GUYANA INL CY-2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GEORGETOWN 000195

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR AFIN GY
SUBJECT: GUYANA INL CY-2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT

REF: 05 STATE 222564

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Resources
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1. Post's Military Liaison Office (MLO) provided a fast
interceptor boat to the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard
(GDFCG) in May 2005. Post did not provide any other new
commodities or services to the GoG in CY-2005 under the
international narcotics and crime program.

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Procedures
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2. Post monitors resources supplied through conversations
with and information requests to the relevant GoG
agencies. The MLO, Regional Security Officer (RSO),and
political section coordinate on this effort.

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Status
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3. Computer Equipment. Almost all of the computer
equipment purchased in CY-2003 for the Financial
Intelligence Unit (FIU) is located at the FIU office, is
serviceable, and is in use. This equipment consists of:
two rack-mounted UPS', one rack-mounted network switch,
one rack-mounted router, four HP XW4100 workstations with
surge protectors, two network racks, two patch panes, ten
network cables, two HP Laserjet 2300N Printers, one
Proliant DL380 server, one HP D330 slim tower
workstation, one HP Scanjet 550C scanner, one HP Scanjet
8250 scanner, one VS80E Surestore tape drive, and one
photocopier. One HP 5550 printer and one fax machine are
not in use.


4. Computer Equipment (continued). The computer
equipment provided to the Guyana Defense Force (GDF),
Joint Information Coordination Center (JICC),and Guyana
Police Force (GPF) is not fully in use. One laptop
computer, one fax machine, and one photocopier provided
to the GDF are no longer serviceable. One Acer Acro
486SX computer with installed Oracle software is
serviceable and in storage at the JICC. One fax machine
is in use in the new JICC director's office. (Note: The
JICC is not fully operational at this time.) One video
camera and one compact recorder provided to the GPF are
no longer in use.


5. Communications Equipment. The Customs Anti-Narcotics
Unit (CANU) continues to use the mobile communications
system provided in 1998 on patrols at Cheddi Jagan
International Airport. Five of the original twelve L-
2000 hand-held mobile radios are partially serviceable
and in use, four are unserviceable, and three are lost.
The two base station radios are both unserviceable. The
two multi-radio chargers are serviceable and in use. Six
single radio chargers are serviceable and in use; six are
unserviceable.


6. Vessels. MLO donated a fast interceptor boat to the
GDFCG in May 2005. The GDFCG conducts patrols with the
interceptor boat, but has not yet interdicted any
narcotics shipments. The GDFCG continued to use four ex-
U.S. motorized life boats to conduct patrols in Guyana's
maritime territory. MLO supports the maintenance and
purchase of replacement parts for these boats as needed.


7. Uniforms and Field Gear and Miscellaneous Equipment.
Six bulletproof vests are serviceable and in use, but are
only effective against .32 or smaller caliber ammunition.
Twelve narcotics test kits are no longer capable of
testing marijuana and cocaine. Six night-vision
binoculars are unserviceable. Six sets of handcuffs are
serviceable and six are not.

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Problems
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8. The GoG cooperated with Post's monitoring efforts,
although staff turnover at GoG law enforcement agencies
has interfered with the continuity of monitoring efforts.

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Impact
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9. The program impact of support provided has been
inconsistent. The donated vessels are integral to
Guyana's efforts to patrol its maritime territory. The
GDFCG has used these vessels to interdict illegal fishing
trawlers and fuel smuggling boats that operate in
Guyanese waters. However, lacking sources of actionable
intelligence, the GDFCG was unable to use the donated
vessels to interdict any significant narcotics shipments
in 2005. The impact of the other donated equipment is
limited by the fact that the FIU is not yet fully up and
running, the JICC is currently not operational, and CANU
is a flawed organization.

BULLEN