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Report of the Attorney General 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 June 30, 2018 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 June 30, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................... 1-1 AFGHANISTAN......................................................1 ALBANIA..........................................................2 ALGERIA..........................................................3 ANGOLA...........................................................4 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA................................................5 ARMENIA..........................................................6 ARUBA............................................................7 AUSTRALIA........................................................8 AUSTRIA..........................................................11 AZERBAIJAN.......................................................12 BAHAMAS..........................................................14 BAHRAIN..........................................................16 BANGLADESH.......................................................18 BARBADOS.........................................................19 BELGIUM..........................................................20 BERMUDA..........................................................21 BOLIVIA..........................................................22 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA...............................................23 BRAZIL...........................................................24 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...........................................25 BULGARIA.........................................................26 BURUNDI..........................................................27 CAMBODIA.........................................................28 CAMEROON.........................................................29 CANADA...........................................................30 CAYMAN ISLANDS...................................................35 CHILE............................................................37 CHINA............................................................38 COLOMBIA.........................................................45 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)..............................................46 CONGO (KINSHASA) (ZAIRE).........................................47 COSTA RICA.......................................................54 COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)......................................55 CROATIA..........................................................56 CYPRUS...........................................................57 CZECH REPUBLIC...................................................58 CZECHOSLOVAKIA...................................................59 DENMARK..........................................................60 DJIBOUTI.........................................................61 DOMINICA.........................................................62 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...............................................63 ECUADOR..........................................................64 EGYPT............................................................65 EL SALVADOR......................................................67 ENGLAND..........................................................68 EQUATORIAL GUINEA................................................69 ESTONIA..........................................................70 ETHIOPIA.........................................................71 FRANCE...........................................................73 GABON............................................................74 GEORGIA..........................................................75 GERMANY..........................................................77 GHANA............................................................80 GIBRALTAR........................................................81 GREAT BRITAIN....................................................82 GREECE...........................................................84 HAITI............................................................85 HONDURAS.........................................................86 HONG KONG........................................................88 HUNGARY..........................................................91 ICELAND..........................................................92 INDIA............................................................93 INTERNATIONAL....................................................95 IRAN.............................................................98 IRAQ.............................................................99 IRELAND..........................................................106 ISRAEL...........................................................108 ITALY............................................................111 JAMAICA..........................................................114 JAPAN............................................................115 JORDAN...........................................................132 KAZAKHSTAN.......................................................134 KENYA............................................................136 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...............................................138 KOSOVA...........................................................148 LAOS.............................................................150 LEBANON..........................................................151 LIBERIA..........................................................152 LIBYA............................................................154 LUXEMBOURG.......................................................156 MACAU............................................................157 MALAWI...........................................................158 MALAYSIA.........................................................159 MALDIVES.........................................................162 MALI.............................................................163 MARSHALL ISLANDS.................................................164 MAURITANIA.......................................................167 MAURITIUS........................................................168 MEXICO...........................................................169 MICRONESIA.......................................................174 MOLDOVA..........................................................175 MONACO...........................................................176 MOROCCO..........................................................177 NAGORNO KARABAKH.................................................182 NEPAL............................................................183 NETHERLANDS......................................................184 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.............................................185 NEW ZEALAND......................................................186 NICARAGUA........................................................187 NIGERIA..........................................................188 NORTHERN IRELAND.................................................190 NORWAY...........................................................191 OMAN.............................................................192 PAKISTAN.........................................................193 PALESTINE........................................................195 PANAMA...........................................................196 PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.............................................197 PERU.............................................................198 PHILIPPINES......................................................199 POLAND...........................................................200 QATAR............................................................203 ROMANIA..........................................................214 RUSSIA...........................................................215 RWANDA...........................................................218 SAHARAWI ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC................................219 SAMOA/AMERICAN SAMOA.............................................220 SAUDI ARABIA.....................................................221 SCOTLAND.........................................................234 SERBIA...........................................................235 SINGAPORE........................................................236 SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.......................................238 SOMALILAND.......................................................239 SOUTH AFRICA.....................................................240 SPAIN............................................................241 ST. BARTS........................................................242 ST. LUCIA........................................................243 ST. MARTIN.......................................................244 SUDAN............................................................245 SURINAME.........................................................246 SWEDEN...........................................................247 SWITZERLAND......................................................248 SYRIA............................................................249 TAIWAN...........................................................251
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