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C O N F I D E N T I A L GABORONE 000479 
 
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FOR AF/S, AF/RSA, INL, PM 
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019 
TAGS: PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR MASS SADC BC
SUBJECT: SADC SECURITY CHIEF IMPRESSED BY ILEA 
 
REF: GABORONE 457 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Stephen J. Nolan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
¶1. (C) On June 11 Ambassador Nolan and P/E Chief Merritt 
accompanied Lieutenant General (retired) Tanki Mothae, SADC's 
Director of the Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security on a 
visit to the U.S.-funded International Law Enforcement 
Acadey (ILEA) in Otse, approximately 45 minutes outsideof 
Gaborone.  The USG and the GOB jointly operat ILEA Gaboronein a very effective 
and mutually-bneficial partnership, with 
many of the visiting aculty coming from USG law enforcemententities like DHS/FLETC, the FBI, ATF, DEA, DS, among others. 
 During the Ambassador's June 8 call on Mothae at the SADC 
Secretariat headquaters in Gaborone (reftel), the General 
expressed interest in learning more about U.S. Government 
activities related to peace and security in the SADC region. 
Mothae's portfolio includes diverse areas such as civilian 
policing, customs, and immigration, all of which fall under 
the scope of ILEA activities. 
 
¶2. (C)  During this 2-hour ILEA visit, Mothae was briefed by 
ILEA senior management (American and Batswana) on the history 
of the program, participating countries (currently 29 from 
across Sub-Saharan Africa, predominantly in Southern and East 
Africa but also several in Central and West Africa), and the 
breadth of state-of-the-art courses offered to combat the 
twin scourges of transnational crime and terrorism.  He also 
toured the impressive facility which is situated adjacent to 
the Botswana Police Academy campus, and was able to observe 
an ongoing course on Wildlife Investigations.  Mothae was 
extremely impressed with the ILEA concept and its modern 
facilities out amidst the African bush.  He was happy to 
learn that nearly all SADC countries are already 
participating (except suspended Madagascar and non-member 
Zimbabwe).  In fact, the 31st class of nearly 40 mid-level 
law enforcement professionals from Botswana, Lesotho, 
Namibia, and Swaziland graduated from ILEA Gaborone's 
flagship Law Enforcement Executive Development (LEED) program 
on May 29.  The LEED certificate is increasingly viewed as a 
prestigious professional credential among the law enforcement 
community across the continent, and beyond. 
 
¶3. (C)  Mothae seemed eager to find ways to partner with ILEA 
in future, and he noted that ILEA is already helping SADC by 
providing crucial training to most of its member states.  He 
invited the ILEA Director to address a SADC meeting June 15, 
at which member states will be discussing plans to implement 
a region-wide "Univisa" (akin to the Schengen visa within the 
EU).  Mothae thanked the Ambassador for his introduction to 
ILEA and also promised to pass us a response in writing 
"soon" to our June 5 letter on Golfhino and broader peace and 
security cooperation. 
 
¶4. (C)  COMMENT: The participation of the ILEA director in a 
SADC meeting June 15 is a good example of the kinds of 
"quick-win" partnerships we can forge with SADC on the path 
to deepening our cooperation with the regional body.  Lt. 
Gen. Mothae can show his member states that he is partnering 
with the USG to "deliver" important training related to peace 
and security, while the ILEA Director can raise awareness of 
his program amongst government leaders from 12 ILEA 
participating countries in one meeting, helping to ensure 
member-government support for ILEA programs and activities. 
We hope that the visit to ILEA gave Mothae a tangible sense 
of what USG peace and security assistance can look like, and 
made him aware of the benefits the SADC region is already 
receiving from our robust and extensive ILEA programs that 
have been underway at ILEA Gaborone for much of the  past 
decade and are highly appreciated by personnel from those 
African states selected for training.  This field trip may 
spur Mothae and his staff to be more responsive to future USG 
inquiries on peace and security matters and to (finally) 
reply to the questions we need answered before moving forward 
with the January 2009 Presidential Determination.  END 
COMMENT. 
NOLAN