MTAG 05-96/NO EXPORT ACTIVITY FROM TURKEY TO

S E C R E T ANKARA 004406 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/14/2013 TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL SUBJECT: MTAG 05-96/NO EXPORT ACTIVITY FROM TURKEY TO SUSPECTED IRANIAN ENTITIES REF: A. SECSTATE 96184 ¶B. ANKARA 2510 ¶C. ANKARA 2497 ¶1. (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (S) Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA, reported to Polmiloff on July 9 that there has been no export activity from Turkey to the Iranian entities outlined in ref A. Yagli expressed thanks for the information provided in the non-paper (passed to the GOT as reported in refs B and C),and said that it has helped Turkey maintain its vigilance in supporting the MTCR. PEARSON