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RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHBK #2868/01 3131049
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091049Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8896
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
RHMCSUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUCNEXC/EXPORT CONTROL AND RELATED BORDER SECURITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RUEAWJL/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 BANGKOK 002868 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC JFRIEDMAN, ACHURCH, ROWEN, LSPRINGER, 
EAP/MLS DSMITH, MFORINO, AWEST 
CBP/INA FOR BMCCRAY 
DEPT OF ENERGY FOR NNSA TPERRY 
AMEMBASSY HANOI FOR JBOCKLAGE 
AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR FOR MMCNAMARA 
AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH FOR MSWEENEY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB SN JP
SUBJECT: EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY 
REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2009 
 
REF: A. BANGKOK 002594 
     ¶B. HANOI 001198 
 
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SUMMARY 
 
¶1. (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the 
Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed activities for FY10. 
 Advisor also transferred remaining radiation pagers to 
Customs.  Hanoi Program Assistant coordinated FY10 proposals 
for Vietnam. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding 
Officer Courses for the Vietnamese Marine Police in Haiphong 
and Phu Quoc, Oct. 12-23.  EXBS donated personal radiation 
pagers concurrently.  Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) 
conducted a UNSCR 1540 Implementation Workshop in Phnom Penh, 
Oct.  14-16.  DOE/INECP conducted an Industry Outreach 
Seminar with the Thai Ministry of Commerce on Oct. 21.  DOE 
officials also conducted follow-up meetings concerning 
establishment of national Commodity Identification Training 
with Thai Customs on Oct. 22.  Two Thai and two Cambodian 
officials attended the Export Control Academy at the 
University of Georgia, Oct. 26 - Nov. 6.  Advisor attended 
the PSI exercise Deep Sabre II in Singapore, Oct. 27-30.  DEA 
chemical analysis equipment has been shipped to Vietnam's 
Ministry of Public Security.  EXBS will complete the grant 
documentation and provide WMD technical training. 
 
SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS 
 
¶2. (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the 
Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed EXBS activities for 
FY10.  Officials were very cordial and appreciative of U.S. 
assistance.  Both organizations agreed with activities as 
planned.  Advisor also briefed training proposals to members 
of post's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG).  Post 
concurred with training plan (see REFTEL). 
 
¶3. (U) Hanoi Program Assistant and POLOFF finalized 
coordination of FY10 Vietnam EXBS program proposals with 
Customs and post law enforcement agencies.  No significant 
changes were requested. 
 
¶4. (U) Advisor met with Australian embassy POLOFF responsible 
for nonproliferation issues on Oct. 8.  Advisor discussed 
Thai progress on export control and border and port security 
over the past two years, and provided an information paper on 
EXBS program assistance.  Australia does not currently have 
any export control or border security assistance activities 
planned in Thailand, but is more than willing to assist as 
able.  (Officials from DOE's International Nonproliferation 
Export Control Program (INECP) are currently coordinating 
with Australia for an instructor for a workshop in Hanoi in 
December.) 
 
¶5. (U) Advisor and DOE/INECP officials conducted follow-up 
meetings concerning establishment of a Thai national 
Commodity Identification Training (CIT) program with Customs 
officials on Oct. 22.  Thai officials agreed to move ahead 
with the program, using 2010 for planning and beginning 
implementation in 2011.  The next coordination meeting is 
tentatively planned for Feb., in conjunction with another CIT 
workshop. 
 
¶6. (U) Advisor attended the Proliferation Security Initiative 
(PSI) exercise Deep Sabre II in Singapore, Oct. 27-30. 
Advisor also visited the main office of the "ReCAAP" program 
(Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed 
Robbery against Ships in Asia).  Potential opportunities for 
regional EXBS support include Singapore's Changi Command and 
Control Center Information Fusion Center (CC2C IFC), ReCAAP, 
the Asian Heads of Coast Guards forum and Japanese Coast 
Guard programs,  though all will have to be tailored to meet 
political and other constraints. 
 
TRAINING CONDUCTED 
 
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¶7. (U) The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding Officer 
Courses for the Vietnamese Marine Police (VMP) in Haiphong 
and Phu Quoc, Oct. 12-23.  Approximately 45 officers 
participated.  This was the first training activity under the 
recently-established USCG-VMP Partnership Program.  Future 
training events will include appropriate interagency 
participation.  Further details were provided in reference b. 
 
¶8. (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted a UNSCR 
1540 Implementation Workshop in Phnom Penh, Oct.  14-16. 
Eighteen senior officials from the National Counterterrorism 
Committee, Ministry of Commerce, Customs and ports 
participated.  This was the second event in Cambodia's 
nascent EXBS program, following a Senior Policy Exchange in 
Washington last May, and will help place in context 
subsequent enforcement training planned for 2010. 
 
¶9. (U) Officials from DOE/INECP conducted an Industry 
Outreach Seminar with the Thai Ministry of Commerce on Oct. 
¶21.  Approximately 150 representatives from Thai industry 
participated.  Prominent sectors included chemicals, 
electronics, metals and freight forwarders; academics and 
related government agencies also attended.  Japan will be 
sponsoring another outreach event in February.  Advisor will 
work with Ministry of Commerce counterparts to prepare a 
draft National Control List in time for the next EXBS 
industry outreach seminar, tentatively scheduled for August 
¶2010. 
 
¶10. (U) Two officials each from Thailand and Cambodia 
attended the Export Control Academy at the University of 
Georgia, Oct. 26 - Nov. 6.  Thai officials were from the 
Office of Atoms for Peace and National Intelligence Agency; 
Cambodian officials were from the National Counterterrorism 
Committee and Customs. 
 
EQUIPMENT DELIVERED 
 
¶11. (U) Radiation pagers were donated to Thai Customs in 
conjunction with an FY10 training coordination meeting on 
Oct. 7. 
 
¶12. (U) Distribution of radiation pagers to the Vietnamese 
Marine Police occurred during the Boarding Officer Courses. 
USCG trainers provided operator training and included the 
devices in boarding procedures. 
 
IMMINENT TRAINING/EQUIPMENT UPDATE 
 
¶13. (U) Thai and Vietnam Program Assistants will be out of 
country Nov. 17-27 for the annual EXBS LES Conference in 
Frankfurt, GE.  Advisor will be in U.S. on annual leave, Nov. 
24 - Dec. 3. 
 
¶14. (U) Chemical analysis equipment from the Drug Enforcement 
Agency (DEA) has been shipped to the Vietnam Ministry of 
Public Security's Forensic Science Institute.  EXBS will 
complete the grant documentation and provide WMD technical 
training. 
 
¶15. (U) Other pending actions include the final phase of 
Vietnam's Tracker Demonstration Project and a visit by 
Vietnamese officials to Korea for briefings on the YesTrade 
export control system. 
 
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS 
 
¶16. (U) None. 
 
¶17. (U) Points of contact for the EXBS Program are: William 
Comley, Regional Advisor, comleywa@state.gov, (66-2) 
205-4621; Kamolrat Chotesungnoen (Dao), Thai Program 
Assistant, Kamolrat@state.gov, (66-2) 205-4403; Nguyen Thi 
 
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Huong Giang, Vietnam Program Assistant, NguyenGH@state.gov, 
(84-4) 3850-6241. 
JOHN