BISHKEK EAC MEETING RE SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L BISHKEK 001319 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/CEN DEPT ALSO FOR DS/IP/SPC/MSG TASHKENT FOR RSO AND DETCDR DEPT ALSO FOR DS/IP/NEA/SA - GALLO, LEAZIER, DEE FRANKFURT ALSO FOR CO MCESC REGION 1 E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/24/2017 TAGS: ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG SUBJECT: BISHKEK EAC MEETING RE SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR 232ND MARINE BALL REF: SECSTATE 137022 Classified By: DCM Lee Litzenberger for reasons 1.4 (b and d) ¶1. (C) Ambassador Yovanovitch chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on October 22, 2007, to discuss Security for the 232nd USMC Birthday Ball. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, POL/ECON, POL/RA, RLA, SAO, INL, MED, CLO, Peace Corp, and Manas AB Commander. MSG Detachment Commander was subsquently briefed. ¶2. (SBU) RSO briefed the EAC regarding coordination with Host Country and the security plan for the 232nd USMC Birthday Ball. The 2007 Marine Birthday Ball will be held at the Hyatt Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, November ¶10. This is a change in venue from last year's event. ¶3. (C) Two watchstanders from MSG Detachment Tashkent will provide Post 1 coverage during the Marine Ball. ¶4. (C) Host Country Security Support: Two MVD officers (wearing appropriate business attire) armed with 9mm Makarov pistols will be posted in the hotel inside the corridor leading to the ballroom. Two MVD SWAT officers armed with rifles will be posted on the hotel roof to observe the northern, southern, and western perimeter. A three-man MVD SWAT quick response team will occupy a vehicle in the hotel parking lot. Ten MVD Patrol officers will assist hotel security with access control at each of the hotel property,s entry points and will be located in positions around the hotel,s perimeter. ¶5. (C) Embassy Surveillance Detection team personnel will be positioned outside the hotel perimeter to observe and report suspicious activity in the vicinity of the hotel. Embassy Local Guard Force (LGF) personnel will be posted at the hotel,s main vehicle entrance to control vehicle access to the hotel property during the event. They will be assisted by hotel security, which will control the main vehicle entrance delta barrier. Two Embassy LGF personnel will be posted in the hotel parking lot to conduct vehicle inspections. Embassy LGF will position personnel in several areas inside the hotel to control access to the ballroom. LGF will man a walk-through Metal Detector and an Itemizer to screen all persons entering the ballroom. Additionally, one LGF Mobile Patrol vehicle will be positioned to observe the hotel,s back gate. The RSO will coordinate gaining access to the security control room at the Hyatt; one member of the Embassy LGF will be posted in the control room for the event,s duration to monitor hotel video cameras. The Embassy has excellent relations with the hotel and its security staff. ¶6. (C) Manas Air Base EOD personnel with K-9 support will conduct a sweep of the ballroom and surrounding area of the hotel approximately two hours before commencement of the event. Upon completion of the EOD sweep, Embassy LGF will post guards at all entrances to the ballroom. ¶7. (C) RSO will obtain a list of hotel staff scheduled to work the evening of the event and vet them through appropriate channels. Guests will be required to provide photo ID and a Marine Ball ticket to gain access to the venue. The Marine Detachment will provide the final guest list to LGF one day prior to the event. ¶8. (U) For further details or clarification, please contact RSO Shane T. Ronish at 996-312-551-241 ext 4435. YOVANOVITCH