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UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001454 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ISN/ECC - JFRIEDMAN, ACHURCH, NJOHANSON, AND ROWEN 
STATE FOR EAP/TC - NTALBOT, DPARKER, TMANN 
STATE FOR ISN/MTR - PDURHAM, SBOYER, JMAYES, AND RPALMIERO 
DHS/CBP/INA FOR RGONZALEZ 
DOE/NNSA/INECP FOR TPERRY AND SJONES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
SUBJECT: EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER THROUGH 
DECEMBER 4, 2009 
 
¶I.  BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: 
 
¶1. (U) On November 9, the Advisor met with two researchers of the 
Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Industrial Technology Research 
Institute (ITRI) to get a status report on ITRI's study on Taiwan 
establishing a nonproliferation-focused non-governmental 
organization (NGO).  ITRI officials said the report is close to 
being completed, and includes comprehensive analyses of KOSTI (South 
Korean NGO) and CISTEC (Japanese NGO). 
 
¶2. (U) On November 19, Advisor submitted the 2009 Performance Plan 
and Report for Taiwan to the F Bureau.  During Fiscal Year 2009, 
EXBS conducted eleven training programs.  Through these programs, 
EXBS reached approximately 330 Taiwan industry representatives and 
trained over 100 Taiwan officials. 
 
¶3. (U) On November 20, EXBS Coordinator attended a MOEA Bureau of 
Foreign Trade (BOFT) seminar on SHTC export controls.  Approximately 
250 Taiwan company representatives attended the seminar.  During the 
opening remarks, BOFT Chief Secretary Wang Jien-Ping emphasized the 
importance of adopting internal controls and complying with 
international export control standards. 
 
Editor Roger Chang of the SHTC Task Force demonstrated the Internal 
Control Program software hosted on BOFT's website.  Chang stated 
that, with EXBS support, BOFT held four deployment workshops, and 
plans to hold three additional workshops in early 2010. 
 
¶4. (U) On November 24, the Advisor spoke at an Export Administration 
Regulations seminar in Seoul organized by South Korea's Ministry of 
Knowledge Economy.  Approximately 130 U.S. and Korean company 
representatives attend the seminar. 
 
(SBU) On the margins of the seminar, the Advisor met with 
representatives of the Taipei Mission in Seoul and KOSTI.  The 
meeting was to get additional background information on how and why 
KOSTI was established. 
 
¶5. (U) From December 2 - 3, the Advisor attended the 2009 
International Symposium on Combating Human Trafficking and 
Transnational Money Laundering hosted and funded by Taiwan's 
Training Institute for Judges and Prosecutors.  Officials from the 
Vietnam Ministry of Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice, the 
Geneva Court of Appeals, and a professor from Japan's Hakuoh 
University School of Law were speakers.  During the program, the 
Taiwan High Prosecutors Office announced that Taiwan revised its 
money laundering statute to include provisions on terrorism 
financing. 
 
II. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 
 
None 
 
III. UPCOMING TRAINING: 
 
¶1. (U) The Advisor is working with ISN/ECC to schedule additional 
Internal Control Program Deployment Workshops. 
 
¶2. (U) A Commodity Identification Instructor Training, implemented 
by the Department of Energy, is notionally scheduled for the first 
week of March 2010. 
 
¶3. (U) A WMD Investigation and Prosecution Training, implemented by 
the Department of Justice, is notionally scheduled for late 
January/early February 2010. 
 
¶4.  (U) An International Air Cargo Interdiction Training (IACIT), 
implemented by Customs and Border Protection, is scheduled for March 
2010 at JFK Airport, New York.  A follow-on IACIT will take place in 
Taiwan a short time after the JFK program. 
 
IV. UPCOMING MEETINGS: 
 
¶1. (U) On December 17, BOFT is holding a Machine Tools 
Identifications Training for its officials.  This program is 
supported by Japan.  The Advisor and EXBS Coordinator are planning 
to attend. 
 
¶V. RED FLAG ISSUES: 
 
None. 
 
POC for this report is Mi-Yong Kim, EXBS Advisor.  Telephone +886 2 
2162 2347. 
 
 
STANTON