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UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 000035 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC YWONG, ACHURCH, ROWEN 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC/AMT LSPRINGER 
DEPT FOR EAP/RSP NDEAN, TFORSYTH, AFORSBERG 
CBP/INA FOR RWATT 
USDOE/NNSA FOR TPERRY, JMILLER 
DOC FOR PETERSEN-BEARD 
JAKARTA FOR YGONZALES, DTURNBULL 
MANILA FOR GCOFFIN 
SINGAPORE FOR HREED 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
SUBJECT: EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING 
CABLE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2007 
 
¶I. SUMMARY 
Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training was 
conducted in Jakarta; Singapore government officials attended 
RADACAD in Washington State; Wassenaar Arrangement 
Dual-Use/National Control List training was conducted in 
Singapore; and Philippine officials attended an ISIT course 
in Manila.  END SUMMARY 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 
¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
¶1. November 04-07 the Advisor was in Jakarta to attend the 
Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP 
CIT) and met with officials from the Nuclear Energy 
Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy 
Agency (BATAN) to discuss the AP-CIT and gauge their interest 
in further cooperative efforts with the EXBS program, 
specifically in regard to nuclear issues.  Mr. Sukarman 
Aminjoyo, Chairman of BAPETEN, and Mr. Adiwardojo, Deputy 
Chairman of BATAN, voiced their support for the workshop and 
for continued engagement with US State Department and 
Department of Energy officials, even asking how early in 2008 
another workshop could be arranged.  EXBS will coordinate 
with Embassy Jakarta and the Indonesian agencies to conduct 
additional training the first quarter of 2008. 
 
¶2. The Advisor was on annual leave November 12-23. 
 
¶3. The Advisor and a CBP officer assigned to CSI in Port 
Klang, Malaysia met with two representatives of the Canadian 
government to discuss port security measures and export 
controls in Malaysia.  Ted Flanigan, based in Ottawa, and 
Shawn Macwha, of the Canadian High Commission in Kuala 
Lumpur, shared their views of export controls, past and 
future training with Government of Malaysia entities, and 
proliferation concerns in the region. 
 
¶4. The Advisor met with the DCM, POL Counselor, and POLOFF 
from Embassy Singapore on December 07 to provide them with 
feedback on the training underway for Singapore Customs and 
the impending January 01, 2008 implementation of Singapore's 
expanded control lists.  The Advisor had similar discussions 
with Ms Fauziah Sani of Singapore Customs and Mr. John Wong 
Keng Jee of the Defense Science and Technology Agency; future 
EXBS training options with Singapore were also discussed. 
 
¶5. The Advisor met with Embassy Manila officials during the 
week of December 10-14 to discuss ongoing training with the 
Philippine Bureau of Customs and several issues raised during 
the ISIT course. The Advisor briefed the ECON Counselor on 
current and proposed EXBS training and met with FBI and ICE 
officials to discuss potential areas of collaboration. The 
Advisor and CBP officer Jack Ramsey met with Alexander 
Arevalo, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Customs, to discuss 
cooperative efforts and received a briefing on Philippine 
progress on developing the Single Window concept. 
 
¶B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
¶1. An AP CIT was conducted in Jakarta November 05-07 by US 
Department of Energy representatives.  A total of thirty-five 
Indonesian officials from BATAN, BAPETEN, the Ministry of 
Defense, Directorate of Customs and Excise, and the 
Department of Trade participated in the three-day event. 
 
¶2. Sixteen Singapore officials attended Radiation Academy 
training in Richland, WA, November 05-09.  A representative 
from the ICE office in Embassy Singapore accompanied the 
delegates from Singapore Customs, Immigration and Checkpoints 
Authority, Singapore Armed Forces, the National Environment 
Agency, Singapore Police Coast Guard, the Internal Security 
Department, and the Singapore Police Force. 
 
¶3. Contractors from Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) along 
 
with personnel from the US Departments  of State, Commerce, 
Energy, and Defense conducted a Wassenaar Arrangement 
Dual-Use/National Control List workshop in Singapore December 
04-07.  This EXBS-funded workshop was tailored to requests 
from Singapore Customs to provide their licensing officials 
with additional information and practical examples of items 
from the expanded control lists scheduled to go into effect 
on January 01, 2008.  The workshop was attended by a total of 
62 individuals from Singapore Customs, Defense Science 
Technology Agency, Ministry of Defense, Economic Development 
Board, Arms and Explosives Branch, and the National 
Environment Agency. 
 
¶4. International Seaport Interdiction Training was conducted 
by CBP officers in Manila December 10-14.  Co-hosted by the 
Philippines' Bureau of Customs, the training was attended by 
26 participants and 20 observers from Bureau of Customs, 
Office of the Special Envoy for Transnational Crime, 
Department of Trade and Industry, and the Philippine Nuclear 
Research Institute. 
 
¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
NONE 
 
¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE 
 
¶1. WMD Commodities Identification Training is planned for 
February 26-28 in Manila. 
 
¶2. A legal and regulatory workshop is scheduled March 03-05 
in Indonesia. 
 
¶3. WMD Commodities Identification Training is scheduled March 
10-14 in Indonesia. 
 
¶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. 
KEITH