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Emergency Drawdown Authority: Ecuador

1999: Up to $4,000,0001

(Ordered September 30, 1999)

Police and military
From the Department of Defense unless otherwise noted. This list comes from a "draft working document" and may not represent what actually gets transferred.
  • Spare parts for C-130 aircraft
  • M-16A2 rifles (To military and police)
  • Ammunition (To military and police)
    • 5.56 for M-16 rifles
    • 9mm for 9mm pistols
  • 9mm pistols, 100K rounds 9mm ammo (To military and police, from U.S. Treasury Department)
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 01 training course, basic
  • U.S. Customs Service training course overseas enforcement

1998: $1,800,0002

(Ordered September 30, 1998)

"Police and military elements"
From the Department of Defense:
  • Field and protective gear
  • Binoculars
  • Vehicles
  • Field rations
  • Weapons
  • Ammunition

The State Department's "Memorandum of Justification" for this drawdown states that "no lethal materials would be delivered to either Ecuadorian or Peruvian military forces prior to signature of a border dispute settlement between the two countries."

Source:

1 United States, White House, "Draft Working Document: FY99 506(a)(2) Drawdown List -- Requested Items," Memorandum, September 30, 1999.

2 United States, Department of State, "Memorandum of Justification for use of Section 506(a)(2) special authority to draw down articles, services, and military education and training," September 15, 1998.

Emergency Drawdown Authority: Ecuador

 

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