US embassy cable - 05BRASILIA2133

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BRAZIL - OPIC PROPOSED LOAN TO PORT SECURITY INTL

Identifier: 05BRASILIA2133
Wikileaks: View 05BRASILIA2133 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Brasilia
Created: 2005-08-11 16:43:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EINV EFIN EWWT OPIC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS BRASILIA 002133 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS TO OPIC FOR CHRIS COWAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EINV, EFIN, EWWT, OPIC 
SUBJECT: BRAZIL - OPIC PROPOSED LOAN TO PORT SECURITY INTL 
 
REF: STATE 137783 
 
1. Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed loan to Port 
Security International, LLC (PSI) in support of the 
installation and operation by that firm of scanning 
equipment at three ports in Brazil (Itajai, Sao Francisco do 
Sul, and Paranagua).  The Foreign Commercial Service Office 
in Brasilia does not have any information regarding either 
PSI or the local partners. 
 
2. Post notes that the Department of Homeland Security has a 
Container Security Initiative (CSI) agreement for the Port 
of Santos and is working with the Brazilian government on 
the acquisition of scanning equipment.  For additional 
information, contact Julio Velez, DHS Attache, U.S. Embassy 
Brasilia, Tel. (55-61) 3312-7398, Fax. (55-61) 3312-7338, E- 
mail julio.m.velez@dhs.gov.  Post also notes that the 
Department of Energy has initiated discussions with the 
Brazilian government on the Megaports Initiative (to detect 
nuclear and radioactive materials) for the port of Santos as 
well.  For additional information, contact Stephanie P. 
Clarke, Office of the Second Line of Defense - Megaports 
Initiative, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Tel. (202) 586-2595, Fax. (202) 586- 
7110, E-mail stephanie.clarke@nnsa.doe.gov. 
 
LINEHAN 

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