US embassy cable - 00STATE228220

UNCLAS STATE 228220 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ROME PASS VATICAN, PASS TO ALL USAID MISSIONS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ALOW, AMGT, APER 
SUBJECT: ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL 
RECLASSIFICATIONS TL:SR-593 (PART A) 
 
REF: SECTION 920 STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS (GC,FA) 
 
1. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 2000, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, 
ALLOWANCES AND/OR POST DIFFERENTIAL RATES ARE REVISED 
AS SHOWN. THESE CHANGES WILL BE PART A OF TL:SR-593. 
 
2. PLEASE INFORM LOCAL OFFICES OF ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES AT THE POSTS LISTED IN THIS CABLE. 
 
3. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORM DESIGNATIONS OF POSTS 
WILL BE USED IN THIS TELEGRAM; COMPLETE POST ENTRIES 
WILL BE SHOWN IN THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES OF PRINTED 
SECTION 920. 
 
4. IMPORTANT: READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE AS POSTS MAY BE 
LISTED MORE THAN ONCE. CHANGES ARE LISTED BY 
ALLOWANCE OR DIFFERENTIAL RATHER THAN BY POST. 
 
5. TAIWAN HAS BEEN INCLUDED, WHEN APPLICABLE, UNDER 
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN. 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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6. THE LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE (LQA) CHANGES FOR SAO 
PAULO, BRAZIL, BANGKOK, THAILAND, AND ADANA-INCIRLIK 
AND ANKARA, TURKEY ARE BASED ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF 
LIVING QUARTERS EXPENSES. ALL POST ALLOWANCE CHANGES 
ARE BASED ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION 
REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF ALLOWANCES AS OF THE FIRST 
TUESDAY OF THE PAY PERIOD (NOVEMBER 21, 2000). 
 
7. DANGER PAY IS ELIMINATED FOR KAMPALA BASED ON 
UGANDA'S SUBMISSION OF A DANGER PAY FACTORS FORM (FS- 
578). 
 
8. THE POST (HARDSHIP) DIFFERENTIAL CHANGE FOR 
SURABAYA AND OTHER, INDONESIA IS BASED ON A POST 
(HARDSHIP) DIFFERENTIAL REPORT SUBMITTED BY SURABAYA. 
THE POST DIFFERENTIAL FOR KAMPALA, UGANDA INCREASES 
BECAUSE THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE POINTS HAVE BEEN 
RESTORED TO KAMPALA'S DIFFERENTIAL SCORE AS A RESULT 
OF THE ELIMINATION OF DANGER PAY. 
 
9. ALL EDUCATION AT POST RATE CHANGES ARE BASED ON NEW 
INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY POSTS. 
 
10. LISTING CHANGE: ON NOVEMBER 17, 2000, THE UNITED 
STATES GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH 
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, RECOGNIZING IT AS AN 
INDEPENDENT STATE. THE FORMER PRACTICE OF USING SERBIA 
AND MONTENEGRO FOR THE NAME OF THIS ENTITY IS TO BE 
DISCONTINUED. THE U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES HAS 
APPROVED THE LONG-FORM NAME AS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF 
YUGOSLAVIA. WITH THE PUBLISHED SECTION 920 TL:SR 593, 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO IS NO LONGER LISTED, IT IS 
REPLACED BY YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF. 
 
11. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT INTERNET AND INTRANET SITES. THE INTERNET 
SITE ADDRESS IS: 
WWW.STATE.GOV/WWW/PERDIEMS/ALLOWANCES(UNDERSC ORE) 
INDEX.HTML. THE INTRANET SITE (INTERNAL STATE 
DEPARTMENT SITE) ADDRESS IS: 
HTTP://AOPRALS.A.STATE.GOV/. 
 
                                    DANGER PAY 
                                FROM                TO 
UGANDA 
 KAMPALA                        15                  0 
 
                                    POST DIFFERENTIAL 
                                FROM                TO 
INDONESIA 
 SURABAYA                       15                  25 
 OTHER                          15                  25 
 
UGANDA 
 KAMPALA                        20                  25 
 
                       LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE 
                        FROM                 TO 
                    2     3     4      2      3     4 
BRAZIL 
 SAO PAULO  WF   13000 10000  8000    30700 29300 26400 
            WOF  10000  8000  6500    30000 26400 23400 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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THAILAND 
 BANGKOK    WF   14900 14700 12700    32400 30000 25200 
            WOF  14700 12700 11600    28800 26400 22800 
TURKEY 
 ADANA-INCIRLIK 
             WF  12500 12100  9400    14600 13900 12500 
            WOF  12100  9500  8300    14200 12500 11100 
 
 ANKARA     WF   24500 24000 18000    27100 26500 18000 
            WOF  24000 22800 16000    26500 22800 16000 
 
                                    POST ALLOWANCE 
                                FROM                TO 
 
BRUNEI 
 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN            10                  5 
 OTHER                          5                   0 
 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 
 BANGUI                         15                  10 
 OTHER                          15                  10 
 
KENYA 
 
NAIROBI                         5                   10 
 OTHER                          5                   10 
 
NORWAY 
 OSLO                           25                  20 
 STAVANGER                      15                  10 
 OTHER                          15                  10 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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SWEDEN 
 STOCKHOLM                      15                  10 
 OTHER                          10                  5 
 
UNITED KINGDOM 
 ROCHESTER                      30                  25 
 
                  EDUCATION ALLOWANCE 
                      FROM                  TO 
                             AWAY                  AWAY 
                      AT     FROM           AT     FROM 
              GRADE   POST   POST   GRADE   POST   POST 
BAHRAIN 
  BAHRAIN      K-6   12700  12700    K-6   13150  13150 
               7-8   13300  13300    7-8   13800  13800 
               9-12  13900  13900    9-12  14400  14400 
 
BRUNEI 
  BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 
               K-12  7750   30750    K-12  8750   30750 
 
NIGERIA 
  LAGOS        K-6   9300   9300     K-6   9150   9150 
               7-8   11550  11550    7-8   11550  11550 
               9     11550  30100    9     11550  30100 
               10-12 150    30100    10-12 150    30100 
 
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED 
TALBOTT 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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                       UNCLASSIFIED