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DE RUEHIN #4165 3540850
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 200850Z DEC 06
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3505
INFO RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 7346
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 004165 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/TC 
HONG KONG FOR DHS/CBP 
ENERGY FOR NNSA MICHAEL BEDKE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON TW
SUBJECT: LAUNCH OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE - NONPAPER 
DELIVERED TO TAIWAN 
 
REF: A. STATE 196252 
 
     ¶B. STATE 197046 
 
AIT/T briefed Directorate General of Customs 
Investigations Department Director Lin Shu-chi on 
December 19, 2006, on the U.S. launch of the Secure 
Freight Initiative (SFI) as instructed ref A.  AIT/T 
separately briefed Ministry of Transportation and 
Communications Department of Navigation and Aviation 
Senior Specialist Chen Jin-sheng on December 15. 
Officials at both agencies expressed interest in the 
program and reiterated Taiwan's desire to cooperate with 
the United States on efforts to enhance transportation 
security.  Both had questions about how the new program 
would be coordinated with the Container Security 
Initiative (CSI) and the Megaports Program.  (Note: CSI 
has been implemented at the Port of Kaohsiung and Keelung 
Harbor.  Preparations are underway to implement Megaports 
at Kaohsiung.  End note.)  Econoff answered their 
questions using information in ref A and offered to 
arrange a meeting with Department of Energy Megaports 
Program officers, who will visit Taipei in late January, 
to provide further information about the new program. 
AIT/T also briefed contacts at the Headquarters Taipei 
Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) and 
the Executive Yuan Counter-Terrorism Office by telephone. 
WANG