Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SANTODOMINGO1759
2007-07-20 20:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Santo Domingo
Cable title:
EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE
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UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001759
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM DAS COULTER AND ROSATI, WHA, WHA/CAR
ROSHOLT, L/PM COFFEE
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PTER DR
SUBJECT: EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE
DOMINICAN MARITIME SECURITY THROUGH "ENDURING FRIENDSHIP"
UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001759
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM DAS COULTER AND ROSATI, WHA, WHA/CAR
ROSHOLT, L/PM COFFEE
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PTER DR
SUBJECT: EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE
DOMINICAN MARITIME SECURITY THROUGH "ENDURING FRIENDSHIP"
1. (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports efforts undertaken
by the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to improve Dominican
maritime counter-terror capabilities through provision of
naval interceptors (i.e., "go-fast boats),communications and
other equipment, and training through the "Enduring
Friendship" (EF) program. Embassy concludes that the
Dominican Navy and/or other Dominican forces designated by
Dominican authorities will be unable to ake control of
ungoverned maritime space without such a program and that
ungoverned Dominican maritime space poses a hazard to the
southern approaches of the Homeland.
2. (SBU) Embassy understands and concurs with the expenditure
of 1206 monies to fund EF activities in the Dominican
Republic and notes the continued importance of 1206 funding
as traditional sources of military assistance funding (e.g.,
Foreign Military Financing) are reduced or zeroed-out.
BULLEN
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM DAS COULTER AND ROSATI, WHA, WHA/CAR
ROSHOLT, L/PM COFFEE
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PTER DR
SUBJECT: EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE
DOMINICAN MARITIME SECURITY THROUGH "ENDURING FRIENDSHIP"
1. (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports efforts undertaken
by the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to improve Dominican
maritime counter-terror capabilities through provision of
naval interceptors (i.e., "go-fast boats),communications and
other equipment, and training through the "Enduring
Friendship" (EF) program. Embassy concludes that the
Dominican Navy and/or other Dominican forces designated by
Dominican authorities will be unable to ake control of
ungoverned maritime space without such a program and that
ungoverned Dominican maritime space poses a hazard to the
southern approaches of the Homeland.
2. (SBU) Embassy understands and concurs with the expenditure
of 1206 monies to fund EF activities in the Dominican
Republic and notes the continued importance of 1206 funding
as traditional sources of military assistance funding (e.g.,
Foreign Military Financing) are reduced or zeroed-out.
BULLEN