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Viewing cable 07RANGOON255, INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP BURMA,S WAR ON DRUGS

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07RANGOON255 2007-03-09 11:55 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Rangoon
VZCZCXRO0934
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHGO #0255/01 0681155
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091155Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY RANGOON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5831
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 1364
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0145
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0212
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 4496
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1922
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 3783
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 7308
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 4868
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA 1072
RUDKIA/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 0906
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0721
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 0080
RUEABND/DEA HQS WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/CDRUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HI
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 RANGOON 000255 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, INL/AAE, INL/PC; DEA FOR OF, OFF; 
USPACOM FOR FPA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR KCRM BM
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP BURMA,S WAR ON DRUGS 
 
 
RANGOON 00000255  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (U)  SUMMARY: At a semi-annual Rangoon meeting of the 
Mini-Dublin Group, the countries tracking narcotics in Burma 
echoed concerns of the INCSR and UNODC Annual Report.  All 
agreed that Burma is making credible progress in disrupting 
drug trafficking networks and reducing opium cultivation, but 
saw increased production of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) 
as a rising threat.  Australia assists Burma to improve 
counter-narcotics data collection and border cooperation with 
India and Bangladesh.  Thailand will add a narcotics liaison 
officer to its Embassy in Rangoon.  China conducts its own 
opium surveys in Burma, using satellites and fieldwork, but 
has yet to share its data with others.  End summary. 
 
THE VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
2.  (SBU)  Japan hosted a semi-annual meeting of the 
Mini-Dublin Group in Rangoon on February 28, attended by 
U.K., U.S., Italian, German, and Thai diplomats and UNODC, 
WFP, and FAO officials.  Australia, which will assume duties 
as Mini-Dublin Group chair next month, told others that it is 
funding a new Drugs Crimes Center in Burma.  The Australian 
Federal Police (AFP) liaison in Burma, Richard Moses, told 
emboff privately that the Australians pushed hard for a 
center in Rangoon, rather than Nay Pyi Taw, and succeeded 
when the Minister of Home Affairs intervened personally to 
approve the location, which will be on the top floor of the 
current National Drug Eradication Museum.  The GOB's Central 
Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) will use the 
center's Australian-provided computers to consolidate data on 
drug seizures and trafficking intelligence; Australia will 
also train center personnel.  With most narcotics information 
now scattered around the country at regional commands and 
only in paper format, Moses feels the center will greatly 
enhance analysis of the narcotics situation. 
 
3.  (SBU) Rising ATS production in Burma concerns Australia, 
Moses said.  A significant volume of precursor chemicals 
enter Burma via the Indian border and are stored in Mandalay 
before being moved to ATS factories in northern Shan State. 
Moses said that a smaller amount of precursors enter from 
China, Thailand and Laos.  He also reported a worrying 
increase in heroin production in southern Shan State, with 
the refined product then shipped into Thailand and China via 
the Wa and Kokang special districts.  UNODC added that new 
groups are emerging as ATS traffickers, in addition to past 
drug cartels, with new chemists coming from China to train 
locals in enhanced refining techniques. 
 
4.  (SBU) Cooperation with Thailand remains steady, and 
should improve further now that the Thais have added a 
narcotics liaison officer position at their Rangoon Embassy. 
The most neglected area to date is on Burma's western 
borders, Moses said.  Australia plans to set up new AFP 
liaison offices in 2007 in Dhaka and Delhi, which Moses feels 
may help push Bangladesh and India toward greater 
counter-narcotics coordination, and the GOB and GOI have 
agreed to set up two liaison offices at key border 
checkpoints, but Moses described the current situation as 
"lots of meetings and no action." 
 
5.  (U)  China has been working more closely with Burma on 
drug issues this year, according to Moses.  In addition to 
the UNODC's annual survey, the Chinese now conduct their own 
opium surveys in Burma, working together with CCDAC in Shan 
and Kachin State.  According to UNODC, the Chinese field 
surveys focused on areas along the China border, which are 
now judged to be largely opium-free.  The Chinese have not 
yet shared their survey results, but UNODC hopes they would 
do later this year. 
 
FOOD FOR WORK 
------------------------- 
 
RANGOON 00000255  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
 
6.  (U) Addressing the development situation in former opium 
growing areas, WFP country director Christopher Kaye said 
that the regime's top-down approach of declaring opium-free 
zones without offering other development options left 82 
percent of households in those regions without enough income 
to meet basic nutritional needs. UNODC surveys indicate that 
families in those regions previously drew over half their 
household income from poppy cultivation.  The amount of rice 
they can grow on small plots is not sufficient to feed their 
families throughout the year.  UNODC, FAO, and WFP programs 
from 2004 through 2006 provided 375,000 people at risk with 
food-for-work programs to plant new crops and improve local 
infrastructure. 
 
7.  (U) For the third phase in 2007-08, WFP plans to phase 
out direct assistance and focus on alternate livelihoods and 
a mosaic of separate NGO projects in both northern and 
southern Shan State.  WFP's relations with the regional 
commanders in 2006 significantly improved from 2005, Kaye 
said, and WFP had worked out ways to purchase local rice for 
its programs without being taxed.  However, WFP and UNODC 
remain concerned about the sustainability of program funding 
and the difficulty of shifting from direct food aid to 
longer-term assistance in areas still unable to generate 
sustainable income to feed themselves.  UNODC country 
director Shariq bin Raza reported that the UN Country Team in 
Burma decided in mid-February to bring UNICEF and UNDP into 
the program to help transition regional assistance from 
emergency relief to long-term development, with UNODC 
continuing to play the coordinating role. 
 
8.  (SBU) COMMENT: Improved coordination with China resulted 
in significant seizures and arrests in 2006, and Thailand's 
new liaison position and Australia's efforts to train more 
CCDAC officers and enhance data collection may also help. 
However, Burma's drug traffickers exploit the country's 
porous borders with ease and have moved from reliance on 
traditional opium growing into new, smaller, more mobile ATS 
and heroin processing labs.  Until law enforcement can 
effectively counter rampant corruption along Burma's borders, 
the country's narcotics trade will remain a major headache 
for the entire region.  End comment. 
VILLAROSA