Foreign Agents Registration Act

315 Pages·2008·0.87 MB·English

U.S. Department of Justice
.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Report of the
Attorney General
to the
Congress of the United States
on the Administration of the
.
Foreign Agents
Registration Act
.
of 1938, as amended,
for the six months ending
December 31, 2006
Report of the Attorney General to the
Congress of the United States on the
Administration of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as amended,
for the six months ending
December 31, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 1-1
AFGHANISTAN......................................................1
ALGERIA..........................................................2
ANGOLA...........................................................3
ARMENIA..........................................................4
ARUBA............................................................5
AUSTRALIA........................................................6
AUSTRIA..........................................................8
AZERBAIJAN.......................................................9
BAHAMAS..........................................................10
BAHRAIN..........................................................11
BANGLADESH.......................................................12
BARBADOS.........................................................13
BELGIUM..........................................................15
BELIZE...........................................................16
BERMUDA..........................................................17
BOLIVIA..........................................................18
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA...............................................19
BRAZIL...........................................................20
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...........................................21
BURUNDI..........................................................22
CAMEROON.........................................................23
CANADA...........................................................24
CAYMAN ISLANDS...................................................32
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.........................................33
CHILE............................................................34
CHINA............................................................35
COLOMBIA.........................................................40
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)..............................................42
CONGO (KINSHASA) (ZAIRE).........................................43
COSTA RICA.......................................................44
COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)......................................45
CROATIA..........................................................46
CYPRUS...........................................................47
CZECH REPUBLIC...................................................50
DENMARK..........................................................51
DJIBOUTI.........................................................53
DOMINICA.........................................................54
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...............................................55
ECUADOR..........................................................56
EGYPT............................................................57
EL SALVADOR......................................................58
EQUATORIAL GUINEA................................................59
ERITREA..........................................................60
ETHIOPIA.........................................................61
FINLAND..........................................................63
FRANCE...........................................................64
GABON............................................................66
GEORGIA..........................................................67
GERMANY..........................................................68
GHANA............................................................70
GREAT BRITAIN....................................................71
GREECE...........................................................78
GRENADA..........................................................79
GUATEMALA........................................................80
GUYANA...........................................................81
HONDURAS.........................................................82
HONG KONG........................................................83
ICELAND..........................................................86
INDIA............................................................87
INDONESIA........................................................90
INTERNATIONAL....................................................91
IRAN.............................................................94
IRAQ.............................................................95
IRELAND..........................................................98
ISLE OF MAN......................................................100
ISRAEL...........................................................101
ITALY............................................................103
JAMAICA..........................................................105
JAPAN............................................................106
JORDAN...........................................................121
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF............................122
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...............................................123
KOSOVA...........................................................131
KUWAIT...........................................................132
LAOS.............................................................134
LEBANON..........................................................135
LESOTHO..........................................................136
LIBERIA..........................................................137
LIBYA............................................................138
LUXEMBOURG.......................................................139
MACAU............................................................140
MACEDONIA........................................................141
MALAYSIA.........................................................142
MALDIVES.........................................................144
MALTA............................................................145
MARSHALL ISLANDS.................................................146
MAURITANIA.......................................................147
MAURITIUS........................................................148
MEXICO...........................................................149
MICRONESIA.......................................................153
MONACO...........................................................154
MONTENEGRO.......................................................155
MOROCCO..........................................................156
NAGORNO KARABAGH.................................................158
NAURU............................................................159
NEPAL............................................................160
NETHERLANDS......................................................161
NEW ZEALAND......................................................162
NICARAGUA........................................................163
NIGERIA..........................................................164
NORTHERN IRELAND.................................................167
NORWAY...........................................................168
OMAN.............................................................169
PAKISTAN.........................................................170
PALESTINE........................................................172
PANAMA...........................................................173
PERU.............................................................176
PHILIPPINES......................................................178
POLAND...........................................................180
PORTUGAL.........................................................181
QATAR............................................................182
ROMANIA..........................................................183
RUSSIA...........................................................185
RWANDA...........................................................188
SAN MARINO.......................................................189
SAUDI ARABIA.....................................................190
SCOTLAND.........................................................197
SENEGAL..........................................................198
SERBIA...........................................................199
SIERRA LEONE.....................................................200
SINGAPORE........................................................201
SLOVAKIA.........................................................203
SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.......................................204
SOUTH AFRICA.....................................................205
SPAIN............................................................206
ST. LUCIA........................................................207
ST. MARTIN.......................................................208
SUDAN............................................................209
SWAZILAND........................................................210
SWEDEN...........................................................211
SWITZERLAND......................................................212
TAIWAN...........................................................215
TANZANIA.........................................................222
THAILAND.........................................................223
TIBET............................................................225
TOGO.............................................................226
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO................................................227
TUNISIA..........................................................228
TURKEY...........................................................229
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.........................................232
UGANDA...........................................................233
UKRAINE..........................................................234
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.............................................235
UZBEKISTAN.......................................................238
VANUATU..........................................................240
VENEZUELA........................................................241
VIETNAM..........................................................242
YUGOSLAVIA.......................................................243
ZIMBABWE.........................................................244
APPENDIX A - REGISTRANT INDEX .................................. A-1
APPENDIX B - SHORT FORM INDEX .................................. B-1
Foreword
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress Assembled:
On behalf of the Attorney General, I have the honor to report on the administration of the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, pursuant to Section 11 of the Act (22
U.S.C. 621), which requires the Attorney General to report every 6 months to the Congress
concerning the administration of the Act, as well as the nature, sources and content of
informational materials disseminated and distributed by agents of foreign principals registered
under the Act. This report covers the administration and enforcement of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act for the 6 months ending December 31, 2006.
The text of this report lists, according to geographical area or nationality field, all agents
who were registered at any time during the second 6 months of 2006, or who reported for the first
time in that period activities, receipts or disbursements for the previous period. It includes the
identities of the agents and their foreign principal(s), a description of the agent's activities, a total
figure for monies received, a description of any informational materials disseminated, and a
listing of all individual agents.
Improvements continue to be made to the Foreign Agents Registration Act computerized
records system and Internet website, http://www.fara.gov/. This report will be made available
through the website.
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The principal purpose of Congress in enacting the Foreign Agents Registration Act was to
ensure that the Government and the people of the United States would be informed of the identity
of persons engaging in political activities for or on behalf of foreign governments, foreign
political parties and other foreign principals, so that their statements and activities could be
appraised in the light of their associations.
Registration under the Act does not imply recognition by the United States Government
of the legitimacy of any particular foreign government, or foreign political party. Furthermore,
registration does not indicate approval by the United States Government of the activities of any
registered agent or the content of any informational materials they disseminate.
Statistical Summary
During the 6-month period ending December 31, 2006, the Department received 24 new
registration statements and terminated 35 registrations. A total of 389 active registrations,
representing 573 foreign principals were on file during the period of July 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006. Individuals acting as officials or employees or rendering assistance to a
registrant for or in the interests of the latter's foreign principal filed 273 new short-form
registration statements under the Act, bringing the total short-form registrations to 1,899 during
the period of July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. There were 63 new agreements with
foreign principals reported by agents under the Act during this period.
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