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Viewing cable 08AITTAIPEI478, EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2008

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08AITTAIPEI478 2008-04-02 07:56 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY American Institute Taiwan, Taipei 
VZCZCXYZ0002
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #0478 0930756
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 020756Z APR 08
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8624
RHMFIUU/USCBP WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
 
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000478 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC - YWONG, ACHURCH, KCROUCH AND ROWEN 
DEPT FOR EAP/TC - SBREMNER 
DEPT FOR MTR - PDURHAM, SMIKOL, JMAYES, AND RPALMIERO 
CBP/INA FOR RWATT AND DKING 
DEPT FOR ENERGY/NNSA FOR TPERRY AND SJONES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
SUBJECT: EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2008 
 
I.  BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY 
MANAGERS: 
 
None 
 
II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. 
 
A.  SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 
 
(SBU) On March 20, the Advisor attended the 2008 Symposium on the 
Chemical Weapons Convention.  The Symposium had speakers from the 
United States and Europe, and it was attended by Taiwan interagency 
and industry representatives.  A detailed read-out on the Symposium 
has been provided to appropriate Washington personnel. 
 
B.  BLUE LANTERN: 
 
(U) No checks were conducted during the reporting period. 
 
C. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 
 
(U) A preparatory meeting for Internal Control Program Software 
development, implemented by the Department of State through a 
contractor, was held on March 27 and 28.  On March 26, Taiwan's 
Export Control Task Force of the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT), 
Ministry of Economic Affairs, hosted a small group discussion on the 
technical aspects of the software development for the U.S. 
contractor, local sub-contractor candidates, and BOFT's information 
systems personnel.  BOFT agreed to provide a customization guideline 
to AIT by mid-April.  This document is necessary to set work 
parameters for a local sub-contractor before one can be hired. 
 
III. UPCOMING TRAINING: 
 
1. (U) A five-day Target and Risk Management Training, implemented 
by Customs and Border Protection, is being planned for the week of 
April 14 in Kaohsiung. 
 
2. (U) A three-person delegation of Taiwan officials is expected to 
attend the International Transit and Transshipment Conference in 
Morocco from May 20 - 22. 
 
IV. RED FLAG ISSUES: 
 
None. 
 
POC for this report is Mi-Yong Kim, EXBS Advisor.  Telephone +886 2 
2162 2347. 
 
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