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### Viewing cable 06LAPAZ3449, REACTIONS TO BOLIVIA'S NEW COCA STRATEGY

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06LAPAZ3449 | 2006-12-21 19:07 | 2010-12-03 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy La Paz

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L LA PAZ 003449

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/20/2016
    TAGS: ECON PGOV PREL SNAR BL
    SUBJECT: REACTIONS TO BOLIVIA'S NEW COCA STRATEGY

    Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Krishna Urs
    for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

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    Summary
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    ¶1. (C) On December 20, the DCM met with European
    Union chief of mission Ambassador Andrew Standley and
    United Nations representative Jose Manuel Martinez Morales
    to discuss reactions to the GOB's new coca strategy which
    was announced at a December 18 ceremony in the Chapare.
    Poloff also attended as notetaker. The GOB's plan includes
    an increase of 8,000 hectares of coca cultivation above the
    12,000 currently allowed under Bolivian law. The United
    Nations and European Union representatives admitted that
    their respective organizations lacked a clearly defined
    response to the GOB's announced plan. Ambassador Standley
    said that EU member countries were all concerned with the
    GOB's plan and that they preferred a discreet response
    rather than a public rebuke. The DCM explained that
    Bolivian anti-narcotics review in March rested on a
    number of factors but that the GOB's 2007 strategy, if
    implemented, could complicate the review. The DCM
    repeatedly stressed the need for the international
    community to have a united and clear response to the GOB's
    new plan; his peers concurred and discussed convening a
    mini-Dublin group meeting in early January 2007.
    End Summary.

    ----------
    Background
    ----------

    ¶2. (C) At a December 18 ceremony in the Chapare President
    Morales unveiled the GOB's 2007 counter narcotics strategy.
    The cornerstone of the strategy is the GOB's "commitment to
    containing" coca cultivation at 20,000 hectares, an
    increase from the 12,000 allowed under Bolivian law.
    Morales also committed to improving drug consumption
    prevention programs, strengthening interdiction, promoting
    the industrialization of coca products, and changing
    international conventions to decriminalize coca leaf.

    ----------------------------------------
    United Nations & European Union Position
    ----------------------------------------

    ¶3. (C) The United Nations and European Union
    representatives admitted that their respective organ-
    izations lacked a clearly defined response to the GOB's
    announced plan. Mr. Martinez opened with the point, and
    all parties agreed, that the GOB's plan was a violation of
    both international conventions (1961 Single Convention on
    Narcotic Drugs) and Bolivia's own narcotics law (known as
    law 1008). Ambassador Standley said that EU member
    countries were all concerned with the GOB's plan and that
    they preferred a discreet response rather than a public
    rebuke. Standley stated his personal opinion that the GOB
    will never find widespread legal (industrial) uses for
    Bolivia's excess coca. Mr. Standley noted that the GOB
    continues to stall EU efforts to perform a study on the
    size of Bolivia's licit coca market. He mentioned that he
    recently met with Pablo Solon, Bolivia's Ambassador at
    large for integration and trade issues, who assured him
    the GOB was still interested in the study and that it
    would move forward on it in January. Standley was most
    interested in hearing how the United States was planning
    to respond to the GOB's plan and how it would impact
    Bolivia's narcotics certification in March 2007.

    ----------------
    DCM Urs' Remarks
    ----------------

    ¶4. (C) The DCM explained that Embassy La Paz had been
    warned that the GOB was planning a change in licit coca
    growing targets and that the Ambassador had expressed the
    USG's concern over the GOB's plan prior to its
    announcement. The DCM concurred that strong public
    denunciations of the GOB's plan would be counter-
    productive. The DCM explained that the USG was prepared
    to sign its annual letter of agreement with the GOB on
    counter narcotics that same day and would not abandon its
    anti-drug efforts at this time. However, he emphasized
    that USG officials will state both privately and publicly
    that that the GOB's new strategy is a step backwards and
    seems to violate international commitments.

    ¶5. (C) The DCM explained that White House review of
    Bolivian counter-narcotic efforts in March rested on a
    number of factors but that the GOB's 2007 strategy if
    implemented would seriously complicate the review. He
    explained that the USG position would push for Bolivia to
    move forward on the EU's proposed coca study. In response
    to this potential requirement, Mr. Martinez observed,
    with a hint of sarcasm, that the GOB was likely to
    announce its plan to begin the study on February 28,
    ¶2007.

    ¶6. (C) The DCM repeatedly stressed the need for the
    international community to have a united and clear response
    to the GOB's new plan. The DCM suggested that a mini-
    Dublin group meeting be convened to develop a common
    position. Ambassador Standley and Mr. Martinez concurred
    with the DCM's suggestions, and the three agreed that
    January 8 or 9 would be a suitable date for the meeting.
    GOLDBERG

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