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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ALMATY 002419 
 
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DEPT FOR EUR/ACE RBUCK 
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CBP/INA FOR BWATT AND CDONOFRIO 
USDOE/NNSA TPERRY, CWALKER, EDESCHLER 
DOC FOR DCREED AND PETERSON-BEARD 
USCG FOR CWILSON 
AMEMBASSY BERLIN FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHE 
AMEMBASSY TASHKENT, BISHKEK, BAKU, DUSHANBE FOR EXBS 
ADVISORS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
SUBJECT:  EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE 
(JUNE 2006) 
 
 
¶I. BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: 
 
     ¶1. EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings' arrival on June 26 
coincided with the EXBS Program office's first day at the 
Embassy Branch Office in Astana.  Mr. Cummings will provide 
support to the office until mid-July, at which time a 
second TDY advisor is expected to arrive to assist the 
office through the summer holiday period and during the 
move to the New Embassy Compound in early September 2006. 
 
     ¶2. EXBS Program Coordinator Gulnara Abildaeva will 
continue to be based in Almaty during the first half of 
July to facilitate her to work with the Coast Guard 
training team in Aktau.  Ms. Abildaeva is also working with 
several embassy offices during this period to complete the 
logistical arrangements for the outgoing Kazakhstani group 
of border guards and customs officers who will attend an 
International Border Interdiction Training in the second 
half of July.  All EXBS staff will be based in the Embassy 
Branch Office in Astana as of the beginning of August. 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 
 
¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED 
 
     ¶1. A team of National Nuclear Security Administration 
members and several U.S. contractors held meetings in 
Astana on July 7-8 to discuss a range of issues related to 
the work to be completed under the recently-signed Second 
Line of Defense (SLD) Implementing Agreement.  EXBS Advisor 
Offenbacher attended the two Astana meetings: the first 
with officials from Kazakhstan's Customs Control Committee, 
and a second the following day with the "New Projects" 
Company, with which Kazakhstani Customs has built a 
relationship in their indigenous efforts to equip border 
posts with radiation detection equipment.  During the 
meeting with Customs, an initial understanding was reached 
on which ports of entry require portal monitors.  Some of 
the locations identified have already been fitted out with 
monitors and the SLD Program will provide additional 
systems to strengthen control when both entering and 
leaving the country. 
 
     ¶2. On June 21, EXBS Advisor Offenbacher participated 
in a lunchtime meeting with the Center for Nonproliferation 
Studies NIS Representative Office (CNS NISRO) Director 
Dauren Aben, and CNS intern Cassie Fleming to share 
information about EXBS program activities and learn more 
about CNS' work.  Sean Reid, DOE Nonproliferation Graduate 
Program Intern, was also present. 
 
¶B.  TRAINING DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 
 
     ¶1. A two-week U.S. Coast Guard Small Boat Operations 
course began on June 26 at Maritime Border Guard Division's 
facility in Bautino (near Aktau on the Caspian).  The 
training program will in part address the safe and 
effective operation of the three U.S.-made, 42-foot fast 
response boats that were recently provided to Kazakhstan's 
Border Service by the EXBS Program.  EXBS Program 
Coordinator Gulnara Abildaeva has been instrumental in 
obtaining buy-in from the Government of Kazakhstan and also 
ensuring the training's moving parts run smoothly.  By the 
conclusion of the training, Ms. Abildaeva will have spent 
most of the two weeks in Bautino. 
 
 
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     ¶2. In Astana on June 14-15, representatives of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration's International 
Nonproliferation and Export Control Program (NNSA/INECP) 
delivered a training course on the use of x-ray 
fluorescence (XRF) metal analyzers for five Kazakhstani 
customs inspectors from ports of entry on Kazakhstan's 
border with China.  XRF units can be used to analyze metals 
and alloys and determine whether they have a strategic use. 
Three XRF units worth $80,000 were granted to the trainees 
for use at the border upon conclusion of the training. 
 
     ¶3. The NNSA's INECP also held an End-use/End-user 
Analysis workshop on June 15-16 in Astana for export 
licensors from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and 
representatives of other agencies who review export 
licenses. 
 
¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 
 
     ¶1. Three XRF units valued at $80,000 were transferred 
Kazakhstani Customs by the National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
 
¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE 
 
     ¶1. INTERNATIONAL BORDER INTERDICTION TRAINING (IBIT 1) 
- Thanks to EXBS Program Coordinator Gulnara Abildaeva's 
hard work and dogged persistence, all logistical 
arrangements (tickets, visas, vetting, per diem, etc.) for 
the 16 Kazakhstani IBIT participants are almost complete. 
The group will depart Kazakhstan for McAllen, Texas on July 
15 and will return to the U.S. on July 27, upon conclusion 
of the week-long IBIT course and a one-day visit to the 
U.S. Border Patrol Academy in Artesia, New Mexico. 
 
     ¶2. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's International 
Counterproliferation Program will hold two "Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Crime Scene Management" courses in Almaty and 
Astana from July 17-28. 
 
     ¶3. The Second Line of Defense Program has proposed to 
send a team to Kazakhstan in the second half of August to 
conduct site surveys on Kazakhstan's southern border. 
 
¶E. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, 
NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY 
 
     ¶1. None. 
 
¶F. CASPIAN SECURITY INFORMATION 
 
     ¶1. Please see section B, paragraph 1 above. 
 
III. RED FLAG ISSUES. 
 
     None. 
 
The point of contact for this report is Andrew S. 
Offenbacher, EXBS Advisor, OffenbacherAS@state.gov, tel: 
+7(3272)504945, cell: +7(333)225-1156. 
 
ORDWAY