VZCZCXRO4084
OO RUEHQU
DE RUEHPU #0542 0951940
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 041940Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8022
INFO RUEHZH/HAITI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 1869
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 1672
RUEHQU/AMCONSUL QUEBEC PRIORITY 1095

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000542 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
TATE FOR WHA/CAR, DRL, S/CRS, INR/IAA 
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD 
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR, 
STATE PASS WHAFO, GIOVANNI SNIDLE 
STATE PASS ATF, WILLIAM KULLMAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ETTC PARM PREL TD XL
SUBJECT: HAITI-ATF ETRACE MOU FOLLOW-UP: US-CARICOM 
COMBATING ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN ARMS JOINT INITIATIVE 
 
REF: SECSTATE 17705 
 
¶1.  Poloff discussed proposed eTRACE MOU per reftel with 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) officer on 
March 11.  ATF officer (and POC for ATF's assessment team 
that visited Haiti October 2007) informed Poloff that ATF 
does not/not recommend and is unable to support Haiti's 
participation in the eTrace program at this time. 
 
¶2.  ATF officer underscored that his team's October 
assessment of Haiti's technical and infrastructural capacity 
determined that the GOH currently lacks the infrastructure to 
use, run and maintain the eTrace program.  The infrastructure 
he indicated that the Haitian National Police lacked 
included: internet security, trained staff, technical 
equipment, and official protocol for recovery and 
documentation of seized weapons. 
 
¶3.  Per ATF's assessment, post will not approach the GOH to 
sign MOU with ATF for eTrace participation until the host 
government acquires appropriate capacity to support the 
program. 
SANDERSON