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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ASTANA 001844 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, INL, EUR/ACE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
SUBJECT:  KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR SECTION 1004 COUNTERNARCOTICS 
SUPPORT 
 
ASTANA 00001844  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
¶1.  Embassy Astana Country Team and Deputy Chief of Mission have 
approved the Kazakhstan FY10 request for DOD support under Section 
1004 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, as 
amended for support concerning the Government of Kazakhstan 
Counternarcotics (CN) effort. 
 
¶2.  Embassy Astana is concerned with narcotics trafficking activity 
in Central Asia.  The current level of drug-related activity and 
internal distribution in Kazakhstan jeopardizes U.S. objectives in 
the region.  Furthermore, narcotics destined for the United States, 
Europe, and other international markets are transshipped from 
Afghanistan through Kazakhstan. 
 
¶3.  The Government of Kazakhstan CN Program represents a significant 
resource in fighting terrorism.  The U.S. Government sees a 
connection between narcotics trafficking and terrorism in this 
region.  The programs and organizations outlined in this request 
support the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Office, and Department of Defense objectives in 
the region.  The request includes the following in order of 
priority. 
 
¶4.  Ministry of Internal Affairs Kennel Renovation:  The Committee 
on Combating Drug Business and Control over Circulation of Drugs, 
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan lacks the facilities to 
accommodate its drug-detecting dogs appropriately and to provide 
adequate office and classroom space for dog handlers and 
instructors. Current facilities require complete renovation to 
increase the capabilities of Canine Service Centers in support of 
counternarcotics operations by specialized units in border regions. 
Three Canine Service Centers in southern Kazakhstan require 
renovation and construction of some of the life support elements. 
Therefore, the Committee has requested minor construction and 
renovation support.  Developing the Canine Service Centers will 
allow local law enforcement units and counter-narcotic units to 
prevent contraband trafficking, to include narcotics coming from 
Afghanistan through Kazakhstani territory to international markets 
in Europe. 
 
¶5.  Military Institute Canine Training Center Development: 
Kazakhstan?s Military Institute of the National Security Committee 
is the main training institution providing personnel to fulfill 
positions primarily within the Border Guard Service, one of the 
Government of Kazakhstan agencies performing the CN mission. The 
Military Institute also partners with other countries in the region 
to train their border services officers and cadets. The Canine 
Training Section of the Institute requires a construction of several 
small-size buildings to increase its capabilities in training cadets 
and other services? dog handlers and their canines. Within this 
item, the first priority is the construction of a classroom 
building. Secondary effort should be the construction of 
administrative building for instructor offices. The third priority 
is to construct the billeting facility for international cadets or 
instructors coming to attend or provide canine training. The 
Government of Kazakhstan considers assistance provided to its law 
enforcement training institutions as an effective long-term method 
of improving drug interdiction capabilities. 
 
¶6.  Border Service Aviation Maintenance Facility:  The long and 
porous borders of Kazakhstan in the south with mountainous and flat 
terrain make them hard to control for vehicular and dismounted 
patrols. Therefore the Border Service of the National Security 
Committee, as the agency responsible for border security, is looking 
to equip its short-handed forces with aviation assets and ground 
surveillance equipment. The Border Service?s aviation unit has a 
number of helicopters that support interdiction of narcotics 
trafficking along land borders, maritime patrolling, and other 
border security related activities. The helicopters are serviced at 
a single Border Service airbase, located near Almaty. That Aviation 
Maintenance Center requires complete renovation of its hangar. The 
hangar is used to shelter helicopters when they undergo maintenance 
and repair. The priority effort in this area is in improving the 
hangar roof, reinforcing its structure and heating the hangar for 
winter sustained. 
 
¶7.  The Government of Kazakhstan CN programs require this 1004 
assistance now as a vital component of national and regional 
 
ASTANA 00001844  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
stability.  This assistance will also lessen the amount of narcotics 
which transit through Kazakhstan and weaken support to local 
organized crime elements counterproductive to the rule of law. 
 
¶8.  Embassy Astana certifies that as of September 30, 2009 there is 
no evidence of gross violations of human rights by the personnel of 
Border Service of the National Security Committee or the Committee 
on Combating Drug Business and Control over Circulation of Drugs of 
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. 
 
¶9.  POC for this request is LTC James G. Yentz, Chief, Office of 
Military Cooperation, +7 7172 70-2321 or email yentzj@state.gov. 
 
HOAGLAND