COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDOC AND USDOD

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 018460 SIPDIS SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/BIS/EA/NSTTC/BKRITZER/GCHRISTIANSEN/KSWAS EY/KGARDNER USDOC FOR 3132/OIO/EAP/WZARIT/ADESSARAN STATE FOR EAP/CM/NZARING DOD FOR DTSA/MLAYCHACK/PCSESKE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP CH ETRD ETTC OTRA PREL SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDOC AND USDOD DELEGATION REF: USDOC 4760 1.THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of the following interagency delegation of U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Defense officials: Elroy (Gene) Christiansen Dr. Tia Hall Benson Tolle Major Peter Cseke, Jr., USAF David Dana Marshall Dale Dean Moorman ¶2. The purpose of this visit is to gain familiarization with the composite materials industry in China. ¶3. Control Officer will be Jeannette Chu, Embassy Export Control Officer. ECO Chu can be reached telephonically at (86)(10)8529-6655 extention 810 or via mobile phone at (86)139-1082-2303. ECO Chu will meet delegation arriving on UA Flight 835 at Shanghai Pudong Airport on Monday, 4 September at 1555 hrs and accompany delegation to points in Shanghai, Chengdu, Xian, Beijing, Tianjin and Harbin, China. ECO Chu has forwarded via e-mail internal flight arrangements and hotel reservations. -------------- SECURITY AND THREAT ASSESSMENT -------------- ¶4. The threat level for all China posts is considered low for crime and medium for terrorism. ¶5. The Regional Security Office is not aware of any specific threats directed against any US person or traveling delegation. Should such information be developed, the Chinese security services are committed to advise the Embassy of pertinent information and provide necessary security coverage. ¶6. All/all official visitors are required to obtain a pre-departure, country specific counterintelligence briefing from their parent agency before departing for China. Visitors should contact the security office of their parent agency. If the parent agency is unable to give the briefing or needs assistance/guidance, the visitor should contact the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Division of Counterintelligence (DS/ICI/CI) at 571-345-7641, 3966, or 3968 to schedule a briefing. HQ DS/CI is located at SA-20, 1801 Lynn St., Rosslyn, Virginia 20522-2008. Department of State personnel should contact DS/CI directly to schedule a briefing. Official visitors may also be required to attend a post specific security briefing upon their arrival in country. The type of briefing is contingent on the length of the planned visit. Upon arrival in Beijing, all TDY personnel should contact the Regional Security Office at 6532-6036 to determine level of briefing required. ¶7. The Regional Security Office must be notified immediately whenever: (1) Illegal or unauthorized access is sought to classified or otherwise sensitive information. (2) A delegation member is concerned that he or she may the target of actual or attempted exploitation by a foreign entity. ¶8. The political climate in China is stable. There is no recent history of active political unrest or international terrorism, and there are no indications that the current conditions will change during the delegation's visit. ¶9. China experiences a moderate rate of crime, including recent incidents ranging from petty theft to murder. Pickpockets are particularly active in crowded markets and foreigners are often sought out as primary targets. Petty theft from hotel rooms is BEIJING 00018460 002 OF 002 uncommon, but visitors are advised not to leave valuables lying loose or unattended in their rooms. It is the policy of this Mission that employees, their family members and official visitors to China must no knowingly purchase counterfeit or pirated products during their stay in China. Also, foreigners my be approached in tourist areas by individuas seeking to exchange U.S. dollars or to sellpirated or fake products, such as compact discs, in violation of intellectual property rights laws. These transactions are illegal and must be avoided as they could result in adverse police action. ¶10. Visitors are reminded to take necessary precautions in safeguarding sensitive material and information. All non-USG facilities must be considered technically compromised and may not be used to discuss, process, or store classified information. Telephone calls, e-mail, and Internet usage are routinely monitored and hotel rooms searched. If the delegation plans to bring classified material, please advise the Embassy control officer who will need to know in advance the approximate volume of the material in order to arrange safe storage at the Embassy. Note that all classified material must be brought into China via diplomatic pouch and must be secured at the Embassy upon arrival in country. ¶11. Delegation members should be aware that previous visitors have reported that their unattended computers have been subjected to tampering. The efforts may be directed toward obtaining information on the computers, but problems ranging from viruses left on their systems to hard drives, which are no longer functional, have been reported. Hotels and private Chinese Internet providers have in some cases given hotel guests "free" thumb drives for use with their computers. The source and quality of these devices are unknown. Such devices could contain malicious codes and viruses and should not be used with government computers. Official visitors are reminded that non-inspectable electrical/electronic equipment, i.e., cellular telephones, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs),etc., may not be brought into the controlled access areas of the Chancery. If a visitor intends to travel with USG-owned computers and equipment for use within the chancery, please contact the Regional Security Officer at 86-10-6532- 3831 ext. 6058, or SheehanRP@state.gov or EckertRA@state.gov, for information and guidelines. ¶12. Passports and visas are required. Americans arriving / transiting without valid passports and Chinese visas will not be permitted to enter China and may also be subject to fines. Visas are required to transit China on the way to and from Mongolia or North Korea. Those visitors traveling to China on a single entry visa should be reminded that trips to Hong Kong or Macau Special Administrative Regions are treated as a visit outside Mainland China. If the traveler is planning to return to Mainland China after a visit to one of these two destinations on the same single entry visa they will be denied entry. Visitors facing this dilemma will be required to apply for a new visa at the Chinese consulate in Hong Kong to gain re-entry into Mainland China. SEDNEY