Wikileaks - MCDXXXVII

222873 8/28/2009 22:12 09STATE90233 Secretary of State UNCLASSIFIED 09ACCRA25|09AITTAIPEI30|09ANTWERP60|09BAMAKO30|09BRAZZAVILLE50|09BREMEN42|09BRUSSELS60|09BUCHAREST42|09CALGARY30|09DUBLIN60|09FREETOWN15|09GENOA50|09GUADALAJARA0|09HALIFAX35|09HERMOSILLO0|09JERUSALEM25|09KAOHSIUNG30|09KHARTOUM20|09KINGSTON0|09LEIPZIG42|09LISBON25|09LOME30|09LUSAKA0|09LYON80|09MARSEILLE80|09MASERU10|09MERIDA0|09MUSCAT20|09NAPLES50|09OTTAWA30|09PARIS80|09PONTADELGADA25|09PRAGUE50|09PRISTINA15|09PUSAN10|09QUEBEC30|09SARAJEVO10|09SEOUL10|09SINGAPORE35|09STATE67315|09STRASBOURG70|09STUTTGART42|09TELAVIV25|09TIRANA15|09TORONTO42|09VICTORIA35|09VIENNA60|09VLADIVOSTOK20|09WINNIPEG30 VZCZCXRO3929 PP RUEHAG RUEHAO RUEHAP RUEHAST RUEHAT RUEHBC RUEHBI RUEHBL RUEHBZ RUEHCD RUEHCHI RUEHCI RUEHCN RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDE RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHDT RUEHDU RUEHED RUEHEL RUEHFK RUEHFL RUEHGA RUEHGD RUEHGH RUEHGI RUEHGR RUEHHA RUEHHM RUEHHO RUEHHT RUEHIHL RUEHIK RUEHJO RUEHJS RUEHKN RUEHKR RUEHKSO RUEHKUK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLH RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHMC RUEHMJ RUEHMR RUEHMRE RUEHMT RUEHNAG RUEHNEH RUEHNG RUEHNH RUEHNL RUEHNP RUEHNZ RUEHPA RUEHPB RUEHPD RUEHPOD RUEHPT RUEHPW RUEHQU RUEHRD RUEHRG RUEHRN RUEHROV RUEHRS RUEHSK RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHVC RUEHVK RUEHYG DE RUEHC #0233/01 2402231 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 282212Z AUG 09 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC RUEHFSC/USOFFICE FSC CHARLESTON 2020 RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA 7808 RHMFIUU/NAVSTA ROTA SP RHMFIUU/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC RUEPWJF/HQ BICE WASHINGTON DC RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC//PDTATAC// RHMFIUU/CDRHRC AG PERS SVCS ALEXANDRIA VA RHMFISS/CDRUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE RHMFIUU/CDRAMC EUROPE SECKENHEIM GE RHMFIUU/HQ USAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE RHMFIUU/CG MCB CAMP BUTLER JA RUEAGSA/GSA OFFICE INFO SECURITY WASHINGTON DC RHMFIUU/CDRUSAETAC WINCHESTER VA RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC RUDKC/RRF CROUGHTON 9718 RUEKJCS/DODDS WASHINGTON DC RUETIAA/DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC RHMFIUU/CDRUSAEIGHT SEOUL KOR RHMFIUU/COMUSNAVEUR NAPLES IT RHMFIUU/HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HI RHMFIUU/51MSS OSAN AB KOR RHMFIUU/35MSG MISAWA AB JA RUENAAA/DIRNSCPO WASHINGTON DC RUWHDTK/HQ AAFES DALLAS TX RHMFIUU/DFAS INDIANAPOLIS IN RHMFIUU/HRO SATELLITE SASEBO JA RHMFIUU/36MSS ANDERSEN AFB GU RHMFIUU/374MSS YOKOTA AB JA RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE RHEFHLC/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC RHMCSUU/FAA NATIONAL HQ WASHINGTON DC UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 08 STATE 090233

SIPDIS, PASS TO ALL USAID MISSIONS

E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ALOW, AMGT, APER, AFIN SUBJECT: Allowance and Post Differential Reclassifications TL:SR-715

Ref: Section 920 Standardized Regulations (GC,FA)

1. Effective August 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-715.

2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable.

3. Important: Read this entire message as posts may be listed more than once. Changes are listed by allowance or differential rather than by post.

4. Taiwan has been included, when applicable, under arrangement with the American Institute in Taiwan.

5. The Post (Hardship) Differential changes for Ghana and Guatemala are based on Post (Hardship) Differential surveys submitted by Accra and Guatemala City, respectively.

6. The changes in the Living Quarters Allowance rates for Canada, Chile, Colombia, and Israel are based on updated living quarters expenditure surveys.

7. The Post Allowance changes for Belgium, Jamaica, Lesotho, Oman, and Zambia are based on updated Retail Price Surveys submitted by Brussels, Kingston, Maseru, Muscat, and Lusaka, respectively. All other Post Allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the Office of Allowances as of the first Thursday of Pay Period 17 (August 20, 2009).

8. The Education "At-Post" Allowance rate changes are based on updated information provided by posts for the 2009-2010 school year.

9. Effective August 30, 2009, with TL:SR-715, sections 030, 040, 070, 120, 130, 220, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 600 and 960 of the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) are amended in final publication. The majority of these changes provide for agencies to include domestic partners of U.S. government employees as family members for

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foreign allowance purposes. The corresponding interim changes to the DSSR, effective July 5, 2009, were announced in State 67315 and also in TL:SR-711, State 69220.

10. This information is available on the State Department internet and intranet sites. The internet site address is: http://aoprals.state.gov.

The intranet (internal State Department network) site address is: http://aoprals.a.state.gov/.

POST DIFFERENTIAL FROM TO GHANA ACCRA 25 20 OTHER 25 20

GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY 10 15 OTHER 15 20

LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE FROM TO 2 3 4 2 3 4 CANADA WINNIPEG WF 27700 26600 22300 30600 29100 26200 WOF 26700 23400 21400 29700 26200 23300

CHILE SANTIAGO WF 45500 45000 42600 49200 48700 44900 WOF 45000 42600 38700 48700 44900 39700

COLOMBIA OTHER WF 44900 43400 43100 49400 48000 43400 WOF 43400 43100 38200 48000 43400 38600

ISRAEL TEL AVIV WF 22000 16000 13600 50800 41200 35100 WOF 17600 13600 10200 46100 41200 27900

POST ALLOWANCE FROM TO ALBANIA OTHER 15 10 TIRANA 15 10

AUSTRIA OTHER 60 50 VIENNA 60 50

BELGIUM ANTWERP 60 50 BERTRIX 60 50 BRUSSELS 60 50 FLORENNES 60 50

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HENRI-CHAPELLE 60 50 HERSTAL 60 50 HOOGBUUL 60 50 KLEINE BROGEL 60 50 NEUVILLE-EN-CONDROZ 60 50 WAEREGHEM 60 50

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BANJA LUKA 10 5 OTHER 10 5 SARAJEVO 10 5

CANADA AMHERSTBURG 30 25 ARGENTIA 30 25 CALGARY 30 25 DARTMOUTH 35 30 EDMONTON 30 25 HALIFAX 35 30 KINGSVILLE 30 25 LONDON, ONTARIO 15 10 NORTH BAY CANADIAN FORCES BASE 30 25 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 30 25 OTHER 30 25 OTTAWA 30 25 PRINCE RUPERT 30 25 QUEBEC 30 25 STRAIT OF GEORGIA TEST RANGE, B.C. 30 25 TORONTO 42 35 VICTORIA 35 30 WINNIPEG 30 25

CZECH REPUBLIC OTHER 50 42 PRAGUE 50 42

FRANCE BELLEAU 70 60 BONY 70 60 DRAGUIGNAN 70 60 EPINAL 70 60 FERE EN TARDENOIS 70 60 FONTAINEBLEAU 70 60 GARCHES 80 70 LE HAVRE 70 60 LYON 80 70 MARSEILLE 80 70 MONTPELLIER 80 70 OTHER 70 60 PARIS 80 70 ROMAGNE-SOUS-MONTFAUCON 70 60 SEVRES 80 70 ST. AVOLD 70 60 ST. JAMES 70 60 ST. LAURENT 70 60 ST. MIHIEL 70 60 STRASBOURG 70 60 SURESNES 80 70

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VERSAILLES 80 70

GERMANY AUGSBURG 42 35 BABENHAUSEN 42 35 BAD AIBLING 42 35 BAD KREUZNACH 42 35 BAD NAUHEIM 42 35 BAUMHOLDER 42 35 BERCHTESGADEN 42 35 BIRKENFELD 42 35 BOEBLINGEN 42 35 BREMEN 42 35 BREMERHAVEN 42 35 BUTZBACH 42 35 DARMSTADT 42 35 DELMENHORST 42 35 ERLANGEN 42 35 FLENSBURG 42 35 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 42 35 FRIEDBERG 42 35 FUERTH 42 35 GARLSTEDT 42 35 GEILENKIRCHEN 42 35 GELNHAUSEN 42 35 GERMERSHEIM 42 35 GIEBELSTADT 42 35 GIESSEN 42 35 GRAFENWOEHR 42 35 GREFRATH 42 35 GREVEN 42 35 HANAU 42 35 HANDORF 42 35 HANNOVER 42 35 HEIDELBERG 42 35 HEILBRONN 42 35 IDAR-OBERSTEIN 42 35 KAISERSLAUTERN, LANDKREIS 42 35 KARLSRUHE 42 35 KERPEN 42 35 KITZINGEN 42 35 KOBLENZ 42 35 LEIMEN 42 35 LEIPZIG 42 35 LUDWIGSBURG 42 35 MAINZ 42 35 MANNHEIM 42 35 MAYEN 42 35 MUENSTER 42 35 NELLINGEN 42 35 NEUBRUECKE 42 35 NOERVENICH 42 35 NUERNBERG 42 35 OBER RAMSTADT 42 35 OSTERHOLZ-SCHARMBECK 42 35 OTHER 42 35 PIRMASENS 42 35 RHEINAU 42 35 RHEINBERG 42 35

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SCHWABACH 42 35 SCHWETZINGEN 42 35 SECKENHEIM 42 35 SEMBACH 42 35 STUTTGART 42 35 VILSECK 42 35 WERTHEIM 42 35 WIESBADEN 42 35 WORMS 42 35 WUERZBURG 42 35 ZIRNDORF 42 35 ZWEIBRUCKEN 42 35

IRELAND DUBLIN 60 50 LIMERICK 60 50 OTHER 60 50 SHANNON AREA 60 50

ISRAEL KARMI'EL 25 30 OTHER 25 30 TEL AVIV 25 30

ITALY AVELLINO 50 42 BRINDISI 50 42 CATANIA 50 42 GAETA 50 42 GENOA 50 42 GIOIA TAURO 50 42 LA SPEZIA 50 42 LEGHORN 50 42 MOUNT VERGINE 50 42 NAPLES 50 42 OTHER 50 42 PISA 50 42 PORDENONE-AVIANO 50 42 SARDINIA 60 50 SIGONELLA 50 42 VERONA 50 42 VICENZA 50 42

JAMAICA KINGSTON 0 5 OTHER 0 5

JERUSALEM JERUSALEM 25 30 WEST BANK 25 30

KOREA AMMO DEPOT #9 10 5 CAMP CARROLL 10 5 CAMP COLBERN 10 5 CAMP MARKET 10 5 CAMP MERCER 10 5 CHANGWON 10 5 CHINHAE 10 5

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CHUNCHON 10 5 K-16 10 5 KIMHAE 10 5 KIMPO AIRFIELD 10 5 KUNSAN 10 5 KWANGJU 10 5 MUNSAN 10 5 OSAN AB 10 5 OTHER 10 5 PUSAN 10 5 PYONGTAEK 10 5 SEOUL 10 5 SUWON 10 5 TAEGU 10 5 TONGDUCHON 10 5 UIJONGBU 10 5 WAEGWAN 10 5

KOSOVO OTHER 15 10 PRISTINA 15 10

LESOTHO MASERU 10 15 OTHER 10 15

MALI BAMAKO 30 25 OTHER 30 25

MEXICO GUADALAJARA 0 5 HERMOSILLO 0 5 MERIDA 0 5 MEXICO CITY, D.F. 0 5

OMAN MUSCAT 20 15 OTHER 20 15 SALALAH 20 15

PORTUGAL ALVERCA 25 20 AZORES 25 20 LAJES FIELD 25 20 LISBON 25 20 OTHER 25 20 PONTA DELGADA 25 20

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 50 42 OTHER 50 42

ROMANIA BUCHAREST 42 35

RUSSIA OTHER 10 5 SAINT PETERSBURG 20 15

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SAKHALIN ISLAND 20 15 VLADIVOSTOK 20 15

SIERRA LEONE FREETOWN 15 10 OTHER 15 10

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 35 30

SUDAN JUBA 20 15 KHARTOUM 20 15 OTHER 20 15

TAIWAN KAOHSIUNG 30 25 OTHER 30 25 TAIPEI 30 25

TOGO LOME 30 25 OTHER 30 25

ZAMBIA LUSAKA 0 15 OTHER 0 15

EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FROM TO AWAY AWAY AT FROM AT FROM GRADE POST POST GRADE POST POST

CANADA TORONTO K-4 25800 25800 K-7 26350 26350 5-8 26000 26000 8-9 26450 26450 9-10 26150 26150 10 26600 26600 11-12 28050 28050 11-12 28500 28500

INDIA MUMBAI K-5 31500 31500 K-5 31250 31250 6-10 33100 33100 6-10 32850 32850 11-12 33950 33950 11-12 33700 33700

JAPAN HIROSHIMA K-6 5000 5000 K-6 25850 25850 7-8 5000 55900 7-12 25850 55900 9-12 150 55900

MEXICO MEXICO CITY, D.F. K 11050 11050 K 11400 11400 1-5 13850 13850 1-5 14350 14350 6 14800 14800 6 15350 15350 7-8 16850 52050 7-8 16950 52050 9 18100 52050 9 18200 52050 10 19900 52050 10 20000 52050

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11 19100 52050 11 19900 52050 12 21700 52050 12 22500 52050

NOGALES K-12 8900 8900 K-12 10250 10250

SLOVAK REPUBLIC BRATISLAVA K 17650 52150 K 19150 52150 1-12 20450 52150 1-12 22250 52150

SURINAME PARAMARIBO K 5800 5800 K 6250 6250 1-8 7800 7800 1-8 8250 8250 9-12 7800 54350 9-12 8250 54350 CLINTON