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UNCLAS TBILISI 001292 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC - ACHURCH, JHARTSHORN AND LSPRINGER 
DEPT FOR EUR/ACE - DFROMAN 
CBP/INA FOR ESEYMOUR-REDD AND RORME 
USDOE/NNSA FOR TPERRY, EDESCHLER, AND RTALLEY 
COAST GUARD FOR SATAMAN, SHABTEMICHAEL, AND JCAIRL 
NRC FOR JRAMSEY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP GG
SUBJECT: EXBS: GEORGIA MONTHLY REPORT JUNE 2009 
 
¶I.  BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY 
MANAGERS: 
 
¶1. The Georgian Coast Guard (GCG) anniversary ceremony will be held 
at the GCG base in Poti on July 25. A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) 
delegation has been invited to attend. 
 
¶2. The newly assigned Maritime Advisor (MA), USCG LT Daniel Owen 
will report to Tbilisi on July 13th for a two year assignment. 
 
¶3. Ambassador Tefft will present a selection of scientific 
equipment, hazardous material protective gear and three response 
vehicles to the Nuclear Radiation Safety Service (NRSS) on July 
13th. The Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources 
will attend the presentation, which will be covered by local media. 
 
   II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. 
 
¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD 
 
  June 1 - June 4: The EXBS Advisor International Conference was 
held at the Courtyard Marriott in Tbilisi with Ambassador Tefft 
making opening remarks. The Head of the Georgian Border Police (BP) 
General Zaza Gogava thoroughly presented the security threats and 
challenges related to control of the borders of Georgia, and NRSS 
conducted a segment on the capabilities and use of various types of 
radiation detection equipment. DCM Logsdon hosted a reception for 
attendees at his residence. 
 
 
June 11: The EXBS advisor (EA) and the EXBS Program Coordinator (PC) 
met with General Gogava. The General said the GCG will dry-dock the 
Poti based cutter P-21 on June 12 for inspection and repairs, and 
will begin a second vessel as soon as the required administrative 
paperwork is finished. The estimated time for completion of P-21 is 
three months at a projected cost of 385,000 GEL ($233,000). Similar 
repairs on the U.S. donated 82 foot cutter P-102 will begin soon 
after the arrival of Lt. Owen. The Government of Georgia (GOG) has 
committed to funding the repair of three cutters this year and the 
U.S. has committed to the repair of two. 
 
The Georgian Border Patrol and the Border Guard of Azerbaijan are 
planning joint operations.  To encourage and maximize cross-border 
cooperation, the possibility of a joint Executive Observation 
Program and combined U.S.-based border interdiction training for 
personnel of both services is under consideration. 
 
 
General Gogava mentioned that the Border Patrol has a need for 
officer duty belts and accessories, night vision devices and thermal 
imaging cameras. 
 
The General acknowledged inconsistencies between the communications 
systems of the Border Patrol and the rest of the Ministry of 
Internal Affairs (MOIA). MOIA is creating its own network.  The 
Border Patrol is not part of the system and it will most likely be 
another five years before the green borders are incorporated. He 
believes that some of the remote posts will never be able to be 
access the network. 
 
Gogava agreed that an Executive Orientation Program to familiarize 
key technical and management staff of the MOIA and the Border Patrol 
with the existing state-of-the art communication system in the U.S. 
would be both timely and productive if it could be arranged. The 
probable follow-up actions would be an in-country study, conducted 
Qprobable follow-up actions would be an in-country study, conducted 
by U.S. government enforcement communications specialists, of 
Georgian communications needs and the generation of a coherent way 
forward. 
 
The General also said that the hulls of the scuttled vessels are 
being removed from the piers at Poti, and a Dutch company is 
measuring the depth of the waters at the base. The depth has to be 
at least six meters for practical use by GCG cutters. The U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers has obtained a copy of the Dutch report which 
confirms the current water depth ranges between three and four 
meters due to accumulated silt. 
 
June 22: EA and EC attended the meeting of International 
Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) representatives and 
the GOG agencies involved with export control. The purpose of the 
meeting was to gain support for and to plan strategic trade control 
enterprise outreach activities for the fall of 2009 and 2010, and to 
discuss the feasibility of a centralized calibration and repair 
facility for handheld radiation detection equipment in the 
inventories of all GOG agencies. 
 
 
EXBS agreed to compile a list of enterprises that might be of 
interest for an outreach seminar. The Institute of Physics said that 
they would be capable of handling calibration and repair if they 
were assisted with resources with and training. 
 
June 25: EA briefed the Commanding General of Marine Forces, Europe, 
BG Tracy Garrett, on the GCG and BP. 
TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 
 
1) June 1 - August 1: 
 
Commanding Officer/Executive Officer Training 
 
Two GCG officers are attending eight weeks of intensive USCG command 
officer training in the U.S. The training will consist of both 
classroom and practicl instruction. Participants include a GCG boat 
commander and a mechanical engineer who will be promoted to 
Executive Officer after training. 
 
2) June 25 - June 27: 
 
International Export Control Conference 
 
Representatives from the Revenue Service (RS), Ministry of Defense 
(MOD) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) attended the 
conference, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey. 
 
 
¶B. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD: 
 
(1)  CT30 - Revenue Service   $18,000 
(2)  Radiation Pagers - Police Academy    $ 2,400 
¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE: 
 
--UPCOMING TRAINING: 
 
1) July 7: 
 
NRSS will provide training on TSA (PRM470B) and RIID GR 135 to the 
representatives of RS and the MOIA. Equipment will be donated by 
EXBS in conjunction with the training. 
 
2) September: 
 
Controlled Deliveries 
 
Training will be conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE). Training participants will include MOIA Special 
Operations Center, Special Operations Department and Anti terrorist 
unit. 
 
2) October: 
 
USCG Incident Command Systems 300 
 
This training will be delivered as an advanced follow-on to the 
previously delivered Incident Command Systems 200. The same 
participants will attend. 
 
--EQUIPMENT STATUS: 
 
--PENDING PROCUREMENT OR DISTRIBUTION: 
 
(2) Thermo Identifiers - NRSS    $91,080 
(2) Toyota Prados - NRSS     $67,650 
(6) Radioactive Isotope Identifiers - NRSS  $60,390 
(6) RIIDs - NRSS, MOIA              $42,000 
(2) CT30 kits -BP      $36,000 
(1) Toyota Hilux - NRSS     $23,650 
(2) Spectrum Analyzer - NRSS    $20,812 
(5) GPS Units / Maps - NRSS    $ 6,518 
 
(10) Gas Masks W/Pouch - NRSS    $ 4,015 
(3) Radiation pagers - Customs           $ 3,600 
(20) Filters - NRSS      $   770 
(3) cases Tychem Coveralls - NRSS    $   495 
(6) Two-way Radios - NRSS     $   462 
(6) Power Converters - NRSS    $   198 
(1) case Tychem Boot Covers - NRSS   $    72 
(7) TSA PRM470B - NRSS, MOIA         TBD 
(4) Radioactive Source Containers - NRSS           TBD 
 
¶E.  SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, 
NON-PROLIFERATION OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY: 
 
The new EU-based list of war weapons and torture equipment was 
submitted to the Ministries for review and approval before 
implementation. 
 
 
III. RED FLAG ISSUES: 
 
None 
 
POC for this report is Charles Hiscock, EXBS Program Advisor. 
Telephone +995 32 277312. 
 
TEFFT