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UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001854 
 
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DEPT. OF ENERGY/NNSA FOR T. PERRY AND S. JONES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TW
SUBJECT: EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2007 
 
¶I.  BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY 
MANAGERS: 
 
(U) The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program 
Advisor reported for duty on May 22 and EXBS Program Coordinator 
started work on July 23, 2007. 
 
(U) On July 9, 2007, EXBS Advisor delivered to Washington Taiwan's 
report on UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 related to sanctions against Iran. 
The report provided a detailed and comprehensive account of actions 
Taiwan has taken to meet certain requirements outlined in the 
Resolutions.  In Taiwan's report, EXBS is cited as the primary 
vehicle for US-Taiwan cooperation on export controls. 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. 
 
¶A.  SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. 
 
(SBU) During the week of July 9, 2007, the EXBS Advisor participated 
in export control portions of the US-Taiwan Trade and Investment 
Framework Agreement discussions in Washington, D.C. 
 
(U) During the week, the Advisor met with officials of the Office of 
Export Control Cooperation (ECC) and the Office of Missile Threat 
Reduction, Department of State, to discuss EXBS program and export 
control cooperation issues.  The Advisor also met with an official 
of the Treaty Compliance Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
Department of Commerce, to discuss rules related to imports and 
exports of schedule 2 chemicals under the Chemical Weapons 
Convention.  Lastly, the Advisor and ECC representatives met with 
the Washington office of AIT to work out a mechanism for 
transferring monies from EXBS implementing agencies to AIT to pay 
for program costs.  Because of AIT's unique legal status, the normal 
fund cite transfer mechanism is not available to AIT. 
 
¶B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 
 
(U) During the week of July 16 the Advisor accompanied 19 Taiwan 
officials to the International Seaport Interdiction Training in 
Charleston, South Carolina.  Representatives from the National 
Security Bureau, Counter Terrorism Office of the Executive Yuan, 
Coast Guard Administration, National Police, Harbor Police, Customs, 
Harbor Bureau, and Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) attended ISIT. 
The program was well received by Taiwan officials. 
 
III. UPCOMING TRAINING: 
 
(U) The End-User/End-Use training by the Department of Energy will 
take place on August 20 - 21, 2007.  40 representatives from various 
Taiwan ministries and offices will attend the training.  In 
addition, courtesy invitations will be extended to representatives 
of Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia, and Germany residing in Taiwan. 
 
 
(U) The Targeting and Risk Management training, implemented by 
Customs and Border Protection, is being planned for the week of 
November 12, 2007 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 
 
(U) Taiwan is planning one-day industry outreach programs with 
Germany and Japan in October.  These programs are geared toward 
German and Japanese companies operating in Taiwan and Taiwan 
companies importing strategic items from Germany and Japan.  The 
Advisor plans to attend both events. 
 
IV. UPCOMING MEETINGS 
 
(SBU) During the weeks of August 13 and 27, the Advisor and an 
officer from the Economic Section will accompany BOFT officials on 
Taiwan's post-import and post-export evaluations of eleven companies 
throughout the island.  Our goal is to get a better understanding of 
how Taiwan companies operate and what, if any, internal controls 
they have on imports and exports of strategic items.  The knowledge 
gained would be used target appropriate industries and companies as 
EXBS rolls-out the Internal Control Program software development at 
the end of calendar year 2007. 
 
(SBU) The Advisor will be visiting three companies in August for 
Blue Lantern checks requested by the Directorate of Defense 
Controls, Department of State. 
 
¶V. RED FLAG ISSUES: 
 
None. 
 
POC for this report is Mi-Yong Kim, EXBS Advisor. 
Telephone +886 2 2162 2347. 
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