Cable Viewer

The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.

To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07STOCKHOLM368.

Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
07STOCKHOLM368	2007-04-05 12:50	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Stockholm

VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSM #0368 0951250
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 051250Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1930
INFO RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 4566
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0423
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 2179
RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI 0270
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 0364
RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA 0257
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 3766
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0273
RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 3029
RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 2397
RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW 2368
RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 0954
RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 0071
RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA 0473
RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST 0390
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0141
RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS 0083
RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON 0172
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0448
RUEHRK/AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK 0075
RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN 2305
RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS 2006
RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 0949
RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA 0852
RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA 0114
RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 0196
RUEHKH/AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM 0013
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO BRUSSELS BE
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS

C O N F I D E N T I A L STOCKHOLM 000368 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR EUR/PGI M COOK AND S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/05/2017 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KAWC PTER XG SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES 
 
REF: A. STOCKHOLM 315 
     ¶B. STATE 36991 
     ¶C. STATE 37005 
     ¶D. STATE 43389 
     ¶E. STOCKHOLM 366 
     ¶F. STOCKHOLM 312 
 
Classified By: Polcouns Casey Christensen, reason 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
¶1.  (c) MFA Political Director Olof Skoog told Polcouns 4/5 
that the GoS had carefully considered but could not agree to 
the U.S. request to accept Guantanamo detainees (refs A-D). 
Skoog said the request had been reviewed by all relevant 
elements of the Swedish government, and there were compelling 
reasons Sweden could not accede to the request.  Sweden was 
experiencing a tremendous surge in asylum seekers, 
particularly from Iraq (refs E, F).  He said that in 2006, 
Sweden had taken in 9,000 Iraqi asylum seekers, half of the 
total going to EU states.  This year, the GoS was projecting 
25,000 from Iraq -- and this number would be increased by 
later family unifications.  This was putting a tremendous 
strain on the budget. 
 
¶2.  (c) Skoog also noted legal and technical difficulties 
regarding the request.  The Swedish Migration Board was an 
independent agency; the GoS could not take decisions on 
granting residence permits.  Intervening politically in this 
process would be difficult.  Sweden had already set its 
resettlement quota for the year and was focusing on 
burden-sharing arrangements with countries that were 
undergoing refugee surges, such as Burmese entering Thailand, 
or Iraqis in Syria and Jordan.  This created substantial 
"bureaucratic" impediments to considering a request from the 
U.S. 
 
¶3.  (c) Skoog added that an additional impediment -- security 
-- had not been considered by the GoS in connection with this 
request because specific names were not provided, but 
security considerations would render Sweden's acceptance of 
any Guantanamo detainees even more difficult.  This had been, 
Skoog noted, a determining factor in denying our prior 
request for Sweden to accept two Uighur detainees from 
Guantanamo. 
 
¶4.  (c) Comment:  Skoog was at pains to make the "no" answer 
clear, while justifying the GoS position by noting how Sweden 
is doing its share and more in dealing with other 
resettlement effects of the conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere. 
MALCIK

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

Browse by tag

Browse by classification

Community resources

Viewing cable 07STOCKHOLM368, SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES