CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE WITH NORTH

S E C R E T OTTAWA 002903

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2015
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC KNNP CA
SUBJECT: CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE WITH NORTH
KOREA

REF: SECSTATE 173768

Classified By: POL M/C BRIAN FLORA. REASON 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (S) Polmincouns and polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs DG
for International Security Paul Chapin and DG for North Asia
and Pacific Ted Lipman on September 22 to discuss cutting off
North Korean hard currency earnings from arms sales. Emboffs
left key points as a nonpaper, and a duplicate copy of
earlier points on EO 13382 authorizing freezing of
proliferators' assets.


2. (S) Responding to demarche points, Chapin and Lipman
affirmed that Canada maintains longstanding prohibitions on
military exports to North Korea. Korea desk officer Timothy
Edwards added that even dual-use exports are prohibited,
citing by way of example how transfer of a "much used"
Chrysler minivan for humanitarian purposes was prevented
because of the potential dual-use applications of some of the
vehicle's computerized systems.


3. (S) Chapin said he was willing to explore the possibility
of approaching some of the countries that either are clients
of the DPRK or may be seeking to develop an arms
relationship, particularly those governments that might be "a
little wary" of the United States. Emboffs expressed
appreciation for the offer and said they would relay it to
Washington for consideration.


4. (U) TRIPOLI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.

Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa

WILKINS