US EMBASSY ASUNCION TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ASUNCION 000945

SIPDIS

E.O. 12358: N/A
TAGS: OTRA MASS PA
SUBJECT: US EMBASSY ASUNCION TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)
CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COUNTER NARCO-
TERRORIST (CNT) DEPLOYMENT TO PARAGUAY ON SPA 2005CNT014N

REF: COMSOCSOUTH, TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR NAVAL
SPECIAL WARFARE COUNTER NARCO-TERRORISM (CNT) DEPLOYMENT TO
PARAGUAY FOR MISSION SPA2006CNT014N, FY06-1 MSG
DTG 192044Z May 05


1. The Chief of Mission, John F. Keane, Chief
USODC, COL Arie Bogaard and General de
Ejrcito Jos Key Kanazawa, Commander in Chief
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of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, have
concurred/ approved with this deployment and
the TOR. The DEA Section Chief, Milton
Milford, requests SOF support of this
training.


2. Country Team concurs with dates of PDSS,
ADVON and Main Body and the training POI.
Airborne training is authorized by Chief,
USODC in conjunction with training POI. The
Focus of the training will be on providing a
capability to Paraguayan units that conduct
tactical reconnaissance and surveillance of
clandestine airstrips that facilitate arms and
narcotics trafficking in Paraguay in support
of direct actions against those targets by
Paraguayan police and military components. The
COMIM will be the sponsoring unit because of
Navy to Navy coordination and training areas
requirements but the SENAD is the unit that
will drive the POI refinement.


3. The special operations elements of the
Comando Infantera de Marina (COMIM)[Marines
equivalent] (10 Pax),Secretaria Nacional Anti
Drogas (SENAD) [Military component of DEA
equivalent](20 Pax),Compaa Contraterrorista
de las Tropas Especiales del Ejrcito(TEE)
[SOF equivalent] (5 Pax),Regimiento Escolta
Presidencial (REP)[Military Secret Service
Equivalent] (5 Pax),Brigada Aerotransportada
[Airborne equivalent], Secretara de
Prevencin e Investigacin de Terrorismo
(SEPRINTE) and Fuerzas Operacionales
Policiales Especiales (FOPE) (5 Pax combined)
will participate. A total of 50 Pax will
train. Training locations will be Asuncion,
Puerto Rosario and Ciudad del Este if
locations are determined suitable during the
PDSS.


4. PA Units to be trained are authorized to
support law enforcement agencies in operations
involving CNT situations within Paraguay. The
SENAD, the Paraguayan DEA equivalent, includes a
joint military SOF component, and has direct
responsibility for counter narcotics operations,
specifically eradication of Marijuana but does
provide R & S in support of operations against
Cocaine traffickers as well. Due to operational
ional
needs all military forces either have an explicit
charge or implicitly provide support to counter
narcotics/counter terrorism through this linkage
of CD and CT. Currently three units have a
presidential decree for CT: SEPRINTE, REP and the
CT Company of the TEE. Paraguay is working on
providing the CT company a joint capability, hence
the participation of the other services in this
CNT, such as the FOPE. Both FOPE and SEPRINTE are
from the national police and are two distinct
groups, which support USG CT efforts. Both FOPE
and SEPRINTE combined conduct joint USG-supported
CT missions.


5. ODC Operations Officer will provide threat
update upon arrival. Deploying forces need to
conduct their own force protection threat
assessment and RDAs. Recommend this be a task of
the ADVON. ODC will support as necessary.


6. COL Arie Bogaard, CHODC Paraguay, is the CDR
USSOUTHCOM designated risk determination authority
and has TACON for force protection over deployed
forces. COL Arie Bogaard's assessment is that
contact with hostile elements is unlikely and the
area is secure and adequately protected.


7. The general threat in the designated training
areas in and around Asuncin is LOW for domestic
terrorists and HIGH for crime and in Puerto
Rosario LOW for domestic terrorists and LOW for
crime. The general threat around Ciudad del Este
is HIGH for transnational terrorists and HIGH for
crime. Crime consists of larceny, robbery and
rarely at gunpoint. There appears to be no direct
targeting of U.S. personnel. Host nation military
will provide sufficient security on military
installations to deter threat to U.S. personnel
and equipment in transit.


8. Weapons and ammunition will be transported
IAW ODC and Army policies and regulations.
Chief of Mission, DCM, and CHODC are approval
authorities for any use of weapons outside of
training area or during transit of
weapons/ammunition for force protection.
Prior to deployment of weapons the following
information must be provided to ODC for
submission to RSO: Make, Model, Serial Number.


9. Maximize use of unclassified transmission.
For all classified messages use a tear line. All
information which is authorized for release to the
Paraguayan Armed forces in order to coordinate the
exercise mentioned in reference above should be
marked as: (U//FOUO//REL TO USA and PRY) or
(C//REL TO USA and PRY). Approval authority for
special markings is your Foreign Disclosure
Officer. Information that is improperly marked
will result in a delay or cancellation of mission
due to ODC's inability to release information if
improperly marked.


10. Deploying units should have a Public Affairs
plan. Elected politicians and cabinet level
officers of the government of Paraguay are
frequently invited to final exercise to aid in
transparency issues that will secure further
training opportunities. The Press is invited to
specific events such as the final exercise.


11. Dipnotes (officio) have been approved in
support of this deployment. Approved message dated
30 JUN 05, provides the deployed element with
protections equal to that of Admin and Technical
personnel from the embassy.


12. POC/Major Marvin G. Loera, Operations
Officer/ODC PARAGUAY/TEL: COMM 595-21-208-
207; FAX 595-21-210-827; DSN 294-9000-59395 E-
MAIL: Loeramg@asuncion.mg.southcom.mil
KEANE