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Viewing cable 06DARESSALAAM606, ACOTA OFFERED, WELL-RECEIVED IN TANZANIA

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06DARESSALAAM606 2006-04-13 03:21 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Dar Es Salaam
VZCZCXYZ0002
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHDR #0606/01 1030321
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 130321Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3751
INFO RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 0035
RUEHLU/AMEMBASSY LUANDA 0105
RUEHWD/AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK 0279
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000606 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AF/FO FOR DYAMAMATO, PM/ISO FOR KJACKSON, AF/E FOR BYODER 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV ETTC TZ
 
SUBJECT:  ACOTA OFFERED, WELL-RECEIVED IN TANZANIA 
 
REF:  DAR ES SALAAM 0498 
DAR ES SALAAM 0195 
 
1.  (U)  SUMMARY:  Meetings of the ACOTA (African 
Contingency Operations Training and Assistance) and Embassy 
team with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) 
and the Ministry of Defense and National Service (MOD) were 
positive and produced a way forward to bringing Tanzania 
into the ACOTA program in the relatively near future, 
possibly in time for announcement at President Kikwete's mid- 
May visit to Washington.  The meetings provided a view of 
how the ACOTA program fits into the Government of Tanzania's 
(GOT) regional and national policy goals, and would benefit 
their peace support operations (PSO) and regional leadership 
aspirations.  A separate meeting with British defense 
attache addressed ways in which ACOTA and the British Peace 
Support Team (BPST) can cooperate in Kenya and East Africa. 
END SUMMARY 
 
Key parties present 
----------------------- 
2.  (U) The ACOTA team from Washington, D.C., led by ACOTA 
Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck, with ACOTA 
Regional Training Manager John Sevold and Major Brent Bidus 
of EUCOM, joined the DCM, POLMILOFF, and DATT in a round of 
briefings and discussions with the MFA and MOD on April 3. 
The MFA and DOD meetings included GOT officials well- 
positioned to convey the information to their superiors, as 
well as training representatives who were interested in 
additional details of the training procedures and methods. 
Representing the MFA were Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Director 
of the Europe and Americas Division; Ambassador Liberatta 
Mulamula, Director of the Multilateral Division; Dr. J.M. 
Biswalo, Acting Director of the Africa and Middle East 
Division; and Mr. Mwasha, Director of the Policy and 
Planning Division.  General Shimbo, Chief of Intelligence, 
headed the MOD team of Colonel Katanga, Director of 
Training, and Colonel Magere, Foreign Affairs Liaison 
Officer. 
 
Aspects of ACOTA-beyond bilateral 
--------------------------------------------- - 
3.  (U)  Beck provided MFA and MOD officials an overview of 
ACOTA, including how the peace support training program can 
accommodate the GOT's national interests, goals, and 
objectives.  Beck also described how the bilateral program 
is dovetailing increasingly with plans and policies of the 
African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities, Regional 
Brigades, and international peace support operations (PSO) 
training on the continent.  Beck noted that ACOTA 
representatives have met with the AU's Peace and Security 
Council and Peace Support Operations Division, and other 
European donors in an effort to better coordinate and 
collaborate with all parties on PSO training.  Beck also 
explained why and how the State Department manages the USG 
PSO program in close collaboration with the Defense 
Department and EUCOM, clarifying some confusion on the part 
of the GOT officials. 
 
GOT response 
----------------- 
4.  (U)  GOT officials in both meetings were pleased to 
learn that the ACOTA program is designed to be flexible and 
to build the GOT's own capabilities and capacities in PSO 
training, and will be structured with an eye on sustaining 
those capacities. 
 
5.  (U)  The MFA briefing was particularly positive and 
engaging, generated many good questions, and concluded with 
agreement that ACOTA presents a valuable opportunity for 
Tanzania.  All agreed it would be a positive development if 
the GOT could make a decision to join ACOTA in time for an 
announcement to be made in mid-May during President 
Kikwete's visit to Washington.  The MFA officials indicated 
they would encourage a decision in time for this important 
visit.  At later informal discussions, Ambassadors Ngaiza 
and Mulamula were most gracious in their comments and 
support for ACOTA. 
 
6.  (U)  The MOD meeting opened with a more somber mood as 
General Shimbo began by noting that he had been "directed" 
to attend the ACOTA briefing.  At meeting's end, Shimbo 
admitted that the decision whether or not to join ACOTA will 
be made by the Minister of Defense and the President.  This 
implied that the decision was a foregone conclusion and 
likely to be positive as these two key policymakers have 
indicated interest in ACOTA and have designated 
international peacekeeping operations support as one of two 
main national and foreign policy objectives (reftels A and 
B).  General Shimbo put the best face on the PSO training, 
noting that the "best fighters make the best peacekeepers" 
and that the GOT welcomed "all" the training, support, and 
equipment from all parts of the international community. 
 
How to sign up . . . 
----------------------- 
7.  (U)  The ACOTA team noted that the administrative 
procedures for joining ACOTA could be as simple as an 
exchange of diplomatic notes.  The need for a 505 end-user 
agreement was noted, but not viewed as a problem by the GOT 
officials.  In both meetings, Beck mentioned that an Article 
98 agreement was not required for ACOTA, but noted that 
signing an Article 98 opened the door to other military-to- 
military options that would bring benefits of additional 
access to training, equipment, and funding.  The GOT 
officials were pleased that Article 98 was not a 
prerequisite for ACOTA participation. 
 
. . . and what happens next 
-------------------------------- 
8.  (U)  The ACOTA team explained the timelines of a 
Training Strategy Conference (TSC) and actual battalion or 
specialty training following a decision to join ACOTA.  The 
ACOTA team stressed that even an informal acknowledgement of 
a positive decision would allow the administrative process 
to begin.  This was duly noted by both the MFA and MOD, 
particularly the training officers present. 
 
9.  (U)  The ACOTA team discussed the system of training 
Tanzanian officers and enlisted personnel on both fixed 
academy and regional training camps.   Beck expressed 
interest in returning to Tanzania with Sevold to view the 
training areas, as well as any training in progress, in 
order to get a firsthand assessment of how ACOTA training 
could be structured to "enhance" the training capabilities 
the GOT already has.  Embassy DATT welcomes such a return 
visit and the opportunity to join the visit of such 
locations.  The GOT officials seemed open to the idea but 
did not respond specifically. 
 
British invite cooperation in region 
------------------------------------------ 
10. (U)  The regional British Defense Attache visiting from 
Nairobi, Colonel Jock Inkster, met with Beck, DATT LTC 
Varhola, and EUCOM's Major Bidus April 4.  Inkster assessed 
Tanzania would be a "good asset" to have in the ACOTA 
program and noted the British interest in discussing ways in 
which the British Peace Support Team (BPST) and ACOTA could 
cooperate in Kenya and East Africa.   Inkster conveyed an 
invitation from the BPST leader in Nairobi for Beck to visit 
the BPST team there, and to facilitate with the Kenyans a 
visit to the peacekeeping training center in Karen.  Beck 
noted that ACOTA is already cooperating with BPST elements 
in South Africa and Nigeria, is working with the MOD PSO 
components under Colonel Paul Oldfield in London, and would 
welcome the opportunity to discuss options and coordination 
in the PSO training field. 
 
11. (U)  COMMENT:  The fact that Namibia is a new ACOTA 
partner and Luanda is a hopeful for ACOTA probably helped 
the GOT officials view ACOTA as a program that is gathering 
steam in the PSO arena and one that they should sign onto 
while the offer is on the table.  ACOTA participation will 
increase the comfort zone of GOT officials and mentioning 
the doors that open with an Article 98 agreement allowed the 
seeds of opportunity to be replanted in the minds of GOT 
officials.  Overall, both the MFA and MOD meetings 
significantly advanced the technical and diplomatic process 
for Tanzania to join ACOTA. 
 
12.  (U)  AF/ACOTA Chip Beck cleared this cable prior to 
departing Dar es Salaam. 
 
DELLY