State Department TAGS
TAGS (Traffic Analysis by Geography and Subject) is the U.S. Department of State's internal metadata system, in use since at least 1973 to categorize cables sent by the agency. Specific topics covered by a tag will be marked in ALL CAPS. These pages will include deprecated entries. Deprecated and changed entries will be marked with a strikethrough.
A - Administrative Affairs
AADP - Automated Data Processing: All online information processing activities, including the installation, networking, maintenance, funding, site preparation, wiring training, procedures for the operation of digital information equipment, and the development, distribution and modification of information software applications. It also includes the following: Environmental control, staffing, surveys, system analysis, and vendor furnished data.
AART - Art-in-Embassies Program: Use for communications relating to the art-in-embassies program, including the loan, placement, or return of art objects at post and coordination of art activities with other Federal agencies and organizations. Action: A/ART.
AAUD - Audits: Use for matters concerning internal Departmental and post and external (contractor, grantee, agreement) audits performed by the Department's audit staff and for self-audits by post personnel. Action: S/IG. For functional and management surveys and inspections, use AMGT; for accounting, disbursing, and collecting operations, use AFIN; for personnel staffing and management, see APER.
ABLD - Buildings: Use for (1) matters pertaining to FBO appropriations, including travel of FBO employees and local assistants, and FBO vehicles; (2) policy matters concerning (a) coordination of the foreign service buildings program, (b) FBO authorization and appropriations bills, and (c) use of Government-owned or long-term (10 years or more) leased buildings; (3) proposals for the purchase, design, construction, long-term lease, and disposal of buildings or sites under the Foreign Service Buildings Act, including proposals for major and minor improvements; (4) maintenance and repair of Government-owned and long-term leased buildlings; (5) offers of gifts applicable to the Foreign Buildings program; and (6) purchase of initial and replacement household furnishings and equipment. Action: A/FBO.
For procurement of additional or replacement furnishings or repair authorizations for office furniture and equipment, use AFSP; for commissary and mess facilities, use AREC; for physical security of buildings and equipment, use ASEC.
ABUD - Budget Services and Financial Systems: Use for matters relating to budget operations and financial systems including (1) budget planning, formulation, and presentation, (2) reimbursements, (3) shared adminis trative support, (4) allotments, (5) foreign currency policy matters, including use and administration of foreign currencies with particular reference to such topics as (a) accommodation exchange, (b) inte rnational travel. (c) sales to U.S. citizens, (d) balance of payment impacts, (e) foreign exchange rates, (f) special foreign currency programs, (g) excess foreign currencies, and (6) procedural aspects of 4 FAM. Also use for messages relating to the testing and development of new financial systems. Action: A/3F. For position authorizations, staffing, personnel ceilings, use APER; for accounting, paying, and collection transactions, including ledger accounting of foreign currencies, use AFIN; for internal or external audits, see AAUD.
ACLM - Claims for Private Personal Property: Use for matters pertaining to claims for damage to or loss of personal property of employees of the Department of State, Agency for International Development, and U.S. Information Agency incident to the employee's service. Action: O/OPR. Claims Against USG: Use for all claims, suits, etc. brought against the U.S. Government by foreign nationals or U.S. citizens, including government employees. For claims against foreign nationals or governments use CPRS .
ACMM - Committees: Use for matters pertaining to the establishment, operation, administration and duration of advisory, interdepartmental and department committees. The term committee applies to any board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group, or subcommittee or other subgroups thereof. This function includes liaison with the Office of Management and Budget, the Congress, the Library of Congress, Federal agencies of the Executive Branch, and the general public. Action: M/MO.
ACMS - COMSEC Material: Use for communications discussing (a) shipment and receipt of COMSEC equipment and crypto keying material and publications, including requests for resupply or new issue of such material; (b) opening or closing COMSEC accounts; (c) accountability of COMSEC and COMSEC related material (such as discrepancies in inventory reports, and incorrect preparation of SF-153 forms).
ACOM - Departmental Communications: Use for matters relating to electrical and pouch communications, and security. Action: A/OC. For other than communication security, use ASEC; for commercial radio, telephone, telegraph, and teletype systems and equipment, use ETEL; for postal systems, use ETEL; for shipment of and reference service on retired local personnel folders, use APER. For records management, use AINF. To request copies of communications and records handbooks, use APUB. For information pertaining to the Traffic Analysis by Geography and Subject (TAGS) system, use AINF.
ACOU - Courier Operations: Use for all matters pertaining to courier operations and schedules, including arrangements for non-pro couriers.
ADTO - Domestic Telecommunications: Use for communications discussing all aspects of telecommunications operations with in the contiguous United States except those at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, N.Y. For USUN operations use AFOP. The subject line of Airgrams, Telegrams and Memorandums is to begin with the name of the project or equipment nomenclature involved. Included is, (a) correspondence with other departments or agencies regarding arrangements for handling information interchange (in electrical form); (b) corresponence within the Department regarding telecommunications services within the Department of State building and its annexes in the Washington area (e.g. secure voice, secure facimile, telegram, Electrical Advanced Distribution System (EADS) service.
AEMR - Emergency and Evacuation: Use for all emergency and evacuation matters, except financial aspects (for which use AFIN). Action: OPR/WLG.
AFAC - CRU/CCC Facilities (Communications and Records Unit or Combined Communications Center): Use for communications discussing (a) the physical arrangements of the Post's communications center, including alterations, renovations or new building plans (also use ABLD where appropriate); (b) TEMPEST aspects of such facilities; (c) technical security aspects of the facilities; (d) telecommunications equipment installations, including shipment and storage of materials, arrivals of TDY installation and training personnel and other logistics matters related to such installations; (e) EMSEC aspects of equipment installed or proposed for use at Posts.
AFOP - Foreign Service Post Com Center Operations and Administration
AFSI - Foreign Service Institute: Use for operational matters concerning training programs, assignments, materials, field installations, etc. Action: M/FSI. For applications for full-time specialized training, use AFSP. For training policy and program planning, use APER.
AFSP - Post Administration: Includes all matters relating to post-held funds (all allotments issued by regional bureaus) such as (a) allowances (see also ALOW) (b) automotive operating expenses, (c) budget, (d) buildings -- ope rating expenses of Government-held buildings and short-term (less than 10 years) lease matters, (e) communications and records expenses, (f) contractual and miscellaneous expenses, (g) financial plans, (h) local salary costs, (i) reimbursement, (j) shared administrative support, (k) supplies and equipment (see also ASUP), and (i) travel and transportation expenses (see also APER and ATRN). Matters related to post personnel management: position classification and compensation, staffing pattern and complements (including U.S. Marine Guard complements), separate maintenance allowance applications, rest and recuperation eligibility and travel, authorization for travel and shipment of effects (for medical travel, use AMED). Action: Regional bureau executive office (EX).
AFIN - Financial Services: Use for papers pertaining to fiscal operations. Covers accounting, allotments, employee pay, retirement and leave records, property and income, bonding of cashiers. Treasury checks and fiscal relations between the Department and other Federal agencies. Action: BF/FS (Washington) or RFDPC. (*) For foreign currency policy and guidance, use ABUD; for fiscal policy matters, use ABUD; for reference services on employee personnel folders, use APER.
AGAO - General Accounting Office: Use for all matters related to U,S. General Accounting Office (GAO) survey, investigations, audits, reviews, and reports concerning the Department's domestic and overseas programs. This includes both administrative and operational (substantive) messages. Other TAGS appropriate to the subject content of each message should also be used (e.g. AMGT for evaluation of administrative management programs; ECON for evaluation of general economic programs; MASS for evaluation of military assistance programs). Action: A/BF/OAG.
AINF - Records and Data Processing Services: Use for messages concerning (1) airgram format, procedures, and numbering, (Z) notification and shipment of post records, except local employee personnel folders, for which use APER, (3) requests from the public for records under the Freedom of Information Act (see 5 FAM 482), (4) request for information copies of airgrams, memorandums of conversation, and enclosures thereto, (5) requests for reference service on retired post files, except local employee personnel folders, tor which use APER, (6) transmittal of documents to other Federal agencies, (7) records management (creation, organization, maintenance, and disposition of post records), and (8) matters pertaining to the Traffic Analysis by Geography and Subject (TAGS) system. Action: O/FADRC.
AINR - INR Program Administration: To be used on messages concerning administrative and procedural aspects of INR programs. (1) Reporting of biographic information on foreign nationals, such as the daily operations of the program at the post, biographic supplies, etc. Do not use an OM in lie of Form FS-405, Biographic Data, or to amend or expand reports previously submitted in airgram form. Action: INR. (2) Administrative aspects of the Critical Intelligence Reporting Program. Action: INR. (3) Inquiries and other communications relating to the Foreign Argents Registration Act. Action: INR/DDC. (4) Matters concerning foreign photographs (see 11 FAM 492). Action: INR. (5) Procurement, discontinuance, change in quantities, or information concerning foreign publications which may be available abroad and which may be obtained by a post. Action: INR/DDC/MP. (For CERP publications, use ECRP; for publications procured, for Departmental use, use ALI3.) (6) Procurement or information concerning any foreign maps and related materials which may be obtained by a post for the Department or for other Federal mapping agencies, including material obtained and forwarded upon the initiative of the post, financial aspects of the map procurement program, information concerning special map procurement missions of the geographic attache's, map exchanges with foreign mapping programs, map requests from posts to the Department, and transmittal of map materials to the post. (See 11 FAM 941.7.) Action: INR/DDC/MP. (7) Requests to the Department to furnish intelligence reports. Action: INR. Also see PINR.
ALIB - Library Services: To be used on messages concerning Departmental Library services available to posts for official staff (non-USIA) use, including (1) guidance and technical assistance to post reference and commercial libraries, (2) post requests for Departmental reference or bibliographic services, and (3) procurement, discontinuance, or changes in quantity of published material. Action: FADRC/LR. For Departmental publications, see APUB; for commercial library material, see BLIB.
ALOW - Allowances: Use for matters concerning (1) classification of posts for, and rates of, all allowances (including travel per diem and differentials for new and existing posts); (2) Governmentwide allowances and differentials in foreign areas affecting U. S. civilian employees of all Federal agencies; (3) policy, procedures, and interpretation of regulations contained in the Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) and 3 FAM 300 pertaining to all allowances, differentials, and related matters, including educational travel, official residence expenses (ORE), designation of principal U.S. representatives for ORE purposes, and unhealthful post lists.; and (4) requests for copies of the Standardized Regulations. Action: A/ALS.
ALTR - Newsletter: Use for submitting stories, pictures, ideas, and suggestions for publication in the Newsletter to acquaint Departmental employees at home and abroad with developments which may affect operations or personnel. Action: DG/PA.
AMED - Medical Services: Use for all medical matters relating to Foreign Service employees and dependents and medical administrative arrangements, such as treatments, hospitalization, copies of medical records, medical meetings, billings and financing, requests by eligible posts for USPHS Medical Supply Catalogs and changes thereto, and other medical administration matters. (See 6 FAH H-213.4 for ordering medical supplies and medical publications direct.) Action: DG/MED.
AMGT - Management and Organization: Use for matters pertaining to the establishment, organization, reorganization, termination or abolition of offices, organizations, or overseas posts; and the definition, assignment, or realinement of functions. Covers administrative, operational, or functional inspections or surveys, feasibility studies, work simplification studies, and similar management improvement activities and reports thereon. Action: S/IG. For internal, external, or self-audits, use AAUD; for personnel management matters, use APER; for matters pertaining to the management of Foreign Service posts, see AFSP.
AMTC - Telecommunications Equipment Maintenance
ANET - Communications Circuits and Networks
AODE - U.S. Overseas Direct Employment Program: For matters relating to the establishment or disestablishment of full-time permanent positions by any U.S. Government Agency operating in a foreign country under the authority and responsibility of the U.S. Ambassador or other Chief of Mission; for matters relating to the numbers and locations of other types of U.S. official presence in foreign countries (part-time, temporary or contract workers, non-appropriated funds employees, personnel detailed to work with international organizations or with a foreign government, personnel on work-study assignments, dependents of USG personnel, etc.) Action: M/MO.
AORG - International Organization Administration: Use for messages concerning administrative and financial matters in international organizations, messages concerning background investigations of U.S. citizens employed by or seeking employment with international organizations; transmittal of U.S. Treasury checks for Dayment of U.S. contributions, authorizations to expend, and request for information. Action: IO/EX. Recruitment of U.S. citizens for employment by international organizations. Action: IO/EX. Also use for messages concerning candidates proposed by other countries for positions in international organizations. (*)
For policy relations with international organizations, see PORG; for organizations which are authorized TAGS, see organizational TAGS list.
Where possible, AORG should be combined with other more specific TAGS to identify the particular aspect of international organization and adminis tr ation being discussed (when using other Administration TAGS, ignore the definitions, which are couched in terms of Departmental and post administration). Organization TAGS should also be used. For example, a request for a background check of a U.S. citizen seeking employment with an international organization would have TAG entries similar to these: TAGS: AORG, APER, NATO (WILLIAMS, JOHN R)
APER - Personnel: Use for all matters concerning Foreign Service personnel except (1) matters handled by the regional bureau executive office (see AFSP), medical matters (see AMED), some training matters (see AFSP, AFSI), and transportation of baggage, household effects, and personally owned automobiles (see ATRN) Action: PER/MGT/PS.
APOU - Mail and Pouch
APUB - Publising, Printing, Distribution: Use for messages concerning printing and distribution of Departmental publications to posts, including requests for copies of the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH), Foreign Affairs Manual Circulars (FAMC's), various technical handbooks, and related transmittal letters, inquiries regarding the availability of specific publications, and requests for changes in the distribution pattern. Also use for submission of data for, revision, and distribution of the Biographic Register, Foreign Service List, and Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts. Also use for handling, editing, and distribution of post reports. Action.: FADRC/PBR.
Also use for obtaining clearance of manuscripts prepared for unofficial publication by personnel in their capacity as private individuals, and for transmission to the Department of copies of unofficial manuscripts authorized for publication abroad by chiefs of mission when immediate local publication is desirable. Action: PA/PG.
To request copies of Department of State Procurement Regulations (DOSPR), use ASUP; for copies of the Standardized Regulations, use ALOW.
AREC - Commissary and Recreation: Use for matters concerning the establishment, maintenance, and operation of commissary and mess service (including snack bars) and recreation facilities at posts. Action: O/OPR
AREG - Regulations and Directives: Use on messages inquiring about or suggesting changes in the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH), Foreign Affairs Manual Circulars (FAMC's), and the Correspondence Handbook. Action: FADRC/RR/DIR.
ASAF - Safety: Includes (1) accident prevention program, including driver and vehicle safety, (Z) any accident involving injuries to post personnel or contractor employees, (3) damage to equipment, materials, or property owned or leased by the Department, and (4) damage to non-Government property as specified in 6 FAM 610.1. Action: OPR/ESC. NOTE. --Use reporting forms as specified by regulation.
ASCH - Overseas Schools: Use for matters concerning elementary and secondary schools outside the United States which provide educational facilities for dependents of U.S. Government civilian employees and serve as demonstration centers of U.S. educational methods and practices. Action: A/OS.
ASEC - Security: Use for all aspects of security except communications security, which is covered by ACOM. Covers (1) development, coordination, or administration of security policy and programs, including arrangements with other Fede ral agencie s and security or law enforcement agencies of foreign governments, (2) physical and technical security of buildings and grounds, (3) security protection of individuals at home or abroad, (4) loyalty and security investigations and clearances, (5) communications on security matters, and (6) matters pertaining to security regulations. Action: A/SY.
For communications security matters, use ACOM.
ASIG - Management Evaluations and Inspections: Use for subject involving the Department's inspection activities (audits, overseas inspections, domestic evaluation); these cover Department functions, overseas posts, missions, other agency programs, contracts, and grants. Action: S/IG. For management surveys or studies, see AMGT.
ASUP - Supplies and Equipment: Includes communications on (1) official vehicles, (2) purchase, shipment, inventory, and condition of administrative supplies, equipment, and furniture, but excluding books, periodicals, and other material of interest to the Library, for which use ALIB, and books, periodicals, or technical equipment for AID or USIA programs, (3) repair of Detex watch clocks, (4) requests for and inquiries relating to the Regional Supply Center (RSC) or G3A supply catalogs, (5) requisitioning and/or shipment of post specialty items, including printed forms, listed in the Regional Supply Center catalogs, and (6) suggestions for the improvement of, additions to or changes in, and requests for copies of Department of State Procurement Regulations (DOSPR). Action: OPR/ST.
For supplies and equipment obtained from post-held funds, use AFSP. Action: Regional bureau executive office (EX).
ATRN - Transportation: Use for matters pertaining to the shipment of baggage, household effects, and personally owned automobiles and related documentation. Also use for request for interpretation of travel regulations. Action: OPR/ST.
AVCE - Foreign Service Post Voice Communications Facilities
AWRD - Awards: Use for matters conce rning ( 1 ) employee suggestions that fall outside the jurisdiction of the country committee to approve. Action: PER/MGT/PS. (2) Nominations for recommendations ox post personnel for Departmental honor awards (except meritorious), other Federal and non-Federal performance awards exceeding $500 and nominations for Tributes of Appreciation not within the jurisdiction of the chief of mission to approve. Action: Regional bureau executive office (EX). (3) Requests for scrolls. Action: S/CPR. (4) Safedriving award. Action: Embassy, Bonn. (5) Diplomatic courier awards. Action: OC/EX*
B - Business Services
BAGB - Agribusiness: Use for all reporting on agribusiness developments and the possible application of American Technology and products to these projects. Includes projects where there is a need for engineering design, consulting, U.S. investment, venture capital, or planning services as well as equipment and construction in the agriculture field. Action: COM. For agricultural theories and practices, use EAGR
BBAK - Background on U.S. firms and products Background on Firms, Products, and Individuals: Use for communications giving or requesting background, financial responsibility, general reputation, and organization of a specific company or individual. Also use for communications regarding a specific product of a company, an individual, a trade association, or a multinational corporation. When an individual is the subject of a communication, the personal name may be used on the TAGS line. See sections 17 and 18 for applying and arranging personal names on the TAGS line. Use appropriate geographic TAGS to indicate the location or nationality of the organization or individual that is the subject of the communication.
BBCP - Business Consultation Program: Use for communications between Washington headquarters (State, Commerce, AID, etc.) and posts abroad concerning consultations with business. Also use for communications regarding meetings for visiting foreign dignitaries with leading U.S. businessmen.
BBSR - Business Service Reports: Use for reports provided routinely as a service to the business community. Covers (1) assessments or estimates of the actual or potential demand for products or services, (2) market research, market surveys, and other market reports, (3) Overseas Business Reports, World Trade Directory Reports (WTDR's), trade contact surveys, trade lists, and trade directories, and (4) other reports intended to help businessmen establish relations with foreign firms.
BDIS - Trade Disputes and Complaints Trade Complaints, and Disputes and Inquires: Use for communications, including followups, concerning a specific trade dispute between a U.S. and a foreign business, for trade complaints r egarding U . S. firms or products, and for trade inquiries. Use geographic TAGS to indicate the nationality of the firm or individual initiating the complaint or inquiry.
BENC - Engineering and Construction Services: Early alert and follow-up information on planning, design, engineering, construction of major infrastructure and industrial systems projects with potential of $5 million more or in U.S. services fees and equipment exports, opportunities for consulting contracts having follow-on major project engineering, construction potential. Activities of IBRD, UNDP, other IFIs and third-country financing possibilities related to major projects. National development plans and budgets encompassing major projects. USG supportive efforts for firms seeking major project contracts -- e.g., Embassy representations, task force visits overseas. Travel to U.S. by propective foreign clients for U.S. engineering, construction services. See also ECRE.
BEXP - Trade Expansion and Promotion: Use for routine operational and administrative correspondence relating to activities of the Department of Commerce to promote U.S. trade, including official U.S. trade exhibitions in the United States and abroad, trade fairs, trade missions, trade centers, regional centers. Trade Development Trade Information Offices (TDTIO's), Between Show Promotions (BSP’s), Joint Establishment Promotions (JEEP’s), Sample Display Service, catalog shows, in-store promotions, America Weeks promotions, and business information centers as well as material supplied by U. S. business to promote trade expansion.
For matters pertaining to trade policy, planning, assessment, or other than routine trade promotional activities, use ETRD; for personnel detailed or assigned overseas to trade centers, etc. , use APER and BEXP; for budgeting or funding of trade promotion activities, use ABUD and BEXP; for routine matters pertaining to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), the U.S. TraveL Service (USTS), or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), see the organization TAGS list.
BFOL - Follow-up Requests: Use to follow up on unanswered inquiries or reporting requests and to supply or request from the field supplementary information only, on the following types of reports: (1) commodity, industry, or market report for which the Department of Commerce is known to be the major end-user; (Z) Investment Opportunity; (3) Licensing, Joint-Venture and Reverse Licensing Proposals; (4) Overseas Business Reports; (5) Trade Contact Survey; (6) Trade Lists; (7) Trade Opportunity, Including Tenders; (8) Trade Outlook Articles; and (9) World Trade Directory Reports. The subject line of the message should identify the specific report for which the followup is being requested.
BGEN - Business Services - General: Use only when more specific indicators above listed do not appear applicable or when it is desired to indicate a relationship between another caption and business services in general.
NOTE. --For matters of an administrative or programing nature, pertaining to economic reporting, use ECRP and OGEN in combination. Messages drafted in the Department of Commerce concerning economic reporting must be cleared with the Foreign Economic and Commercial Reporting Division, Department of State (EB/OCA/REP), before transmission to Foreign Service posts.
For strategic trade control matters, use ESTC.
BLIB - Commercial Libraries: Use to request the names of publications in a specific field or details on the contents of a specific publication. (For assistance in placing orders for publications, see 10 FAM 917.3.) For Departmental Library matters, see ALIB.
BPRO - Business Proposals: Use for communications regarding specific proposals by U.S. businessmen for presentation and development by the U.S. Government Trade Mission members. Also use for proposals by foreign businessmen to establish business for trade relations with the United States; use also for followup on these subjects.
BPUB - Publications for Commerce Business-Commerical Publications: Use to request purchase or acquisition of publications or subscriptions for Department of Commerce, Washington, and for Commerce - originated publications , such as Overseas Business Reports (OBR's) and Commercial Newsletters.
BTIO - Business and Trade Opportunities: Use for administrative or operational messages of a routine nature on trade and investment opportunities abroad. Covers (1) opportunities for investment in capital equipment, mines, new plants, etc,, (2) product design and construction opportunities, joint venture, patent licensing, reverse licensing, franchises, agencies, distributorships, or other business opportunities, and (4) tenders - to-bid from the public or private sector which offer trade opportunities. For communications concerning trade policy, planning, or other matters of major importance, see ETRD; for foreign investment policy and planning and investment-problems, see EINV.
BTRA - Travel by U.S. and Foreign Businessmen: Use for communications regarding travel of businessmen abroad, including itineraries, appointments, special interests, information on product line, financial status, reputation, etc. Also use to supplement, correct, or reply to information forwarded to the Department of Commerce on Business Invitation Form IA-244. (See 10 FAM 916.3-2.)Names of individuals may be used with this TAG. • See sections 17 and 18 for applying and arranging of personal names on the TAGS line. For travel by high level U.S. Government per sonnel (assistant secretary or above), use OVIP; for travel of other U.S. Government personnel, use OTRA; for temporary duty assignments, use APER.
C - Consular Affairs
CARR - Americans Arrested Abroad
CASC - Assistance to Citizens: Includes aal matters related to offenses, arrest, and detention; intervention with local authorities on behalf of citizens; services on behalf of seamen and airmen; and welfare and whereabouts, that is, locating and assisting ill, injured, incapacitated, stranded, or missing persons. Includes financial assistance for repatriation purposes. Action: SCA/SCS. (*)
CDES - Deaths and Estates: Includes matters related to the deaths of U.S. citizens in foreign countries and the disposition of their remains. Also includes matters concerning (1) U.S. citizens establishing their rights to estates abroad, (2) conservation of the estates of U.S. citizens who die abroad, and (3) foreign beneficiaries of U.S. estates. Action: SCA/SCS.
CFED - Federal Agency Services: Use for administrative and operational matters pertaining to such Federal agencies as the Veterans Administration, Social Security Administration, Railroad Retirement Board, Civil Service Commission, Internal Revenue, Selective Service, Department of Defense, and the Department of the Treasury. Also use for agency forms other than those listed in the vVRSC catalog (for which use ASUP). Action: SCA/SCS.
CGEN - Consular Affairs - General: Use for consular matters when none of the more specific indicators is applicable. For example, judicial ana legal services performed by consuls, vessel and aircraft services (entry and clearance at foreign posts), and matters related to consular services performed in connection with civil aircraft accidents.
CPAS - Passports and Citizenship: Includes all matters pertaining to U.S. citizenship or nationality, including registration of citizens, reports of birth, marriage of citizens abroad, etc. Includes all matters related to the denial, issuance, renewal, use, loss, etc., of U.S. passports. Action: SCA/ PPT.
CPRS - Protective Services Property Protective Services: Includes all matters pertaining to protection of ownership, interests, or claims of U.S. nationals to personal or real property, including intangible property in foreign countries. For example, (1) pension claims, (2) foreign bank accounts, securities, currencies, (3) insurance claims, (4) other compensation claims, (5) personal debts, (6) personal property, (7) real estate, and (3) recovered lost or stolen property. Action: SCA/SCS.
CVIS - Visas: Use for operational, procedural, and substantive aspects of the visa function, as well as individual cases involving immigration, visa, and deportation matters. Action: SCA/VO.
E - Economic Affairs
EAID - Foreign Assistance: Includes COOLEY LOANS, FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS, FOREIGN ASSISTANCE INSTITUTIONS, FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, PL 480 ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. Use for economic and technical assistance provided by governments, organizations, institutions, and private individuals. Covers (1) programs and plans for economic assistance, including coordination of programs and information, (2) assistance to develop or improve agriculture, industry, transportation, labor, health, sanitation, public administration, public safety and law enforcement, public and private housing, and development of private enterprise, (3) assistance in the exploration for and exploitation or conservation of natural resources, (4) economic aid for political or strategic purposes, (5) problem analysis and development research, (6) volunteer programs such as ACTION and the Peace Corps, (7) specific assistance programs, Public Law 430, food for peace, food for work, (8) use of surplus agricultural and other property and counterpart funds, (9) host and donor country training and educational programs pertinent to assistance, and (10) loans and loan guaranty programs directly related to assistance.
EAIR - Aeronautics and Aviation: Use for matters pertaining to aircraft, aviation, aeronautics, aeronautical equipment industries, commercial and private (general) aviation and air operations. Covers (1) domestic and international aviation policies of the regime, (2) government, commercial and private airline companies, operational administration and efficiency fleet inventory, domestic and international air routes, operational data, schedules, rates, fares, and accidents, airworthiness of aircraft, and maintenance, certification, and training of pilots and other personnel, adaptability to military use, (3) airplanes and aerostats, design, manufacture, and testing. Also covers unidentified flying objects (UFO's), (4) purchases, sales, procurement, leases of aircraft, (5) public and private airports, terminals, fuel and fueling ar rangements , supplies and quantities, airport fees and taxes, (6) air navigation aids, SHORAN and LORAN, Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS), (7) general and specialized aviation, and (8) aeronautical test facilities , aircraft performance records, and miscellaneous topics not specifically identified above.
For routine aircraft clearances, use OCLR; for aircraft sales as military assistance, use MASS.
EAGR - Agriculture and Forestry: Includes AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, FARMS, MEAT AND FOWL PRODUCTION, SOIL, SOIL CONSERVATION. Use for papers dealing with the theories and practices of agriculture, forestry, horticulture, and wildlife management.
For agricultural products and foods, use EPAP; for fishing, use EFIS; for foreign agricultural assistance, use EAID; for environmental matters, see SENV.
EALR - Economic Alert List Reporting: Use for all communications pertinent to the collection guidance provided in the latest Economic Alert List. Additional subject TAGS may be used as necessary to indicate the subject content of the message.
ECEM - Chemical Industry and Chemical Products: Use for papers pertaining to the chemical industry and chemical products, except metal elements and petroleum. Covers (1) chemical processing and manufacturing facilities, (2) organic chemicals, (3) inorganic chemicals, (4) synthetic fibers, resins, plastics, elastomers, epoxies, synthetic rubbers, (5) drugs, medicines, antibiotics, vaccines, blood and blood substitutes, miscellaneous remedies and pharmaceuticals, (6) agricultural chemicals, (7) nonmilitary pyrotechnics, (8) paints and other protective coatings, and (9) reagents, catalysts, binary compounds, pitch, creosote ancf other wood chemicals, glues and adhesives, soaps and other cleaning compounds, waxes and polishes, toiletries and cosmetics, photographic chemicals, industrial micro-organisms and enzymes, water, ice, and miscellaneous chemical products.
ECIN - Economic Integration and Collaboration: Use for papers on economic integration or collaboration movements and activities among nations on regional or multinational bases. Covers (1) policies and attitudes of individual member and nonmember nations toward economic integration and particular economic organizations, (2) policies, attitudes, and reactions of economic organizations toward specific subjects and proposals, (3) specific programs of economic organizations, and (4) meetings and conferences of organizations.
For substantive aspects of economic integration organizations , use also appropriate subject TAGS (for example, for tariff and customs arrangements, use ETRD); for the administrative, organizational aspects and budgetary problems of organizations, see AORG.
ECON - Economic Conditions, Trends and Potential: Includes ECONOMIC CONTROLS, ECONOMIC DATA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC PROGRAMS, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS. Use for assessments of economic conditions, trends and potential in general. Covers (1) general economic policies and programs of the regime, including economic controls (except export- import and strategic trade), (2) governmental economic planning and programs, planning methods and techniques, (3) economic developmental status and potential and capabilities, (4) impact of military policies on the economy, (5) general economic data, and (6) statistical systems and methods used (econometrics).
For strategic trade controls, COCOM, and EXCON, see ESTC; for normal expo rt- import trade controls, use ETRD.
ECRE - Construction, Repair, and Expansion: Use for the construction, expansion, and repair of industrial or other commercial facilities, including housing and 1 construction starts and data, construction of industrial plants, dwellings, sewer projects, flood control and irrigation projects, dams and water conservation or supply projects. Covers construction in progress or planning stages.
ECRP - Scheduled Reporting
ECSM - Consumer Affairs
EEWT - East-West Trade: Use for papers on policies, planning, or programs pertaining to trade and commercial relations with the socialist nations. Covers (1) economic analyses of situations peculiar to East-West trade and commercial relations, (2) studies of market potential for U.S. trade with the socialist nations, (3) conduct of trade negotiations and trade agreements with the socialist nations, and (4) other substantive matters pertaining ,to East- West trade and commercial relations.
For strategic trade controls, EXCON, and other aspects of economic w-arfare, use ESTC; for export, import, and trade relations other than East-West trade relations, use ETRD.
EFIN - Financial and Monetary Affairs: Includes BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BANKS, BANKING, DEVALUATION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, GOVERNMENT REVENUES, MONEY, REVALUATION, SAVINGS, TAXES (apart from customs duties and tariffs). Use for materials pertaining to the domestic and international financial and monetary affairs and activities of governments and private institutions, except foreign economic assistance, for which use EAID.
EFIS - Fishing: Includes FISH PROCESSING, FISHERIES, FISHING BOATS, FISHING DISPUTES, FISHING INDUSTRY, FISHING RIGHTS. Use for papers dealing with any aspect of the fishing industry or sport fishing. Covers (1) policies and programs of governments or inte rnational organizations, including conservation, propagation, and species protection, (2) fishing fleets and boats, including adaptability or use for military or espionage purposes, (3) fisheries, fishing grounds, fishing rights and concessions and fishing agreements, disputes arising over fishing rights (for violations of territorial waters, see also PBOR), (4) fish harvesting methods and techniques, data on total catch and by species, and (5) edible and nonedible fish and sea mammal products.
EGEN - Economics - General: To be used when all other ECONOMIC tags are not applicable.
EIND - Commerce, Industry, and Industrial Products: Includes BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, COPYRIGHTS, INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, MANUFACTURING, NATIONALIZATION, PATENTS, PRODUCTION, PROMOTIONS, SALES, TRADEMARKS. Use for communications pertaining to the organization of commercial and industrial enterprises, operational techniques and practic e s . Covers companies , trusts , cooperatives, factories and other types of firms, owne rship, industrial prope rty , bus ines s management and control procedures as well as methods used for product promotion, marketing, and distribution. Also use for industrial products and services not elsewhere identified.
For background inquiries on firms, see BBAK; for international corporations, see EINV
EINV - Investments: Use for communications pertaining to international investment policy and planning. Covers (1) investment policies and planning, (2) investment law and regulations, (3) investment incentives, (4) investment disputes and other investment problems , (5) expropriation or nationalization, (6) problems of compensation for expropriated or nationalized property, (7) major developments or projects offering substantial investment opportunities abroad, (8) multinational corporations and their activities, and (9) matters pertaining to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
For reporting routine trade and investment opportunities, use BTIO; for foreign trade policy matters, use ETRD; for commercial and industrial firms, use EIND.
ELAB - Labor: Includes LABOR DATA, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR STRIKES, LABOR UNIONS, MAY DAY (CELEBRATIONS), PERSONNEL COMPENSATION, WORKING CONDTITIONS. Use for papers on all aspects of labor and manpower. Covers (1) government labor policies and programs, (2) the labor force, employment trends and data, hiring procedures, absenteeism, relocation of labor, special labor categories (women, children, handicapped, military personnel, aliens, etc.), (3) unemployment, underemployment, unemployment compensation, (4) wages, bonuses and other incentives, special benefits (housing and family allowance s-, child day care), industrial safety and accidents, workmen's compensation, (5) labor disputes and agreements, (6) labor organizations, (7) labor research, planning and analysis, information centers and information programs, (8) labor costs, productivity, impact of automation and other technological changes on labor, and (9) Communist influence and penetration of labor, use of labor groups as Communist fronts.
ELEC - Noncommunications Electrical and Electronic Equipments: Use for papers dealing with electrical and electromagnetic equipment, devices and systems, except communications equipment, for which use ETEL, Covers (1) electric motors and other electrical rotating equipment, (2) transformers, switch gear, substation and other electric power transmission equipment and components, (3) electric lamps, light tubes, and electrical wiring devices,
(4) batteries, etc., (5) transistors, diodes, semi-conductor materials and e.quipment, (6) electron tubes, (7) navigation, location and detection equipment and components, (8) electronic countermeasure equipment, (9) electronic data processing equipment, (10) telemetering and audio surveillance equipment, and (11) miscellaneous electrical and electromagnetic equipment, phonographs, wave tubes, crystals, integrated circuits, amplifiers, etc.
ELTN - Land Transportation: Use for papers dealing with transportation other than air transportation and water transportation. Includes highway, railway, pipeline, cableway, conveyor, and urban ~ transportation systems and equipment. Use also for intermodal transportation.' Covers (1) status of development, administration, government and management policies, programs, budgets and financing, regulation and controls, (2) private and government operating companies, operational efficiency, routes and networks, description of individual routes, rates, fares, schedules, or other charges and fees, traffic description and data, construction,, repair and maintenance, including structures such as bridges and tunnels, facilities such as freight handling and storage, connections with other modes of transportation, and (3) operating equipment, vehicles, components and parts, repair and maintenance facilities for operating equipment, procurement and sale of operating equipment.
EMAE - Machinery and Related Equipment: Use for machinery, equipment, and related accessories for use in industry and agriculture, including facilities for production of such machinery. Covers (1) general purpose machinery and equipment adaptable for use in a variety of industries, (2) specialized equipment designed for use in particular related industries such as agriculture, food processing, paper manufacturing, etc. , atomic and nuclear plant equipment and nuclear reactors as a commodity. Office and business machines, except electronic computers.
For electrical and electronic equipment and supplies, use ELEC; for transportation equipment, see the appropriate transportation TAG; for scientific, medical, and laboratory equipment, use EMES.
EMES - Medical, Engineering, and Scientific Equipment: Use for special purpose and precision instruments and equipment designed for the medical, dental, scientific, and engineering professions, including facilities for production of such instruments and equipment.
EMIN - Mining, Minerals, and Metals: Includes EXTRACTIVE PROCESSES, ORES. Use for papers dealing with metallic and nonmetallic minerals, metals, and processing facilities except fossil fuels. Covers (I) mines, quarries, refineries, and benefication facilities, (2) ores, ore concentrates, refinery shapes, semifinished and intermediate products, (3) nonmetallic minerals and mineral products, structural products, building stone, brick, tiles, and (4) miscellaneous metal products.
For semiconductor devices, see ELEC; for coal, petroleum, and other fuels, see ENRG.
ENRG - Energy: Includes COAL, ENERGY POLICY, NATURAL GAS (incl. GAS FIELDS and GAS PRODUCTION), PETROLEUM and PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (ex. FUEL OIL, GASOLINE). Use for documents dealing with energy sources, energy conversion, and electric power. Covers (1) government policies and programs, (Z) negotiations and agreements relating to fuels and energy, (3) energy or fuel shortages, (4) petroleum and coal deposits, refining methods and facilities, (5) solid fuels, (6) natural and synthetic petroleum and petroleum refinery products, (7) natural and manufactured gases for heating, cooking, and industrial purposes, (8) high performance and exotic fuels, (9) electric power and energy conversion, nuclear -power generating plants , (10) electric power distribution systems, lines, transforme rs , and substations, (II) power failures, (1Z) miscellaneous power sources, wind power, solar power, photon and ion power, direct nuclear and thermal power converters, solar and fuel cells, (13) allocation or rationing of fuels and energy, and (14) import and export of fuel and energy. For electrical transmission equipment, dynamos, and generators, use ELEC.
EPAP - Plant, Animal, and Wood Products: Use for processed and unprocessed plant, animal, and wood products and production or processingfacilities.. Covers (1) agricultural crops, grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables, plant fibers, oilseeds and stimulant crops, natural rubbers and other industrial or technical crops, (Z) processed plant products such as cereals, flours, and other milled products, vegetable oils and fats, canned, frozen, or dehydrated plant products, stimulants and beverages, rubber products , including apparel, footwear, tires, and druggist sundries, (3) live animals, livestock, wildlife species , (4) fur s , hides , skins , leather , feathers, hair, wool, and bristles, (5) meats, animal fats, dairy and poultry products, (6) fibers, textiles, thread, apparel, (7) pulps, pulp and paper products, paper building products, (8) forest products, millwork, plywood, veneers, cork, cork products and miscellaneous wood products (for wood chemicals, use ECEM), and (9) miscellaneous plant and animal products, ivory, honey, sponges, etc.
For fish, sea mammals, and related products, use EFIS; for agricultural practices, see EAGR.
EQIP - Equipment and Machinery: Use for papers dealing with equipment and machinery (with the exception of. communications equipment, for which use ETEL) , including facilities for the production of such equipment. Covers (1) electrical and electronic equipment; (2) machinery, equipment, and related accessories for use in industry; (3) machinery and equipment for use in agriculture and related fields; and (4) special purpose and precision instruments and equipment designed for the medical, dental, scientific, and engineering professions
ESTC - Strategic Trade Controls: Covers all matters related to the control of exports for economic warfare or economic defense purposes.
For trade controls not involving strategic goods or information, use ETRD; for EastWest trade policy, relations, and negotiations, use EEWT.
ETEL - Telecommunications and Postal Communications: Includes COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES (including matters related to INTELSAT), RADIO COMMUNICATION, SPACE COMMUNICATION, TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS, TELEPHONE SYSTEMS, and related communications systems. Use for communications concerning electrical, electronic, electromagnetic, electroacoustical, and postal communications systems and equipment. Covers (1) government policies and plans, (2) international negotiations, (3} companies and organizations manufacturing or operating communications systems and equipment, (4) telephone and telegraph systems, (5) radio communications and broadcasting facilities and equipment, (6) systems employing artificial satellites or space stations, including INTELSAT, (7) submarine cable communications, (8) other electromagnetic or electroacoustical communications systems and equipment, and (9) postal systems and equipment, including fees, stamps, settlement of accounts.
For Department of State communications systems, see ACOM; for noncommunications electronic and electrical equipment, use ELEC.
ETRD - Foreign Trade and Tourism: Includes CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION, CUSTOMS DUTIES, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, TARIFFS, TRADE CONTROLS, TOURISM. Use for communications of a substantive nature relating to trade. Covers (1) trade policies, plans, programs, or projects pertaining to trade, (2) trade negotiations and agreements whether bilateral or multinational, (3) tariffs, custom duties, and other normal trade controls, including the administration or circumvention of such controls, (4) major developments or projects representing substantial trade opportunities, (5) import or export subsidies or other incentives, (6) analysis of factors causing import or export competition or affecting import or export of commodities, (7) trading companies, agents, dealers, and other import-export firms of importance, including state trading companies, (8) tourism, and (9) trade data and statistics .
For administrative or operational communications of a routine nature, see BEXP; for background on firms or products, see BBAK; for strategic trade controls and economic warfare, see ESTC; for major investment opportunities, see EINV; for routine administrative or operational messages concerning trade and investment opportunities, use TBIO.
ETRN - Transportation: Includes AIR, LAND, and WATER TRANSPORTATION generally. Includes CIVIL AVIATION, CONTAINERIZATION, HIGHWAYS, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION, MARINE TRANSPORTATION, PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION, RAIL TRANSPORTATION.
ETRN - Transportation Policy: Use for matters involving the overall transportation systems of a country or region and the regime's policies and programs towards the development of a coordinated transportation network. Also includes intermodal transportation and containerization. Covers (1) government controls and regulation of the entire transport sector of the economy; (2) overall transportation policies and programs of the regime; (3) compilation of traffic data involving various forms of transportation; (4) intermodal transportation; (5) containerization.
EWWT - Waterborne Transportation: Use for materials dealing with the movement of cargo and passengers by waterborne vehicles over maritime and inland waterways by government or private organizations. Covers (1) policies and programs pertaining to marine and inland waterway transportation, control and regulation of carriers,
(2) water transportation companies, routes, schedules, fares and rates and other charges, traffic data, irregular traffic, cargoes, (3) waterborne vehicles and components, repair and maintenance facilities, shipbuilding companies, procurement and transfer of vessels, registry including flags of convenience, fleet inventory, replacement, scrapping, and salvage of vessels, ships' papers and documentation, chartering of domestic and foreign vessels, movements of ships, loadlines, (4) maritime and inland waterway ports, harbors, and terminal facilities, entry and clearance procedures (for routine clearances, use OCER), security measures, landing and mooring facilities, cargo handling and storage, highway, rail, and waterway access and connections, fueling facilities and techniques (bunkering), port fees and charges, military operation or control of ports and harbors, and (5) navigation, communication and detection systems and equipment.
K - Programs
L - Legal
M - Military and Defense Affairs
MARR - Military and Defense Arrangements: Includes COLLECTIVE SECURITY AGREEMENTS, INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCES, MILITARY AGREEMENTS, MILITARY BASE AGREEMENTS, MILITARY EXERCISES, MILITARY VISITS, PEACEKEEPING FORCES. Use for papers dealing with collective security and international military cooperation. Covers (1) military and defense agreements and treaties, including negotiations leading to the agreement, (2) base leases and other agreements, land utilization, mineral rights, sale of crops produced on leased bases, employment of local personnel on bases, (3) status of forces agreements, civil and criminal jurisdiction, (4) international forces, including use of such forces for peacekeeping, contributions of materiel and personnel to such forces, and (5) infrastructure -of regional or other collective security organizations.
MASS - Military Aid Assistance and Military Sales: Includes MILITARY ASSISTANCE, MILITARY ADVISORS, MILITARY SALES. This includes loans or third country transfers of military equipment. Use for all aspects of military assistance. Covers (1) military assistance policy and commitments, (2) assistance in the form of military personnel, equipment, and supplies, (3) military advisory personnel, (4) military training assistance in the donor or host country, (5) loans, sales, and transfers of military equipment and supplies, including third- country transfers, and (6) loans for the purchase of military equipment and supplies. For assistance with international forces use MARR.
MCAP - Military Capabilities: Includes ARMED FORCES, CAPABILITIES (OFFENSIVE and DEFENSIVE), EQUIPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, MILITARY BUDGET, PLANS, STRATEGY.
MILI - Military Affairs - General: To be used when all other MILITARY tags are not applicable.
MMOL - Materiel, Ordnance and Logistics: Use for military equipment, supplies, ordnance and maintenance, and supply operations and procedures.
For nuclear weapons, use MNUC; for munitions controls, use ESTC; for arms control and disarmament, use PARM.
MNUC - Military Nuclear Applications: Use for military- related atomic energy and nuclear power matters. Covers (1) policies and plans, (2) capabilities and . potential, (3) military interest in research and development, (4) tactical and strategic fission and fusion weapons development, (5) delivery systems and equipment, (6) detection and decontamination equipment and methods, (7) handling and storage methods, (8) nuclear accidents, (9) treatment for radiation exposure, (10) sharing ofnuclear information, arms, or materiel, and (11) restrictions on nuclear information, weapons production, and weapons.
MOPS - Military Operations: Includes COMBAT OPERATIONS, INVASIONS, MILITARY ATTACKS, MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, MILITARY EXERCISES, PRISONERS OF WAR. Use for declared and undeclared war involving two or more nations and for armed conflict within a single country to suppress rebellion or insurgency. Covers (1) hostilities and hostile acts, (2) prisoners of war, (3) civilian and military casualties, (4) war crimes allegations and trials, and (5) occupations, cease-fire, truce, or armistice.
For use of armed forces to exert political pressure or as a deterrent, use MPOL.
MORG - Military Organization and Structure: Use for papers pe r taining to the general command structure, organization, and .composition of the armed forces of a country. Also covers morale and discipline, military dependents, housing, and military training.
MPOL - Military Policy and Planning: use for matters pertaining to a country's general military policy, except arms control and disarmament, which are covered by PARM. Covers (1) military planning, (2) budgets, {3} show of force, (4) weapons development and employment- policy, (5) general mission, (6) defensive and offensive military capabilities, (7) parades, reviews, tours, or visits by armed forces components, aircraft, and vessels, (8) domestic and foreign reaction to milita ry plans and policies, and (9) political position and role of the military.
O - Operations
OCLR - Vessel and Flight Clearances and Visits: Includes clearances for overflight of aircraft, landing clearances, and clearances and arrangements for ship or fleet visits. When policy implications of visits or overflights are discussed, add the appropriate TAG from the Political Affairs field (for example, MARK).
OCON - Conferences and Meetings: Includes administrative and social arrangements for conferences and meetings (for example, site, time, delegation composition, funding, guest lists, etc.}.
OEXC - Educational and Cultural Exchange Operations: Includes funding, nominations, selection, travel, and other arrangements for educational and cultural exchanges.
OGEN - Operations - General: Use for operational messages for which no more specific Operations TAG is available. OGEN may be used alone, or it may be combined with one or more TAGS from the Economic Affairs, Political Affairs, Social Affairs, or Technology and Science fields to identify messages that are procedural or facilitative, hue which do not fit into a defined "operations" category. For example biweekly or other reports summarizing information previously submitted. Or another example, a message concerning an administrative matter related to the CERP program should have TAGS entries as follows: TAGS: ECRP, OGEN
OREP - Congressional Travel: Includes notification and arrangements for visits by Members of Congress and congressional delegations, or congressional staff members.
OSCI - Science Grants: Includes SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM and science research programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Transportation (DOT) or other government agencies.
OTRA - Travel and Visits: Includes notifications and arrangements for visits and travel of persons, delegations, and missions, except messages for which more specific TAGS (OVIP, OREP, and BTRA) are applicable.
OVIP - VIP Travel Arrangements: Use for notification of and arrangements for visits and travel of high-ranking (Assistant Secretary or equivalent or above) U.S. Government and foreign officials and prominent U.S. and foreign private citizens.
P - Political Affairs
PARM - Arms Control and Disarmament: Includes ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS, ARMS CONTROL INSPECTIONS, ARMS CONTROL MEETINGS, BALANCED FORCE REDUCTIONS, DISARMAMENT, MUTUAL FORCE REDUCTIONS, and specific types of arms controlled including BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Use for all aspects of arms control and disarmament. Covers (1) talks, negotiations, treaties, and agreements , (2} arms and force reductions and limitations, (3) arms control measures, (4) establishment of demilitarized and nuclear free zones, and (5) methods used to insure compliance with agreements.
For EXCON, munitions export controls and other strategic trade controls, see ESTC; for other types of military and defense agreements and arrangements, see MARR.
PBOR - Border, Territory, and Water Claims Boundary and Sovereignty Claims: Covers all aspects of a state's territory, including ACCESS TO PORTS, AIRSPACE, AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS, BORDER INCIDENTS, BOUNDARIES, BOUNDARY COMMISSIONS, BOUNDARY CLAIMS, BOUNDARY DETERMINATION, CESSION, INNOCENT PASSAGE, INTERNATIONAL RIVERS, INTERNATIONSIZATION, LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, TERRITORIAL REVERSION, TERRITORIAL SEA LIMITS, TERRITORIAL WATERS, WATER RIGHTS. Use for papers dealing with a state's territory and sovereignty claims, except those pertaining to territorial waters, for which use PLOS. Covers (1) claims to territory, airspace, and outer space, (2) boundary claims, disputes, and incidents, and violations of territory, (3) settlement of boundary claims, (4) boundary commissions and other groups established to adjudicate and settle territorial claims and disputes, (5) boundary surveys and demarcation, (6) reversion, cession, or internationalization of territory, and (7) international structures and rivers.
For matters pertaining to maritime rights, territorial waters, or seabeds, see PLOS.
PDEV - National Development: Covers matters pertaining to a state’s INDEPENDENCE such as INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS, INDEPENDENCE GIFTS, and other gifts of a ceremonial nature, NATIONALISM, SELF-DETERMINATION,NATIONAL UNIFICATION, RECOGNITION. For central and local goverment matters see PGOV; for independence of national liberation movements, rebellion, insurgency or government overthrow see PINS. Use for matters pertaining to a state's transition from dependency to independent status. Covers (1) national unification of peoples, factions, and territory, (2) growth of nationalism, self-determination, and self-government, (3) interim control and surveillance during the transition from dependency to independent status, (4) independence celebrations, including anniversary messages and ceremonial gifts, and (5) general references to developing nations or underdeveloped countries not covered by more specific TAGS.
For other types of ceremonial gifts and messages, see PDIP; for central, local, or dependency government organization, structure, and activities, use PGOV ; for national liberation fronts, independence movements, insurrection, rebellion, or insurgency, use PINS.
PDIP - Diplomatic and Consular Representation: Use for matters pertaining to the ceremonial and protocol aspects of foreign relations. Covers (1) accreditation, dual accreditation, agrement, presentation of credentials, (2) diplomatic and consular titles, immunities and privileges, diplomatic and consular lists, (3) establishment, status, or termination of diplomatic and consular representation, per sona non grata , expulsion of diplomatic or consular representatives, (4) representation at ceremonial or social affairs, ceremonial messages, greetings, condolences, congratulations, holiday celebrations, except independence day celebrations (for which use PDEV), description of diplomatic social affairs, (5) treatment of representatives, police protection, harrassment, surveillance, detention, or interference, kidnapping, injury, or assassination of diplomatic or consular personnel, and (6) arrivals, departures, temporary absences of representatives, changes of rank or title of representatives.
For administration of U.S. missions, see the Administration entries; for subject matter discussed during social affairs, use an appropriate subject TAG.
PFOR - Foreign Policy and Relations: Covers bilateral, multilateral and third country relations including relations with dependencies. Includes foreign affairs events, issues, incidents, conversations, and visits as well as broad assessments of a country's foreign policy outlook and objectives. Includes RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS such as MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS, or WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERSHIP. Other specific subjects include FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENTS, FOREIGN POLICY POSITIONS (incl. DETENTE, PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE, DETERRENCE, NON-ALIGNMENT, NEUTRALISM, NEUTRALIZATION, INTERVENTION, HEGEMONY, SPHERE OF INFLUENCE). Includes the opening or closing of DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS or CONSULATES, establishment or interruption of DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL, CONSULAR PERSONNEL, and their status, title, documentation and treatment or DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES. REPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES, DIPLOMATIC PROTESTS or DEMARCHES. Use for papers concerning bilateral, multilateral, and third- country relations, including relations with dependencies. Covers (1) foreign policy position, objectives, and plans, (2) negotiations, treaties, agreements, and other international laws, (3) political or peaceful settlement of disputes and differences, (4) foreign affairs issues, events, incidents, conversations, discussions, demarches, diplomatic protests, and ultimatums, (5) assessments of a country's foreign policy position, objectives, intentions, probable courses of action or outlook, such as peaceful coexistence, detente, neutralism, nonalignment, and (6) political rivalry, hegemony, and spheres of influence.
For the ceremonial and protocol aspects of diplomatic and consular relations, use PDIP; for policy relations with inte rnational organizations, use PORG; for boundary and sovereignty claims and disputes, use PBOR; for policy matters on Law of the Sea, see PLOS; for internal political affairs, use PINT.
PGOV - Government: Includes the form, structure, and composition of governments. Specific subjects include FORM OF GOVERMMENT, CONSTITUTION, CABINET, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, APPROPRIATIONS, CENTRAL LEGISLATURE, DEPENDENCY GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT and the COURTS. Also incldes INDEPENDENCE and SOVEREIGNTY, and Berlin matters.Use for papers pertaining to central and local governments, the government of dependencies, colonies, or occupied areas. Covers (l)form, structure, composition, organization, administration, and operation of governments, (2) constitution or other legal basis and the rights granted thereby, (3) political policies and programs of the regime, (4) the executive branch or equivalent, including chief of state, head of government, prime minister, sovereign, governor, or president, the organization of the executive, including cabinet, agencies, and personnel, (5) the legislative branch or its equivalent, congress, parliament, diet, etc., membership, organization, and activities, (6) the judicial branch, courts, and related agencies or organizations, and (7) government in exile.
For normal political activities, elections, and political parties, see PINT.
PINR - Intelligence: Includes BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS, INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
PINS - Internal Security: Covers activities pertinent to public order and safety, the maintenance of a regime's control, as well as efforts to disrupt or overthrow local or national governments; includes CIVIL DEFENSE, CIVIL DISORDER, COUNTER INTELLIGENCE, COUNTER INSURGENCY, DEFECTIONS, FIRE SAFETY, GOVERNMENT OVERTHROW (incl. COUPS, INSURGENCY, REVOLUTIONS, SUBVERSION), INFORMATION CONTROL (CENSORSHIP), POLICE FORCES, POLITICAL CRIME, POLITICAL REPRESSION, POLITICAL TRIALS, PROPAGANDA, PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS, SECURITY CONTROLS, RIOTS, TRAVEL CONTROLS, UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE (incl. TERRORISM). Use for papers dealing with a regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow an established regime by other than normal political activity. Covers (1) political or secret police and their activities, (2) political repressive measures, (3) censorship and information control, (4) travel restrictions and controls, (5) requirements for personal documentation (for U.S. visa and passport matters, see the Consular Affairs section), '(6) loyalty and security programs, (7) counterinsurgency and counterintelligence organizations and activities, and (8) public demonstrations, domestic boycotts, civil disorders, riots, terrorism, coups, insurgency, and other activities concerned with disruption or overthrow of the existing regime.
For normal political activities, see PINT; for fire and police protection, see PORS.
PINT - Internal Political Affairs and Activities: Covers all aspects of a country's internal politics. Includes ELECTIONS, ELECTION CANDIDATES, ELECTION RESULTS, POLITICAL PARTIES (incl. COMMUNISM), PARTY ALLIANCES OR COALITIONS, PARTY LINE (incl. COMMUNIST DOCTRINE), PARTY ORGANIZATION, NONPARTY BLOCS, REFERENDUMS, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, SUFFRAGE. Use for all aspects of a country's domestic politics. Covers (1) political parties, organization, leaders, candidates, objectives, and finances, (2) nonparty blocs or special interest groups, (3) political elections, candidates and c ampaigns , platforms and issues, (4) election forecasts and results, (5) the electorate, suffrage, election laws, and (6) election frauds and irregularities
PLOS - Law of the Sea Affairs: Use for all matters pertaining to the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and papers pertaining to territorial waters, continental shelf, the seabed, and rights and interests of states pertaining to them. Covers (1) breadth or extent of territorial waters or the territorial sea limit and disputes, (2) th-e economic area of the coastal seabed beyond territorial waters, jurisdiction over or claims to such resources, (3) rights and interests or claims of coastal states with respect to the continental shelf; (4) rights and interests of landlocked and shelflocked states, access to ports, maritime rights, (5) rights of innocent passage, (6) transit through and over international straits, (7) peaceful use of ocean space, (8) claims, disputes, dispute settlements relating to territorial waters, the continental shelf, seabed and ocean space, (9) archipelagos, islands, and enclosed areas, (10) technology pertinent to exploitation of ocean and seabed resources, other than fish and marine mammals, and (11) regional or other inte rnational agreements and arrangements pertaining to the seas.
For fishing, use EFIS; for marine pollution and pollution control measures, use SENV, plus PLOS; for boundary and territorial claims other than territorial waters, use PBOR; for marine biology, use TBIO; for all aspects of oceanography, use TPHY.
PORG - Policy Relations with International Organizations: Use for papers dealing with a country's relations with private and governmental international organizations, except economic integration policy and collective security policy, which are included under ECIN and MARR, respectively. Covers (1) application for membership, membership, participation, withdrawal of member ship, position on issues before international organizations, (2) reaction to decisions of international organizations, ratification and implementation of or opposition to decisions or programs, and (3) complaints against member and nonmember countries brought before international organizations, support and opposition to such complaints.
For international organization and administration, use AORG.
PORS - Public Order and Safety: Use for papers dealing with organizations concerned with the protection of life and propertry. Covers (1) fire protection, (2) local police organizations and activities, (3) civil defense affairs, and (4) emergency and evacuation plans and procedures.
For crimes, use SOCI.
PPDC - President's Diplomatic Correspondence: Use an all messages that transmit the texts of messages to or from the President or the Vice President of the United States. Generally these are congratulatory, cermonial, or anniversary diplomatic messages. See PSDC for the Secretary of State's Diplomatic Correspondence.
PROP - Propaganda and Psychological Operations: Use for all aspects of propaganda operations. Covers (1) propaganda policies, plans, and financing, (2) organizations, including use of cover names and organizations, (3) propaganda lines and themes, (4) targets, (5) media used, (6) assessments of propaganda effectiveness, and (7) antipropaganda measures.
PSDC - Secretary's Diplomatic Correspondence: Use on all messages that transmit the text of diplomatic messages to or from the Secretary of State, Acting Secretary, or principal officers of the Department. See PPDC for Presidential Diplomatic Correspondence.
R - Resource Management
S - Social Affairs
SCUL - Educational and Cultural Affairs: Includes CULTURAL EXCHANGE, EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES, including the ARTS in general. Use for papers dealing with cultural history, cultural property, and cultural presentations. Covers (1) cultural policies and programs of the regime, including foreign cultural relations, (2) cultural groups, languages, customs, and manners, including national symbols and holidays, (3) arts and letters, newspapers and magazines , (4) archives, libraries, museums, and parks, (5) cultural institutions except education, (6) recreation and entertainment, and (7) cultural presentations.
SEDU - Education: Use for documents treating educational systems and institutions. Covers (1) educational policies and programs, (2) educational institutions, (3) levels and types of education provided, (4) teacher training, (5) teaching methods, (6) language training programs, and (7) illiteracy.
SENV - Environment: Includes AIR POLLUTION, OIL SPILLS, POLLUTION CONTROL, WATER POLLUTION, and all other factors pertaining to environmental quality. Covers (1) private and governmental organizations concerned with environmental quality, (2) environmental policies and programs, (3) international cooperation and agreements, (4) pollution or degradation of the air, water, land, or space environments by any methods, (5) environmental improvement measures, and (6) scientific and technical programs and developments for reducing pollution and improving environmental quality.
SGEN - Social Affairs - General: To be used when all other SOCIAL tags are not applicable.
SHUM - Human Rights: Use for documents concerning the rights attributable to individuals as human beings. Covers (1) organizations concerned with human rights, (2) programs and policies established to insure the availability of human rights, (3) violations of human rights, (4) discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, or age, (5) slavery, (6) condition and status of youth, women, and children, and (7) pogroms, genocide, mass deportations, ethnic and color relations, including apartheid.
SNAR - Narcotics: Includes DRUG ABUSE, DRUG CONTROL, DRUG PREPARATION, NARCOTICS TRAFFIC. Use for all aspects of the narcotics and drug abuse problem. Covers (1) policies and programs, (2) organizations, (3) international cooperation and agreements on narcotics and drug abuse, including control of sources, smuggling, illegal drug preparation, and law enforcement, (4) drug control measures, (5) drug and narcotics trafficking, arrest, trial, imprisonment, or other punishment of offenders, (6) rehabilitation programs for addicts, and (7) drug addiction as a social problem.
SOCI - Social Conditions: Includes LIVING CONDITIONS, RELIGION, SOCIAL CUSTOMS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS (ex. CRIME, HOUSING, RACE RELATIONS). Use for papers treating social conditions in a country or locality. Covers (1) social programs of the regime, (2) standard of living and cost of living, (3) housing availability and conditions, (4) social problems, crimes, juvenile delinquency, alcoholism, except drug abuse and narcotics addiction, for which use SNAR.
SOPN - Public Opinion and Information: Use for planned efforts by governmental and private organizations to keep the public informed about their activities. Covers (1) general policies and programs, (2) press conferences, etc., (3) information agencies and officers and their activities, (4) public opinion surveys and polls, (5) statements and views of individuals and groups which do not reflect official policy, (6) public reaction to official information efforts, and (7) use of motion pictures, radio, television, and the press as cultural media or to disseminate information.
SPOP - Population: Includes POPULATION DATA, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION MOVEMENTS, VITAL STATISTICS.
SREF - Refugees: Includes REFUGEE RELIEF, REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, REPATRIATION. Covers (1) policies, plans, and programs, (2) organizations and institutions concerned with refugees, (3) international cooperation and agreements on the refugee problem, (4) refugee camps and settlements, (5) refugee repatriation and resettlement, and (6) social status and conditions of refugees
SWEL - Public Welfare: Includes CHILD WELFARE, DISASTER RELIEF, PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES. Covers (1) public health and welfare policies and programs and their private or governmental administrative organizations, (2) international cooperation and agreements, (3) public and private health services, quality and availability of medical facilities , personnel, equipment, and supplies, (4) disease incidence and control,(5) sanitation methods and procedures, (6) public and private welfare organizations and services, (7) social insurance, social security, (8) health insurance programs, (9) disasters, and (10) disaster relief.
T - Technology and Science
TATT - Technical Assistance and Technology Transfer: Use for all matters relating to policies and activities of governmental and private organizations involved in technical assistance activities and the transfer of technology.
TBIO - Biological and Medical Science: Includes BIOLOGY, MEDICAL SCIENCE, and related disciplines.
TECH - Technology: Includes ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE, and specific disciplines (ex. ELECTRIC POWER, NUCLEAR ENGINEERING).
TGEN - Technology and Science - General: To be used when all other TECHNOLOGY tags are not applicable.
TOCY - Oceanography: Use for all matters relating to the marine sciences, including physical
TPHY - Physical Sciences: Includes ASTRONOMY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS and related disciplines.
TSPA - Space Activities: Includes ASTRONAUTS, SPACE AGREEMENTS, SPACECRAFT, SPACE EXPLORATION, SPACE FLIGHT, SPACE STATIONS.
Sources:
TAGS Manual, 1973
TAGS Manual, 1974
TAGS Manual, 1976
TAGS Manual, 1977
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