EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING

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SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR ISN/ECC YWONG, ACHURCH, ROWEN
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC/AMT LSPRINGER
DEPT FOR EAP/RSP NDEAN, TFORSYTH, AFORSBERG
CBP/INA FOR RWATT
USDOE/NNSA FOR TPERRY, JMILLER
DOC FOR PETERSEN-BEARD
JAKARTA FOR YGONZALES, DTURNBULL
MANILA FOR GCOFFIN
SINGAPORE FOR ECROSSON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
SUBJECT: EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
CABLE FEBRUARY 2008


I. SUMMARY
The Advisor participated in meetings with officials from the
Australian High Commission and Japanese Embassy relating to
export control issues and counter-terrorism topics and with
officials from SEARCCT to discuss a proposed tri-lateral
training event. The Advisor met with the Director General of
the Atomic Energy Licensing Agency to discuss an upcoming DOE
visit. A WMD CIT workshop was conducted in Manila and the
Government of Malaysia signed an MOU on Megaports. END
SUMMARY

II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD

A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD

1. On February 04 the Advisor, along with POLOFF, met Mark
Napier of the Australian High Commission, Noboru Sekiguchi of
the Japanese Embassy, and Yean Yoke Heng, Deputy Director
General of the Southeast Asian Center for Counter-Terrorism
(SEARCCT),to discuss a proposed tri-lateral bio-terrorism
training course. The Government of Australia has assumed the
lead role in engaging with the Government of Malaysia (GOM)
and SEARCCT to co-host this first-ever tri-lateral CT
undertaking in Malaysia between Australia, Japan, and the US.
Our three embassies are in the process of coordinating the
details of the training with SEARCCT; the last week of May is
the proposed timeframe.


2. The Advisor met February 05 with Taichi Noda, of the
Japanese Embassy, to discuss Japan's upcoming one-day
outreach program with Malaysian government officials and
industry participants. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry (METI) will host the event and expects between
80 and 100 participants. This is the first time Japan has
conducted an industry outreach event in Malaysia and there is
considerable interest on the part of the GOM to observe how
other countries engage with commercial entities on export
control issues.


3. On February 15 the Advisor and ECONOFF met with Raja Abdul
Aziz Raja Adnan, the Director General of the Malaysian Atomic
Energy Licensing Board (AELB),to discuss agenda topics for
the March visit of a team from the Department of Energy's
(DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Other
senior AELB officials present at the meeting were Mohamed
Yasin Haji Sudin, Director of Enforcement; Mohd Pauzi Mohd
Sobari, Director of Policy, Codes, and Standards; and Azlina
Mohammad Jais, Principal Assistant Director of Policy, Codes,
and Standards. AELB officials Noor Fitriah Bakri, Zainal
Abidin Husain, and Hamrah Mohd Ali also attended the meeting.
In addition to proposed agenda topics, areas of future
cooperation and collaboration were also discussed.


B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD
Department of Energy personnel conducted a WMD Commodities
Identification Training workshop February 26-27 in Manila;
thirty-two individuals from fourteen agencies participated. A
one-day chemical industry outreach program was conducted on
April 28 that included several of the GRP agencies that
participated in the CIT, representatives from numerous
Filipino chemical manufacturers and exporters, and officials
from the Philippines' chemical manufacturing association.


C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD
NONE


D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE


1. WMD Commodities Identification Training is scheduled for
April 28-30 in Indonesia.


3. A legal workshop is planned for Malaysia May 07-09.


4. A legal workshop is planned for May 13 in Indonesia.

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5. A Technical Introduction to Licensing is tentatively
planned for July in Malaysia.


E. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS,
NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY
On February 27 the United States and Malaysia signed a
Memorandum of Understanding to begin implementing the
Megaports Initiative at Port Klang, Malaysia's largest
commercial port. The signing ceremony was held at Port Klang
and was attended by US Ambassador James Keith and Dato Seri
Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid, the Director General of Royal
Malaysian Customs. Both NNSA and GOM officials present at
the ceremony expressed their optimism that Megaports could be
fully implemented within one year of the signing.

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.
KEITH