEST BANK: "CLEAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 10:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM228JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 12:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM644JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 08:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09KABUL2632Finance Minister Zakhilwahl on Assistance Priorities
[...] (SBU) Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwahl confirmed to USAID Mission Director William Frej his commitment to post- election economic reform and listed as priorities the restructuring and gradual privatization of state-owned Ariana airline and merging Pashtany and Mille banks. He is concern [...]
2009-08-31 11:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2756FORMER EXILED TRIBAL LEADER PROMISES TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: Former mujahidin commander and Nangarhar power broker Haji Zaman Gomsharick, widely considered to be the most influential leader of the Khogyani tribe, met with the Jalalabad PRT State Department representative on August 10. Haji Zaman, who recently ended seven years of exile in [...]
2009-09-10 06:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS AF
09KABUL2825AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DISCUSSES COUNTRY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting with visiting USDA officials, Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Rahimi said good rains this year contributed to surging agriculture production of grapes, apples, apricots, and pomegranates. He said the country is not rea [...]
2009-09-17 10:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECIN EAID AF
09KABUL3625CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION
[...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...]
2009-11-10 09:21:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3639Trans-boundary Water Issues: The Way Forward in Afghanistan
[...] (C) Summary: As senior Afghan officials continue calling publicly for large dam and hydropower projects, Afghanistan's downstream neighbors -- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- are watching carefully, concerned that Afghan actions could affect their water inflow and economic sta [...]
2009-11-12 04:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
09KABUL3799CABINET RUMORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Karzai's inaugural day assertion that "the ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation," both Afghans and internationals are awaiting Karzai's announcement of his Cabinet picks. Karzai's candidates must be confirmed [...]
2009-11-28 10:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL495IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...]
2009-03-03 12:08:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR
09KABUL66LOCAL VIEWS ON THE IRANIAN CONSULATE IN JALALABAD
[...] (S) Since Iran re-opened its Jalalabad Consulate in March 2008, Iranian Consul Mihran Khurasanie has been active in establishing contacts with some Nangarharis, in an attempt to build Iranian influence in the mostly Pashtun region, according to local leaders and officials. While most influen [...]
2009-01-13 08:43:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PINR AF
09KHARTOUM37SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK
[...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...]
2009-01-12 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KIGALI585KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 12:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KV RW
09KUALALUMPUR135AMB MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MFA SECGEN RASTAM
[...] (C) In a meeting February 23 with Ambassadors Marciel and Keith, MFA Secretary General Rastam expressed hope that Secretary Clinton will visit Malaysia in July when she is back in the region (for the ARF) and that the President will consider a visit here later in the year. Rastam emphasized t [...]
2009-02-24 10:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR719SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Chairman Reyes, visit to Malaysia. The visit comes in the midst of a transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations which offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After five months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is [...]
2009-08-27 09:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR760MALAYSIAN ACADEMICS ON OIC, U.S. ISLAMIC POLICY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 seminar on the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at Kuala Lumpur's International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS),a government-funded institute, was ostensibly about how the OIC could regain relevance, but also included supportive comments [...]
2009-09-14 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL MY OIC
09KUALALUMPUR977GOM ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IAEA VOTE
[...] (C) The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement late on December 5 regarding the November 27 vote on the German resolution at the IAEA (see para. 2). The statement appears to be the GOM's public response to repeated requests in Washington and by the Ambassador to correct the [...]
2009-12-07 23:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA IR MY
09KUWAIT114KUWAIT ESTH UPDATE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's science and technology establishment is dominated by the government-funded Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the non-governmental Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). Wh [...]
2009-02-08 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD EAID PGOV KU
09KUWAIT723SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]
2009-07-20 15:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT724SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]
2009-07-21 05:46:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09LAHORE95MODERATE ISLAMIC LEADERS IN PUNJAB LOOK TO U.S. FOR GUIDANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Although historically divided by sometimes violent sectarian differences, Punjab's Islamic religious leaders have found common cause in recent years in pressing for a moderate alternative to the Taliban-style Islam increasing in Pakistan's Pashtun areas. While infiltration by wel [...]
2009-05-18 10:46:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
09LONDON1644HMG RECEPTIVE TO USG APPROACH ON URANIUM SALES TO IRAN REF: STATE 72119
[...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Will Gelling, Head of the FCO's Iran Multilateral team, and Simon Mustard and Duncan Johnson, both of the FCO's Counterproliferation Department. They reiterated HMG's support for U.S. efforts to prevent Iran from accessing new sources of uranium for its d [...]
2009-07-16 12:46:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNMNUC PARM IR KNNP UK
09LONDON1851IRAN: FCO SHARES LESSONS LEARNED ON DETAINEES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Iran Watcher (poloff) August 11, Will Gelling, Tom Burn and Rachel Martinek of the FCO's Iran office shared lessons learned from the detention of British sailors by Iran in 2007 and more recently the arrest of nine local staff members from the British Embassy in Teh [...]
2009-08-11 14:36:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PGOV UK IR
09LONDON2120UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]
2009-09-11 13:54:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON2391UK IN AGREEMENT WITH THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] (U) Summary: Deputy Head of the UN Human Rights Team at the Foreign Office Andrew Suarez responded to reftel demarche by saying that HMG is supportive of all U.S. priorities at this year's session of the UN Third Committee. The UK opposes the use of no-action motions to block country-speci [...]
2009-10-22 16:29:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UK
09LONDON2626UK, WITH EU PARTNERS, TO CONDEMN SYRIA AT IAEA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is in full agreement with reftel points concerning Syria and will, with EU Partners, issue a statement condemning Syria for its lack of cooperation with the IAEA at the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting on November 26-27. While the UK has on previous reports lobbied non-EU st [...]
2009-11-23 17:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM IAEA KNNP SY IR UK
09LONDON55OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: HMG BELIEVES ISSUE IS NOT WINNABLE AND USG SHOULD NOT ASK FOR A VOTE
[...] (C) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Iran Coordination Group Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling, in several conversations January 8 with London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on ref b, said HMG would stand with USG if there is a vote but deferred to FCO officials leading on the issue. Gelling said [...]
2009-01-08 17:46:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL UN IR UK
09LUXEMBOURG302LUXEMBOURG: ALBRIGHT-JUNCKER COURTESY CALL
[...] (C) Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker for a brief courtesy call on the margins of the October 15-17 NATO Strategic Concept Conference held in Luxembourg. Juncker committed to maintaining his government's current level of financial and m [...]
2009-10-22 10:34:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALKDRG PGOV PREL MARR LU
09MADRID1029CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OCTOBER 19, 2009, MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: CDA and Leon discussed President Zapatero's October 13 meeting with POTUS including Zapatero's plans for a return visit to Washington in January, Spanish intentions regarding police trainers in Afghanistan, Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo, EUFOR, UNIFIL, Iran, Cuba, and Honduras. Le [...]
2009-10-20 17:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KIPR SP AF KV BK LE IR CU HO
09MADRID1045UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK),but took the opportunit [...]
2009-10-23 16:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL
09MADRID572SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE JUNE GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the June GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso June 10. Benitez said the two most anticipated topics for the GOS are acceptance of Guantanamo detainees and review and revision of the EU Common Position [...]
2009-06-12 11:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU SP
09MANAMA737BAHRAIN'S YOUTH: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, SKEPTICAL OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 10:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM BA
09MELBOURNE56MELBOURNE BASED AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON
[...] (C) Abdul Khaliq Fazal, former Afghan Minister for Public Works (2001-2004) and declared presidential candidate in the August election, shared his initial policy platform with Consul General on April 27. If elected, Fazal says he will strengthen political parties and introduce a Prime Minister [...]
2009-04-28 05:14:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF AS
09MINSK132BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]
2009-04-24 15:12:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MONTEVIDEO714Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December
[...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...]
2009-12-09 12:03:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY
09MOSCOW1113MFA ON THE PEACE PROCESS, ISRAEL, IRAN AND SUDAN
[...] (Summary): MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin told us on April 28 that the GOR envisioned the proposed May 11 UNSC ministerial on the Middle East as a general discussion of the situation in the region and a chance to reiterate the Security Council's support f [...]
2009-04-29 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC IS IR SU RS
09MOSCOW2298SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON
[...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...]
2009-09-04 10:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW572THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...]
2009-03-10 14:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS
09MOSCOW653DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...]
2009-03-17 15:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW861SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...]
2009-04-03 15:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW895SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...]
2009-04-08 07:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS
09MUSCAT16ALLEGATION OF QATARI PERFIDY AT GCC SUMMIT, UN
[...] (C) Egyptian Ambassador to Oman, Ezz El Din al Fahmy, informed the Ambassador January 6 that he had worked feverishly during the GCC summit (reftel) to defeat a determined Qatari effort to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. On instruct [...]
2009-01-07 08:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MU
09MUSCAT273SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION
[...] (C) Security and military cooperation between the U.S. and Oman, as well as the overall bilateral relationship, remains strong. Oman's strategic location makes it a highly valued partner for the support of U.S. military operations across a wide area. While sharing U.S. concerns on Iran's nucl [...]
2009-04-01 14:51:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER MASS MOPS MU
09NEWDELHI115SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL
[...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...]
2009-01-20 11:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI128SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1308MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] "PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS," editorial in June 24 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "There is not going to be an end to the problems faced by Pakistan despite its receiving enormous aid from America. This is because most of the aid is utilized to amass weapons against India and the [...]
2009-06-24 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1595MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "MISCONCEPTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN," op-ed in July 29 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The media in both India and Pakistan failed to rise above their mindsets to welcome the outcome of the Sharm-el- Sheikh meetings. Hillary Clinton's statement that the two countries should resol [...]
2009-07-30 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI249MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 01:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI365MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "DISQUALIFICATION OF 'SHARIFS'", editorial in the February 26 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS, New Delhi: "Every sane human being has a right to tell Pakistani rulers, judiciary and authorities that they should finally come to their senses and leave the path that leads to death an [...]
2009-02-27 09:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI543MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN, TERRORISM
[...] "AMERICA'S INAPPROPRIATE ADVICE," editorial in March 21 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. advice to India to pull back its troops from the Indo-Pakistan border is inappropriate. Islamabad projects to the U.S. that it cannot concentrate on fighting terrorists active on the Afghanistan border [...]
2009-03-23 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI981BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN
[...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...]
2009-05-14 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NICOSIA272CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...]
2009-04-16 14:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA96 CYPRIOTS STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MONCHEGORSK
[...] (C) Status of Ship: M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol, although the Embassy has received reports it might have moved slightly owing to traffic conditions in the port area. Cypriot maritime officials are conducting a more-thorough inspection of 50-plus crates onboard the vessel. [...]
2009-02-02 16:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PGOV PREL IR SY CY
09NOUAKCHOTT138MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...]
2009-02-17 13:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL USAU PGOV MR IS
09OSLO647NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel priorities with Anne Merchant, the coordinator of Norway's UNGA Third Committee matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While the meeting contained no surprises, Merchant shared her views on how to diminish bloc-voting in the Third Committee. In [...]
2009-10-26 10:26:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF NO UN
09OSLO739SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO
[...] (S) Mr. President, your visit to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize is of great significance to the Norwegians. Norway is a geographically mid-sized country with a population on par with Colorado, and, according to the IMF, a 2009 GDP per capita just below 100,000 USD - surpassed in the wo [...]
2009-11-30 15:25:00Embassy OsloSECRETOVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SENV MOPS NO
09OTTAWA610CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]
2009-08-06 20:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA820Canada provides details for coordination with US for 64th
[...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) human rights officials, Canadian priorities for this year's Third Committee echo those of U.S. (refs a and b). Canada's main priorities are the adoption of the Iran resolution and other country-specific resoluti [...]
2009-10-28 17:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN CA
09OUAGADOUGOU138BURKINA FASO's MANDATE ON THE UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: During the first year of its mandate on the UN Security Council (UNSC),Burkina Faso has produced a voting record that has been a balancing act between support for U.S. initiatives, tempered by respect for the country's traditional friends and allies. On several occasions, such a [...]
2009-03-05 08:25:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AF UV
09PARIS1189FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. France sees Syria as a conduit for passing messages to the obstinate regime in Tehran and it believes that Syria is the only country Iran trusts, according to French MFA Middle East DAS Ludovic Pouille. Through its rapprochement, Pouille explained August 20, the Government of F [...]
2009-08-31 12:40:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS726IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL,
[...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...]
2009-06-02 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC UN FR
09PARTO6SECRETARY AND IRISH FM MEETING
[...] (U) October 11, 2009, Dublin, Ireland 2. (U) Participants United States The Secretary Ambassador Daniel Rooney A/S Philip Gordon NSC Elisabeth Sherwood-Randall DCOS Jake Sullivan Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt. Gen. Paul Selva Ireland Foreign Minister Michael Martin David Cooney, Secre [...]
2009-10-27 02:29:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EUN EI
09PRETORIA1955SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 20-25
[...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...]
2009-09-25 16:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09QUITO905Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment
[...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...]
2009-10-27 22:20:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV
09RABAT714HUMAN RIGHTS SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL HOGREFE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is a country in the throes of change and reform, particularly with respect to human rights. King Mohammed VI has embarked on an ambitious and continuous program of human rights reform that includes greater political rights and participation by women, the Arab World's [...]
2009-08-19 16:51:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KPAO MO
09RIYADH1519SCENESETTER FOR 17-19 NOVEMBER 2009 U.S.-SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: The upcoming U.S.-Saudi Strategic Joint Planning Committee (SJPC) talks will likely have a heightened sense of urgency given the ongoing Saudi operations on the Yemeni border. In addition to discussions of the items of business on the agenda, the meeting will also provide import [...]
2009-11-15 09:30:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MASS MOPS SA
09RIYADH612SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATE'S MAY
[...] KEY POINTS -- (U) The King will strongly welcome your visit as an opportunity to hear your assessment of regional security issues and particularly to hear about U.S. plans toward Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. -- (C) Saudi foreign policy calculations are driven by a deep fear and s [...]
2009-04-26 14:01:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNMARR PINR PREL PTER SA
09ROME388ITALY MUSTERING POLITICAL WILL TO DO MORE IN
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Italy is in broad agreement with the conclusions of the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and is actively considering additional contributions to make at the NATO Summit and the Pakistan Donor Conference in Tokyo. Although facing tight budgetary restrict [...]
2009-04-03 16:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF PK EAID
09ROME558G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL: SCENESETTE...
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Your 23-25 May visit to Rome will provide opportunities to interact with senior Italian officials on priority USG energy issues. On European energy security, Italy's very close relationship with Russia often causes it to resist efforts to reduce dependence on Russian energy s [...]
2009-05-20 08:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET OVIP PREL IR RU IT
09ROME649SCENESETTER FOR ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI’S JUNE 15
[...] (C/NF) Mr. President, your meeting with Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi comes at a time when his closest advisors fear Italy is losing the credibility and influence that it enjoyed in Washington under the previous U.S. administration. In fact, while Italy has been a stalwart partner and participant in [...]
2009-06-09 08:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IT
09ROME754U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...]
2009-06-26 16:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR
09RPODUBAI177IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE--WINDOW ON IRAN--APRIL 22,
[...] (S/NF) Game of Attrition. Ahmadinejad's defeats on the budget and his plan to distribute cash payments to lower-income Iranians show that power centers, such as the Majles, are actively working to pressure the President prior to the June election, according to [Source removed]. These power centers [...]
2009-04-22 11:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI232IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JUNE
[...] (S/NF) Rivals Eroding AN's Purportedly Solid Base of Support: After discussing election developments with a broad range of contacts, it appears that in combination, AN's three rivals can strip him of a substantial number of votes from his base. A few of this week's entries refer to this situa [...]
2009-06-03 13:23:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI288IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...]
2009-07-15 11:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON IR
09RPODUBAI468IRAN: AHMADINEJAD GETS HALF OF WHAT HE WANTS ON SUBSIDY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Majlis has vigorously debated and ultimately approved the first part of President's Ahmadinejad's proposed subsidy reform bill. The bill is a two-part program intended to end state subsidies on energy, utilities and basic food items and channel the savings as cash payment [...]
2009-10-29 13:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON IR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI532IRAN'S RAFSANJANI REDUCED TO PLAYING A WAITING GAME?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 9 speech to Qom seminary students, Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Assembly of Experts (AoE) Chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani of working with Iran's enemies against the government. Earlier in the week, pro-IRGC media accused Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh of se [...]
2009-12-10 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09SANAA1679TOO QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT? RAMADAN PLOTTING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. After six months of increasingly violent clashes between protestors and security services, Yemen's restive southern governorates have been uncharacteristically quiet during Ramadan, even as the war in Sa'ada rages and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed a late July [...]
2009-09-15 14:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER YM
09SANSALVADOR1055GOES TO VOTE FOR BURMA, IRAN, DPRK UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 21:18:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ES
09SEOUL1513SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...]
2009-09-23 07:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR
09SEOUL365SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel and cleared by Seoul's Core Emergency Action Committee: POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ I. Demonstrations A. (C) Are there any ethnic or religious communities in-country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstra [...]
2009-03-11 05:08:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER KS
09SEOUL455IRAN CALLS FOR "BOLD STEPS" FROM OBAMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi visited Seoul with several senior Iranian legal and diplomatic officials March 16-18 at the invitation of ROK Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon. Shahroudi, his Senior Advisor for International Affairs Mohammad Javad [...]
2009-03-23 07:59:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEINV EAID PINR PREF PREL KS IR AF IZ PK
09SEOUL68PRESS BULLETIN - January 14, 2009
[...] Why Is U.S. Attacking ROK Cars Only? (JoongAng Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. U.S. Replaces Apache Helicopters Not with A-10 Aircrafts But with F-16 Fighter Jets, Leaving a Possible Military Vacuum (Dong-a Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 10) 3. North Korea's Double-faced St [...]
2009-01-14 08:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09STATE101238(C/NF) EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERSHIP (C-AL9-01941)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN RECENT MONTHS, EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN--AND SOME UNUSUALLY CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRAISING VENEZUELA--AND IT APPEARS THAT VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL [...]
2009-09-29 15:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL SCUL AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC VE
09STATE129480DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Rome, Canberra, Ankara, Jakarta, New Delhi, Brasilia, Oslo, Baghdad, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna, Stockholm, Mexico City, Pretoria, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Ashgabat, Beijing, and the U.S. Mission to the Eu [...]
2009-12-18 18:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETCASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IT NZ TU ID
09STATE2046MEK FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (FTO)
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Baghdad, Paris, London, USEU Brussels and Ottawa. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to the MEK,s July 2008 petition requesting a review of the organization,s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO),the Secr [...]
2009-01-08 23:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR FR EUN
09STATE41764BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT
[...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...]
2009-04-26 20:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09STATE61286U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. The USG is considering signing the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),the international agreement establishing the organization, in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Per reftels A and B, the D [...]
2009-06-13 17:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE80163(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the United Nations (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the United Nations (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the [...]
2009-07-31 20:24:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPKO KUNR
09STATE90247ACTION REQUEST - CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 7 and 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In May of 2010, the UN General Assembly in New York will elect new members to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Election to the HRC is done by regional group. There are four open seats for the Asia group an [...]
2009-08-28 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR
09STATE94757DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Baghdad, Berlin, Brasilia, Canberra, Doha, Jakarta, London, Mexico, Muscat, New Dehli, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, Vienna, and the U.S. Mission to the European Union. Please see the action request in paragraph 5 [...]
2009-09-11 18:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR
09STOCKHOLM599WHO IS CARL BILDT?
[...] (C) Summary. As Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt heads to New York and Washington, we wanted to give you some background on this independent-minded individual who nevertheless wants very much to work with the United States to solve a variety of international problems. --A product of the C [...]
2009-09-21 14:08:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AF IR RU SW
09TASHKENT1257Uzbekistan: International Conference Addresses Problems and
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan and the Marshall Center co-hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security and stabilizing Afghanistan on June 17-18 in Tashkent. Uzbek participants appear to have been instructed to lobby for international support of Presid [...]
2009-07-20 10:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PINS
09TASHKENT223UZBEKISTAN: IV ALUMNUS AND DISABLED RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: On January 21 an independent news website reported that Chairman of the Uzbek Society of the Disabled (and International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP] alumnus) Oybek Isoqov had been arrested on charges of bribery. When CAO met with him on February 13, Isoqov denied all wrong [...]
2009-02-26 13:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TELAVIV105ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1052ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the first day of Pope Benedict XVIQs visit to Israel. The media, taking their cue from Israeli public figures, are critical of the pope for what was [...]
2009-05-12 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV12ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
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