Abbreviations:
GONL: Government of the Netherlands,
GON: Government of Norway,
GOI: Government of Israel,
GOJ: Government of Japan / Jordan,
USG: US Government,
MFA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
FM: Foreign Minister
VFM: Vice Foreign Minister
BND: Bundesnachrichtendienst
| 2002-09-19 | 02AMMAN5398 | MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN GONL is considering sending a legal expert to Jordan to help the Jordanians properly structure its follow-on legal documents. |
| 2002-09-26 | 02AMMAN5528 | GOJ TO APPROACH DUTCH TO ASK THAT MULLAH KREKAR
NOT BE EXPELLED TO NORWAY the Dutch said they were worried that, if Norway strips Krekar of his refugee status and the 3-judge panel in the October 9 extradition hearing denies Jordan´s extradition request, the GONL will be forced to release Krekar -- an outcome the Dutch (and Jordanians) definitely do not want. |
| 2003-05-16 | 03ANKARA3257 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT Peter Bergen, a known Al Qaida expert, believes that the organization is more of an ideology than a network. . |
| 2007-06-04 | 07ANKARA1360 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2007 General Yasar Buyukanit told a symposium at the War Academy in Istanbul that he had already drawn the government´s attention to the need for launching a cross-border operation into northern Iraq |
| 2008-03-26 | 08ASHGABAT379 | SD TEAM - ASHGABAT Embassy Ashgabats Surveillance Detection (SD) operations have been severely restricted by the Government of Turkmenistan |
| 2007-10-24 | 07ASTANA2934 | KAZAKHSTANI BUSINESSMAN AGAIN REQUESTS USG HELP
WITH BID FOR AFGHAN MINE XXXXX told Econoff on October 24 that he expects the GOA's decision on the AYNAK mine to materialize soon and requested USG assistance with promoting the Kazakhstani bid over the Chinese one (masquerading as Canadian). |
| 2009-12-30 | 09ASTANA2257 | KAZAKHSTANS INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT
THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN "My initial response is nyet, nyet, and nyet." |
| 2009-12-31 | 09ASTANA2273 | KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL
URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN "The IAEA says that they do not have the report, which leads us to the conclusion that it was orchestrated." |
| 2009-02-18 | 04BAGHDAD429 | RRT ERBIL: THE SILENT IMAMS, DEALING WITH EXTEMIST MESSAGES IN THE
KURDISTAN REGION - RESEND A number of Muslim leaders in the Kurdistan region took to the pulpit in December/January to denounce Israeli actions in the Gaza strip and call for the destruction of the Israeli state and death to Jews. In response, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) banned these Imams from preaching |
| 2001-12-27 | 01BEIJING12362 | HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINA'S LEADER HU MAY WELL PURSUE A REFORMIST AGENDA AFTER TAKING THE REINS OF PARTY AND STATE OVER THE NEXT 15 MONTHS. |
| 2006-10-27 | 06BEIJING22825 | BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS EU HR
DIALOGUE; RAISE TIBET SHOOTING INCIDENT ... ascribed the September 30 shooting of Tibetans to "normal border guard behavior." |
| 2006-05-30 | 06BEIJING10603 | HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR URGES CHINA TO TAKE ACTION China still awaits our comments on its Four Points, which the MFA passed to us in April. (Note: We have to date deemed it inappropriate to respond because the Four Points, involving steps the United States should take to ensure a more productive human rights relationship with China, do not, in our view, merit serious consideration. End note.) |
| 2006-07-26 | 06BEIJING15437 | HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA´S DIALOGUE PARTNERS HAVE MIXED VIEWS ON EXCHANGES With the exception of the downbeat Dutch, all the officers we spoke with said their countries value the bilateral human rigts dialogues and intend to continue the exchanges. (Note: The Dutch gave no indication that they intend to cut off the exchanges; they just expressed skepticism about their worth.) |
| 2007-04-18 | 07BEIJING2599 | BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES,
BERN PROCESS, VATICAN, EXTRADITION TREATIES Dong added that any country´s participation in the former Bern Process will have an adverse impact on that country´s bilateral relationship with China. ... Liu Jinguang recently referred approvingly to cooperation between Germany and the Vatican on selection of bishops. Liu said the German "model" would be "acceptable in China." |
| 2007-11-07 | 07BEIJING7004 | CONTACTS ASSESS HU JINTAO'S STRENGTH AFTER THE PARTY CONGRESS Some focus on Hu's having achieved his top priorities, namely pushing out Zeng Qinghong and elevating his protege Li Keqiang, while others assert that Hu and his allies still remain a minority on the PBSC. |
| 2007-11-14 | 07BEIJING7107 | CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE
MEMBER XI JINPING'S RISE, NEW LEADERSHIP LINEUP the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the Congress's most significant outcome |
| 2008-02-22 | 08BEIJING645 | HU JINTAO's CHINA OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS Hu appears to be working toward a future China that enjoys the benefits of a market-based economy and limited civil society governed by an efficient, accountable and responsive authoritarian one-party state. |
| 2008-08-08 | 08BEIJING3060 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 8 Authorities have resorted to blunt security measures, Embassy interlocutors said, because the threat facing the Games is so undefined. |
| 2008-08-21 | 08BEIJING3216 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 21 The Dutch commercial broadcaster Radio 538 on 08/19/2008 continued to defy both the Chinese censors and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by broadcasting live from Beijing during the Olympic Games |
| 2008-09-03 | 08BEIJING3400 | AMBASSADOR URGES INVESTIGATION OF SHIPMENT TO IRAN OF CHINESE GOODS OF
PROLIFERATION CONCERN grave concern regarding Chinese sales of dual-use material and items to Iran |
| 2009-02-27 | 09BEIJING517 | PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU
JINTAO SEEKS TAIWAN BREAKTHROUGH AS HIS LEGACY "zhua zhu meiguo, jiu zhua zhu quan shijie." |
| 2009-03-20 | 09BEIJING724 | CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMTS CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO
IRANS MISSILE PROGRAM while China looks forward to future cooperation with the United States on nonproliferation, sanctions were not conducive to the whole atmosphere |
| 2009-08-20 | 09BEIJING2404 | AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: CHINA if Chinese companies were successful in winning these bids, total Chinese investment in Afghanistan could surpass USD 20 billion by 2014 |
| 2009-10-21 | 09BEIJING2918 | PRC/AFGHANISTAN: MCC ON THE AYNAK COPPER MINE PROJECT The company hoped to begin small-scale production by the end of 2011 |
| 2009-10-26 | 09BEIJING2964 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG´S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
MEETING WITH PRC VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WU DAWEI China hoped the U.S. would initiate contact with North Korea |
| 2009-12-10 | 09BEIJING3295 | CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT
AFTER DIFFICULTIES OF THE AYNAK COPPER MINE PROJECT Shen's repeated references to state instructions likely were his way of absolving the company of proceeding with what he saw as an economically unsound project. |
| 2010-02-12 | 10BEIJING383 | STOMP AROUND AND CARRY A SMALL STICK: CHINA´S NEW "GLOBAL
ASSERTIVENESS" RAISES HACKLES, BUT HAS MORE FORM THAN SUBSTANCE foreign observers should not take Chinese rhetorical strutting too seriously, as "actions speak louder than words" |
| 2010 | 10BEIJING430 | CHINA ALERTED TO POSSIBLE MISSILE-RELATED EXPORT TO IRAN Since the January 30 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, officials ... are currently placing all demarche requests "under consideration" |
| 2006-08-21 | 06BEIRUT2717 | NAMBIAR AND LARSEN DISCUSS UNSCR 1701 (AND TERJE DISCUSSES TERJE) "Pellegrini was star struck by seeing all those people looking at him," Larsen claimed; "he completely undermined one of the major purposes of the meeting." |
| 2006-09-27 | 06BEIRUT3128 | PEDERSEN OPPOSED TO JOSHKA FISCHER'S APPOINTMENT If Fischer is appointed, Pedersen said that he would quit his UN position by the end of the year and return to Norway. |
| 2009-02-05 | 09BERLIN161 | BND LOBBYING MERKEL AND USG ON SATELLITE RECONNAISSANCE COOPERATION HiROS HAS MERKELS EAR, BUT HOW ABOUT HER WALLET? |
| 2009-02-12 | 09BERLIN181 | GERMANY SEEKS U.S. PARTNER TO DEVELOP OPTICAL SPACE IMAGERY
CAPABILITIES Germany,s plan exclude any reliance on other EU members (i.e. France) |
| 2009-09-04 | 09BERLIN437 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE
DUAL-USE VALVES FROM GERMAN FIRM Iranian effort to procure 1800 stainless steel valves |
| 2009-05-15 | 09BERLIN561 | GERMANY EXPANDING OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMS
AND EYE CLOSER USG PARTNERSHIP BND is proposing an EO sensor capable of 0.5 meter resolution (1.1 meter diameter mirror) and a daily revisit capability for any spot on the Earths surface. |
| 2009-05-20 | 09BERLIN601 | GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH
OPPOSITION According to an Astrium-Friedrichshafen official, the Government of France will use its influence in Astrium -- as the majority share holder -- to halt development of HiROS in order to protect French commercial EO ambitions. Astrium-Friedrichshafen/DLR are actively courting USG support for HiROS as a potential counter to French HiROS opposition |
| 2009-09-03 | 09BERLIN1080 | GERMANY TO FRANCE: STAY OUT OF OUR COMMERCIAL SATELLITE AFFAIRS The German Space Agency (DLR) is taking steps to repel French interference in Germanys electro-optical (EO) imagery satellite development by forming strategic partnerships with satellite makers OHB-System AG and the German portion of Astrium in Friedrichshafen. The DLR is concerned that French influence in Astrium is steering Astrium-Friedrichshafen in ways favoring the French commercial space industry |
| 2009-09-10 | 09BERLIN1116 | GERMAN INTELLIGENCE VIEWS ON OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES the German Space Agency (DLR) is planning on signing a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Lockheed Martin for cooperation on HiROS on September 30 in Denver, CO. |
| 2009-09-11 | 09BERLIN1130 | GERMAN OPTICAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING: THE PATH FORWARD DLR is conducting classified research into the possibility of building a three-meter aperture telescope mirror that would not be made of silicon carbide, but of a "brand new material" (NFI). |
| 2009-09-18 | 09BERLIN1160 | NIAG 9130 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SEEKS GERMAN-ORIGIN
VALVES FOR ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM for use in Irans IR-40 heavy water nuclear reactor. |
| 2009-09-30 | 09BERLIN1207 | GERMAN SPACE AGENCY SEEKING USG SUPPORT ON OPTICAL
SATELLITE COOPERATION Eckardt hoped that US and German interests would each purchase a set of three HiROS satellites, creating a combined six-satellite constellation. Each party would have primary tasking on its own set, and that excess capacity would be made available to the other party. |
| 2009-10-22 | 09BERLIN1324 | OHB-SYSTEM CEO CALLS GALILEO A WASTE OF GERMAN TAX PAYER MONEY GALILEO IS A STUPID IDEA BUT OHB WILL TAKE THE BUSINESS |
| 2009-11-20 | 09BERLIN1476 | OHB-SYSTEM TO BUILD GERMAN OPTICAL SPY SATELLITE;
LOOKING AT U.S. MARKET a system that France would like to see not happen because it would directly compete with its own commercial satellites. |
| 2010-01-14 | 10BERLIN43 | OHB ECLIPSES ASTRIUM FOR GALILEO CONTRACT BUT
BOTH END UP WINNERS Interestingly, this is not a total loss for Astrium, as it is the majority shareholder of SSTL and is entitled to a share of the OHB/SSTL profits. |
| 2006-05-05 | 06BERN898 | SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS Switzerland and Liechtenstein are niche players in the world and we must be creative in how we challenge them to contribute to our shared goals. |
| 2008-12-02 | 08BERN612 | BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE
PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN U.S. and Swiss soldiers never fought side-by-side in a war ... Swiss behavior regarding Iran is of particular concern |
| 2009-07-01 | 09BERN273 | SWITZERLAND SHUTTING DOWN COLENCOS BUSINESS WITH IRAN The Minister also reaffirmed the commitment of the Swiss government to accept several detainees from Guantanamo Bay for resettlement in Switzerland. Minister Leuthard made it clear that these two activities were linked to the achievement of a political settlement in the case of Swiss banking giant, UBS. |
| 2009-12-09 | 09BRUSSELS1656 | CHALLENGES WITH CHINA DISCUSSED AT HUMAN RIGHTS EXCHANGE The Dutch provided a historical perspective on the situation, saying that in China, religion is not viewed as an intrinsic right, but rather as a tool of society. |
| 2006-05-05 | 06CARACAS1213 | MURDER OF PRIEST PITS BRV AGAINST CHURCH A Real Life Murder Mystery |
| 2006-05-26 | 06CASABLANCA571 | Tsunami Destroys Casablanca - Next Thursday Julian claimed he had received information psychically that a comet fragment would crash into the Atlantic Ocean on May 25, 2006 |
| 2006-03-17 | 06COPENHAGEN336 | MOHAMMED CARTOONS: DENMARK WILL NOT PROSECUTE THE NEWSPAPER Danish officials are braced for a hostile reaction in the Muslim nations |
| 2006-03-21 | 06COPENHAGEN352 | ANTI-ISRAEL CLAUSES - LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE it has become known that some Danish firms accept the use of anti-Israel clauses |
| 2006-09-29 | 06COPENHAGEN1327 | CARTOON ANNIVERSARY: DANISH PAPER DECIDES AGAINST
REPRINTING MOHAMMED DRAWINGS So sensitive was the issue, Lidegaard told the Ambassador confidentially, that the prime minister´s office had made a conscious decision not to alert the foreign ministry or the intelligence services. |
| 2007-10-15 | 07COPENHAGEN970 | DENMARK´S NASER KHADER TWO YEARS AFTER THE MOHAMMED CRISIS:
POSTURING TRUMPS POLICY Friends and foes talk openly of Khader as a smooth but flaky policy dilettante who has mastered the art of political communication but cannot deliver on substance. |
| 2008-02-13 | 08COPENHAGEN70 | DENMARK: CARTOONS IN DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH the Danish MFA nervously monitors reactions in the Muslim world |
| 2006-02-05 | 06DAMASCUS??? | ANTI-EUROPEAN RIOTS HIT
DAMASCUS, AS FOUR EMBASSIES ARE STORMED Mobs angered about cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed ... We concur with contacts that the SARG allowed these demonstrations to occur |
| 2006-02-06 | 06DAMASCUS??? | SHEIKH CONFIRMS SARG INVOLVEMENT IN ESCALATING SITUATION
IN DAYS PRIOR TO RIOTING PM Naji al-Otri several days before the demonstrations instructed the Grand Mufti Sheikh Hassoun to issue a strongly worded directive to the imams delivering Friday sermons in the mosques of Damascus |
| 2005-10-07 | 05GENEVA2414 | POSSIBLE SURVEILLANCE - US MISSION GENEVA - 04 and 06 OCT 2005 A couple was observed in the parking lot of the Domaine de Penthes Museum, approximately 100 meters across from the main entrance of the U.S. Mission. |
| 2006-03-23 | 06KABUL1281 | KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. |
| 2007-04-10 | 07KABUL1172 | Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for
Afghanistan Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. |
| 2007-11-27 | 07KABUL3932 | Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain elusive. After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. ... The Chinese Government agreed to fund the estimated $5 billion cost of building the railroad from the Hairatan railhead with Uzbekistan through Kabul and Aynak to the Torkham border with Pakistan. |
| 2008-02-18? | 08KABUL399 | TURKS WANT DOSTUM TO STAY QUIET IN THE NORTH,
AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR HIS DEPARTURE he personally sees the Uzbek strongman as incorrigible and knows him to be in poor health |
| 2008-10-22 | 08KABUL2827 | MINERALS ABOUND IN AFGHANISTAN, AN UPDATE ON THE SECTOR large tenders in the iron-ore, oil and gas sectors beckon. |
| 2009-05-07 | 09KABUL1178 | SPANTA AND CHARGE DISCUSS ELECTION POLITICS AND
UPCOMING TRILATERAL MEETINGS Spanta was not happy with Karzai,s choice of Marshall Mohammed Fahim but could not offer a better candidate of his own. |
| 2009-10-05 | 09KABUL3101 | Security and Social Issues at Aynak Copper Mine Problems are delaying progress on the massive Chinese Aynak copper mine project, Afghanistan?s single largest foreign investment to date totaling almost USD 3 billion in infrastructural investment. |
| 2009-11-07 | 09KABUL3574 | hinese Firm Again Frontrunner for Major Afghan Mining Contract China Metallurgical Group (MCC), the Chinese state-owned firm operating the Aynak copper mine, is a leading bidder for the multi-billion dollar Hajigak iron ore mine in Bamyan. |
| 2009-12-03 | 09KABUL3865 | KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD In the meeting, Karzai provided criticism and a puzzling overview of the root causes of corruption in Afghanistan, largely casting blame on expat-Afghans and foreigners. |
| 2009-12-09 | 09KABUL3972 | Afghanistan's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)
Completion Point: Awaiting Mining Sector Reforms Ambassador Wayne indicated the U.S. had concerns about the issuance of a waiver on the mining trigger, which has been recommended by the World Bank and IMF, in light of recent allegations in the U.S. press that the Minister of Mines received a payment of $30 million during the bidding process for the Aynak Copper Mine. |
| 2007-12-21 | 07MINSK1045 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT Unlike during the USSR, the department is not engaged in studying paranormal phenomena. ... when it comes to healers, UFOs and such, we just can´t deal with them any more. |
| 2007-09-24 | 07MOSCOW4691 | CHEVRON RUSSIA PRESIDENT ON CPC BREAKTHROUGH,
COMPANY,S PLANS IN RUSSIA, TURKMENISTAN He expressed optimism that by 2014 the CPC would be carrying up to 68 million tons of oil per year (up from the current 33), that it would be debt-free, and that it would be "making a fortune" for its owners. |
| 2005-04-25 | 05MUSCAT679 | URGENT PSI REQUEST - NEED FINANCIAL, LEGAL DETAIL Various sources have indicated that the Norwegian captain of the vessel transporting a suspicious crane shipment to Iran is contemplating off-loading the goods in Oman... |
| 2005-04-26 | 05MUSCAT687 | PSI: GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT - NO ACTION EXPECTED IN MUSCAT Berlin may not yet have decided that any action, in fact, is warranted. |
| 2006-04-02 | 06MUSCAT503 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MUSCAT Oman's cooperation with PSI was tested in a real scenario in April 2005 when a German-produced crane of dual-use concern was inadvertently loaded on a Norwegian freighter for Iran. |
| 2006-01-23 | 06OSLO??? | AMBASSADORS CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM Solheim bluntly explained that Norway needs to be cautious in its approach to the Caucasus given that it is Russias backyard. |
| 2006-01-31 | 06OSLO101 | A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER A/S Fried thanked the Foreign Minister for his prompt and correct response to the Finance Minister´s outrageous call for a boycott of Israel earlier this month. |
| 2006-02-13 | 06OSLO??? | NORSK HYDRO CEO URGES GREATER U.S. ATTENTION TO HIGH NORTH ENERGY,
RUSSIAN ENERGY/GAS MARKET DESIGN Reiten cited Gazproms insistence that it control where gas from the Shtokman project was marketed, a strong grip on piped gas to Europe |
| 2006-03-09 | 06OSLO279 | NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO RECEIVE HAMAS Norway's recent decision to follow the UN's terrorist designation list instead of the EU's does mean that Norway no longer officially considers Hamas a terrorist organization. |
| 2006-04-11 | 06OSLO467 | "GRIM" PROSPECTS FOR SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS Geneva Two will likely be postponed, if not canceled. |
| 2006-05-15 | 06OSLO630 | NORWAY WILL NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT UN 1267 KREKAR DESIGNATION The MFA wants no fingers pointing back to Norway and is terrified lest it ever became public knowledge that we have had any official bilateral communication on this subject. |
| 2006-06-11 | 06OSLO??? | LAVROV AND STOERE TALK BUSINESS, IGNORE TOUGH ISSUES FM Stoere began the meetings by saying that they should focus on regional Barents issues, and the discussion that followed did just that. |
| 2006-06-12 | 06OSLO759 | SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO the talks did not occur for a variety of reasons, including the LTTE's ... dissatisfaction with the EU's recent designation of the LTTE as a terrorist organization |
| 2007-03-13 | 07OSLO248 | NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. |
| 2007-04-02 | 07OSLO320 | NORWAY WILL FREEZE ANY SEPAH ASSETS the MFA immediately took the necessary steps to freeze any Sepah investments in Norway |
| 2007-04-19 | 07OSLO401 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS WITH STATOIL CEO He added confidentially that Statoil is conducting a low profile, but insincere, dialogue with Iranian authorities on future projects to forestall potentially hostile actions against its current investments. |
| 2007-05-04 | 07OSLO480 | SEPAH ASSETS UPDATE Sepah´s bank account in the Norwegian bank Nordea, which had a balance of approximately 28,300 USD, was immediately frozen. ... [A letter from the Iranian Central Bank] should be filed "for no further action." |
| 2007-06-08 | 07OSLO614 | POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE
DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH [Secretary Rice] said that Russian complaints on U.S. missile defense plans were purely ludicrous |
| 2007-06-18 | 07OSLO??? | PM STOLTENBERGS RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE NORTH Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by some successes for Norway,s High North priorities, including resolution of a small part of Norway,s disputed sea-border |
| 2007-07-10 | 07OSLO729 | NORWAY: NEGATIVE IMPACT OF U.S. WEAPONS SYSTEM PROBLEMS this may affect Norway´s hoped for $2.2 billion purchase of the Joint Strike Fighter |
| 2008-02-12 | 08OSLO72 | NORWAY STANDING ALONE AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen told the media that Norway doubts the need for missile defense and believes it could lead to an arms race. Responding to Ambassador Whitneys observation that it is unusual for Norway to block consensus in NATO, ... |
| 2008-03-06 | 08OSLO127? | NORWAY´S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR STATOILHYDRO 2008 is off to a rough beginning for the new company |
| 2008-03-06 | 08OSLO128 | NORWAY´S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO´S SAGA FROM
A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE Growing pains are evident ... |
| 2008-05-17 | 08OSLO278 | NORWAY´S CHINESE STRATEGY xxxx, xxxx and xxxx reviewed Norway´s China policy |
| 2008-06-03 | 08OSLO303 | NORWAY: A POTENTIAL HAVEN FOR WAR CRIMINALS? no Norwegian terrorist watch list exists |
| 2008-08-01 | 08OSLO428 | NORWAY: STATOILHYDRO AND IRAN Following increasing USG pressure and Total´s recent public decision to pursue no Iranian South Pars energy projects, StatoilHydro chief executive Helge Lund announced his company would not pursue any new Iranian projects. |
| 2008-09-02 | 08OSLO488 | NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKERS VISIT WITH A PLEDGE
TO FOCUS ON COOPERATION NATOs relations with Russia were the dominant theme of the visit and there was much discussion over the interpretation of the Russian diplomatic notes freezing military cooperation with NATO |
| 2008-10-09 | 08OSLO549 | NORWAY REBUFFS USG ON IRISL FREIGHT FORWARDER she would look into the possibility of whether the GON could alert Lehman Group to the fact that unless it ceased business dealings with IRISL, it could be subject to punitive E.O. 13382 action by the U.S. |
| 2008-12-16 | 08OSLO670 | LESSON LEARNED FROM NORWEGIAN DECISION TO BUY JSF We needed to avoid any appearance of undue pressuring (which was construed as `threatening' Norway in its sovereign decision-making process), but we couldn,t let stand the view that the choice didn,t matter for the relationship. We opted for `choosing the JSF will maximize the relationship' as our main public line. In private, we were much more forceful. |
| 2009-02-13 | 09OSLO111 | A WHALE OF A CABLE - WHALING IN NORWAY Today Norwegian whaling struggles not with protestors and activists, but rather with demand for the product |
| 2009-02-13 | 09OSLO114 | PART II: RISING NORWEGIAN ANTI-SEMITISM AFFECTING ITS ROLE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST? Anti-Semitism in Norway, and the expression of anti-Semitic comments, has increased since the Gaza war. |
| 2009-02-13 | 09OSLO115 | CONSTRAINTS ON NORWAY´S MIDDLE EAST ROLE? Norwegian public and elite opposition to most of Israel´s actions and their view that Israel does not value dialogue is widely reported. |
| 2009-02-13 | 09OSLO116 | PART III: NORWEGIAN FM STOERE: THE WORLD AT HIS FEET His support for some Hamas´ positions argues for caution in dealing with him on the Middle East. ... Stoere actively pushes for continued dialogue with Russia, even doing so shortly after the Georgia war. ... Stoere has been a strong advocate of NATO´s engagement in Afghanistan but has been critical of military aspects, believing civilian aid is the key factor. ... Skeptical about the use of force, and highly valuing dialogue and disarmament, Stoere´s policies often clashed with those of the Bush Administration |
| 2009-03-31 | 09OSLO216 | LAVROV AND STOERE TRADE TOUGH WORDS OVER NATO, BUSINESS DISPUTE Russia was considering offering training and small arms assistance to the Afghan police. |
| 2009-04-27 | 09OSLO315 | NORWEGIAN LAWYERS SUE ISRAEL FOR WAR CRIMES ABUSES to date the Office has not taken similar cases forward, choosing for example not to prosecute a Norwegian company involved in Guantanamo several months ago ... the Israeli Ambassador formally protested Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere´s decision to stay in the room at the UN Racism Conference in Geneva during the Iranian President´s speech. |
| 2009-06-18 | 09OSLO399 | NORWAYS RUSSIA POLICY: WISHFUL THINKING The GONs strategy of public positivism and increases in international attention to the region is not satisfactory to all in Norway. |
| 2009-07-07 | 09OSLO434 | OSLO NEC - THE HIGH COSTS OF FREEZING THE PROJECT The proposal to rezone the Huseby property to allow the NEC barely prevailed in the City Council in December 2005 after the Embassy convinced the GON to intervene politically. Tensions were so high that a City Councillor who switched sides to support us was later expelled from his party. |
| 2009-08-26 | 09OSLO527 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDERS MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
STOERE regarding potential NATO exercises in Norway, Stoere cautiously espoused a "High North, low tension" viewpoint |
| 2009-12-11 | 09OSLO767 | Norway Uncompromising on Whale Catch Limit Norwegians are open to discussing whaling policy on the basis of scientific principles. |
| 2009-12-28 | 09OSLO788 | OSLO REGIONAL GOVERNOR OFFERS SUPPORT FOR NEW AMERICAN EMBASSY PROJECT He offered to make discreet overtures to the Oslo Planning and Building Authority if we thought he could be helpful. |
| 2009-12-28 | 09OSLO791 | Statoil Chief Discusses Global Investments with Ambassador He stressed Statoils transparency with the USG with respect to past investments in Iran and reiterated the companys commitment to abstain from new investments there. |
| 2010-01-28 | 10OSLO53 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE xxxxx xxxx confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby´s name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. |
| 2009-11-09 | 09OTTAWA874 | Ottawa: Ambassador Jacobson and Environment Minister
Prentice discuss continental carbon market and oil sands Prentice shared that he was concerned about the media focus on the [oil] sands and the possible impact on Canada´s international reputation. |
| 2006-01-12 | 06PARIS216 | FRENCH CONCERNED WITH DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE the GoF does not normally prevent foreigners from leaving the country |
| 2006-01-12 | 06PORTAUPRINCE93 | HAITI: PM'S RESPONSE TO DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE REQUEST Charge suggested that the PM alert airline carriers who service Haiti to prevent Duvalier from boarding a flight to Haiti. |
| 2006-01-17 | 06PORTAUPRINCE112 | HAITI: FM ABRAHAM DISCUSSES DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE WITH CHARGE urging that the passport be canceled |
| 2008-01-30 | 08QUITO90 | ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FOCUS UNCLEAR Since its inauguration on November 29 in Montecristi, the Constituent Assembly has sometimes appeared more interested in legislating than in drafting a new constitution. |
| 2006-01-17 | 06SANTODOMINGO171 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #14: DOMINICAN PRESIDENT
RECEIVES STATE DAS FOR CARIBBEAN said he would not allow Duvalier into the Dominican Republic. |
| 2009-07-24 | 09SEOUL1169 | A/S KURT CAMPBELL´S MEETING WITH SENIOR SECRETARY
TO THE PRESIDENT FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL SECURITY KIM SUNG-HWAN according to the ROK Constitution, North Korea is part of the Republic of Korea |
| 2010-02-22 | 10SEOUL272 | VFM CHUN YOUNG-WOO ON SINO-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS China would not be able to stop North Koreas collapse following the death of Kim Jong-il |
| 2008-01-06 | 08STATE1264 | SECOND DEMARCHE FOR CHINA REGARDING CHINAS
JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST In these military-to-military exchanges, Chinese military officials termed the event a "scientific experiment" and dismissed as overblown concerns about the leftover debris field. |
| 2009-05-08 | 09STATE46946 | SRI LANKA NEGOTIATING TO PROCURE LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT
FROM NORTH KOREA AND IRAN Some of these proposed arms imports appear to violate UNSCR 1718. |
| 2009-06-22 | 09STATE64621 | AFGHANISTAN - DOSTUM'S ROLE Karzai may resent our efforts to keep Dostum away. We understand this risk but believe it will also send an important signal to Karzai that the rules really have changed |
| 2009-08-26 | 09STATE89282 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE xxxx requests Post´s assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license xxxx for the export of firearms, components, and ammunition to Bulgaria |
| 2009-09-17 | 09STATE96526 | U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY AND EUROPE significantly different from the Bush Administrations plan to deploy 10 ground-based interceptors in Poland and a BMD tracking radar in the Czech Republic. |
| 2009-11-25 | 09STATE121806 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE xxxx requests Posts´ assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of rifles to Bulgaria |
| 2010-02-01 | 10STATE9939 | ALERTING CHINA TO POSSIBLE MISSILE-RELATED EXPORT TO IRAN ... offered to sell gyroscopes ... |
| 2009-05-04 | 09STRASBOURG9 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: RANCOR IN THE RANKS The Council of Europe´s (COE) election for its next secretary general has produced internecine warfare between resident ambassadors and the Parliamentary Assembly ... An attempt by Swiss parliamentarian Dick Marty to revisit "secret prisons" was unsuccessful. |
| 2006-06-14 | 06TELAVIV2301 | ALLEGED ISRAELI CORRUPTION AT KARNI IMPEDES U.S. MARKET ACCESS ... waiting three to four months to cross into Gaza. U.S. distributors assert they are being asked to pay "special fees" which amount to as much as 75 times the standard processing fee as quoted by GOI officials. |
| 2007-07-26 | 07TELAVIV2281 | APHSCT TOWNSEND RECEIVES ACTION PLAN ON PALESTINIANS FROM
ISRAELI NSC the current closure of Gaza border crossings is not sustainable, with several thousand Palestinians currently waiting to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing |
| 2008-11-03 | 08TELAVIV2447 | CASHLESS IN GAZA? Israeli officials have confirmed to Embassy officials on multiple occasions that they intend to keep the Gazan economy functioning at the lowest level possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis. |
| 2008-12-04 | 08TELAVIV2713 | GOI CALLS GAZA CASH CRISIS A HAMAS PLOY Charge raised the NIS 250 million request with COGAT/MOD PolMil Director Amos Gilad evening of December 3. Gilad,s response was, "Theyre not getting a dime". |
| 2006-05-31 | 06TOKYO2987 | CO-CHAIRS APPEAL TO SRI LANKA TO PULL BACK FROM CRISIS the history of Sri Lanka shows that war is not winnable for either side |
| 2010-01-04 | 10TOKYO11 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: JAPAN TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL IRAN URANIUM TRANSFER the GOJ understands that Iran will soon run out of yellowcake |
| 2006-06-29 | 06TUNIS1622 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART I: AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS? Tunisians are increasingly focused on corruption -- and specifically, the disproportionate power and influence wielded by a few elites, chief among them Tunisias First Family. |
| 2006-06-29 | 06TUNIS1630 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION Simple ... Bureaucratic ... Influencial ... First Family ... |
| 2006-07-05 | 06TUNIS1672 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILYS HOLDINGS the alleged corruption of Ben Alis family is increasingly becoming a political and economic force that must be addressed. |
| 2006-07-05 | 06TUNIS1673 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS Domestic frustration is growing with the rumored vast commercial holdings of Tunisias First Family: President Ben Ali, wife Leila (Trabelsi) Ben Ali and their extended clan |
| 2007-07-09 | 07USNATO408 | REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING The cost of a NATO Missile Defense System would be between 8 to 27 Billion Euro and thus, using exclusively the NSIP and the Military Budget, was unaffordable within current common funded ceilings. |
| 2009-02-26 | 09WINDHOEK65 | PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS: NO SALE OF URANIUM TO IRAN Angula confirmed that Namibia would abide by UNSCR 1737 and would not sell uranium to Iran. |