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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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00BANDARSERIBEGAWAN695SULTAN OF BRUNEI'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON CONCERNING APEC
[...] FOLLOWING IS AN ADVANCE COPY OF SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER 15-16 APEC LEADERS MEETING IN BRUNEI. WE EXPECT THAT BRUNEI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON WILL DELIVER THE ORIGINAL. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF SULTAN'S LETTER. YOUR EXCELLENCY, [...]
2000-10-12 07:18:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDAPEC ECON OPDC BX
00HANOI1160 A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...]
2000-05-26 08:46:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL
00HANOI1298VIETNAM'S QUANG NINH PROVINCE: COAL, ECOTOURISM, AND CHINA?
[...] NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM'S QUANG NINH PROVINCE IS BLESSED WITH TWO NATURAL ENDOWMENTS: ABUNDANT HIGH- QUALITY COAL AND STRIKING SCENERY. IT CONTAINS MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF VIETNAM'S COAL RESERVES AND MINES TEN MILLION TONS A YEAR. LIKE MANY OTHER VIETNAMESE STATE-OWNED SECTORS, HOWEVER, THE [...]
2000-06-13 10:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN ENRG EIND ELAB SENV VM
00HANOI1299VIETNAM'S BANK SYSTEM REFORM PLAN: TIME TO IMPLEMENT
[...] (SBU) THE IMF/WORLD BANK ENHANCED STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT FACILITY (ESAF) AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT CREDIT (SAC) AGREEMENTS FOR VIETNAM HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS DUE TO DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE PACE AND EXTENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM'S (GVN) ECONOMIC REFORMS IN THE AREAS OF [...]
2000-06-14 00:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID VM FINREF SOE
00HANOI1493CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLESSES KEY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REPORTS AFTER DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TENTH COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM, WHICH CONCLUDED JULY 4, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FINALIZING KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS FOR THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS NEXT MARCH. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AGREED ON DRAFT TEXTS OF THE [...]
2000-07-10 11:12:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD PREL VM
00HANOI1615AVERAGE VIETNAMESE COMMENT ON ECONOMIC CHANGE IN TWO POOR HANOI NEIGHBORHOODS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF HANOI ARE ATTRACTING LARGE NUMBERS OF "IMMIGRANTS" FROM DEPRESSED RURAL AREAS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. MANUFACTURING JOBS HERE, THOUGH MISERABLY PAID BY U.S. STANDARDS, NEVERTHELESS PAY FAR MORE THAN THE PEASANT FARMS THEY LEAVE BEHIND. TO GET A FIRST HAND L [...]
2000-07-27 10:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PGOV PREL ECON VM
00HANOI1816US-ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERSHIP WITH VIETNAM
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAS 6-7. 2. POLCOUNS AND POLOFF CALLED ON MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR PHAM HUU CHI AUGUST 15 TO DISCUSS VIETNAM'S DESIGNATION AS THE U.S' CURRENT ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNER AND EXPLORE PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE AREAS. CHI SAID THAT, AS FOREIGN MINISTER NG [...]
2000-08-24 09:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VM ASEAN
00HANOI2559DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON LY TONG INCIDENT AND MFA BRIEFING NOTES
[...] THE FOLLOWING DIPNOTE NO. 368, DATED 11/22/00 WAQS HANDED TO THE AMBASSADOR AT THE MEETING NOTED IN REFTEL. 2. BEGIN TEXT. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 0 [...]
2000-11-22 09:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC VM
00HANOI2560 AMBASSADOR'S 11/22/00 MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER BIN: LY TONG INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) FOLLOWING HIS PRESENTATION OF VIEWS REGARDING THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON (REFTEL),VICE MINISTER BIN EXPRESSED HIS AND HIS GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN OVER THE LY TONG INCIDENT WHICH THE AMBASSADOR HAD RAISED. BIN PICKED UP ON THE AMBASSADOR'S REFERENCE TO TONG AS A [...]
2000-11-22 09:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VM
00HANOI686VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION
[...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...]
2000-04-05 07:48:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL
00HANOI765NOTES FROM SECDEF VISIT TO VIETNAM: PM KHAI TENSE, ANXIOUS TO DELIVER MESSAGE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) REFTELS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE COHEN TO VIETNAM, WHICH PROVIDED A SIPDIS STRONG BOOST TO BILATERAL RELATIONS. ONE INTERESTING SIDEBAR TO HIS VISIT WAS THE ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN MEE [...]
2000-04-13 09:25:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ECON PINR VM DPOL
00HANOI839PLANNING MINISTER AND HANO MAYOR REPRIMANDED BY VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTE
[...] (U) CLASIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THREE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEBERS -- MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT GIA, ANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NGHIEN, AND BIN THUAN PROVINCIAL PARTY CHIEF TRUNG -- WERE CENSRED FOR MISMANAGEMENT AT THE 10-DAY PLENUM [...]
2000-04-20 09:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL VM TRD DPOL
00HANOI864AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NAM DINH: AGRICULTURAL PROVINCE MAKES TEXTILES, CRAFTS; NGO'S HELP MEET LOCAL NEEDS
[...] SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST WORKING VISIT TO NAM DINH PROVINCE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF HANOI, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS, TOURED A STATE-OWNED TEXTILE PLANT AND VISITED NGO PROJECTS, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND A HOSPITAL. THOUGH THE PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP IS OPEN AND ENGAGING, THE LARGELY AGRIC [...]
2000-04-25 10:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV ECON EIND ETRD VM
00HARARE1901 ZIMBABWE FLOODING DISASTER SITUATION REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON THE IMPACTS AND NEEDS RESULTING FROM THE RECENT FLOODING DISASTER IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZIMBABWE, PRESENTED IN A DRAFT REPORT BY THE GOZ'S CIVIL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT RECENTLY OBTAINED BY THE MISSION. [...]
2000-04-07 07:49:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ZI
00HARARE2021 ZIMBABWE FLOODING DISASTER SITUATION REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: ON APRIL 6, MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER (MDRO) ATTENDED A THIRD GOVERNMENT-DONOR MEETING ON THE FLOODING DISASTER CHAIRED JOINTLY BY UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE RESREP) C. LOPES AND MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL HOUSING (MLGNH - PARENT MINISTRY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIV [...]
2000-04-13 12:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ZI
00HARARE2099ZIMBABWE COURT AGAIN ORDERS WAR
[...] ON APRIL 13, FOLLOWING THE HIGH COURT RULING THAT DAY, VICE PRESIDENT MSKIA (ACTING IN THE ABSENCE IN HAVANA OF PRESIDENT MUGABE) ORDERED THE WAR VETERANS TO WITHDRAW FROM THE COMMERCIAL FARMS THEY HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02099 14111 [...]
2000-04-14 11:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE2102MPINGA: MNANGAGWA PLAYS BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE
[...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA TOLD ME APRIL 14 THAT HE HAS KNOWN SOUTH AFRICAN/CONGOLESE BUSINESSMAN KALAA MPINGA FOR FOUR YEARS. MPINGA, WHOSE AGE HE GUESSED TO BE 38- 40, IS THE NEPHEW OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO'S MINISTER OF STATE [...]
2000-04-15 10:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ZI CG
00HARARE2197MUGABE MEETS PROTAGONISTS IN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL FARM CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE RECENTLY HAS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AND THE WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION THAT IS SPEARHEADING THE OCCUPATIONS OF FARMS, BOTH SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER. AS OF APRIL 20 IN HARARE, THE GENERAL SENSE IS THAT THE MEETINGS HAVE SOM [...]
2000-04-20 16:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE2198S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH MUGABE CONFIDANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...]
2000-04-21 19:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2206SUBJECT: WOLPE/MUGABE TETE-A-TETE
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS FOUR AND TWENTY EIGHT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN A FORTY FIVE MINUTE TETE-A-TETE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MUGABE AND I HAD A CORDIAL BUT FRANK EXCHANGE ON ZIMBABWE'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL CRISIS. I TOLD THE ZIMBABWEAN PRES [...]
2000-04-24 13:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG PREL PHUM PINS ZI EAGR EAID
00HARARE2222S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...]
2000-04-25 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2271 U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR LAND REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE PROVIDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE, THE STATUS OF ZIMBABWE'S CURRENT SECOND PHASE OF ITS LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME (LRRP II),USAID AND OTHER DONOR ASSISTANCE FOR LRRP II, AND THE STATUS OF TH [...]
2000-04-27 10:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ZI
00HARARE2906FORMER PRESIDENT CANAAN BANANA SENTENCED TO
[...] ON MAY 29, THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT UPHELD A HIGH COURT CONVICTION OF ZIMBABWE'S FORMER NON-EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT CANAAN BANANA (1980-1987),SENTENCING HIM TO ONE-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR 11 COUNTS OF SEXUAL OFFENSES. BANANA WAS CONVICTED IN THE HIGH COURT IN JANUARY 1999 FOR 11 COUNTS OF SODOMY [...]
2000-06-01 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ZI
00HARARE3029 INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS REPORT "SYSTEMATIC" TORTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF MEDICAL EXPERTS TOLD DIPLOMATS JUNE 5, FOLLOWING A FACT-FINDING MISSION, THAT THEY HAD FOUND "CLEAR OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMATIC TORTURE" IN ZIMBABWE THAT IS ELECTION-RELATED. AFTER EXAMINING TEN PURPORTED VICTIMS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTU [...]
2000-06-07 10:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EU ZI
00HARARE3078POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE: SHOCKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SEVERAL WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 5 OF THE CONTINUING POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THEIR OCCUPIED PROPERTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, DURING PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THEM IN MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. A BLACK MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...]
2000-06-07 16:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3460DESPITE STIFF COMPETITION, POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, THIS CABLE OFFERS POST'S PREDICTIONS FOR HOTSPOTS AND TOUGH RACES AMONG CONSTITUENCIES IN ZIMBABWE'S TEN PROVINCES. THE MDC IS EXPECTED TO FARE VERY WELL IN MOST PROVINCES, WITH ITS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE COMING FROM THE TRADITIONA [...]
2000-06-23 13:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB PINR ZI
00HARARE3504 COUNTING PROCESS OF ELECTION VOTES IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) PER REFTEL CON, THE FOLLOWING IS THE COUNTING PROCESS FOR VOTES IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE TIME POLLS ARE CLOSED UNTIL THE RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED: -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER SEALS THE WOODEN BOX (ONLY ONE PER POLLING STATION) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAST VOTE IS DEPOSITED. THE BOXES ARE SEALED WIT [...]
2000-06-27 15:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ZI
00HARARE3615FOURTH OF JULY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT MUGABE
[...] No summary [...]
2000-07-03 13:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV ZI US
00HARARE3637AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FINANCE MINISTER MURERWA AND HEARS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 3 MEETING WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER, MURERWA TOLD US THAT HALTING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC TAILSPIN WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IN PART AS A RESPONSE TO THE STRONG SHOWING OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. HE COULD NOT PROVIDE US SPECIFIC [...]
2000-07-05 13:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE4611NEW TRADE MINISTER MOYO IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
[...] (C) NEW INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AUGUST 15 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS DETERMINED TO SEIZE 3,000 FARMS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION. MOYO CLAIMED THAT MOST CABINET MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM EFFOR [...]
2000-08-17 16:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PINR PHUM ZI EFIN EAGR
00HARARE4849DROC FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HARARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DROC FOREIGN MINISTER YERODIA PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE ON AUGUST 29 TO ASSUAGE HARARE'S CONCERNS AFTER PRESIDENT KABILA SAID HE WOULD SEEK TO REVISE THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT. AMBASSADOR MCDONALD OBTAINED A READOUT ON YERODIA'S VISIT FOM NEW MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY AND THE UND [...]
2000-08-31 16:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE5350GOVERNMENT CONTINUES STOPGAP FUEL ACQUISITION
[...] (SBU) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTING, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SIGNED A ZIM$2.5 BILLION (APPROXIMATELY USD 50 MILLION) LINE OF CREDIT WITH PRETRONAS, THE MALAYSIAN OIL COMPANY. MOTOR FUELS WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE COUNTRY OVERLAND, BY RAIL AND ROAD, BY ENGEN. THE MALAYSIAN COMPANY, WHICH HAS [...]
2000-09-22 10:24:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EIND PGOV AMGT ZI
00HARARE5579MNANGAGWA ON KABILA'S VISIT TO HARARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD VISITED SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND DROC INTERLOCUTOR EMMERSON MNANGAGWA SEPTEMBER 29 TO TRY TO GET A READOUT OF KABILA'S BRIEF HARARE VISIT THE PREVIOUS DAY. ALTHOUGH MNANGAGWA DID NOT SIT IN ON KABILA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE (HE IS TRYING TO "PHASE OUT [...]
2000-09-29 13:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE5602MBEKI TO CONVENE MEETING OF EXTERNAL
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR REACHED FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY PHONE ON OCTOBER 2 TO FOLLOW UP ON REF A DEMARCHE. MUDENGE HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE WHEN DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SEPTEMBER 29 (REF B). AMBASSADOR URGED MUDENGE TO USE ZIMBABWE'S INFLU [...]
2000-10-03 12:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
00HARARE5629ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY SAYS MDC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 4, AMBASSADOR, R/P OFFICER, AND POLOFF (NOTETAKER) CALLED ON MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, WHO OVERSEES THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO). IN A ONE-ON- ONE MEETING, AMBASSADOR URGED GOCHE TO USE RESTRAINT IN DEALING WITH MDC LEADER [...]
2000-10-04 17:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG
00HARARE5677BLEAK WORLD BANK ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESK OFFICER, IN HARARE ON AN ORIENTATION TRIP, AND ECONOFF MET WITH ROGIER VAN DEN BRINK, WORLD BANK DEPUTY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND SENIOR ECONOMIST IN HARARE ON OCTOBER 5 TO OBTAIN HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE. VAN DEN BRINK MADE CLEAR DURING THE M [...]
2000-10-09 12:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE6189AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 1, AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF MET WITH NEW ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SAVIOUR "TYSON" KASUKUWERE TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN HIS PARTY. KASUKUWERE, A YOUNGISH BUSINESSMAN WITH STRONG PARTY TIES, SAID THAT THE LAND ISSUE HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT O [...]
2000-11-02 14:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
00HARARE6282 UNDP LAND REFORM INITIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO DEBRIEFED DONORS ON NOVEMBER 1 ON THE UNDP TEAM'S REPORT ON THE "LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE". THE RESREP OPENED THE MEETING BY STATING THAT THE REPORT WAS A DRAFT, WORKING DOCUMENT, COMPLETED BY AN INDEPENDENT MISSION, WHICH, THUS REFLECTS THE TEAM'S [...]
2000-11-07 16:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV EAID ZI
00HARARE6566ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET; A REALISTIC, AND TOO CONFIDENTIAL
[...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 16 ZIMBABWE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, ANNOUNCED ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET IN A READING BEFORE PARLIAMENT. IN OUR OPINION THE BUDGET HONESTLY DEPICTS THE SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS THE NATION IS TRAPPED IN, IS CREATIVE IN ITS ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS PRO [...]
2000-11-22 16:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV BEXP ZI
00HARARE7159INYIKA TRUST, A NEW PLAYER ON THE LAND ISSUE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 5, TERENCE HUSSEIN, AN ATTORNEY AFFILIATED WITH INYIKA TRUST, MET WITH ECONOFF AT THE EMBASSY. INYIKA TRUST IS A NEWLY REGISTERED NGO IN ZIMBABWE WHOSE STATED PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO COMMUNAL FARMERS AND LANDLESS BLACK ZIMBABWEANS. [...]
2000-12-20 10:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PREL PHUM PINR ZI
00HARARE7286SUPREME COURT RULES ON CFU LAND CASE, DECISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 21 THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS RULING ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE BROAD LAWSUIT FILED BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) (REFTEL E). THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT TWO OF THE DECLARATIONS (CHARG [...]
2000-12-29 11:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAGR EAID ZI
00HOCHIMINHCITY1176STOCK MARKET OPENS IN HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] VIETNAM'S FIRST OFFICIAL STOCK MARKET, THE HO CHI MINH CITY SECURITIES TRADING CENTER (STC),OPENED JULY 20 WITH GREAT FANFARE. ALTHOUGH THE OPENING OF A SECURITIES MARKET, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT CAME ON THE HEELS OF SIGNING THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, IS SIGNIFICANT AS A SYMBOL OF CONTINUED [...]
2000-07-21 09:03:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL VM PGOV SOCI CIVS FINREF
00HOCHIMINHCITY991PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS REFUSE TO MEET WITH CONGEN
[...] CONGEN DPO AND POLOFF CANCELLED A VISIT TO DAC LAC AND BINH PHUOC PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IN EARLY JUNE AFTER PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES REFUSED TO MEET WITH THEM. ORIGINALLY, THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OF BINH PHUOC PROVINCE AGREED TO MEET PROVIDED THE DISCUSSIONS DID [...]
2000-06-13 10:00:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM VM
00KINSHASA8484WEEKLY MONUC PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: MONUC HELD ITS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 20 AND DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332 TO THE PRESS. MONUC'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN MADE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, MONUC HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF ZIMBABWE'S "ORDERS OF DISENGAGEMENT" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HARARE SUB [...]
2000-12-20 15:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL PGOV CG KDMR KPAO CGOPRC
00KINSHASA8501MORJANE ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY
[...] AMBASSADOR MORJANE ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY DECEMBER 21 TO SUMMARIZE THE POLITICAL/MILITARY SITUATION IN THE DRC AT YEAR'S END, AND TO COMMUNICATE THE DIRECTION OF MONUC IN LIGHT OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332. 2. OVERALL, MORJANE VIEWED THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY IN THE DRC AS " [...]
2000-12-22 07:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CG
00KINSHASA8532KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) The following two-part series reports on Embassy staff member's recent visit to Kisangani, capitol of Oriental Province. Part one addresses the military and security situation, and Part two the political and economic issues facing Kisangani and the province. 2. (C) Summary: During vi [...]
2000-12-23 10:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PINS PREL ECON PGOV
00KINSHASA8538KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS (II)
[...] (C) Following is the second and final part of a report on an Embassy staff member's visit to Kisangani November 28-December 1. This message covers the political and economic situation in Kisangani. 2. (C) Political Situation Emboff accompanied a Human Rights Law Group represe [...]
2000-12-26 11:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG ECON PGOV PINS PREL
00KINSHASA8621DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...]
2000-12-28 13:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
00SANAA5396SALEH'S RHETORIC OVER THE TOP, BUT POLICY UNCHANGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BA JAMMAL NOVEMBER 20, THE AMBASSADOR CONVEYED U.S. CONCERNS THAT PRESIDENT SALEH'S RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AT SUCH A TENSE TIME, THE ROYG SHOULD BE PUBLICLY URGING BOTH SIDES TO RETURN TO TH [...]
2000-11-20 13:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP YM
00STATE228666ICASS POST ORIENTATION PACKAGE FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
[...] No summary [...]
2000-12-01 18:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KICA
00STATE229648REFUGEE PROCESSING: EMBASSY REFERRALS
[...] THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP). 2. SUMMARY. THIS CABLE REMINDS POSTS THAT THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO IDENTIFY AND REFER APPLICANTS FOR POSSIBLE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IN THE U.S. IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON WHICH REFUGEES MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FOR REFERRAL TO THE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM. [...]
2000-12-04 17:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CVIS KSEP PHUM
00STATE229699FDA PROPOSAL TO WITHDRAW APPROVAL FOR USE OF
[...] SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 26, 2000, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE PROPOSED WITHDRAWING ITS PREVIOUS APPROVAL FOR FLUOROQUINOLONES USED THERAPEUTICALLY IN POULTRY. THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST POSTS IN RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICI [...]
2000-12-04 19:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD
00THEHAGUE1665DEMARCHE ON PERUVIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) WE SHARED REFTEL POINTS JUNE 5 WITH ROELAND VAN DE GEER, A/S EQUIVALENT FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IN THE MFA. VAN DE GEER EXPRESSED SOME FRUSTRATION THAT THE EU HAD NOT YET ISSUED A STATEMENT SINCE THE SECOND ROUND OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS. HE SAID THE DUTCH PUSHED FOR A STRONG EU STATEMEN [...]
2000-06-05 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PE NL
00THEHAGUE1863READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
[...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...]
2000-06-22 12:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE
00THEHAGUE1868SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL GRAMM TO THE
[...] Summary: With a booming economy, ample budget surpluses, and a rapidly declining national debt, the Netherlands is exceptionally well positioned for the coming of the euro. So far, businessmen believe that the benefits of the transition have far exceeded the costs, but the Dutch Central Bank [...]
2000-06-22 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC EFIN NL EUN
01ABUJA1007OAU HIV/AIDS SUMMIT IN ABUJA
[...] Thirty-five African heads of state attended the Extraordinary OAU Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases held in Abuja April 26- 27. Featured guest speakers included UN Secretary General Koffi Annan and former President Bill Clinton. Jerry Rawlings, former Pr [...]
2001-05-07 10:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV PREL SOCI OAU NI
01ABUJA1040THE MPRI PAYMENT SAGA
[...] SUMMARY: After numerous low, medium and high-level conversations with officials at the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Presidency, Post believes payment of USD 3.2 million for the MPRI reprofessionalization program may be received within one week. (U [...]
2001-05-09 05:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL EFIN NI
01ABUJA1155PROGRESS ON OFR BASING ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA Bittrick, DATT and PolMilOff called on Minister of Army Batagarawa May 16. Batagarawa was pleased to hear about the improved levels of cooperation from the Nigerian military on OFR and MPRI. He thought basing alternatives for the 65th and 73rd battalions could be found, an [...]
2001-05-18 12:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR NI
01ABUJA1276RULING PARTY EXPELS DISSIDENT POLITICIANS
[...] (U) The ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP) on May 31 expelled five dissident members of its Board of Trustees, and three elected party officers, for "anti-party activities." Membership in or open support for newly founded political "formations" formed the dissidents' offense. The rise of [...]
2001-06-07 08:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS NI
01ABUJA1312NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS
[...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...]
2001-06-13 07:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI
01ABUJA1380NIGERIA: VISA FRAUD ON LAGOS/NYC FLIGHT--MEETINGS
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe and Minister of Internal Affairs Afolabi during the week of June 11 to discuss the problem of fraudulent U.S. visas and other travel documentation on the direct Lagos-New York flight, and to discuss solutions. The Ambassado [...]
2001-06-18 14:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CVIS PGOV NI
01ABUJA1419NIGERIA'S MACROECONOMIC PICTURE - WHERE WE STAND AT YEAR TWO OF DEMOCRACY
[...] Economic policy and performance in 2000 and so far in 2001 have been mixed. Growth may have been sufficient to produce a small "democracy dividend" and privatization is moving ahead. The GON remains committed to fuel deregulation. Nevertheless, the 2000 and even more the 2001 budgets have [...]
2001-06-19 16:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ENRG EFIN NI
01ABUJA1448NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES IN NASARAWA STATE:
[...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa highlight long-standing and bitter disputes over land and community status. "Settlers" and indigenes trade reprisal raids, burning homes, seizing property, and taking lives. The State Government struggles to effect dialogue b [...]
2001-06-22 18:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS NI
01ABUJA1526NIGERIA: BILATERAL DEBT NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) Director General of the Debt Management Office Mr. A.S. Arikawe told Economic Section Chief June 27 that he remains pessimistic on prospects for an early resolution of USG/GON differences regarding the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Cl [...]
2001-06-29 15:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN NI PREL
01ABUJA1624NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR PETROLEUM RILWANU LUKMAN--DOWNSTREAM DEREGULATION STILL ON TRACK; REFINERY REHABILITATION MISHANDLED
[...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...]
2001-07-10 12:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ELAB ECON NI
01ABUJA1687NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS
[...] Summary. The Military Public Affairs Workshop organized by the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy for the public relations officers of the Nigerian armed forces and for defense journalists succeeded beyond all expectations. Director of the American Forces Information Service Cliff Bernath [...]
2001-07-17 12:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC MARR NI
01ABUJA1688NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO EXPLAINS AWARD DECISION FOR DELTA II AND III POWER PLANT PROJECT
[...] Summary. In a July 6 letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham (original forwarded to AF/W for transmittal to DOE),President Obasanjo provided the most comprehensive and clear explanation for the reasons behind the decision to award Marubeni/Hitachi the contract to rehabi [...]
2001-07-17 13:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1919NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD
[...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative Mohammed Daggash, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, on July 26. Both Messrs. Nnanna and Daggash asserted that the Second Supplementary Appropriation Ac [...]
2001-08-02 08:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI
01ABUJA1932NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA
[...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...]
2001-08-02 15:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALETRD NI PREL MASS CH
01ABUJA2026NIGERIA: THE 2002-2003 ELECTIONS -- THE "BIG ENCHILADA"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Joe Baxter, Nigeria Country Director for the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),called on Ambassador Jeter on August 6 to discuss the 2002 local government (LG) elections and the national elections in 2003. Baxter also discussed the National Identity Card and Vo [...]
2001-08-14 13:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV NI
01ABUJA2073NIGERIA: PRELIMINARY REACTIONS TO U.S.
[...] On August 15, EconOff met with Debt Management Office Director-General, Akin S. Arikawe, to discuss USG reactions to Nigeria's proposals for the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement as described Ref A. Arikawe read through the entire document with EconOff and provided immediate reactions to a [...]
2001-08-17 17:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA NI
01ABUJA2074THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE: NIGERIA'S DRUG
[...] No summary [...]
2001-08-17 18:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKCRM NI PGOV SNAR
01ABUJA2106NIGERIA: POST RESPONSE TO IRF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
[...] Mission strongly disagrees with some of the statements made in the draft IRF Executive Summary on Nigeria emailed to Post. In the interest of accuracy, we suggest replacing the text on pages 12 and 13 with the following: "While the violence of early 2000 was not repeated during the repor [...]
2001-08-24 12:15:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM NI
01ABUJA2151NIGERIA: GOVERNOR OF KEBBI'S THOUGHTS ON THE NIGERIAN POLITICAL SCENE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kebbi, Mohammed Aleiro, called on Ambassador Jeter on August 26. Aleiro was in Abuja prior to his trip with President Obasanjo to China. In addition to a discussion of Kebbi-specific issues, Aleiro stated that he did not believe Babangida would run against Obasan [...]
2001-08-29 12:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR NI
01ABUJA2226STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA
[...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...]
2001-09-06 10:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI
01ABUJA2263NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON ABACHA FUNDS
[...] (C) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with the letter are 26 pages of attachments making up the forensic report referred to in the letter. Begin text: 5 September 2001 Dear President, [...]
2001-09-10 11:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI
01ABUJA2286NIGERIA: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO
[...] (U) On 12 September, just after midnight, the Embassy received the following letter of condolence from President Obasanjo to President Bush. The signed original has been pouched to AF/W, a copy faxed to the Department. Begin text: 12 September 2001 Dear President, On behalf [...]
2001-09-12 09:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC NI
01ABUJA2289NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F),and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...]
2001-09-12 16:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL
01ABUJA2396NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION DELAYED
[...] Summary. The GON recently announced a two-month delay in the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications, Ltd. (NITEL) originally scheduled for September 2001. According to BPE Advisor Michael Dan, NITEL's privatization would more likely be delayed until February-March 2002 and may not att [...]
2001-09-21 06:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA2404NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...]
2001-09-21 10:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER XA
01ABUJA2420NIGERIAN ARMY TROOP ROTATION COMPLETELY CANCELLED
[...] (U) This is IIR 6 871 0371 01, repeated through State Channels to ensure wider distribution outside of DOD. begin text: 2. (C/NF) Summary: Nigerian army staff stated that latest troop rotation cancelled. Elements of one battalion that had begun to move to Sierra Leone will be recalled [...]
2001-09-21 16:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2421NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...]
2001-09-22 13:52:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER XA
01ABUJA2451NIGERIA: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON UNAMSIL ROTATIONS,
[...] (C) CDA Andrews, accompanied by DATT, called on Minister of Defense Danjuma 25 September. After the Minister offered his personal condolences on the attacks against the U.S., and CDA offered his condolences for the victims of the Jos riot, he raised the USG request that Nigeria adjust its troo [...]
2001-09-26 08:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2480U.S. MOVE TOWARD AFRICAN WTO POSITIONS APPLAUDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fourth Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community Conference of Trade Ministers September 22-23 in Abuja, Nigeria ended with widespread appreciation for U.S. movement toward African WTO positions on agriculture, intellectual property, the environment, labor iss [...]
2001-09-27 15:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD OVIP NI WTO
01ABUJA2510NORTHERN GOVERNORS ON SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (U) Summary: During a tour of Northern Nigeria the week of September 23, Poloff discussed with six governors--Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna--the security situation in their respective states. Presently army troops are responsible for order in Kaduna, Jos, and Tafawa Balewa [...]
2001-10-03 09:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PTER PINS PINR KISL CASC EAID NI
01ABUJA2518NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt Management Office Director-General Akin Arikawe, EconOff learned that, from recent meetings with the IMF and USG officials in Washington, the GON is cautiously optimistic of a [...]
2001-10-03 15:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA2542MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2001-10-09 11:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN SNAR NI
01ABUJA2559 OVERSEAS REACTION: NIGERIA
[...] Press reporting of humanitarian actions: The humanitarian actions were reported as straight news in Nigerian newspapers on Monday, October 8, quoting President Bush, but this news was buried deep in the stories that focused on the attacks on Taleban targets. Only one newspaper, the Nigerian [...]
2001-10-10 13:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC NI
01ABUJA2645NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USG ON ALL ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral economic issues, including the structure of the successor to the Joint Economic Partnership Committee (JEPC) and possible actions for Nigeria to crack-down on the [...]
2001-10-16 10:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI
01ABUJA2667NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]
2001-10-18 20:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2709DRAFT 2001 COUNTRY HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR NIGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2001-10-24 21:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KSEP NI PHUM
01ABUJA2758 NIGERIA ON TRIPS, AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES
[...] EconOff delivered reftel information on 25 October to Mr. Y.T. Agah, Assistant Director responsible for Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. Agah raised concern over geographical indication (GI) protections for indigenous plants, especially those with medicinal value, and [...]
2001-10-29 14:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD NI WTO USTR
01ABUJA2786RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...]
2001-10-31 13:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI
01ABUJA2792RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...]
2001-11-01 11:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP
01ABUJA2827NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE FROM SSS DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a November 2 meeting, SSS DG Are briefed the CDA on the recent violence in Benue. It was a mystery to Are how the 19 murdered soldiers had let themselves be disarmed. Are insisted the Army was investigating the alleged reprisals against villagers and planned to punish [...]
2001-11-06 10:18:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPINS MOPS PREF PGOV NI
01ABUJA2863FLOOD DISASTER IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
[...] SUMMARY: OFDA SENT EDRC JAY NASH TO NORTHERN NIGERIA FOR FOUR DAYS TO ASSESS THE FLOODING THERE AND TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER ADDITIONAL OFDA SUPPORT (ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $25,000 TRANSFERRED AS A RESULT OF THE AMBASSADPR DISASTER DECLARATION) WOULD BE NEEDED. CROP D [...]
2001-11-14 07:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON PREL
01ABUJA2974NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...]
2001-11-24 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI
01ABUJA2980ECOWAS: KOUYATE LETTER TO GEN FULFORD
[...] (U) Embassy received the following letter (at para 2) from ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate to DCINC General Fulford, dated November 7. The original will be forwarded via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: Dear General, I wish to sincerely thank you for inviting the Economic C [...]
2001-11-26 17:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA3082NIGERIA: NEW DEFENSE ADVISOR APPOINTED
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Mission received Note S1540/2001 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated November 12. The text of the note is below. Please advise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria presents its complime [...]
2001-12-06 09:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NI OFPD
01ABUJA3162NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002
[...] The following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Mission Nigeria Proposals Program Overview Nigeria has significant strategic value to the United States. The world's eighth largest oil producer, Nigeria ranks as the fifth la [...]
2001-12-11 16:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA3228NIGERIA: NEW ELECTORAL LAW SPARKS CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo signed the controversial electoral law on December 6. By shifting local government elections from 2002 to 2003, the measure has pitted the National Assembly against the state governors in a struggle to gain influence over local governments and electoral politi [...]
2001-12-19 09:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
01ABUJA3237NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS:
[...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) has not concluded any of its 15 pending Paris Club bilateral agreements. The DMO has creatively used the comparability clause in the 2000 Agreed Minute to play cr [...]
2001-12-19 19:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN NI
01ABUJA3239NIGERIA: SSS DG ARE ON BENUE CONFLICT
[...] (C) Aware of the international attention to the conflict in Benue, State Security Service (SSS) Director General Kayode Are briefly gave his insights into the Tiv-Jukun inter-communal conflict to Ambassador Jeter on December 11. Explaining that the SSS was seen as an impartial party by all sid [...]
2001-12-20 17:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS NI
01ABUJA3270NIGERIA: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-27 11:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
01ABUJA3288NIGERIA'S ELECTORAL LAW CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo denies having added an unpopular clause to the Election Law, asserting that some legislators inserted the language after he had noted its absence. A senior legislator privately conceded the point, commenting that the legislators had grossly exceeded their man [...]
2001-12-31 16:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS NI
01ABUJA873Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...]
2001-04-25 14:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR NI SL
01ABUJA875CODEL Hastert Meets Obasanjo, National Assembly
[...] Summary. In a six hour visit on April 17, CODEL Hastert met with President Obasanjo, and, separately, with Speaker of the House Ghali Na'Abba and other assembly members. With Obasanjo Speaker Hastert emphasized USG commitment to AGOA, and to HIV/AIDS programming assistance and basic healthc [...]
2001-04-25 15:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL EFIN BEXP MASS SNAR NI
01ABUJA959Agreement on Strengthened Cease-fire in Sierra
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2 the ECOWAS Committee of Six, the UN, and the Sierra Leone Government reached a reaffirmation of the November 10, 2000 cease-fire agreement in Sierra Leone with RUF representatives lead by Omrie Golley. According to sources at ECOWAS, The RUF committed itself to the di [...]
2001-05-03 15:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS NI ECOWAS
01ACCRA2992 GHANA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-05 12:56:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL GH
01ASHGABAT1049BERDIEV SACKED; MEREDOV NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OPENED THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE MEJLIS (PARLIAMENT) JULY 7 WITH A SPEECH IN WHICH HE HARSHLY CRITICIZED AND THEN DISMISSED FOREIGN MINISTER BATYR BERDIEV. NIYAZOV ACCUSED BERDIEV OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF BERDIEV'S PERSONAL FAILINGS HE HAD BEE [...]
2001-07-09 12:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX
01BANJUL854GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...]
2001-10-15 15:04:00Embassy BanjulSECRETPTER PINR XA GA
01BEIJING12362HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINA´S LEADER
[...] (C) MOST CHINESE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF HEIR-APPARENT HU JINTAO´S PERSONAL VIEWS, BUT INSIDERS DESCRIBE HU AS A TALENTED BUREAUCRATIC PLAYER WITH SOLID CREDENTIALS TO SUCCEED JIANG ZEMIN. THEY REPORT THAT HU HAS STAKED OUT A MULTI-FACETED AND SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ROLE IN IMPORTANT AREAS OF PARTY AND [...]
2001-12-27 05:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CH
01BOGOTA8352OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST WINDS DOWN
[...] (C) THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY'S (COLMIL) "SEVENTH OF AUGUST" OPERATION, LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 17 AGAINST A 1,300 STRONG FARC FORCE IN THE EASTERN COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENTS OF GUAVIARE AND META IS WINDING DOWN. THE JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY IN ITS EARLY STAGES, [...]
2001-09-14 17:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO
01CAIRO7997EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE)
[...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE),IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...]
2001-12-10 16:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG
01DUBAI1141 POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, DUBAI-BASED TRADERS, AND IRANIANS RESIDENT IN DUBAI PROVIDED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF IRAN'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OF THOSE WHO EXPRESSED OPINI [...]
2001-09-15 08:41:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC
01GABORONE3435TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES
[...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...]
2001-10-22 16:00:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPINR PTER BC
01HANOI1017VIETNAM - U.S. VOTE ON WORLD BANK'S PRSC PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY URGES WASHINGTON AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) PROPOSAL TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BANK'S BOARD IN EARLY MAY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRSC, LIKE THE IMF'S POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRGF) CONSIDERED BY THE IMF BOARD [...]
2001-04-27 11:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE
01HANOI1026SOME HILL STAFFERS PUT HIGH PRIORITY ON WORKERS RIGHTS DURING RECENT VISITS TO VIETNAM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO VIETNAM GAVE HIGH PRIORITY TO LABOR ISSUES. IN MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS AND THE ILO, THE VISITORS HEARD WHAT VIETNAM IS DOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN WORKERS R [...]
2001-05-02 08:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR
01HANOI1245 A/S KELLY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE DEPUTY FM BIN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, U.S. ACTIVITIST GROUPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, FOLLOWING ARF SOM MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY ENGAGED IN CORDIAL BUT FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DINH BIN ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE CONTINUITY OF U.S. POLICIES IN THE REGION AND U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. BIN P [...]
2001-05-22 10:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD VM HUMANR CTERR
01HANOI2088 STAFFDEL REES MEETINGS WITH SRV OFFICIALS ON RELIGIOUS AND MINORITY AFFAIRS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOSEPH REES AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN GUNDERSON MET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE GVN'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGION AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AUGUST 10, ACCOMPANIED BY [...]
2001-08-27 06:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
01HANOI2634VIETNAM LABELLING: MADE IN WHEREVER -- RESPONSE
[...] WE RAISED OUR CONCERNS OVER RECENT REPORTS THAT VIETNAM HAD SUSPENDED THE APPLICATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS IN ITS NEW LABELING LAW WITH MINISTRY OF TRADE (MOT) VICE MINISTER LUONG VAN TU IN LATE SEPTEMBER; MOT INDICATED THEY WOULD REVIEW OUR REQUEST. WE STRESSED THAT TH [...]
2001-10-11 10:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTEX VM
01HANOI2949CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. EVIDENCE OF CATHOLIC LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI IS ABUNDANT IN MANY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOCATIONS BUT TENDS TO DIMINISH FARTHER NORTH. BISHOPS AND PRIESTS REPOR [...]
2001-11-13 06:37:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI2980 THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS: WHAT'S UP?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 1992 SRV CONSTITUTION REPRESENT ATTEMPTS TO ENABLE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC LIFE AND TO ADJUST THE ROLES OF VARIOUS PARTS OF GOVERNMENT, WITH POSSIBLE MORE POWER TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA). EXPECTED APPROVAL OF AT LEAST SOME AMENDMENTS [...]
2001-11-15 01:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL
01HANOI3019 10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03019 01 OF 03 160922Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE UPCOMING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) SESSION WILL CONVENE ON NOVEMBER 20. ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE US WILL BE PRIMARILY [...]
2001-11-16 09:19:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ETRD VM HUMANR DPOL BTA
01HANOI3080 PROVINCIAL CORRUPTION TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS GVN ANTI-GRAFT EFFORTS
[...] SUMMARY: A PROVINCIAL COURT HANDED DOWN STIFF SENTENCES ON NOVEMBER 20 TO A DOZEN STATE EMPLOYEES AND COMPANY EXECUTIVES CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND EMBEZZELMENT OF ANTI- POVERTY FUNDS FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN LAI CHAU PROVINCE. MEANWHILE, TOP LEADERS REAFFIRMED EFFORTS TO COMBAT CORRUP [...]
2001-11-23 09:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS ECON VM DPOL ETMIN
01HANOI3209SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SINGAPORE'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHANMUGAM JAYAKUMAR NOVEMBER 27-30 "SUCCESSFUL" VISIT TO HANOI INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ON HOW BETTER TO COOPERATE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDED FUTURE ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND AID. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) TERRORISM: JAYAKUM [...]
2001-12-07 04:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PINR ETRD VM SN ASEAN CTERR
01HANOI3266VIETNAM: TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] FOR THE RECORD, THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, AT LEGISLATURE 10, SESSION 10, PASSED A RESOLUTION TO AGREE TO RATIFY THE U.S.-VIETNAM BILATERAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03266 01 OF 02 170758Z TRADE AGREEMENT ON NOVEMBER 28, 200 [...]
2001-12-17 07:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON VM BTA
01HANOI3288 VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY
[...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM, THIS CG WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE UPBEAT THAN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THERE WAS MUCH UNANIMITY AMONG THE DONOR AND INTERNATIONAL NGO ATTE [...]
2001-12-20 08:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM FINREF SOE HUMANR HIV AIDS
01HANOI3290 MFA REACTS TO SAN FRANCISCO "TERRORIST" INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MFA AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR NGUYEN XUAN PHONG URGED STRONG USG ACTION IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HE TERMED THE "TERRORIST INCIDENT" DIRECTED AGAINST DPM NGUYEN TAN DZUNG DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK TO SAN FRANCISCO. IN A DECEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DCM, PHONG STRESSED THAT THIS WOU [...]
2001-12-20 10:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV VM CTERR
01HANOI396CENTRAL HIGHLANDS APPEAR CALM; VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MONITORING CLOSELY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO KEY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK HAVE STABILIZED, WITH NO MORE DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 10- 11. POLICE AND MILITARY PRESENCE REMAINS HEAVY IN THE [...]
2001-02-16 12:06:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI638LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...]
2001-03-19 09:36:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL
01HANOI641USDOL TEAM PRODUCES AMBITIOUS PLAN OF ACTION FOR WORK UNDER THE LABOR MOU
[...] SUMMARY: THE FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 1 TRIP TO HANOI BY A US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (USDOL) PROJECT DESIGN TEAM WAS A SUCCESS. AFTER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH VIETNAMESE LABOR OFFICIALS AND THE ILO AND OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, THE TEAM PRODUCED A PACKAGE OF PROJECT DESIGNS ADDRESSING A [...]
2001-03-20 00:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR
01HANOI686VIETNAM COMPLETES PRIOR ACTIONS FOR IMF/WORLD BANK STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPRESENTATIVES IN HANOI CONFIRM VIETNAM HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED PRIOR ACTIONS/CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE FUND'S PROPOSED POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRDF) AND THE BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) FOR VIETNAM TO BE SUBMITT [...]
2001-03-23 10:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE
01HANOI952ACTIVITIES OF PHIEU AND MANH IN THE RUN-UP TO THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS FORESHADOWED CHANGES
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FIERCE JOCKEYING AMONG THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) LEADERSHIP THAT PEAKED AT THE APRIL 19-22 NINTH PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS. (REFTELS DETAIL OUR EXPECTATION THAT NATIONAL ASSEMB [...]
2001-04-20 11:19:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI965NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...]
2001-04-23 11:01:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL
01HARARE1178ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...]
2001-03-30 12:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE1536CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI REFERRED
[...] (U) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI APPEARED BEFORE HIGH COURT JUDGE MOSES CHINHENGO ON SIPDIS MAY 7 TO FACE CHARGES -- UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT -- OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE AND OF INCITING PUBLIC VIOLENCE. AS REPORTED REFTEL, TH [...]
2001-05-07 16:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1798MDC LEADER DISCUSSES ZANU-PF STRATEGY, SOUTH AFRICA, THE
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD CHARGE ON JUNE 4 THAT THE DEATHS THE PAST MONTH SIPDIS OF THREE ZANU-PF STALWARTS, THE LOSS OF THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION, AND THE BACKLASH FROM THE WAR VETERANS' "LABOR DISPUTE" CAMPAIGN MIGHT LEAD THE RULING PART [...]
2001-06-05 12:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1955 LETTER FROM ZIMBABWEAN FM MUDENGE TO SECRETARY
[...] (U) ON JUNE 19, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE SIPDIS CONVOKED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF TO DELIVER A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO SECRETARY POWELL. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL HAS BEEN POUCHED TO AF/S. THE TEXT OF THE LE [...]
2001-06-19 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC ZI
01HARARE2439CHANGE IN CHARGES AGAINST DAILY NEWS JOURNALISTS
[...] THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FOUR JOURNALISTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" WERE CHANGED LATE ON AUGUST 16. THE FOUR JOURNALISTS (EDITOR GEOFF NYAROTA, DEPUTY EDITOR BILL SAIDI, NEWS EDITOR JOHN GAMBANGA AND REPORTER SAM MUNYAVI) ARE NOW CHARGED WITH "DISTRIBUTION OR CIRCULATIO [...]
2001-08-17 09:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ZI PHUM
01HARARE2480UNDP AND DONORS MEET ON FOOD AID FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO MET WITH A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE DONOR COMMUNITY ON AUGUST 20 AT THE FORMER'S INVITATION TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FOOD AID FRONT. THE GROUP FOCUSED IN SEQUENCE ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS, ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUMANITARIAN SECRE [...]
2001-08-22 11:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EAGR ZI
01HARARE2686TFUS01: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT MUGABE
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ROBERT G. MUGABE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DELIVERED ON SEPTEMBER 12. POST WILL POUCH THE ORIGINAL TO AF/S. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 12 SEPTEMBER, 2001 MR. GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ST [...]
2001-09-12 15:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ZI
01HARARE3004TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]
2001-10-09 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3330MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY HOLDS FORTH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON NOVEMBER 6, AMBASSADOR PAID AN INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON WILLARD CHIWEWE, PERMANENT SECRETARY (AND THIRD-RANKING OFFICER) AT THE MINISTRY OF SIPDIS FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AFTER INITIAL EXCHANGES ON THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM AND GOZ COOPERATION IN PROTECTING AMCITS AFFECTED BY TH [...]
2001-11-07 09:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3341MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-08 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3530GOVERNMENT-OWNED RADIO ABOLISHES CALL-IN CURRENT
[...] THE STATE-OWNED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) HAS CONVERTED ONE OF ITS FOUR RADIO STATIONS INTO AN 18-HOUR PER DAY SPORTS CHANNEL. THE NEW CHANNEL, NAMED "SPORTS FM," OCCUPIES THE FREQUENCY FORMERLY USED BY RADIO Â [...]
2001-11-26 05:57:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3550 BULAWAYO AFTER NOVEMBER 16 - A CHANGED CITY
[...] ( C ) SUMMARY: MBOFF VISITED ZIMBABWE'S SECOND CITY ON NOVEMBER21 TO GAUGE THE SITUATION IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEBER 16 VIOLENCE AND TO MEET WITH AMERICAN CITIZES TO DISCUSS THEIR SAFETY. ON THE SURFACE, THE ITY APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, BUT THERE S A NEW AND WIDESPREAD SENSE OF TE [...]
2001-11-27 07:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ZI
01HARARE3612UNDP TEAM FINDS LITTLE TO APPLAUD IN ABUJA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UNDP-LED MISSION TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH, AND SUGGEST WAYS FORWARD ON THE ABUJA ACCORD ON LAND REFORM HAS FOUND MOSTLY FRUSTRATIONS AND ONLY OCCASIONAL BRIGHT SPOTS DURING THEIR EXTENDED MISSION IN ZIMBABWE. PATTERNS VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THE DISRUPTION PROV [...]
2001-12-03 14:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PGOV ZI
01HARARE3635 LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ACTING PRESIDENT
[...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS DELIVERED A LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ACTING PRESIDENT SIMON MUZENDA. THIS IS LIKELY THE LETTER PROMISED BY ZANU-PF INFORMATION SECRETARY NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA IN A NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH TH [...]
2001-12-05 13:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL ZI
01HARARE3730 A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) DURING HIS DECEMBER 10-11 VISIT TO HARARE, AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MET WITH A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILSON SANDURA, UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF H [...]
2001-12-14 09:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE524DEALING WITH ROBERT MUGABE, THE CONSUMMATE SURVIVOR
[...] (C) OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL FACE HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE IN 20 YEARS TO STAYING IN POWER. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN WHICH MUGABE INTENDS TO RUN, IS SLATED FOR EARLY 2002. HE MUST CONTEND WITH A SIZABLE AND RELATIVELY UNIFIED POLITICAL OPPOSITION, A COSTLY AND UNPOPULAR INT [...]
2001-01-26 09:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR ZI
01HARARE587CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT MUGABE TO
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HANDED TO CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ON JANUARY 30. POST WILL POUCH THE ORIGINAL TO AF/S. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 22ND JANUARY, 2001 HIS EXCELLENCY MR. GEORG [...]
2001-01-30 12:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ZI
01HARARE638CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM MINISTER OF FOREIGN
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS I.S.G. MUDENGE TO SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY 5. POST WILL POUCH THE ORIGINAL TO AF/S. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 30 JANUARY, 2001 THE HONORABLE MR. [...]
2001-02-05 13:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ZI
01HARARE760BRITISH REPORT ON ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO THE MDC
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 16 THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION HERE SHARED WITH US THE TEXT OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE SENT TO LONDON FEBRUARY 15 REPORTING ON MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S OBSERVATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO HIS PARTY. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: SUBJECT: ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO TSVANGIRAI S [...]
2001-02-16 09:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
01HARARE816UNENTHUSIASTIC ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY TRYING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MAJORITY OF ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU- PF PARTY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND THE WAY HE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER MORE THAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO HIS DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, OUR CONTACTS TELL US. THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR [...]
2001-02-23 11:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE897GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS
[...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...]
2001-03-02 11:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI
01HARARE918ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE REACH NEW
[...] (U) A LOOMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WAS AVERTED MARCH 2 WHEN GUBBAY AGREED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, AND THE GOZ AGREED TO RETAIN GUBBAY'S JUDICIAL PRIVILEGES AND REFRAIN FROM DEMANDING THE [...]
2001-03-05 15:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HOCHIMINHCITY1181CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC),ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND CONOFF. HAI EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE CG AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE BOTH COMFORTABLE AND BUSY IN HCMC. HE SAID THE [...]
2001-10-17 05:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM
01HOCHIMINHCITY1265HCMC PARTY COMMISSION ON IDEOLOGY AND CULTURE FAVORS FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-09 07:33:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL VN
01HOCHIMINHCITY197IMI: HOTEL OCCUPANCY REBOUNDS, TOURISM CAMPAIGN LIMPS
[...] HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) RECEIVED 1.1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IN 2000, OF WHICH 793,000 WERE TOURISTS. 307,000 OF THE 1.1 MILLION TOURISTS WERE PEOPLE OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN RESIDING OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM. HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCY RATES IN HCMC AVERAGED 42 PERCENT, UP TWO PERCENT OVER 1999, WIT [...]
2001-02-28 05:08:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTDB VM
01HOCHIMINHCITY754VIETNAM'S CATHOLIC CO-REDEMPTRIX ORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 23, POLOFF VISITED WITH PRIESTS OF THE VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC ORDER OF CO- REDEMPTION IN HCMC. ALTHOUGH ONLY TWO OF ITS MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY IN PRISON, THE ORDER HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST PERSECUTED OF VIETNAM'S RELIGIOUS GROUPS SINCE 1975. IT STILL OPERATES AN "UNDERGROUN [...]
2001-06-20 02:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR
01ISLAMABAD648 UPDATE: PAN AM HIJACKERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ALL FIVE PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS REMAIN INCARCERATED AT ADIALA PRISON, RAWALPINDI. A JANUARY 31 LAHORE HIGH COURT (RAWALPINDI BENCH) DEPORTATION HEARING CONSIDERED THE CASE OF HIJACKER SULIEMAN AL-TURKI ONLY. ACTION ON AL- TURKI'S DEPORTATION REMAINS PENDING AS THE LIBYAN EMBASSY [...]
2001-02-06 06:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER EAIR PLO PK
01LUSAKA2636 (U) OAU SUMMIT ENDS: ESSY SWORN IN AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE OAU SUMMIT CLOSED MID-AFTERNOON JULY 11 IN LUSAKA. 41 HEADS OF STATE OR QOVERNMENT ATTENDED; WITHOUT QUESTION, LIBYA'S MOAMMAR QADHAFI WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. THE SUMMIT LEADERS ISSUED AN EGREGIOUSLY IMBALANCED DECISION ON LOCKERBIE THAT HAD ORIGINALLY B [...]
2001-07-11 17:45:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL XA IS LY ZI UK
01MANAMA3641 AMIR TO SECRETARY POWELL ON AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY. BAHRAIN'S AMIR WELCOMES THE U.S. FOCUS ON REPLACING THE TALIBAN AND FORMING A BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT. HE URGED THAT WE GET SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE SPOKESMAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND TURN THE TALIBAN INTO INSURGENTS. WITH SUCH A STEP HE TH [...]
2001-10-29 14:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL AF BA
01PRETORIA4997NEXT STEPS IN THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE": THE
[...] (C) THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAST JULY MERGED THE MAP AND OMEGA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE." SAG DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAP/NAI ISSUES COORDINATOR DAVID MALCOMSON BRIEFED EMBOFFS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROCESS. INITIALLY A 15 NATION HE [...]
2001-08-24 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL SF
01RIYADH3968SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...]
2001-12-12 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL SA
01STATE126951SECRETARY'S LETTER TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] CHARGE IS REQUESTED TO DELIVER THE LETTER IN PARA TWO BELOW TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER RASHID MEREDOV AT THE EARLIEST APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY. NO SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: DEAR MR. MINISTER: MY SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS TURKMENISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN [...]
2001-07-21 00:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL TX
01STATE198912ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] SUMMARY ----------- THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" TO CONGRESS. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE REPORT BE A FULL AND COMPLETE FACTUAL RECORD OF TERRORISM-RELATED ACTIVITY IN COUNTRIES THAT EXPERIENCED TERRORISM. IT SHOULD NOT BE [...]
2001-11-16 18:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01VATICAN1286VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL"
[...] THE FEBRUARY 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01286 01 OF 02 072227Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN CRITICIZES AIR STRIKES ON IRAQ - MEPP: VATICAN SAYS PEACE A DISTANT REALITY - NO MENTION OF GENOCIDE IN PAPAL MESS [...]
2001-03-07 13:06:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV KMDR SOCI TBIO IR IZ IS AM EG IT VT MEPP VTPREL
01VATICAN1465 VATICAN PLANNING ACTIVE STRATEGY ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
[...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MSGR. LEO BOCCARDI, VATICAN MFA DESK OFFICER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON MARCH 15. MSGR. BOCCARDI REVIEWED THE POINTS FOR THE 57TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY. HE CLAIMED NOTABLE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN MANY VATICAN AND USG POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY [...]
2001-03-16 09:13:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM VT UNHCR
01VATICAN2022VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL"
[...] THE APRIL 07 - 12 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE RESPONDS TO UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX "DON'T COME" LETTER - VATICAN RADIO CUTS AIRTIME AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - CHANGES IN POPE'S PARTICIPATION IN EASTER EVENTS - POPE DISBURSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID - [...]
2001-04-12 09:25:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EAGR ECPS SENV EAID PINR UP VT VTPREL
01VATICAN2459THE VATICAN RAG
[...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...]
2001-05-04 13:04:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL
01VATICAN3137ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION. WE RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL FROM CARITAS BRINDISI, THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE VATICAN'S MAJOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NGO. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 031 [...]
2001-06-12 11:28:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM AL VT VTPREL
01VATICAN3297 THE VATICAN AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN
[...] (U) THE VATICAN'S OVERRIDING CONCERN IN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03297 01 OF 02 201534Z MAINLAND CHINA IS ITS RIGHT TO MINISTER TO THE ESTIMATED 10 MILLION CATHOLIC POPULATION. THE VATICAN AND THE PRC DO NOT HAVE OFFICIAL RELATIONS. THE PRC REPUDIATES [...]
2001-06-20 16:29:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR VT CH TW
01VATICAN3976VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...]
2001-07-27 09:54:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL
01VATICAN4202VATICAN VIWS ON WCAR
[...] (U) CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE U.N.'S "EMINENT PERSONS" GROUP OF ADVISORS, SAID THE WCAR MUST BE AWARE OF THE MODERN MANIFESTATIONS OF INEQUALITY. FOLLOWING THE ROUND TABLE TALKS AT THE GENEVA OFFICES OF THE U [...]
2001-08-09 12:52:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SOCI VT
01VATICAN4258VATICAN ARCHIVES Q “THE REAL STORY”
[...] (C) A/DCM AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET WITH JESUIT FATHER PETER GUMPEL AUGUST 10 AT HIS OFFICES IN THE JESUIT CURIA TO DISCUSS THE TECHNICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN OPENING THE VATICAN ARCHIVES. (NOTE: THIS WAS A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED MEETING, I.E. BEFORE WE RECEIVED REFTEL. WE NEVERTHELESS DELIVERED SUBST [...]
2001-08-13 11:46:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNAR VT
01VATICAN4483 VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...]
2001-08-28 15:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR
01VATICAN4605VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE AUGUST 25 - 31 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04605 01 OF 02 041021Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN: UNBRIDLED GLOBALIZATION LEADS TO RACISM - VATICAN'S WCAR DELEGATE SAYS ZIONISM NOT RACIST - TOP VATICAN ECUMENIST L [...]
2001-09-04 09:25:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI SF VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5650VATICAN-WTO: GREATER TRADE, IPR FLEXIBILITY FOR
[...] THE VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A NOTE VERBALE OCTOBER 26 TO ALL ACCREDITED MISSIONS OUTLINING THE HOLY SEE'S STANDARD POSITION AHEAD OF THE WTO DOHA MINISTERIAL THAT DEVELOPED NATIONS SHOULD BE MORE OPEN TO IMPORTS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD, WHILE WARNING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AGAINST FO [...]
2001-10-31 13:55:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ETRD ECON VT USTRD WTRO
01VATICAN6433BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI -
[...] THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN-BORN VATICAN OFFICIAL, MONSIGNOR CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN ARMENIA AND GEORGIA. GUGEROTTI IS CURRENTLY UNDER-SECRETARY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06433 121437Z (NUMBER THREE) AT THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR TH [...]
2001-12-12 14:03:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL AM GG VT
02ABUJA1090INITIAL REACTIONS TO POST INITIATIVES TO ENGAGE
[...] This cable reports initial reactions from two Post initiatives to engage mostly Muslim northern Nigeria in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (Large numbers of Muslims are also in other parts of Nigeria, especially the populous southwest. Nigeria probably has the largest Muslim population in all [...]
2002-04-08 16:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC NI
02ABUJA1091NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WARM TO MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: During a late night April 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo gave a Janus- faced performance. Affable and engaging at the onset, he commended POTUS for quickly approving UXO assistance to help with the Ikeja cantonment explosion. Obasanjo, asserting the military a [...]
2002-04-08 16:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI
02ABUJA1163NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff amendments largely designed to protect domestic special interests, particularly in agriculture and the processed food sector. Most domestic manufacturers saw [...]
2002-04-12 15:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1168NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Ambassador Jeter met NSA General (Ret.) Aliyu Mohammed to raise concerns about the lack of Nigerian support for MPRI and Operation Avid Recovery (OAR). The Ambassador warned that obstacles faced by the OAR EOD support team and Nigeria's non-payment on MPRI are sending [...]
2002-04-15 11:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR PINR NI
02ABUJA1194SUBJECT: NIGERIA: RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION
[...] Summary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not the coastal states, also removed external debt and oil cash calls from "first line payments." Rather than pay Nigeria,s external debt solely from national gov [...]
2002-04-16 16:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1218NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO UN RESOLUTION ON CUBA
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Hart was surprisingly open to the possibility of a Nigerian abstention after hearing our points April 17. Hart agreed that the language was mild, saying, "Cuba should have nothing to fear" from it." He said that he would discuss the resolution with Foreign Ministe [...]
2002-04-18 16:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NI UNHRC
02ABUJA125458TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: CUBA
[...] (C) Further to Ref A, PolCouns April 19 passed a copy of the draft Cuba resolution and diplomatic Note to Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye. PolCouns SIPDIS emphasized that GRULAC states had come forward to sponsor and support the resolution and that the resolution [...]
2002-04-22 12:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM UNHRC PREL AORC CU NI
02ABUJA1344CORRUPTION CHARGE "SHOCKS" GON - MUST GANA GO?
[...] (U) "Time" magazine recently reported that journalists invited to Abuja to hear Information Minister Jerry Gana lament alleged misrepresentations about Nigeria in foreign media were given envelopes containing 50,000 Naira. "Time" implied that the money (about USD 400) was intended as a bribe [...]
2002-05-02 10:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV NI
02ABUJA1397JOS RETURNS TO CALM FOLLOWING POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-03 17:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC CASC NI
02ABUJA14NIGERIA: COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE
[...] (U) Summary: December 30-31 communal violence in Plateau State has resulted in numerous deaths and scattered property damage. Death estimates range between 33 and 90 people. The proximate cause of the encounters was the perennial competition over land between cattle herders (mostly Hausa/Fu [...]
2002-01-02 16:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI CASC NI
02ABUJA1405MEETING WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-06 18:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CJAN KCRM NI
02ABUJA1408NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM
[...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...]
2002-05-06 19:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI
02ABUJA1429NIGERIA: AIR ACCIDENT KILLS OVER 100 IN KANO
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-09 09:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA1465NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TIP SUMMIT
[...] In a May 7 meeting, Mike Mku, the President's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor confirmed August 1-4 as the dates for the Government of Nigeria's "International Summit" on Trafficking in Persons. Mku gave RNLEO a copy of President Obasanjo's April 5 letter inviting Presid [...]
2002-05-14 13:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA1595NIGERIA: ASSOCIATIONS CHALLENGE ELECTORAL
[...] Summary: The thirty-three political associations railed against party registration guidelines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revised on 5/17, arguing that the amended guidelines were as unconstitutional as the ones they rejected earlier this month (reftel). Though the ass [...]
2002-05-23 19:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
02ABUJA17282002 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-07 17:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM NI
02ABUJA1737NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL EXTRADTION OF GABRIEL UMOH
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-11 14:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM SNAR NI
02ABUJA1748 THE A-B-C-D OF AIDS -- NIGERIAN
[...] SUMMARY: Nigerians who focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic use A-B-C-D (A-Abstain, B-Be faithful, C-use Condoms, OR D-you Die) as a mnemonic device with target audiences. Sixty activists and program leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- who attended one of the two two-day workshops in Kaduna and L [...]
2002-06-12 11:54:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV KPAO OIIP SCUL NI
02ABUJA1805NIGERIA: DIVERGENT GON VIEWS ON LIBERIA
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with two senior GON officials reveal GON ambivalence on Liberia. Vacillating between two divergent philosophical approaches, Nigeria's position on Liberia is fluid and not fixed to any coherent strategy. One contending belief, championed by Special Advisor on Co [...]
2002-06-17 16:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1807NIGERIA: 2002 BUDGET DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary and background. The Financial Year 2002 Budget entered the political spotlight last week as President Obasanjo met legislators and the Nigerian Federal Executive Council debated the subject. Obasanjo's original budget for USD $7.10 billion (848 billion Naira) went to the legislatu [...]
2002-06-18 14:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EINV NI
02ABUJA1809 WEST AFRICAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS STRATEGY
[...] This final draft regional strategy to address Trafficking in Persons in West Africa is presented to Department's African Affairs Bureau for endorsement. This strategy was reflects a consensus among nine embassies and several Washington agencies and bureaus (DRL, G/TIP, USAID/WID) represented a [...]
2002-06-18 16:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN NI TO GH BF IV XX GN
02ABUJA1816 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
[...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...]
2002-06-19 15:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA1865MFA LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON TIP CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-21 16:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA NI
02ABUJA1892001 INCSR CHAPTER ON NIGERIA
[...] Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity. Nigerian organized criminal groups dominate the African drug trade, and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some of these criminal organizations are engaged in Advance-Fee [...]
2002-01-22 17:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NI
02ABUJA1910NIGERIA: KANO AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION SLOWS; CAUSE
[...] (C) Summary. Seven weeks after the May 4 crash of an EAS BAC 1-11 in Kano, the GON response has lost momentum. NTSB investigator Jones indicated official investigation was substandard and likely to produce inaccurate results. Aviation Minister Chikwe continues to change personnel and bruit new [...]
2002-06-25 15:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA2166NIGERIA: NDP OFFICIAL SUPPORTS BABANGIDA FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Architect Baba Isimi, Director General of the National Secretariat of the newly registered NDP July 1 told Poloff that the NDP would nominate IBB as Presidential candidate if given the option. According to Isimi, the NDP considers itself a centrist party, touting a new generation [...]
2002-07-23 14:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2202NIGERIA: THREE NEW POLITICAL PARTIES--OLD WINE IN
[...] (C) Summary: INEC registered three new political parties June 22, bringing the total of approved parties to six. However, this doubling of the number of parties does not represent liberalization of the political landscape. At least two of the three parties, the NDP and the UNPP, are tied to fo [...]
2002-07-24 14:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS NI
02ABUJA235NIGERIA: EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NARCOTICS ANALYSIS
[...] (S/NF) The following are Embassy,s comments on the CIA Assessment dated December 28, 2001 and entitled &Nigeria: Avoiding Counterdrug Reforms.8 We understand the assessment was first distributed at a January 4, 2002 INL-chaired interagency meeting on Nigeria,s certification. The Embassy welc [...]
2002-01-25 17:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR NI
02ABUJA2506 NIGERIA: LOCAL SHARI'A COURT DENIES APPEAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: The upper Shari'a court in Fantua, Katsina State August 19 denied the appeal of Amina Lawal, convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Poloffs twice met Lawal's chief attorney Hauwa Ibrahim (strictly protect),once prior to the appellate decision and immediately aft [...]
2002-08-23 11:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA2522NIGERIA: FUROR OVER INEC
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) faces serious challenges in its efforts to prepare Nigeria for early 2003 national, state and local elections. Nigerians know these elections are crucial in determining whether their democracy survives and is strengthened or whe [...]
2002-08-26 15:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS NI
02ABUJA2539NIGERIA -- FORMER VP EKWUEME SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During two meetings with the Ambassador in late July and mid-August, former civilian Vice President and current Chairman of the PDP Trustee Board Alex Ekwueme waxed about the danger of massive defections from the party due to President Obasanjo's waning popularity. As a result, [...]
2002-08-28 09:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA2651NIGERIA: HIV/AIDS
[...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the strategies and activities undertaken by USAID and CDC to build national and local capacities to alleviate the impact of HIV/AIDS and reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease. Key to USAID and CDC's efforts are technical assistance [...]
2002-09-12 12:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID SOCI NI
02ABUJA2652CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In attendance were key Executive Council members and members of the Codel accompanied by Ambassador Jeter and Poloff. Obasanjo began by giving the Codel a brief hi [...]
2002-09-12 14:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2675NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS SLOWLY
[...] (C) Summary: Voter registration began in Abuja September 12 with little fanfare and not much of a turnout. Previously postponed in July and August, there was ample speculation the exercise would be cancelled once more because of INEC's unpreparedness and the injunction sought by unregistered p [...]
2002-09-13 18:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2739NIGERIA: INEC CLOSES REGISTRATION; MANY UNABLE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: INEC wrapped up the ten-day (plus one) voter registration period without resolving the most important complaint against the exercise: an inadequate supply of registration materials resulting in the disenfranchisement of roughly half of Nigeria's eligible voters. On September 21, [...]
2002-09-25 16:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2830NIGERIA: FIREARMS INTERDICTION TRAINING A HIT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-11 15:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MARR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2871NIGERIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-18 12:11:00Embassy AbujaSECRETKCRM PGOV KJUS NI
02ABUJA2883NIGERIA: A POLITICAL PARTY PRIMER
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: With the registration of three new political parties, the political landscape for Nigeria's 2003 election cycle now includes six political parties: the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),the Alliance for Democracy (AD),the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP),the Natio [...]
2002-10-21 16:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2892NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU MULLS A PROMOTION
[...] (C) Summary: Vice President Atiku Abubakar wants to be Nigeria's next President; however, he no longer wants to wait for 2007. Competing ambitions and mutual mistrust have placed Atiku and Obasanjo on a collision course. Atiku thinks he can snatch the PDP Presidential nomination from an unpo [...]
2002-10-22 11:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA3014 NIGERIA: DESPITE UNTAPPED DAM, GOMBE STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 4-6 visit to Gombe State, Ambassador Jeter surveyed Gombe's power, water, education and health sectors with Gombe State officials, in the course of a second Ambassadorial foray to the Northeast. With its agricultural potential and good hydroelectric promise, N [...]
2002-11-05 13:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN ENRG NI
02ABUJA3077NIGERIA: FORCE STRUCTURE AND DEPLOYMENT PLAN FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ECOWAS has determined its force structure and adopted an ambitious French deployment plan for its monitoring force in Cote d'Ivoire. The deployment plan envisions the arrival of advance elements in Cote d'Ivoire by Friday, November 15 and calls for the monitoring force to be in [...]
2002-11-12 18:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3105NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO
[...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...]
2002-11-14 14:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
02ABUJA3139NIGERIA: INEC'S PROBLEMS INSURMOUNTABLE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's INEC faces logistical roadblocks as it tries to conduct elections at all three tiers of government in 2003. These obstacles include a critical cash shortfall, a flawed registration process, and the Augean task of processing 70 million voter registration forms. Th [...]
2002-11-15 17:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA3304NIGERIAN TEXTILE BAN: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR AGOA"
[...] (U) Standing the spirit of free trade on its head, a senior Nigerian Commerce Ministry official says the GON temporarily banned imports of certain printed fabrics and now imposes import restrictions on these items as part of the country's efforts to qualify for AGOA trade benefits. The Standar [...]
2002-12-12 15:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALETRD BEXP KTEX ECON NI
02ABUJA3311NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE -- NEW HOPE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-13 16:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR KCRM NI
02ABUJA3312 NIGERIA: SOME ISLAMIC CLERICS OBJECT TO
[...] "Daily Trust," a Northern-oriented independent newspaper based in Abuja, December 11 published a page four article reporting the call by some Muslim clerics in far-northern Katsina that the Government of Nigeria cancel President Bush's visit if reports of an upcoming visit are true. 2. [...]
2002-12-13 16:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PROP PINS NI BUSH GEORGE
02ABUJA3331USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW S. NATSIOS VISIT
[...] (U) Mr. Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, visited Abuja, Nigeria, from November 18-21, 2002. Mr. Natsios was accompanied by Ms. Kate Almquist, Special Assistant and Mr. Greg Loos, Education Team Leader, EGAT. The purpose of the Administrator's visit to Nigeria was to attend the Global Educat [...]
2002-12-18 09:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID
02ABUJA3358NIGERIA: 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE DRAFT
[...] Following is Post's draft of the 2003 National Trade Estimate for Nigeria. Dept. is requested to provide end-year trade and investment data in the trade summary. 2. NIGERIA TRADE SUMMARY In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $X.X billion, an improvement over the 2001 defi [...]
2002-12-23 07:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV EFIN NI
02ABUJA3372NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE
[...] (U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- INEC: 30 Political Associations for Registration -- Cabinet Shake-Up -- Rimi and Others Sue the PDP -------------------------------------- [...]
2002-12-24 10:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA3374 NIGERIA: PARTIAL UPDATE ON INEC PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Under growing scrutiny from domestic political parties and the international donor community and sensing that the sand is emptying from the electoral hourglass, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is attempting to show mastery of its brief. On December 18, INEC released a [...]
2002-12-27 11:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NI
02ABUJA38NIGERIA: SOKOTO STONING SENTENCE FOCUSES ATTENTION
[...] (C) Summary: The death sentence imposed against Safiya Husseini has generated international and domestic attention, lending her case political overtones perhaps more significant than its legal ones. To a certain degree, the judgment against Husseini has also put Nigerian Shari'a on trial. In [...]
2002-01-08 09:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA407NIGERIA: SPECIAL APPEAL TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON THE
[...] (SBU) On 05 February, Embassy received the following letter of Special Appeal from President Obasanjo to President Bush. The original letter has been pouched to AF/W, and a copy faxed. Begin text: February 4, 2002 His Excellency, Mr. George Bush President of the United States o [...]
2002-02-06 17:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC NI
02ABUJA462NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-08 16:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL
02ABUJA630NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY
[...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiations, involving the U.S. private sector, Nigerian State and Federal Governments, USTR and the U.S. Embassy resulted in the January 28 launching of the Gum Arabi [...]
2002-02-26 15:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAID EAGR NI
02ABUJA780NIGERIA: TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO
[...] The following is a letter addressed to President Bush from President Obasanjo dated March 6, 2002. The original will follow by pouch; a copy has also been faxed to AF/W. 2. I thank you for your letter of 21 February with the expression of condolence as well as offering exten [...]
2002-03-08 15:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS NI
02ABUJA857 NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is Post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. PARA 23 -- OVERVIEW ------------------- A AND B. IS THE COUNTRY A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, TRANSIT OR DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKED MEN, WOM [...]
2002-03-15 13:54:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA979NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22
[...] (SBU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have not paid civil servants since January. Wage costs grew exponentially in May 2000 when the minimum civil servant wage was increased from N3,500 to N7,500/month [...]
2002-03-27 11:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI
02ACCRA2693GHANA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-25 10:18:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL GH
02ADANA388 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 8, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2002-11-20 14:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA431 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 25-26, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]
2002-12-30 10:17:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA436 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 28-29, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]
2002-12-31 08:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02AMMAN2253EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 5 Heat Exchangers (NON-SME),Value USD 41,500.00 [...]
2002-05-08 09:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN2371EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DOES LITTLE FOR JORDAN'S
[...] (sbu) Jordan's Association Agreement with the EU entered into force May 1 after a five-year ratification process that had frustrated Jordan and embarrassed EU diplomats here. While both sides have publicly lauded the agreement as a catalyst for investment and trade, privately the GOJ, EU and [...]
2002-05-14 07:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV JO WTRO EUN
02AMMAN2396UNRWA DONORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS GRIPPING
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: UNRWA's May 8-9 meeting of major donors and host governments highlighted the crisis gripping the humanitarian agency as a result of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Continued Israeli closures in the West Bank and Gaza have severely hindered UNRWA's ability to [...]
2002-05-14 15:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2527JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-20 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2645Mr. Robert McNamara - Target-of-Opportunity
[...] Summary: PAS Amman organized three public concerts and two workshops for musician Mr. Robert McNamara during his program in Jordan on May 19 through May 21. Mr. McNamara's program in Jordan was the first of PAS' cultural programs to be pursued following the events taking place in the region. [...]
2002-05-23 13:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN2819JORDAN ASKS FOR VIEWS ON FTA MEETINGS
[...] (sbu) Majed Hammoudeh, the director of the Foreign Trade Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT),called to broach the subject of bilateral meetings foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement. ------------------------- Rules of Origin Committee ------------------------- [...]
2002-05-30 15:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV JO OPIC
02AMMAN2938STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA
[...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...]
2002-06-04 14:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3009JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN
[...] SUMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIENTS. THE FLYERS DO NOT STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT BURGER KING'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AMERICAN, BUT IT DOES LABEL EACH INGREDIENT AS JORDANIAN, ARAB, OR AUSTRALIAN. T [...]
2002-06-09 06:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO PREL KPAO ECON
02AMMAN3044JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES
[...] (c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the kingdom's economic decision-making arena. These recidivist groups have been encouraged by an increase in anti-American, and hence anti-globalization, feelin [...]
2002-06-10 08:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3114STATE OF DIVORCE LAW IN JORDAN: MILD IMPROVEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan issued a cabinet decree in December 2001 that allows certain Muslim women, within a narrow legal framework, to bring a divorce action in Sharia Court. To date, over 500 women have filed for divorce under the new law; so far the court has granted divorc [...]
2002-06-12 08:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM JO
02AMMAN3273INTERIM LAWMAKING WRAPS UP AS LIKELIHOOD OF
[...] (C) Jordan's Constitution allows the Cabinet to pass provisional laws when Parliament is not in session, so long as the laws are sufficiently "necessary." The GOJ has promulgated some ninety-nine provisional laws in the year since Jordan's Parliament was dissolved on June 16, 2001. But provis [...]
2002-06-18 08:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EAID JO
02AMMAN3296JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO
[...] (c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current QIZ operations and regulations. The GOJ's proposals include both improvements to existing logistical procedures as well as changes to the structure of required Israeli input [...]
2002-06-19 05:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV IS JO
02AMMAN3408JORDANIAN PALESTINIANS NOTCH UP CRITICISM OF ARAFAT
[...] (C) While Jordanian Palestinians have long grumbled about Arafat, two prominent Jordanian Palestinian leaders recently expressed to us a new level of criticism of the PA President. Some Palestinian Jordanians are even calling into question Arafat's true nationality in another round of anti-Ara [...]
2002-06-24 13:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN3549ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT
[...] (C) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its circulation is small compared to that of the daily newspapers, but it has grown recently when other Jordanian weeklies have not. Insiders aver that the paper seeks to convey "qual [...]
2002-06-30 13:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3617EUROPEANS ASK IF U.S. WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING ON
[...] (C) During a regular monthly breakfast meeting July 2, new British Ambassador Christopher Prentice told the Ambassador that HMG had been surprised by the conservative stance of the USG on debt relief for Jordan at the June 20 Paris Club meeting (ref a). Prentice noted that PM Blair and FonS [...]
2002-07-02 16:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL US JO
02AMMAN3622JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PIPELINE ISSUES
[...] (u) Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh briefed DCM and econoff on recent developments on the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and the Iraq-Zarqa oil pipeline. The projects could save Jordan a combined $50 million per year on their current energy bill. Meanwhile, Jordan is moving closer to [...]
2002-07-03 06:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD JO
02AMMAN3704FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. ABDUL MAJID ASFOUR, ASSISTANT CHIEF EDITOR, AL RA'I NEWSPAPER. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: BAMAWI@PD.STATE.GOV TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS AMMAN TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2887 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO D [...]
2002-07-08 09:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN3716UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7 million in new financial needs following the March-April military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA warned that its 2002 emergency appeal remains severely underfunded, with p [...]
2002-07-08 14:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3808EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; JORDAN
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REF A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON APPLICATIONS D292692/D293119, ECONOFFS VISITED THE JORDAN BROMINE COMPANY'S (JBC'S) BROMINE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN GHORE SAFI, SOUTHERN JORDAN, ON JULY 8, 2002 AND MET WITH JBC MATERIALS MANAGER W.C. (GRAIG) RUSSENHOLT. RUSSENHOLT WARMLY WEL [...]
2002-07-11 13:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC JO
02AMMAN3861JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-15 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3947JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM
[...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...]
2002-07-17 13:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO
02AMMAN3953. . . AND NOW ELECTIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY
[...] (C) As King Abdullah's July 31st visit to Washington approaches, the status of elections to reinstate Jordan's Parliament remains uncertain, but elections before the spring of 2003 seem unlikely. When we last reported on this topic in mid-June, regional tensions had abated somewhat (Ref. A). [...]
2002-07-17 15:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL JO
02AMMAN3958Travel Restrictions for Palestinians Crossing
[...] Tales of West Bank Palestinians stuck at the Jericho border crossing have been prominent in conversations throughout Jordan in recent weeks. Rumors and anecdotal reports of thousands stranded - some for over a week - waiting either for Israel to lift the curfew so they can return to their vi [...]
2002-07-18 09:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN4060 JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]
2002-07-23 07:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
02AMMAN4086PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN
[...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...]
2002-07-24 10:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO
02AMMAN4331FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO PRINCIPAL NOMINEES FOR SUBJECT TOUR: MS. HALA AL HADIDI, ECONOMIC REPORTER, JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) AND MS. LUBNA ABDEL- HAQ, ECONOMIC REPORTER, AL ARAB AL YAWM NEWSPAPER. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3 [...]
2002-08-05 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDJO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN4526GOJ RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO QATAR FOR CONSULTATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan closed the al-Jazeera office in Amman on August 7 and subsequently recalled its Ambassador to Qatar for consultations in response to an "inflammatory" episode of "Opposite Direction" by al-Jazeera. The program featured a guest who was aggressively criti [...]
2002-08-12 14:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM QA JO
02AMMAN4652MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-19 11:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4722ARAB-ISRAELI COOPERATION--MERC MAKES THE GRADE
[...] (SBU) An embassy survey of Jordanian scientists collaborating with Israeli counterparts on MERC (Middle East Regional Cooperation) projects confirmed that, despite the tense political climate in the region, the projects generally are on track. Creative measures have been taken to maintain mom [...]
2002-08-20 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL JO MEPN
02AMMAN4820Jordanian Youth and the Future of Jordan
[...] (SBU) The following cable was drafted by an FSN member of the Embassy staff. We thought it was particularly interesting as a description of the youth scene from the inside. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Frustrated and insecure about the future and the prevailing social and economic [...]
2002-08-25 14:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM JO
02AMMAN4864JORDAN'S DIPLOMATS FOCUS ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[...] (sbu) Summary. Reflecting the emphasis he has put on economic and commercial development and the growing private sector export and investment orientation of Jordan's economy, King Abdullah personally launched a four-day USAID-supported economic/commercial training program for Jordanian amba [...]
2002-08-28 06:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP PREL JO
02AMMAN5195EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 7 ARM (NON-SME) value: USD 781.20; 2 ADAPTER, DRAIN V [...]
2002-09-11 14:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN5212JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO EMBRACE THE ARAB FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA),WHICH AIMS AT CREATING AN ARAB FREE TRADE AREA BY 2005. INDEED, SINCE ENTERING INTO FORCE, JORDAN HAS [...]
2002-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JO
02AMMAN5331PEACE AIRPORT REVIVED? ISRAELI-JORDANIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) On the heels of an Israeli government decision to prohibit jets from using Eilat Airport, officials from the Jordanian and Israeli Civil Aviation authorities, Israeli Ministry of Transportation, Eilat and Aqaba Airport officials, and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Chi [...]
2002-09-17 14:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER ETRD IS JO
02AMMAN5485 JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE
[...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]
2002-09-24 07:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV JO IS
02AMMAN5515JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTRY GEARING UP FOR JOINT
[...] (u) The Ambassador delivered the USG's official invitation to convene the 2002 U.S.-Jordan Joint Commission to Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir on September 22. Accepting the invitation, Bashir provided the GOJ's preferences for dates, events, and agenda items for the Joint Commissio [...]
2002-09-25 06:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EAGR JO OPIC
02AMMAN5737BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (U) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members to the Cabinet, and reassigning one Cabinet member to a new portfolio. Para 2 contains biographical data on the new ministers. 2. (U) New members of the Cabinet are: A. (U) Mini [...]
2002-10-03 13:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN5823MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S
[...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, REGIONAL REFCOORD MONITORED PRM- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2002. WE UNDERSTAND PRM/ANE MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE SEEDS SUMMER CAMP IN MAINE AND THEREFORE ARE REPORTING ONLY ON ACTIVITIES AT THE JER [...]
2002-10-08 03:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN5915PM ABUL RAGHEB TELLS DAS CHENEY GOJ TO CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) NEA DAS Elizabeth Cheney discussed the USAID program and economic reform October 8 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Planning Minister Bassam Awadallah (discussion of honor killings reported in septel). Ambassador Gnehm, USAID Director Christiansen-Wagner and PolCouns Silliman ac [...]
2002-10-10 13:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV US JO
02AMMAN6060A VIRTUAL SUCCESS: JORDAN'S ICT FORUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's second ICT Forum was held Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Amman. Featuring addresses by King Abdullah, Intel CEO Craig Barrett, John Gage, Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, and AOL Strategic Advisor George Vradenburg, the event attracted more [...]
2002-10-20 08:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN6182JORDAN: ASSISTANCE IN TELEMARKETING FRAUD
[...] (sbu) Summary. The government and Central Bank of Jordan and the Union Bank for Savings and Investment told the Embassy they will cooperate fully with a Department of Justice investigation of a telemarketing fraud that used Union Bank as an apparently unwitting channel for transferring fund [...]
2002-10-23 13:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN CJAN JO
02AMMAN6250ICT PROGRAMS IN JORDAN
[...] (U) Per REFTEL request, we are providing information on telecom regulation, internet, and other IT-related questions posed, as well as a description of ICT projects related to education, business skills, business development, and e-government in Jordan. ----------------------------- THE TR [...]
2002-10-27 07:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EAID JO
02AMMAN6581JORDAN'S JOINT COMMISSION AGENDA
[...] (u) Summary: Jordan's government and private sector have developed an ambitious schedule of events in support of the December 11 U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Commission meeting (detailed schedule below). Their plan envisages three days of FTA-related meetings and press events to raise awareness o [...]
2002-11-08 10:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV KPAO JO OPIC
02AMMAN6586JORDAN TELECOM DEBUTS ON AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a well-subscribed initial public offering (IPO),Jordan Telecom (JTC) stock had its first day of public trading on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) November 3. The listing made JTC the largest company on the ASE in terms of operating capital, and placed the Amman bours [...]
2002-11-11 06:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN6707JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE
[...] (u) Summary: Jordan has nearly completed its initial Entity Offer for accession into the WTO's plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). While a few hurdles remain, including settling on the all-important offsets in the General Notes of the Offer, the GOJ is certain it will meet [...]
2002-11-17 10:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD JO WTRO
02AMMAN7124MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...]
2002-12-09 08:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO
02AMMAN7128MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...]
2002-12-09 09:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO
02AMMAN7151REQUEST FOR SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS - AMMAN
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST 2. (C) IN RESPONSE TO THE OCTOBER 28, 2002 ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT LARRY FOLEY IN AMMAN, THE REGIONAL SECURITY OFFICE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF TDY SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, HAS COMPLETED REVIEWS OF EMBASSY AMMAN'S SECURITY PROGRAMS. THESE REVIEWS PRI [...]
2002-12-09 16:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC ABUD AFIN AMGT
02AMMAN7190MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...]
2002-12-11 07:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO
02AMMAN7388JORDAN: DETAILS ON RJ BOMB THREAT
[...] (C) Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar and Royal Jordanian Airlines Executive VP Ghassan Ali provided the following details on the bomb threat against a Royal Jordanian Airlines Airbus A-340 flight 602 from Amman to Abu Dhabi the early morning of December 22. -- At abou [...]
2002-12-22 14:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN7434JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK?
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law, heralding the creation of a new, free-standing, ministry of environment. Jordanian government officials believe the new ministry will retain the General Corporation for E [...]
2002-12-23 13:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD PGOV JO
02AMMAN7520EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 11 LEAF, HINGE (NON-SME) value: USD 1,489.73; 20 SCR [...]
2002-12-30 07:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN7535JORDAN: UPDATE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. PRODUCTS
[...] (sbu) Summary. Business contacts say that an abiding affinity for U.S. consumer products, marketing strategies that played up local connections, and a crackdown by the government on political activities by professional associations blunted the impact of calls for boycotting American product [...]
2002-12-30 13:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP PGOV PREL IS JO
02ANKARA7763CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON POST-ELECTION TASKS, INCLUDING KEEPING THE CARETAKER GOT HONEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a October 30 meeting, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told us he and Treasury U/S Oztrak have prepared a document to give to the election winners which explains in non-technical terms the GOT's commitments to the IMF and why they should be honored. The length of the educa [...]
2002-11-01 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8305TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-15 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
02ANKARA8358AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul (ref A),who announced he will submit his proposed cabinet list to Sezer Nov. 18. We expect the government to be in office a week to ten days thereafter. Gul bio in para 5. [...]
2002-11-16 11:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8382TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE
[...] (U) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below, para 4) puts into place a government: --committed to pursuing Turkey's EU candidacy and democratic reforms; --open to working with the U.S. on key regional issues; --fo [...]
2002-11-19 05:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8448TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE INSIGHTS INTO
[...] (U) Summary: President Sezer drew a line by rejecting one proposed cabinet assignment in the AK government, but allowed AK to keep the candidate as a State Minister. Fiery orator Bulent Arinc, who has his own strong following among AK voters and whom we expect to underscore the prerogatives of [...]
2002-11-19 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8523ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-21 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8561ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-22 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8717US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING FOLLOW
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ----------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) On April 16-17, the USG and GOT convened the 17th annual US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting in Istanbul. The HLDG's two working groups--the Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) an [...]
2002-11-29 10:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL TU
02ANKARA8740DESPITE REFORM EFFORTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's three leading human rights organizations are wary of the new GOT, despite its nascent reform efforts (reftel). One of the groups, which is Islam-oriented, suspects the ruling AK Party will avoid promoting Islamic rights; the others, leftist and Kurdish oriented, fear AK [...]
2002-11-29 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8851TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG
[...] (C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December 16-19 interagency anti-terrorist finance visit is good. Senior civil servants in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice support a new law to expedite the GOT's ability [...]
2002-12-04 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU
02ANKARA8881GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND
[...] (U) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers to free expression, association, and fair trial. Parliament will likely pass the reforms quickly, possibly before or during the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. The re [...]
2002-12-10 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8994TURKEY: CONTROVERSIAL MEHMET AGAR REPLACES TANSU
[...] (C) Summary: Mehmet Agar, elected in November as in independent M.P. and a notorious figure in the Susurluk "State-Mafia" scandal of the mid-1990s, is the new leader of center-right DYP, elected to replace former P.M. Tansu Ciller at Dec. 14 DYP Convention in Ankara. Agar will likely steer DY [...]
2002-12-16 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
02ANKARA9054 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-19 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
02ANKARA9055 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (U) Action recommendation - para 5. 2. (U) Per ref B, GOT MFA has provided Embassy with court documents involving two cases purportedly establishing and illustrating Iranian support for terrorism in Turkey. These cases are in the public domain; the documents, in the original Turkish, wil [...]
2002-12-20 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KICT PREL TU
02ANKARA9073TURKEY: PRESIDENT'S VETO CLOUDS ERDOGAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: President Sezer Dec. 19 vetoed a constitutional amendment package (including changes to Articles 67, 76, and 78 -- ref A) designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into Parliament and the Government. Contacts across the spectrum say [...]
2002-12-20 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
02ANKARA9193 Turkish Foreign Trade Officials Seeking Broader
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings, Foreign Trade officials reiterated their desire for a QIZ with fewer sectoral restrictions, contending that, in its current form, the QIZ would have a very limited impact on Turkish exports. They also made contradictory statements on the EU Customs Union an [...]
2002-12-31 06:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL TU IS USTR
02BOGOTA1025PUBLIC PROTESTS GROW IN THE FACE OF FARC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AS THE FARC'S WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT PASTRANA MET WITH HIS TOP MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ADVISORS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO COMBAT THE GUERRILLA ATTACKS. MEANWHILE, POPULAR ATTITUDES ARE HARDENING AGAINST THE FARC, AS PEOPLE TAKE TO TH [...]
2002-02-04 11:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINS CO
02BOGOTA11477COLOMBIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THIS IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INPUT ON THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR COLOMBIA. AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF FIGHTING AMONG GOVERNMENT TROOPS, GUERRILLAS AND PARAMILITARIES, COLOMBIANS ARE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE SCOURGE OF TERRORISM. TWO COLOMBIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]
2002-12-16 22:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CO
02BOGOTA3281DETAILS ON FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTERLOCUTORS UNEQUIVOCALLY CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA (REFTEL). EMBASSY INTERLOCUTORS IN THE GOC FEEL THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ORDERED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO FARC AND ELN C [...]
2002-04-11 20:44:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PTER MOPS VE CO
02COLOMBO1629 Sri Lankan government lifts ban on the
[...] (U) Suggested press guidance for Department's review is contained in Para eight. 2. (C) Summary: The GSL lifted its ban on the Tamil Tigers late September 4. By doing so, the government acceded to a key demand of the Tigers, paving the way for the planned high-level talks in Thailand. [...]
2002-09-04 15:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1682 Biographic sketches of members of Tamil Tiger
[...] (C) Para two contains brief biographic sketches of the members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team attending the upcoming talks with the Sri Lankan government. (Note: The talks are scheduled to take place in Thailand, September 16-18.) The four members of the LTTE team are: [...]
2002-09-11 10:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1740SRI LANKA PREPARES FOR POST-QUOTA WORLD
[...] Summary: Well aware of the potential impact of the expiration of the MFA on its number one export (apparel),Sri Lankan players are beginning to explore their options, ranging from special trade agreements with the US to strengthening the domestic industry and diversifying the export base. Po [...]
2002-09-18 05:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTEX EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO1743 Thailand talks conclude on positive note, with
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para six. 2. (C) Summary: The first round of talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers has ended on a positive note. Per a press statement issued by the Norwegian facilitators (see Para seven),the two sides h [...]
2002-09-18 11:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1751 Positive reaction to talks; LTTE spokesman's
[...] (C) Summary: Sri Lankans have reacted in a highly positive fashion to the successful conclusion of the first round of talks between the government and the Tamil Tigers. Contacts highlighted as noteworthy the announcements that the two sides would soon meet again, that they would form joint [...]
2002-09-19 10:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1767 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 132 (09-23-02)
[...] (SBU) We have the following demining and ESF ideas for your review: Demining: 2. (SBU) PM/HDP knows the demining situation in Sri Lanka from A through Z. As you know, Murph McCloy and company ran an assessment of the situation over the summer, which came up with a number of conclusions [...]
2002-09-23 11:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CE LTTE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO1787 GSL/LTTE prisoner exchange seems set; Both
[...] (C) Summary: The GSL and the Tamil Tigers seem set to conduct a prisoner exchange soon. In a related development, MIA issues were discussed during the recent talks in Thailand, with the two sides agreeing to review the issue again. Newly on the radar screen is discussion of a possible gene [...]
2002-09-25 10:49:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1790 Peace process update: Report of tensions in
[...] (C/NF) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Reported tensions in military toward government's peace initiative -- President muted in public re peace process -- Largest Tamil Tiger cadre movement to date goes smoothly, according to monitors -- The flavor [...]
2002-09-26 11:01:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1840 ICC Article 98 agreement: Sri Lanka update
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. (C) Foreign Secretary Rodrigo sent Mission a letter today containing a proposed alteration to the U.S. draft ICC Article 98 agreement. (Note: The text of the letter is contained in para 5 below; it is also being faxed to SA/INS.) T [...]
2002-10-03 10:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CE
02COLOMBO1848 President Kumaratunga's swipe at the PM sparks
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent speech, President Kumraratunga accused Prime Minister Wickremesinghe of soliciting bribes years ago. The accusation has prompted another cohabitation dustup, with the PM's supporters responding with salvos of their own aimed at Kumraratunga. In a more muted fashion [...]
2002-10-04 05:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1979 SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN'S NOVEMBER
[...] (U) I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka next month for the first meeting of the U.S. - Sri Lankan Trade and Investment Council (TIC). I am sending this message now, nearly a month before your visit, because I know that you and your team are already busy prepa [...]
2002-10-23 04:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS LTTE
02COLOMBO1993SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-24 14:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL
02COLOMBO2032 Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...]
2002-10-30 11:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2080Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...]
2002-11-05 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2091FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. ASHA DHANASIRI, SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER, ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION LTD.,FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXP [...]
2002-11-07 09:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2092FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. DAYANI PANAGODA, SENIOR LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RETATIONS, GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: [...]
2002-11-07 09:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2093FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. GEETHANJALI RANAWAKA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 292 [...]
2002-11-07 09:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2095FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATIONS FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUDDIYAPPU REMADIOUS, ATTORNEY- AT-LAW, CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT; AND DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, CIVIL ACTIVIST, AND SENIOR LECTURER IN SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA; FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB [...]
2002-11-07 09:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2101 Voting with their feet on the peace process,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to points of origin in Sri Lanka have surged, with a large percentage of the 213,000 total returns this year transiting in the past eight weeks alone. Most of the returns are to points in Jaffna, but many have returned to the Tiger [...]
2002-11-07 11:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2103FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. SHEVANTHI JAYASURIYA, HEAD, COMMUNICATIONS UNIT, PEACE SECRETARIAT OF SRI LANKA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST- [...]
2002-11-08 03:36:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2104FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. ALIKIE ISMAIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL/FINANCIAL CONTROLLER, CEYLON CHAMBER SIPDIS OF COMMERCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colom [...]
2002-11-08 03:36:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2105FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. ABDULLA JIHAD, DIRECTOR AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF INLAND REVENUE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT- [...]
2002-11-08 03:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2120 Controversial journalist's visa extension
[...] (U) SUMMARY: GSL recently denied a visa extension for Paul Harris, a UK national and a journalist loosely affiliated with the "Daily Telegraph" in London. The British High Commission doubts that Harris will return except perhaps to finalize some personal financial matters. Speculation in th [...]
2002-11-11 03:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2160 Joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian and de-escalation issues recently held their initial meetings. The humanitarian-focused meeting led to an agreement to form a secretariat. The de-escalation meeting led to the first ever face-to-face discussions between the GSL [...]
2002-11-20 11:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2164FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. HEMANTHA KUMAR JAYASUNDERA, DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo [...]
2002-11-21 10:15:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2165FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUSTHAFA NIHMATH, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY TRUST FUND AND MR. NOORUL AMEEN IZZADEEN, DEPUTY EDITOR, "THE SUNDAY TIMES," FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.g [...]
2002-11-21 10:16:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2166FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. MARKANDU RAMATHASAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, EUROVILLE ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS (PVT) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTI [...]
2002-11-21 10:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2167FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. MOHAMED AMIR, DIRECTOR, POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTION, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAI [...]
2002-11-21 10:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2168FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. KHADEEJA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS C [...]
2002-11-21 10:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2169FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. S. DINESH KUMAR, JOURNALIST, VIRAKESARI NEWSPAPER, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DAT [...]
2002-11-21 10:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2170FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHUSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITT [...]
2002-11-21 10:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2171FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. ROSE COORAY, DIRECTOR- GENERAL, FISCAL POLICY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colomb [...]
2002-11-21 10:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2172FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI
[...] POST NOMINATES DR. (MS.) NELUKA SILVA, SENIOR LECTURER AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colo [...]
2002-11-21 10:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2178FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. NISSANKA WEERASEKERA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEXTVENTURES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPO [...]
2002-11-22 05:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2179FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] POST NOMINATES DR. MOHAMED ALI, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRAN [...]
2002-11-22 05:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2188FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON JUDICIAL PROCESS AND RULE OF LAW. POST NOMINATES JUSTICE NISSANKA UDALAGAMA AND JUSTICE NIMAL DISSANAYAKE, BOTH JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SRI LANKA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN A 14-DAY VOLUNTARY VI [...]
2002-11-26 03:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2206 LTTE leader Prabhakaran's annual hero's day
[...] (C) On November 27 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran made his annual "Hero's Day" speech. The government of Sri Lanka has commented favorably on the speech, highlighting Prabhakaran's acceptance of regional autonomy instead of a separate state. Prabhakara [...]
2002-11-29 05:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREL CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2261FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION
[...] DUE TO A PERSONAL COMMITMENT, POST'S SECOND APPROVED NOMINEE FOR SUBJECT PROJECT, DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, HAS DECLINED ACCEPTING INVITATION TO ATTEND PROGRAM. POST, THEREFORE, WISHES TO SUBSTITUTE HIM WITH THE NOMINATION OF MR. KEITH NOYAHR, DEPUTY EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR" - ENGLISH DAILY. [...]
2002-12-09 09:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2323 During Mission visit, Maldivian MFA says it is
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 17 meeting in Male, Polchief urged the Maldivian government to sign an ICC Article 98 agreement with the U.S. MFA Permanent Secretary Shaheed replied that the GoRM continued to SIPDIS review the proposal, which it viewed in a "favorable light." Shaheed [...]
2002-12-18 11:25:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ECON MV KICC UN
02FRANKFURT10187FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...]
2002-11-04 14:46:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
02FRANKFURT11411SAARLAND MINISTER PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
[...] (U) Summary: On December 4, Consul General Peter Bodde met with Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (CDU) in Saarbruecken. Mueller is a moderate, up-and-coming CDU leader, and ally of Angela Merkel. Mueller said the auto industry has replaced coal and steel as the most important indus [...]
2002-12-10 13:51:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD BEXP GM
02FRANKFURT11824 GERMANY'S OLDEST POWER PLANT, OBRIGHEIM TO SHUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Environment Minister Juergen Trittin and Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (ENBW, Germany's third largest energy supplier),have come to an agreement for the shutdown of Germany's oldest nuclear reactor Obrigheim on November 15, 2005. The 2003 shutdown of Obrigheim was part [...]
2002-12-20 15:23:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM EUN
02HANOI1222 RELIGIOUS REGULATION STRUCTURE IN VIETNAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: RELIGIOUS REGULATION IN VIETNAM IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN EVOLVING BUREAUCRATIC AND LEGALISTIC APPROACH. WHILE THE SRV CONSTITUTION PROTECTS RELIGIOUS BELIEF (AND NON-BELIEF),THE GVN THOROUGHLY REGULATES RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE UNDER THE PREMISE OF MAINTAINING TH [...]
2002-05-15 10:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI1523VIETNAM: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA
[...] SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTINUES A FRONT- BURNER ISSUE AMONG THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN VIETNAM. THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES TWO RECENT IPR SEMINARS IN HANOI SPONSORED BY FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND AND WHICH INCLUDED PARTICIPATION BY THE EMBASSY ECONOMIC SECTION, [...]
2002-06-13 05:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP
02HANOI1769VIETNAM: NEW ORDINANCE ON PRICES
[...] THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSED A NEW PRICE ORDINANCE NO. 40 ON APRIL 26, 2002. THE ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2002. THE TEXT IS REPEATED BELOW FOR THE RECORD. THE ORDINANCE ADDRESSES A WIDE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01769 [...]
2002-07-15 09:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD VM
02HANOI1990 GVN VIEWS 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING AS "VERY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE SIGNING OF A JOINT DECLARATION ON COUNTER TERRORISM BETWEEN ASEAN AND THE U.S., A POSITIVE MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY [...]
2002-08-09 10:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PINR PTER VM ARF ASEAN CTERR
02HANOI2345 VIETNAM'S POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02345 01 OF 04 270928Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE EXPANSION OF PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND DIMINISHMENT OF CPV AND STATE CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL LIVES HAVE BEEN WELCOME TREN [...]
2002-09-27 09:31:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM DPOL HUMANR
02HANOI2390 ASEM IV - THE VIEW FROM HANOI
[...] (U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE FOURTH ASIA-EUROPEAN MEETING (ASEM) AS A "SUCCESS." VIETNAM'S MAIN GOAL WAS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH ITS EUROPEAN PARTNERS. VIETNAM SUPPORTED THE DECLARATION ON COOPERATION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BUT LIKELY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED LAN [...]
2002-10-03 08:54:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON VM
02HANOI2628PRESSURE ON HIGHLAND PROTESTANTS
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: PROTESTANT CONTACTS REPORT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02628 01 OF 03 310933Z SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED DIFFICULTIES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF DAK LAK, WITH CONDITIONS FOR P [...]
2002-10-31 09:23:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
02HANOI2694 ETHNIC MINORITIES MINISTER ON LAND, US NGOS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE MINISTER FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES DENIED HAVING SEEN ANY DRAFT BANNING US NGOS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND, BUT INDIRECTLY ADMITTED THAT THE GVN DID NOT AGREE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02694 01 OF 02 061042Z WITH SUCH ACTIVITIES, WHILE WELCOMI [...]
2002-11-06 10:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI VM ETMIN
02HANOI2893VIETNAM: SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL
[...] OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS VIETNAM HAS PUT IN PLACE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK NECESSARY TO PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS DEMONSTRATED A SERIOUS LACK OF ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS IT HAS IN PLACE. INTERNATIONAL DONORS HAVE RECOGNIZ [...]
2002-12-04 07:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD EAID ECON VN IPROP
02HANOI2969 UPDATE FROM GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON RELIGION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED NATIONAL BUDDHIST CONFERENCE WAS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL, BUT ADMITTED THAT THE GVN MUST APPROVE ITS CONVOCATION AND HAD FINAL SAY ON ITS ELECTED NEW LEADERS AND ORDINATIONS (OR PROMOTIONS) OF MONKS AND NUNS [...]
2002-12-13 06:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL VT VM HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI3098VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT 2003
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR VIETNAM. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03098 01 OF 08 301021Z VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY THE LANDMARK US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT THAT SEEKS [...]
2002-12-30 09:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC VM FINREF BTA IPROP
02HANOI553CDC AND GVN LAUNCH NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS
[...] THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH)/NATIONAL AIDS STANDING BUREAU, IN COLLABORATION WITH AND SUPPORT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00553 110920Z CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)/EMBASSY HANOI, HAS LAUNCHED ITS NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT THE HIV [...]
2002-03-11 08:56:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID VM HIV AIDS
02HANOI559 USCIRF MEETINGS WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN
[...] (U ) CLASSIFIED BY RAYMOND F. BURGHARDT, AMBASSADOR; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE COMPLEX AND EVOLVING INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN VIETNAM CAME TO LIGHT IN UNOFFICIAL MEETINGS BETWEEN A DELEGATION FROM THE U.S. COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (U [...]
2002-03-12 07:22:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
02HANOI589VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) DIRECTED THE GVN TO IMPLEMENT A MORE OUTWARD ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY AT THE SEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS IN 1991. TODAY, VIETNAM HAS MEMBERSHIP IN 62 GLOBA [...]
2002-03-14 09:54:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN
02HANOI791VISIT TO MONTAGNARD RETURNEES: THE OLD
[...] (C) DURING A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, I MET WITH MANY WHO HAD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00791 01 OF 02 031025Z RETURNED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN CAMBODIA, BOTH UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES AND "SPONTANEOUSLY." AT THE TWO VILLAGES IN GIA LAI [...]
2002-04-03 09:50:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL CB VN ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI899 THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER WILL BE . . .
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY SCOTT BELLARD, POL/C; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00899 01 OF 02 120749Z 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DUNG IS EXPECTED BY MANY OBSERVERS TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE MAY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELEC [...]
2002-04-12 07:09:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR VM DPOL
02HANOI931SETTING VIETNAM'S IDEOLOGICAL COURSE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CPV'S CENTRAL THEORETICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING TO REDEFINE VIETNAMESE SOCIALISM IN THE FACE OF MARKET-DRIVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION, AS WELL AS INTERNAL CONFIDENTIA [...]
2002-04-16 09:12:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CH VM DPOL
02HARARE1092MEDIA REPORT FRENCH ELECTION; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Chirac's massive victory: The lesson for African leaders" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 7 editorial to hailing French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's resounding defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen in Sunday's run-off as a "reaffirmation" of t [...]
2002-05-07 09:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI KPAO
02HARARE1237MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART
[...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...]
2002-05-22 14:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI
02HARARE1371DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL ON US FOOD ASSISTANCE TO
[...] Under headline "Looking a gift horse in the mouth" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to "avoid politicizing food aid." Excerpts: 2. "For the estimated six million of the 13 million Zimbabweans on t [...]
2002-06-05 08:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE13852002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-07 07:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI
02HARARE1455Text of Letter from Zimbabwe Opposition Leader to
[...] (SBU) On June 19, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) delivered to all G-8 embassies in Harare a letter from its president, Morgan Tsvangirai, to their respective heads of government. Below is the verbatim text of the letter addressed to President Bush. A copy of the origina [...]
2002-06-19 14:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE1604MUGABE CONVEYS JULY 4 MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] On July 5, post received a letter from President Mugabe to President Bush conveying the former's congratulations on the occasion of July 4th. The original letter has been forwarded by diplomatic pouch to AF/S. 2. The text of President Mugabe's letter is as follows: 27 June 2002 Mr. [...]
2002-07-09 08:27:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV ZI
02HARARE1635COMMERCIAL FARMERS CHARGED WITH CRIME OF FARMING
[...] Summary: On July 4-5, 15 Chiredzi-area commercial sugar farmers were charged with violating section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act by continuing to farm past the government-mandated deadline for ceasing commercial farming activity. As of May 10, 2002 all farmers who fail to stop occupying, ho [...]
2002-07-15 13:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV ZI
02HARARE1714ZIMBABWE: FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESTARTS IN ONE
[...] (C) Post has learned from Amcit Father Tom McQuillen that the Catholic Church has been permitted to restart food distribution in the beleaguered Binga district of Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe. War veterans, acting on the order of Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, forced t [...]
2002-07-25 08:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ASEC ZI
02HARARE1745ZIMBABWE: MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS TROUBLING - RULE
[...] (C) Summary: On July 25, President Mugabe went on record saying that the State would defy court judgments with which it did not agree. He also said gays were worse than pigs and dogs, warning Parliament against recognizing homosexual marriages. In a previous July 23 speech at the opening of [...]
2002-07-30 10:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1827JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE -- TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff attended the inaugural meeting of the JAG on Tuesday, August 6. This group was formed by some of the more confrontational members of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in response to CFU members' perception that the organization was too conciliatory. The initial act of J [...]
2002-08-09 11:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1830FEW COMMERCIAL FARMERS EVICTED AS CFU PERCEIVES
[...] (U) Summary. Pursuant to the August 9 deadline for the first wave of commercial farmers to abandon their homesteads, in one region police have confronted farmers on five separate properties, and in a second region another farmer faces forced eviction. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president [...]
2002-08-14 12:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1871NEW REPORTS OF FARM EVICTIONS
[...] (SBU) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck called on Friday, August 16, to confirm several cases of farm eviction throughout the country. While the overall situation remains tense but superficially calm, there are scattered instances of official response to the farmers' refu [...]
2002-08-16 09:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1948GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF MEDIA
[...] The government-owned weekly "Sunday Mail" reported on August 25 that the government has introduced amendments to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that will further tighten government control of the media. According to [...]
2002-08-26 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE2002INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) SITUATION
[...] (C) Comprised mostly of workers and their families from commercial farms, the number of IDPs in Zimbabwe could surpass half a million in the coming months. While the GOZ has sought to deny the problem in the past, even accusing temporary squatter settlements of being opposition training camps [...]
2002-08-30 09:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE201UNRESREP PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT THE INVITATION OF UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, THE DONOR COMMUNITY HELD ITS FIRST COORDINATING MEETING OF 2002 AT THE UNDP OFFICES. ANGELO, WHO NORMALLY SEEKS TO INTERPRET EVENTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WAS PARTICULARLY DOWNBEAT. ON ELECTIONS, HE SAID THAT THERE NO LONGER APPEA [...]
2002-01-22 13:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EAGR EAID ZI
02HARARE2127CORRUPTION IN LAND ACQUISITION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe executive office issued a directive, circulated as a diplomatic note on 13 September, putatively intended to rein in over-zealous government officials in their acquisition of land. An independent press report, supported by the diplomatic note, and comments by Speaker [...]
2002-09-23 10:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2128PARLIAMENT AGENDA FOLLOWING ZANU-PF'S COURSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed September 10, after a 5-week adjournment, amid speculation that one of the top ZANU-PF priorities would be a bill to amend the constitutional requirement that presidential elections be held within 90 days after a president vacates office. ZANU-PF pushed through [...]
2002-09-23 10:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZI
02HARARE2160 ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: THE FOOD GAP
[...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe Emergency Food Security Assessment Repo po prepared by the Zimbabwe National Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC),in collaboration with a number of UN Agencies, NGOs, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and SADC, was released on 16 September 2002. This report rai [...]
2002-09-26 12:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL US ZI
02HARARE2192 ZIMBABWE: GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS
[...] (U) The US Embassy, HHS/CDC and USAID have had a series of discussions on coordinating the US Government response to the HIV and AIDS crisis in Zimbabwe. One of the current discussions and concerns has been the use of Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM) monies in Zimbabwe. 2. (U [...]
2002-10-01 11:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV TBIO SOCI PGOV ZI
02HARARE2217 ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: THE FOOD GAP
[...] Summary: The Zimbabwe Emergency Food Security Assessment Report prepared by the Zimbabwe National Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC),in collaboration with a number of UN Agencies, NGOs, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and SADC, was released on 16 September 2002. This report raises th [...]
2002-10-03 11:10:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL US ZI
02HARARE2241INDEPENDENT PAPER PRAISES SADC MOVE TO SIDELINE
[...] Under headline "SADC commended for seeing light at last" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its October 8 editorial to welcoming the decision by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block Robert Mugabe from SADC chairmanship. Excerpts: [...]
2002-10-08 07:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2310FARM WORKERS
[...] THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES INHIBITING CROP PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING, COMBINED WITH LOWER THAN AVERAGE RAINFALL, HAVE RAISED THE SPECTER OF FAMINE IN ZIMBABWE. UP TO 1.5 MILLION EX-COMMERCIAL FARM WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CURREN [...]
2002-10-21 11:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2315ZIMBABWE TEACHERS' STRIKE: GOZ RIDING ROUGHSHOD
[...] (U) Summary: In events which have been monitored world-wide, the GOZ has cracked down on striking members of the Progressive Teachers, Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) with characteristic harshness. After GOZ responses which included PTUZ office raids, dubious arrests of PTUZ members, assault, thre [...]
2002-10-21 14:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2318 Zimbabwe: Reports of involuntary relocation of
[...] Summary: OFDA/Humanitarian Response Advisor in Zimbabwe has received unconfirmed but credible reports of forced relocations of a large group of ex-commercial farm workers. Post views this as an extremely serious development and is concerned that it may signal the beginning of a pattern of forc [...]
2002-10-22 07:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2324"DAILY NEWS" COMMISSIONS NEW PRINTING PRESS
[...] Twenty months after its presses were destroyed by expertly placed, sophisticated explosive devices (no arrests were ever made) the independent "Daily News" inaugurated new presses. In an October 22 ceremony attended by Zimbabwean media, human rights, law and business lea [...]
2002-10-23 07:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2370MEDIA REGISTRATION DEADLINE POSTPONED
[...] According to media reports, the government- appointed Media Commission has postponed the deadline for registration of journalist and media organizations to November 21, 2002. The original deadline was October 31. 2. According to a report in the October 28 edit [...]
2002-10-31 09:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2446NEW GOZ DIRECTIVE ON LAND ACQUISITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) personnel, laboff received a copy of a GOZ directive targeted at "cleaning up" the chaotic land redistribution exercise. This policy statement is directed to the ad-hoc decisions and dealmaking which have characteri [...]
2002-11-08 09:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2455Govt Postpones Tsvangirai Treason Trial
[...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's High Court has put off the trial of opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of treason until next February. We believe the postponement indicates the GoZ has been unable to build a strong case against its main political foe. E [...]
2002-11-12 04:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZI
02HARARE2560AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MDC
[...] (C) MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube told the Ambassador on November 15 that the treason case against him and his party compatriots has no legal merit, but it could be assigned to a judge who is inclined to give more weight to political considerations. He described growing resentment w [...]
2002-11-18 13:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
02HARARE2622WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ZIMBABWE STATUS UPDATE
[...] During October 2002, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 22,495 metric tons (MT) of food commodities, falling short of its planned distribution of 33,060 MT. Nevertheless, because of increased food insecurity in Zimbabwe, WFP is expanding its targeted number of beneficiaries from 1.9 m [...]
2002-11-20 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL US ZI
02HARARE2625IDPS--FEAR AND LOATHING IN ZIMBABWE
[...] On November 13 - 15 together with UN Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Andrew Timpson, Poloff visited ex-commercial farm workers and their families in Tete province, Mozambique, northern Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe, and on a commercial farm near Harare. The lack of food securit [...]
2002-11-20 15:19:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE268ZIMBABWE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT GRANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 11, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DRACONIAN PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT (POSA),WHICH WAS GAZETTED AND WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 22. THE POSA REPLACES THE EQUALLY DRACONIAN LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA),LEGISLATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED BY TH [...]
2002-01-29 15:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE2784ZCTU LEADERS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF FIZZLED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-10 13:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE287MEDIA REPORT MEDIA BILL; HARARE
[...] DESPITE 36 AMENDMENTS, MORE THAN 20 SECTIONS OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL REMAIN UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THIS WAS SAID BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL COMMITTEE, MR. EDDISON ZVOBGO (ZANU PF, MASVINGO SOUTH),IN PARLIAMENT ON J [...]
2002-01-31 13:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE345ZIMBABWE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT PLACES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 31, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DECEPTIVELY-NAMED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF DEBATE. THE ACT, WHICH HAS YET TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND GAZETTED INTO LAW, ESSENTIALLY PLACES ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALIS [...]
2002-02-07 14:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE704MUGABE INAUGURAL REMARKS PROMISE MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS SWORN IN FOR A FIFTH TERM ON MARCH 17, ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPARENTLY HASTILY- ARRANGED INAUGURATION CEREMONY. FIVE AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE WERE IN ATTENDANCE -- TANZANIA'S BENJAMIN MKAPA; MOZAMBIQUE'S JOAQUIM CHISSANO; MALAWI'S BAKILI MULUZI; N [...]
2002-03-18 14:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02HOCHIMINHCITY1123VIETNAM'S IPR ENFORCEMENT: MICROSOFT STRIKES BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM RAIDED LOCAL COMPUTER SHOPS ON OCTOBER 17, SEIZING APPROXIMATELY 7000 PIRATED DISKS. THIS ACTION MARKS THE FIRST ILLEGAL SOFTWARE RAID IN VIETNAM. ALTHOUGH MICROSOFT CLAIMED VICTORY, THE RAID [...]
2002-11-06 04:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYVM ECON ETRD KIPR IPROP
02HOCHIMINHCITY1140 HOA HAO MONK DEFIES GOVERNMENT ORDER AND CLIMBS A
[...] (SBU) ON NOVEMBER 7, CONTROVERSIAL HOA HAO MONK NAM UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01140 110628Z LIEM (VO THANH LIEM) CLIMBED A TREE INSIDE THE COMPOUND OF HIS PRIVATE PAGODA FOR THE THIRD TIME IN EIGHT YEARS (SEE REFTEL),AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITIES GAVE HIM THREE [...]
2002-11-11 03:15:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY390CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. A COFFEE BREAK IN NHAN CO COMMUNE IN DAK LAP DISTRICT ALLOWED FOR CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS. LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS KEPT INSERTING T [...]
2002-04-16 08:10:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
02HOCHIMINHCITY394EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...]
2002-04-17 09:43:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
02ISTANBUL2088 REVIEW OF THE FULBRIGHT GLOBAL WOMEN'S
[...] SUMMARY. PA Istanbul cooperated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in executing the first-ever Fulbright-sponsored conference bringing together 110 r 110 women from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia to focus on the role of women as leaders in [...]
2002-11-29 12:12:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL TU
02JERUSALEM2756FATAH LEADER ON HAMAS CELL IN JERUSALEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL AND PLC MEMBER CRITICIZED HAMAS FOR CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN JERUSALEM, SAYING THIS WAS PART OF A WIDER COMPETITION BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS OVER WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE THE RESISTANCE. THE DISCOVERY OF A HAMAS CELL IN EAST JERUSALEM WILL COMPLICATE THE ONG [...]
2002-08-22 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS
02KATHMANDU1119REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Maoists and Peru's Shining Path. The meeting marked Paras' first formal contact with U.S. officials as Crown Prince. (Note: Nepal's Royal Palace has asked th [...]
2002-06-06 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1245TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...]
2002-06-25 13:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH
02KATHMANDU1537Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and other experts. The effects of Maoist raids on private food stores and food aid, military efforts to restrict Maoist food supplies, and disruptions in agricultur [...]
2002-08-08 10:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU1605NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...]
2002-08-19 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP
02KATHMANDU1694POLICE DISRUPT PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF TIBETAN
[...] (U) On September 2 local police halted the Tibetan community's religious celebration of Tibet's "Democracy Day" and detained Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering and another man for several hours. The celebration, which had been originally scheduled to be held on the grounds of th [...]
2002-09-03 12:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1705NEPAL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WTO WORKING PARTY MEETING
[...] (SBU) Upcoming general elections on November 13 do not seem to have impeded preparations by the Government of Nepal (GON) for its second Working Party meeting on accession to the WTO September 12. Accession to the WTO has broad, multipartisan support, and the process is unlikely to be negati [...]
2002-09-04 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1901NEPAL: ALL-PARTY CONSENSUS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29 an all-party meeting recommended that national parliamentary elections, originally scheduled to begin November 13, be postponed. The recommendation--reached just one day after the Election Commission finally announced the long-awaited schedule for the polls--was [...]
2002-09-30 12:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1988NEPAL KING NAMES NEW PM, MEMBERS OF CABINET
[...] (C) On October 11 King Gyanendra appointed National Democratic Party Leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as Prime Minister. Chand, who has been PM three times before, will head a caretaker government until national elections can be held on an unspecified date. Biographic information on Chand foll [...]
2002-10-11 12:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU2057SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948
[...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...]
2002-10-30 05:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL
02KATHMANDU2070 NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO ROB FOREIGN TREKKERS
[...] SUMMARY: In late September Maoist rebels attempted to extort money from a group of foreign climbers in far northeastern Nepal, forcing them to fly back to Kathmandu. This incident reflects no departure from a longstanding pattern of occasional robbery by Maoists of foreign trekkers and cli [...]
2002-10-30 11:12:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC PTER ASEC NP
02KATHMANDU2168U.S. GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY FOR
[...] Post hereby submits its anti-trafficking strategy as requested reftel. This document provides information on both ongoing and proposed programs and some results to date. 2. Background of Situation Nepal is a source country for trafficking of children and women mainly to India. Inter [...]
2002-11-15 10:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KSEP ASEC KPAO SNAR NP
02KATHMANDU2223NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY
[...] (C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Maoists are "slowly winning." After making significant inroads against the Maoists during the first three months of the state of emergency (late November-mid-F [...]
2002-11-22 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU2264NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
[...] (C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced plans to form a 3,000-man "industrial security force" within the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). If approved by the Cabinet, this new force, which he expects to be ope [...]
2002-11-27 12:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2440EXTORTION LETTER DELIVERED TO COCA-COLA'S LOCAL
[...] On 17 December, Mr. N.N. Singh (source protect),the head of Coca Cola's Nepal operations, told RSO that he had received a letter purporting to be from the Maoists and "requesting...financial support of" 3 million Nepali Rupees (NRs). Singh stated that he had received the letter several day [...]
2002-12-20 08:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PINS NP
02KATHMANDU333NEPALI PARLIAMENT CONVENES FOR WINTER SESSION
[...] (SBU) The Winter Session of Parliament convened Feb. 10 amid widespread expectations that the Lower House will ratify the state of national emergency declared November 26, allowing its continuation for another three months. A vote on the emergency must take place before Feb. 22. Preoccupati [...]
2002-02-11 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNP PGOV SOCI
02KATHMANDU379REVISED CASUALTY ESTIMATES FOR ACHHAM AS
[...] (SBU) Revised casualty estimates for the Maoists' Feb. 17 attacks on an airport and district headquarters in Achham indicate that nearly 130 were killed, most of them security forces. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expected to address Parliament the morning of Feb. 18, beginning debat [...]
2002-02-18 10:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU402FOREIGN SECRETARY APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE AID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Feb. 21 Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya called the Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to appeal directly for immediate assistance in the wake of the Maoist attacks on Achham (Ref B). He said the Ministry hopes to send a delegation, at the secretary level, to Washingt [...]
2002-02-21 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV ETRD NP
02KATHMANDU411TEN TIBETAN REFUGEES' ASYLUM REQUEST PASSED OVER
[...] (C) Nepal's Home Ministry declined to include the names of ten Tibetan refugees held on immigration violations in a letter to the King recommending candidates for a royal amnesty. Traditionally the King grants amnesty to prisoners on auspicious occasions, including the February 19 Democracy D [...]
2002-02-22 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU450MAOISTS' MINORS: INTERVIEWS WITH CHILD RECRUITS
[...] (SBU) Interviews with several Maoist child recruits at the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) division in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj indicate force, fear, and physical assault, rather than ideology, as their primary reasons for joining. At least two girls interviewed reported sexual abuse during [...]
2002-03-01 10:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER NP
02KATHMANDU467NEPALI REACTION TO TRADE TREATY RENEWAL WITH INDIA
[...] (SBU) Reaction in Kathmandu to the March 2 signing of the revised bilateral trade treaty between Nepal and India in New Delhi has been mixed. The revised treaty terms include value addition requirements on manufactured goods and imposed quota restrictions on four items that together account [...]
2002-03-05 14:40:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL NP IN
02KATHMANDU482TRADE OPPORTUNITY - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER,
[...] 536/01/T0001 2. 03032002 3. M. E. MALINOWSKI 4. 536 5. N 6. CONTACT: SHER BAHADUR SHAH, DIG 6A. PROCUREMENT SECTION 6B. POLICE HEADQUARTERS 6C. NAXAL, KATHMANDU, NEPAL TEL: 00977-1-413-591 FAX: 00977-1-415-594, 415-602 7. TENDER NOTICE NO: 58/59 TENDER FOR HELICOPTER 8. [...]
2002-03-07 09:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP KTDB NP
02KATHMANDU485PROMISES MADE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
[...] (C) In the days since Opposition parties, along with former Prime Minister and current Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala, decided to vote with or support the Government of Nepal (GON) to ratify the state of emergency (Ref A),Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is finding o [...]
2002-03-07 12:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP
02KATHMANDU496LIVING IN TERROR IN WESTERN NEPAL'S PLAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Violence increased in two western Nepal districts bordering India following the end of the Maoist- government cease-fire in late November, 2001, but western Nepal's largest city remained calm. Ambassador had visited the area February 22 to 24 and Poloff revisited the region in [...]
2002-03-08 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU537NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...]
2002-03-14 10:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM
02KATHMANDU657MAOISTS REPORTEDLY POSTPONE FIVE-DAY STRIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late in the morning of April 1, the Embassy began to receive reports from usually reliable press and human rights sources that the Maoists have decided to postpone the five-day general strike, or "bandh," called for April 2-6, to April 23-27, in response to broad-based public [...]
2002-04-01 13:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV CASC PTER NP
02KATHMANDU680HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL
[...] SUMMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, and the prolonged slump has negatively affected every sector of the tourism economy, from hotels and airlines to trekking agencies. International arrivals at [...]
2002-04-04 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL CASC NP
02KATHMANDU701AMBUSH KILLS FIVE SOLDIERS; ABORTED GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Maoists attacked an army convoy in a remote western district April 6, killing five, including the Major in command of the local detachment. Army personnel immediately launched a counter-attack that reportedly killed thirteen insurgents. The attack occurred less than a mile fr [...]
2002-04-08 11:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU800Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti-
[...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...]
2002-04-24 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU937NIV FRAUD RING DUPES WORKERS SEEKING US
[...] SUMMARY: Post uncovered information about a ring of con artists claiming to provide nonimmigrant visas for approximately 6500 USD when Gobin Karki, a victim of the scheme, appeared at the Embassy to collect the visa for which he believed he had paid. The ring, with possible ties to Darjeeli [...]
2002-05-14 10:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD PGOV NP
02KUWAIT5231Erroneous GOK Press Statement Reqardinq Accident
[...] (SBU) This afternoon the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued a press statement (text in paragraph 3 below) regarding a naval incident that took place near Bubiyan Island this morning in which one American and one Kuwait received minor injuries. The MOI statement contains information that diff [...]
2002-12-03 16:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS US KU
02KUWAIT5262(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ FORMALLY ACCEPTS TPC
[...] (C) ICRC sent us a copy December 4 of a Note Verbale that its office in Baghdad had received the same day from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, accepting the Tripartite Commission (TPC) proposal to suspend the TSC quorum rule for four months. (ICRC's informal translation from Arabic follows at pa [...]
2002-12-04 15:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
02KUWAIT5482(C) MEETING OF TRIPARTITE COMMISSION ON GULF WAR
[...] (C) As pre-arranged, the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC) met in Geneva December 18 and approved a rule suspension designed to revive Iraqi participation after 4 years of boycott. The minutes (text at paragraph 2 below) were pre-agreed. Iraq signed them in Baghdad earl [...]
2002-12-22 10:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
02KUWAIT5526IN WAKE OF FATAL ACCIDENT GOK SEEKS TIGHTER
[...] (C) In the course of a December 25 meeting on other topics (septels),the Ambassador and Kuwait Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah discussed the December 22 death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat as a result of injuries he suffered the preceding day while co [...]
2002-12-26 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL US FR IZ KU
02KUWAIT5560 (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH
[...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic Call Committee). The information is publicly available. Any new additional information will be provided via ORCA channels. 2. (U) Established in 1984, LD [...]
2002-12-29 06:31:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS
02MAPUTO76SADC DECLARATION ON TERRORISM
[...] ACCEDE OR RATIFY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON COMBATING TERRORISM, ADOPTED BY THE OAU AND THE UNITED NATIONS AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO DOMESTIC LAWS; 2. FIGHT WITH ALL MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM THAT ENDANGER THE LIVES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, DISRUPT REGIONAL SECURITY, ST [...]
2002-01-16 17:01:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PTER SADC MZ
02MUSCAT730BIN ALAWI ANGRY, FRUSTRATED BY U.S. "BIAS" TOWARDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OMANI MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BIN ALAWI STRONGLY CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND COMPLAINS THAT U.S. IS "COMPLETELY BIASED" TOWARDS ISRAEL. BIN ALAWI SAYS THAT IT IS "IMPOSSIBLE" NOW FOR ARAB LEADERS TO CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBING, WHICH THEY SEE NOT O [...]
2002-04-10 14:14:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MEPN MU XF
02RANGOON1254STRONG ETHNIC SHOWING AT NLD'S 14TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst strong support from Western diplomats and ethnic representatives the NLD celebrated its 14th anniversary on September 27 in downtown Rangoon. NLD leaders called for the SPDC to enter into dialogue without delay for the benefit of the country. An array of leaders from e [...]
2002-09-27 10:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM NLD
02RANGOON1343LATEST GOB REPORT ON SHAN RAPES FINDS FIVE OUT OF
[...] (U) Summary: On October 16, the GOB presented results of its latest investigation of the allegations contained in the Shan Human Rights Foundation's "Licence to Rape." The GOB claims that it has now re-investigated all 173 cases and found that only five cases bear even any "similarity" to th [...]
2002-10-16 10:28:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BM TH
02RANGOON1355BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD
[...] (U) Summary: Burma has responded well to the criteria outlined in our certification demarche. It has continued to enforce its counternarcotics laws, increased pressure on cease-fire groups such as the United Wa State Army, and sharply reduced the production of opium and heroin within its terr [...]
2002-10-18 10:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM BM
02RANGOON1469U.S. SANCTIONS: DIRECTED AT BURMA OR THE REGION?
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 9. 2. Summary: The United States is now poised to oppose an ADB regional grant for alternative development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on the grounds that Burma-specific legislation applies to all such regional grants. That position will [...]
2002-11-14 09:34:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID BM ADB
02RANGOON1510GOB RELEASES 115 POLITICAL PRISONERS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB released another 115 political prisoners on November 21. The NLD has received the names of 50 NLD members who were released as well as one other who military intelligence mistakenly identified as an NLD member. ICRC received all 115 names. This brings the total number [...]
2002-11-22 08:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV BM NLD
02RANGOON1547OPIUM ERADICATION AND THE DECIMATION OF VILLAGES
[...] Summary: The fate of Song Keh, a village that was forcibly relocated in 1999 as part of the Wa opium eradication program, illustrates what may happen more broadly in the Wa territories as the Wa push forward with their program. Left to fend for itself with only minimal supplies, almost one-q [...]
2002-12-05 01:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID BM
02RANGOON1555EX-STRONGMAN NE WIN DIES WHILE UNDER DETENTION
[...] (C) Summary: Ne Win is dead. The news has not yet hit the streets in Rangoon, but Ne Win's son told the DCM that reports of his father's death were true. Ne Win's death is likely to have little political impact. However, many in Burma will have trouble believing that "the old man" is fina [...]
2002-12-05 09:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV BM
02ROME1059 THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH BANKS, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPINIONS ARE MIXED ABOUT TH [...]
2002-02-28 14:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT PAGE ROME OF
02ROME1091 THE EURO CHANGEOVER IN ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: ITALYS TRANSITION TO THE EURO WENT SMOOTHLY, WITH ONLY A FEW SNAGS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH. ITALIANS STOPPED USING LIRE ON FEBRUARY 28, ALTHOUGH THE BANKING ASSOCIATION, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BANK OF ITALY, HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGING LIRE FOR EUROS UNTIL JUNE 30. OPIN [...]
2002-03-01 13:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT EUN
02ROME1182 SIERRA LEONE: A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN FOOD
[...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01182 01 OF 13 070642Z FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALL [...]
2002-03-07 06:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME1251ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON ISAF/OEF PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY MAY EXTEND ITS PARTICIPATION IN ISAF UNTIL LATE JUNE IF REQUESTED, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO GRECO (PROTECT),DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO. GRECO CONFIRMED COMMENTS MARTINO MADE TO THE PRESS DURING A RECENT TRIP TO VISIT ITALIAN TROOPS IN THE PERSIAN [...]
2002-03-11 11:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IT MARR MOPS PARM PREL AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1393ALBANIAN PM MAJKO'S MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 12, ALBANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY PELLUMB XHUFI GAVE POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF JIM DONEGAN A READOUT ON ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER PANDELI MAJKO'S MARCH 6 MEETING IN ROME WITH PM BERLUSCONI. ACCORDING TO XHUFI, THE MEETINGS FOCUSED ON TWO ISSU [...]
2002-03-19 11:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAL ENRG IT PHUM PREF PREL
02ROME1396 ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO NATO ASPIRANTS
[...] MAINARDO BENARDELLI, OF THE MFA ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA. A- ALBANIA --------- MILITARY ASSISTANCE ------------------- 2. PER REF C, ITALY IS ALBANIAS MOST IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER, LARGEST INVESTOR, AND LARG [...]
2002-03-19 12:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR ECON IT AL MC NATO
02ROME1400INVASIVE SPECIES: STILL AN EXOTIC PRIORITY IN
[...] ON MAY 2, 2001, SCICOUNS DELIVERED A COPY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL INVASIVES MANAGEMENT PLAN (REFTEL) TO PATRIZIA DE ANGELIS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MOE NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICE. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01400 191528Z IN MID-MAY, DE ANGELIS TOLD US THAT INVASIVE [...]
2002-03-19 14:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD TBIO IT FAO
02ROME1405BIOTECH: SUGGESTION FOR GETTING ITALY'S ATTENTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. POST SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OUR AGRICULTURE BIOTECH AGENDA FORWARD BY LINKING IT TO THE GOI HIGH-PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC INDICATOR (GI) AGENDA AND INVITES DEPARTMENT'S THOUGHTS ON SUCH A LINKAGE. THE GOI REGULARLY PREACHES THAT MORE THAN 200 PRODUCTS NAMED A [...]
2002-03-19 17:19:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD IT WTO
02ROME1457ITALIAN WHITE PAPER ON AGRICULTURAL
[...] SUMMARY: AN UNDATED WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS AND AGRICULTURE: A TIME FOR CHOICES" WAS PUT INTO CIRCULATION IN ITALY AFTER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANNI ALEMANNO PRESENTED AN OUTLINE OF THIS STRATEGY AT AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PAPER RECOUNTS TH [...]
2002-03-21 15:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD SENV EU IT ICSCA
02ROME1517ITALY UPBEAT (SORT OF) ON STABILITY PACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI BELIEVES THAT SOUTHEAST EUROPE COOPERATIVE PROCESS STATES HAVE VERY RECENTLY BECOME MUCH MORE REALISTIC IN EVALUATING THE ORGANIZATION'S POTENTIAL AND THE SEECP, AS A RESULT, IS POISED TO BECOME A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR REGIONALISM BOTH WITHIN THE STABILITY PACT [...]
2002-03-26 10:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ECON IT KSEI PREL
02ROME1644 AFGHANISTAN: ZAHIR SHAH'S FUTURE PLANS, CLOSING
[...] (C) ON A MARCH 11-12 VISIT TO ROME, SA/PAB DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE MCGANN MET WITH MFA OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, AND ZAHIR SHAH HIMSELF. MCGANN AND SA/PD DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUSAN HOVANEC CLOSED OUT AN ESF GRANT OFFERED TO THE KING'S ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE EM [...]
2002-04-03 06:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1726ITALY'S WRONG TURN ON BIOTECH: WHAT WE SHOULD DO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS COMPANION PIECE TO REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR SENIOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS, AND POST ACTION STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO THE DELIBERATELY MISLEADING WHITE PAPER ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PUT IN CIRCULATION BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. AMB [...]
2002-04-08 06:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME1748ITALY MAY LET PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ENTER LIBYA
[...] (S) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN OFFICIAL CHAIRING AN INTERMINISTERIAL LICENSING COMMITTEE IS "INCLINED TO SUPPORT" THE APPLICATION OF AN ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY FOR A LICENSE TO CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA TO REFURBISH FACILITIES AT RABTA, LIBYA IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEIR PRODUCTION OF [...]
2002-04-08 16:38:00Embassy RomeSECRETETRD ETTC IT PARM PREL
02ROME1826ITALY: COALITION CONTRIBUTIONS INITIATIVE
[...] (U) EMBASSY ROME CONCLUDES THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE TO ITALY. THE GOI IS ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL, MILITARY, AND TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO OEF, THE STABILIZATION OF THE BALKANS, ISAF, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE FORMER [...]
2002-04-12 06:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EAID IT
02ROME186DELIVERY OF ATLANTIC BIRD DEMARCHE TO GOI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO THE GOI AND ALENIA SPAZIO ON DECEMBER 18 AND 21, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD REFTEL MESSAGE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS REGARDING ATLANTIC BIRD WOULD BE HIGHLY UNLIKELY IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT CHINESE UN [...]
2002-01-14 06:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ETRD TSPA PARM CH IT MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME2256ITALY ON IRAN'S PASTEUR INSTITUTE: NOTHING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY AND IRAN HAVE BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAD BEEN AIMED AT LENDING ITALIAN KNOW-HOW TO VACCINE PRODUCTION EFFORTS AT IRAN'S PASTEUR INSTITUTE. THE ITALIAN MFA REPORTS THAT IRAN BALKED AT THE STRINGENT INSPECTION PROVISIONS ITALY INSISTED BE INCORPORATED INTO ANY GOI-GOI [...]
2002-05-09 13:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC ETRD IR IT UN
02ROME2382 REPORT OF SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF IFAD'S
[...] SUMMARY: THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) MET IN ROME CONDUCTED THEIR SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION IN ROME, APRIL 22-23, 2002. MARK JASKOWIAK (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF T [...]
2002-05-15 14:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID IFAD
02ROME241BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS STRONGLY IN EUROPE, BUT THINKS OF NATIONAL INTERESTS
[...] (C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WITHIN EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE EURO AND REAFFIRMED THAT ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE A SEA CHANGE DURING HIS TIME AT T [...]
2002-01-15 17:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME2415 REPORT OF IFAD SECOND CONSULTATION ON THE SIXTH
[...] SUMMARY: THE SECOND CONSULTATION SESSION ON THE SIXTH REPLENISHMENT OF RESOURCES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) WAS HELD APRIL 18-19, 2002 IN ROME. MARK JASKOWIAK (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY) REPRESENT [...]
2002-05-16 15:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID IFAD
02ROME2487 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL
[...] SUMMARY: AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE FAO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING (WFS5YL) TO BE HELD IN ROME JUNE 10-13, 2002. PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO START FROM THE DRAFT LEFT UNFINISHED BY THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP [...]
2002-05-21 08:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2772ITALIAN POLICIES ON THE IMPORT, POSSESSION AND
[...] THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' AUTHORIZATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02772 101029Z UNIT FOR ARMAMENTS (UAMA) REGULATES EXPORTS OF ARMAMENTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND ASSOCIATED MUNITIONS. THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, DIRECTORATE OF A [...]
2002-06-10 10:57:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME287PROGRAM EVALUATION: DVC WITH ITALIAN NATIONAL
[...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: A DVC ON ECONOMIC ISSUES ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN PA ROME AND THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMICS AND LABOR (CNEL),A CONSULTING BODY TO THE PARLIAMENT AND TO THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES. PA MILAN WAS "PASSIVE" ON THE PROGRAM. [...]
2002-01-18 15:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDDVC OIIP
02ROME2990PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...]
2002-06-19 10:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW
02ROME3008CHANGING CHAIRS IN ITALY
[...] (U) THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY, SPECIFICALLY THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE, RECENTLY CHANGED ITS SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN THREE OF THE CORPORATIONS IN WHICH IT HAS A MAJOR INTEREST: ENI (ITALIAN HYDROCARBON AGENCY),ENEL (NATIONAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 030 [...]
2002-06-19 14:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EAIR PINR IT ITEIND
02ROME3093 REPORT OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY
[...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) MET JUNE 6-9 AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03093 01 OF 05 241459Z CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING. THE UNI [...]
2002-06-24 15:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID EAGR FAO
02ROME3174 LOOKING AHEAD TO FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC
[...] SUMMARY: OPERATING AS THE INTERIM GOVERNING BODY (IGB) OF THE NEWLY-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, THE OCTOBER 9-18 FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL DISCUSS (AND POSSIBLY APPROVE),INTER ALIA, IGB RULES OF PROCEDURE AND TERMS OF REFE [...]
2002-06-28 06:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME3313GOI VIEWS ON FUTURE OF EU; PREPARATIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 3, THE CHIEF OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GUISEPPE BUCCINO, EXPRESSED TO POLOFF HIS CONCERNS ABOUT PROGRESS, OR THE LACK THEREOF, ON CRITICAL EU INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS. HE IS STILL HOPEFUL THAT THE CONVENTION DOCUMENT CAN BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE [...]
2002-07-05 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT EUN
02ROME3477 ROME GENEVA GROUP:POST WFS5YL AND TERM LIMITS
[...] SUMMARY. ROME GENEVA GROUP (MAJOR DONORS) MEMBERS CHARACTERIZED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) AS NEITHER A SUCCESS NOR A FAILURE. MEMBERS DISCUSSED WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE WFS5YL FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM IN ORDER TO AVOID HOLDING ANOTHER SUMMIT-LEVEL MEETING IN [...]
2002-07-15 06:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR FAO
02ROME3641NE ITALY'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE:
[...] SUMMARY: THE NORTHEASTERN ITALIAN TRANSPORTATION CENTERS IN VENICE AND TRIESTE HAVE RELIED PRIMARILY ON INCREASED INTERMODALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE PORT OF TRIESTE, IN PARTICULAR, HAS STRONG LINKS TO THE ITALIAN RAILWAYS AND IS AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING INTERNATI [...]
2002-07-24 05:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKCIP EAIR ELTN EWWT IT
02ROME3648 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH
[...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...]
2002-07-24 09:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO
02ROME3676FAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GMO FOOD AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF IS EXPECTED TO SEND A LETTER TO UN UNDERSECRETARY OSHIMA CORRECTING HIS PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND STATING THAT THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DOES NOT STIPULATE MILLING OF GM COMMODITIES TO PREVENT PLANTING. COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOU [...]
2002-07-25 13:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC ETRD EAGR EAID MZ FAO WFP
02ROME3703AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...]
2002-07-26 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4519ITALY'S BARRIERS TO AG BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A, POST PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON ITALY'S BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. ITALY'S THREE NATIONAL BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ARE A BAN ON EU-APPROVED CORN VARIETIES, ITALY'S RESTRICTIVE THRESHOLD FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE OF BIOTECH MATERIAL IN [...]
2002-09-17 14:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO IT EUN
02ROME4561FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER
[...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...]
2002-09-20 09:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME4807ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]
2002-10-03 15:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5079NORTH KOREANS SIGNAL NEW OPENNESS AT ENERGY
[...] AT A RECENT CONFERENCE IN ITALY ON NORTH KOREAN ENERGY NEEDS, THE DPRK DELEGATION APPEARED TO SIGNAL UNUSUAL OPENNESS. ITS PRESENCE AT A CONFERENCE WITH USG AND ROK REPRESENTATIVES WAS ITSELF REMARKABLE, AND ITS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SHORTCOMINGS AND REFORMS WAS MORE SO. DPRK REPRESENTATIVE [...]
2002-10-17 13:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EAID PARM KN IT
02ROME5083ITALYS 2003 GOI BUDGET (PART II)
[...] SUMMARY: THE GOI PRESENTED ITS 2003 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT ON OCTOBER 2. REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE BUDGET IN LATE DECEMBER. THE 2003 BUDGET TOTALS E619.1 BILLION (47.4 PERCENT OF GDP),WITH A DEFICIT OF E19.6 BILLION (1.5 PERCENT OF GDP). A PACKAGE OF E20 BILLION (1 [...]
2002-10-17 14:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT KPRP
02ROME5090BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT
[...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]
2002-10-17 16:25:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5131OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES
[...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, CGIL (THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS) BROUGHT MUCH OF ITALY TO A CRAWL, IF NOT A COMPLETE HALT, DURING ITS ONE-DAY STRIKE OCTOBER 18. THE EIGHT-HOUR ACT [...]
2002-10-22 04:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV IT
02ROME5139FIAT IN CRISIS: GOI BETWEEN A ROCK ANDA HARD PLACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT, ITALY'S LARGET CORPORATION AND NATIONAL ICON, IS IN THE MIDSTOF A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING CRISIS AS ITS SUBSIDIARY, FIAT AUTO, FACES TH CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF MOUNTING LOSSES AND EBT. THE CRISIS OF FIAT AUTO CRISIS IS HITTING IALY HARD ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY. LAB [...]
2002-10-22 10:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND IT EIN
02ROME5236 DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE
[...] ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS PLANS TO LAUNCH A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE EMOP WILL COVER THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH JAN [...]
2002-10-25 13:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5252 PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...]
2002-10-28 07:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5308 THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...]
2002-10-30 07:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5323 REPORT ON FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MET OCTOBER 14-19, CHAIRED BY ROB BERTRAM OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSION ENDORSED A DRAFT MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MT [...]
2002-10-31 07:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5421 LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF
[...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...]
2002-11-06 15:23:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME544WFP MONITORING - STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL
[...] A FIVE COUNTRY STUDY OF ONGOING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONCLUDES THAT: WFP HAS STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ITS OPERATIONS; THERE IS A CLEAR ROLE FOR CAREFULLY TARGETED DEVELOPMENT FOOD AID INTERVENTIONS; IN- KIND FOOD AID SHOU [...]
2002-02-05 13:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID
02ROME5446 REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2),THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...]
2002-11-07 12:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG
02ROME5454 REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION
[...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...]
2002-11-07 14:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5491 REPORT OF 56TH UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY. THE 56TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW (UNIDROIT) FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED A 2003 ORDINARY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 05491 120655Z BUDGET LEVEL OF EURO 1,802,550.00, A NOMINAL INCREASE OF 1 [...]
2002-11-12 05:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ABUD UNIDROIT
02ROME5595IMMIGRATION: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN INTERIOR
[...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2.(U) INTERIOR MINISTERS FOR THE "ADRIATIC-IONIAN" REGION ANNOUNCED A NEW ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE END OF A ONE-DAY MINISTERIAL IN LECCE NOVEMBER 13. THE ACTION PLAN WAS SIGNED BY MINISTERS FROM ITALY, ALBANIA [...]
2002-11-18 14:19:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG ELAB PGOV IT
02ROME5832NIGERIA, ZIMBABWE, COTE D'IVOIRE: ITALY, EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AFRICA DG CABRAS REQUESTED A MEETING WITH POLMINCOUNS TO GET U.S. VIEWS ON THE CRISIS IN NIGERIA AND REVIEW OTHER TIMELY ISSUES. SOME ITALIAN NGOS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN NIGERIA, BUT CABRAS AGREED THAT THE GOI'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY MUST [...]
2002-12-04 05:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CI ZI NI IT
02ROME5849UKRAINE - GOI TELLS KUCHMA TO SHAPE UP; WANTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2, RUSSIA/FSU OFFICE DIRECTOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05849 01 OF 02 041727Z ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO TOLD POLOFF THAT THE NOVEMBER 26/27 VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA TO ITALY WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GOI TO HAVE BEEN A "GREAT SUCC [...]
2002-12-04 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL UP MASS IT
02ROME6146DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - "THE ANGUISH OF NORTHERN UGANDA" HARVESTED IN JANUARY, HAVE BEEN LOST, INCREASING THE DEPENDENCY ON ASSISTANCE FROM OUTSIDE.
[...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED UGANDA DECEMBER 18-23, AND TRAVELED IN GULU DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION. SERIOUS INSECURITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION (GULU, KITGUM, LIRA AND PADER DISTRICTS) HAS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 735,000 PEOPLE INTO CONGESTED SETTLEMENTS. THE [...]
2002-12-27 15:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME642 JOINT STATE/COMMERCE REQUEST: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-08 16:26:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT IT
02ROME713ARGENTINA: ITALY'S APPROACH RESEMBLES OURS
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON FEB 11, EMBOFFS CALLED ON COUNSELOR GIORGIO DI PIETROGIACOMO, MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH AMERICA, TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON DISCUSSIONS WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER RUCKAUF IN BOTH WASHINGTON AND ROME. ITALY HAS SIGNI [...]
2002-02-12 16:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN AR IT UN
02ROME895 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF
[...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...]
2002-02-22 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME981 IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES: CHANGES TO
[...] SUMMARY. THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES WILL MEET MARCH 20, 2002. THE MEMBER STATES WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVED TWO CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC STATUTES. MISSION RECOMMENDS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00981 261523Z S [...]
2002-02-26 14:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KDEM IDLI
02STATE218172UN PROGRAMS: WHAT WORKS; WHAT DOESN'T?
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. THE UNITED NATIONS (UN),IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECENTLY AGREED RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARAGRAPH 4),WILL ORIENT ITS SUPPORT FOR AFRICA AROUND THE THEMES AND PRIORITIES OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD). THE SECRETARY GENER [...]
2002-11-01 16:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID XA UNGA ECON
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
02TEGUCIGALPA1780 CERRO LA MOLE RADAR--THE UNREQUITED PACT
[...] (U) Summary: In 1993, the U.S. entered into an agreement with GOH regarding the maintenance of the radar located at Cerro La Mole. The U.S. agreed to pay 75% of all maintenance costs up to a limit of $400,000 per year, while the GOH agreed to pay 25% of the maintenance costs, in addition to [...]
2002-06-18 20:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2444 SOTO CANO AIRBASE TO BECOME COMMERCIAL AIRPORT?
[...] (U) Summary: On August 15, President Maduro announced his intention to convert the Soto Cano military airstrip into an international airport for commercial use. The Comayagua business community embraces the concept, which seeks to transform the area into a new commercial center with an eye [...]
2002-08-28 20:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAIR MARR PREL ECON ECIN HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2494Honduras Asks for Help on Paris Club and HIPC
[...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Honduran government has requested support of the USG (and other donors) to extend to June 2003 in its Paris Club debt service deferral and changes in the methodology used for HIPC and Paris Club debt relief and funding of the GOH's Poverty Reduction Strateg [...]
2002-09-05 15:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV SENV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2563PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR 25-YEAR HONDURAN CELLULAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two American cellular companies were among six who applied for pre-qualification to bid on the GOH's 25-year cellular service contract. The winner of the bid will be the only competition for Honduras' current cellular provider, Celtel (majority owned by Motorola). Conatel plan [...]
2002-09-11 23:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINV KPRV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2746SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, only in office since January, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...]
2002-09-30 17:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2972HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES
[...] (U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively impact perception of a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in the U.S. private sector and Congress. Agriculture Import Restrictions ------------------- [...]
2002-10-28 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR
02TEGUCIGALPA2987POPULAR BLOCK AND TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE VIOLENTLY
[...] (U) On October 24-25 several thousand demonstrators that included the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, the labor union SITRASANAA, secondary teachers (COPEMH),and three Democratic Unification Party (UD) congressmen clashed with police in violent demonstrations that include [...]
2002-10-29 23:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2991FTAA: HONDURAS' EXPORT PRIORITY INFORMATION
[...] As solicited in reftel, Post identifies the following export priorities for the Honduran government and private sector. The cable includes both non-agricultural products (mentioned in reftel) and agricultural goods. 2. According to its recently published economic plan, the Maduro adminis [...]
2002-10-30 15:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR ELAB PREL KTEX HO FCS
02TEGUCIGALPA3023Upcoming IMF Mission: Civil Service Reform is
[...] (SBU) The long awaited IMF mission (originally planned for February 2002 and delayed several times to give the Maduro team time to understand the inherited fiscal problems and develop plans to address them) will arrive on November 4. The mission is scheduled to conduct an Article IV review a [...]
2002-11-01 19:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3126PRESIDENT MADURO RESPONDS TO COMMERCE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) During a November 12 meeting, Honduran President Maduro provided DCM a letter in response to Commerce Secretary Evans' October 22 letter advocating for a fair and SIPDIS transparent process in the 210MW energy bid sent on behalf of AES. The original letter was sent via FedEx 2 day del [...]
2002-11-14 22:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ENRG BEXP HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3273AES WILL CHALLENGE HONDURAN ELECTRICITY BID RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. AES and two other companies presented challenges to the State-owned electricity enterprise ENEE's decision to award Lufussa the contract for the 210MW bid. AES challenged ENEE's failure to disqualify Lufussa for the lack of inclusion of sufficient transmission facilities in its [...]
2002-12-03 21:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3365SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL HILL'S VISIT TO HONDURAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office since January, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goals to [...]
2002-12-13 22:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3416 ENEE BOARD ANNULS BID FOR 210 MW CONTRACT;
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, the Board of Directors for the State-owned electricity company ENEE announced the annulment of the bid for a 210 MW electricity contract. In announcing the annulment, the Board said that the various legal challenges presented by bidders to the decision to award [...]
2002-12-20 19:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3479ADVOCACY CASE: GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND LEADS TO AES
[...] (SBU) Summary. AES Honduras signed a contract on December 27 with the state-owned electricity company ENEE to provide 200 MW of electricity starting within three years. The deal came after the ENEE Board of Directors annulled the tender award to Lufussa on December 19. In an emergency meetin [...]
2002-12-30 21:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EAID BEXP PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3491BANCO CAPITAL LIQUIDATED; SOGERIN TO BE SOLD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The National Banking and Insurance Commission announced on December 20 the forced liquidation of Banco Capital, which had been under government supervision since May 17. Banco Ficohsa acquired the deposits worth approximately USD 43 million. The GOH authorized the transfer of [...]
2002-12-31 17:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV HO
02VATICAN1171THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-03-06 13:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALEG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG
02VATICAN3492VATICAN CONCERNED BY DRAFT RUSSIAN VISA RULES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE TOLD DCM JULY 12 THAT A NEW RUSSIAN DRAFT LAW ON RELIGIOUS WORKER VISAS COULD HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE CHURCH'S ABILITY TO OPERATE IN RUSSIA. FOR EXAMPLE, MIGLIORE INDICATED THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S OPERATIONS IN IRKUTSK WOULD [...]
2002-07-15 12:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF PHUM VT RU
02VATICAN3527VATICAN KEEPING "DOORS OPEN" TO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CARDINAL WALTER KASPER, THE VATICAN OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY (INCLUDING THE DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH) SAID THAT THE HOLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03527 01 OF 02 170549Z SEE'S ATTEMPTS AT DIALOGUE WITH THE RUSSIAN [...]
2002-07-17 05:52:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF VT RU VTPREL
02VATICAN3636THE LIMITS OF VATICAN PERSUASION ON BISHOPS'
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE PERCEPTION OF THE HOLY SEE AS A HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION, IT RARELY GIVES "MARCHING ORDERS" TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON SECULAR POLITICAL MATTERS. IN THE RARE CASES WHEN IT DOES DECIDE TO PRESS ITS POLITICAL VIEWS, IT IS LARGELY LIMITED TO THE POWER OF PAPAL PERSUASION [...]
2002-07-23 15:00:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL VT
02VATICAN3638CHURCH IN AFRICA: CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH OFFERED DCM A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE CHURCH'S CONCERNS IN AFRICA DURING A JULY 23 CALL. SARAH FOCUSED ON THE "NEW" CHALLENGE FROM FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES [...]
2002-07-23 15:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VT VTPREL
02VATICAN3692EASTERN CHURCHES UNDER STRESS WHERE CHURCH/STATE SEPARATION IS WEAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR EASTERN CHURCHES, ARCHBISHOP ANTONIO VEGLIO, TOLD CHARGE THAT THE EASTERN CHURCHES -- THE 22 CHRISTIAN RITES THAT ARE NOT ROMAN CATHOLIC BUT ARE IN COMMUNION WITH ROME -- FACE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT CAST LONG SHADOWS OVER THEIR FUTURE. BOTH C [...]
2002-07-26 10:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF RS IN IS UP VT VTPREL
02VATICAN4470VATICAN IRE AT NEW RUSSIAN "NYET" TO ITS CLERGY
[...] THE VATICAN HAS SHARPLY CRITICIZED THE RECENT EXPULSION OF TWO POLISH PRIESTS FROM RUSSIA. THIS BRINGS TO FIVE THE NUMBER OF CATHOLIC CLERGY EXPELLED FROM RUSSIA THIS YEAR, INCLUDING BISHOP JERZY MAZUR OF THE SIBERIAN DIOCESE OF ST. JOSEPH. A TERSE STATEMENT ISSUED SEPTEMBER 9 BY VATICAN S [...]
2002-09-13 12:42:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PL RS VT
02VATICAN5138THE POPE AND THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCH: REINFORCING
[...] (U) IN THE VATICAN, WHERE GESTURES AND SYMBOLS CARRY WEIGHT, POPE JOHN PAUL II PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS DURING ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH TEOCTIST'S OCTOBER 7-13 VISIT TO VATICAN CITY AND THE CITY OF ROME. IN A SERIES OF EVENTS CULMINATING IN A SPECIAL MASS IN ST. PETER'S, THE PATRIARCH WA [...]
2002-10-22 09:57:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI RO VT VTPREL
02VATICAN521THE ASSISI WORLD DAY FOR PEACE. THE VATICAN TAKES ON THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: POPE JOHN PAUL II LED AN INTERFAITH APPEAL FOR PEACE JANUARY 24 IN ASSISI, ITALY AT WHICH HE ISSUED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00521 01 OF 03 040621Z RINGING CONDEMNATION OF VIOLENCE PERPETRATED IN THE NAME OF RELIGION. MORE THAN 300 RELIGI [...]
2002-02-04 06:01:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIT PHUM PREL VT
02VATICAN5296CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS PREPARES FOR WAR IN IRAQ;
[...] (SBU) A CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) DELEGATION LED BY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05296 01 OF 02 291503Z THE DIRECTOR OF CARITAS' BRITISH OFFICE (CAFOD) HAS RETURNED FROM A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO IRAQ TO ASSESS IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN [...]
2002-10-29 13:45:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC EAID IZ VT VTPREL
02VATICAN5545HOLY SEE EFFORTS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE
[...] (C) POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS SPOKEN OUT FORCEFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE AND AGAINST SPECIFIC ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS. HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM -- IN PART BASED ON THE CHURCH'S SELF-ACKNOWLEDGED HISTORICAL &SIN8 OF [...]
2002-11-14 13:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV VT IS
02VATICAN5607HOLY SEE URGES CHURCH TO PROMOTE VENEZUELAN DIALOGUE, AVOID POLITICAL ACTIVISM
[...] (C) THE HOLY SEE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF CIVIL VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND THE POPE HIMSELF HAS URGED THE VENEZUELAN BISHOPS TO "COOL IT" ON POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND INSTEAD TO ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE. THE HOLY SEE VIEWED THE BISHOPS' OCTOBER LETTER ENCOURAGING DIALOGU [...]
2002-11-19 09:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
02VATICAN579VATICAN AGENCY TO LAUNCH LENTEN MEDIA APPEAL FOR
[...] (C) FIDES, A VATICAN NEWS AGENCY, IS SET TO LAUNCH A LENTEN APPEAL NEXT WEEK FOR THE FREEDOM OF MISSING OR DETAINED UNDERGROUND CATHOLIC CLERGY. FATHER BERNARDO CERVELLERA, FIDES DIRECTOR AND CHINA SPECIALIST, PROVIDED AMBASSADOR AN ADVANCE LIST OF MORE THAN 30 NAMES IN ORDER TO FOREWARN THE [...]
2002-02-06 10:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALCH PHUM PINR TW VT
02VATICAN6156 ADM. JOHNSON/AMB. NICHOLSON BALKAN TRIP FOCUSES ON
[...] SUMMARY: AT THE INVITATION OF AFSOUTH CINC ADMIRAL JOHNSON, AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON TRAVELED TO THE BALKANS TO MEET WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN BOSNIA AND KOSOVO AND WITH AMBASSADOR BUTLER IN SKOPJE, TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06156 01 OF 02 [...]
2002-12-30 13:40:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KIRF KPAO VT VTPREL
03ABUDHABI1092 MEDIA REACTION: OIC SUMMIT UAE INITIATIVE
[...] SUMMARY: THE OIC SUMMIT IN DOHA RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS STRESSED THAT THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE SHOULD ALSO BE A MAIN CONCERN OF THIS SUMMIT. EDITORIALS CONDEMNED ARAB AND MUSLIM ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE. AN [...]
2003-03-05 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI112 MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY AND THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LIFE WERE THE DOMINANT ISSUES IN THE UAE MEDIA. WHILE NOTING THE UAE PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY, UAE COLUMINST MOHAMMED AL HAMADI ARGUED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LEARN DEMOCRACY BEFORE PRA [...]
2003-01-08 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1124 MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 7 UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY: DELIBERATIONS AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND RECENT ESCALATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS WIDELY ASSERT THAT THE U.S. IS DETERMINED TO ATTACK IRAQ REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTING AT THE UN. AN "AL KHAL [...]
2003-03-09 13:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI114 UAE TO TIGHTEN SECURITY FOR AIRCRAFT
[...] (U) Classified by Marcella M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (b) and (d). SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A quiet heads-up on 1/7 to UAE authorities regarding consideration of laying on modest additional security measures to help ensure the safety of Afghan Hajj flights became slightly garbled wi [...]
2003-01-08 14:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER EAIR ASEC PREL PGOV MOPS AF TC
03ABUDHABI1204 WILDCAT STRIKE RESOLVED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
[...] (U) Local press prominently reported the resolution of a strike by forty laborers against a contracting firm on March 11. The employees stopped working for a week to protest the decision of the firm to pay them daily instead of monthly (why daily payments were perceived as pernicious by the wor [...]
2003-03-12 13:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1229 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS ON THE
[...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MARCH 14 REMARKS ON THE ROADMAP FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE REMARKS AS A RENEWAL OF HOPE FOR ENDING THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. CONVERSELY, AN "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL BELIEVES [...]
2003-03-15 11:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1266 MEDIA REACTION: AZORES SUMMIT, IRAQ, AND PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: THE AZORES SUMMIT GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA ALSO COVERED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AND US PARTICIPATION IN THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE (IDEX 2003). IN AN UNUSUAL EDITORIAL CRITICIZI [...]
2003-03-17 08:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1356 MEDIA REACTION: WAR WITH IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ CONTINUES TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS VOICE OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN "AL- KHALEEJ' EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE WAR SYMBOLIZES A DEFEAT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. [...]
2003-03-21 09:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1363 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ AND DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: WAR IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. A PROMINENT THEME OF EDITORIALS IS "U.S. NEGLIGENCE OF ALL INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS." AN 'AL ITTIHAD' EDITORIAL STRESSED THE URGENCY OF PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN 'AKHBAR AL ARAB' [...]
2003-03-22 10:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1377 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BASRA AND HALABJA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL BLAMED THE IRAQI REGIME FOR THE WAR, AND A SAME-DAY ARTICLE REPORTED UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER AL KINDI AS SAYING THE SAME. [...]
2003-03-23 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI138 EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK AL RAJIR GLASS
[...] REFTEL REQUESTED A PRE-LICENSE CHECK TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF AL RAJIR GLASS INDUSTRIES AS A RECIPIENT OF US ORIGIN COMMODITIES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY MENTIONED IN THE ACTION CABLE IS NOT CORRECT AND THE CORRECT NAME OF THE COMPANY IS AL TAJIR GLASS INDUSTRIES LOCATED [...]
2003-01-11 10:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI1400 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ U.S. PRISONERS OF WAR
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND FOOTAGE OF CAPTURED AND KILLED U.S. SOLDIERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CONDEMNED AL-JAZEERA'S BROADCASTING OF FOOTAGE OF DEAD U.S. SOLDIERS AND U.S. POWS. ALSO IN "AL ITTIHAD, " UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN COMM [...]
2003-03-24 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1414UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...]
2003-03-24 13:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ABUDHABI1459 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, AN ALLEGED U.S. DOUBLE STANDARD ON POWS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE "OUR PEOPLE IN IRAQ" CAMPAIGN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE, DR. HASSAN MADAN ALLEGED A DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICY TOWARDS POWS. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE DILEMMA [...]
2003-03-26 10:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1478EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK PROSPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-29 09:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI1479 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, AND HUMANITARIAN AID DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE PRINT DAILIES ALSO COVERED ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN DUBAI, VARIOUS ARAB CAPITALS, AND AROUND THE WORLD. AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ARABS TO REALIZE THE CONS [...]
2003-03-29 10:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1480 TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 9, MARCH 29
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/29. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...]
2003-03-29 10:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1503 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, HUMANITARIAN AID, AND RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA AND IRAN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS AS "ISRAELI DICTATIONS." ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THESE WARNINGS ARE A [...]
2003-03-30 10:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1564 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ WARNINGS TO SYRIA CIVILIAN
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, CASUALTIES AMONG IRAQI CIVILIANS, SUICIDE BOMBERS HEADED TO BAGHDAD, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" CLAIM THAT POWELL'S THREAT TO SYRIA SERVES ISRAEL'S INTERESTS AND WHAT WAS SAID I [...]
2003-04-01 12:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1580 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALS CRITICIZED AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS TREATMENT OF CIVILIANS IN IRAQ. IN AN "AL ITTIHAD" OP-ED, ABDULLAH RASHEED LAMBASTED ARAB SATEL [...]
2003-04-02 09:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI159 MEDIA REACTION: MEPI, IRAQ, AND NORTH KOREA
[...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL AND UAE MEDIA FOCUSED LARGELY ON A PERCEIVED DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS NORTH KOREA AND IRAQ AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI). AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL QUESTIONED WHY WASHINGTON DOES NOT APPLY A STRONG STANCE TO NORTH KOREA SIMILAR [...]
2003-01-12 09:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI16 MEDIA REACTION: A YEAR'S REFLECTIONS ON MEPI, IRAQ,
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA COMMENTED ON WHAT IT CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH'S POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, LOCAL MEDIA ALSO LABELED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA AS CONTRADICTORY. AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL HOPED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS REPRESENT A NEW AMERICAN START [...]
2003-01-04 12:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1615 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE CAPTURE AND RENAMING OF THE SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY COALITION FORCES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AS A "HUMAN CATASTROPHE" AND CRITICIZED ARABS FOR THEIR F [...]
2003-04-05 11:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1634 UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amnesty, which began on January 1, 2003, and will terminate on April 30, 2003, will exempt workers from payment of fines or other legal liabilities related to the [...]
2003-04-06 10:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1656 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT ONLY THE U.S. AND NONE OF ITS ALLIES WILL CONTROL POST-WAR IRAQ. ANOTHER UAE COLUMNIST, DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA POINTED OUT [...]
2003-04-07 10:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1700TERRORIST FINANCING: CONCERNS REGARDING HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-08 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFNI ETTC PTER TC
03ABUDHABI1711 MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ KILLING OF JOURNALISTS
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA INSIDE BAGHDAD WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR THE AL-JAZEERA AND ABU DHABI TV OFFICES AND PERSONNEL. "AL-ITTIHAD" OPINED THAT THE ATTACK OPENS THE DOOR FOR ALLEGATIONS OF AN AMERICAN DESIRE TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF TRUTH IN THE [...]
2003-04-09 08:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1744 MEDIA REACTION: CHAOS IN BAGHDAD LOOTING IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF BAGHDAD TO COALITION FORCES AND LOOTING IN IRAQI CITIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. PRESIDENT BUSH'S AND PRIME MINISTER BLAIR'S STATEMENTS TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE RECEIVED POSITIVE COVERAGE IN BOTH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COMMENTARY TO TH [...]
2003-04-12 10:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1756UAE MAY IMPOSE RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON SAUDI
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi told Econoff on April 13 that the UAE is seriously considering retaliatory tariffs on Saudi exporters, in response to [...]
2003-04-13 11:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI1783 MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF TIKRIT SYRIA IS NEXT U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF TIKRIT TO COALITION FORCES, THE IN IRAQI CITIES, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGED THAT IRAQ WAS FIRST BUT SYRIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NEXT. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SADDAM'S TORTURE CHAMBERS BUT [...]
2003-04-14 11:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1811 MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...]
2003-04-15 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1842 MEDIA REACTION: MEETING OF IRAQI LEADERS NEAR AL
[...] SUMMARY: THE MEETING OF IRAQI LEADERS NEAR AL NASSERIYA, IRAQI DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, MOSUL, AND AL NASSERIYA, AND U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. SECRETARY POWELL'S FOREIGN PRESS CENTER REMARKS AND INTERNATIONAL SIPDIS CONDEMNATION OF THE LOOTING OF BAGHDAD'S M [...]
2003-04-16 10:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1877 MEDIA REACTION: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO
[...] SUMMARY: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, SYRIA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. THREATS, AND THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING IN RIYADH DOMINATED NEWS COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS FOCUSED ON THE CREATION OF "AN IRAQ FOR IRAQIS." AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL ASSERTED THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE WILL [...]
2003-04-19 13:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1904UAE MEASURES TO MONITOR OUTBOUND FINANCIAL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) DCM called 4/21 on UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Matar Al-Tayer to discuss oversight of charities (other topics septel). Al- Tayer confirmed that subsequent to discussions last year with Treasury Enforceme [...]
2003-04-21 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI193 MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ, DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB
[...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD, THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI),AND THE ANTICIPATED WAR ON IRAQ WERE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA. UNDER THE PEN NAME OF "IBN AL DEIRA," A COLUMNIST IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOPES THAT THE U.S. DIPLOMACY WILL RECOVER ITS 'SPIRIT,' AN [...]
2003-01-13 13:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1935 UAE HOPES TO IMPLEMENT LABOR UNION LAW BY
[...] (SBU) UAE Labor Minister Matar Al-Tayer informed DCM on April 21 that the final draft of the new UAE labor law which permits the creation of formal labor associations/unions, would be sent to the inter- ministerial review committee by the end of the week. (See reftel). The proposed legislatio [...]
2003-04-22 13:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1937 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ISRAEL PALESTINE
[...] SUMMARY: GEN. JAY GARNER'S ARRIVAL IN BAGHDAD TO BEGIN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE CIVILAIN CASUALTIES IN PALESTINE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE "WAR" BETWEEN PRESIDENT ARAFAT AND ABU MAZE [...]
2003-04-22 14:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1944 MEDIA REACTION: RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ GEN. GARNER NEW
[...] SUMMARY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, GENERAL JAY GARNER'S VISITS IN IRAQ, AND A CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN OVER THE FORMATION OF A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE REBUILT AFT [...]
2003-04-23 11:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1992 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECRETARIAL VISIT EXPLOSIONS IN
[...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, CIVILIAN DEATHS DUE TO AN ARMS DUMP EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, AND ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN "AL BAYAN," UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN CRITICIZED ANY 'EXCUSES' GIVEN FOR T [...]
2003-04-28 08:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2132EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK REQUEST FOR D307110
[...] REFTEL REQUESTED POST CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON SAFEWATER CHEMICALS FOR THE EXPORT OF ELEVEN NICKEL-LINED PUMPS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS USED IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. 2. ON APRIL 29, 2003, COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN MET WITH MARK CONNER OF AL JABER ENERGY SE [...]
2003-05-03 12:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI2174 MEDIA REACTION: POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA IRAQ THE
[...] SUMMARY: POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE SITUATION IN THE REGION FOLLOWING THE WAR IN IRAQ AND ARAB ATTITUDES TOWARDS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, NOTING THAT THE U.S. AIM IS TO PR [...]
2003-05-05 08:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2175 UAE EXTENDS AMNESTY
[...] (U) The UAEG announced that it has extended the amnesty period for illegal aliens to depart the country without penalty an additional month. (See ref A). The four month amnesty period was scheduled to end on April 30, but officials have given illegal aliens until May 31 to leave the UAE. The [...]
2003-05-05 10:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2178 STRANDED IRAQIS IN THE UAE: NEED FOR POLICY
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action message -- please see paragraph five. 3. (C) MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid has now engaged on the issue of the approximately 1,000 Iraqis stranded in the northern Emirates, pr [...]
2003-05-05 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS EAID IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2223 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE ROADMAP
[...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR PAUL BREMER TO LEAD THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE ROADMAP, AND ISRAEL'S DEMAND FOR SANCTIONS ON SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST, DR. ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLA NOTED IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOW SHAMEFUL IT IS THA [...]
2003-05-07 08:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2287 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ROADMAP
[...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, THE ONGOING RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, LABELING THE OPTIMISM SIPDIS SURROUNDING THE VISIT AS "UN [...]
2003-05-11 09:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2289 MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH AT THE
[...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S ADDRESS CALLING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF U.S.-MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AREA RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ALL UAE DAILIES PUBLISHED LENGTHY EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECH, AND ABU DHABI TV, AL JAZEERA, AND AL ARABIYAH BRO [...]
2003-05-11 10:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2305 SCENESETTER FOR UAE AIR FORCE
[...] (U) Classified by Charge Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Air Force Commander Major General Khaled Abdullah Al-Buainnan will visit the U.S. May 12-22. Al-Buainnan's visit presents a good opportunity for us to review our strong bilateral Air Force-to-Air Force rel [...]
2003-05-12 07:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC TC
03ABUDHABI2326 UAE SENDING IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION TEAM TO
[...] (U) Classified by Charge Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action message -- please see paragraph five. 3. (C) At the initiative of MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayied, the UAE is sending a nine-member delegation to Washington during the week of Ma [...]
2003-05-12 11:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2343 MEDIA REACTION: EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH ROADMAP
[...] SUMMARY: THE EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH'S RESIDENTIAL EXPATRIATE COMPOUNDS, ISRAEL'S UNWILLINGNESS TO "ACCEPT" THE ROADMAP, SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION SIPDIS OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL URGED T [...]
2003-05-14 08:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2380EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: GULF
[...] REFTEL REQUESTED POST CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR A TAYLOR WHARTON CRYOSTORAGE SYSTEM WITH GULF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES. 2. GULF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, ALSO KNOWN HERE AS JULPHAR, IS WELL-KNOWN TO BOTH THE EMBASSY AND CONSULATE IN THE UAE. IT HAS ITS OWN WEBSITE AT W [...]
2003-05-18 09:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI2391 MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST ATTACKS, ROADMAP, IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RIYADH AND CASABLANCA, ESCALATING CONFLICT IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALLEGED THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THESE ATTACKS IS ISRAEL. AN "AL BAYAN" [...]
2003-05-19 08:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2411 MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINE IRAQ TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: ESCALATING CONFLICT IN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTIAN TERRITORIES, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE REGION DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IS WORSENING AND THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF [...]
2003-05-21 10:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2455UAE: POST RESPONSE ON MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAEG will welcome the Middle East Trade Initiative (METI) and its comprehensive efforts to encourage economic reform and enhance economic growth in the region -- particular [...]
2003-05-25 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2457 MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]
2003-05-26 07:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2511 MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI CABINET'S RESERVATIONS ON THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND RECOMMENDED MEANS TO ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY IN IRAQ. [...]
2003-05-28 08:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2576 MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]
2003-06-01 09:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2644 MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY: ALL UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT AND CARRIED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL WARNED ARAB LEADERS OF FURTHER CONCESSIONS AND ASSERTED THAT THE MAIN AIM BEHIND PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMEN [...]
2003-06-04 08:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2796 MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS WMD
[...] SUMMARY: THE SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS, THE US "FAILURE" TO FIND WMD IN IRAQ, AND ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON HAMAS LEADERS GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S "ANNOYANCE" AT THE ASSASSINATION AT [...]
2003-06-11 10:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2861 SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Secretary Bolton: Your visit to the UAE will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss our concerns about Iran with the UAEG. We have secured a meeting with de facto Foreign Minister, Shaykh Hamdan bin Z [...]
2003-06-14 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR TC
03ABUDHABI2949 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES
[...] SUMMARY: ESCALATION OF TENSIONS IN IRAQ AND THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AND DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE ARE SIMILAR IN STYLE AN [...]
2003-06-18 14:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2969 UAE AMNESTY FAILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UAEG's amnesty program failed to significantly reduce the number of illegal laborers in the UAE. Only 60,000 illegals have left the country, far less than the hoped for 250,000-300,000. Though the amnesty may continue on indefinitely, it failed because illegal workers do not [...]
2003-06-22 12:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI3113 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-BAYAN" STRONGLY CRITICIZED AN ALLEGED STATEMENT BY SENATOR GAY GLODIS (SIC) IN WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY CALLED FOR BURYING MUSLIMS WITH THE INTESTINES OF PIGS. THE EDITORIAL URGED ARAB AND MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE RETALIATORY MEASURES AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS TO FORCE W [...]
2003-07-01 13:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3116(U) VEHICLES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLISH-LED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) OUR ACTING CG IN DUBAI DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF DUBAI'S VEHICLE DONATIONS TO THE POLISH-LED DIVISION IN IRAQ AND TO THE AFGHAN POLICE WITH SAYANTA BASU DURING A PHONE CALL ON JULY 1. DUBAI HAS NOT OFFERED T [...]
2003-07-02 14:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID EFIN AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI313EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK AL WASL TRADING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-21 04:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI320 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. THE GENERAL TONE IN THE ARABIC EDITORIALS OPPOSES A WAR WITH IRAQ OF WHICH "NO ONE CAN ANTICIPATE THE CONSEQUENCES." HOWEVER, THE SAME EDITORIALS URGED IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH UN RES [...]
2003-01-21 08:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3201 UAE CONTINUES AMNESTY
[...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van de Vate for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The UAEG officially claimed that 100,000 illegal immigrants "benefited" from the amnesty which began January 1, 2003, and that 40,000 illegals have been arrested over the past few months. The Labor Ministry i [...]
2003-07-08 12:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI3208ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]
2003-07-09 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3477 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER - CENTRAL
[...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Oliver B. John for reasons 1.5 (B and D) 2. (C) Summary: The Central Bank Governor told the Ambassador that, despite press reports, banks and financial institutions operating in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) will be subject to UAE law, at lea [...]
2003-07-27 13:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3510 LIFT AND SUSTAIN OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF POLISH
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador asked UAE Chief of Staff LT. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) whether the UAE would be able to provide continued "lift" in support of Iraqi stabilization efforts. MBZ said that they c [...]
2003-07-29 06:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR MASS PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3709 MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN WEST BANK LEBANON IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: ISRAELI INCURSIONS INTO THE WEST BANK AND LEBANON AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" CLAIMED THAT THE REGION NEEDS TO BE SAVED FROM "SHARON'S FIRES." AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED TERRORISM AS A [...]
2003-08-11 09:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3731 MEDIA REACTION: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE
[...] SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS TO THE UAE AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SOUTH LEBANON, AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEAGUE'S "SILENT ATTITUDE" FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. ANOT [...]
2003-08-13 08:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3856 UAEG DENIES BANKROLLING IRAQI SUNNI
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan denied that his government was financing Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. In an August 19 meeting with Charge and Polchief, [...]
2003-08-23 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3930 MEDIA REACTION: SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WEST BANK IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE UAE VISIT OF FAROUQ AL SHARA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF SYRIA, AND EVENTS IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN TERROTORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE "BRAVE" FRENCH ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDIT [...]
2003-08-27 08:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3975 (C) UAE'S ARABSAT BOARD MEMBER WEIGHS IN ON U.S.
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I. RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 3. (C) SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER (SCO) AND SENIOR COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST VISITED UAE BOARD MEMBER TO ARABSAT, MOHAMED OMRAN, ON SEPTEMBER [...]
2003-09-01 12:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETTC PARM PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3993 SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BUCHANAN'S
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Buchanan: On behalf of Ambassador Wahba, who is out of country until September 4, I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes at a time of unprecedented Emirati cooper [...]
2003-09-02 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3995 TRADE BANK OF IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE UAEG
[...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary. Charge D'Affaires passed reftel points and non-paper 8/31 to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, and Econoff se [...]
2003-09-02 12:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4012 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] SUMMARY: THE UAE'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT WELCOMING THE FORMATION OF THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" WROTE THAT THE FORMATION OF THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS [...]
2003-09-03 08:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4105 MEDIA REACTION: UAE SUPPORT FOR IGC ABU MAZEN'S
[...] SUMMARY: THE UAE STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS' CONFERENCE, THE RESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS AKA ABU MAZEN, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HAMAS LEADER SHEIKH AHMAD YASSIN, THE US DRA [...]
2003-09-09 08:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4192 MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL ARAFAT POWELL VISITS IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASIR ARAFAT AND THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TO IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT. ANOTHER EDIT [...]
2003-09-15 07:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4201UAEG RECEIVES TEXTILE FLEXIBILITY REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-15 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX TC
03ABUDHABI4314 SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE for your full introductory visit. You will be calling on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and have an opportunity for f [...]
2003-09-22 10:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4366 MEDIA REACTION: QUARTET IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT MEETINGS OF THE QUARTET AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTININAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON THE ELECTORAL DILEMMAS FACING US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR DUE TO THE WAR WITH IRAQ. AN "AL [...]
2003-09-29 08:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4594 UAE HEALTH MINISTRY STRENGTHENS IPR PROTECTION FOR
[...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Summary and comment: The UAE Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a circular this week stating the mechanism of granting exclusive marketing rights in the UAE for all innovative pharmaceutical products [...]
2003-10-14 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIPR ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI46 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, MEPI, AND DEMOCRACY IN THE GULF
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA FOCUSED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S RECENT SPEECH AT FORT HOOD MILITARY BASE IN TEXAS. "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THE FACTS ON THE GROUND PROVE PRESIDENT BUSH'S ALLEGATIONS ON IRAQ HAVING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ARE NOT TRUE. WRITERS AND OP- EDS ALSO COMMENTED ON MEPI IN THE ARABIC D [...]
2003-01-07 04:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4680 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK
[...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, THE AMERICAN DECISION TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FORCES AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" CRITICIZED AS HYPOCRITICAL PRIME MINISTER SHARON'S STATEMENT THAT EXPELLING ARAFAT IS AGA [...]
2003-10-21 10:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4706 LETTER FROM UAE PRESIDENT TO POTUS REGARDING
[...] The Office of UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan requested that the Ambassador forward a letter from UAE President Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to the President. The original will be pouched to the State Department. We [...]
2003-10-23 08:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TC
03ABUDHABI4761 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK
[...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN BOTH "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AKHBAR AL ARAB" NOTED THAT THE PALESTINIANS WOULD BECOME IMPRISONED BECAUSE OF THE SECOND FENCE SHARON IS PLANNI [...]
2003-10-27 09:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI48EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK AL WASL TRADING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-07 06:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI486 MEDIA REACTION: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: ALL MEDIA PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTENTS OF THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS ON IRAQ. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC PRESS LAUDED EUROPEAN OPPOSITION TO A WAR AGAINST IRAQ, DESCRIBING FRENCH AND GERMAN OPPOSITION AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO AMERICA'S THIRST FOR WAR. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIM [...]
2003-01-29 11:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4890 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ISRAEL
[...] SUMMARY: WARNING AGAINST ISRAELI PENETRATION IN IRAQ AND EUROPEAN OPINION REGARDING ISRAEL DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EUROPEAN OPINION IS RESPECTED AT TIMES AND NEGLECTED AT OTHERS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED [...]
2003-11-05 12:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI49 POSSIBLE DIVERSION OF US ORIGIN GOODS
[...] ON 12/17/02, FCS DUBAI PROVIDED COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN WITH COPIES OF AN UNSOLICITED, UNATTRIBUTABLE FAX RECEIVED BY FCS DUBAI. THE DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT A DUBAI COMPANY, SAFENET MIDDLE EAST LLC, 412 INTERCONTINENTAL PLAZA, PO BOX 8811 DUBAI, (PH: 971-4-2213678, FAX: 971-4- 22160 [...]
2003-01-07 06:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI4903 MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S SPEECH COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY IN WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 6 DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS BASHED THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. END SUMMARY. 2. NOTING THA [...]
2003-11-08 09:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4969 UAEG REACTION TO POTUS DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) The UAEG has no plans to react publicly to President George Bush's speech on democracy in the Middle East region, Ibrahim Al-Abed, the senior adviser to Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdallah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, told Polchief November 12. Al-Abed was quick to add that while Em [...]
2003-11-12 12:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL TC
03ABUDHABI497EMBASSY ABU DHABI WELCOMES TRADE INSTITUTION-BUILDING
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Post concurs with NEA that a regional conference, followed by a focused bilateral program to address the UAE's specific trade-related concerns, is the best approach to trade institution-building in the Gulf [...]
2003-01-29 14:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD ECON PREL TC
03ABUDHABI506 MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
[...] SUMMARY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA COVERED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS EXTENSIVELY, UNDERSCORING HIS REMARKS ON THE NEED FOR IRAQ TO DISARM OR BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH SIMULTANEOUS ARABIC TRANSLATION, WHILE DUBAI TV ALSO REPORTED THE SPE [...]
2003-02-01 04:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5062 CLASSIFIED ANNEX TO UAE 2003 ANNUAL
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charg d'Affaires, a.i., Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Post provides additional responses to complement the unclassified portion of the 2003 annual terrorism report. The information included in this classified annex is considered highly sensitive [...]
2003-11-23 12:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI5133 SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier a [...]
2003-12-01 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5138 SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP VISITS TO
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) I would like to welcome you to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air industr [...]
2003-12-01 15:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5298 MEDIA REACTION: THE ARREST OF SADDAM
[...] SUMMARY: THE ARREST OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THE FALL OF SADDAM IS AN UNEXPECTED GIFT FOR THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SINCE IT WILL HELP HIM IN THE ELECTIONS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT [...]
2003-12-16 04:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5367 MEDIA REACTION: THE GCC SUMMIT IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE GCC SUMMIT IN KUWAIT AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. IN HIS "AL ITTIHAD" COLUMN, DR.SHAMLAN AL EISSA EXPLAINS THE CHALLENGES FACING GCC COUNTRIES BUT ENCOURAGES THESE COUNTRIES TO CONFRONT TH [...]
2003-12-22 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5380 UAE: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-23 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI553 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: LOCAL MEDIA CONTINUED TO COMMENT NEGATIVELY ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. ONE EDITORIAL CALLED FOR AN ARAB SUMMIT TO ELIMINATE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE JUNGLE. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT AMERICA IS THE ONLY NATION THAT PREVIOUSLY USED NUCLEAR AND OTHER [...]
2003-02-02 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI560POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF US EXPORT LAWS AND REGULATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-03 12:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC TC CA
03ABUDHABI607ON-SITE VISIT TO INTERGULF/EMPOL LTD, SHARJAH, UAE
[...] On January 28, 2003, Commercial Officer Mary O'Brien met with Srinivasan Kartikeya and Adeeb Yawar of Intergulf, Ltd., Sharjah, UAE, regarding the shipment of a single spindle gun drill. Intergulf had previously reported to Comoff O'Brien that this shipment had been stopped in the U.S. at th [...]
2003-02-05 06:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC TC
03ABUDHABI629 MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S FEBRUARY 5 UNSC
[...] SUMMARY: THE SPEECH OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL WAS WIDELY COVERED IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH ARABIC TRANSLATION. HEADLINES IN SEMI-OFFICIAL "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE SPEECH AS "A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST IRAQ," AND ITS EDITOR [...]
2003-02-06 10:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI725 MEDIA REACTION: MORE ON POWELL'S UNSC SPEECH AND MEPI
[...] SUMMARY: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUED TO REPORT EXTENSIVELY ON SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH AT THE UNSC. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC SIPDIS DAILIES NOTE THAT THE U.S. IS PLANNING TO ATTACK IRAQ IN ORDER TO CONTROL ARAB AND IRAQI RESOURCES, MAINLY OIL. THE EDITORIALS ALSO CLAIM THAT THE ATTACK WO [...]
2003-02-09 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI784 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA EXTENSIVELY COVERED INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS AND REACTION AGAINST A MILITARY STRIKE IN IRAQ. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA CRITICIZED WHAT THEY CALLED A WEAK ARAB STANCE TOWARDS THE CURRENT CRISIS. "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZES U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL THE MIDDLE EAST, NOTING THIS IS NOT [...]
2003-02-18 08:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI896 MEDIA REACTION: RICHARD PERLE, IRAQ, AND UAE UNSC
[...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUE TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A 2/23 INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PERLE WHO SAID THAT "NO ONE HAS HARMED ARAB INTERESTS AS MUCH AS HE" (IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN). EDITORIALS PRAISED [...]
2003-02-24 10:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI936THE DIFFICULTIES OF DOING BUSINESS IN ABU DHABI
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In a 2/19 meeting with Econ FSN, an Emirati businessman from one of Abu Dhabi's lesser families harshly criticized the local business climate, particularly in contrast with the relative simplicity and openness of Dub [...]
2003-02-26 06:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EINV TC
03ABUDHABI946 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POSTURING AT THE UN SECURITY
[...] SUMMARY: COVERAGE RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. UAE DAILIES LARGELY COVERED UAE'S PARTICIPATION AT THE NAM CONFERENCE AND ITS CALL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL UNSC RESOLUTIONS REGARDING IRAQ AND PALESTINE. EDITORIALS CONTINUED TO LAUD THE FRE [...]
2003-02-26 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA1049NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP JUNE 13
[...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA AND LAGOS INCLUDES: 2. --ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE --WABARA FOR SENATE PRESIDENT --VIOLENCE-FREE INAUGURATION --DO THE JUNE 20 ELECTIONS MATTER? --VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE ------------------------- ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE ------- [...]
2003-06-13 13:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1088 NIGERIA: 2003 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-20 13:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
03ABUJA1134NIGERIA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On June 30, during a private signing ceremony at the Ministry of Justice, Solicitor-General I.A. Ayua signed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ambassador Jeter signed on behalf of the United States. Signed original has been sent to L/T via registered [...]
2003-06-30 19:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1137NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION AT THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of significant opposition criticism of the April 19 elections and vague threats of &mass action8 against the new Administration, President Obasanjo held a triumphal inaugural on May 29. Security was tight but the events of inauguration week were well organized [...]
2003-07-01 11:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM OVIP NI
03ABUJA1150NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO PROPOSES REFORMS TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo appears committed to using the first months of his new Administration to introduce key political and economic reforms. On June 18, Obasanjo proposed significant changes to the federal government system and the conduct of elections. The two most salient are: (1) [...]
2003-07-02 11:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA124NIGERIA: CHAMBAS SAYS DISCORD AND LETHARGY HINDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 8 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas acknowledged ECOWAS diplomatic efforts in Cote d'Ivoire had lost steam due to ECOWAS Chairman Wade's erratic statesmanship, the lethargy of President Gbagbo and lack of focus of Togolese lea [...]
2003-01-21 17:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
03ABUJA1329NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE
[...] (C) On 18 July, President Obasanjo swore in 38 of 40 new Ministers and deputies and confirmed their various portfolios. In a novel twist, Obasanjo had forwarded the roster to the National Assembly without matching the prospective Ministers to any portfolios. He only designated the portfolios [...]
2003-08-04 15:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA1331NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 6
[...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA INCLUDES: --Obasanjo Chooses Special Advisors --Obasanjo Submits List of Ministers --Electoral Conference ) INEC Admits Problems --Opposition Book Launch --Court Case on the Presidential Election --Probe of Inspector General of Polic [...]
2003-08-06 13:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1340NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE
[...] (C) This is the second of Post,s biographic cables on newly appointed GON ministers. This cable focuses on the President,s new economic team. According to Embassy sources and press reports, President Obasanjo is promoting his economic team as a new generation of internationally respected tec [...]
2003-08-07 09:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL KISL NI
03ABUJA1357CODEM ADVOCACY EFFORT STIFLED BY ALLEGED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since spring 2003 Mission Nigeria has heen pursuing advocacy in behalf of CODEM Systems, Inc., a New Hampshire-based telecommunications firm. CODEM has tendered bids on three separate contracts, the aggregate value of which approximates $80 million. Its proposal to Nigeria's Min [...]
2003-08-08 18:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALBEXP ECPS ETRD PGOV NI
03ABUJA1367MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-12 07:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI
03ABUJA1386CODEM PROVIDES FURTHER INDICATIONS OF
[...] (C) Summary. On August 12 CODEM's Nigeria-based representative gave us further documentation that suggests that the Ministry of Communications is grossly understating the bid of CODEM's competitor for the $35 million contract mentioned in reftel. From the Ministry's understatement, as well a [...]
2003-08-14 16:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALBEXP ECPS ETRD PGOV NI
03ABUJA1410ECOWAS 505 FAA AGREEMENT FOR LIBERIA
[...] (U) Post transmitted reftel Note to ECOWAS on July 30 and received in reply a Note of agreement dated August 4. Text of ECOWAS Note is as follows: (BEGIN TEXT) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United [...]
2003-08-19 17:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL NI
03ABUJA1560NIGERIA: RULING PARTY COHESION (C-AL3-00674)
[...] (S) Responses to specific reftel questions are below. They are based on the assumption that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the ruling party after the various legal challenges to the 2003 elections. BACKGROUND 2. (C) The PDP was founded in the wake of Abacha's death [...]
2003-09-05 16:54:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PINS NI KPRP
03ABUJA1629LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM, PART 2
[...] (U) The Technical Review Committee on Local Government Reform has resumed work this week after receiving a new chairman, Malam Liman Ciroma, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The Committee's work had stalled two weeks ago after the death of the Etsu Nupe, a tradition [...]
2003-09-19 07:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1639ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS ON GUINEA BISSAU
[...] (C) CDA called on ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Ibn Chambas on September 19 to deliver demarche (REF B). Chambas shared his thoughts on recent developments in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia (reported septel). Characterizing GEN Seabra's September 14 takeover as a coup d'etat, Chambas said EC [...]
2003-09-19 17:36:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL XY GZ
03ABUJA1667AMINA LAWAL - CONVICTION OVERTURNED
[...] (SBU) In a four to one majority decision, the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal overturned Amina Lawal's March 2002 adultery conviction and sentence of stoning to death, on the grounds that the conviction had been reached through bad court procedure. A copy of the decision, which was annou [...]
2003-09-25 15:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL NI
03ABUJA1761SIGNS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN WARRI
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Indications from various sources in the Warri area suggest strongly that the relative peace seen in the region for the past seven weeks is about to break. Reports of a recent Ijaw attack on a boat of unarmed Itsekiri villagers attempting to return to villages destroyed by Ijaw [...]
2003-10-10 16:51:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPINS PGOV PTER EPET PHUM NI
03ABUJA1974AMINA LAWAL: THE JUDGMENT
[...] Summary: Amina Lawal's conviction for Zina (adultery) was overturned by the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal on September 25. The decision by four appeals judges to one on the panel agreed with the defense on several counts and found no evidence for the prosecution. Post presents the tr [...]
2003-11-19 13:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KIRF NI
03ABUJA1982LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO TO
[...] The Nigerian Presidency has asked that the Embassy forward a letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush. Signed original is being forwarded to the White House. 2. Begin text: November 10, 2003 Dear President Appreciation Mr. President, I write on behalf of my dele [...]
2003-11-20 11:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDNI OPDC PREL
03ABUJA2067ADAMAWA STATE: END OF YEAR SNAPSHOT
[...] (U) Adamawa State, located on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, is a key battleground for control of Nigeria's political scene. Many important Nigerians hail from Adamawa, including Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and it is the base from which he and others launched on the national scene. Atiku [...]
2003-12-04 08:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2085WARRI FORUM ON PEACE PROJECT
[...] The Warri Forum on Peace, Security and Human Rights is an important project of our Mission in Nigeria, and it has already achieved some successes. One month later than the original approved proposal, and reported in several e-mails to DRL, the Field Research and Writing of the Working Paper [...]
2003-12-09 11:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA2086NIGERIA: LEGISLATURE PASSES USD 2.038 BILLION
[...] (U) Summary: On Tuesday, December 2, 2003 the House of Representatives (lower legislative chamber) toed the line of the Senate (upper legislative chamber) by approving the supplementary budget of USD 2.038 billion (Naira 269 billion at USD 1=Naira 132). The Senate had earlier passed the budget [...]
2003-12-09 11:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ENRG ETRD NI
03ABUJA2132BUHARI TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL JANUARY 19
[...] (SBU) : The ANPP/Buhari suit continues at its slow pace. The complainant ANPP continues to score points with its evidence, and the defense (Obasanjo) attempts to delay the process through objections to virtually every witness and document. The "Independent" National Electoral Commission (INE [...]
2003-12-12 11:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2170NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-17 13:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI
03ABUJA2183NOT SO INSTANT REPLAYS - THREE BY-ELECTIONS TO
[...] Summary: Six months after Nigeria's April/May elections for President/VP, National Assembly, Governors and State Assemblies, three races will be re-run on December 20 by order of election tribunals or the Court of Appeals. A recent State Assembly by-election caused by death of an office holde [...]
2003-12-19 11:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA2195 Abuja By-Election Results - ANPP Concedes
[...] After the by-election for the only Abuja Senate seat conducted on December 20, PDP Senator Isa Maina retained his seat with an overall victory margin of 1,416 votes (less than one percent of the total). Maina's original victory margin in April over ANPP candidate Ireti Kingibe was 1,208 votes. [...]
2003-12-23 05:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA2205NIGERIA,S MOOD REMAINS SOUR
[...] (C) Nigerians remain in the same funk as in August (Ref A). Throughout the country the loudest sound is that of grumbling, both stomachs and mouths. While the economy continues to fester, President Obasanjo's policies -- whether reform or asserting his authority -- stoke the coals of discont [...]
2003-12-24 07:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
03ABUJA2216NIGERIA: CHRISTMAS EVE ECONOMIC ROUND-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: We report another telecommunications victory for a United States company and another GON milestone in transparency as CODEM systems won a USD 28 million telecommunications contract after months of wrangling over alleged corruption by GON officials and European companies. U.S. ai [...]
2003-12-26 07:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD KISL PTER NI
03ABUJA27 Why Nigeria's PDP Governors Could Not Lose
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP's national convention (Refs C and D) was more competitive than caucuses that renominated every PDP governor regardless of his popularity or lack of it. However, this praise is faint indeed, as the gubernatorial caucuses were blatantly rigged while the national convention [...]
2003-01-06 16:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM NI
03ABUJA278NIGERIA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CONTINUES TO FACE
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia said INEC would hold elections as scheduled provided the FY 03 budget allocation was received in time. Guobadia continued to blame current logistical b [...]
2003-02-07 12:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA420NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 28
[...] (U) This periodic joint political report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Political Violence Update --Potential Party Coalition --Will AD Support Obasanjo? --ID Card Registration --Sharia Amputation in Jigawa --Traditional Ruler to be Prosecuted ------------------------- Political Viol [...]
2003-02-28 18:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PHUM NI
03ABUJA502NIGERIA: INADEQUACIES OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After three months delay, INEC published some voter lists week of March 3. With national elections just six weeks away, INEC has missed a key legal deadline. Challenges are almost certain. INEC,s performance remains erratic, and non-transparent. INEC will have to work efficie [...]
2003-03-14 13:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA515TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...]
2003-03-18 16:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
03ABUJA526 MEETING WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) On March 6, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC) paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Jeter. Akanbi thanked the Embassy for supporting the ICPC and briefed us on the Senate proceedings underway to amend the law [...]
2003-03-19 13:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV EAID NI MMAR
03ABUJA566NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO DISAVOWS HIS MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: During a midnight March 21 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo distanced the GON from Minister of State Onyia's accusation that the U.S. had cut military assistance because of Nigeria's position on Iraq. Obasanjo also expressed surprise at Washington's negative react [...]
2003-03-25 17:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM SF SG IZ NI
03ABUJA658NIGERIA: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting, Independent National Election Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia told Ambassador Jeter that INEC preparations were on schedule; INEC would be ready to conduct elections in April and a postponement was not contemplated. To demonstrate INEC's readin [...]
2003-04-09 16:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI
03ABUJA674NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ON APRIL 12
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 12 National Assembly elections will demonstrate if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was right when it said it was ready to hold these and the April 19 gubernatorial and presidential polls. In addition to being a logistical "dry run" for the April 1 [...]
2003-04-11 19:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA682NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S SUCCESS MARKS MAJOR
[...] (C) On March 31, the GON awarded Motorola a $49.9 million contract to expand Nigerian Telecommunications' (NITEL) cellular telephone network. This award is a major advocacy victory for the Mission as well as an important landmark on Nigeria's road to greater transparency. It is the most sign [...]
2003-04-14 17:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALBEXP EINV ECPS ETRD ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA715NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: The United States-Nigeria bilateral relationship recently has experienced more friction than has been noted for months. A confluence of foreign policy differences, bilateral concerns, and Nigeria's domestic politics produced this strain. Disagreement over Iraq and our suspension [...]
2003-04-17 20:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS NI
03ABUJA720NIGERIA: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. The April 19 election will test the tensile strength of Nigerian democracy and its supporting institutions. While many will play important roles in this national drama, the primary antagonists are President Obasanjo and Muhammed Buhari. Not only is this election a litmus test of [...]
2003-04-18 14:36:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NI
03ABUJA739NIGERIA: GON SAYS NEPAD PEER REVIEW MECHANISM ON
[...] Summary. A GON official says Heads of State at a March meeting of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) had concluded negotiations on a Memorandum of Understanding of the African Peer Review Mechanism. The official said the review would be conducted by independent experts and fo [...]
2003-04-24 13:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV NI
03ABUJA803NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISMISSES OPPOSITION
[...] (C) During an April 28 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa discussed the recent Presidential elections. Batagarawa thought opposition candidate Mohammadu Buhari's calls to reject President Olusegun Obasanjo's electoral victory would be ineffect [...]
2003-04-30 19:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA905NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...]
2003-05-16 16:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI
03ABUJA934NIGERIA: READOUT ON ELECTION TRIBUNALS
[...] (U) Begin Summary: The Nigerian constitution and the Electoral Act of 2002 allow candidates or parties to petition State Election Tribunals to correct alleged electoral irregularities. Defeated Gubernatorial and Assembly candidates in 24 states have filed cases before their states, tribunals. [...]
2003-05-22 15:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA936 RNLEO MEETING WITH ICPC CHAIRMAN
[...] RNLEO met with the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC),Justice Mustapha Akanbi, on May 20 to discuss the status of the ICPC in light of the recent actions by the National Assembly. 2. Justice Akanbi told RNLEO that he has been workin [...]
2003-05-23 13:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV EAID NI MMAR
03ABUJA945 Evaluating the Terrorist Threat to U.S. Oil
[...] (SBU) The Mission understands that consideration is being given to issuing a revised travel warning for Nigeria to make specific mention of a possible terrorist threat to U.S. oil facilities in Nigeria. Given the dated and speculative nature of the possible threat, the Mission strongly urges [...]
2003-05-27 13:39:00Embassy AbujaSECRETCASC ASEC PREL PTER EPET NI
03ABUJA997UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON
[...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]
2003-06-05 19:04:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MASS LI NI
03ACCRA437TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - GHANA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is AmEmb Accra's response to the tasker requesting information for the second annual Trafficking in Persons Report. In summary, Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG and local NGOs have so far combined efforts to focus o [...]
2003-03-03 15:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
03ACCRA468ACCRA TALKS CONTINUE ON COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] (C) Summary. Talks between signatories to the Marcoussis Accords broke up at 4 a.m. March 7 without reaching final agreement on the composition of the new government. Allocation of ministerial portfolios continued to be the sticking point, with mechanisms to attribute the Defense and Inte [...]
2003-03-07 12:37:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GH ECOWAS
03ACCRA570PRM/DAS KELLY RYAN'S MEETINGS WITH OPE STAFF
[...] Summary: PRM/DAS Kelly Ryan visited Accra, Ghana on February 28 - March 4 to review U.S. Resettlement Program (USRP) operations in West Africa. This cable is one in a series of cables outlining meetings, discussions and impressions gleaned from the visit. Provided with various opportunities [...]
2003-03-20 15:26:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREF IO GH UNHCR
03ACCRA719UNHCR/ACCRA READOUT ON POSSIBLE P-2 GROUP IN GUINEA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-14 13:54:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGV IO PREF
03ADANA108 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milli Gazete/Bolge [...]
2003-04-15 14:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA142 SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY HOPEFUL FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: A cross-section of GOT officials, NGOs, and businessmen in Turkey's Southeast reveals little, if any, change in economic or social conditions. Lower-level GOT officials, unaccustomed to and uncomfortable with meeting foreign diplomats, paint an unrealistic picture, touting the [...]
2003-05-22 14:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA147 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 29, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye: During regu [...]
2003-05-29 14:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA165 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 25, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel, / In Adiya [...]
2003-06-25 16:04:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA179 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 08, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Gunaydin, Hurriyet, [...]
2003-07-08 17:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA268 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem / Se [...]
2003-10-16 16:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA59 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 28, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-03-04 14:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA66 THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST,
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-07 16:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU OSCE ADANA
03AMMAN1049CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): JORDANIAN
[...] (SBU) On February 17, Poloff delivered reftel points and copies of OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) questionnaires to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. On February 18, Poloff followed up on this issue with Jusuf Bataineh, the MFA's action officer on CWC issues. Bataineh [...]
2003-02-18 14:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW
03AMMAN106IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING
[...] (c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to Iraq. What has been for half a decade a fairly static market for vegetable oil, feed, and medicine expanded comprehensively to include a wide array of additional products. The [...]
2003-01-07 09:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ
03AMMAN1081MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: POST INPUT FOR JORDAN
[...] (C) This message responds to reftel request for input on the MANPADS situation in Jordan. Answers are keyed to questions posed in reftel paras 7-13. ------------------- General Information ------------------- 2. (S) Jordan possesses a limited stock of MANPADS, all of which are under the [...]
2003-02-20 05:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PTER JO
03AMMAN1086INS-APPROVED IRAQI REFUGEES AWAITING SAO CLEARANCE
[...] (SBU) AS REQUESTED BY PRM/A, THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE INCREASING PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES REPORTED IN THREE INS APPROVED REFUGEE CASES (13 PERSONS),PENDING THEIR SAO CLEARANCE. WE NOTE THAT, WHILE THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES ARE THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN TWO CASES, UNHCR AMM [...]
2003-02-20 08:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN11JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON ENLARGING INTERARAB FUND
[...] (sbu) Summary. In response to proposals to increase the size and nature of OPIC's support for the Amman-based InterArab Fund, Embassy staff took a hard look at the Fund's current activities as well as the factual basis of persistent local rumors about improprieties involving the Fund's mana [...]
2003-01-02 08:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEINV JO OPIC
03AMMAN1170EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 1 valve, vent (NON-SME),value USD 937.02; 3 valve, v [...]
2003-02-24 11:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
03AMMAN1188JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a 20 February meeting, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission DG Kodah made a strong pitch for U.S. technical and financial assistance in the operation of Jordan's five radiation portals. In addition, Kodah is keen for his staff to participate in upcoming EXBS training on export con [...]
2003-02-27 10:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PTER SENV IZ JO
03AMMAN1215DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SAME CONCLUSION: THE USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 24th PolOff met together with former senator Hosni Ayesh, a Palestinian-Jordanian, and former parliamentarian Dr. Ahmad Ennab, an East-Banker. The two men differed in their background, reasoning and style of discourse. Both however, arrived at the same conclusion: [...]
2003-03-02 08:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1336JORDAN SCHEDULES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR JUNE
[...] (U) THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 27 THAT LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, POSTPONED THREE TIMES, WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 17. THE GOVERNMENT FURTHER ANNOUNCED THAT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR JULY 5 WOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL JULY 26 TO ALLOW FOR A PRUDENT AMOUNT [...]
2003-03-06 08:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN1357ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN
[...] Per reftel, Post's information for the 2002 anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras below. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. Until 6/1/2003, embassy poc on trafficking issues is PolOff Gregory D. LoGerfo. Subsequent to 6/1/2003 poc will be PolOff James Fellows. [...]
2003-03-06 14:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO
03AMMAN141ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK
[...] Summary: PAS Amman supports PAS Cairo's request for increased funding, and seeks an additional USD 65,000 supplement for Amman's Arabic Book Program. Funds will be used to encourage greater initiative on the part of publishers and to expand program capacity to publish books in support of ME [...]
2003-01-08 09:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OIIP JO
03AMMAN150MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: JORDANIANS THINK THE
[...] (S) Post shares Embassy The Hague's frustration with the current state of play of the Mullah Krekar extradition case. To have Krekar walk free would be an outcome that would serve no one's interests and would send the wrong signal to all those working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism [...]
2003-01-08 12:59:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PTER KCRM PREL JO NL
03AMMAN154IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
[...] (S) Most political observers in Jordan predict that the great majority of the large Iraqi expat community in the Kingdom (estimated by the GOJ to number approximately 300,000) will stay quiet should military action against Saddam commence, and will then exercise caution before deciding to retu [...]
2003-01-08 13:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PREF XF IZ JO
03AMMAN1650MEPI: POST PLAN TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF GOOD
[...] POST'S INTERAGENCY MEPI COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF USAID, POL, ECON AND PA HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO ENCOURAGE GOOD GOVERNANCE IN JORDAN. OUR PLAN AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CITIZEN AWARENESS AND ACTIVISM THROUGH NGO'S AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE LEG [...]
2003-03-19 06:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO
03AMMAN1720PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE
[...] (C) During a series of discussions in the days before the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians and Palestinians resident in Jordan told A/DCM that the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister should provide a big boost to good government in the PNA. However, [...]
2003-03-22 15:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO
03AMMAN1776TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 10 (3/25 0800 LOCAL)
[...] (C) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25, with Consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps Office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (U) Lufthansa representatives reported they are resuming flights to/from Amman three day [...]
2003-03-25 07:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1805TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN
[...] (C) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage, dismay, disillusion and impotence to describe the war in Iraq. Most Jordanians, across all age groups and social classes, believe the Bush administration failed to provide legitimate just [...]
2003-03-26 07:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO
03AMMAN1901Jordan: Reply to Questionnaire
[...] (u) Below is information on duties/taxes and customs procedures for information technology products and electronic commerce transactions for Jordan. Answers are keyed to questions reftel. Follow-up questions should be directed to Ian Campbell, Econ Section (CAMPBELLIP2(at)state.gov). Informat [...]
2003-03-31 05:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD JO ECIP
03AMMAN1905TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 20 (3/31 1200 LOCAL)
[...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]
2003-03-31 08:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRETAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1928TFIZO1: WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS MOSTLY PEACEFUL;
[...] (C) Weekend demonstrations in Jordan's refugee camps, Amman, Irbid, Salt, Zarqa, Karak, Aqaba and Maan attracted large numbers of anti war Jordanians. Many demonstrators carried pictures of Saddam Hussein, a phenomenon that has been much less common in marches up to now, and chant "death to A [...]
2003-04-01 06:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1983TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 25 (4/02 2000 LOCAL)
[...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule 2 April. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there was only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consula [...]
2003-04-02 15:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2179MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-10 09:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2233TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 35 (4/13 1745 LOCAL)
[...] (C) Amman was calm throughout the weekend. We did not hear reports of significant demonstrations or protests anywhere in the country. 2. (SBU) The Embassy opened April 13 for normal business. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps offices remain suspended. Movement [...]
2003-04-13 14:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2367TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION,
[...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil was now flowing into Jordan to replace Iraqi crude. Jordanian reserves had dipped initially when Iraqi oil stopped flowing, but had since stabilized and were expected to replenish soo [...]
2003-04-20 10:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN237JORDAN FIRST CAMPAIGN PRESSES AHEAD:
[...] (C) The "Jordan First" campaign continues to make headlines almost daily as the GOJ moves to implement recommendations put forward in December by the Jordan First Committee--consisting of 31 political and business leaders. While some of the initiatives are straightforward, others--particularly [...]
2003-01-13 06:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN2504 JORDAN TO HOST SPECIAL WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
[...] Post received original letters from King Abdullah to President Bush, NSA Rice, Secretary Powell, USTR Zoellick, Administrator Natsios, and Senator John Kerry, inviting them to participate in an extraordinary meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in Jordan June 21-23. The theme [...]
2003-04-28 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO OVIP JO
03AMMAN2505IRANIAN DEPUTY FONMIN IN AMMAN TALKS IRAQ, PEACE
[...] (SBU) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Sayed Mohammed Sadr, visited Amman April 23. He met with King Abdullah -- for whom he carried a message from President Khatami -- and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The official press releases following the meetings (ref [...]
2003-04-28 15:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IR JO
03AMMAN2509JORDAN-BASED COMPANY REPEATS OFAC LICENSE REQUEST
[...] (SBU) In response to letter delivered APRIL 16 as requested in REF B, recipient Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACIDMA) asked that we pass along his response on behalf of the company addressed to OFAC's David Mills. Haddadin to [...]
2003-04-29 08:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC JO
03AMMAN2528IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING
[...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...]
2003-04-29 15:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2569JORDAN OFFICIALS REITERATE COMMITMENT ON OIL PRICES
[...] (c) In public and private statements, senior Jordanian officials continue to reaffirm their commitment to eliminate subsidies and move to a market-based system for distributing petroleum products. In remarks to Jordanian newspaper editors published in each of the three Arabic dailies on Apr [...]
2003-05-01 11:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2626PALESTINIANS IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The estimated 90,000 long-term Palestinian residents of Iraq reportedly are losing the legal protection, privileges and access to government services extended by the Saddam government, resulting in a flow of more than 800 Palestinians toward Jordan since the onset of [...]
2003-05-04 14:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM KPAL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2752SUPPLEMENTAL ESF FOR JORDAN
[...] (c) On May 6, Embassy shared with Ministers Marto and Awadallah drafts sent from Washington of the bilateral transfer agreement that would govern the $700 million FY03 emergency supplmental ESF transfer. The most recent draft includes among the policy measures that the GOJ must execute prio [...]
2003-05-08 14:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2788MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 05:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2989JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS,
[...] (U) This cable provides background on Jordan's political parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on June 17. Jordan's political landscape, runs the gamut from religious to secular and from left to right, complicated by tribal and family loyalties. The Islamic Action Front, t [...]
2003-05-20 16:13:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN3047SCENESETTER FOR CDR, CENTCOM GENERAL FRANKS' MAY
[...] (C) GENERAL FRANKS: WELCOME BACK TO JORDAN. YOUR VISIT PROVIDES AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF JORDAN FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, CONGRATULATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS ON HIS RECENT PROMOTION TO GENERAL, [...]
2003-05-22 09:18:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM MASS JO
03AMMAN3099MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT - JORDAN
[...] (c) Senior Jordanian officials issued strongly supportive statements both in public and in private following the President's May 9 announcement regarding the Middle East Trade Initiative. In comments repeated privately to the Ambassador (ref b),Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah told the J [...]
2003-05-26 14:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EINV JO
03AMMAN3135ELECTION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Summary. In the three remaining weeks before the June 17 Parliamentary elections the Mission is coordinating with MEPI-funded NGOs, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) to strengthen the electoral process and traditions, to enco [...]
2003-05-29 09:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO
03AMMAN3175FY-03 MRP: "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND THE GLOBAL
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO IRAQI CANDIDATES, MS. NISREN KAZIMI, MULTI-MEDIA GRAPHICS DESIGNER, AND MS. WAFA AL-DADA, WEBSITE DESIGNER AND E- COMMERCE EXPERT, RUBICON-JORDAN TECHNOLOGY GROUP. FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ALLOCATED FROM A SPECIAL FUND FOR IRAQI CANDIDATES. F [...]
2003-06-01 07:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3190JORDAN'S IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE A HOT
[...] (u) Summary: Surprising local organizers, reservations for a June 5 Iraq Reconstruction conference are flooding in from throughout the region. Confirmed bookings have already exceeded the organizers' rosiest predictions, even with a sticker price three times the going rate for conferences i [...]
2003-06-02 08:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3205Invitations to Foreign/Trade Ministers Event
[...] Post received the following two letters from Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher for transmission to Secretary Powell and Ambassador Zoellick. The letters are identical with the exception of portions marked with parentheses. Originals have been faxed to NEA/ARN. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Se [...]
2003-06-02 13:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL OVIP JO POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN3242UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...]
2003-06-03 14:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO
03AMMAN3310MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S LEGAL AND SOCIAL
[...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested reftel, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) legal and social protection project on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided reftel. A. On May 13, refcoord and Embassy Beir [...]
2003-06-05 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO
03AMMAN3612LARGE NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS GO TO THE POLLS;
[...] (C) According to preliminary estimates, between 50 and 75 percent of Jordanians eligible to vote went to the polls June 17 to elect a new Parliament. Percentages in urban Amman and Irbid seem to be lower. Voting throughout the country was calm, and numerous polling stations had a festive a [...]
2003-06-17 18:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN3651JORDAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS:
[...] (C) An estimated 1.3 million Jordanians voted in the parliamentary elections June 17, out of 2.3 million registered voters. Surprisingly, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, won only 18 seats, fewer than analysts' predictions of 20-25 seats. Results in [...]
2003-06-18 19:10:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN3830A/USTR NOVELLI'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH TRADE
[...] (sbu) Summary: A/USTR Novelli discussed the President's MEFTA plans, US-Jordan FTA follow-up, and QIZ's with Trade Minister Salah Eddin al Bashir in a June 21 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea. Novelli and Bashir also discussed the possibility of expeditious [...]
2003-06-26 12:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV IS JO
03AMMAN3904IRAQI MFA INSPECTION TEAM TO RECOMMEND REOPENING
[...] (S) PolCouns met June 26 with the members of the Iraqi MFA's inspection team, Amb. Zaid Noori and Abdul Baqi Ismail Ali (ref). Noori said that they had no trouble getting into the Iraqi Embassy in Amman on June 25 and had found the morale of the Iraqi staff quite high, "since all the intell [...]
2003-06-30 10:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN3991Secretary Powell/Trade Rep Zoellick Discuss
[...] (SBU) King Abdullah convened a breakfast meeting June 23 with Secretary Powell and Trade Representative Zoellick at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Jordan to discuss the President's Middle East free trade initiative with the heads of Arab delegations to the WEF. Participating Arab m [...]
2003-07-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV JO XF
03AMMAN3992PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN
[...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR REQUESTS USD 20,000 UNDER THE PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO BUILD A 177 SQUARE-METER ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTER AT JERASH REFUGEE CAMP. THE ADDITION WILL ALLOW THE CENTER TO ESTABLISH THREE INCOME-GENERATION PROJECTS (WITH A PROJECTE [...]
2003-07-01 14:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID KPAL JO
03AMMAN4001 2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited UNHCR refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and in Ruweished, Jordan. Combined population for the two camps remains near 2,200: 1,200 Iranian Kurds from Al Tash refugee camp an [...]
2003-07-02 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN4023AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR SERVICE
[...] (SBU) We understand that CPA is planning to reopen Baghdad International Airport to limited commercial air service around July 15 and that it is currently analyzing requests to provide air service in and out of Baghdad. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali, who recently met with C [...]
2003-07-02 15:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN4038 Jordan MEPI Strategy
[...] Following per State 126550 is the post's integrated MEPI strategy divided into the three MEPI Pillars: A) Economic Reform and Private Enterprise b) Political Reform and C) Education. Our approach is based on the good governance and citizen awareness strategy outlined in reftel B plus the Jor [...]
2003-07-03 12:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID BTIO PGOV SOCI KWMN PREL KDEM SCUL BEXP PHUM KPAO XF JO ETRO
03AMMAN4189ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT TO PARTICIPATE IN AMMAN
[...] The Islamic Action Front (IAF) declared 2 July that it would participate in municipal elections on 26 July but only for seats in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM). IAF plans to boycott all other municipal polls. 2. IAF Secretary-General Hamzeh Mansour announced the boycott in protest [...]
2003-07-10 06:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4246COMPOSITION OF NEW JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT,
[...] (C) The new Jordanian Parliament elected June 17 is better-educated and somewhat younger than its predecessor, and includes a large number of former ministers, lawyers, engineers and medical doctors. PolOff has been meeting with newly elected MPs and political analysts to discuss their views [...]
2003-07-10 17:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4337UNRWA PLANS EXTRAORDINARY, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary and action request: On July 7, UNRWA briefed Amman-based donors and host government representatives on its plans to hold an extraordinary, possibly ministerial-level meeting in Geneva in spring 2004. While UNRWA initially hoped t [...]
2003-07-15 07:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN4441JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE
[...] The following is an Embassy translation of a commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language magazine now on the stands in Jordan, that appeared in the independent, mass appeal Arabic language daily, "Al Arab Al Yawm.". Begin Embassy Translation: . "HI: Connection or Communication? T [...]
2003-07-20 05:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO JO
03AMMAN4467 RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED BY
[...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF JULY 4, 2003 REPORTED THAT THE COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNED THE EARLIER DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST AMCIT RAED HIJAZI. A NINE-JUDGE COURT OF CASSATION PANEL OVERTURNED THE STATE SECURITY COURT VERDICT AND SENTENCE, RETURNING THE CASE TO STATE SECURITY COURT WHICH IS NOT E [...]
2003-07-21 07:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED
03AMMAN4534GOJ APPROACHES CITIGROUP RE TRADE FACILITATION
[...] (sbu) During a July 22 courtesy call, Planning Minister Awadallah passed Charge a copy of a letter from the GOJ to Citibank Jordan GM Suhair al Ali proposing the establishment of a trade facilitation mechanism that would protect L/C's written for Jordan-Iraq commercial trade. Awadallah said [...]
2003-07-23 06:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN BEXP ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4587FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]
2003-07-24 13:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4643LETTER FROM JORDANIAN PLANNING MINISTER BASSEM
[...] (U) Please forward the following message from the Jordanian Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah to Assistant Secretary William Burns. Signed original was pouched from SIPDIS this office on 07/28/2003. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: H.E. William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Near E [...]
2003-07-27 14:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL JO
03AMMAN4650GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ
[...] (c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Baghdad July 24 to open discussions with Iraqi counterparts concerning resumption of crude exports from Iraq to Jordan. The two sides held exploratory discussio [...]
2003-07-27 15:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4700FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]
2003-07-29 10:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4735SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Aqaba summit and the Dead Sea WEF conference have generated new hopes for expanded economic activity between Jordan, Israel and -- to a lesser extent -- the West Bank/Gaza. Jordan is particularly em [...]
2003-07-30 11:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL IS JO
03AMMAN4764PARLIAMENT OPENS, ERRANT MP'S SWEAR PROPER OATH; GOJ BEGINS TO FEEL PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE
[...] (C) The just-begun special session of the Parliament will examine Parliamentary bylaws, consider a vote of confidence in the new cabinet, begin to examine more than 200 temporary laws promulgated by the government, and adjudicate complaints of irregularities in the June polls. The Lower Ho [...]
2003-07-31 09:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN4827POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM
[...] (C) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its political arm, the Islamic Action Front. There are no other Islamic groups in the country that match the MB/IAF in influence a [...]
2003-08-03 14:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG
03AMMAN4849POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR
[...] (C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a growing disconnect between government pronouncements on democracy and the popular perception of Jordanian "half-democracy." In a recent conversation with Pol In [...]
2003-08-04 07:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO
03AMMAN4891JORDAN LOOKS TO REHABILITATE MUNICIPAL SECTOR WITH
[...] (U) In line with GOJ's new Municipal Elections Law, which empowers the GOJ to appoint all mayors and up to 50 percent of the seats in the country's 99 municipal councils, the Cabinet recently announced the names of mayors and non-elected municipal council members (see reftels for more inform [...]
2003-08-05 06:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO
03AMMAN4929 JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]
2003-08-06 07:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
03AMMAN5006AFTERMATH OF ATTACK ON JORDAN'S EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD
[...] (S/NF) Charge spoke to Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Muasher on August 7 to convey our condolences and sympathies for the losses and injuries suffered in the attack on Jordan's Baghdad Embassy. Both stressed in the course of the day their gratitude for U.S. and CPA action o [...]
2003-08-07 17:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL JO IZ
03AMMAN5025SKIES CLEARING FOR RJ?
[...] (SBU) COMMENT: Royal Jordanian Airline officials have apparently taken on board strong messages regarding airline security, service to Iraq, and other issues delivered by the Ambassador June 16 (REF B). A successful visit by a follow-up TSA inspection team and an informal discussion between R [...]
2003-08-10 10:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5330CHRISTIAN MP COMPLAINS ABOUT USG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (C) A Christian member of the Jordanian Parliament complained August 20 that USG religious freedom policy in the Middle East hurts the indigenous Christian communities by encouraging emigration and diluting the strength of established churches by supporting foreign missionary groups. He sug [...]
2003-08-21 14:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF KISL XF JO
03AMMAN5333MILITARY PROSECUTORS FORMALLY CHARGE 13 IN 2002
[...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court on August 14 formally charged 13 individuals accused of plotting attacks against U.S. and Jordanian targets late last year. Jordanian authorities in December 2002 arrested nine individuals, known locally as the Mafraq cell, for allegedly planning attacks [...]
2003-08-21 14:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL JO
03AMMAN5501PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ,
[...] (S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a border incursion. Bashar professed readiness to resolve these issues, and to support the Iraqi Governing Council (GC). END SUMMARY ------------------------------------- [...]
2003-08-28 16:20:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5550JORDAN ALLOWS 386 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE UNHCR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: On August 24, the GOJ allowed 386 Palestinians (Palestinian-Jordanian women, plus their Palestinian-Iraqi families) to leave the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished and reside permanently in Jordan. While announcing the decision, GOJ officials stated that the refugee fi [...]
2003-09-02 15:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN5602WITH LITTLE FANFARE, CROWN PRINCE HAMZAH GETS
[...] (U) Jordanians were surprised -- but nonetheless delighted -- at the announcement of the marriage of Crown Prince Hamzah on August 29, 2003. The CP signed a traditional marriage contract with his second cousin, Princess Noor Bint Asem Ben Nayef, in a private family affair held at King Abdul [...]
2003-09-04 05:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR OVIP JO
03AMMAN5792VOLVIS PROGRAM ON AMERICAN STUDIES
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. HAKAM AL HADIDI, PRESIDENT, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY AND DR. MARWAN OBEIDAT, DEAN OF STUDENTS AFFAIRS, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM FROM OCTOBER 11- 22, 2003. 2. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DR. AL HADIDI FOLLOWS: PREFIX: DR. [...]
2003-09-10 05:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN6027HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN ON THE AGENDA
[...] (U) Press reports have highlighted recent "honor killings," the reduction of a stiff sentence against one perpetrator, and the rejection by the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament of amendments to the "honor crimes law." However, honor crimes are both a complex issue and a deeply-rooted [...]
2003-09-18 15:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KWMN PREL KMPI JO
03AMMAN6068Chicken in Transit to Iraq via Jordan
[...] (SBU) Post would appreciate urgent guidance on the following two diplomatic notes from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They request guidance from appropriate Iraqi authorities on how to deal with a consignment of frozen chicken being shipped to Iraq from Saudi Arabia across Jorda [...]
2003-09-21 14:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR IZ JO
03AMMAN6119ANTI-NORMALIZATION CAMPAIGN IN JORDAN HAS LASTING
[...] (C) The effects of an Anti-Normalization Committee, disbanded over two years ago, linger. One remnant of its campaigns to discredit Jordanians who supported relations with Israel is the ongoing legal case filed by one of its targets, Jordanian businessman and self-proclaimed peace advocate Tar [...]
2003-09-23 15:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO
03AMMAN6220Jordan and Israel Seeking EU "QIZ" Arrangement
[...] (sbu) Summary. Jordan and Israel are working together to ask the EU for a special "QIZ-like" arrangement that will allow duty-free access to the European market for goods produced in Jordan with Israeli content. This effort, which the Jordanians say has high- level European and Israeli pol [...]
2003-09-29 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD JO IS EU
03AMMAN6504JORDAN: FY04 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE RECOMMENDATION
[...] (U) Summary. Post recommends that $20 million in FY04 P.L. 480 Title I funds be set aside for a concessional loan that will help the government of Jordan procure U.S. wheat, with proceeds from the local sale of the wheat being used to fund agricultural productivity and rural development pro [...]
2003-10-09 18:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID JO
03AMMAN6505Jordan: No Biotech Regulations
[...] (U) According to senior officials of the Jordanian health and agriculture ministries, Jordan does not currently have agricultural biotechnology laws or regulations. They did not preclude that such regulations might be put in place, but did not suggest that any planning was underway to do so [...]
2003-10-09 18:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL KPAO JO
03AMMAN687ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND
[...] In accordance with reference cable, paragraph 17, original subject hard copy data was dispatched from AmEmbassy Amman on 02/02/2003 via registered pouch mail. Document registration number: 2927118. 2. POC this cable is Mr. Roland Elliott, POL OMS, (962) 6 592 0101, ext 2591. GNEHM [...]
2003-02-02 12:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON UNESCO POL UN
03AMMAN6961AJEX EXPO 2003 SELLS JORDAN AS GATEWAY TO IRAQ AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Jordanian EXPO 2003 drew 900 participants to its opening plenary on October 22, focused on the Iraq transit trade, and pitched Jordan as the "gateway" to Iraq and other markets in the region. Sessions on the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and qualifying indus [...]
2003-10-28 17:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL IZ JO EFTA
03AMMAN7017UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN
[...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...]
2003-10-29 15:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7068BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (C) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous Jordanian cabinet, western-educated, Muslim, "East Bankers" dominate the newly-appointed, slimmer, 21-member cabinet of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. We count seven Jordanians of Palestinian origin ("West Bankers" [...]
2003-10-30 15:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM ECON JO
03AMMAN7226MINISTER OF ICT AND ADMIN DEVELOPMENT PLEASED WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reappointed Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Minister of Administrative Development Fawwaz Al-Zou,bi on Nov. 2 provided to the Ambassador an unusually candid insight into the formation of the new Jordanian government and the challenges facing administrat [...]
2003-11-04 17:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECPS EAID PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN7392THIRD (OR FOURTH?) MOBILE LICENSE TENDER PROVOKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has announced a tender for what is being billed as a third mobile telephony license in anticipation of the January 1, 2004 end of the current mobile telephony duopoly under its WTO obligations. The tender has provoked unfa [...]
2003-11-13 10:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV JO
03AMMAN7509NEW JORDANIAN SENATE: MORE WOMEN, FEWER
[...] (C) The King November 17 appointed a new 55-member Senate. Fourteen senators were carried over from the previous 40-member Senate. In line with tradition, the Senate contains a large number of former government officials, including 24 former ministers and four former prime ministers. The n [...]
2003-11-19 13:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV JO
03AMMAN765JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS 2003 PROGRAM
[...] (u) With the regional outlook uncertain for the coming months, the Board of Directors of JABA, Jordan's AmCham, have restructured their event planning for 2003. They are shifting more of their events to late in the year and planning more trips to the U.S. in an effort to keep momentum going [...]
2003-02-04 12:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN7691JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS
[...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...]
2003-11-24 17:33:00Embassy AmmanSECRETETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN781EGYPTIAN QIZ'S IN JORDANIAN PERSPECTIVE
[...] (c) SUMMARY: Activating the QIZ initiative in Egypt through parallel protocols would have profound effects on the long-term viability of QIZ's in Jordan. More seriously, such a deal would cause deep concern within the GOJ about equitable treatment for the politically tough decisions Jordan [...]
2003-02-05 08:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD JO EG IS
03AMMAN7989RJ FINALIZES CODESHARE WITH AMERICA WEST, BUT
[...] (SBU) On December 6, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) finalized a memorandum of understanding with America West Airlines (AW) providing for a codeshare arrangement between RJ flights originating/ending in New York (Kennedy) and Chicago (O'Hare) and connecting AW flights going to Phoenix and Las V [...]
2003-12-09 16:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN8071IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN JORDAN SPUTTERS TO
[...] (C) The new Iraqi police training center in Jordan recently received its first class of approximately 500 trainees. The center ultimately plans to provide basic police training to 32,000 Iraqi recruits. The GOJ and the training staff, some of whom trained police in Kosovo, understand the i [...]
2003-12-10 17:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN808JORDAN INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND METROLOGY LOOKS
[...] (sbu) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM) has been working hard since its creation in 1995 to develop comprehensive product standards that conform with international norms and support Jordan's WTO commitments. At the same time, JISM is currently evaluating offers t [...]
2003-02-05 16:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD JO WTRO
03AMMAN8122JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN
[...] (C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Accord as a means to enhance dialogue and complement efforts to end the current peace process stalemate -- while reiterating their support for the roadmap. The o [...]
2003-12-11 18:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
03AMMAN8242JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY
[...] (C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and Syrian military "violations" along and across the Jordan-Syria border. They have complained about Syrian unwillingness to restart discussions on a formal de [...]
2003-12-17 11:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SENV SY JO
03AMMAN8321ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA
[...] (SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause celebre for antinormalizers in Jordan. The Professional Associations Council in Jordan -- headed by a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member -- is leading the ch [...]
2003-12-18 16:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
03AMMAN8359JORDAN FTA: ACCELERATE TARIFF REDUCTIONS WHILE
[...] (SBU) Embassy notes that the Trade Policy Staff Committee is reviewing (REF A) a proposal by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to accelerate tariff elimination for certain apparel products under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Jordan currently already exports most of these products [...]
2003-12-21 17:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL IS JO
03AMMAN8467PROMOTING MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
[...] Summary. Embassy and USAID Amman would like to alert our counterparts in Morocco and Bahrain to a January 21- 22 retreat of the "TIJARA" public-private partnership initiative for promoting trade and investment under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. We thought these posts might find it [...]
2003-12-24 13:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID BEXP KMPI KPAO JO
03AMMAN860811TH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (SBU) The GOJ informed UNHCR today, December 31, that the Ruweished refugee camp would be allowed to remain open until April 2004. The GOJ previously had pledged to close the camp by December 31 (ref a). 536 individuals remain in the camp, including 60 Sudanese and Somali nationals who have [...]
2003-12-31 17:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL IZ JO UNHCR
03AMMAN941SUBJECT: TV CO-OP PROPOSAL: BILATERAL AND
[...] Summary: Embassy Amman proposes a TV Co-op with a three-person crew from Jordan Television, the government-owned and sole local television station in Jordan, to produce original news features in the United States on the role of the Arab and Jordanian community in the United States, with spec [...]
2003-02-10 14:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO JO
03AMMAN967PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART II OF IV: THE EAST BANK
[...] (C) Traditionally, the most important pillar of the Hashemite regime has been its East Bank constituency, including both Bedouin and non-nomadic tribes. East Bank tribes have also played an integral role in the other pillars that have emerged--the military/security services and the economic e [...]
2003-02-12 10:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SOCI ECON KPAL JO
03AMMAN980PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART III OF IV: JORDAN'S
[...] (C) As Jordan prepares to face a possible war on its Eastern border, and then looks beyond the immediate crisis to longer term challenges, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Public Security Directorate (PSD) will serve as key pillars ensuring the stabi [...]
2003-02-14 10:47:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPINS PGOV PREL ASEC JO
03ANKARA1078TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKETS HOPEFUL, IMF SEES SOME
[...] (U) On February 18, Turkish financial markets continued to ignore the news of a deadlock in negotiations over a U.S. assistance package: the lira appreciated nearly one percent to close at TL 1,626,000 from yesterday's TL 1.642,000); TL-denominated T-bills dropped one percentage point to 57 [...]
2003-02-18 16:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1132TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE
[...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]
2003-02-20 20:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1207ON THE EVE OF THE IRAQ VOTE: WHICH WAY WILL TURKEY
[...] (C) P.M. Gul's cabinet formally submitted a combined draft resolution -- covering deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey and deployment of Turkish forces abroad -- to Parliament Feb. 24. Given procedural requirements, the earliest Parliament can begin debate will be 1500 local (0800 Washingt [...]
2003-02-24 17:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-06 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA126TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO ANKARA BY USG TEAM; NEED FOR FOLLOW-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The December 16-18 visit of the Treasury and Justice anti-terrorist finance team attracted intense GOT interest. The visit resulted in an interagency GOT decision, at the senior working level, to recommend to policy-makers amending their laws to adopt an OFAC-like authority. E [...]
2003-01-06 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER PREL TU
03ANKARA1325IRAQ: TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT AWAIT NSC
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Parliament has rescheduled for March 1 -- one day after the powerful National Security Council (NSC) meets -- its debate and possible vote on AK Party Government's draft decision to permit U.S. troop deployment through Turkey and deployment of Turkish troops in N. Iraq. A [...]
2003-02-28 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1350TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...]
2003-03-03 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1396TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...]
2003-03-05 08:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1422CASE AGAINST GERMAN FOUNDATIONS DISMISSED
[...] (C) Summary: An Ankara court unanimously dismissed separatism and espionage charges against representatives of five German pro-democracy foundations. German diplomats welcomed the decision, but are concerned that the foundations might still face restrictions and harassment. This case, based [...]
2003-03-06 04:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA1483NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...]
2003-03-07 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA1496SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND
[...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...]
2003-03-10 09:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU
03ANKARA1512IRAQ: TURKEY AGREES TO US-TURKEY-KDP/PUK-ITF TALKS
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called in DCM March 10 with response to US Ref A demarche suggesting a US-Turkey-Iraqi opposition meeting. Burcuoglu said Turkey was agreeable to holding a round of US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-ITF talks toward the end of this week (when [...]
2003-03-10 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA1516TURKISH CIVIC SOCIETY: VERDICT SUSPENDED IN CASE
[...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) March 10 ruled unanimously to postpone a verdict in the trial in absentia of controversial Islamic philosopher Fetullah Gulen. Gulen, indicted in 2000, faced five to 10 years imprisonment under the Anti-Terror Law on charges of establishing an illegal [...]
2003-03-11 09:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1579TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE ON ERDOGAN'S TIMING
[...] (C) Summary: AK leader Erdogan likely to submit his candidate cabinet list March 13. Possible he will emerge as Prime Minister in office as of that date. Still no convincing sign, however, that he intends to pass a parliamentary resolution approving U.S. troop deployment in the next five-six [...]
2003-03-12 21:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1625DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO: ANNOUNCEMENT OF U.S.
[...] Poloffs delivered ref (A) demarche March 13 to MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Cultural Affairs, Gulseren Celik. Celik expressed appreciation for USG's impending re-entry to UNESCO. She stated GOT will give due consideration to Turkish support of USG candidacy to UNESCO Executive Bo [...]
2003-03-14 06:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC FR TU
03ANKARA1671"ISLAMIC" UNION HAK-IS ON IRAQ, LABOR ISSUES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Islamic-oriented union Hak-Is president Salim Uslu expressed: 1) resignation to Turkey's eventually joining the coalition against Saddam; and 2) hope that Tayyip Erdogan's new government will not make major changes to the AK Government's "urgent action plan" emphasizing [...]
2003-03-17 20:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU ILAB
03ANKARA1706PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...]
2003-03-18 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1732TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE
[...] (U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S. financial package had in fact expired, despite GOT public statements to the contrary on March 18 during critical T-bill auctions. At market opening, the lira traded at TL 1,74 [...]
2003-03-19 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2094TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 31: PROGRESS ON IMF FOURTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The parliament passed the 2003 budget, and AK dropped a controversial amendment to the Public Procurement Law after the IMF complained, according to Turkish press. Ahead of the April 8 debt auction and April 9 $3 billion debt payment, markets expect an LOI signing and IMF Fou [...]
2003-03-31 11:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2121RESUPPLY OF TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. --------------------- RESUPPLY OF US FORCES --------------------- 2. (C) A/DCM, ECON counselor and TF-N/J4 representative met with MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak and DDG for Bilateral Economic Affairs Mehmet Gucuk March 31 to discuss [...]
2003-03-31 17:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2170TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 3: MARKETS LIKE SECRETARY'S
[...] (U) Positive local press coverage of the Secretary's April 3 visit translated into a modest bounce in local financial markets, well timed in advance of key large April 8 debt auctions. Market analysts told us the Secretary's affirmation of the bilateral relationship was helpful to general se [...]
2003-04-03 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2233TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]
2003-04-07 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2234ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-07 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2287TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MARCH 2003
[...] Toxic Waste Update 2. Parliament Rings up "NO SALE" of Forests 3. First EIA Guidelines for Provinces 4. REC Update 5. Big Izmir Channel Project Gets Bigger --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]
2003-04-09 08:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA2298TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO
[...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...]
2003-04-09 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2320GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR TURKISH
[...] Embassy has just received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/CKGY/110744 dated March 25, 2003 requesting USG support for its candidacies in the UNESCO elections at the 32nd session of the General Conference in October 2003. Text in para 2. 2. Text of GOT diplomatic note: (Complimen [...]
2003-04-10 10:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIO PREL TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2374EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES; PROPOSE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. On March 31, the Turks objected to three articles of our proposed Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) Program agreement. The articles govern the status of personnel, claims, and inspections and [...]
2003-04-11 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA2432ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-14 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2467TURKISH KURDS: OVERJOYED BY END OF SADDAM
[...] (C) In April 15 discussions about the situation in Iraq, a leading Kurdish political activist from Turkey's Southeast and two business associates offered enthusiastic congratulations to the USG for the Coalition's success against the Saddam regime. According to these Kurds: -- Turkey did [...]
2003-04-15 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2521THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]
2003-04-18 08:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA2552KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: CLARIFICATION ON
[...] (C) Reftel reported that BOTAS executives had informed Embassy that the storage tanks at Ceyhan were full with about 6.5 million barrels of oil from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline. Based on questions from Washington, Embassy double-checked the figures today. BOTAS Deputy General Ma [...]
2003-04-18 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA2568ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-21 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2596TURKEY: FORMER PRESIDENT DEMIREL TELLS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 21 meeting with Ambassador, former President Suleyman Demirel offered his thinking on the way ahead in U.S.-Turkey relations. Demirel volunteered that there is a debate in Ankara power centers about Turkey's strategic orientation; but that in his view, "the Turkish Ar [...]
2003-04-22 08:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA262TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT ON
[...] (C) In a January 9 meeting on sensitive Turkish exports to Iraq (septel),Econoff raised State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's upcoming visit to Iraq (January 10 to 12) with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Mengu, who will travel with the delegatio [...]
2003-01-10 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA2666TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women to a reception in honor of the children's holiday, AK Party Speaker of Parliament Arinc has widened a rift between the GOT and the Turkish Establishment. End summary. 2. [...]
2003-04-24 17:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2709EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES: NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Polmiloff on April 25 spoke with MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Aykut Kumbaroglu to inquire if there had been any further movement on Turkey's objection to three articles of our proposed Export Control and Related Border Secu [...]
2003-04-25 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA2800TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUES TO TRY TO HAVE
[...] (C) Summary: In private conversations with us, opposition CHP M.P.s assert they value U.S.-Turkey relations and claim the party is the United States' "best friend." Publicly, experienced CHP deputies continue to pursue an anti-American line that belies their private assurances. End Summary. [...]
2003-04-30 07:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA286TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-13 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2909EU-RELATED DRAFT REFORM BILL REFLECTS GOT STRUGGLE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT has prepared a new package of EU-related legislative reforms, which it expects to introduce in Parliament by late May. Proposed measures relating to Kurdish broadcasting and non-Muslim foundations are designed to loosen restrictive regulations adopted pursuant to previous [...]
2003-05-05 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA301EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]
2003-01-13 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3011ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-08 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3187CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE
[...] Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed his views on: the ruling AK Party; the threat of Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey; the role of the Constitution in a State of law; and the recent law lowering the retirement age for civil se [...]
2003-05-14 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA3206IMF READOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep in Ankara briefed us May 13 on the status of the Fifth Review. Given the number of unmet conditions at this point, the earliest date for the Fifth Review Board meeting is likely to be early July. While the GOT may meet its primary surplus criterion, there are [...]
2003-05-15 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3409AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, TIP, CHILD ABDUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed possible terrorist threats against the American community and the GOT's efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Ambassador also sought the Minister's assistance in a U.S. child abduction case. Aksu pro [...]
2003-05-23 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC PHUM TU
03ANKARA3504TURKS DECLINE OFFER FOR SECOND TRANCHE OF ANTHRAX
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-29 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA3524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-30 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3694DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]
2003-06-06 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3738PROSECUTOR OPENS TWO CASES AGAINST WRITER FOR
[...] (C) Summary: An Ankara prosecutor has opened two cases against writer and scholar Fikret Baskaya for works originally published 10 years ago. One of the cases involves a book for which Baskaya was convicted and imprisoned in 1994; the European Court of Human Rights later ruled in Baskaya's f [...]
2003-06-10 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3997ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-20 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4003TURKEY: KURDISH YEZIDIS SPEAK UP
[...] (U) Among Turkey's estimated 12-15 million Kurds exists a minority within a minority -- the Yezidis. According to Veysi Bulut, a leader of the Yezidi community in Turkey: -- Yezidism (note: a non-Islamic religion derived from Zoroastrianism. End note) was once the dominant form of worshi [...]
2003-06-20 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4026TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]
2003-06-24 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA404SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN,
[...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]
2003-01-16 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4061CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]
2003-06-25 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4098THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL 23
[...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG approval to sell US-origin H-300 helicopters to "Air Consult" located in Kurttepe, Adana. This the second diplomatic note we have received from t [...]
2003-06-26 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR TU
03ANKARA4110TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON
[...] (C) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth) before Parliament goes on delayed recess this summer. Opposition CHP supported the sixth package in June 20 vote, but is now attempting to put the breaks on the government's refo [...]
2003-06-26 20:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4130THREE AMERICAN CORNERS OPEN IN TURKEY
[...] SUMMARY: In the past week, the U.S. Mission in Turkey has opened three uniquely Turkey-specific American corners in three of the most dynamic business cities of the country. The venues are the headquarters of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in those cities. We believe that the venues are on [...]
2003-06-27 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KIRC
03ANKARA4170TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MAY-JUNE 2003
[...] Illegal fishing plagues Black and Azov seas 2. International team of scientists explore the Black Sea aboard the Research Vessel Knorr 3. "Blue Flags" for Turkey's safe and clean beaches 4. No change in winter air quality for big cities 5. Ambassador salutes environmental education [...]
2003-07-01 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO KPAO TU
03ANKARA4196GOT CIRCULAR ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" SEEN AS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Education Ministry has urged all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The Ministry also asked schools to organize conferences on the issue, and seven teachers have been [...]
2003-07-02 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4256MOJ OFFICIAL BLAMES "NARROW MINDED" JUDGES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In pursuing why the Turkish Appeals Court has ruled to suspend the sentences of two police convicted of torturing a detainee in 1997, we have learned that a recent amendment to the criminal code outlawing the suspension of torture convictions does not apply to pre-existing cases. [...]
2003-07-08 08:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4278TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]
2003-07-08 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4299TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]
2003-07-09 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4315KURDS ACKNOWLEDGE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Leftist Kurdish human rights activists see some aspects of traditional Kurdish culture as major impediments to growth of individual liberty, human rights, and modernization. They note that the majority of Turkey's rural Kurds in the southeast continue to follow traditional practi [...]
2003-07-09 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4337Turkish Quarantine Regs-Oops They've Done it Again
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent assurances from the Ministry of Agriculture officials that new quarantine regulations would not go into affect until July 2004, Turkey announced and implemented new phytosanitary regulations on July 6, 2003. Most foreign embassies, trade associations and tradin [...]
2003-07-10 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA4382TURKEY: JULY 11 REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT
[...] (U) Summary: sensationalist reporting on the July 4 detentions of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) by U.S. troops continued to fade in the July 11 Turkish press, with the incident pushed off the front pages in several major dailies. Ultra-nationalists, advocating a "reevaluation" of the bilateral [...]
2003-07-11 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4384ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-11 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4386TURKISH REGULATORS ON TAKEOVER OF UZAN'S BANK AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish banking regulatory authorities say their July 3-4 decision to take over management (and revoke the license) of Uzan family-owned Imar Bank was the result of a severe bank liquidity squeeze, which was prompted by the government's earlier revocation of the family's energy [...]
2003-07-11 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ENRG PGOV TU
03ANKARA4387 20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]
2003-07-12 04:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA441Turkish Officials Responding to Quarantine Concerns
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the weeks following the implementation of Turkey's new phytosanitary regulations, Turkish agriculture and quarantine officials have been socked with objections and concerns expressed by Turkish industry, importers and embassies. Although Turkish quarantine officials have t [...]
2003-01-17 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4477SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY
[...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]
2003-07-17 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4498TURKISH ARMED FORCES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ROBERT DEUTSCH. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES HAVE ELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SELF PROTECTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (SPEWS) II FROM BAE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA (BAE),SUBJECT TO CERTAI [...]
2003-07-17 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU MASS
03ANKARA4500SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]
2003-07-18 05:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4525TURKEY: DRAFT 2003 IRF
[...] The following text is the draft 2003 report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for Turkey: 2. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice; however, the Government imposes some restrictions on religious groups and on [...]
2003-07-18 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF TU
03ANKARA4546 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 08:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4548 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 08:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4552SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]
2003-07-21 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA458IMF KRUEGER AND WORLD BANK LINN DELIVER TOUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Managing Director Krueger delivered a tough message to Prime Minister Gul and the rest of the GOT January 16, stressing that the government needed to implement the economic reform program in light of its "dangerous" financial situation. She and World Bank VP Linn, w [...]
2003-01-17 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4583TURKISH NGO ASAM ARGUES FOR GREATER ROLE FOR
[...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, Umit Ozdag, Director of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM -- a leading Establishment think-tank),offered poloff his take on the July 4 incident in Iraq and the way forward in U.S.-Turkey relations. 2. (C) Ozdag called the July 4 incident, in which [...]
2003-07-22 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4613AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 farewell call on State Minister Ali Babacan, Ambassador noted market concerns about delays in the IMF program and possible 2004 financing difficulties, and stressed the need for the GOT to move vigorously to complete the economic reform program. He also urged the [...]
2003-07-22 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4761ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-28 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4767TURKEY: THE BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF GOT RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent controversy over AK Parliament and Government proposals to employ an additional 15 thousand imams at Turkish mosques is reawakening an age-old controversy over the role of religion in Turkish public life. It also reveals that: 1) both strict secularists and religious conser [...]
2003-07-28 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4770TURKS SIGN LOI; PROBLEMS WITH TAKEOVER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities signed the Letter of Intent (LOI) late July 25, paving the way for the IMF Board to complete the 5th Review as early as August 1. Agreement on the LOI came after GOT officials agreed to seek Parliamentary approval of revised motor vehicle tax legislation th [...]
2003-07-28 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4805Turkey and Biotechnology
[...] (SBU) Summary: The development of biotechnology legislation has been identified as a priority by the new Turkish government. Regulations that parallel EU directives have been drafted, however no action has been taken to put them into place. With the possible exception of the Cartagena Bios [...]
2003-07-30 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TU
03ANKARA4848AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK,
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu called July 31 to inform Charge that members of DEHAP (the political front of the PKK/KADEK) had entered Iraq via Jordan and had already met with refugees at UNHCR's Mahmour Refugee Camp. Ac [...]
2003-07-31 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4948MEETING WITH MFA ON BASAYEV PRENOTIFICATION AND
[...] (U) CLASSSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D). 2. (SBU) ON AUGUST 5, EMBOFFS MET WITH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE HAKAN OKCAL TO EXECUTE REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS. 3. (S) EMBOFFS DELIVERED REF A TALKING POINTS EMPHASIZING THE CLO [...]
2003-08-06 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC KCRM PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA5015Turkey Suspends Import Licenses, Raises Corn Duty
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the end of July, the government of Turkey (GOT) stopped issuing licenses for corn imports without any prior notification. Turkish officials claim that the action was taken in order to assess the number of licenses issued rather than to inhibit trade. After the corn duty was [...]
2003-08-08 12:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA5105SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5198TRADE OFFICIAL ON CUSTOMS UNION WITH NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy's August 13 discussion with a senior foreign trade official raised questions about how much substance there is to the customs union framework agreement Turkey signed with the "TRNC" authorities August 8. Foreign Trade Director General for Agreements Tevfik Mengu argued [...]
2003-08-15 06:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECIN TU CY
03ANKARA5217ATTORNEY FOR LEYLA ZANA ACCUSES COURT OF BIAS
[...] (C) Summary: Lead defense attorney in the new trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs accused the court of bias for refusing to release the defendants from prison during trial and consistently rejecting defense requests regarding witness testimony. Our European contacts share t [...]
2003-08-15 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-22 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5409SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-25 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA548SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24
[...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]
2003-01-23 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5553TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO Summit dates and Cyprus. Ziyal worried that the situation in Iraq was not improving and that Lebanonization remained a possibility. He raised Turkey's unhappiness with the Iraqi m [...]
2003-09-03 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA5566TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY: FOCUS NOW ON IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary: European diplomats in Ankara say the GOT's extensive human rights reforms have brought Turkey close to meeting EU accession criteria; the EU will now focus on how well the reforms are implemented. However, Turkey still falls short of the criteria in some areas, and pro-EU advocat [...]
2003-09-04 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5587 GOT Views on the WTO Ministerial in Cancun
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Econoff and Econ Specialist on September 3, Husnu Dilemre, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, provided an overview of Turkish views and objectives for the upcoming Cancun WTO Ministerial. In particular, he highlighted Turkey's desi [...]
2003-09-05 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AORC TU
03ANKARA581ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5892ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-17 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5920TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORT TO ACCELERATE
[...] (SBU) Turkey shares the U.S.goal to accelerate assitance to Afghanistan. Turkey has already exceeded its original 5-year pledge of $5 million and hopes to commit another USD 3 million in 2004. Ambassador Okcun, Turkey's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator, will attend the September 21 meeting [...]
2003-09-18 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA5930IRAQ: TURKISH ENVOY KARAOSMANOGLU SHARES
[...] (S) DCM met Sept. 17 with Turkish MFA Envoy Karaosmanoglu, who spent three weeks in Iraqi in August/Sept. on a fact finding mission to help the GOT determine whether to support a Turkish troop contribution to a stabilization force in Iraq. Karaosmanoglu said most Iraqis he met were opposed to [...]
2003-09-19 07:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA5945ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-19 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA612LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA613LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6140KURDS IN SOUTHEAST FEAR U.S. CRACKDOWN ON PKK
[...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeastern Turkey fear a possible U.S. military action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq, and oppose Turkish participation in the Stabilization Force because they believe Turkish authorities would use their presence in Iraq to crack down on Iraqi Kurds. Most of our [...]
2003-09-30 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ TU
03ANKARA6144REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-01 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6160TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART TWO
[...] (C) Summary: Public support for the AK government is solid in the conservative central Anatolian provinces of Konya and Karaman. If the AK government takes the lead, the local public, although wary, appears willing to go along with sending Turkish troops to Iraq. Government officials and r [...]
2003-10-01 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6163TURKEY: VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND III: KURDS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Kurds in the southeast insist recent human rights reforms have not been implemented, and that practices such as torture, lack of attorney access for detainees, and restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language continue unabated. Even if the reforms are implemented in the rest of [...]
2003-10-01 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6165PRIVATIZATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. After years of slow motion on privatization, IMF conditions and the AK government,s more business-oriented approach seems to have led to a decisive phase in Turkey,s privatization program. How serious the GOT has become will be known by the end of the year, by when three of t [...]
2003-10-02 04:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6199MEETING WITH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH ECONOFFS, TURKISH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI DESCRIBED THE STILL-EARLY STATE OF PLAY WITH THE IMF SIXTH REVIEW MISSION. CANAKCI CLAIMED THE GOT WAS ON TRACK TO MEET OR GET CLOSE TO END-YEAR INFLATION, GROWTH AND FISCAL TARGETS. HE WAS ALSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ACHIEVING [...]
2003-10-02 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID EINV PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6209GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]
2003-10-02 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6231NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS
[...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...]
2003-10-03 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6238SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]
2003-10-03 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6241OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]
2003-10-03 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6279NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH IN TURKEY -
[...] (C) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "Prime Minister" Barham Salih visited Ankara October 6-7 for talks with Turkish officials. He met DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 6 and said that while he expected terrorism in Iraq to get worse before it got better, he was optimistic about the future, and [...]
2003-10-07 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA6322SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-08 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6343DEMARCHE ON TURKISH HELICOPTERS ON CYPRUS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-08 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS MCAP PREL TU CY
03ANKARA6344SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-09 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6411SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-14 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6481TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]
2003-10-16 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6530 MFA on Economic Partnership Commission Agenda,
[...] (SBU) At an October 15 meeting with MFA on the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) meeting, we suggested that both sides to focus on achieving progress on investment issues. MFA acknowledged that it was making preparations on investment issues, and suggested that the EPC include tw [...]
2003-10-17 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6535TURKEY: GREY WOLVES RE-ELECT PACK LEADER BAHCELI
[...] (C) Summary: Ultra-nationalist MHP delegates Oct. 12 re-elected Devlet Bahceli as party Chairman. Our contacts in the party suggest there will not be many changes either to the party administration or the party line -- deep skepticism towards the EU and US and paranoia concerning Kurds in Turk [...]
2003-10-17 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6554LATEST NEWS ON 2003 AND 2004 PRIVATIZATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. President of the Privatization Authority (PA) and Treasury Undersecretariat Director General for State Economic Enterprises updated Econoffs on the progress of the 2003 privatization and workforce reduction programs and expectations for 2004. The 2003 privatization program app [...]
2003-10-20 10:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV TU EINV
03ANKARA6570COURT CONTINUES TO DENY RELEASE OF LEYLA ZANA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Ankara court continues to refuse to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their retrial. The defense has sought the release in each of the trial's eight hearings. Defense attorneys and a member of Parliament argued at the last session [...]
2003-10-21 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6613TURKEY: BAYKAL SET TO BE RE-ELECTED OPPOSITION CHP
[...] (C) Summary: With party delegates firmly in his grasp, CHP leader Baykal is likely to be re-elected chairman at an Oct. 23-24 general convention. Although our contacts expect a contentious atmosphere, they do not expect major changes to the CHP administration. Former state minister Kemal Derv [...]
2003-10-22 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6620SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6677 Ambassador Discusses Iraq Reconstruction,
[...] (SBU) In their first meeting, Health Minister Recep Akdag told the Ambassador that Turkey wanted to contribute to Iraq reconstruction by building hospitals in Kirkuk and Baghdad. He identified decreasing infant/childbirth mortality, public education on AIDS/HIV and curbing smoking as public h [...]
2003-10-24 08:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ETRD KIPR SENV TU
03ANKARA6696ENERGY MINISTRY DENIES BOT TAKEOVER PLANS
[...] (SBU) Energy Minister Guler issued a statement denying the GOT would consider seizing BOTs, but continuing to pressure companies over high electricity prices. Separately, in a meeting with Econoffs, the Energy Ministry Undersecretary took a similar line. The ENRON BOT told Post it has yet t [...]
2003-10-24 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6728ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-27 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6857THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART ONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. THE REGION'S KURDISH POPULATION WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF STATE INITIATIVES; SAW THE "RETURN TO HOME" LAW AS INDISTINGU [...]
2003-11-04 07:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6858THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-04 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6880ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-04 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6886MEETING WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: Econoff conveyed to Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci that the U.S. would not revisit the political conditionality in the FA. Canakci explained that, although the Treasury had originally intended merely to seek approval from the Council of Ministers, the GOT is now debating [...]
2003-11-04 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6923IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS,
[...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]
2003-11-05 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA7015GAZIANTEP BUSINESS COMMUNITY: LET'S GET DOWN TO
[...] SUMMARY: DPO and the PD FSN visited Gaziantep October 21-24 to become familiarized with the American Corner operation there and meet with local business people. Gaziantep presents itself as a forward-thinking, business-oriented city which seeks to overcome any obstacles to commerce. There a [...]
2003-11-10 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDBBSR ECON IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA7016NOVEMBER 18-19 US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP
[...] (C) The November 18-19 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) represents an opportunity to achieve a number of important objectives: to solidify dialogue between the US and Turkish militaries; to begin to reshape our security relationship to the 21st century; and, to empha [...]
2003-11-10 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF ASEC
03ANKARA7114TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN
[...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]
2003-11-14 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7115AMBASSADOR-ZIYAL MEETING ON IRAQ, REGIONAL ISSUES,
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). Summary ------- 2. (C) At their November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the GOT wanted to engage the USG on regional issues, particularly Iraq. Ziyal maintained that the USG a [...]
2003-11-14 15:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD IZ KIPR TU EINV
03ANKARA7145ROILED WATERS AT THE BANK REGULATORY BODY
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Under pressure over the failure to prevent the Imar Bank fiasco, bank regulatory body chairman Engin Akcakoca resigned November 5. GOT claims not to have exerted pressure are suspect, given earlier GOT actions, raising questions about the Ak Party Government's commitment to an [...]
2003-11-17 17:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON PINR TU
03ANKARA7213IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING
[...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...]
2003-11-20 06:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7253IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: IGC PRESIDENT TALABANI AGREES
[...] (SBU) Iraqi Governing Council President Jalal Talabani shared with PolMilOff in Ankara Nov. 20 the text of an agreement (at Para 2) he said he and the IGC/Iraqi Ministers delegation reached Nov. 19 with Turkish Acting Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuzman. Tuzman presented [...]
2003-11-20 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL MOPS ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7297ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7319ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN
[...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]
2003-11-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7363PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...]
2003-12-02 09:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PGOV PTER TU
03ANKARA7378TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]
2003-12-02 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7419MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON THE THREAT OF SECESSION
[...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali said Turkey would work to prevent Ajarian secession in Georgia. He was more cautious about Turkey's willingness to play an effective role in countering Abkhazian secession. End Summary. Ajaria 2. (C) Em [...]
2003-12-03 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU GG
03ANKARA7444IRAQ: TURKS AGREE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AT HABUR
[...] (C) Iraqi Minister of Interior Nuri Badran led an interagency Iraqi/CPA delegation to Ankara Nov. 30-Dec. 2 to discuss with Turkish authorities improving the efficiency of operations at the Habur border crossing so that bulk fuels flow smoothly and regularly through the winter months. The age [...]
2003-12-04 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7446UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE
[...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]
2003-12-04 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-05 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7494MEETING WITH IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (Sbu) IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk told econoffs it is still possible the IMF Board could meet to approve the Sixth Review this year, but it will require expedited parliamentary action on the required legislation the week of December 8-12. The GOT seems to be making a serious effort to get the b [...]
2003-12-08 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7610ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-11 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7612U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]
2003-12-11 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
03ANKARA76492004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION
[...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]
2003-12-15 08:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL TU
03ANKARA7700NOVEMBER ATTACKS HAVE NOT STOPPED REFORMS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Members of Parliament, the bureaucracy and NGO community agree the GOT will continue its EU-related reform process despite the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, but they fear that further attacks could undermine Turkey's EU candidacy. Human rights observers say police and G [...]
2003-12-16 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7738AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized to Interior Minister Aksu U.S. willingness to offer FBI-sponsored training and to arrange visits to the U.S. terrorism counterintelligence center. Ambassador also raised concerns about Turkish airport security and lack of visa requirement for Iranians. Aks [...]
2003-12-18 09:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA77692003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-19 09:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA7790 Economic Partnership Commission: Comment on
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 13 and 14. Summary/Introduction -------------------- 2. (SBU) Washington's draft EPC action plan can help build a stronger bilateral economic and commercial relationship with Turkey on economic reform, investment, trade, energy and regional iss [...]
2003-12-19 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
03ANKARA7792 UPDATE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES:
[...] (U) THE CULTURE MINISTRY IS CONSIDERING AN ARRAY OF LEGAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES AIMED AT COMBATING COPYRIGHT PIRACY, INCLUDING A BAN ON STREET SALES OF CULTURAL MATERIALS AND EMPOWERING THE POLICE TO ENFORCE COPYRIGHT WITHOUT SPECIFIC PROMPTS FROM RIGHTHOLDERS. THE MINISTRY REITERATED [...]
2003-12-19 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA7881COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK"
[...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...]
2003-12-23 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER TU
03ANKARA7976GOT CANCELS PLAN TO EXPROPRIATE BAHA'I PROPERTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local officials in Edirne canceled an order to expropriate a site sacred to followers of the Baha'i faith, apparently ending a 10-year dispute over the property. Baha'i contacts in Ankara and Istanbul said high-level GOT officials asked for the cancellation. End Summary. -- [...]
2003-12-29 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA855GERMAN DIPLOMATS OPTIMISTIC, BUT STILL CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: PM Gul told German FM Fischer be believes five German foundations facing charges in Turkey will be acquitted. German diplomats agree the judge appears to be preparing to acquit, but consider the indictment a form of harassment and warn a conviction could weaken German support for [...]
2003-02-03 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA87ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-03 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03BEIJING16342WEN JIABAO'S DOMESTIC TRAVEL HABITS
[...] (C) Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) Director General Wang Zhenyao (strictly protect) has helped arrange three of Premier Wen Jiabao's domestic trips since last year and reports that Wen's intellectual curiosity and impatience with bureaucratic practices can cause "headaches" for his staff an [...]
2003-11-12 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
03BOGOTA3994FARC KILLS TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES
[...] (S) ON MAY 5, THE FARC EXECUTED TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES- ANTIOQUIA GOVERNOR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND PEACE ADVISER GILBERTO ECHEVERRI- IN AN AREA NEAR URRAO, ANTIOQUIA DEPARTMENT. EIGHT SOLDIERS WHO THE FARC ALSO HAD KIDNAPPED WERE KILLED AS WELL. SOURCES INDICATE [...]
2003-05-06 00:07:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
03BOGOTA9806TOP FARC COMMANDER KILLED BY COLOMBIAN ARMY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 19, THE COLOMBIAN ARMY KILLED EDGAR NAVARRO, ALIAS "MOCHO," DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE FARC'S TEOFILO FORERO MOBILE COLUMN (TFMC),ONE OF THE FARC'S MOST ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE UNITS. THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE NAVARRO, WHICH ENDED WITH HIS DEATH, WAS BASED ON EFFECTIVE USE [...]
2003-10-20 22:58:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS CO
03BRASILIA2231BRAZIL'S ARSLANIAN: FTAA COMPROMISE POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary. In an informal discussion with econoff on July 13, Regis Arslanian, the GOB's new director of FTAA and Mercosul-EU negotiations, acknowledged that Mercosul was disappointed with the reaction it received during the San Salvador TNC meeting to its proposal for restructuring the FT [...]
2003-07-18 10:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2233WHAT'S BEHIND BRAZIL'S FTAA POLICY
[...] (U) The description that follows of the political and economic factors helping to shape Brazil's trade policy, and specifically its approach to the FTAA negotiations, is offered to assist U.S. policymakers in determining whether and how enough common ground can be found to conclude the FTAA pr [...]
2003-07-18 10:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2364BRAZIL: NO PUBLIC SIGN OF RETREAT FROM FTAA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee meeting in San Salvador July 8-11, during which Mercosul unveiled Brazil's 3-track proposal for restructuring negotiations to unenthusiastic Vice-Ministers, public debate in Brazil over the FTAA has been unusually quiet. Itamaraty [...]
2003-07-28 10:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2407 PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER
[...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...]
2003-07-31 10:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
03BRASILIA2500PENSION REFORM CLEARS HURDLE IN BRAZILIAN CHAMBER
[...] (U) Summary: Early on 6 August the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of Brazil's congress) passed a constitutional amendment bill that, if it ultimately becomes law, would radically change Brazil's public sector pension system. Key features of the measure are analyzed in reftel and para 4 b [...]
2003-08-06 21:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR ECON ELAB PGOV PREL
03BRASILIA2859MINISTER ROUSSEFF EXPLAINS NEW ENERGY MODEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff and Vice Minister Tolmasquim have provided EmbOffs a two-hour presentation of Brazil's new energy model. The Minister summed up the new model as re-establishing the concept of public service as the sector's prevalent principle. It aspires [...]
2003-09-04 12:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3122NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...]
2003-09-26 19:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3323AMBASSADOR'S CAPTOR FIRST TO BOLT PT PARTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fernando Gabeira, a Brazilian Federal Deputy whose original claim to fame was as a revolutionary who kidnapped the US Ambassador in 1969, has become the first national figure to leave Lula's Workers' Party (PT) of his own volition since Lula took office. Over the years, Gabeira [...]
2003-10-14 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BR
03BRASILIA3814BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA
[...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...]
2003-12-03 15:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH
03BRASILIA3953 LULA'S TAX REFORM PASSES: WHAT IT LEAVES TO BE
[...] LULA'S TAX-REFORM BILL PASSED ITS SECOND SENATE VOTE ON DECEMBER 17 BY 64 VOTES TO FIVE AND WILL BECOME LAW WHEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 22. HAVING ALREADY GAINED PASSAGE OF HIS PENSION REFORM BILL LAST WEEK (REF A),LULA HAS THUS ACHIEVED HIS TOP TWIN LEGISLATIVE PRIOR [...]
2003-12-18 14:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3982BRAZIL: UPDATES TO 2003 NTE
[...] Per Ref A, this cable transmits post's draft of the 2003 NTE. A separate copy is being emailed directly to USTR (Cronin and Blue). IMPORT POLICIES Brazil's arithmetic average applied tariff was an estimated 11.5 percent in 2003. Brazil currently maintains no applied tariff rates in exce [...]
2003-12-23 14:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA602UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...]
2003-02-21 15:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BR ENGR
03BRASILIA698BRAZIL: SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE
[...] Summary. Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2003 Special 301 Review. New attention to entrenched IPR problems, particularly in the copyright area, may be forthcoming under the new Lula government. Driven largely by concern over lost tax revenues, impact o [...]
2003-03-02 10:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BTIO
03BRUSSELS3231EU PARLIAMENT U.S. RELATIONS RESOLUTION MIXED
[...] (C) Summary: On June 19 the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution on "A Renewed Transatlantic Relationship for the Third Millenium." Foreign Relations Committee Chair Elmar Brok, a German Christian Democrat and strong advocate of close transatlantic ties, drafted the resolution and time [...]
2003-06-23 12:43:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS4996PARIS PACT ROUNDTABLE ON IRAN
[...] Summary. The second roundtable convened by the "Paris Pact" for countries affected by the Afghanistan Opium Economy was held at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization in Brussels on October 15. This meeting was a considerable improvement over the first roundtable on the Balkans h [...]
2003-10-28 08:14:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF KCRM SNAR IR RS XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5525U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...]
2003-12-08 10:25:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
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
03BUENOSAIRES1662ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT-ELECT KIRCHNER NAMES CABINET
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT-ELECT NESTOR KIRCHNER ANNOUNCED THE COMPOSITION OF HIS CABINET ON MAY 20. AS KIRCHNER HAD STATED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO LAVAGNA WILL CONTINUE ON AS ECONOMY MINISTER. THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WERE HIS SELECTION OF JUDICIAL AFFAIRS EXPERT RAFAEL BIELSA AS FOREIGN M [...]
2003-05-20 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR US
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