US embassy cable - 05DUSHANBE1963

C O N F I D E N T I A L  DUSHANBE 001963 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL:  12/8/2015 
TAGS: MCAP, TI, BE, UZ 
SUBJECT: IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ 
(C) 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Jonathan Edwards, DATT, USDAO Dushanbe, DIA. 
REASON: 1.4 (a) 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Jonathan Edwards, DATT, USDAO Dushanbe, DIA. 
REASON: 1.4 (a) 
 
CONFIDENTIAL 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SERIAL:  (U) IIR 6 947 0014 06. 
 
COUNTRIES:  (U) TAJIKISTAN (TI), BELGIUM (BE), UZBEKISTAN (UZ) 
 
IPSP:  (U) IFC1531, IFC1549, IFC1540, IFC1500, IFC2613, IFC1513, 
IFC1512, IFC1517. 
 
SUBJECT: IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO 
TERMEZ (C) 
 
WARNING:  (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY 
EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.  REPORT CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NO 
FOREIGN 
 
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                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
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DOI:  (U) 20051207 
 
REQS: (U) DHCD111052, DHCD111054, DHCD111051, DHCD111049, 
UTCX206000504 
 
SOURCE:  (C) //OTS 6 947 0007 06//SENIOR WESTERN MILITARY OFFICER 
WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION.  RO MET 
SOURCE FOR THE FIRST TIME.  CONTEXT STATEMENT - SOURCE HAS 
RESPONSIBILITIES IN TAJIKISTAN THAT BRING HIM IN COUNTRY 
APPROXIMATELY TWICE A YEAR.  SOURCE IS AWARE THAT INFORMATION 
WILL REACH U.S. INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS AND COMMENTS MAY BE MEANT 
TO INFLUENCE AS MUCH AS TO INFORM. 
 
SUMMARY:  (C//REL TO USA, GBR AND AUS) BELGIUM IS CONSIDERING 
TRANSFERRING ITS LIMITED PERSONNEL MOVEMENT FROM TERMEZ AIRFIELD 
IN UZBEKISTAN TO DUSHANBE. 
 
TEXT: 1.  (C//REL TO USA, GBR AND AUS) ON 7 DECEMBER 2005, 
SOURCE TOLD RO THAT BELGIUM IS LOOKING TO MOVE ITS LIMITED 
OPERATIONS THROUGH TERMEZ AIRBASE TO DUSHANBE.  THE BELGIANS FLY 
THROUGH TERMEZ APPROXIMATELY ONCE A WEEK IN SUPPORT OF ITS ISAF 
CONTRIBUTION.  SOURCE FELT THE UZBEKS WOULD EVENTUALLY DENY 
BELGIUM OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE AND FLYING THROUGH TERMEZ WAS 
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.  SOURCE ADDED THAT TAJIKISTAN APPEARED 
TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION.  SOURCE SAID THE FRENCH HAVE HAD LITTLE 
TO NO PROBLEM IN TAJIKISTAN AND BELGIUM SEES LITTLE NEED TO 
CONTINUE TO USE TERMEZ FOR THEIR LIMITED SUPPORT NEEDS.  SOURCE 
CONCLUDED THAT BELGIUM HAS NO PLANS AT THIS TIME TO STATION 
SOLDIERS IN DUSHANBE, SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO USE DUSHANBE. 
 
COMMENTS: 1. (C//REL TO USA, GBR AND AUS) FIELD COMMENT:  WORD 
SEEMS TO BE GETTING OUT AMONG NATO ALLIES THAT TAJIKISTAN IS A 
PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUPPORT OPERATIONS.  RO HAS YET TO 
HEAR OF ANY ISSUES OF CONCERN FROM ANY NATO ALLY OR THE TAJIKS 
REGARDING POTENTIAL INCREASED ISAF SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN 
TAJIKISTAN.  WITH THE RUSSIANS, FRENCH AND TAJIK CIVILIAN 
AIRCRAFT ALL CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF DUSHANBE, SPACE IS 
LIMITED.  AS THE NUMBER OF NATO ALLIES CONSIDERING DUSHANBE 
INCREASES THE TAJIKS WILL LIKELY LOOK TOWARD INFRASTRUCTURE 
UPGRADES BEYOND THE RECENT RUNWAY UPGRADES A FRENCH CONTRACTOR 
COMPLETED IN OCTOBER 05 WITH 4 MILLION USD IN UNITED STATES 
FUNDING. 
 
2.  (U)  HEADQUARTERS COMMENT.  REQUEST ORIGINATOR OF CITED 
REQUIREMENTS AND INTERESTED CONSUMERS PUBLISH AN EVALUATION OF 
 
 
THIS IIR IAW CHAPTER 13, DIAM 58-12, OR SUBMIT EVALUATION INPUT 
USING THE FORM LOCATED ON THE DHO- 2 WEB PAGE ON SIPRNET 
(HTTP://DO.DIA.SMIL.MIL/DHO2/EVALFORM/EVAL.HT ML) OR JWICS 
(HTTP://DH.DIA.IC.GOV/DHO2/EVALFORM/EVALFORM. HTML) DHO-2 WILL 
PUBLISH THE INPUT AS AN IIR EVALUATION. 
 
3.  (U) SOURCE IS AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER CONTACT. 
 
4.  (U) DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS IIR TO DIA/DHO-2 AT 
STU III (202) 231-7299, OR DSN 428-7299. 
 
COLL: (U) AB. 
INSTR:  (U) U.S.  NO. 
PREP:  (U) 6-04708. 
ENCL: (U) NONE. 
ACQ:  (U)  DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (20051207) 
DISSEM:  (U)  FIELD:  EMBASSY AT DUSHANBE. 
WARNING:  (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN 
DRVD FM: DHS HUMINT SCG OCT 04 
DECL ON:  20151207 
HOAGLAND 
 
 
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