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INFO RUCNEXC/EXPORT CONTROL AND RELATED BORDER SECURITY
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UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 000083 
 
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 JANUARY 2008 
 
 
¶I. SUMMARY 
The Advisor participated in meetings with officials from the 
Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Australian High 
Commission, British High Commission, and Japanese Embassy 
relating to export control issues and several intra-USG 
agency and external meetings on counter-terrorism topics. END 
SUMMARY 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 
¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
¶1. On January 02 the Advisor met with James Paver, Political 
Officer from the British High Commission, to discuss 
coordination of export control and counter-terrorism (CT) 
training activities for the upcoming year and to see if he 
had an update on the status of the Malaysian draft export 
control legislation.  Mr. Paver told the Advisor that the 
United Kingdom had repeatedly asked the Government of 
Malaysia (GOM) for word of progress on the draft, but had not 
received any feedback. The Advisor and Mr. Paver also 
discussed an upcoming meeting with Malaysia's South East Asia 
Center for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) which would focus on 
potential CT training courses. The Advisor had a similar 
meeting with Mark Napier of the Australian High Commission on 
January 03. 
 
¶2. The Advisor participated in two Embassy meetings in 
January with other USG Agencies regarding future CT training 
collaboration opportunities with SEARCCT.  Potential CT 
courses were discussed as well as the benefits of utilizing 
SEARCCT as a co-host. 
 
¶3. On January 11 the Advisor attended a meeting at SEARCCT 
where donor nations (Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, 
New Zealand, Spain, the UK, and the US) were asked to 
consider offering CT training expertise to co-host courses 
with SEARCCT.  One potential area of collaboration brought up 
in the meeting was border security and fraudulent travel 
documents. 
 
¶4. On January 15 the Advisor and POL Counselor met with Bala 
Chandran Tharman, Under Secretary for Disarmament, 
Non-Proliferation, Counter-Terrorism, and Transnational 
Crime, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), to discuss the 
status of Malaysia's draft export control legislation and 
potential areas of assistance.  Bala stated that his number 
one priority was the completion of the draft and the 
forwarding of it to an inter-agency committee, prior to 
submission to Parliament.  Bala hoped to have the draft 
finished by the end of 2008.  The offer of a follow-on legal 
workshop sponsored by EXBS was again extended to Bala and he 
said the GOM was interested.  Malaysia's Attorney General's 
Chambers has taken over the lead role on the legislation 
drafting sub-committee and the Advisor is coordinating 
details with them regarding the legal workshop. 
 
¶5. The Advisor, along with POLOFF, met with Mark Napier and 
Maya Kishimoto, from the Japanese Embassy, on January 18 for 
a preliminary discussion of topics for the planned 
Tri-Lateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD).  CT training and export 
controls were the focus of the discussion. 
 
¶6. The Advisor and POLOFF met with officials from the Asia 
Pacific Center for Strategic Studies (APCSS) and the Office 
of Defense Cooperation (ODC) on January 23 to discuss an 
upcoming APCSS course in Malaysia on a CT-related topic. 
 
¶7. On January 28 the Advisor participated in the TSD meeting 
and presented information on EXBS activities in Malaysia in 
2007 and planned activities for 2008.  Our Australian and 
Japanese counterparts provided information on training they 
conducted in 2007 and their plans for the coming year; there 
were no significant new proposals.  All three countries are 
 
considering the best ways to build capacity within the new 
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Malaysia's Coast 
Guard, as well as to identify other potential areas for 
training and equipment assistance, primarily in the CT arena. 
 
 
¶B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
NONE 
 
¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
NONE 
 
¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE 
 
¶1. A WMD Commodities Identification Training workshop is 
scheduled for February 26-28 in the Philippines. 
 
¶2. WMD Commodities Identification Training is scheduled for 
April 22-24 in Indonesia. 
 
¶3. A legal workshop is planned for Malaysia May 07-09. 
 
¶4. A legal workshop is planned for May 12-14 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