Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08LIMA1633
2008-10-09 16:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Lima
Cable title:
ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001633
SIPDIS
PENTAGON FOR USAF/XONP
HQ USAF FOR A3SPI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2018
TAGS: EAIR PREL SNAR KREC MARR MOPS PE
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES
BACKLOG, PART 2
REF: A. 08 LIMA 01283
B. 06 LIMA 2226
C. 06 STATE 84126
Classified By: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley, reasons 1.4 a& d
C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001633
SIPDIS
PENTAGON FOR USAF/XONP
HQ USAF FOR A3SPI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2018
TAGS: EAIR PREL SNAR KREC MARR MOPS PE
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES
BACKLOG, PART 2
REF: A. 08 LIMA 01283
B. 06 LIMA 2226
C. 06 STATE 84126
Classified By: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley, reasons 1.4 a& d
1. (U) This is an action request from the Ambassador, please
see para 4.
2. (C) In order to resolve the backlog of charges for
landing, parking and other user fees for official USG
aircraft at certain Peruvian airports, the MFA has offered
the same solution given in May 2006 (Ref A). Under this
solution, the USG would not pay the fees for official
aircraft at CORPAC-managed government airports under the
bilateral counternarcotics agreement which exonerates USG for
payment of these and other fees for counternarcotics-related
flights. Current pending invoices total US$1,058,156.29.
3. (C) At issue is whether all the invoices from CORPAC
received at Post are for fees charged on counternarcotics
related flights. The Financial Management Office (FMO)
conducted a random sampling of invoices to determine whether
these fees were charged for counternarcotics related flights.
Based on the available information, Post determined that
approximately 73 percent of flights were readily identifiable
as NAS or DEA, and thus clearly counternarcotics related.
The remaining 27 percent of flights were mostly U.S. military
flights, whose mission was not identifiable in the invoice,
but which tend to support our counternarcotics effort.
4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: We request permission to respond to
the MFA with a diplomatic note indicating that to the best of
our knowledge and based on the available information, the
invoices received represent fees for counternarcotics-related
flights. The MFA has specifically requested that the
diplomatic note be brief and to the point, and not address
larger issues. With this diplomatic note in hand, the MFA
will pay the outstanding fees. This will likely resolve the
current backlog of fees for all CORPAC-managed Peruvian
airports. We look forward to the pending C-175 authorization
to resolve this issue on a more permanent basis, preventing
future fees issues. We appreciate Department's continued
assistance on these matters.
MCKINLEY
SIPDIS
PENTAGON FOR USAF/XONP
HQ USAF FOR A3SPI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2018
TAGS: EAIR PREL SNAR KREC MARR MOPS PE
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES
BACKLOG, PART 2
REF: A. 08 LIMA 01283
B. 06 LIMA 2226
C. 06 STATE 84126
Classified By: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley, reasons 1.4 a& d
1. (U) This is an action request from the Ambassador, please
see para 4.
2. (C) In order to resolve the backlog of charges for
landing, parking and other user fees for official USG
aircraft at certain Peruvian airports, the MFA has offered
the same solution given in May 2006 (Ref A). Under this
solution, the USG would not pay the fees for official
aircraft at CORPAC-managed government airports under the
bilateral counternarcotics agreement which exonerates USG for
payment of these and other fees for counternarcotics-related
flights. Current pending invoices total US$1,058,156.29.
3. (C) At issue is whether all the invoices from CORPAC
received at Post are for fees charged on counternarcotics
related flights. The Financial Management Office (FMO)
conducted a random sampling of invoices to determine whether
these fees were charged for counternarcotics related flights.
Based on the available information, Post determined that
approximately 73 percent of flights were readily identifiable
as NAS or DEA, and thus clearly counternarcotics related.
The remaining 27 percent of flights were mostly U.S. military
flights, whose mission was not identifiable in the invoice,
but which tend to support our counternarcotics effort.
4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: We request permission to respond to
the MFA with a diplomatic note indicating that to the best of
our knowledge and based on the available information, the
invoices received represent fees for counternarcotics-related
flights. The MFA has specifically requested that the
diplomatic note be brief and to the point, and not address
larger issues. With this diplomatic note in hand, the MFA
will pay the outstanding fees. This will likely resolve the
current backlog of fees for all CORPAC-managed Peruvian
airports. We look forward to the pending C-175 authorization
to resolve this issue on a more permanent basis, preventing
future fees issues. We appreciate Department's continued
assistance on these matters.
MCKINLEY