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### Viewing cable 05QUITO2683, COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

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05QUITO2683 | 2005-11-25 20:08 | 2011-05-02 00:12 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Quito

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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

    252037Z Nov 05

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 QUITO 002683

    SIPDIS

    DEPT PASS TO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: EAIR
    SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
    ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL - ISMAEL C. MIKE GALVAN

    REF: SECSTATE 213482

    ¶1. Post welcomes and grants country clearance to
    Transportation Security Administration personnel Ismael C.
    Mike Galvan to Quito, Ecuador December 7-9, 2005 to attend
    exit briefings with host government and airport officials as
    a follow-up to the TSA airport assessment at Guayaquil.
    Embassy POC is Econ Officer Paul Baldwin.  Embassy telephone
    is: 593-2-256-2890, ext. 4426; cell phone number 099-442-552.
     Please read the following paragraphs carefully.

    ¶2. All personnel transferring to an overseas location under
    COM authority must complete appropriate overseas personal
    security training prior to travel.  It is the responsibility
    of the sponsoring office to verify that this training has
    been completed.

    ¶3. All passengers, U.S. and third country nationals, who
    enter Ecuador on official travel require a visa.  There is an
    airport departure fee of USD 25 for departing passengers
    using international flights.  DOD personnel participating in
    GOE-approved deployments and exercises, and arriving with
    military orders, are exempt from the visa requirement and may
    travel on military orders.

    ¶4.  Each visitor, regardless of length of stay, must
    bring/forward fiscal data to pay for direct costs of the
    visit.  Each agency, organization, or visiting delegation
    will be charged for the actual costs attributed to their
    visit.  Direct charge costs include, but are not limited to:
    American and LES staff overtime (e.g., expediter,
    accommodation exchange, representational event support),
    field travel-lodging and M&IE by Embassy employees, vehicle
    rentals, long distance telephone calls, equipment rentals,
    office supplies and all other costs that are directly
    attributable to the visit.  Also, for TDYers over thirty 30)
    days, there is a charge for ICASS support services.  If our
    sponsoring agency is not signed up for ICASS services to
    post, please be prepared to sign a MOU for ICASS support
    services upon arrival.  The agency should provide post with
    written communication, generated by the traveler's
    headquarters that confirms the agency will pay ICASS charges
    for the TDYers, provides the agency ICASS billing c
    ode the TDY support charges should be applied to, and
    authorizes the traveler to sign the ICASS invoice generated
    by the TDY module.  Where travel is urgent, the TDYers should
    bring this documentation with them to ensure there are no
    interruptions in the provision of service.  Post will not
    provide any service to a TDYer staying in excess of thirty
    days without provision of this documentation before day 31 of
    the TDY.

    ¶5. The State Department has designated Quito and Guayaquil as
    critical for criminal threat.  Usually, crimes are of a
    non-violent nature such as pick pocketing, burglary of
    personal effects and thefts from vehicles.  However, violent
    crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery and car-jacking are
    increasing throughout Ecuador, especially in the urban areas.
     Sexual assault cases against visitors in beach resort areas
    have occurred with regularity and none of the beaches are
    considered safe to walk on at night.

    ¶6. In Quito, extreme caution should be taken in tourist
    areas, transit points and crowded marketplaces, especially on
    the crowded streets of south Quito, buses and trolleys, the
    Panecillo (a city overlook point) and all transportation
    terminals.  For Guayaquil, caution should be taken when in
    the downtown section of the city, with extra caution taken
    while in the Malecon 2000 river front district, the docks and
    airport areas.  There have been many reports of luggage theft
    at the airport.

    ¶7.  To avoid being the victim of a crime, visitors should
    remain alert to their surroundings and maintain constant
    control of purses, backpacks, briefcases and luggage.  Extra
    care should be taken with belongings if traveling on buses or
    trolleys.  Do not place bags or backpacks under your seat
    especially if they contain documents or money.  The use of
    some type of document pouch worn inside of clothing is
    recommended.  Expensive-appearing jewelry and watches should
    not be worn.  Poor road conditions, free ranging animals,
    unsafe vehicles and drivers dictate against night travel
    outside urban areas.

    ¶8. Official visitors intending to travel into the Northern
    border provinces are required to seek permission through the
    RSO and DCM seven days prior to the planned travel.  A formal
    process is established for this request.

    ¶9.  Travelers to the capital city of Quito may require some
    time to adjust to the altitude (9,300 feet), which can
    adversely affect blood pressure, digestion, sleep and energy
    level.  Most people, even those who are healthy and fit, feel
    some symptoms of hypoxia (lack of oxygen) upon arrival in
    Quito.  Persons with medical conditions related to the
    circulatory or respiratory systems, (high blood pressure,
    history of coronary heart disease, emphysema, for example)
    and anyone with sickle cell anemia, should ask their
    physician if travel to Quito or other high-altitude locations
    is advisable.  U.S. government employees who do not have a
    class I medical clearance are requested to check with M/MED
    before planning travel to Quito.  Diamox, a medication
    commonly prescribed to aid with acclimatization, is not
    generally required for travel to Quito.  However, it is
    advisable to limit physical activity and drink plenty of
    nonalcoholic beverages for the first two to three days after
    arriving in Quito.

    Individuals with sickle cell trait should carefully consider
    the altitude of Quito before commencing with travel.  Short
    term (TDY) assignments carry an added risk because of the
    lack of time for acclimatization.  Dehydration and stress
    from exercise or illness compound the basic risks of high
    altitude.  For more information, contact your health unit or
    the medical, clearances section of the Offices of Medical
    Services.

    ¶10.  Visitors receiving country clearance should be aware
    that all interview requests, be they for backgrounding or
    on-the-record statements, for USG officials are vetted
    through PAS in Quito.  For visiting FSNs, please be advised
    that only requests for backgrounding or off-the-record
    context-setting will be considered and that these requests
    must also be vetted through PAS/Quito.  If a journalist
    approaches you for a statement/interview/ reaction, please
    contact Press Specialist Renata Barragan at (02) 250-2053.
    JEWELL

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