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Emergency Drawdown Authority: Peru

1999: Up to $4,000,0001

(Ordered September 30, 1999)

Peruvian National Police, Air Force and Coast Guard
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 A-37 "Dragonfly" aircraft
  • Aviation flight gear and life support equipment
  • Runway and ramp lighting, cleaning and prevention equipment
  • Aviation refuel kits
  • Aviation and riverine fuel
  • 1 Bailey Bridge

1998: $5,300,0002

(Ordered September 30, 1998)

Peruvian National Police, Air Force and Coast Guard
From the Department of Defense:
  • Training
  • Field aviation support equipment
  • Airfield support vehicles
  • Field maintenance shelters
  • Individual field and protective gear
  • Field rations
  • Water purification kits
  • Ammunition
  • Explosives
  • Weapons

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."

1997: $2,300,0003

(Ordered September 30, 1997)

Peruvian National Police
$2,000,000		 Peruvian Air Force
$300,000
Field Gear ("LBE, boots, rain gear, canteens, packs, compasses, ammunition pouches, etc.") $2,000,000 Flight equipment ("helmets, flight suits, night vision equipment, gloves, survival and flack vests, 9mm pistol holsters, flare pistols with flares, flashlights, oxygen masks, rain gear, etc.") $300,000

1996: $13,750,0004

(Ordered September 30, 1996)

"Peruvian Security Forces"
4 C-26 surveillance / transport aircraft
Secure communications equipment
3 river patrol craft

Sources:

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, 1998.2 United States, Department of State, "Summary Sheet," fax document, September 16, 1997.

3 United States, Department of State, "Summary Sheet," fax document, September 16, 1997.

Federal Register, October 10, 1997: 53221.

4 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 1996.

Federal Register, November 4, 1996: 56865.

Emergency Drawdown Authority: Peru

 

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