EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING

UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 000035 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 HREED E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY SUBJECT: EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2007 ¶I. SUMMARY Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training was conducted in Jakarta; Singapore government officials attended RADACAD in Washington State; Wassenaar Arrangement Dual-Use/National Control List training was conducted in Singapore; and Philippine officials attended an ISIT course in Manila. END SUMMARY II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD ¶1. November 04-07 the Advisor was in Jakarta to attend the Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP CIT) and met with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the AP-CIT and gauge their interest in further cooperative efforts with the EXBS program, specifically in regard to nuclear issues. Mr. Sukarman Aminjoyo, Chairman of BAPETEN, and Mr. Adiwardojo, Deputy Chairman of BATAN, voiced their support for the workshop and for continued engagement with US State Department and Department of Energy officials, even asking how early in 2008 another workshop could be arranged. EXBS will coordinate with Embassy Jakarta and the Indonesian agencies to conduct additional training the first quarter of 2008. ¶2. The Advisor was on annual leave November 12-23. ¶3. The Advisor and a CBP officer assigned to CSI in Port Klang, Malaysia met with two representatives of the Canadian government to discuss port security measures and export controls in Malaysia. Ted Flanigan, based in Ottawa, and Shawn Macwha, of the Canadian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, shared their views of export controls, past and future training with Government of Malaysia entities, and proliferation concerns in the region. ¶4. The Advisor met with the DCM, POL Counselor, and POLOFF from Embassy Singapore on December 07 to provide them with feedback on the training underway for Singapore Customs and the impending January 01, 2008 implementation of Singapore's expanded control lists. The Advisor had similar discussions with Ms Fauziah Sani of Singapore Customs and Mr. John Wong Keng Jee of the Defense Science and Technology Agency; future EXBS training options with Singapore were also discussed. ¶5. The Advisor met with Embassy Manila officials during the week of December 10-14 to discuss ongoing training with the Philippine Bureau of Customs and several issues raised during the ISIT course. The Advisor briefed the ECON Counselor on current and proposed EXBS training and met with FBI and ICE officials to discuss potential areas of collaboration. The Advisor and CBP officer Jack Ramsey met with Alexander Arevalo, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Customs, to discuss cooperative efforts and received a briefing on Philippine progress on developing the Single Window concept. ¶B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD ¶1. An AP CIT was conducted in Jakarta November 05-07 by US Department of Energy representatives. A total of thirty-five Indonesian officials from BATAN, BAPETEN, the Ministry of Defense, Directorate of Customs and Excise, and the Department of Trade participated in the three-day event. ¶2. Sixteen Singapore officials attended Radiation Academy training in Richland, WA, November 05-09. A representative from the ICE office in Embassy Singapore accompanied the delegates from Singapore Customs, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Armed Forces, the National Environment Agency, Singapore Police Coast Guard, the Internal Security Department, and the Singapore Police Force. ¶3. Contractors from Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) along with personnel from the US Departments of State, Commerce, Energy, and Defense conducted a Wassenaar Arrangement Dual-Use/National Control List workshop in Singapore December 04-07. This EXBS-funded workshop was tailored to requests from Singapore Customs to provide their licensing officials with additional information and practical examples of items from the expanded control lists scheduled to go into effect on January 01, 2008. The workshop was attended by a total of 62 individuals from Singapore Customs, Defense Science Technology Agency, Ministry of Defense, Economic Development Board, Arms and Explosives Branch, and the National Environment Agency. ¶4. International Seaport Interdiction Training was conducted by CBP officers in Manila December 10-14. Co-hosted by the Philippines' Bureau of Customs, the training was attended by 26 participants and 20 observers from Bureau of Customs, Office of the Special Envoy for Transnational Crime, Department of Trade and Industry, and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute. ¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD NONE ¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE ¶1. WMD Commodities Identification Training is planned for February 26-28 in Manila. ¶2. A legal and regulatory workshop is scheduled March 03-05 in Indonesia. ¶3. WMD Commodities Identification Training is scheduled March 10-14 in Indonesia. ¶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. KEITH