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EXPORT CONTROL AND RELATED BORDER SECURITY
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 TASHKENT 001183 
 
SIPDIS 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC JHARTSHORN 
LSPRINGER 
AND YWONG 
SCA/CEN FOR JGORKOWSKI 
SCA/RA FOR JMCCLELLAN 
DHS/CBP SBAKER 
DHS/ICE FOR AMEFFERD 
DOE/NNSA FOR JNOBLE 
AND BPENTOLA 
DOC/BIS FOR DCREED 
USCG FOR SHABTEMICHAEL 
AMEMBASSY BERLIN FOR CBP ATTACHE 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW FOR ICE ATTACHE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
SUBJECT: EXBS:  UZBEKISTAN EXBS ADVISOR QUARTERLY REPORTING CABLE, 
3RD QUARTER, 2009 
 
¶A. BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY 
MANAGERS: Regional EXBS Advisor Barry Johnson assumed his 
position with responsibilities for Turkmenistan and 
Uzbekistan. Embassy Tashkent continues to see progress 
and a good future for programs such as EXBS in 
Uzbekistan. End summary. 
 
¶B. Completed Actions for Reporting Period. 
 
¶1. Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting 
Period. 
 
a. In advance of and during 5-17 April, EXBS Office/Pol- 
Econ Section provided support to the International Border 
Interdiction Training and International Rail Interdiction 
Training courses conducted by Department of Homeland 
Security Customs and Border Protection trainers at Termez 
on Uzbekistans border with Afghanistan. 
 
b. In May, EXBS Office/Pol-Econ Section discussed with 
DOE and the Government of Uzbekistan the possible holding 
of a one-week training program (at a date to be 
determined) on search and recovery of radioactive sources 
under the auspices of the Search and Secure Program. 
 
c. From 30 May to 5 June, EXBS Advisor Johnson deployed 
to the Republic of Georgia for the world-wide EXBS 
Advisors Conference. 
 
d. On June 3, EXBS Office/Pol-Econ Section submitted a 
diplomatic note to the MFA requesting two Uzbek 
researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics attend 
the Tenth International Conference on Applications of 
Nuclear Techniques in Crete, Greece 14-20 June in 
association with the International Nonproliferation 
Export Control Program. 
 
e. On 9 and 10 July, EXBS Advisor Johnson and Pol/Econ 
Officer Steven Prohaska will conduct introductory 
meetings with local key Uzbek agencies. 
 
¶2. Training Conducted During Reporting Period. 
 
a. From 13  17 April EXBS Advisor Johnson attended the 
University of Georgia Export Control Academy training on 
International Export Control Policy. EXBS Assistant 
Kochetkova attended the course from 13 - 24 April. The 
first week covered such topics as: Commodity 
Identification Training, Export Controls, Compliance 
Programs and Export Control Culture, Overview of Export 
Control Systems of several countries and the EU, 
International Export Control Regimes, and Challenges in 
Export Control such as: Catch-all, Intangible Technology 
Transfers, and Deemed Exports; and second week covered 
such topics as: The A.Q Khan network, the Proliferation 
Security Initiative (PSI), Container Security Initiative 
 
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(CSI), Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C- 
TPAT), Transit and Transshipment Challenges; Roles of 
Freight Forwarders and Brokers in  view of Export 
Controls, Internal Compliance Programs and Government- 
Industry Outreach. 
 
The following individuals attended the training from 
Uzbekistan: Zayniddinov Oybek  The Head of the Currency 
Control Directorate of Uzbek Customs HQ, and Kudayberdiev 
Botirjon  The Head of the Directorate of Development of 
Regional Foreign Economic Activity, Ministry of Foreign 
Economic Relations, Investment and Trade. The training 
was delivered in English, no translation was provided. 
Not all the students had a good command of English; 
however representatives of all delegations actively 
participated in the educational process, asked questions 
and made comments, except for the Uzbek officials. 
Neither Zayniddinov nor Khudayberdiev asked a single 
question and neither indicated any significant interest 
in the subjects and discussions in the course. If there 
be another opportunity to send Uzbeks to this or similar 
training, the required level of English should be 
specified at least as good. 
 
b. In the run-up to and during 21 - 22 April, EXBS 
Office/Pol-Econ Section provided support to nuclear 
forensics discussions in Tashkent between the U.S. 
Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory and Uzbekistans Institute of Nuclear Physics 
to boost bilateral scientific ties and collaborate on 
enhancing Uzbekistans nuclear detection architecture. 
 
c. From 6 - 8 May, EXBS Office/Pol-Econ Section supported 
a Weapons of Mass Destruction Commodity Identification 
Training (WMD CIT) course taught by U.S. experts from the 
Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security 
Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory (PNNL) as well as experts from Uzbekistan and 
Kazakhstan.  The training took place at Uzbekistans 
Higher Military Customs Institute in Tashkent under the 
auspices of the International Nonproliferation Export 
Control Program. 
 
d. Throughout the quarter, EXBS Office/Pol-Econ Section 
continued to support U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
Second Line of Defense (SLD) activities to maintain 
radiation portal monitors in Uzbekistan. 
 
e. In May and June, EXBS Office/Pol-Econ Section 
continued to discuss with the Government of Uzbekistan 
the potential participation of Uzbekistan in the Tenth 
Annual Export Control Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. 
 
¶3. Training Programs Pending. 
 
a. EXBS Office plans to support DOE/NNSA delivery of 
 
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three XRF portable metal analyzers to the Government of 
Uzbekistan, as well as a relevant training course, 
December 14 - 16. 
 
b. EXBS is working on a follow-on WMD CIT workshop in 
Tashkent, March 2010. 
 
c. In July, EXBS Office/Pol-Econ Section plan to meet 
with Government of Uzbekistan officials from Customs, 
Border Guards, Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, 
Investment and Trade, and Institute of Nuclear Physics to 
discuss upcoming plans and to hand over to Customs 
surplus training materials and equipment from the Termez 
training. 
 
d. EXBS is planning to support a Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center (FLETC) activity in August. 
 
¶4. Equipment Delivered During Reporting Period. None. 
 
¶5. Equipment Status Update. Inventory and program 
analysis will be conducted by Regional EXBS Advisor in 
July and August. 
 
¶6. Red Flag Issues. None. 
 
¶7. CONTACT INFORMATION. Barry A. Johnson is the Regional 
EXBS Advisor for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and can be 
reached at johnsonba8@state.gov, or +993-66-30-85-84. 
Steven Prohaska is Pol/Econ Officer in support of EXBS at 
Embassy Tashkent and can be reached at +998-71-120-5450, 
ext 2113. Irina Kochetkova is EXBS Manager in Tashkent 
and can be reached at +998-71-120-5450. 
NORLAND