Cablegate: Haiti: Pci/Kr Response for S/Ct

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SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR, S/CT GAIL ROBERTSON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC PTER PREL ECON ETTC EAID EFIN HA
SUBJECT: HAITI: PCI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT

REF: STATE 06461

1. Per reftel criteria, Haiti possesses only one critical
dependency relevant to the United States: the Haitian side
of the Windward Passage, an 80 km-wide strait between the
northwest corner of Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba, which
connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and which
lies on shipping lanes between the Panama Canal and the
eastern ports of the United States. The Government of Haiti
has no navy and a fledgling Coast Guard, which has near-zero
capability to patrol or protect the Haitian side of the
Windward Passage.

2. The Government of Haiti has limited capability to protect
its own critical infrastructure, due to the absence of a
military and a limited police force. The Government has made
no assessment of critical infrastructure in Haiti nor does it
have the means to protect such infrastructure.
SANDERSON

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