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Viewing cable 08MANILA718, RESTRICTIONS ON U.S.-PHILIPPINE HYDROGRAPHIC

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08MANILA718 2008-03-19 10:03 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Manila
VZCZCXRO8966
OO RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHML #0718/01 0791003
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 191003Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0208
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IMMEDIATE
RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE IMMEDIATE 7356
RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RHHMUNA/CDRUSPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE
RHHMHAH/USCINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MANILA 000718 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL RP
SUBJECT: RESTRICTIONS ON U.S.-PHILIPPINE HYDROGRAPHIC 
SURVEYS HAMPER EFFECTIVENESS 
 
REF: MANILA 0141 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since its inception in 2003, the U.S.- 
Philippine Hydrographic Cooperation Program has proven both 
strategically and commercially valuable to U.S. and 
Philippine interests.  Using advanced sonar technology to map 
shipping lanes, harbors, and ports throughout the 
Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, this 
program is crucial to facilitating port visits of U.S. Navy 
vessels and supports civil military operations throughout the 
country by the U.S. and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
At the same time, for a U.S. investment of $30 million, the 
surveys will yield an estimated $300 million in maritime 
commerce benefits to the Philippines, making it an important 
U.S. economic development tool for the Philippines.  The 
survey program was quickly altered earlier this year after a 
incident involving a Philippine maritime police patrol boat 
firing warning shots at a U.S. survey vessel in late January. 
 As part of an intensive effort to avoid similar incidents, 
the Mission has actively assisted the Philippines in 
developing and implementing a comprehensive notification 
process at the national, provincial, and local levels to 
facilitate communications among Philippine security agencies 
and ensure no further misunderstandings. Since the January 
incident, 7th Fleet instituted new guidelines restricting 
U.S. vessels to no less than four nautical miles from the 
Philippine coast when conducting survey operations.  These 
new restrictions severely hamper the original intent of this 
survey program, prohibiting it from surveying critical 
coastal areas that are essential to port calls made by U.S. 
vessels and mapping waterways with strategic commercial 
value.  Mission recommends that this joint program be 
restored to its original operational guidelines as soon as 
possible.  END SUMMARY. 
 
MUTUAL BENEFITS 
--------------- 
 
2. (U) Since its inception in 2003, the U.S.-Philippine 
Hydrographic Cooperation Program has played a vital role in 
U.S. - Philippine military cooperation.  This program uses 
advanced sonar technology to map shipping lanes, harbors, and 
ports throughout the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 
7,000 islands.  The Philippine-U.S. Hydrographic Cooperation 
Program became a more formal program after being signed as 
part of the Mutual Defense Board in 2006 by U.S. Naval 
Meteorology and Oceanographic Office and the Philippine 
National Mapping and Resource Information Authority.  Since 
2003, the USG has invested $30 million in this joint program. 
 In the last two years, vessels have collected data in most 
of the Philippines territorial waters north of Luzon and the 
San Bernardino and Mindoro Straits.  Earlier this year, 
surveys began in the Verde Island Strait and Calavite 
Passage.  Future survey operations include the Balabac and 
Surigao Straits, the Sibutu Passage, and the Sulu Sea. 
 
3. (U) Benefits derived from these joint survey operations to 
both the U.S. and the Philippines are significant.  These 
joint surveys afford the Philippines the ability to update 
nautical charts that, in some cases, use data more than 80 
years old.  Such dated information can lead to faulty channel 
readings and inaccurate island locations, imperiling 
navigation.  New charts, surveyed to modern standards, 
provide U.S. ships with the information necessary to ensure 
safe navigation in Philippine waters and to facilitate U.S. 
Navy port calls in remote locations (reftel), many of which 
are in areas where U.S. presence is welcome, but not common. 
The charts are shared with the Philippine authorities and 
commercial shippers, which leads to lower port and shipping 
costs.  The prominent International Hydrographic Organization 
estimates that each dollar spent on nautical surveys produces 
a tenfold return on investment through increased maritime 
activities. Under that estimate, the surveys conducted to 
date should yield over $300 million in maritime commerce 
benefits to the Philippines. 
 
SURVEY TEAM SECURITY A PRIORITY 
------------------------------- 
 
4. (U) On January 25, a small, unmarked vessel from the 
hydrographic survey team had shots fired in its direction by 
a local Philippine maritime police patrol boat while 
conducting a survey off the coast of Mindoro Oriental 
Province in central Philippines.  While no one was injured 
during this incident, the 7th Fleet issued new operational 
 
MANILA 00000718  002 OF 002 
 
 
guidelines for survey vessels that altered the program from 
its original mandate, which aimed to provide a comprehensive 
navigational assessment of Philippine waters.  The new 
guidelines, implemented in an effort to ensure the safety of 
U.S. personnel, severely limited the utility of the survey 
program by prohibiting vessels from conducting surveys closer 
than four nautical miles from the Philippine shoreline. 
 
5. (U) The Philippines has been proactive in investigating 
the January incident, and with the Mission's assistance, has 
implemented multiple measures to minimize the chances of a 
similar incident by promoting better communication within the 
Philippine government and among its various law enforcement 
organizations.  Post believes the current restrictions on the 
survey program, if not rescinded, could adversely affect U.S. 
strategic interests by hindering the U.S. Navy's ability to 
conduct accurate surveys of less-traveled channels, possibly 
decreasing the number of ports which could be visited by U.S. 
Navy vessels this year.  At the same time, the restriction to 
conducting surveys in deeper waters inhibits the collection 
of data needed to create more precise navigational 
information about vital Philippine sea lanes integral to 
Philippine and international commerce. 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
 
6. (U)  Post firmly supports all measures aimed at 
guaranteeing the safety of U.S. military and civilian 
personnel, an issue the Ambassador regularly raises with 
Philippine interlocutors.  At all levels, the Mission is 
working closely with Philippine agencies to ensure that the 
proper procedures are in place to provide a secure 
environment in which various assistance activities, including 
the U.S.-Philippine Hydrographic Cooperation Program, can be 
conducted.  Post recommends that the survey program be 
continued and restored to its original operational guidelines 
in the near future. 
KENNEY