Identifier
Created
Classification
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08EFTOMONTEVIDEO541
2008-09-22 09:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Montevideo
Cable title:  

MANTRAP FOR MONTEVIDEO

Tags:  ABLD ASEC 
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UNCLAS E F T O MONTEVIDEO 000541 

NOFORN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

OBO/CCM/CC AND DSS/PSD/PCB

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ABLD ASEC
SUBJECT: MANTRAP FOR MONTEVIDEO

UNCLAS E F T O MONTEVIDEO 000541

NOFORN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

OBO/CCM/CC AND DSS/PSD/PCB

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ABLD ASEC
SUBJECT: MANTRAP FOR MONTEVIDEO


1. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3.


2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Montevideo has a critical need for a
mantrap. When the vehicle gate is opened, only one guard
prevents pedestrian access to the compound, as required in 12
FAH H-113.4c. The recent attack in Yemen serves as a
reminder that explosives-laden vehicles and/or armed assault
against U.S. Embassy compounds is still a favored terrorist
tactic. This vulnerability is doubly disconcerting for us
given our minimal setback and non-ballistic glass windows.
Our security could be significantly increased, relatively
inexpensively, by installing a mantrap. For example, a
mantrap was recently installed in Buenos Aires for
approximately $200,000 or less.


3. (SBU) We request immediate deployment of a surveyor (or
survey team) that can draft a plan/drawings for a mantrap.
We request immediate funding for this project and
installation at the earliest opportunity.
Baxter