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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ALMATY 003211 
 
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USCG FOR BGOLDEN 
AMEMBASSY BERLIN FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHE 
AMEMBASSY TASHKENT, BISHKEK, BAKU, DUSHANBE AND ASHGABAT 
FOR EXBS ADVISORS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
SUBJECT:  EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING 
CABLE (AUGUST 2006) 
 
¶I. BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: 
 
     ¶1. EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins continued to assist 
the EXBS office in Astana throughout the month of August. 
Gulnara Abildaeva, EXBS Program Coordinator, took annual 
leave for much of the month. 
 
          ¶2. September will likely be the EXBS program 
office's final month in its present interim facility.  The 
move into the new embassy is now expected to take place in 
early October.  In preparation for the office's move to the 
new facility, EXBS program staff has ordered new computers 
and a high-quality printer.  The office has also completed 
the grant paperwork required to donate surplus furniture 
and computer equipment to the Border Control Management 
Faculty of the Almaty-based Military Institute. 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 
 
¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED 
 
     ¶1. August 11 - Advisor Offenbacher and TDY Advisor 
Larry Adkins met with Victoria Sloan, the embassy's Public 
Affairs Officer, to discuss the Voluntary Visitor Program 
(VVP).  The EXBS office has been asked to propose a U.S. 
visit to Askar Shakirov, Chairman of Kazakhstan's Customs 
Control Committee; the VVP appears to be the best fit. 
 
     ¶2. August 24 - Briefed Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan 
Feigenbaum on the EXBS program during a country team 
meeting. 
 
¶B.  TRAINING DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 
 
     ¶1. The Department of Energy/National Nuclear 
Administration's (DOE/NNSA) International Nonproliferation 
Export Control Program (INECP) held a Commodity 
Identification Training (CIT) course for Customs personnel 
from August 7-11 in the southern Kazakhstani city of 
Shymkent.  This was the second time the indigenized version 
of the CIT course has been presented; the pilot run was in 
March of this year.  The training was conducted by 
instructors from Kazakhstan's Institute of Atomic Energy. 
 
¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 
 
     ¶1. None. 
 
¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE 
 
     ¶1. Fast Response "Safe" Boat parts: Replacements for a 
faulty air conditioning circuit card and a defective 
voltmeter were delivered to Almaty in late August and are 
in the process of being forwarded to Astana. 
 
     ¶2. Two $400,000 task orders have been developed for 
the procurement of four modular shelters and 11 high- 
clearance Ural trucks that will be provided to Kazakhstan's 
Border Service.  The trucks and shelters will be purchased 
and delivered in the coming months. 
 
     ¶3. On September 6-8, the EXBS program's Larry Adkins 
and Andrew Offenbacher traveled east from Astana to 
Sherbakty and Kosak, two ports of entry in the neighboring 
 
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Pavlodar region, to assess customs and border control 
procedures, as well as inspection techniques and equipment. 
 
     ¶4. A Second Line of Defense (SLD) team of three will 
arrive in country on September 12 to meet with Customs 
representatives and then embark on a survey of a number of 
ports of entry along Kazakhstan's southern border.  The 
U.S. team will be accompanied by a Kazakhstani Customs 
official and representatives of companies involved in the 
portal monitor installation effort.  The EXBS program 
office is the embassy point of contact for the SLD Program 
has coordinated the visit with the Customs Control 
Committee. 
 
     ¶5. Administrative Enforcement (AE) project meetings 
are scheduled for September 27-29, in Astana.  The goal of 
the meetings is to meet with technical experts from the 
Customs Control Committee to begin drafting AE training 
materials, and set target dates for course completion and 
instructor training. 
 
     ¶6. The DOE/NNSA's INECP will hold a workshop on export 
controls for biological research institutes from October 3- 
5, in Almaty.  The workshop's goal is to ensure that the 
institutes understand and comply with Kazakhstan's export 
control regulations. 
 
     ¶7. The DOE/NNSA's INECP will conduct a regional 
Internal Compliance Program workshop in Almaty from October 
31 - November 2. 
 
     ¶8. EXBS Program Coordinator Gulnara Abildaeva will 
attend the second annual EXBS Program Workshop for Locally 
Employed Staff in Bratislava, Slovkia from October 31 - 
November 1. 
 
     ¶9. From November 6-17, a Department of Homeland 
Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection team will 
conduct a border survey at a number of ports of entry in 
several Kazakhstani regions sharing a border with the 
Russian Federation.  The team will draw on the United 
States' border security experience to provide Kazakhstan's 
Border Service with recommendations on how to more 
effectively monitor, secure and protect Kazakhstan's 
borders against the WMD threat. 
 
¶E. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, 
NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY 
 
     ¶1. None. 
 
¶F. CASPIAN SECURITY INFORMATION 
 
     ¶1. None. 
 
III. RED FLAG ISSUES. 
 
     None. 
 
The point of contact for this report is Andrew S. 
Offenbacher, EXBS Advisor, OffenbacherAS@state.gov, tel: 
+7(3172)58-08-90, cell: +7(333)225-1156. 
 
ORDWAY