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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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01COLOMBO2233 SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS
[...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REF B REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARAS 2-3 ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO REF A CONCERNING UPGRADING HOST COUNTRY ANTI-TERRORISM LA [...]
2001-12-12 11:51:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CE MV
02COLOMBO1553SRI LANKA: DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS PRIME MINISTER:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a very cordial half-hour August 22 meeting (followed by a press conference and a working dinner) with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, Deputy Secretary Armitage stressed US support for the GSL's ongoing SIPDIS efforts to reach a negotiated solution to Sri Lanka's 2 [...]
2002-08-23 02:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PINS PREL PTER CE ECONOMICS LTTE
02COLOMBO1709 Initial draft submission of the 2002 Annual
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified and Noforn. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU/NF) Below is Mission's initial draft submission of the 2002 Annual Human Rights Report for the Maldives: Begin Text: The Republic of Maldives has a parliamentary style of government with a [...]
2002-09-16 00:58:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KSEP PREL MV
02COLOMBO2137 SRI LANKAN/MALDIVES: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] MISSION'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARA 2 IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS A THROUGH K IN PARA TWO OF REFTEL. PARA 3 CONTAINS A REVIEW OF THE SITUATI [...]
2002-11-15 06:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE MV
02COLOMBO2304 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] Please find attached Mission's 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). Responses to Ref B queries re Sri Lanka are covered in Paragraph two and the Maldives in paragraph three. Information on money laundering requested in Ref A will be provided by Septel. ========= [...]
2002-12-13 06:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL CE MV
02KATHMANDU1688NEPAL AND BHUTAN TALK REFUGEES "INFORMALLY," BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Nepal and Bhutan have discussed the Bhutanese refugee issue "informally," but a date has still not been set for the next round of Ministerial-level talks on the issue. According to Nepal's Foreign Secretary, the differences between the two sides have narrowed, and Bhutan appeare [...]
2002-08-30 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2158SAARC: SECRETARIAT COMMENTS ON LATEST COUNCIL FOR
[...] (C) On November 14, the Economic Officer met with Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade Economic and Transportation Division of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and an Indian national, to discuss the recent meeting of the Committee on Economic Cooperation (CEC). Mr. Chand [...]
2002-11-15 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON NP XD
02KATHMANDU298BHUTANESE REFUGEES: NEPAL TO GRANT OPTION OF RETURN
[...] (C) Summary. Nepal intends to grant verified Bhutanese refugees the "option of return" to Bhutan and will allow those who wish to stay in Nepal to do so, Foreign Ministry officials have indicated. UNCHR views this development as extremely positive. Despite Kathmandu's efforts to fix a date, [...]
2002-02-07 11:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM 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
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
02KATHMANDU708PM DEUBA REQUESTS POTUS MEETING IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Deuba has asked for a POTUS meeting in Washington during his May 8-13 visit to the U.S. to attend the UN Special Session on Children. If Deuba cannot meet with POTUS, he will not travel to DC due to domestic political concerns, but still hopes for a SecState meeti [...]
2002-04-09 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER NP
03BRUSSELS5593A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU
[...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...]
2003-12-11 14:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1106 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 95 (06-24-03)
[...] (C) Charge Don Camp called on Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo today (June 24). The Foreign Secretary thanked the US for its continued support re the peace process and for D's strong remarks at the recent Tokyo donors conference. He said the GSL had the same sentiments as the US re resuming [...]
2003-06-24 10:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALAMGT CE MV LTTE
03COLOMBO1116 Sri Lankan MFA views on Indo-Pakistani
[...] (C) During separate June 24 meetings with Charge focused on other subjects, Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo and MFA Additional Secretary for SAARC Sarala Fernando touched on current Indo-Pakistani relations within SAARC. (Note: Rodrigo is the former head of the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmand [...]
2003-06-25 10:23:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CE IN PK
03COLOMBO1161 FTA'S DOMINATE SRI LANKA'S TRADE POLICY
[...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is in the process of developing a coherent trade policy, focused on increasing market access for Sri Lankan goods through free trade agreements. Two US Representatives who recently were in Sri Lanka on a private visit sponsored by a local business [...]
2003-07-03 11:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1343 GSL interdicts human smuggling attempts,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the GSL has interdicted several large-scale human smuggling attempts. Those netted in the raids (over 800 people) have overwhemingly been third country nationals, mostly from India and Pakistan. This is a departure from an earlier trend involving mainly loca [...]
2003-08-01 06:25:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM PTER CVIS KFRD CE PK
03COLOMBO1545 Terrorism Finance: Amid Indo-Pakistani
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) legal experts met August 27-29 in Colombo to discuss regional implementation of UN provisions related to terrorism financing. Rohan Perera, the Sri Lankan MFA's chief legal adviser, told us that progress was made on a dra [...]
2003-09-01 02:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL CE XD EFIN PGOV UN
03COLOMBO1623 2003 Human Rights Report for the Republic of
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified entire text. 2. (U) Following is the 2003 Country Human Rights report for the Republic of Maldives. BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Republic of Maldives, which is made up of 1,190 islands, less than 200 of which are inhabited, has a parliamentary style of gove [...]
2003-09-18 10:14:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PREL KSEP MV
03COLOMBO2022 Annual Terrorism Report for 2003: Submissions
[...] Mission's response to Reftel requesting input for the Department's 2003 Annual Terrorism Report follows. Data on Sri Lanka is contained in Para Two and data on the Maldives in Para Three. Para Two is keyed to questions A through I in Reftel. Para Three contains an overview of the situation [...]
2003-11-24 03:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PINS CE MV
03COLOMBO2023AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON CENTRAL BANK
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 d and e. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Central Bank Governor Jayawardena on November 20, the Ambassador discussed the current political situation, regional economies, US Treasury Department assistance an [...]
2003-11-24 03:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO2183 Minister Moragoda reviews upcoming visit to Washington in meeting with the Ambassador
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Milinda Moragoda told Ambassador December 26 that he is going to Washington to: -- make sure it is understood the PM is not to blame for the current impasse -- ask for US pressure on President Kumaratunga to compromise -- ask the US to push for a high-level Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting ar [...]
2003-12-29 07:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU IN
03COLOMBO772 INDO-LANKA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, THREE YEARS
[...] Summary: The Indo-Lanka free trade agreement (ILFTA) completed three years of operation in March 2003. Trade between India and Sri Lanka increased sharply in 2002. India now offers zero tariffs on 4,150 items exported from Sri Lanka. Several mid- sized Indian companies have set up operat [...]
2003-05-08 11:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO805 In Sri Lanka visit, A/S Rocca underscores
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SA A/S Rocca used her May 12 meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, and other GSL officials to underline strong U.S. support for the peace process. Noting the recent spike in cohabitation tensions, A/S Rocca also urged that parties work together in [...]
2003-05-13 11:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER OTRA CE
03KATHMANDU1329WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 8 - 14, 2003
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS PEACE TALKS -- Government, Maoists hold talks: Members of the negotiating teams of the government and the Maoists held an informal meeting in Kathmandu to create a congenial atmosphere for the third round of the peace talks. However, the talks failed to set a dat [...]
2003-07-15 07:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1357NEPAL: JULY 20-25 VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF FOREIGN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 17. Summary: Issues the Secretary Intends to Address in Washington ============================================= ================= 2. (SBU) On July 17, the Ambassador, DCM, and poloff met with Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman [...]
2003-07-18 09:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF ETRD MASS NP XD
03KATHMANDU2074SAARC'S FRAMEWORK FREE TRADE TREATY: THE DEVIL
[...] (U) Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade and Transport Division of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat, provided EconOff with an up-beat read-out from the recent Committee of Experts (CoE) meeting (at the Commerce Secretary level) held in Kathmandu from 15 to [...]
2003-10-24 09:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2295NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR REGIONAL TOUR
[...] (C) On November 23, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa will depart Nepal on a ten-day visit of the four regional capitals, starting with New Delhi and finishing with Islamabad. The objective is to brief the other SAARC governments on achievements made during Nepal's one-year chairmanship an [...]
2003-11-24 08:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALNP PGOV PREL
03KATHMANDU2309WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24,
[...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]
2003-11-25 03:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2470A/S ROCCA AND NEPAL'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia met with Ambassador-at-large and de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya to discuss the Government of SIPDIS Nepal's plans for political reconciliation and electio [...]
2003-12-19 07:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ETRD BH CH NP
03KATHMANDU2472NEPAL: A/S ROCCA'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH THE
[...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, met with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to discuss Nepal-U.S. bilateral relations and Nepal's ongoing Maoist insurgency. Thapa expressed the GON's appreciation for USG [...]
2003-12-19 07:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON NP
03KATHMANDU329USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL
[...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]
2003-02-25 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU351USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL
[...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]
2003-02-27 10:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU365NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer Sarah Welborne (tel: 977-1-411-179, fax: 977-1-410-723, e-mail: welbornese@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a co [...]
2003-02-28 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
03KATHMANDU552NEPAL: KING'S CONFIDANT ON INDIAN, EUROPEAN
[...] (S) On March 26 royal confidant Prabhakar Rana briefed the Ambassador and DCM on his recent secret discussions with foreign government representatives in India and Europe. Indian National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra reportedly emphasized to Rana that while the GOI supports Government of [...]
2003-03-27 10:54:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IN NP
03KATHMANDU90NEPALIS LAUNCH PRIVATE EFFORT TO SOLVE BHUTANESE
[...] Summary: A team of distinguished Nepali former diplomats and former officials met with Ambassador Malinowski on January 17 to encourage US support for efforts to repatriate Bhutanese refugees residing in seven camps in Eastern Nepal. The delegation recently returned from a trip to New Delhi, [...]
2003-01-17 11:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV NP IN
04ANKARA32ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-05 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04COLOMBO107 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 008 (01/21/04)
[...] (C) Israeli Ambassador David Danieli (based in New Delhi),in town to present credentials to CBK, called on the Ambassador January 21. Danieli was accompanied by Mordehai Amihai, Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry South and Southeast Asia Department. DCM sat in. Danieli noted that [...]
2004-01-21 11:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALAMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO11 Ambassador delivers Secretary Powell's letter to President Kumaratunga
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered Secretary Powell's letter to President Kumaratunga on Jan 2. Ambassador urged President to seek solution to the ongoing political crisis so that the peace process could resume and the economy get back on track. President said she had gone as far as she could go [...]
2004-01-05 11:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CE IN LTTE
04COLOMBO1392MALDIVES: ATMOSPHERE CALM BUT TENSE AMID FEARS
[...] (C) Summary: The atmosphere in the Republic of Maldives remained calm but tense in the week following the August 12-13 demonstrations against the government in Male', the capital. Night-time curfews (from about 11:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.) remain in effect, but schools and businesses are open, [...]
2004-08-20 09:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1456SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER
[...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...]
2004-09-01 11:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO1510SRI LANKA: VISIT OF S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. J.
[...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials on September 8, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador J. Cofer Black underscored U.S. appreciation of Sri Lanka's support of the Global War on Terror. He emphasized USG commitment to helping the GSL achieve a peaceful resolut [...]
2004-09-13 08:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO154 February Co-Chairs Meeting: Where We Go From
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG-hosted February 17 Tokyo co- chairs meeting in Washington comes at an appropriate time. Cohabitation between the President and the Prime Minister remains highly stressful which unfortunately means that a possible return to the peace table has been pushed down the road. [...]
2004-01-27 10:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CE JA NO EU LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO16 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 001 (01/06/04)
[...] (C) FYI. During a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador (see Septel),Hindu Affairs Minister T. Maheswaran mentioned that the long-delayed reopening of the rebuilt Jaffna Library may quietly take place in the next two to three weeks. (Early in 2003, the Tigers made clear that they did not w [...]
2004-01-06 11:08:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALAMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1686MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT LIFTS EMERGENCY FOLLOWING
[...] (C) In an October 6-7 visit to Maldives, Ambassador urged the President, Attorney General and Cabinet Ministers to relax the State of Emergency, continue the process of democratic reform, and improve conditions for detainees, including restoring the right to legal counsel. He emphasized that [...]
2004-10-08 08:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1757SRI LANKA: DRL/IRF VISIT ELICITS VARIOUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an October 7-8 visit, Joanella Morales, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of International Religious Freedom in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL/IRF),discussed religious freedom issues and possible anti-conversion legislation in Sri Lanka with repre [...]
2004-10-25 11:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CE
04COLOMBO1857SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO INDIA YIELDS SOFT LOANS, STRONGER LANGUAGE ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's November 3-7 working visit to India yielded USD 250 million in concessional loans; the announcement of a pending bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement and Indian assistance to refurbish a strategic airfield in Jaffna; and an even stronger public statement of [...]
2004-11-17 06:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1878MALDIVES: ELECTION NEARS AS LEGAL PROCESS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: The Maldivian government is slowly returning to work following the Ramadan Eid-al-Fitr holiday. Prison detainees are no longer on a hunger strike and approximately 21 people remain detained or under house arrest in connection with the August 12-13 civil unrest. Nine people have [...]
2004-11-19 04:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1912MALDIVIAN REFORMISTS IN EXILE ASK FOR USG SUPPORT
[...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with poloffs, representatives of the unregistered Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) living in Sri Lanka expressed concern about the freeness and fairness of parliamentary elections scheduled for December 31. In particular, they said that legal restrictions, inclu [...]
2004-11-26 06:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1956MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT LEVELS SERIOUS CHARGES AT
[...] (C) Summary: The Maldivian government has charged four prominent MPs involved in the August 12-13 civil unrest for attempting to overthrow the government. Among those charged is one pro-reform MP who has filed to contest the December 31 People's Majlis elections. The four MPs remain under h [...]
2004-12-07 11:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO2 GSL arrests large number of Sri Lankan illegal
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In several recent incidents, GSL authorities have arrested roughly 350 Sri Lankans attempting to illegally migrate to Italy. The GSL also recently repatriated the last of a large number of third country nationals (all South Asian) who were arrested in mid-2003. At this point, [...]
2004-01-02 05:50:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON KFRD CE
04COLOMBO20072004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Please find attached Mission's 2004 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Para 20 I. Summary: Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug tra [...]
2004-12-17 05:45:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL CE
04COLOMBO32 GSL still a party to the ceasefire with the
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the PM's January 7 comments calling for the President to take responsibility for the ceasefire agreement with the Tigers, the ceasefire is still in effect and fears that the GSL would withdraw from the agreement have subsided. The ceasefire remains intact, as both [...]
2004-01-08 09:55:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO401 Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement -- Booming Trade
[...] Summary: Trade between India and Sri Lanka has grown significantly -- by 30 percent in 2003 to USD 1.3 billion. Indian exports to Sri Lanka grew by 28 percent and Sri Lankan exports to India grew by 43 percent over the same time period. The rapid increase in trade between India and Sri Lank [...]
2004-03-08 11:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON CE USTR ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO526 CHR: Mission provides GSL with draft Cuba
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 25 meeting at the Sri Lankan MFA, Polchief reviewed talking points and provided a copy of the draft CHR resolution on Cuba. MFA contact was non-committal, noting that the GSL was in a state of flux due to the April 2 elections. Overall, we think moving the GSL to a "y [...]
2004-03-25 09:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR CE CU CH CHR UN
04COLOMBO544 GSL CONTINUES TO PUSH US-SL FTA, DESPITE POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Despite its caretaker status and the political uncertainty surrounding next week's elections, the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe continues to prepare for a US-Sri Lanka FTA. Since Cancun, Sri Lanka has supported US positions in WTO fora and on regional initia [...]
2004-03-26 06:13:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO545 In visit to Sri Lanka, SA DAS Patterson
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SA DAS Torkel Patterson visited Colombo, March 21-23. Highlights of the visit included meetings at the MFA, with a key adviser to President Kumaratunga, with local diplomats, and with local business leaders, including the American Chamber of Commerce. Key issues discussed incl [...]
2004-03-26 06:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PTER CE LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO834FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-20 06:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO840 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates T.M.G. "Chandrasekera" Deputy Director News and Current Affairs, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...]
2004-05-20 09:07:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO842 Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]
2004-05-20 10:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
04COLOMBO856 Maldives: Proposals for Human Rights and
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits two small-grant project proposals for DRL Human Rights and Democracy funding for the Maldives. Detailed below, the first project involves the Maldivian Human Rights Commission [...]
2004-05-21 06:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM SOCI EAID ELAB MV
04COLOMBO933MALDIVES: MAJOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ON THE HORIZON?
[...] (U) Econoff traveled to Male, and Gan May 17-20 and learned about the following economic activities: -- New Legislation -- Major Construction Opportunities -- Garment Factories Closing -- New International Airport -- Customs Cooperation and Agreement -- Terrorist Financing -- GLOBE New [...]
2004-06-08 02:15:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD MV PREL SNAR ECONOMICS
04KATHMANDU1444NEPAL: STATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON BHUTANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's State Foreign Affairs Minister Mahat told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists before the Maoists were serious would be fruitless. Mahat indicated that a critical RGOB had accepted the results of Nepal's criminal investigation of the 22 December Bh [...]
2004-07-27 08:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BT NP
04KATHMANDU379NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...]
2004-03-01 09:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
04KATHMANDU408NEPAL: KING APPOINTS BHEKH THAPA AS FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 3, NEPAL'S KING, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF PRIME MINISTER SURYA BAHADUR THAPA, APPOINTED DR. BHEKH BAHADUR THAPA AS FOREIGN MINISTER AND HEALTH MINISTER. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HOME MINISTRY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INF [...]
2004-03-04 08:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR NP GON
04KATHMANDU476NEPAL: DAS TORKEL PATTERSON'S MARCH 16 MEETING
[...] (C) On March 16, Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Malinowski SIPDIS met with Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Malinowski congratulated Nepal on its official ratification of its membership to the World Trade Organization. A [...]
2004-03-17 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PTER ECON NP WTO
04KATHMANDU55NEPAL: KING SEES "POSITIVE SIGNS" AFTER
[...] (C) On January 7 Prabhakar Rana, King Gyanendra's business partner and confidant, telephoned the Ambassador on the King's behalf to advise that the monarch has concluded his consultations with the leaders of political parties (Reftel). Press accounts of the discussions (most of which indica [...]
2004-01-07 09:21:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP
04KATHMANDU584NEPAL: RATIFIES ITS MEMBERSHIP WITHIN WTO
[...] (SBU) On March 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) officially accepted and ratified its membership within the World Trade Organization and will become the 147th member of the organization as of April 23. Nepal is the first least developed country (LDC) to qualify and accede on its own merits w [...]
2004-03-30 00:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON NP WTO
04KATHMANDU74NEPAL: DE FACTO FOREIGN MINISTER ON SAARC SUMMIT,
[...] (C) In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, de facto Foreign Minister Amb. Bekh Bahadur Thapa discussed the SAARC Summit, recent problems in beginning the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees, and a possible EU demarche criticizing the Government of Nepal's (GON) failure to restore peace and [...]
2004-01-09 09:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF NP SAARC
04KATHMANDU937NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE
[...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...]
2004-05-18 08:29:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP
04NEWDELHI5734INDIA RATTLED BY DEVELOPMENTS IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh watchers in New Delhi have reacted with concern to recent violence there, citing the August 21 attack on opposition leader Sheikh Hasina as symptomatic of a deterioration in the country's political culture, fueling instability in Bangladesh which contributes directly to [...]
2004-09-10 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV BG IN
04NEWDELHI7251INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T
[...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...]
2004-11-16 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7394PRE-SAARC INDIA GOES EASY ON BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan's November 1 stop in New Delhi was officially scheduled to deliver India's invitation to January's SAARC Summit in Dhaka, but also provided an opportunity for bilateral discussions on festering cross-border issues. The GOI resisted the tem [...]
2004-11-19 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KISL BG IN
04NEWDELHI7426INDIA SAYS SAFTA ON CRUISE CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI is heading into the January SAARC Summit in Dhaka upbeat about having maintained an ambitious SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) negotiating schedule that aims to have a document ready for member ratification by mid 2005. This optimism has prevailed despite apprehension i [...]
2004-11-22 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD PK BG IN GOI
04NEWDELHI7427GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]
2004-11-22 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7494INDIA WELCOMES AZIZ, FIRST PAKISTANI PM VISIT IN
[...] (C) Summary: India received Shaukat Aziz warmly and at the highest levels, on the first visit of a Pakistani PM to New Delhi since 1991. The GOI went out of its way to project a welcoming message, because of the importance it places on reconciliation with Islamabad and because it sees Aziz as [...]
2004-11-24 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PK IN INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7497KUMARATUNGA VISIT: SRI LANKA RELATIONSHIP A
[...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga's November 3-7 New Delhi visit highlighted that Sri Lanka has become a model neighbor for India. The President's stay included an address to a high-level conference during which she dismissed the notion that "nothing was happening" in he [...]
2004-11-24 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER CE IN
04NEWDELHI7675FOR INDIA UN PANEL REPORT IS ONLY A START
[...] (C) Summary: The report of the High-Level Panel on UN Reform represents the beginning of a long-term process in which India has significant stakes, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) BS Prakash told PolCouns on December 3. Downplaying FM Natwar Singh's apparent rejection of a permanent Secur [...]
2004-12-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN UN GOI
04NEWDELHI8192MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA,
[...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...]
2004-12-28 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI
04THEHAGUE2924NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE
[...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...]
2004-11-12 14:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN
05COLOMBO107MALDIVES: DESPITE DISASTER, PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary elections, postponed from December 31 after the tsunami that hit Maldives December 26, have been rescheduled for January 22. The government's desire to go ahead is understandable in order to avoid charges that it is using the tsunami to put off an election it does [...]
2005-01-13 11:28:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AEMR MV
05COLOMBO1247 SRI LANKA QUALIFIES FOR EU GSP PLUS BENEFITS
[...] Summary: Sri Lanka is among a group of 14 developing countries which qualified for duty free access to European Union (EU) under the EU GSP plus scheme from July 1, 2005. As a result, most Sri Lankan exports from apparel (Sri Lanka's main export) to ceramics will be eligible to enter EU mark [...]
2005-07-18 08:56:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1407MALDIVES: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) The July 14 appointment of Chief Government Spokesman Dr. Ahmed Shaheed as Foreign Minister (Reftel) brings to this important post a bright, western-educated technocrat friendly to the U.S. with whom the Embassy has worked closely on such key bilateral issues as democratic reform and tsu [...]
2005-08-11 11:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV MV
05COLOMBO149MALDIVES: FORMER DETAINEE EXPECTS FREER, FAIRER
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 call on the Ambassador, former SAARC Secretary General and detainee Ibrahim Zaki expressed gratitude for U.S. support, crediting concern from the international community for the Government's decision to release him from detention and drop sedition charges against [...]
2005-01-19 10:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1562 Sri Lanka GSP Child Labor Update
[...] PER REF A, BELOW IS AN UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION. THIS REPORT PROVIDES NEW DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE SUBMISSION OF THE LAST UPDATE IN 2004 (REF B). A DETAILED REPORT WAS SUBMITTED IN 2003 (REF C). A) LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR. [...]
2005-09-07 06:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
05COLOMBO1669 PROSPECTS FOR REFORM DOMINATE DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econchief visited Maldives September 14 and 15 and found newly-appointed cabinet members eager to move forward with a bold reform agenda, while members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)continue to regroup following the August 12-13 demonstrations and rel [...]
2005-09-21 11:10:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID MV
05COLOMBO1680MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Although Maldives was not listed as a focus country in Reftel A, assisting Maldives in a peaceful transition to multi-party democracy would serve broad USG interests in promoting democracy and advancing human rights. Maldives is a moderate Islamic country where both the government [...]
2005-09-22 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EAID MV
05COLOMBO1716MALDIVIAN DEMOCRATIC REFORMS: PROGRESS PLODDING
[...] (C) During a September 25-27 visit to Maldives as part of the first US-Maldives Friendship Week (septel),Ambassador met Government of Republic of Maldives (GORM) representatives, including President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leaders to discuss the [...]
2005-09-29 11:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID MV
05COLOMBO1789AFGHANISTAN'S INCLUSION INTO SAARC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 09:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON XD CE
05COLOMBO181MALDIVES: REFORM CANDIDATES MAKE GAINS AS POLLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With one exception, polls to elect representatives to the People's Majlis, or Parliament, closed throughout this island nation on January 22. Although counting continues, preliminary results indicate a solid showing for pro-reform candidates, with the Presidential Spokesman [...]
2005-01-24 08:58:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1853SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DIVERGE ON
[...] (C) The two main candidates in Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election offer radically different approaches to the peace process and the economy. Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse is stepping back from a previous Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) [...]
2005-10-26 11:47:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1868FOREIGN MINISTER STICKS UP FOR HIS SISTER, SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister (and brother of President Kumaratunga) Anura Bandaranaike told the Ambassador he is contemptuous of SLFP Presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse's alliance with the Marxist JVP, will not campaign very hard on Rajapakse's behalf and is not at all sur [...]
2005-10-31 04:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF CE MV
05COLOMBO1899SRI LANKA SEES POTENTIAL FOR SAFTA, BUT HEDGING
[...] (C) Summary: During a wide ranging discussion with Econchief, Sri Lankan Commerce Ministry Director General K.N. Weerasinghe (Note: Weerasinghe is Sri Lanka's senior-most career trade official) said that a successful conclusion to the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) talks was close, bu [...]
2005-11-03 03:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2070SRI LANKA: INPUT FOR INCSR
[...] The information in this cable is keyed to Reftel. 2. (Part I) Summary. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reduction programs. In 2005, the U.S. government [...]
2005-12-09 04:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CE
05COLOMBO2138MALDIVES: IBRAHIM ISMAIL ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
[...] (U) The opposition Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) held its first ever party Congress in Male' December 19-21. On December 20, delegates at the Congress used a cascading preferential voting system to elect Member of Parliament (MP) Ibrahim Ismail party president and former SAARC secretary-gen [...]
2005-12-21 11:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR MV
05COLOMBO297MALDIVES: PRO- AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT GROUPS CLAIM
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami, the Maldivian government proceeded with its SIPDIS rescheduled Majlis ("Parliament") elections on January 22, an event that occurred largely without incident. Pro- and anti-government groups declared victory, with the anti-governm [...]
2005-02-07 10:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO454SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...]
2005-03-02 04:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
05COLOMBO888SRI LANKA: PROPOSED JOINT MECHANISM NOW POLITICAL
[...] (C) Hopes that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would sign a joint mechanism on tsunami aid before the May 16-17 Development Forum are fading. The proposal has become a political hot potato for President Chandrika Kumaratunga, with her opponen [...]
2005-05-13 11:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO946MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT APPEARS READY TO REGISTER
[...] (SBU) On May 21 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked the People's Majlis in its next session to take up the question of whether to allow the registration of political parties. The President's directive follows an opinion issued by the Attorney General overturning a 2001 finding from his prede [...]
2005-05-25 11:52:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MV
05DHAKA1180PM TO WORLD: DON'T TREAD ON US
[...] (C) Summary. PM Zia, speaking in parliament, warned "foreigners categorically that Bangladesh will not be run by any diktats or orders of any foreign force." Her assertiveness reflects the BDG view that the geographical breadth of Bangladesh's economic and political ties insulates it from int [...]
2005-03-16 09:55:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1296Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy" Centrist English language newspaper "News Today" editorially comments (3/22): It seems that Condoleezza Rice, the new United States Secretary of State, is in the pro [...]
2005-03-22 09:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1707CHINESE PM'S VISIT REAFFIRMS STRONG BILATERAL TIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese premier's two-day visit to Dhaka ended with a joint communiqu, nine accords, and renewed bilateral warmth after last year's tiff over the now-closed Taiwan trade office. The commercial payoff appears to be modest, in part because Bangladesh's economy is increasingly d [...]
2005-04-11 11:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD CH BG
05DHAKA1742DAS GASTRIGHT'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On April 10-11, visiting SA DAS John Gastright discussed Bangladesh developments with Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin, PMO Principal Secretary Kamaluddin Siddiqui, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, UNOCAL Bangladesh Managing Director Andrew Fawthrup, British [...]
2005-04-13 08:32:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ENRG ECON BG
05DHAKA1828PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud C [...]
2005-04-20 09:47:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR OVIP PGOV BG
05DHAKA1856INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On April 16, an exchange of gunfire between the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on the northeastern border at Akhaura killed one BSF officer and at least three Bangladeshis, according to media and other reports. The incident occurred as the BSF Directo [...]
2005-04-21 02:30:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IN BG
05DHAKA1975ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud [...]
2005-04-27 09:00:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA2243LOYALTY AND ACCESS TRUMP TITTLES IN INFLUENCING PM
[...] (S) Summary and Introduction. Reftel described the BDG's dysfunctional decision-making process and its control by a handful of individuals. Not much has changed since 2003. Loyalty, proximity, and length of service to PM Zia still count for far more than title or institutional position, but [...]
2005-05-11 02:16:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA2298A/S ROCCA MEETS WITH BANGLADESH PM, MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: In May 12 meetings with Prime Minister Zia and senior MFA officials, Assistant Secretary for South Asia Christina Rocca discussed law and order, governance, terrorism (reftel),democracy, human rights, and religious freedom, as well as regional issues. Alternately downplayin [...]
2005-05-17 05:31:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BG
05DHAKA330SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as an excellent opportunity to advance our bilateral economic agenda and specifically the importance of telecommunications for economic growth, modernization, and diversification. The last senior USG economic official to visit Bangladesh was A/USTR Ashley Wills, wh [...]
2005-01-25 11:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ETTC PGOV BG
05DHAKA3841PRE-SAARC THOUGHTS AT BANGLADESH THINK TANK SEMINAR
[...] Summary: At a pre-SAARC think tank seminar on transport, trade and poverty eradiciation, Foreign Affairs Advisor Reaz Rahman, Foreign Minister Khan, and Indian MP Arjun Sengupta expressed their views on South Asian issues. End Summary. 2. On August 3, the South Asia Centre for Policy Studie [...]
2005-08-08 00:01:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BG
05DHAKA3903INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER VISITS BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: BDG and Indian High Commission contacts describe Indian Foreign Minister Singh's visit as a positive resumption of dialogue, though little if any progress was made on key issues. The Bangladeshi focus is now on the upcoming visits of the Indian water resources and commerce minis [...]
2005-08-10 09:25:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV BG
05DHAKA4108ZIA CUTS SHORT CHINA TRIP TO RETURN TO RATTLED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PM Zia is returning early to Bangladesh to cope with the aftermath of the 503 blasts that injured 191 and killed two. The BNP and the AL have blamed each other for the blasts, and the Awami League-led opposition has called protests for August 19 and a nationwide general strike fo [...]
2005-08-18 11:57:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER CASC BG
05DHAKA425BANGLADESH STRIKE WINDS DOWN
[...] (C) Summary: The 60-hour strike called to protest the January 27 grenade attack that killed former Awami League finance minister Kibria is winding down amid reports of scattered violence and injuries. AL MP's are boycotting tonight's delivery of President Ahmed's annual address to Parliament. [...]
2005-01-31 10:52:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA4291BANGLADESH: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005
[...] Following is an update and review of the child labor report pegged to questions posed in reftel. a) Bangladesh has not promulgated new laws or regulations on minimum age/s for employment since ratification of ILO Convention 182. In June 2003, the government listed 11 occupations as the wors [...]
2005-08-30 10:58:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV BG USAID
05DHAKA503BDG ANGRY REACTION TO SAARC POSTPONEMENT
[...] (C) BDG cabinet members, opposition and civil society expressed anger with India over the SAARC cancellation announced February 2. Cabinet members told ambassador that Delhi made the announcement without giving Dhaka prior notification and after telling them earlier in the day that the conference [...]
2005-02-03 04:16:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL BG IN PK NP SAARC
05DHAKA514STRIKE SITREP
[...] (SBU) After a day's pause, the Awami League renewed its hartal (strike) program with a dawn-to-dusk hartal on February 3. With a comparatively heavier police presence, observers as of 1600 local report slightly more rickshaws and motor vehicles on Dhaka streets compared to the previous progra [...]
2005-02-03 09:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA559213TH SAARC SUMMIT CONCLUDES; AFGHANISTAN INVITED
[...] Summary: SAARC leaders concluded a successful 13th summit on November 13 with decisions to admit Afghanistan to membership, create a South Asia Poverty Alleviation Fund, implement SAFTA on schedule and implement the additional protocol on terrorism. Preparation paid off; the summit ran sm [...]
2005-11-14 08:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PTER BG SAARC AID
05DHAKA5593ASSASSINATION OF TWO JUDGES SPARKS COURT PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IED thrown at a court commuter van killed two judges and injured four others in southern Bangladesh. Home State Minister Babar speculated to reporters that Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),the alleged perpetrator of the August 17 and October 3 bomb blasts, was behind th [...]
2005-11-14 11:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL PGOV BG
05DHAKA5594ASSASSINATION OF TWO JUDGES SPARKS COURT
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IED thrown at a court commuter van killed two judges and injured four others in southern Bangladesh. Home State Minister Babar speculated to reporters that Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),the alleged perpetrator of the August 17 and October 3 bomb blasts, was behind th [...]
2005-11-15 00:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL PGOV BG
05DHAKA5627"SUICIDE" BOMBER MARKS ESCALATION OF EXTREMIST
[...] (S) Summary. The November 15 assassination of two provincial judges, and the perception that the attacker meant to martyr himself for Islamic glory, marks a worrisome growth in the evolution of Islamic extremism in Bangladesh. The recurring attacks on the judiciary have upped the political s [...]
2005-11-17 11:04:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC BG
05DHAKA5633MONGA - CYCLES OF POVERTY AND HUNGER IN NORTHERN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Each fall and winter, the northern rural agricultural districts of Bangladesh experience "monga," a period of severe food insecurity coupled with high seasonal unemployment as a result of natural gaps in the normal planting season on which these regions depend. Government food p [...]
2005-11-20 04:15:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON PGOV TBIO BG AGR CARE CDC
05DHAKA6043BANGLADESH INCSR DRAFT - PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-11 01:11:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BG
05DHAKA6044BANGLADESH INCSR DRAFT - PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-11 01:11:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BG
05DHAKA62512005 REVIEW: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
[...] (S) How Bangladesh looks depends on where you stand. For many, the view is disturbing: the country's government is unable or unwilling to cope with, and sometimes even acknowledge, its many obvious sores. Politics are bitter, parochial, and winner take all. But there's another perspective. [...]
2005-12-20 10:57:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KISL ETRD BG
05DHAKA6292SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA,
[...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...]
2005-12-21 03:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH
05DHAKA6330DHAKA MINISTERIAL TAKES MODEST STEPS TOWARDS MORE
[...] Summary: The Eighth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting agreed to modest steps to enhance cooperation among its seven South Asian and Asian members during its December 18-19 meeting in Dhaka. The key agreement was on implementation of the BIMSTEC FTA in goods on July 1, 2006 and a commitment to a [...]
2005-12-22 09:25:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL BG BIMSTEC
05DHAKA937BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report will cover efforts by the Bangladesh Government (BDG) during the time period from March 2004-March 2005. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Charlene Wang, telephone number 880-2-885-5500 extension 2148, IVG post-code Dhaka #583, fax [...]
2005-03-03 12:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG USAID
05KATHMANDU2333AFGHANISTAN'S INCLUSION INTO SAARC
[...] (C) On October 26, Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha, in response to DCM sounding him out about Nepal's support for Afghan inclusion in SAARC (reftel),stated that SAARC would have to reach a consensus decision. He acknowledged that the idea had been floated in the past, but sai [...]
2005-10-27 00:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AF NP
05KATHMANDU2389NEPAL-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that it was likely Indian Prime Minister Singh would have a bilateral meeting with the Nepal King on the margins of the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka. Mukherjee said Singh would likely send a clear message to the King on the need to reconci [...]
2005-11-04 10:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS CH IN NP
05KATHMANDU2399 NEPALI CONGRESS NOT FORMING ALLIANCE WITH MAOISTS
[...] (C) Nepali Congress (NC) President GP Koirala, reacting to the Embassy's recent statement warning against a Maoist-Parties alliance, insisted to the Ambassador on November 7 that his party would "not join hands with the Maoists while they still had guns." Koirala, who expressed concern about [...]
2005-11-07 11:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR NP
05KATHMANDU2445 NEPAL RATIFIES SAARC CONVENTIONS
[...] On October 31, Nepal ratified two SAARC Conventions: SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution; and SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia. Ref A had reported Nepal had committed to ratif [...]
2005-11-14 08:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG NP
05KATHMANDU2452POSSIBLE DEMARCHE FOR GOVERNMENTS HOSTING KING
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) King Gyanendra is currently traveling outside Nepal for three weeks. In addition to Dhaka (where he attended the SAARC summit),we understand the King will visit Tunisia for the World Summit on the Information Society, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, [...]
2005-11-14 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PREL PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2568 FM PANDEY: NO PROGRESS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES
[...] (C) In a November 23 discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey relayed the gist of his unfruitful discussion with the Bhutanese Foreign Minister held on the margins of the SAARC meeting in Dhaka. Pandey lamented that, after having agreed in writing in September to ta [...]
2005-11-25 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER CVIS NP
05KATHMANDU2652GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN US COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) In separate meetings on November 18, Nepali officials shared with visiting S/CT South Asia Officer William Slaven the actions that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) was taking against terrorism and how those activities complemented U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Nepal is focused o [...]
2005-11-30 09:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2668DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS,
[...] (C) In separate discussions with the ambassadors of Israel, Norway, Bangladesh, and Germany, the Ambassador discussed our concerns that the recent 12-point understanding between the political parties and Maoists contained no Maoist commitment to give up violence (ref A). He remarked that the [...]
2005-12-01 08:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2700KING RETURNS, PROTESTS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) Following his return to Nepal after a three week absence, the King issued a statement on December 2 calling on the people of Nepal to unite with patriotism. Though he did not specifically address the Party-Maoist 12 point understanding announced in his absence, he termed efforts toward [...]
2005-12-05 10:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU27272005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This is post's updated 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per reftel. Begin text. Nepal I. Summary Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, small amounts of cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked [...]
2005-12-06 10:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2733USTDA IDENTIFIES PROFITABLE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
[...] (SBU) In separate meetings during her recent mission to Nepal, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) contractor Judy Chang found that U.S. companies may have a competitive advantage in transportation projects in Nepal dealing with cargo rail development, the upgrading of airports, and inte [...]
2005-12-07 07:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD ELTN EAIR PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2793 INDIAN FS SARAN: KING NEEDS TO RECONCILE WITH
[...] (C) On December 12, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran told the Ambassador that he was visiting Nepal to follow-up on the Dhaka meeting between PM Singh and King Gyanendra and to keep open lines of communication with the government in Nepal. Saran's message to the King in his December 13 audience w [...]
2005-12-13 11:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU28282005-2006 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY
[...] (SBU) This is Post's 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per reftel. Begin Text. Nepal Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering cen [...]
2005-12-16 10:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NP
05NEWDELHI1075INDIA: SAARC DECISION SENT A MESSAGE TO DHAKA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI remains unapologetic about the last minute cancellation of the SAARC Summit and the resulting unhappiness in Dhaka. In this context, on February 9, the MEA urged PolCouns not to underestimate the extent to which developments in Bangladesh influenced India's decision not to atte [...]
2005-02-10 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECIN ENRG BG IN
05NEWDELHI1113NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...]
2005-02-11 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1114SARAN URGES CONTINUED PRESSURE ON NEPAL, WILL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: As instructed reftels, the Ambassador advised Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on February 11 of the USG position on assistance to Nepal and our intention to withdraw our Ambassador as early as February 14. Arguing that the RNA had [...]
2005-02-11 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI1224INDIA RIDING HIGH ON POST-TSUNAMI WAVE OF GOOD
[...] (C) Summary: As a concrete demonstration of India's magnanimity and competence, New Delhi's recent large-scale assistance to its tsunami-stricken neighbors had illustrated the country's standing as a regional and emerging world power, according to observers here. India is particularly proud [...]
2005-02-16 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CE IN
05NEWDELHI1298INDIA SAYS SAARC STILL ALIVE, SUMMIT HINGES ON NEPAL/BANGLADESH ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast with the predominant view in the Indian media that by opting out of the Dhaka Summit, India dealt a fatal blow to SAARC, the GOI told us it remains committed to the organization. MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok told PolCouns and Poloff on February 16 that he was [...]
2005-02-18 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN PK NP BG IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI1426FOREIGN SECRETARY EMPHASIZES NEIGHBORS' IMPACT ON INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a carefully considered February 14 speech on New Delhi's South Asia policy, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran unveiled a more muscular approach toward India's neighborhood that reflects the GOI's shifting view of its role in the world. Departing from the standard GOI line on the [...]
2005-02-24 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN KDEM NP BG PK CE IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI1521KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...]
2005-02-28 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK
05NEWDELHI227AID TO THE TIGERS: ON THE SAME PAGE
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with MEA Director (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives) Taranjit Singh Sandhu, PolCouns explained the USG position on tsunami disaster relief for Tiger controlled areas in Sri Lanka, including the US intention not to deploy military forces to LTTE areas. Sandhu res [...]
2005-01-10 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR EAID MASS PTER SOCI CE BG IN
05NEWDELHI2410SAARC: NO SUMMIT IN SIGHT, SAFTA ON TRACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for a rescheduled SAARC Summit in 2005 are diminishing amidst scheduling difficulties and Indian concerns over the coup in Nepal and instability in Bangladesh. In a March 30 meeting with USAIDoff and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok expressed optimism, ho [...]
2005-03-31 11:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN PREL IN PK NP BG SAARC
05NEWDELHI276TSUNAMI ENCOURAGES A PERIOD OF POLITICAL AMITY
[...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented scale of the Tsunami disaster has compelled India's usually contentious political coalitions to bury their differences and cooperate to relieve the suffering. Likewise, elements of the Left which strongly oppose the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's [...]
2005-01-12 05:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI2792DAS GASTRIGHT ENCOURAGES COORDINATION ON BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh),SA DAS John Gastright SIPDIS emphasized that all concerned countries, not just India and the US, should encourage the BDG to improve its governance. Deo agreed that Bangladesh was still at a point where it could r [...]
2005-04-13 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL IN BG US
05NEWDELHI2866INDIA UPBEAT ON MUSHARRAF MINI-SUMMIT, BUT KEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: India is expecting a successful April 16-18 visit by the Pakistan President, largely because Musharraf has laid out positive and realistic goals that mesh with New Delhi's. The Reuters interview he gave on the eve of his departure was music to India's ears, and was taken here as [...]
2005-04-15 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2951REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: During their April 18 Regional Dialogue discussion, A/S Rocca and MEA officials reviewed recent developments in Nepal, with the GOI offering a pessimistic assessment of the King's intentions. (See septel for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka portions). Following the Indian Ambassador's [...]
2005-04-20 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER NP IN
05NEWDELHI2968INDIA WARNS OF "REPERCUSSIONS" FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary: On April 16, India's Border Security Force (BSF) engaged the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on the border between the Northeastern state of Tripura and Southeastern Bangladesh in what the MEA has called a "fierce gun battle," which ultimately resulted in the death of an Indian officer. [...]
2005-04-20 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS BG IN
05NEWDELHI3086PMO CONFIRMS MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL STILL
[...] (C) Summary: Contrary to reports sourced to the King of Nepal that India had reversed its suspension of military supplies, the PMO has confirmed to us press reports that India will only resume military assistance to Nepal in exchange for concrete progress towards restoration of democracy. Th [...]
2005-04-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI388SAARC SUMMIT: WHAT'S THE HOLD UP?
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI has not yet agreed to the proposed February 7-9 dates for the SAARC Summit, and media reports indicate New Delhi has suggested February 6-7 instead. The MEA remains tightlipped about the reasons for delay, but some New Delhi foreign policy watchers speculate that the SAAR [...]
2005-01-14 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD BG PK IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI4330INDO-BANGLADESHI RELATIONS SOUR
[...] (C) Summary: Relations between India and Bangladesh have soured since the April 16 killing of a BSF guard along the India-Bangladesh border, with increased concerns about illegal migration and terrorist groups along the border and calls for a more aggressive Indian policy towards the GOB. At [...]
2005-06-09 05:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN BG IN
05NEWDELHI5318INDIA REVIVES TOP-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT WITH BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Meetings between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Bangladesh in New Delhi on June 21-22 provided the first opportunity after a two year gap for the nations' top diplomats to turn around deteriorating relations by airing disagreements, reviving several working groups, and plann [...]
2005-07-11 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN ETRD ENRG BD IN
05NEWDELHI5480BHUTAN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEWEY-WANGCHUCK
[...] (C) Summary: The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) remains committed to resolving the refugee problem using the Dewey-Wangchuck framework and is ready to meet with its Nepalese counterparts to hash out the modalities of the agreement, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told us on July 13. After rec [...]
2005-07-15 10:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI6036INDIA'S SAARC PRIORITIES: SAFTA IS KEY
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 28 meeting, newly appointed MEA Joint Secretary for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) P.K. Kapur highlighted the GOI's priorities for the November 12-13 meeting in Dhaka, including the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA),a poverty and infrast [...]
2005-08-04 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN EAID BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI6149MEA GRASPING FOR A PLAN B IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on August 8 that the "window of opportunity" for reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties in Nepal is closing, and MEA is looking for new ways to increase pressure on the King. India was annoyed b [...]
2005-08-08 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS KDEM MOPS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6414MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]
2005-08-18 16:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6519NATWAR DECRIES BANGLADESHI DENIAL, QUESTIONS SAARC
[...] (C) The Ambassador used an August 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Natwar Singh to probe Indian thinking on next steps in Bangladesh, underling our hope that we will be able to develop the same kind of fluid information exchange and close coordination of diplomatic strategies that characterizes [...]
2005-08-24 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM IN BG SAARC
05NEWDELHI6694MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]
2005-08-31 14:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6797PM'S KABUL VISIT: TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's August 28-29 visit to Kabul is playing as a resounding foreign policy success in New Delhi. The announced USD 50 million additional assistance, proposals for new areas of cooperation, Parliament ground-breaking and ribbon cutting of the Habibia sc [...]
2005-09-02 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID IN AF PK IR
05NEWDELHI6803NEW DELHI 2005 POLITICAL REPORTING OFFICERS'
[...] (U) As previewed in recent e-mails to addressee posts, Embassy New Delhi is pleased to host the second annual Political Reporting Officers' Conference, September 29, 2005 in New Delhi. The event, for which we hope to attract participation from both India constituent posts and India's neighbors [...]
2005-09-02 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV APER ASEC ECON ETRD IN ABUD AMGT US
05NEWDELHI6847INDIAN MINISTER: NEPAL'S KING UNREPENTANT, BUT GOI
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Minister Jaipal Reddy told us that Nepal's King Gyanendra was unrepentant in a discussion at the August 29 SAARC information ministers' meeting. The King is hoping India will blink, but it will not, Reddy said. In the meantime, he argued, the Maoists are gaining ground an [...]
2005-09-06 15:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI6903BHUTAN FEARS MAOISTS IN REFUGEE CAMPS
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese MFA officials expressed concern over Maoist intrusions into refugee camps in Nepal and indicated the government's main priority is keeping radical elements out of Bhutan during August 24-25 meetings with Poloff and Econoff in Thimphu. The MFA reiterated the Royal Govern [...]
2005-09-07 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI6915INDIAN DEPUTY NSA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, HESITANT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy NSA VK Nambiar told A/DCM and Poloff on September 7 that he was optimistic the Indo-Pak peace process would continue to make slow progress, and looked forward to PM Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Musharraf during the UNGA summit. Nambiar highlighted instability i [...]
2005-09-08 08:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KNNP IN IR PK BG INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6994INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY
[...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...]
2005-09-09 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM
05NEWDELHI709INDIA REINVENTING NSA POSITION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: MK Narayanan, formally named on January 25 as India's new NSA, will be a different kind of National Security Adviser than his high-profile, powerful predecessors, JN Dixit and Brajesh Mishra. After several weeks of debat [...]
2005-01-28 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI7159 ECONOMIC INTERVIEWS IN BHUTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Econoff traveled to Bhutan in late August to interview several Ministry officials at the working level and to establish additional contacts with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The three day visit, which included over 15 meetings around Thimphu, resulted in a number o [...]
2005-09-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD IN BT
05NEWDELHI7259INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS
[...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...]
2005-09-16 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI757STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA JUST THE BEGINNING,
[...] (C) Summary: "If China had proposed a strategic dialogue a few years ago, we would have been wary," MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) told PolCouns and Poloff on January 31, SIPDIS adding that the PRC now seems willing to engage with India on issues of global importance. Echoing Foreign Secr [...]
2005-01-31 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
05NEWDELHI7767SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING
[...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...]
2005-10-05 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI8007MEA "VERY SUPPORTIVE" OF AFGHAN SAARC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha -- after reading Reftel demarche -- said the GOI is "very supportive" of Afghanistan joining SAARC. Sinha reported that the GOI has raised this topic repeatedly with the GOA, [...]
2005-10-14 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IN AF XD
05NEWDELHI8011INDIA AND BANGLADESH TRADE SPITBALLS IN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In the past two weeks, India and Bangladesh have been fighting a war of words in the press over Bangladeshi allegations of Indian involvement in the August 17 blasts and the arrest of five Bangladeshi criminals in Kolkata At a September 30 press conference, concluding an otherwi [...]
2005-10-14 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN BG IN
05NEWDELHI8247NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN
[...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]
2005-10-24 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI826REACTING TO NEPAL, INDIA WILL NOT ATTEND THE SAARC SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA announced on February 2 that India will not attend the SAARC Summit scheduled for February 6-7 in Dhaka. Both publicly and privately, GOI officials cited both King Gyanendra's actions in Nepal on February 1, and the security situation in Dhaka following the violence of J [...]
2005-02-02 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN BG PK NP SAARC
05NEWDELHI8715INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]
2005-11-16 17:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI8749OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: GOI PROPOSES US OBSERVER STATUS AT SAARC
[...] (U) For SA: SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a surprise development, the GOI has told us that it would welcome US participation as an Observer to SAARC. At a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit briefing on November 16, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) P.K. [...]
2005-11-17 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN AORC BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI8750FS SARAN GIVES AMBASSADOR MORIARTY READOUT OF
[...] Summary (C) In a 16 November meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran and visiting Ambassador Moriarty discussed SIPDIS the worrying political climate in Nepal. The Ambassador described options for increasing pressure on the King to reach out to Nepalese political parties to counter growing [...]
2005-11-17 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8893INDIAN REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTAN/NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: The agreement reached in Dhaka between the RGOB and GON to restart the Joint Verification Process and allow for the return of Category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari refugee camp was a significant and positive step, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCou [...]
2005-11-23 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PTER IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI9029RGOB: NEED CATEGORY 1 AND 4 REPATRIATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutan is ready to accept category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari camp, but needs Nepal to agree to the proposal in writing, which Nepal seems unwilling to do, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated in a December 1 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff. The Ambassador reported t [...]
2005-11-30 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PTER PHUM IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9080GOI "CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" IN BURMA, UPBEAT ON
[...] (C) Summary: MEA J/S (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar) Mohan Kumar was candid about India's need to continue engaging in Burma and optimistic that PM Singh had begun to "clear the air" during his bilateral meeting with President Zia in Bangladesh. Acknowledging Indian competition with the [...]
2005-12-01 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER BG BM IN SA
05NEWDELHI909INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005
[...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]
2005-02-04 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9204BHUTAN: LARGELY LACKING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) In response to Reftel, post spoke to Bhutanese Ministry of Labor, Education, Employment and Works and Human Settlement officials and NGOs to answer questions posed in paragraph seven. We assess that while 45,000 children may at times work, the worst forms of child labor are largely absent [...]
2005-12-06 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BT
05NEWDELHI9485INDIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is Post's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism: Begin text: India remains an important and vigorous ally in the global war on terror. India's law enforcement, paramilitary and armed forces neutralized over 1,500 terrorists in 2005, according to a leading indepen [...]
2005-12-16 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO MASS PGOV PHUM
05NEWDELHI9751INDIA READY TO PUSH HARDER ON BHUTAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI is ready to take a more proactive role in prodding Bhutan to resolve the long-running refugee problem, an MEA official told A/DCM and Poloff on December 27. Bhutan's King had previously informed New Delhi of his plan to abdicate in 2008 following elections, and India is [...]
2005-12-27 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KDEM PGOV ENRG IN BT
05ROME1142FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...]
2005-04-05 08:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO
06BEIJING23664NOVEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO VISIT TO APEC,
[...] On November 7, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special briefing to announce President Hu Jintao?s plans to visit Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan in conjunction with his attendance at the November 17-19 APEC Leaders Summit in Hanoi. Hu will pay state visits to Vietnam from Nov [...]
2006-11-07 23:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
06BEIJING4020PRC/PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's February 19-23 visit to China appears to have gone predictably well, with no real surprises other than a strong push to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a full member. The largely pro-forma MFA readout called the trip a success [...]
2006-03-03 12:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING7518APRIL 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Key points made at the April 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China encourages the EU-3 and Iran to promptly resume talks in Moscow in order to promote a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue. - The United States should consider the interests of the international commun [...]
2006-04-20 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR
06COLOMBO1132MALDIVES: REFORMS MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited Male' July 6 to pay farewell calls on President Gayoom, Maldivian government officials, and the Chairman of the opposition, currently under house arrest. All interlocutors focused on a possible referendum on presidential versus parliamentary forms of gove [...]
2006-07-11 04:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO1822SRI LANKA: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR
[...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reducti [...]
2006-11-03 06:52:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1910MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT ACTION STYMIES PLANNED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) planned a November 10 demonstration in Male' to demand quicker constitutional reform. The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) claimed the opposition would use the guise of a peaceful protest to possibly foment a coup. Se [...]
2006-11-14 12:58:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO1931SRI LANKAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION DR.
[...] As reported ref (b),the Government of Sri Lanka had pledged to support U.S. candidate Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission (ILC). MFA also asked the U.S. to support its candidate for the ILC, Dr. Amrith Rohan Perera. Dr. Perera is well and favorably known to us as the incum [...]
2006-11-16 11:44:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CE
06COLOMBO2070 5TH ROUND OF TIFA TALKS HIGHLIGHT ON OBSTACLES TO US
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Office of the US Trade Representative and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Marketing Development held the Fifth Joint Council Meeting under the bilateral US-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Colombo on December 1. [...]
2006-12-14 11:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO254MALDIVES: POLITICAL SUSPICIONS FESTER WHILE
[...] (C) During a February 10-13 DCM visit to Maldives (in conjunction with a port call by the missile destroyer USS McCampbell from the USS Ronald Reagan strike group),conversations with government officials and the opposition conveyed a sense of logjam in the political reform process as social [...]
2006-02-17 05:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
06COLOMBO321IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 10:56:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06COLOMBO331SRI LANKA: THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Mission's submission for the sixth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Anamika Chakravorty, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 21: Sri Lanka [...]
2006-03-01 11:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
06DHAKA1865SCA DAS GASTRIGHT MEETINGS AT MFA
[...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials, DAS Gastright commended the BDG on recent arrests of terrorist leaders and stressed the need for further investigations and timely prosecutions. DAS Gastright offered continued technical assistance in counterterrorism efforts, especi [...]
2006-04-04 09:35:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PGOV UNGA UNSC BG
06DHAKA4254QUAD "TEA GROUP" DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH PM'S
[...] (C) Ambassador hosted a dinner for Reaz Rahman, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, on July 9. British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury and Australian High Commissioner Doug Foskett also attended. (Canadian High Commissioner remains out of the country.) The purpose of the dinner was [...]
2006-07-12 09:42:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
06DHAKA5332INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS SHOW NEW STRAIN
[...] (S) Summary. After a brief respite between the Dhaka SAARC summit in October and Prime Minister Zia's visit to New Delhi in March, Indo-Bangladeshi relations are again showing strain. Given India's support for the opposition Awami League, Indian antagonism towards the current government, and [...]
2006-08-22 08:23:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PGOV KISL IN BG
06DHAKA5706FOREIGN MINISTER KHAN STILL HAS FOREIGN RELATION
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Khan requested a meeting with Secretary Rice during the time he would be in the United States, outlined his views to improve relations with India, and confirmed that Bangladesh hopes to open an embassy in Afghanistan by the end of the year. End Summary. 2. (C) [...]
2006-09-07 04:31:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BG
06DHAKA768JAMA'ATUL MUJAHIDEEN BANGLADESH'S "THREE TIERS OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. This telegram reviews Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh's (JMB) target selection and the evolution of its tactics since the August 17 bomb blasts. It also lays out JMB,s &Three Tiers of Threat8 as articulated to us by two senior Bangladeshi police officials, and highlights Emba [...]
2006-02-13 09:18:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNPTER KISL ASEC BG
06ISLAMABAD22178FOREIGN SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan was positive about the tone of the November 13-14 Composite Dialogue talks, saying that the atmosphere was business-like with no "excessive restating of positions." The effort focused on exploring ar [...]
2006-11-27 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF IN PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD5903A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary. SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed a range of regional issues in separate April 4 discussions with Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Khan. Kasuri and Khan were optimistic on relations with India, taking heart from PM Singh's recent speech in Amritsar [...]
2006-04-06 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL IN AF PK IR
06KABUL3305AFGHANISTAN - EB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN
[...] (U) Meeting attendees from the USG: Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan OPIC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Dulce Zahniser State, Bilateral Trade Officer, Mary Beth Goodman Econ Counselor, Jack Spilsbury Tradeoff, Robert Newsome AFGH [...]
2006-07-26 13:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV AF
06KATHMANDU1290FM OLI TELLS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY MAOISTS MUST
[...] (U) In a May 19 briefing for the diplomatic community, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli said Nepal's relationship with its immediate neighbors would remain unchanged, and that Nepal would continue its policy of friendship and cooperation with all countries. He highlighted N [...]
2006-05-22 06:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF ETRD NP
06KATHMANDU1993FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON JULY 14 CORE GROUP
[...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli to give a read-out of the July 14 Core Group meeting and to confirm points on Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees (reftel). Oli confirmed the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to allow resettlement of t [...]
2006-07-26 11:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP
06KATHMANDU2343CODEL KOLBE PUSHES FOR SOLUTION FOR BHUTANESE
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to CODEL Kolbe on August 25 that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) and the Government of Nepal (GON) should give bilateral talks one more chance, even though the last 15 rounds of talks have been unsuccessful. During a sub [...]
2006-08-30 10:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2950SAARC SECRETARY GENERAL TO ATTEND REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 05:11:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV IN
06KATHMANDU29552006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, domestically-produced cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police suggests that Nepalis [...]
2006-11-03 08:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU29982006-2007 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] (SBU) This is Post?s 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per ref A. Begin Text: Nepal is not a regional financial center. There are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering center. The Governm [...]
2006-11-07 11:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU315INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post delivered Nepal's Interim Assessment report of progress made on anti-trafficking efforts (ref A) on January 31 to Shyam Sundar Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Yadav Kanal, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Parbati T [...]
2006-01-31 09:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KHUM SMIG NP
06KATHMANDU410LETTER FROM FM PANDEY TO A/S ROCCA ON BHUTANESE
[...] (C) During a meeting on February 10, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey gave the Ambassador a letter for Assistant Secretary Rocca in response to her December 30 letter on SIPDIS Bhutanese refugees. In his letter, Pandey thanks A/S Rocca for U.S. support to resolve the Bhutanese refugee is [...]
2006-02-10 12:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF NP
06KATHMANDU57NEPAL LOSES PATIENCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES
[...] (C) In a January 5 conversation with the Ambassador (other topics reported septel),FM Pandey reviewed his assessment of the Bhutanese refugee issue and how best to reach a solution. Noting that his main concern was the fate of the remaining ethnic Nepalese in Bhutan and his conviction that Bh [...]
2006-01-06 06:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP
06KATHMANDU629NEPAL 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Kathmandu's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country of origin for the trafficking of women and children, and to a lesser extent boys and men. The majority of persons are trafficked to India, while othe [...]
2006-03-07 07:54:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU791SAARC SECRETARIAT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OBSERVER
[...] (C) Prior to the Ambassador's return, Charge delivered reftel talking points in a March 22 meeting with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary General Mr. Chenkyab Dorji, who reacted positively to the U.S. request for observer status in SAARC. Dorji said the next s [...]
2006-03-23 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL XD NP
06KATHMANDU805MORE DETAILS ON SAARC OBSERVER STATUS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) In a March 24 conversation with Emboff, Rajiv Chander, Director, India, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat, explained that, in light of the agreement to extend observer status to China and Japan and interest by South Korea and the U.S. (reftel),foreign se [...]
2006-03-24 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL XD NP
06KATHMANDU964HMGN REPORTS SUPPORT FOR U.S. OBSERVER STATUS IN
[...] (C) During an April 11 conversation on other subjects with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee mentioned that GOI reports from the ongoing South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) sub-ministerial meeting in Dhaka indicated that the Nepal delegation was actively o [...]
2006-04-13 12:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL XD NP
06NEWDELHI2172INDIA WILL SUPPORT OUR INCB CANDIDATE IF WE
[...] (SBU) After PolCouns raised reftel points regarding the nomination of Ambassador Levitsky for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on March 29, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri responded that India would be pleased to support the US candidat [...]
2006-03-30 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AORC PREL UN IN
06NEWDELHI2323INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...]
2006-04-05 14:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT
06NEWDELHI2496MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]
2006-04-13 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI2603GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...]
2006-04-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF
06NEWDELHI4254MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...]
2006-06-16 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV
06NEWDELHI5238GOI BOLSTERING SECURITY FOR AFGHANISTAN ROAD
[...] (C) On July 25, Poloff met with MEA Undersecretary Aquino Vimal (Afghanistan) to discuss current Indian aid programs in Afghanistan. Vimal confirmed that the GOI has sent additional federal police forces (Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol) in batches of 20-30 troops per month, to bolster security f [...]
2006-07-26 08:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN AF
06NEWDELHI761INDO-US GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM REVIEWS PRM/TIP ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A US delegation led by Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky discussed Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees, trafficking in persons, and forced labor with the Indian delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran at the Global Issues Forum in New Delhi [...]
2006-02-03 03:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ELAB PHUM IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI7797INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE
[...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...]
2006-11-15 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7935IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI REACHES OUT TO PM SINGH, THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first visit to India since becoming Foreign Minister, Iran's FM Mottaki invited PM Singh to Iran, discussed the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline, the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) deal, the IAEA and Iran's nuclear program, Iraq and Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-22 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ELTN ENRG KNNP KISL IR IN
06NEWDELHI8191INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...]
2006-12-06 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07BEIJING2059MARCH 27 PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM WEN
[...] Key points made at the March 27 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman said no date has been set for the next round of Six-Party Talks, discussed DAS Glaser's visit on the Banco Delta Asia issue and ducked other questions about why last week's Talks broke down. -- Premier Wen will [...]
2007-03-27 10:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RS ST SP IN PK
07BRUSSELS1462A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...]
2007-05-02 12:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG
07COLOMBO1188SRI LANKA OPEN TO ENGAGEMENT ON TIP ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and Poloff called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on August 23 to deliver ref A talking points and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan. DCM noted that the primary reason for watchlisting Sri Lanka was insufficient evidence of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts t [...]
2007-08-30 12:41:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO367SRI LANKA: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Mission's submission for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Anamika Chakravorty, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overvi [...]
2007-03-05 12:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
07COLOMBO370 SRI LANKA: PARA-TARIFFS BOOST REVENUE AND INCREASE
[...] Summary: Tariffs and para-tariffs have hiked Sri Lanka's effective tariff rates to 50-85 percent. The para-tariffs include at least seven different levies, taxes, and surcharges, the rates of which frequently change (generally upward). These fees have added complexity and unpredictability to [...]
2007-03-06 10:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD CE
07COLOMBO511SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador on March 29 to request Embassy cooperation in overcoming human rights-based concerns about Sri Lanka's eligibility for a Millennium Challenge Compact. Ambassador explained that MCC eligibility is based on a country's governance r [...]
2007-03-30 05:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS CE
07COLOMBO524SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Ambassador, Tissa Vitharana, chair of the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) convened to draft a devolution proposal, was optimistic the process would yield positive results. Vitharana said he expected the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) [...]
2007-04-04 12:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO534SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENT MEMBERS PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, opposition party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan and three TNA members of Parliament pressed the U.S. to be a more vocal critic of the Rajapaksa administration. Speaking of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) an [...]
2007-04-05 12:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM MOPS PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO82INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 12:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07COLOMBO841SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CRITICIZES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, in an interview with Reuters and BBC correspondents, accused the international community, particularly the UK, of "bullying" Sri Lanka over human rights. He maintained that in fighting terrorism "anything is fair." He also charged that the [...]
2007-06-13 12:51:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO923ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA SUPPORT OF U.S. POSITIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka generally supports all the U.S. positions on aviation safety and security for presentation at the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. The Director General of the CAA, however, wanted more information [...]
2007-06-28 04:46:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD SENV CE
07DHAKA1781TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON
[...] (U) The following is the response to an action request (reftel) for information on cash couriers from Bangladesh: 2. (U) Bangladesh has ratified the UN International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. It also implements FATF Special Recommendation IX through its f [...]
2007-11-13 08:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDBG EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN
07DHAKA1920INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER VISITS BANGLADESH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee December 2 visited cyclone-affected areas of Bangladesh and met with government leaders to discuss bilateral issues including trade, water-sharing and security. Mukherjee announced a temporary waiver of India's ban on rice exports [...]
2007-12-11 03:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EAGR BG
07DHAKA1952007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 09:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA289INDIAN VISIT SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary. The Indian foreign minister's upbeat visit to Dhaka has fueled Pakistani apprehensions that Indian influence is on the rise in Dhaka. Under these circumstances, it is hard to see the Indian government, widely perceived to be very close to the Awami League, supporting Sheikh Hasi [...]
2007-02-22 10:49:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA335BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report covers efforts by the Bangladeshi government (GOB) from March 2006 to March 2007, and address the questions submitted to Post by G/TIP (reftel). Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Luke Zahner, Political Officer, telephone: 880- [...]
2007-03-01 02:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
07DHAKA529AMBASSADOR RAISES DEMOCRACY CONCERNS TO FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs Adviser Chowdhury and the Ambassador discussed USG concerns about Bangladesh's democracy, custodial deaths, Shoaib Choudhury's sedition trial, and continuing registration problems for American visitors to Bangladesh. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On March 28, the Ambas [...]
2007-04-01 08:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM CVIS PTER BG
07DHAKA576THREE MONTHS LATER: DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) As the Fakhruddin Ahmed government hits its 90-day mark, the future of Bangladesh's democracy remains uncertain. Elections, the government now admits, are at least 18 months away, both big political parties are reeling from government pressure, the army chief has called for radical const [...]
2007-04-10 04:01:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV KDEM PHUM MARR BG
07ISLAMABAD250POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...]
2007-01-17 03:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA
07ISLAMABAD2797FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met Foreign SIPDIS Secretary Khan for a lunch meeting on June 16. Khan SIPDIS discussed details of the Strategic Dialogue between the U.S. and Pakistan, expressed concerns about a bilater [...]
2007-06-23 07:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG PGOV PK PREL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD528PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...]
2007-01-31 12:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF
07KABUL1017STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLENARY LOOKS TO ENERGIZE
[...] (C) The U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense Edelman and Assistant Secretary Boucher joined its Afghan counterpart for a Plenary Meeting in Kabul on March 13 to reaffirm the importance of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership. The Prosperity session focused attention on the loomi [...]
2007-03-27 13:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1746AFGHANISTAN - COCA COLA PLANS LARGE EXPANSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 14:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN BEXP ECON AF
07KATHMANDU168DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL'S
[...] (C) In a hospital bedside conversation with the Ambassador January 23, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli expressed his grave concern about Nepal's political situation. Oli stressed that the Maoists had not given up their goal of capturing state power. He stated that it was [...]
2007-01-25 09:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PREF PINR BT NP
07KATHMANDU1982NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police in 2007 suggests that N [...]
2007-11-15 07:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NP
07KATHMANDU544NEPAL AND BHUTAN MAY MEET ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES
[...] (C) Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry told RefCoord March 14 that Nepal and Bhutan would likely meet at the SAARC Summit in New Delhi to discuss the Bhutanese refugees. In a separate meeting, a well-respected Bhutanese refugee leader indicated that Bhutan's Home Minister [...]
2007-03-14 11:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PGOV BH NP
07KATHMANDU560FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT, THREAT TO
[...] (C) Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to the Ambassador March 15 that the Interim Parliament might vote March 16 to endorse Prime Minister Koirala and accept his oath of office. Oli was not certain if the PM would then announce the formation of an interim government. The Ambassador expresse [...]
2007-03-16 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ASEC PTER BH NP
07KATHMANDU589NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES PEACE PROCESS AT
[...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty encouraged Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng March 19 to support fully Prime Minister Koirala's efforts to prevent Maoist entry into an interim government until Maoist behavior improved. Toreng worried, however, that the widening credibility gap between the Seven-Party [...]
2007-03-21 11:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL PGOV PREF UN BH NP
07KATHMANDU620UPDATE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES; MEETING WITH EU
[...] (SBU) At the Kathmandu-based Core Group meeting March 22, the Ambassador detailed his earlier discussions with Prime Minister Koirala, Home Minister Sitaula and Foreign Minister Oli on resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham expressed concern about the activit [...]
2007-03-23 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV BT EU SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU647NEPAL: INDIANS WANT TIMELY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) On March 28, Indian Charge d'Affaires Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya stressed to the Ambassador the importance of holding the Constituent Assembly election by June as specified in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Since only an interim government could declare the date for the election und [...]
2007-03-28 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU653NEPAL: PEACE NEGOTIATOR EXPECTS FORMATION OF
[...] (C) Pradip Gyawali, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) representative on the Government talks team with the Maoists, told the Ambassador March 28 that he expected the formation of an interim government would be delayed until after the South Asian Association for Region [...]
2007-03-29 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAIR ETRD SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU667KEY ALLIANCE LEADERS DIVIDED OVER INTERIM
[...] (C) In meetings March 29 and March 30 with Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary MK Nepal and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, the two senior Seven-Party Alliance leaders expressed divergent views on the formation of an interim [...]
2007-03-30 16:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU668PRIME MINISTER UNEASY ABOUT FORMING INTERIM
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador March 30 that he faced tremendous pressure to form an interim government with the Maoists before he departed April 1 for New Delhi to attend the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Koirala said he was being pressed by [...]
2007-03-30 16:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU669NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN,
[...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]
2007-04-01 14:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU739AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]
2007-04-10 12:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU759MFA COMMENTS ON IRAN'S STATUS AS SAARC OBSERVER
[...] (C) On April 12, Arjun Bahadur Thapa, the Joint Secretary for the Foreign Ministry's South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, stated to Emboff that Iran had sent a note to the Prime Minister of India and the SAARC Secretary General expressing its interes [...]
2007-04-13 11:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SAARC IN IR NP
07KATHMANDU809CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON
[...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]
2007-04-20 12:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KOLKATA50NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONSIDERS ENTERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 12, ConGen spoke with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus about his plans to enter Bangladesh politics. Yunus, on a two-day visit to Kolkata, expressed a strong interest to enter the political fray and said that he was reviewing his options. He expressed support [...]
2007-02-13 13:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI IN BG
07NEWDELHI1302GOI "VERY UNEASY" ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Dhaka was "excellent," according to Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar. Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed received high marks from the GOI with Kumar noting that, "He talks like us. He's brillian [...]
2007-03-19 06:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BG CE IN
07NEWDELHI1328PRIME MINISTER WARM ON U.S.-INDIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. PM Singh told Ashley Tellis he hoped a U.S.-India-Japan trilateral dialogue could become official at the Foreign Secretary level. The PM's comment seems to reflect a fairly broad sentiment in New Delhi, as recent public speakers have come out in support of closer trilateral ties [...]
2007-03-19 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN JA
07NEWDELHI1485OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN SOFT POWER IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As requested, this cable contains specific, concrete ideas for opportunities for India to use soft power in helping Afghanistan's reconstruction, with the broader objective of seeking ways for the U.S. to synergize its efforts with Afghanistan's "natural ally." Some of the ideas are ne [...]
2007-03-28 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG SCUL SOCI AF IN
07NEWDELHI1517INDIA "WILL CONSIDER" IRAN REQUEST TO BECOME SAARC
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph six. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon announced on March 28 that the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Council of Ministers, during its April 2 meeting in New Delhi, will conside [...]
2007-03-30 10:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR IN
07NEWDELHI1620KARZAI TELLS BOUCHER THAT AFGHANISTAN IS GROWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, Assistant Secretary Boucher noted that Pakistan had given Karzai a warm welcome into the organization. A Joint Jirga session last week was succe [...]
2007-04-04 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS PTER AF PK IN
07NEWDELHI1702ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER REVIEWS SOUTH ASIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a one hour meeting on April 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed political and economic developments with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. When it comes to the region, New Delhi a [...]
2007-04-11 07:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PREF ECON ETRD AF
07NEWDELHI1704INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT
[...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...]
2007-04-11 09:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1720DELHI DIARY, MARCH 29-APRIL 11
[...] (C) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Naxalites Looking to Join the Fray in Kashmir -- BJP Coalesces Its Strategy of Attack on Congress -- Civil Society Holds SAARC Accountabl [...]
2007-04-11 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PK IR JA IN
07NEWDELHI1727PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR
[...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...]
2007-04-12 05:14:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1885NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 16-20, 2007. ---------------------------------- New FDI Regulations Go into Effect ---------------------------------- 2. (U) India's new FDI regulations in telecom were officially notified by the [...]
2007-04-20 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI1918CALM OR CHAOS IN STORE FOR NEPAL? INDIAN EXPERTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian experts and politicians sounded off at a recent roundtable hosted by PolCouns, in which guests debated whether or not the likely delay of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections would be harmful to the peace process. While some experts claimed chaos would ensue if electio [...]
2007-04-23 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI209MUKHERJEE'S PAKISTAN TRIP YIELDS LITTLE FOR INDIA
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee met with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on January 13th and 14th, announcing that Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, inaugurating the next round of composite dialogue with Foreign Secretary talks on March 13th a [...]
2007-01-16 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2101TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MEA JOINT SECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN) JOINT SECRETARY T.C.A. RAGHAVAN MAY 1, POLCOUNS RAISED PETROLEUM SIPDIS AND NATURAL GAS MINISTER MURLI DEORA'S RECENT STOPOVER IN TEHRAN. RAGHAVAN SAID HE HAD NOT RECEIVED DETAILS, [...]
2007-05-02 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET ETRD MARR PINR MOPS IR
07NEWDELHI2192IRAN ENCOURAGES INDIAN ELITE TO GET BACK TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Left-wing think-tanker Professor S.D. Muni told PolCouns May 7 about his trip to Iran, fully paid for and sponsored by the Government of Iran, in which he and 13 Indian academics, former diplomats, journalists and scientists visited the Arak heavy water complex and met the Minis [...]
2007-05-08 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET MNUC IR IN
07NEWDELHI2225DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...]
2007-05-09 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK
07NEWDELHI2722INDIA ENHANCING TIES WITH LIBYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs Director for West Africa and North Africa N.J. Gangte characterized External Affairs Minister (EAM) Pranab Mukherjee's 26-28 May visit to Tripoli as "a political blessing to the bilateral economic activity." Mukherjee and Libyan FM Abul Rehman S [...]
2007-06-12 05:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN LY ENRG KPET ECON
07NEWDELHI2991DELHI DIARY, JUNE 20-27
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 20-27, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- KK Katyal: Potential for South Asian Parliament -- Tawang Residents Speak Out Against China's Territorial Claims -- Controversy Continue [...]
2007-06-27 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI3034NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...]
2007-06-29 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI3081DELHI DIARY, JUNE 28-JULY 5
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 28-July 5, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely -- Mayawati Lays Out Her Priorities SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely ------- 2. (SBU [...]
2007-07-05 05:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IN
07NEWDELHI310INDIA SET TO INCREASE PLEDGED AID TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary. PolOffs met with Afghan Second Secretary Asadi to discuss Foreign Minister Mukherjee's January 22nd to 23rd visit to Afghanistan, including press reports that India is considering increasing its aid to Afghanistan by $100 million. Asadi, speaking through an interpreter, also gav [...]
2007-01-19 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI343INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS
[...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...]
2007-01-22 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI3905SCO SUMMIT: INDIA "WATCHING AND WAITING" ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Eurasia Sandeep Arya and Under Secretary L. Savithri told PolOff Aug. 23 that the Government SIPDIS of India (GOI) was not interested in seeking full membe [...]
2007-08-27 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ENRG MARR CH KZ KG TX TI UZ
07NEWDELHI3909JAPANESE PM ABE TAKES ECONOMIC & SECURITY TIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Calling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's August 21-23 visit to New Delhi a "historic milestone" which witnessed the elevation of the Indo-Japan Global and Strategic Partnership, Japanese Embassy colleagues in New Delhi claimed to be "very happy" with the trip. Ministry of External Af [...]
2007-08-27 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ECON MARR JA IN
07NEWDELHI3983NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 27-31, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 27-31, 2007. FINANCE MINISTRY FINDING WAYS AROUND FDI CAP ---------------- 2. (U) Local press reported this week that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request by India's largest [...]
2007-08-31 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4659HIGHLIGHTS OF NIH DIRECTOR'S OCTOBER VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (U) Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni and his delegation came at an opportune time to India as India announced plans to establish a new Department of Health Research within the Ministry of Health and [...]
2007-10-19 04:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4690DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...]
2007-10-23 08:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN
07NEWDELHI4756NEW DELHI NERVOUSLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India-Pakistan relations continue to exude positive vibrations, but officials in New Delhi are closely watching developments in Pakistan for storm clouds on the diplomatic horizon. The Composite Dialogue process continues unabated despite distractions at the political level in [...]
2007-10-26 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER PK IN
07NEWDELHI4843ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR ON INTERPOL REQUEST
[...] (C) Argentina's Ambassador to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, Ernesto Alvarez, has conveyed his opinion -- without elaboration -- that it could be counterproductive for the Embassy to deliver the remarks supporting Argentina's position on the upcoming Interpol vote to the Indian gov [...]
2007-11-02 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV IR IN
07NEWDELHI4932BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION REFUTES MEA CLAIMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Political Minister in Delhi dismissed as untrue Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) claims that Bangladesh is unwilling to ensure security of the "Friendship Train" operations. She asserted that the two sides continue to search for a mutually acceptable solu [...]
2007-11-13 04:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BG IN
07NEWDELHI5026INDIA WANTS TO STAY QUIET ON ITS WESTERN (IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador November 19 that the Indian government had not yet determined how it would express its concern about the IAEA Director General's Iran report. Although he conveyed the Indian government's continuing concern with the lack of t [...]
2007-11-20 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR EPET ENRG EINV IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI5322 Ranthambore Wildlife Crime Workshop Emphasizes Need for
[...] SUMMARY: The New Delhi ESTH and Public Affairs sections held a wildlife crime workshop November 4 - 6 near Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in order to highlight USG commitment to wildlife conservation and to provide much needed training to park rangers, local police, and prosecutors in crime [...]
2007-12-17 01:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI729AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO INCREASED INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, told Ambassador Mulford February 12 that India and Afghanistan had a strong relationship, and that Indian help in strengthening Afghanistan's infrastructure was welcome. He said that Pakistan is overly sensitive about India [...]
2007-02-13 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ELTN AF PK IR IN
07NEWDELHI783GUTIERREZ WEIGHS IN WITH FM MUKHERJEE ON BELL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Even while extolling the significant growth in U.S. ) India economic and political ties and assuring the GOI,s continued support, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stubbornly defended to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Under Secretary Frank Lavin, and Ambas [...]
2007-02-15 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI909SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]
2007-02-23 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07STATE151024DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-18. The CD Ministerial in Bamako, November 14-17, will have five thematic and five regional roundtables. We ask that Posts inquire as to the priorities of host government for the ministerial and each roundtable, and share the U.S. prio [...]
2007-10-31 17:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07STATE152302INSTRUCTIONS (PART ONE) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an Action request. USUN is instructed to join in co-sponsoring and vote in favor of the resolution on The Situation in Afghanistan, begun in para 2, to be debated in the UN General Assembly on Monday, November 5. Because of the length of the resolution text, the Department is sending [...]
2007-11-03 02:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MOPS AF UN
07STATE156455COASI: US-EU DISCUSSION ON EAST ASIA, OCTOBER 22,
[...] (S) European Union senior officials met with EAP counterparts for biannual consultations on Asia on October 22, 2007, in Washington. A/S Hill opened with an overview of the Six-Party Talks process, highlighting the roles of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Both sides shared views on [...]
2007-11-14 22:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL XB
07TOKYO1122JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1383INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER MUKHERJEE PAYS
[...] (C) Summary: During a low-key March 22-23 visit, Indian External Affairs Minister Mukjerjee and his Japanese counterparts repeated familiar expressions regarding shared values and reiterated their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations. Among others other things, the two sides agreed t [...]
2007-03-29 10:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EAID IN JA
08BEIJING2965CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...]
2008-07-31 11:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN
08CHENNAI240SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT VISITS IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN HINDU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 11 - 12, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited one of South India's most important Hindu temples. Sri Lankan officials said the visit was "personal," except for a hastily thrown together press conference. Embassy contacts said that although President Rajapaks [...]
2008-07-17 10:25:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER IN CE
08CHENNAI260SOUTH INDIA HELPS UPA IN CONFIDENCE VOTE, BUT TROUBLE AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: When the dust settled after the gripping July 22 trust vote in India's parliament (ref A),South Indians found the regional political landscape altered. Andhra Pradesh's Telugu Desam Party (TDP),a UPA opponent, fell further into disarray when two of its five Members of Parlia [...]
2008-08-05 09:49:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG IN
08COLOMBO1118SRI LANKA LIKELY SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED GLOBAL
[...] Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Additional Secretary for Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services AAR Ratnayake on December 8. Although Ratnayake could not pledge full GSL support for the Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF),she stated Sri Lanka would be in favor of [...]
2008-12-09 01:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV TBIO CE
08COLOMBO264SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REITERATE PROBLEMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) issued its fifth public statement on March 6, reiterating its concerns about the Commission of Inquiry's (COI) lack of progress and failure to adhere to international norms. The statement also announced IIGEP's decis [...]
2008-03-14 05:18:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO316SRI LANKA: SAARC SUMMIT IN COLOMBO JULY 27 -
[...] (SBU) The Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Protocol Chief confirmed to DCM the following dates for the 15th SAARC Summit, to be held in Colombo July 27 to August 3: July 27-28: 32nd session, SAARC Programming Committee (DG level) July 29-30: 35th session, SAARC Standing Committee (Foreig [...]
2008-03-27 12:33:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP CE
08COLOMBO492AMBASSADOR URGES MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT TO FINISH NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Bone met on May 19 with Maldivian President Gayoom on the margins of the "Partnering for a Safer Sea" conference hosted by the Government of Maldives at Sun Island Resort, Maldives. The President noted the need for a South Asian Re [...]
2008-05-22 02:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CE
08COLOMBO534MALDIVES HOSTS INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES FOR U.S. COAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Government of Maldives hosted the "Partnering for a Safer Sea" conference May 19-22, at which Indian Ocean national and private maritime security and maritime industry stakeholders discussed regional security trends and issues. Offi [...]
2008-06-03 06:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR PREL PTER BG CN IN MA MP MU MV PK SL
08COLOMBO61INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 10:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
08COLOMBO610SRI LANKA: HIGH LEVEL INDIAN DELEGATION URGES
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh made an unannounced, two-day visit to Colombo from June 20-21 to meet with Sri Lankan officials, military service chiefs, and Tamil political party leaders. Indian DC [...]
2008-06-24 11:33:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO632MALDIVES: INTERNATIONAL DONORS MEET TO PLAN
[...] (U) Summary. Representatives from interested donor countries met in Colombo on June 20 to review the status of preparation for Maldives' presidential election in Fall 2008, discuss the assistance plans of the UN, Commonwealth Secretariat (CS) and European Union, and identify individual dono [...]
2008-06-30 11:34:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MV
08COLOMBO637SRI LANKA: LARGE SEARCH OF TAMILS IN COLOMBO
[...] (C) On July 2, in an early morning operation Sri Lankan army, police, and STF forces cordoned off and searched Kimbula Ela, a predominantly Tamil area of Colombo. According to an Embassy mail room employee who lives in the area, 800 people (including the Embassy employee) were told to leave [...]
2008-07-02 10:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ASEC CE
08COLOMBO662SRI LANKA: INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND FIRMS INVEST IN SRI LANKA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian government and Indian parastatal and private firms are lending to or investing in a number of major infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka. Projects that have been in the discussion stage for some time are gaining momentum as the two sides prepare deliverables for the [...]
2008-07-10 10:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL CE IN CH
08COLOMBO666SRI LANKA: GENERAL STRIKE BRINGS INCONVENIENCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Public sector unions, led by the JVP, had only modest impact with a planned general strike July 10, with most public and private service functioning nearly normally. The unions sought higher wage increases than what the government was willing to give. While high inflation is the [...]
2008-07-10 11:11:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON CE
08COLOMBO706SRI LANKA: LTTE DECLARES UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The LTTE announced that it will observe a unilateral ceasefire during the SAARC summit from July 26 to August 4, but warned that it would continue to respond to any government offensives with defensive actions. The Sri Lankan government has reacted warily to the ceasefire declar [...]
2008-07-22 12:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO713EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 07/23/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 23, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the upcoming South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference, hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Colombo [...]
2008-07-24 08:31:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO721SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT FOR THE 15TH
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Your visit for the 15th SAARC Summit finds most SAARC member countries preoccupied with domestic issues. After surviving a no-confidence vote, the Indian government is looking ahead to national elections next year, and frustrated that last minute objections from [...]
2008-07-25 08:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR ECON CE MV
08COLOMBO723SRI LANKA: APRC RECOMMENCES MEETINGS, JOINED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with All Party Representative Committee (APRC) Chairman Tissa Vitharana to discuss the devolution process and encourage the APRC to invite the Opposition to reach a consensus on a post-conflict political solution. Vitharana told Ambassador that the APRC's main dif [...]
2008-07-28 08:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO733SAARC SUMMIT: BOUCHER AND GILANI FOLLOW UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on the margins of the SAARC summit, Prime Minister Gilani told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that he felt his recent meetings in Washington had gone well. Foreign Minister Qureshi objected to Afghanistan's withdrawal from pla [...]
2008-08-04 09:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PGOV PTER KNNP PARM IN AF PK
08COLOMBO747SRI LANKA: BOUCHER PRESSES DEFENSE SECRETARY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and Ambassador Blake met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on August 1 to discuss bilateral security cooperation, the progress of the government's war against the separatist Tamil Tigers, and humanitarian and hum [...]
2008-08-08 10:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO748SAARC SUMMIT: PROGRESS ON DELIVERABLES DESPITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The margins of the 15th South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation summit served as a venue for Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan to address the fallout of the embassy attack in Kabul and other recent incidents productively. For the first time in the Association's history th [...]
2008-08-08 10:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO765MALDIVES: BOUCHER VISITS MALDIVES FOR FIRST BIG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visited Male August 6, a day before President Gayoom signed the new constitution (ref A) which provides the legal framework for the first multi-party presidential elections in Maldives' history. Pres [...]
2008-08-15 05:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
08COLOMBO766SRI LANKA: BOUCHER FINDS COMMITMENT TO MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher's visit to Colombo for the SAARC summit on August 1-4, Sri Lankan government interlocutors made clear they were committed to a military solution to the conflict. The President, the Foreign Minister, th [...]
2008-08-15 06:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
08COLOMBO888PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON IAEA
[...] (S) DCM met on September 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Aruni Wijewardena to convey Ref A points. DCM emphasized that it would be inappropriate for either Iran or Syria to serve on the IAEA Board of Governors due to their lack of cooperation with the IAEA's investigat [...]
2008-09-22 10:34:00Embassy ColomboSECRETIAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC CE
08COLOMBO917MALDIVES SET TO VOTE OCTOBER 8 IN FIRST ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 22, the Elections Commission declared six candidates eligible to stand in Maldives' first-ever multi-party Presidential election. Five opponents are challenging President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the ruling DRP: the Maldives Democratic Party's Mohamed Nasheed ("An [...]
2008-10-03 09:43:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MV
08DHAKA213SCA PDAS CAMP HIGHLIGHTS ROADMAP DURING BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 3 - 4 visit to Dhaka, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp emphasized the enduring nature of the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship and reiterated the importance of the Caretaker Government's adherence to the Electoral Roadmap. In meetings with the Ch [...]
2008-02-14 12:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN BG
08DHAKA290EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2007 to March 2008. Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, IVG post-code: 583, fax [...]
2008-03-04 11:23:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
08DHAKA565EMBASSY DHAKA WELCOMES OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER
[...] (SBU) As a large moderate Muslim majority nation whose citizens highly value democracy, Bangladesh is a key USG friend in the Islamic world and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Bangladesh has been active in multilateral fora including SAARC and the UN, where it has been a leadi [...]
2008-05-28 06:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP PGOV EAID ECON BG
08ISLAMABAD2608 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 02-04, 2008
[...] "SAARC Accord To Curb Terror, Fight Hunger" "Dawn" (08/04) "South Asian leaders signed a legal cooperation pact on Sunday to combat terrorism and agreed to set up a food bank to fight hunger in the face of rising food prices in one of the world's poorest regions. But the South Asian Associat [...]
2008-08-04 11:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08KABUL2094KARZAI HOPES TO BOLSTER GILANI IN FACE OF AFGHAN
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim Spinzada told us August 5 Karzai hopes his SAARC Summit rapprochement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani would bolster Pakistan's new civilian leadership in its contest with the military and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (IS [...]
2008-08-07 08:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER AF PK
08KABUL28103RD AFGHANISTAN TIFA TALKS POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, U.S. and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) delegations led by USTR Assistant Secretary for South Asia Michael Delaney and Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Mohammed Amin Farhang met in Kabul for the third round of Trade and Investment [...]
2008-10-21 06:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV EAID AF PK
08KATHMANDU1178NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports that more Nepalese citizens [...]
2008-11-10 04:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NP
08KATHMANDU3132008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KATHMANDU853NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN
[...] (C) Political parties, under Maoist leadership, have finally begun earnest talks on government formation. Nepali Congress leaders are concerned that the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist will split from Congress in favor of an alliance with the Maoists, while the United Marxi [...]
2008-07-29 10:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU861NEPAL'S MAOISTS ASKED TO FORM GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) On July 29 President Yadav issued a public call to the Maoists to form the next government on the basis of consensus within seven days. A meeting of the four largest parties July 30 agreed that Prime Minister Koirala could lead Nepal's delegation to SAARC. It is unclear whether the Maoist [...]
2008-07-30 08:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU895NEPAL: LITTLE PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS TO FORM
[...] (C) Maoist-led negotiations to form a new government have been unable to overcome the daunting set of problems - a complete lack of trust among the parties, splits within each of the major parties, and personality conflicts. Competing negotiations by Prime Minister Koirala to form a 'democrati [...]
2008-08-08 11:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08NEWDELHI1019BIOGRAPHY: BHUTAN'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
[...] (SBU) On April 5, Druk Phuensum Tsogpa (DPT) President Jigmi Thinley was unanimously endorsed by his party to serve as Bhutan's first Prime Minister of its new democratically elected government. On March 24, the DPT crushed the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) during National Assemb [...]
2008-04-08 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR
08NEWDELHI1475CODEL FEINGOLD DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran told Senator Russ Feingold May 29 that India hoped to use its relative economic prosperity to promote the integration of South Asia. Saran expressed hope that the Indian government would soon submit the safeguards agreement to the I [...]
2008-05-30 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1798CONGRESS SEEKS SP SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR DEAL TO BUCK
[...] (C) The Congress Party appears on the verge of securing sufficient support from the Samajwadi Party (SP) to permit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and to prove a parliamentary majority even if the Left wi [...]
2008-06-30 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2011FS MENON'S COMMENTS POINT TO RISING TENSION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon voiced allegations of Pakistan involvement in the July 17 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, on the heels of the fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (CD) with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir earlier [...]
2008-07-22 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2126MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]
2008-08-04 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2163COUNTER-TERROR, NEW AID MONEY, REAFFIRMATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul and terrorist bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, President Karzai's August 3-5 visit to New Delhi focused on discussing counter-terrorism with Indian officials. Karzai and his Indian interlocutors emphasized the sh [...]
2008-08-07 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL EAID AF IN
08NEWDELHI2401GOI OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR PATTERSON POLITICAL PROGRESS CONTINGENT ON CT PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-06 05:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PINR PK PREL
08NEWDELHI3187LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...]
2008-12-19 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH
08NEWDELHI3197GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT
[...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...]
2008-12-19 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI485NSA NARAYANAN ENCOURAGES GREATER ASIAN COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor MK Narayanan unsurprisingly highlighted India,s &benign and stabilizing role8 in his remarks at the Munich Conference on Security Policy on February 10. Although much of Narayanan,s address to the primarily European audience pointed to India,s role [...]
2008-02-14 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KTFN PK IN
08NEWDELHI501NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO
[...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...]
2008-02-15 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN
08NEWDELHI721NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 3-7, 2008. REACTIONS TO GOI BUDGET MIXED AMONG AMERICAN COMPANIES IN SOUTH INDIA ------------- 2. (SBU) The announcement of the GOI's budget on February 29 drew mixed reactions from some U.S [...]
2008-03-07 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08STATE109268GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER
[...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the points below for its participation in the UN Security Council debate on the Secretary General's September 23 report on the situation in Afghanistan, scheduled to take place on October 14. 2. Begin points: Mr. President I would like to thank [...]
2008-10-10 23:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PGOV UNAMA MARR MOPS EAID KDEM AF
08STATE72668LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] Please deliver the following letter to Foreign Minister Bogollagama from Secretary Rice. There will be no signed original. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your invitation to participate in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit in Colombo. I re [...]
2008-07-07 21:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XD NP OPDC
08USNATO252NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 16, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Much of the Council's discussion focused on the situation in Afghanistan in relation to its neighbors. D/CMC Eikenberry stated that the Indian Embassy bombing will not affect the transfer of security responsibility for Kabul city to the AN [...]
2008-07-17 14:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
09BEIJING1384SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS A MIXED BAG OF TENSIONS,
[...] (C) Chinese academic and Indian diplomatic contacts in recent meetings painted a mixed picture of Sino-Indian ties. Interlocutors cited historic tensions and present disagreements, but also noted that incremental progress had been made. Chinese scholars downplayed the "String of Pearls" strat [...]
2009-05-22 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA IN NP PK CH
09BEIJING3332U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]
2009-12-15 03:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING68PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN INDIA: STILL SEEKING TO REDUCE
[...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's January 5-6 trip to India focused on encouraging India to ease tensions with Pakistan, MFA Asian Affairs Department DDG Sun Weidong told PolMinCouns January 9. Given Pakistan's willingness to cooperate on counter-terrorism efforts, China hope [...]
2009-01-09 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER AF PK IN CH
09BRUSSELS411Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts repres [...]
2009-03-23 12:36:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF
09BRUSSELS425Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts represen [...]
2009-03-25 15:03:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF
09COLOMBO1015LOSS OF EU GSP-PLUS TRADE BENEFITS WOULD BE A
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union granted Sri Lanka GSP-Plus trade benefits after the 2004 tsunami, and Sri Lanka has substantially increased its EU-bound exports. However, an EU Commission recommended on October 19 the withdrawal of the GSP-Plus benefits because its investigation found that the [...]
2009-11-05 05:33:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV EINV KTEX CE
09COLOMBO1056FOOD SECURITY IN SRI LANKA: A "GROWING" PROBLEM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka continues to focus attention on food security and is taking some actions to increase production on the island. Post-harvest losses remain a particular problem. The government is encouraging farmers to modernize production and transport techniques, but is hindered by [...]
2009-11-23 04:38:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON IO AID CE
09COLOMBO1077 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
[...] Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Sri Lanka. The INCSR for the Maldives will be transmitted septel. SUMMARY -- 2. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug [...]
2009-11-27 07:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR CE
09COLOMBO1177SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER: FAQS FOR AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The following provides Post assessment of key issues related to the Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner and the upcoming presidential election scheduled for January 26. The message is organized in frequently-asked-question (FAQ) format and draws on Ambassador's Dec [...]
2009-12-22 12:50:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO127SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES CO-CHAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 4 Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, after expressing concerns over the description of India's role, privately welcomed the Co-Chairs statement, as did Foreign Minister Bogollagama. On February 5, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa blasted the statement, calling [...]
2009-02-05 09:39:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PHUM PINS CE
09COLOMBO155MALDIVES: THE NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Post's submission for the ninth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Post point of contact is ConOff Joel T. Wiegert, telephone +94-11-249-8635, fax +94-11-249-8590. One officer, FS-04, spent 24 hours in the [...]
2009-02-16 06:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG MV
09COLOMBO180Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 16
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes began his visit to Sri Lanka, which will likely bring renewed international attention to the Sri Lankan conflict. Ambassador stressed to Holmes and Foreign Minister Bogollagama that Sri Lankan forces would likely con [...]
2009-02-19 13:53:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO193SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 11:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL AORC CE
09COLOMBO34CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS RE-AFFIRM IMPORTANCE OF A
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting convened by Ambassador on January 8, Co-Chair Ambassadors and the Indian High Commissioner agreed that recent Sri Lankan military successes have given new impetus to Sinhalese extremists and other hard-liners to expand their extreme agenda to include efforts to sto [...]
2009-01-09 11:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV CE
09COLOMBO67INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 06:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
09COLOMBO885UN UNGA: SRI LANKA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND
[...] The following is the information requested in Reftel regarding the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA): A. Attendance of the Head of State: The head of state will not attend the UNGA. B. Attendance of the Head of Government: Prime Minister of Sri [...]
2009-09-16 10:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CE
09DHAKA1081 BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION
[...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...]
2009-12-01 04:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL SOCI BG
09DHAKA1114 BANGLADESH NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[...] Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the President's Entrepreneurship Initiative. Post's Economic Working Group will continue to explore ways to highlight the entrepreneurship objectives outlined reftel. The Ambassador discussed entrepreneurship with leading business repre [...]
2009-12-15 08:19:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI BG
09DHAKA177EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2008 to February 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG post-code: 583, fax number: 880-2-882-3744, e [...]
2009-02-22 00:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09DHAKA301BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...]
2009-03-29 09:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG
09DHAKA350BANGLADESH, A CLIMATE CHANGE FRONT LINE STATE
[...] Already faced with numerous environmental challenges, Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With an area the size of Wisconsin, Bangladesh supports a population of 150 million in a deltaic landscape at the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna River [...]
2009-04-07 08:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EAGR SENV SMIG TPHY BG IN
09ISLAMABAD313PAKISTAN FILES CASE AGAINST MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly declared that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned, at least partially, in Pakistan and that the GOP had several suspects in custody. Malik held a press conference to present the initial results of the inquiry and announce [...]
2009-02-12 16:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD320PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI STEPS OUT ON
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Qureshi called in the Ambassador, February 13, to review next steps on U.S.-Pakistan strategic coordination following the visit of Special Representative Holbrooke. Qureshi expressed pleasure with the results of the Special Representative's first visit to Pakistan and r [...]
2009-02-13 14:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD353BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD980 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09KABUL1802AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS, MEETING WITH MOCI AND PAK
[...] (SBU) The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade agreement negotiation is seriously engaged following the June 23-24 meeting in Kabul. The two sides say they have agreed on much of the structure and language of their agreement and identified the difficult negotiating issues, including controlling [...]
2009-07-09 17:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON AF
09KATHMANDU1002KATHMANDU MEETING AGREES ON PLANS TO HELP TIGERS
[...] (U) Summary: More than 200 tiger experts, government representatives and non-governmental organizations met in Kathmandu October 27-30 to consider how to reverse the alarming reduction of tigers in the wild in the last hundred years from 100,000 to about 3,500. The World Bank and the governm [...]
2009-11-04 11:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE XD NP
09KATHMANDU264NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]
2009-03-31 23:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU265NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]
2009-03-31 23:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU334MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR THE GLOBAL TIGER INITIATIVE
[...] The World Bank-supported Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) significantly advanced diplomatic efforts to save the world's remaining endangered wild tigers at an April 10-12 workshop of the Association of Southeast Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) in Pattaya, Thailand. This workshop [...]
2009-04-23 09:30:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XD NP TH
09KATHMANDU367SAARC SECRETARIAT TO PARTICIPATE IN ISLAMABAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 04:00:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EAID BEXP KPWR AF EUN NP
09KATHMANDU870(C) NEPAL FM: IF NOT INDIA, HOW ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) Summary: During Foreign Minister Koirala's recent trip to China, Chinese officials expressed continuing "concern" about the activities of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. China promised Koirala only a handful of small-sum infrastructure projects. The Indians are "not happy" with Nepal's cooper [...]
2009-09-21 12:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CH NP
09KATHMANDU991NEPAL: DRAFT 2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, some hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis and opium are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports th [...]
2009-11-02 10:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR NP
09NEWDELHI1049JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...]
2009-05-22 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN
09NEWDELHI1163NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...]
2009-06-05 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI17MENON PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF PAKISTAN INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Mulford and fourteen other ambassadors January 5 evidence linking the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan. Menon reported that he had summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner earlier in the day to share a similar, more limite [...]
2009-01-05 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1859BHUTAN DECLINES INVITATION TO RUN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Political Counsellor Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk on September 2, urging the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to consider sponsoring a candidate for a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council (HRC). During a September 4 meeting, Wangchuk informed PolOff th [...]
2009-09-04 15:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR IN
09NEWDELHI2269MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, SOUTH ASIA
[...] "RIGHT MESSAGE TO CHINA," editorial in November 9 nationalist Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: "By allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh despite Beijing's objections, India has given a clear message to China that Tawang belongs to us. If China's spies report honestly, their bosses will rea [...]
2009-11-10 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2280New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]
2009-11-13 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2344 U/S OTERO ENGAGES INDIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Global Issues Forum held November 5 (Reftel),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)Secretary Sharma on November 6 to discuss areas for global cooperation on environmental issues including forestry [...]
2009-11-20 03:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2502South Asia: Integration as Anti-crisis Response
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 11 opening of the "Second South Asia Economic Summit" in New Delhi, speakers stressed that enhanced regional cooperation could be an effective response to the global recession and allow countries to diversify and insulate against developed country problems in the [...]
2009-12-15 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV PK IN
09NEWDELHI2558Industry, GOI on WTO, Government Procurement, SAFTA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Assistant Secretary General Manab Majumdar, who is responsible for trade policy, said FICCI is a strong believer in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and understood that India would be poorer without a Doha Deve [...]
2009-12-24 07:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ETRD ECON EINV IN
09NEWDELHI317MEERA SHANKAR SLATED AS NEXT INDIAN ENVOY TO
[...] (SBU) Media reported on February 19 that the GOI has selected the Indian Ambassador to Germany Meera Shankar as the next Indian Ambassador to Washington. The same stories also reported that MEA Special Secretary Sharat Sabharwal will go to Islamabad to replace Satyabrata Pal, who is due to [...]
2009-02-19 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI381FS MENON CALLS IN CHARGE ON SITUATION IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Charge was called in by Foreign Secretary Menon on Saturday, February 28, to hear GOI concerns about the situation in Bangladesh. Menon said that while India was relieved that the rebellion by paramilitary troops appeared to be over, Delhi was worried that the Jamaat-e-Islami might [...]
2009-03-02 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS BG IN
09NEWDELHI742INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...]
2009-04-15 15:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN
09STATE101142SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 25,
[...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Don Camp, UNGA Senior Area Advisor Matthew Lowe, SCA Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker Bhutan Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering Counsellor Tshewang Dorji Bhutanese Mission Notetaker Tobgay 2. (C) SU [...]
2009-09-29 13:00:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PREF PREL
09STATE111350(U) ARF ADVANCES DISASTER RELIEF INITIATIVES AT ANNUAL
[...] (U) The ASEAN Regional Forum's (ARF) 27 members, along with other international representatives, advanced a number of proposals for disaster relief cooperation at the annual ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ISM-DR) in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 16-18. Working in small discussion [...]
2009-10-28 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF EAID MARR
09STATE13976SOUTH ASIA WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY: Washington is interested in obtaining Sri Lanka,s agreement to host a regional workshop on implementation of UNSCR 1540 in June 2009. This workshop is consistent with implementation of UNSCRs 1540 and 1810. This cable provide [...]
2009-02-13 22:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CE UNSC KPAO PTER
09STATE26631INVITATION TO SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] This is an action request for all Posts with host governments who are current members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),as well as UNVIE, The Hague (OPCW),Geneva (BWC),EU, and USNATO -- see relevant paras 2 and 3, additional for USEU (see para 4),additional U [...]
2009-03-19 19:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO EUE PREL PTER UNSC EUN SAARC
09STATE86139DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITING ARF MEMBERS TO SEPT 16-18 ARF
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for Embassies BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BEIJING, CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DILI, DHAKA, HANOI, ISLAMABAD, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, MOSCOW, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, PORT MORESBY, PHNOM PENH, SEOUL, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, ULAANBATTAR, USEU BRUSSELS, VIENTIANE, and WELLINGTON. These [...]
2009-08-18 21:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF EAID MARR
09USUNNEWYORK890GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK
[...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...]
2009-10-10 02:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM
10BANGKOK456 Asian Ministerial Continues Efforts to Prevent Extinction
[...] (U) Summary: In a ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) last month, thirteen tiger range states issued a joint declaration to stem the alarming decline of tigers in the wild, through regional law enforcement and country action plans. They a [...]
2010-02-24 10:29:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE NP TH
10BRUSSELS126PAKISTAN'S AMBASSADOR DETAILS HIS PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador to the European Union Jalil Abbas Jilani outlined Pakistan's priority topics with the EU during a courtesy call with Ambassador Kennard January 29. Pakistan hopes to formalize relations with the EU by establishing a regular summit schedule ( [...]
2010-02-02 17:02:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EUN PINR PK PREL
10COLOMBO72INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10COLOMBO95SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE
[...] Agencies responsible: The Department of Labor and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) have the legal authority to enforce hazardous child labor laws. 2. Exchange of information: The Department of Labor works closely with the Police Unit at the NCPA and the Women and Children's [...]
2010-02-08 00:53:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
10COLOMBO97SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE
[...] Agencies responsible: The Department of Labor and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) have the legal authority to enforce hazardous child labor laws. 2. Exchange of information: The Department of Labor works closely with the Police Unit at the NCPA and the Women and Children's [...]
2010-02-08 05:31:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
10DHAKA149BANGLADESH RESPONSE TO 2008 DOL REQUEST FOR TRADE AND
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref D request for additional information regarding exploitative child labor in Bangladesh under the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA). As there is no new information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitative child labor in the production of goods, Ref A a [...]
2010-02-23 09:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BG
10DHAKA51NO CHANGE IN PLANS: BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN
[...] (C) During Foreign Secretary-level talks in Dhaka, the Government of Burma agreed in principle to the voluntary return as soon as possible, of over 6,300 registered Rohingya refugees the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) considers Burmese citizens. The individuals targeted for repatriation we [...]
2010-01-14 10:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM
10ISLAMABAD252PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 10:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD316PAKISTAN APPEARS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INDIA'S OFFER OF
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns on February 9 that Pakistan has not yet accepted India's offer of a bilateral foreign secretary-level meeting, but expected it would do so. Though the Indians have said they are open to discussion of a [...]
2010-02-10 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK
10ISLAMABAD332U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...]
2010-02-11 14:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL
10ISLAMABAD382MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON UPCOMING FOREIGN
[...] (C/REL UK) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns that Pakistan and India will be free to raise all issues at the foreign secretaries' meeting scheduled for February 25 in New Delhi. He claimed that the Pakistanis will focus on trying to persua [...]
2010-02-17 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK
10KATHMANDU72SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...]
2010-01-26 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP
10NEWDELHI109HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...]
2010-01-22 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BG IN
10NEWDELHI24MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TERRORISM: U.S.
[...] "Pakistan's intolerance," op-ed article in left-of- center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The recent bomb attack on Shias in Karachi shows how the situation is deteriorating in Pakistan with each passing day. Sectarian violence, especially between the Shias and the Sunnis, has always assumed [...]
2010-01-07 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI254MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, INDO-PAK
[...] "OBAMA GOES LOCAL," editorial in right-of-center Marathi daily, SAMANA: "President Obama is aware of America's waning power in the global context. And his effort to prevent the outsourcing of jobs is a reaction to the unfolding scenario. He is also aware that India, China and even Brazil are l [...]
2010-02-08 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI261BHUTAN INVITES THE SECRETARY TO ATTEND APRIL SAARC
[...] The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi forwarded a letter from Bhutanese Foreign Minister Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, inviting the Secretary to the Inaugural and Concluding Session of the Sixteenth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held from April 28-29 at Thimphu. [...]
2010-02-09 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BT IN
10NEWDELHI356RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA
[...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...]
2010-02-25 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT
10STATE12081A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Special Envoy to the Nepal peace process, Ambassador Tore Toreng, met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Robert Blake on February 3 to discuss his mission and prospects for coordination among members of the international community. Toreng [...]
2010-02-05 17:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCN IN NP PGOV PREL
87DHAKA2354 BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). -- 2. SUMMARY: BANGLADESH HOPES THAT RAJIV GANDHI WOULD BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN IMPROVING BILATERAL RELATIONS HAVE FADED OVER THE PAST YEAR. BANGLADESH AND INDIA HAVE MADE LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS ON LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS UNDER RAJIV; MANY AGAIN APPEAR [...]
1987-04-02 09:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPRP IN BG
88COLOMBO8559 LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED TERRORISM REPORTS:
[...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT. --------------- 2. SRI LANKA ----------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO/NO 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS IN SRI LANKA WHICH INVOLVED INTERNATIONAL T [...]
1988-12-09 06:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE MV
88DHAKA2166 BANGLADESH: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] BANGLADESH. 2. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION: THE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, WHICH MAINTAINS A DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN DHAKA. FOUR PLO REPRESENTATIVES APPEAR ON THE DIPLOMATIC LIST, AND APPARENTLY HAVE [...]
1988-03-17 10:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER BG
92COLOMBO6961 SRI LANKA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT BEGINS IN PARA TWO BELOW. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUERIES LISTED IN REFTEL. 2. BEGIN REPORT: A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING [...]
1992-11-17 12:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE
95COLOMBO6003 SRI LANKA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE AGAINST THE INSURGENT LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE [...]
1995-11-30 10:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE
98COLOMBO3592 SRI LANKA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REF A REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...]
1998-11-06 11:08:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE
99COLOMBO28991999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...]
1999-11-30 09:49:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE
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