IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ

C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 001963 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/8/2015 TAGS: MCAP TI BE UZ SUBJECT: IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ (C) CLASSIFIED BY: Jonathan Edwards, DATT, USDAO Dushanbe, DIA. REASON: 1.4 (a) CLASSIFIED BY: Jonathan Edwards, DATT, USDAO Dushanbe, DIA. REASON: 1.4 (a) CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 947 0014 06. COUNTRIES: (U) TAJIKISTAN (TI),BELGIUM (BE),UZBEKISTAN (UZ) IPSP: (U) IFC1531, IFC1549, IFC1540, IFC1500, IFC2613, IFC1513, IFC1512, IFC1517. SUBJECT: IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ (C) WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN -------------- -------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -------------- -------------- DOI: (U) 20051207 REQS: (U) DHCD111052, DHCD111054, DHCD111051, DHCD111049, UTCX206000504 SOURCE: (C) //OTS 6 947 0007 06//SENIOR WESTERN MILITARY OFFICER WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION. RO MET SOURCE FOR THE FIRST TIME. CONTEXT STATEMENT - SOURCE HAS RESPONSIBILITIES IN TAJIKISTAN THAT BRING HIM IN COUNTRY APPROXIMATELY TWICE A YEAR. SOURCE IS AWARE THAT INFORMATION WILL REACH U.S. INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS AND COMMENTS MAY BE MEANT TO INFLUENCE AS MUCH AS TO INFORM. SUMMARY: (C//REL TO USA, GBR AND AUS) BELGIUM IS CONSIDERING TRANSFERRING ITS LIMITED PERSONNEL MOVEMENT FROM TERMEZ AIRFIELD IN UZBEKISTAN TO DUSHANBE. TEXT: 1. (C//REL TO USA, GBR AND AUS) ON 7 DECEMBER 2005, SOURCE TOLD RO THAT BELGIUM IS LOOKING TO MOVE ITS LIMITED OPERATIONS THROUGH TERMEZ AIRBASE TO DUSHANBE. THE BELGIANS FLY THROUGH TERMEZ APPROXIMATELY ONCE A WEEK IN SUPPORT OF ITS ISAF CONTRIBUTION. SOURCE FELT THE UZBEKS WOULD EVENTUALLY DENY BELGIUM OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE AND FLYING THROUGH TERMEZ WAS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. SOURCE ADDED THAT TAJIKISTAN APPEARED TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION. SOURCE SAID THE FRENCH HAVE HAD LITTLE TO NO PROBLEM IN TAJIKISTAN AND BELGIUM SEES LITTLE NEED TO CONTINUE TO USE TERMEZ FOR THEIR LIMITED SUPPORT NEEDS. SOURCE CONCLUDED THAT BELGIUM HAS NO PLANS AT THIS TIME TO STATION SOLDIERS IN DUSHANBE, SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO USE DUSHANBE. COMMENTS: 1. (C//REL TO USA, GBR AND AUS) FIELD COMMENT: WORD SEEMS TO BE GETTING OUT AMONG NATO ALLIES THAT TAJIKISTAN IS A PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUPPORT OPERATIONS. RO HAS YET TO HEAR OF ANY ISSUES OF CONCERN FROM ANY NATO ALLY OR THE TAJIKS REGARDING POTENTIAL INCREASED ISAF SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN TAJIKISTAN. WITH THE RUSSIANS, FRENCH AND TAJIK CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT ALL CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF DUSHANBE, SPACE IS LIMITED. AS THE NUMBER OF NATO ALLIES CONSIDERING DUSHANBE INCREASES THE TAJIKS WILL LIKELY LOOK TOWARD INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES BEYOND THE RECENT RUNWAY UPGRADES A FRENCH CONTRACTOR COMPLETED IN OCTOBER 05 WITH 4 MILLION USD IN UNITED STATES FUNDING. ¶2. (U) HEADQUARTERS COMMENT. REQUEST ORIGINATOR OF CITED REQUIREMENTS AND INTERESTED CONSUMERS PUBLISH AN EVALUATION OF THIS IIR IAW CHAPTER 13, DIAM 58-12, OR SUBMIT EVALUATION INPUT USING THE FORM LOCATED ON THE DHO- 2 WEB PAGE ON SIPRNET (HTTP://DO.DIA.SMIL.MIL/DHO2/EVALFORM/EVAL.HT ML) OR JWICS (HTTP://DH.DIA.IC.GOV/DHO2/EVALFORM/EVALFORM. HTML) DHO-2 WILL PUBLISH THE INPUT AS AN IIR EVALUATION. ¶3. (U) SOURCE IS AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER CONTACT. ¶4. (U) DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS IIR TO DIA/DHO-2 AT STU III (202) 231-7299, OR DSN 428-7299. COLL: (U) AB. INSTR: (U) U.S. NO. PREP: (U) 6-04708. ENCL: (U) NONE. ACQ: (U) DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (20051207) DISSEM: (U) FIELD: EMBASSY AT DUSHANBE. WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DRVD FM: DHS HUMINT SCG OCT 04 DECL ON: 20151207 HOAGLAND NNNN