EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KUALA LUMPUR 000645

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR ISN/ECC PVANSON, ACHURCH, KCROUCH, ROWEN
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC/AMT LSPRINGER
DEPT FOR EAP/RSP WCOMLEY, NDEAN, TFORSYTH, AFORSBERG
CBP/INA FOR RWATT
USDOE/NNSA FOR TPERRY
DOC FOR PETERSEN-BEARD
JAKARTA FOR MYAJNIK
MANILA FOR VSANTOS
SINGAPORE FOR MCLAUSEN

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TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
SUBJECT: EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
CABLE MARCH 2007


I. SUMMARY
A Pre-License Check and Post-Shipment Verification Workshop
was conducted in Singapore. Delegates from the Philippines
attended a legal workshop in Washington, DC. The Advisor
coordinated three upcoming EXBS courses with Government of
Malaysian (GOM) officials, worked in cooperation with Embassy
Jakarta and Embassy Manila officials on upcoming activities
in Indonesia and the Philippines, and continued to coordinate
US export control efforts with foreign diplomatic missions in
Malaysia. END SUMMARY

II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD

A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD

1. On March 01 the Advisor met with Bong Yik Jui, Assistant
Secretary in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to coordinate the Targeting
and Risk Management course scheduled for April and identify
topics of discussion for the legal workshop in May.


2. The Advisor, along with POLOFF, met with Lauren Bain,
Political Officer from the Australian High Commission, on
March 07 to get her feedback on the recent (Feb 28 - Mar 01)
Australian-Malaysian export control dialogue. Ms. Bain
reported that no significant progress was made with the GOM,
but that the Malaysians had several specific questions during
the two-day exchange related to interagency cooperation,
Customs authority and liability, and control lists. The
Australians asked for a copy of the Malaysian draft export
control legislation, but were told the GOM was not ready to
share the document outside of their own agencies. Ms. Bain
also asked about the status of the draft in the review
process and was told that progress was being made, but there
was no set date for completion of the review. Since the GOM
stated last year that they would have the law reviewed and
sent to their Parliament by December 2006, it appears they do
not want to set another deadline that they might not be able
to meet. The Advisor will continue to monitor and report on
the status of the legislation.


3. On March 15 the Advisor had a discussion with James Paver,
Political Counselor from the British High Commission, related
to counter-terrorism and export control issues and was
informed of a GOM WMD training exercise to be conducted the
following night with trainers from the British government.
The Advisor met with Mr. Paver again on March 19 along with
POLOFF for a debrief on the lessons learned from the British
perspective. A separate report was filed by email regarding
the exercise.


4. On March 20 an interagency group from the Embassy met to
review the draft report of the Border Control Assessment
Initiative (BCAI) conducted in Sabah, East Malaysia from
January 29 to February 02. The BCAI focused on security along
Malaysia's porous land border with Indonesia and the open,
largely uncontrolled sea approaches between Malaysia,
Indonesia, and the Philippines. The group agreed on
suggestions for enhancing the report's utility, including the
inclusion of further border security recommendations. Inputs
have been provided to EAP and DSS/ATA via separate channels
for inclusion in a revised version of the report.


5. During March the Advisor worked with Embassy personnel in
Jakarta and Manila to assist with EXBS courses and activities
in Indonesia and the Philippines. The Advisor has coordinated
with Embassy Jakarta and Embassy Manila and will travel to
both countries in May to meet with Embassy personnel and host
government officials.


B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD

1. Contractors from Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP)
conducted a Pre-Licensing Check (PLC) and Post-Shipment
Verification (PSV) Workshop March 06-08 in Singapore. A total

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of 30 officials from Customs, the Defense Technology Advisory
Office, and the Defense Industry and Systems Office attended
the training, which focused on both licensing and enforcement
aspects.


2. A group of four Government of the Republic of the
Philippines (GRP) officials traveled to Washington, DC to
participate in a Legal Technical Workshop with US Government
officials from March 27-30. The delegation, all
representatives of the Bureau of Customs, was headed by
Deputy Commissioner of Customs Bernardo De Villa Sales. In
addition to Deputy Commissioner De Villa Sales, the GRP
delegation included Mr. Ramon Gazo Cuyco, Port Operations
Service Chief, Mr. Louis Collado Adviento, Export Division
Chief, and Mr. Fernandino Acosta Tuason, Intelligence
Division Chief. The delegation expressed special interest in
learning more about US interagency cooperation in export
controls.



C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD
NONE


D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE


1. A Targeting and Risk Management training course by Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) is scheduled for April 16-20 in
Malaysia.


2. A port assessment under the Model Ports Initiative is
planned for May 07-11 in the Philippines.


3. CBP is scheduled to conduct an ISIT in Indonesia May 14-18.


4. The Department of Energy is scheduled to hold a
Commodities Identification Training workshop May 16-18 in
Singapore.


5. A legal workshop with Malaysian export control officials
will be held May 28-30 in Kuala Lumpur.


E. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS,
NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY
NONE

III. RED FLAG ISSUES
NONE

IV. Questions and comments can be directed to EXBS Program
Advisor Richard Moody, telephone 6-03-2168-4861, fax
6-03-2168-5165, cell phone 6-017-213-1965, and email
moodyrl@state.gov.
LAFLEUR