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FM AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8929
INFO RUCNEXC/EXPORT CONTROL AND RELATED BORDER SECURITY
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 1658
RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 2471
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KUALA LUMPUR 000645 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC PVANSON, ACHURCH, KCROUCH, ROWEN 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC/AMT LSPRINGER 
DEPT FOR EAP/RSP WCOMLEY, NDEAN, TFORSYTH, AFORSBERG 
CBP/INA FOR RWATT 
USDOE/NNSA FOR TPERRY 
DOC FOR PETERSEN-BEARD 
JAKARTA FOR MYAJNIK 
MANILA FOR VSANTOS 
SINGAPORE FOR MCLAUSEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
SUBJECT: EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING 
CABLE MARCH 2007 
 
¶I. SUMMARY 
A Pre-License Check and Post-Shipment Verification Workshop 
was conducted in Singapore. Delegates from the Philippines 
attended a legal workshop in Washington, DC. The Advisor 
coordinated three upcoming EXBS courses with Government of 
Malaysian (GOM) officials, worked in cooperation with Embassy 
Jakarta and Embassy Manila officials on upcoming activities 
in Indonesia and the Philippines, and continued to coordinate 
US export control efforts with foreign diplomatic missions in 
Malaysia. END SUMMARY 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 
¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
¶1. On March 01 the Advisor met with Bong Yik Jui, Assistant 
Secretary in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the 
 
SIPDIS 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to coordinate the Targeting 
and Risk Management course scheduled for April and identify 
topics of discussion for the legal workshop in May. 
 
¶2. The Advisor, along with POLOFF, met with Lauren Bain, 
Political Officer from the Australian High Commission, on 
March 07 to get her feedback on the recent (Feb 28 - Mar 01) 
Australian-Malaysian export control dialogue. Ms. Bain 
reported that no significant progress was made with the GOM, 
but that the Malaysians had several specific questions during 
the two-day exchange related to interagency cooperation, 
Customs authority and liability, and control lists. The 
Australians asked for a copy of the Malaysian draft export 
control legislation, but were told the GOM was not ready to 
share the document outside of their own agencies. Ms. Bain 
also asked about the status of the draft in the review 
process and was told that progress was being made, but there 
was no set date for completion of the review. Since the GOM 
stated last year that they would have the law reviewed and 
sent to their Parliament by December 2006, it appears they do 
not want to set another deadline that they might not be able 
to meet. The Advisor will continue to monitor and report on 
the status of the legislation. 
 
¶3. On March 15 the Advisor had a discussion with James Paver, 
Political Counselor from the British High Commission, related 
to counter-terrorism and export control issues and was 
informed of a GOM WMD training exercise to be conducted the 
following night with trainers from the British government. 
The Advisor met with Mr. Paver again on March 19 along with 
POLOFF for a debrief on the lessons learned from the British 
perspective. A separate report was filed by email regarding 
the exercise. 
 
¶4. On March 20 an interagency group from the Embassy met to 
review the draft report of the Border Control Assessment 
Initiative (BCAI) conducted in Sabah, East Malaysia from 
January 29 to February 02. The BCAI focused on security along 
Malaysia's porous land border with Indonesia and the open, 
largely uncontrolled sea approaches between Malaysia, 
Indonesia, and the Philippines. The group agreed on 
suggestions for enhancing the report's utility, including the 
inclusion of further border security recommendations. Inputs 
have been provided to EAP and DSS/ATA via separate channels 
for inclusion in a revised version of the report. 
 
¶5. During March the Advisor worked with Embassy personnel in 
Jakarta and Manila to assist with EXBS courses and activities 
in Indonesia and the Philippines. The Advisor has coordinated 
with Embassy Jakarta and Embassy Manila and will travel to 
both countries in May to meet with Embassy personnel and host 
government officials. 
 
¶B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
¶1. Contractors from Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) 
conducted a Pre-Licensing Check (PLC) and Post-Shipment 
Verification (PSV) Workshop March 06-08 in Singapore. A total 
 
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of 30 officials from Customs, the Defense Technology Advisory 
Office, and the Defense Industry and Systems Office attended 
the training, which focused on both licensing and enforcement 
aspects. 
 
¶2. A group of four Government of the Republic of the 
Philippines (GRP) officials traveled to Washington, DC to 
participate in a Legal Technical Workshop with US Government 
officials from March 27-30. The delegation, all 
representatives of the Bureau of Customs, was headed by 
Deputy Commissioner of Customs Bernardo De Villa Sales. In 
addition to Deputy Commissioner De Villa Sales, the GRP 
delegation included Mr. Ramon Gazo Cuyco, Port Operations 
Service Chief, Mr. Louis Collado Adviento, Export Division 
Chief, and Mr. Fernandino Acosta Tuason, Intelligence 
Division Chief. The delegation expressed special interest in 
learning more about US interagency cooperation in export 
controls. 
 
 
¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
NONE 
 
¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE 
 
¶1. A Targeting and Risk Management training course by Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) is scheduled for April 16-20 in 
Malaysia. 
 
¶2. A port assessment under the Model Ports Initiative is 
planned for May 07-11 in the Philippines. 
 
¶3. CBP is scheduled to conduct an ISIT in Indonesia May 14-18. 
 
¶4. The Department of Energy is scheduled to hold a 
Commodities Identification Training workshop May 16-18 in 
Singapore. 
 
¶5. A legal workshop with Malaysian export control officials 
will be held May 28-30 in Kuala Lumpur. 
 
¶E. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, 
NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY 
NONE 
 
III. RED FLAG ISSUES 
NONE 
 
IV. Questions and comments can be directed to EXBS Program 
Advisor Richard Moody, telephone 6-03-2168-4861, fax 
6-03-2168-5165, cell phone 6-017-213-1965, and email 
moodyrl@state.gov. 
LAFLEUR