US embassy cable - 05ASUNCION747

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000747 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12358: N/A 
TAGS: OTRA, MASS, PA 
SUBJECT:  Paraguayan Dipnote Status and 
Country Team Recommendation 
 
REF:  E-mail from Socsouth JCET Deployment 
Specialist, dtd 02 June 05. 
 
1. The Dipnote currently under consideration 
by the GOP covers all programmed SOF 
deployments that will occur between July 05 
and December 06 ending with 4th quarter 
deployments. 
 
2. The Dipnote has been approved by the 
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of 
Defense, both houses of the Congress and once 
already by the Executive.  It is currently at 
the Executive awaiting signature to put into 
law. 
 
3. It is the recommendation of the Country Team 
that the Request for Deployment Orders process not 
be delayed, or stopped awaiting presidential 
signature of said document, but instead that it 
proceed without delay.  We fully expect that the 
dipnote will be signed into law and do not 
anticipate any delay that would affect the 
deployment dates of the scheduled exercises. 
 
4.  Once signed, this document will provide for 
Admin and Technical Status of all deployed 
personnel in support of exercises specifically 
listed on the Dipnote.  The following events were 
listed on the Dipnote: 
 
A. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(230WF) 
 
B. Military Information Support Team between July 
of 2005 and June of 2006. 
 
C. Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) 
between July and December of 2005. 
 
D. Counter Narco-Terrorism Training Exercise 
(CNT071) 
 
E. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(400W) 
 
F. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(100W) 
 
G. Counter Narco-Terrorism Training Exercise 
(CNT014) 
 
H. Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) 
between January and June of 2006. 
 
I. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(220WH 
 
J. Civil-Military Subject Matter Expert Exchange 
 
K. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(023N) 
 
L. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(303F) 
 
M. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(300W) 
 
N. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise 
(401W) 
 
O. Joint Combined Exchange Training Exercise (TBD) 
with members of the Special Forces of the United 
States of America and the Armed Forces and 
Security Forces of Paraguay between July and 
September of 2006. 
 
P. "Fuerzas Comando" Regional Exercise between 
June and September of 2006. 
 
5. POC/Major Tod C. Furtado, Operations 
Officer/ODC Paraguay/TEL:  COMM 595-21-208- 
207; FAX 595-21-210-827; DSN 294-9000-59395 E- 
MAIL: FURTADOT@ASUNCION.MG.SOUTHCOM.MIL 
KEANE