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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 02ROME186 |
DELIVERY OF ATLANTIC BIRD DEMARCHE TO GOI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO THE GOI AND ALENIA SPAZIO ON DECEMBER 18 AND 21, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD REFTEL MESSAGE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER OF THE EXPORT CONTROLS REGARDING ATLANTIC BIRD WOULD BE HIGHLY UNLIKELY IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT CHINESE UN [...] |
2002-01-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ETRD TSPA PARM CH IT MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME2257 |
ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...] |
2002-05-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME2772 |
ITALIAN POLICIES ON THE IMPORT, POSSESSION AND [...] THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' AUTHORIZATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02772 101029Z UNIT FOR ARMAMENTS (UAMA) REGULATES EXPORTS OF ARMAMENTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND ASSOCIATED MUNITIONS. THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, DIRECTORATE OF A [...] |
2002-06-10 10:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME2977 |
ITALY'S NUANCED POLICY ON DUAL USE EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY INSISTS ITS POLICY PROHIBITING SALES OF WEAPONS AND SENSITIVE DUAL USE ITEMS REMAINS FULLY IN FORCE. HOWEVER, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR FLAGS A POTENTIAL LEGAL VULNERABILITY IN THE POLICY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE UNITED NATIONS' FAILURE TO ADOPT A [...] |
2002-06-18 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC ETRD IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME4766 |
GALILEO DISCUSSION WITH ALENIA'S VIRIGLIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: EST SECTION RECENTLY MET WITH GIUSEPPE VIRIGLIO, CEO FOR THE SPACE DIVISION OF ITALIAN AEROSPACE COMPANY ALENIA SPAZIO. THE EUROPEAN GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT USG-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON GPS-GALILEO INTEROPERABILITY. VIRIGLIO [...] |
2002-10-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA TSPL ECON EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 02ROME6098 |
GOI INQUIRY ON HELICOPTER PARTS SALE TO IRAN [...] (C) AT THE END OF A DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH A/DCM ON A SEPARATE ISSUE, BERLUSCONI FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE REQUESTED "INFORMAL" USG VIEWS ON THE POSSIBLE RENEWAL OF A LONG-FROZEN SALE OF AGUSTA HELICOPTER PARTS TO IRAN, CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITHIN THE GOI. 2. (C) [...] |
2002-12-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME1228 |
S63-03 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW [...] (S) ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON MARCH 21. DE MOHR (WHO HAS REASSUMED HIS POSITION FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ABSENCE) WELCOMED THE RECEIPT OF FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE U.S., FOLLOWING UP TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS AMONG AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERS OF [...] |
2003-03-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME1344 |
IRAQI FINANCIAL DEBT TO ITALY [...] (SBU) DESPITE ITALIAN MEDIA CLAIMS THAT IRAQI DEBT TO ITALY IS E7 BILLION, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD US THAT THE AMOUNT IS CLOSER TO E1.3 BILLION. MOST OF THE DEBT RELATES TO A MID-1980S IRAQI ORDER OF FOUR FRIGATES, WHICH WERE NEVER DELIVERED BECAUSE OF A SUBSEQUENT UN EMBARGO. THE GOI ASSUME [...] |
2003-03-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME1502 |
MTAG 05-96: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER [...] (S) ECONOFF AND UK EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER NICK HOPTON DELIVERED REFTEL MESSAGE TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON APRIL 8. OUR MEETING FOLLOWED THE APRIL 7 MEETING BETWEEN UK EMBASSY DCM SCOTT WIGHTMAN WITH THE PM'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE ON THE SAME ISS [...] |
2003-04-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME1605 |
MTAG 05-96: GOI HALTS MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER [...] (S) ECONOFFS MET APRIL 15 WITH GIANPAOLO SCARANTE, DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUED SERIOUS USG CONCERNS REGARDING THE EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBERS FROM ITALY'S MAZZALI SYSTEMS TO IRAN'S SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT INCORPORATED (REF A). SCARANTE WAS VERY FAMILIAR [...] |
2003-04-15 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME209 |
ITALIAN BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA [...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO REF A, ECONOFF MET JANUARY 14 WITH MFA NP COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR TO ONCE AGAIN EXPRESS STRONG U.S. CONCERNS OVER THE SALE OF HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM ITALIAN FIRMS TO IRAN, AND TO INQUIRE WHETHER ANY SUCH VESSELS HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO IRAN. (REFS D-G CHRONICLE OUR PREVI [...] |
2003-01-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL IT IR LY EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME2340 |
ALENIA-SPAZIO AND CHINA: DELIVERY OF A/S [...] (S) ECMIN, JOINED BY SCICOUNS, DELIVERED A/S BLOOMFIELD'S LETTER AND ACCOMPANYING NON-PAPER ON MAY 23 TO MFA DIRGEN FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO. ECMIN NOTED THAT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS HAD APPRECIATED THE FEBRUARY APPROACH BY GOI AND ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT USG [...] |
2003-05-28 10:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | CH ETTC IR IT PREL EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME2827 |
ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA: FURTHER GOI VIEWS ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (S) ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET WITH MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON JUNE 20 TO DISCUSS PROPOSED AD HOC CONSULTATIONS ON BOTH ALENIA SPAZIO'S ACTIVITY IN CHINA AS WELL AS OTHER MUTUAL NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS (REF C). 3. (S) ECMIN DREW DE [...] |
2003-06-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME3178 |
ITALIAN INDUSTRY MINISTRY HOPES TO EASE TECH [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA, i.e. Industry) U/S Mario Valducci met with ECMIN to discuss the possibility of easing U.S. export controls on technology to Italy, in the context of Italy's strong political support for the U.S., particularly during the recent Ir [...] |
2003-07-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME3386 |
ITALIAN FAST BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA [...] (S) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ROBERT MAGGI, TOGETHER WITH ECMIN AND ECONOFF, RAISED CONTINUING U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING ITALIAN EXPORTS TO IRAN AND LIBYA (REFTEL) ON JULY 22 WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO AND NO [...] |
2003-07-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT LY IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME342 |
ITALY: MANPADS INITIATIVE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 03ROME3613 |
STOPPING ITALIAN FAST BOAT TRANSFERS TO IRAN [...] (S) ACTING ECMIN AND ECONOFF RAISED REFTEL POINTS AUGUST 8 WITH THE MFA'S MASSIMO LEGGERI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (IN THE ABSENCE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WITH WHOM PM DAS TURK MAGGI DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE ON JULY 22). LEGGERI TOOK CAREF [...] |
2003-08-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT IR LY EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME3701 |
U.S. COMPANY PUSHING FOR RELEASE OF TAIWAN SUB [...] (C) Summary. Kollmorgen, a U.S. producer of electro-optical submarine systems, has requested Embassy assistance in obtaining a sensitive export license for the firm's Italian subsidiary. The Italian company, Calzoni, which makes lifting devices for Kollmorgen's EO system, has requested the I [...] |
2003-08-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL MASS MCAP TW IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME3842 |
U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) Summary: U.S. and Italian government delegations held consultations on dual use export controls in Rome July 21-23, in order to increase mutual understanding of each country's controls and to further bilateral cooperation. Flexibility is a key component of each country's controls - in Ital [...] |
2003-08-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME3977 |
STOPPING ITALIAN FAST BOAT TRANSFERS TO IRAN [...] (S) Summary. Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design has given the GOI new assurances that it will not export more fast boats or boat molds to Iran as long as the security situation in the Persian Gulf remains volatile. MFA export control coordinator de Mohr told us this means the hold is ind [...] |
2003-09-02 19:18:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4236 |
FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND THE "CHINA THREAT" [...] Summary: The weakness of export markets and a perceived loss of Italian competitiveness have fueled a summer-long debate in Italy on the "trade threat" posed by China. The debate, led by Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and his close ally, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, has highlighted [...] |
2003-09-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME445 |
(S) AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIME MINISTRY ON SHIPMENT [...] (S) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER, TOGETHER WITH ACTING DCM AND POLMIN, USED THE OPPORTUNITY OF A FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUING STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHIPMENT OF HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM ITALY TO IRA [...] |
2003-02-04 19:00:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL PARM IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4744 |
ALENIA SPAZIO SPACE COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (S) Ecmin delivered reftel information October 10 to MFA Director General for Economic and Financial Cooperation Giandomenico Magliano, who was accompanied by Diego Ungaro, Director of the MFA's Office of Defense Industry and Sensiti [...] |
2003-10-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | CH ETTC IT PARM PREL TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4923 |
IS ITALYS EXPORT LED GROWTH MODEL IN TROUBLE? [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN EXPORTS TO ITS MAJOR MARKETS ARE FACING STIFF COMPETITION FROM, AND LOSING MARKET SHARE TO, CHEAPER EXPORTS FROM ASIA. THE THREAT HAS TRIGGERED MUCH POLITICAL POSTURING IN ITALY, WITH FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND UMBERTO BOSSI, NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER AND MINISTER OF REFORM [...] |
2003-10-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5202 |
IRAN/FAST-BOATS: INDUSTRY MINISTRY VIEWS [...] (S) Summary. Italian export control officials are looking for a way to make permanent the "informal hold" placed on FB Design fast boat exports to Iran, according to the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade's senior licensing official. Two approaches are under consideration: 1) formally add [...] |
2003-11-17 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC IR IT PARM PREL EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5435 |
ITALYS REACTION TO ITS STRUGGLING EXPORT SECTOR [...] Summary: The slump in Italys export sector continues to generate much public discussion. In contrast to calls a few months ago for tariffs and retaliation against cheaper exports from Asia, government and private sector officials are calling for a radical overhaul in Italys export sector. Th [...] |
2003-12-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5468 |
ALENIA SPAZIO CEO MAURIZIO TUCCI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Alenia Spazio CEO Maurizio Tucci described for the Ambassador on November 28 his keen interest in ensuring that nothing undermine the growing relationship of trust fostered by recent Italy-U.S. discussions on dual-use export controls and technology transfer. Tucci said he was eag [...] |
2003-12-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS IT CH TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5552 |
DEMARCHE ON SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF REF A INSTRUCTIONS, EMBASSY RAISED URGENT USG CONCERNS WITH THE FOLLOWING GOI OFFICIALS: -- FM FRATTINI: AT A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED DECEMBER 10 DINNER AT THE RESIDENCE IN HONOR OF FM FRATTINI, AMB. SEMBLER PULLED ASIDE THE MINISTER TO OUTLINE THE PROBLEM AND THE NEE [...] |
2003-12-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5680 |
SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) Embassy continues to press the GOI both to stop any shipments of FB Design fast boats still in Italian territory, and to institute legal means immediately to stop any future export of such technology. The GOI still insists it has no legal authority to stop such shipments. However, Foreign [...] |
2003-12-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME571 |
ITALY HOLDS UP SHIPMENT OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) FOLLOWING ANOTHER EMBASSY INQUIRY TO THE MFA ON FEBRUARY 11, GIUSEPPE MANZO, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS MARCELLO SPATAFORA, TOLD ECONOFF FEBRUARY 12 THAT SPATAFORA HAD CONTACTED THE ITALIAN COMPANY SB DESIGN TWO DAYS AGO TO ASK THEM TO HALT THE IMPENDING SHI [...] |
2003-02-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC IR PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME5717 |
SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) FURTHER TO REF A, GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MINISTER ANTONIO MARZANO, CALLED A/ECMIN TO REPORT THAT MINISTER MARZANO HAD SPOKEN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI ON THE MARGINS OF THE DECEMBER 23 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' MEETING REGARDING THE EXPO [...] |
2003-12-24 12:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME1594 |
BRIEFING ITALY ON MILITARY/DUAL-USE PROCUREMENT [...] (S) INR Analyst Dr. Thomas Zarzecki, EUR/PRA officer Mark Cassayre, and Emboffs met with Italian officials March 30 to provide an intelligence briefing on military/dual-use procurement efforts in Europe by Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism. The briefing included information about the [...] |
2004-04-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME166 |
UPDATE ON SALE OF FAST BOATS AND BOAT ENGINES TO [...] (S) Summary. Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) officials outlined to us on January 14 a three-pronged strategy for dealing with the export of fast boats and related items to Iran. In the short term the MPA will inquire with Italian customs authorities about the status of the immi [...] |
2004-01-15 17:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME1718 |
EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; NEWLINE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ATTACHE', ROME, INDICES CHECKS REVEALED THAT NEWLINE TECHNOLOGY IS A SUBJECT OF A CURRENT INVESTIGATION SUSPECTED OF DIVERTING U.S. GOODS FROM THE U.A.E. T [...] |
2004-05-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETTC AE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME1928 |
ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA - DETAILS ON CONTINUED AND [...] (S) Summary: Alenia Spazio (AS) CEO Maurizio Tucci and Director General Carlo Penazzi told emboffs May 13 that contacts between the company and Chinese space officials over the last six months had revealed several potential areas of further cooperation: telecommunications; manned space program [...] |
2004-05-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL TSPA IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2092 |
REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SENSTITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. 3. (SBU) THE OFFICE OF THE ICE ATTACHE IN ROME IS ASSISTING OUR OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, WITH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ILLEGAL EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN AND IRAQ FROM THE U.S. FIRM "AMIR TTT INC." THE INVESTIG [...] |
2004-05-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2322 |
U.S.-ITALY EXPORT CONTROL TALKS: EMBASSY THOUGHTS [...] (S) Summary. The June 23 U.S.-Italy export control talks in Rome provide an important opportunity to encourage the GOI to address more flexibly the control of troublesome exports that do not fall clearly under any multilateral regime, such as the export of Italian fast boats to Iran. The GOI lo [...] |
2004-06-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME254 |
GOI PROVIDES TECHNICAL DETAILS ON FAST BOATS AND [...] (S/NF) AS FOESHADOWED IN REFTEL, THE GOI HAS SHARED WITH US -- ON A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BASIS -- DETAILED INORMATION FROM BOTH FB DESIGN AND ISOTTA FRASCHINI OTORI REGARDING THEIR EXPORTS TO IRAN. WE WERE OLD THAT NEITHER COMPANY IS AWARE THAT THE INFORATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE USG. [...] |
2004-01-23 18:35:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2829 |
U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) On June 23, 2004, U.S. and Italian goverment delegations held consultations on a range o export control and technology transfer issues, s a follow-up to discussions held in July 2003. Bth sides appeared satisfied with the quality of he information exchange. Discussion included the EU/China [...] |
2004-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL EIND PARM TSPA IT CH IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2964 |
FAST BOATS TO IRAN: COMPANY PRESSES GOI [...] (S) The Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) continues to be pressed by Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design to allow it to resume business with Iran, according to Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements - Foreign Trade. Teti himself contacted econoff July 28 to [...] |
2004-07-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME4648 |
ITALIAN REQUEST TO UPDATE NICKEL EXPORT AGREEMENT [...] Action Request -- See Paragraph 5. 2. The GOI recently contacted embassy regarding their interest in updating a 1982 agreement on issuance of certificates of origin for the export of nickel-bearing material to the U.S. The agreement was intended to ensure that such exports did not contain [...] |
2004-12-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETTC IT CU EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME59 |
SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) ON JAN. 7 ECON COUNSELOR CALLED ON GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MARZANO, TO CONTINUE REFTEL A DISCUSSION OF FB DESIGN'S EXPORT TO IRAN OF FOUR FAST BOATS. ECON COUNSELOR SAID WE UNDERSTOOD TWO BOATS WERE ALREADY IN IRAN, AND THAT TH [...] |
2004-01-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME731 |
ITALY'S ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING U.S. [...] Summary. GOI officials continue to raise concerns about the U.S. Bioterrorism Act (BTA), in particular the burden it places on Italian small- and medium-size exporters, whose products make up a significant portion of Italys food exports. Officials from three ministries emphasized to Embassy [...] |
2004-02-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME776 |
ITALIAN MINISTRY TRIES TO BLOCK FUTURE FAST BOAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: With FB Design's fast-boat contract with Iran effectively fulfilled, the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities has sent a stern letter to the company, warning it to do no further business with Iran without formal ministerial review. The legal force of the letter is unclear, [...] |
2004-03-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1005 |
ITALY-CHINA: FINI - LI MEETING DOOMED AFTER EU [...] (C) Summary. The March 18 meeting of Foreign Ministers Fini and Li was a disappointment for both sides, according to the Italian MFA. Li made no headway in pushing for a lifting of the EU arms embargo, getting instead public and private lectures from Fini on human rights. So, he gave nothin [...] |
2005-03-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1150 |
ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH CHINA: [...] There are divided views in Italy on trade and investment in China and whether China is a threat or an opportunity. Although Italian exports to China have increased recently, they pale compared to the sharp increase of Chinese imports into Italy. Italy's direct investment in China remains quit [...] |
2005-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1391 |
ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...] |
2005-04-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1470 |
(S) SHIELD S33A-04: UPDATE ON POSSIBLE IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1591 |
IRANIAN FAST BOATS [...] (S) Summary. In response to Ref. A demarche, Italy's Export Control Coordinator Carol Tripepi assured us that the GOI will continue to block the export of FB Design's last fast boat under its contract with Iran, and that he was unaware of any ongoing business between the company and Iranian e [...] |
2005-05-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1787 |
MTAG 05-96: EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME2498 |
ROME RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: 05-969702 [...] This is a response to reftel, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-969702, regarding the export of CH-47 Chinook spare parts from Lee Air Company, Inc. to Italian consignee Aermeccanica. 2. We confirmed Aermeccanica's order by telephone with co-owner Aldo Pinza. M [...] |
2005-07-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT ECON AVIATION BLUE LANTERN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME2669 |
RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NEOTECH [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ATTACHE, ROME, INDICES CHECKS REVEALED THE SUBJECT, NEOTECH SRL, IS FREE OF DEROGATORY INFORMATION. ALTHOUGH, THE FOREIGN PURCHASER, FLIR SYSTEMS, IS A PO [...] |
2005-08-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC KHLS HLSX EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME3802 |
GOI SIGNS BLANKET END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND [...] (U) In May 2005, the Embassy delivered the USG verbal note transmitted in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This note offered the GOI the opportunity to sign blanket end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for U.S.-origin defense articles, related training, or defense se [...] |
2005-11-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME4021 |
POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECH TRANSFER TO IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Aldo Doria, Head of the Ministry of Productive Activities' Export Control Unit, told EconOff the export of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile components from Italy to the Netherlands for possible re-export to Iran is likely to occur by December 20. The Italian firm i [...] |
2005-12-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR NE IT MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME4072 |
USITC FIVE YEAR REVIEW: ANTIDUMPING AND/OR [...] (U) In response to reftel request for industry-wide data on production and export of C20000-series brass sheet and strip, Post contacted the Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) and the National Association of Non-Ferrous Metals Industries (ASSOMET). While they were unable to provide us [...] |
2005-12-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ECON ASEC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
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OECD - EXPORT CREDITS; BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) As instructed, EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 15 to Roberto Pecoraio, Director of the Legal Department for SACE, Italy's Export Credit Agency. Pecoraio said in general Italy supported the OECD Secretariat's proposed Action Statement on Measures to Deter Bribery (in granting e [...] |
2005-12-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD EXPORT CONTROLS |
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GOI CHARTS THE WAY FORWARD AFTER WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Amadeo Teti, Vice Ministry of Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, views the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial as an overall success and especially as "a win" for Brazil. Teti praised Pascal Lamy's leadership of the WTO, and predicted an agreement on the Doha Development [...] |
2005-12-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
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(S) MTAG: ADDITIONAL GOI REACTION TO POTENTIAL [...] (S) Ref B reports on the delivery of our January 13 demarche (ref C) to the MFA's Non-Proliferation Coordinator Carlo Tripepi, in which we informed the GOI that several Chinese firms intended to engage in proliferation-related activity with several Italian firms, including Galileo Avionica, Si [...] |
2005-03-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IT CH MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
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ITALY WILL MAKE NO COMMITMENTS TO CHINESE FM LI ON [...] (C) Drawing from points ref a, poloff reiterated with EU CFSP Office Director Luigi Mattiolo continued strong US concern over the possibility that the EU may lift its arms embargo against China within the next few months, and the damaging signal such a development could send to Beijing and to [...] |
2005-03-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
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AFTER BLOCKING SALE TO IRAN, ITALIAN MANUFACTURER [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Acting on instructions from Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso, Director General for Commercial Agreements Amadeo Teti called on Acting EcMin December 27 to seek USG assistance in finding U.S. buyers for fast boats manufact [...] |
2006-01-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
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S59-05: GOI APPRAISED OF ATTEMPTS BY IRANIAN FIRM [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel talking points and non paper to Aldo Doria, head of the Productive Activities Ministry's (MPA) Export Control Unit. Doria is familiar with Samamicro and with Angelantoni, the Italian company from which Samamicro's website offers to procure dual-use equipment. D [...] |
2006-02-02 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL PINR ETTC IT IR CBW EXPORT CONTROLS |
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ITALY, VENEZUELA NOT NEGOTIATING NAVAL VESSEL SALE [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 15. He noted public statements by the GOV defense minister suggesting that Venezuela might look to Italy.for submarines, urged the GOI not to contemplate such sales, and reviewed USG [...] |
2006-02-17 12:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL PARM VE IT EXPORT CONTROLS |