CODEL RANGEL'S VISIT TO ANKARA

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: January 30, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUEJECT: CODEL RANGEL' VT_SIT TO ANKA?d
SUMMARY. THIS MESSAGE REPORTS ON MEETINGS HELD IN
ANKARA DURING THE JANUARY 17-18 VISIT BY CODEL RANGEL.
MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OZAL REPORTED REFTEL. THE
CODEL MET WITH AMBASSADOR BARUTCU, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS,
PAID A BRIEF CALL ON AMBASSADOR OKTAY CANKARDES, THE
SENIOR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL. IN TURKE\
AT THE TIME OF THE CODEL'S VISIT; CALLED ON THE JANDARMA'S
DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF, GENERAL ISMAIL SELEN; TOURED THE
JANDARMA'S NARCOTICS LABORATORY; CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER
TURGUT OZAL; MET WITH SPEAKER OF THE TURKISH GRAND
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND ACTING PRESIDENT,KARADUMAN; AND,
FINALLY. THE CODEL SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS TO MEET WITH
CHIEF OF TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE (TNP), FAHRI GORGULU,
AND UNDER SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND CUSTOMS,
ERTUGRUL KUMCUOGLU. IN ADDITION, AMBASSADOR STRAUSZ-
HUPE HOSTED A DINNER FOR THE CODEL AND THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE TURKISH GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
HOSTED A LUNCHEON. END SUMMARY.
3. MEETING WITH DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY BARUTCU:
AMBASSADOR BARUTCU RETURNED TC ANKARA THIS SUMMER
AFTER SERVING FOUR YEARS AS TURKEY'S AMBASSADOR TO
VIENNA AND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE VARIOUS UN AGENCIES
LOCATED THERE. HE BRIEFED CODEL ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
WITH REGARD TO ILLICIT NARCOTICS IN TURKEY. FREQUENTLY
CITING INCB DOCUMENTS, BARUTCU SAID THAT ILLICIT OPIUM
PRODUCTION IN TURKEY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. PROGRESS HAS
ALSO BEEN MADE ON ILLICIT CANNABIS PRODUCTION, BUT
TURKEY REMAINS AN IMPORTANT TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR MORPHINE
BASE AND HEROIN FROM IRAN AS WELL AS CANNABIS FROM
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LEBANON. HE DESCRIBED THE UNFDAC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHICH IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS OF THE TURKISH ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THIS
ASSISTANCE AMOUNTS TO $5 MILLION OVER A FIVE YEAR
PERIOD.
4. CONGRESSMAN RANGEL PRAISED TURKEY'S SUCCESS IN
CONTROLLING OPIUM PRODUCTION AND ASKED IF A WAY COULD
NOT BE FOUND TO COOPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY TO STOP
THE TRANSIT TRAFFIC; SPECIFICALLY HE THOUGHT MUCH
MORE COULD BE DONE IN THE AREA OF NARCOTICS INTELLIGENCE
ON IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN. BARUTCU POINTED OUT THAT
TURKEY DOES NOT FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE CURRENT AFGHAN
REGIME AND, DUE TO THE INSURGENCY, OBTAINING INFORMA-
TION WOULD BE DIFFICULT IN ANY CASE. HE SAID, HOWEVER,
THAT TURKEY HAD PROPOSED TO IRAN A PROTOCOL ON NARCOTICS
COOPERATION, BUT THAT THE IRANIANS HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED
BARUTCU SAID THAT THE INCB HAS
CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE ON ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC IN THE
NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST WHICH HAS A COORDINATING ROLE.
THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, CURRENTLY CHAIRED BY BARUTCU, IS
COMPOSED OF TURKEY, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN
FOR THE PRODUCING/TRANSIT COUNTRIES AND SWEDEN FOR THE
CONSUMING COUNTRIES. CONGRESSMAN RANGEL WONDERED WHY
THE U.S. WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. HE
SAID THE US WOULD BE A MOPE APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE CONSUMING COUNTRIES.
5. BARUTCU, READING FROM PRESS CLIPPINGS, THEN ASKED
ABOUT NEWS STORIES QUOTING SENATOR D'AMATO'S (R-NY)
STATEMENT THAT NORTHERN CYPRUS HAS BECOME A NARCOTICS
PRODUCING AND TRANSIT CENTER IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
HE TERMED THIS STATEMENT IRRESPONSIBLE. HE ENDED HIS
COMMENTS BY BRIEFLY REVIEWING TURKEY'S POSITION ON THE
CYPRUS ISSUE. UNAL UNSAL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL
FOR MUTUAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, MFA, THEN PROVIDED A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF TURKEY'S ROLE IN NATO AND ITS EFFORTS TO
UPGRADE ITS MILITARY CAPABILITIES. RANGEL CLOSED THE
MEETING BY SAYING THAT THE US WANTS TO HELP TURKE( WITH
THE NARCOTICS TRANSIT PROBLEM AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE
THAT WE CAN FIND NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS TO COMBAT THE
ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFIC.
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TAGS: SNAR, OREP. TU
SUBJECT: COCEL RANGEL'S VISIT TO ANKARA
CODEL THEN PAID BRIEF COURTESY CALL ON AMBASSADOR OKTAY
CANKARDES. WHO IN THE ABSENCE OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER
AND THE UNDER SECRETARY, WAS THE SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL
IN TURKEY. CANKARDES WARMLY WELCOMED THE GROUP AND
ASSURED THEM OF TURKEY'S INTEREST IN STOPPING ILLICIT
TRAFFICKING. RANGLE PRAISED TURKEY'S POSITIONON THE
TROLLING POPPY CULTIVATION AND SAID THAT THE US WANTS
TO FIND NEW WAYS TO COOPERATE WITH TURKEY TO STEM
TRANSIT TRAFFIC.
7. CALL ON JANDARMA DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF, GENERAL
ISMAIL SELEN: GENERAL SELEN OPENED THE MEETING BY
DESCRIBING THE DIVISION OF ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
BETWEEN THE JANDARMA AND THE TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE
(TNP). THE TNP HAS RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES WHILE THE JANDARMA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL RURAL AREAS OUTSIDE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. GENERAL
SELEN THEN OPENED THE MEETING FOR DISCUSSION AND
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SOLICITED QUESTIONS FROM THE CODEL. CONGRESSMAN
RANGEL EXPRESSED US APPRECIATION FOR TURKEY'S SUCCESS
IN CONTROLLING THE CULTIVATION OF OPIUM POPPIES AND
ASKED ABOUT THE VOLUME OF ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRANSITING
TURKEY AS WELL AS TRENDS IN THIS TRAFFIC. SELEN SAID
THAT HE HAD NO WAY OF ESTIMATING THE VOLUME IN ILLICIT
DRUGS PASSING THROUGH TURKEY, BUT THAT ARRESTS AND
SEIZURES HAD BEEN GROWING. RANGEL WONDERED IF TURKISH
AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN ABLE TO ARREST THE REAL NARCOTICS
KINGPINS OR WHETHER ARRESTS HAD BEEN CONFINED TO
RELATIVELY LOWER-LEVEL TRAFFICKERS AND COURIERS. THE
GENERAL. RESPONDED THAT HE WAS NOT YET SATISFIED THAT
THEY HAD BEEN ARRESTING ENOUGH OF THE DRUG BOSSES.
HE DID FEEL, HOWEVER, THAT THEY HAD MADE PROGRESS IN
THIS AREA.
8. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON COOPERATION BETWEEN
TURKEY AND HER NEIGHBORS TO LIMIT DRUG TRAFFIC, SELEN
SAID THAT WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS PROGRESS HAD BEEN
MADE. MOST OF THE NARCOTICS TRANSITING TURKEY COME
ACROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER. CONGRESSMAN ROGERS ASKEI
IF THE US COULD DO MORE TO HELP. IN RESPONSE SELEN
POINTED TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF TIR TRUCKS THAT CROSS
TURKEY'S EASTERN BORDER. AS MANY AS 4,500 EACH DAY.
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO INSPECT EACH
TRUCK. ANY EQUIPMENT OR ASSISTANCE THE US COULD PROVIDE
TO HELP LOCATE WHERE DRUGS WERE HIDDEN COULD BE PUT TO
GOOD USE. CONGRESSMAN ROGERS SAID THAT THE BEST
ANSWER THE US HAS EEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH IS SNIFFING
DOGS. THE DISCUSSION ENDED WITH GENERAL SELEN'S COMMENT
THAT DOGS HAD BEEN BRIEFLY TRIED IN TURKEY AND HAD NOT
YET PROVED SUCCESSFUL.
9. TOUR OF JANDARMA NARCOTICS LABORATORY- THE TOUR WAS
CONDUCTED BY THE LABORATORY DIRECTOR, MAJOR NAMIK EVREN.
WHO EXPLAINED THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE LABORATORY
AND POINTED OUT THAT MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN
PROVIDED FROM U.S. NARCOTICS ASSISTANCE FUNDS. WHEN
ASKED THE ORIGIN OF MOST OF THE DRUGS TESTED IN THIS
LABORATORY, EVREN RESPONDED
THAT A MAJORITY OF THE ILLICIT NARCOTICS SEIZED IN
TURKEY HAD AN IRANIAN ORIGIN.
10. CALL ON PRESIDENT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMELV
AND ACTING PRESIDENT,NECMETTIN KARADUMAN: KARADUMAN
MADE A NUMBER OF REMARKS WHICH SHOWED THAT HE WAS
DEEPLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEM OF NARCOTICS AND
CONCERNED ABOUT STOPPING THE TRANSPORTATION OF NARCOTICS
THROUGH TURKEY. HE POINTED OUT THAT STRINGENT CONTROLS
IN TURKEY HAD ALREADY FORCED MANY TRAFFICKERS TO SHIFT
THEIR OPERATION "SOUTH". HE ALSO EXHIBITED SOPHISTI-
CATED KNOWLEDGE OF NARCOTICS DANGERS AND THE DIFFICULTIES
IN CONTROLLING DRUG TRADE. MR. RANGEL STRESSED ONCE
AGAIN THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE
FIELD OF DRUG ABUSE AND SAID THAT NARCOTICS WERE AS
DANGEROUS FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN AS POLITICAL TERRORISM
WAS FOR TURKISH CHILDREN." THE MEETING WAS AN EXTREMELY
AMICABLE ONE AND BOTH SIDES SEEMED TO FEEL THAT THEIR
COLLEAGUES WERE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THE
DRUG PROBLEM.
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SUBJECT: CODEL RANGEL'S VISIT TO ANKARA
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11. CALL ON CHIEF OF TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE, FAHRI
GORGULU: RANGEI OPENED) THE DISCUSSION BY EXPRESSING
HIS HOPE THAT THE TRANSIT TRAFFIC THROUGH TURKEY WOULD
NOT BECOME A FOCUS OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS IN THE
US. HE SAID THAT THE CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION
WOULD WORK TO KEEP THIS SUBJECT OUT OF THE POLITICAL
SPOTLIGHT. GORGULU OPENED WITH A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF
TURKEY'S SUCCESSFUL POPPY CONTROL PROGRAM AND TURKEY'S
EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE TRANSIT TRADE. CONGRESSMAN
RANGEL ASKED GORGULU FOR AN ESTIMATE OF NARCOTICS
ENTERING TURKEY FROM IRAN. GORGULU SAID THAT HE
BELIEVED THE VOLUME OF THIS ILLICIT TRAFFIC HAD BEEN
REDUCED GREATLY AND THAT TRAFFICKERS WERE NOW USING
MORE SOUTHERLY ROUTES, IN MANY CASES BY-PASSING
TURKEY ALTOGETHER. HE ADMITTED, HOWEVER, THAT IT
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE SHORT OF WHAT HE TERMED IRON
CURTAIN METHODS TO CONTROL THIS TRAFFIC ALTOGETHER.
MUCH OF IT ENTERS TURKEY ON DONKEY-BACK THROUGH THE
MOST REMOTE MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG TURKEY'S EASTERN
BORDER. GORGULU SUGGESTED THAT THE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
PLACE TIGHTER CONTROLS ON ACETIC ANHYDRIVE (AA) SINCE
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HEROIN PRODUCTION. MOST INDUSTRIAL
NATIONS HAVE A DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM. THEY, THEREFORE,
HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MORE CLOSELY CONTROL THE DIS-
TRIBUTION OF THIS PRODUCT. IN RESPONSE, IT WAS POINTED
OUT THAT AA IS PRODUCED IN VERY LARGE VOLUMES AND IS
USED FOR MANY PURPOSES. ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL ITS
DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE COMPARABLE IN DIFFICULTY TO
CONTROLLING THE USE OF COAL.
12. GORGULU WARMLY PRAISED DEA/TNP COOPERATION AND
DESCRIBED A NUMBER OF RECENT INVESTIGATIONS WHICH
RESULTED IN ARRESTS AND SEIZURES AS EXAMPLES OF THAT
COOPERATION. HE MENTIONED THAT DEA DIRECTOR MULLEN
WOULD BE VISITING TURKEY LATER THIS YEAR. IN CONTRAST,
COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WAS LACKING.
SPECIFICALLY, THE GOT HAS REQUESTED THE EXTRADITION OF
SEVERAL KNOWN TURKISH TRAFFICKERS WITHOUT RESPCNSE FROM
THE CONCERNED EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS. THE GOT IS ALSO
CONCERNED THAT THE SAME INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE IN
NARCOTICS SMUGGLING ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN TERRORISM.
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL AGREED THAT NARCOTICS SMUGGLERS
AND TERRORISTS WERE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN AND
ASKED ABOUT COOPERATION ON NARCOTICS MATTERS BETWEEN
TURKEY AND ITS NEIGHBORS. GORGULU ADMITTED THAT IN
SEVERAL CASES AGREEMENTS EXISTED, BUT HE SAID THAT
THEY WERE ONLY PIECES OF PAPER AND WERE OF LITTLE
PRACTICAL USE.
13. GORGULU SAID THAT THE TNP WAS MAKING EVERY
EFFORT TO IMPROVE ITS NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES.
HE ESTIMATED CURRENT EXPENDITURES AT $15 MILLION PER
YEAR. THIS INCLUDES GREATLY EXPANDED PERSONNEL
EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT AS WELL
AS EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND IMPROVED TRAINING. HE
THANKED THE US FOR ITS ASSISTANCE AND ASKED IF MORE
COULD BE PROVIDED. CONGRESSMAN RANGEL PROMISED THAT
THE US WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TURKEY'S NARCOTICS
CONTROL EFFORTS AND SAID THAT HE WOULD BRING UP
GORGULU'S SUGGESTION FOR TIGHTER CONTROLS ON AA IN
THE CONGRESS.
14-. CALL ON UNDER SECRETARY ')F FINANCE AND, CUSTOMS,
ERTUGRUL KUMCUOGLU: IN WELCOMING THE GROUP, ;U`4C000L1J
WARNED THE CONGRESSMEN THAT THE MINISTRIES OF FINANCE
AND CUSTOMS HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN MERGED. HE HAD ONLY
RECENTLY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CUSTOMS PART OF
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HIS PORTFOLIO AND DID NOT HAVE AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE
OF THE PROBLEMS TURKEY FACED IN THIS AREA. CONGRESSMAN
GUARINI COMPLIMENTED TURKEY'S EFFORTS ON THE POPPY
CONTROL PROGRAM, BUT SAID THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO INTERDICT NARCOTICS TRANSITING TURKEY. THE PROBLEM
IS OUT OF CONTROL WORLDWIDE AND THE US IS PREPARED TO
HELP IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. KUMCUOGLU REITERIATED HIS
LACK OF DETAILED KNOWLEDGE ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF
IDENTIFYING AND SEIZING ILLICIT NARCOTICS, BUT SAID
THAT MANY PROBLEMS COULD BE TRACED TO INSUFFICIENT
RESOURCES. IN TURKEY'S CASE, THE WILL TO STOP THE DRUG
TRAFFIC WAS THERE: TURKEY WAS COMMITTED, BUT SOMETIMES
THE MEANS WERE LACKING. CONGRESSMAN ROGERS ASKED WHAT
SPECIFICALLY' WAS NEEDED. DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY DOGAN
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AKIN RESPONDED THAT SOME WAY OF IDENTIFYING ILLICIT
SUBSTANCES WHETHER ON A TRAIN, A SHIP. OR AN INDIVIDUAL
WAS NEEDED. HE ADMITTED THAT CUSTOMS HAS NOT HAD MUCH
SUCCESS WITH THE SNIFFING COG PROGRAM, BUT THEW WERE
TRYING AGAIN WITH GERMAN ASSISTANCE TO SET UP A DOG
TRAINING CENTER IN TURKEY. HE ALSO ASKED IF WE COULD
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRAINING CENTER. CONGRESSMAN
GUARINI EMPHASIZED OUR DESIRE TO BE OF ASSISTANCE AND
SAID THAT HE WOULD ASK THE EMBASSY TO LOOK INTO THE
POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE
DOG TRAINING CENTER.
15. ON JANUARY 17, AMBASSADOR STRAUSZ-HUDE HOSTED A
DINNER IN HONOR OF THE CODEL THAT WAS ATTENDED BY MOST
SENIOR GOT OFFICIALS DEALING WITH NARCOTICS. ON
JANUARY 18. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE GRAND
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR THE CODEL. THE
LUNCHEON WAS MARKED BY A FRANK AND LIVELY EXCHANGE OF
VIEWS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES.
16. CODEL RANGEL HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE PRIOR TO
DEPARTURE. A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT AND PRESS CLIPPINGS
FROM THE VISIT ARE BEING POUCHED TO EUR/SE.
IT. COMMENT. THE CODEL FOCUSED GREAT ATTENTION ON THE
VOLUME CF NARCOTICS TRANSITING TURKEY. DURING JANUARY
17 COUNTRY TEAM ERIEFING, CONGRESSMAN RANGEL ASKED FOR
A MISSION ESTIMATE OF TRANSIT TRAFFIC THROUGH TURKEY
AND WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE
SUCH AN ESTIMATE. DEA BRIEFER DID POINT OUT, HOWEVER,
THAT DEA INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WOULD SOON (JANUARY 18)
JOIN DEA STAFF IN ANKARA. JACK CUSACK REQUESTED THAT
MORE ATTENTION AND EFFORT BE DEVOTED TO AN INTELLIGENCE
ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSIT TRAFFIC AND RECOMMENDED THAT
CONTACTS BE MADE WITH POLICE OFFICIALS IN OTHER CONSUMER
COUNTRIES TO OBTAIN ESTIMATES OF THE AMOUNT OF HEROIN
THAT REACHES THEIR COUNTRY VIA TURKEY. WE STRONGLY
RECOMMEND THAT WASHINGTON AGENCIES UNDERTAKE SUCH AN
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH MISSION HERE.
FYI: DEA'S OFFICE IN TURKEY HAS ALREADY REQUESTED INFOR-
MATION FROM WASHINGTON AND OTHER CAPITOLS THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED IN AN ASSESSMENT OF THIS TYPE. END FYI.
18. CONGRESSMAN RANGEL ALSO ASKED THE EMBASSY TO
FOLLOW UP ON HIS SUGGESTION THAT THE US REPLACE SWEDEN
ON THE INNB'S SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE
NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST (SEE PARA 4 ABOVE). EMBASSY
REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMENTS ON THIS SUGGESTION.
END COMMENT.
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19. THIS MESSAGE WAS DRAFTED AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF
CODEL RANGEL. PEREZ
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