Identifier | Created | Classification | Origin |
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05TAIPEI2983 | 2005-07-11 10:00:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei |
1. (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On July 8, AIT/T received a request from Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) for U.S. comment on an export license application for 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide ordered by a manufacturer in Iran. We will forward by classified e-mail to EAP/TC and NP/ECC Jason McClellan the entire packet of information provided by BOFT including copies of the application materials. 3. (C) This request is the second under a quick-response export control procedure reported ref A. 4. (C) Action Request: AIT/T requests Department reply with information to "verify the legitimacy" of the listed end user or any other relevant information that can be provided to Taiwan's BOFT for consideration of this application. 5. (SBU) Begin informal translation of BOFT's request letter Export-Control Application Verification July 4, 2005 From: Board of Foreign Trade To: Economic Section/ America Institute in Taiwan BOFT Contact person: Ms. Fu Chung-mei BOFT Contact number: 886-2-2397-7365 BOFT fax: 886-2-2397-0522 Letter number: Mao Fu Tzi 09401508740 Cc: National Security Bureau and TECRO/W Subject: We seek U.S. assistance in verifying the legitimacy of an Iran manufacturer named "Sherkat Taawoni Abkaran VA Pardakhktkaran Ostan Tehran" who plans to purchase 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide from Taiwan. Explanation: 1. This letter request regards a Strategic High-Tech Commodity (SHTC) export control license application dated June 24, 2005 with application number 94-000436 from the Taiwan manufacturer "Imperial Chemical Corp." 2. This application indicated that the subject Iran company Sherkat plans to purchase 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide from the Taiwan company Imperial. The initial investigation showed that the subject commodity is on the SHTC control list, and this Iran company is not on any of U.S. Department of Commerce,s open denied persons list, unverified list or entity list. Further verification of whether this Iran company is in the U.S. un-announced high-risk lists is needed. 3. Attached please find copies of the SHTC export license application from Imperial, and the End-User Certificate with other related reference from Iran company Sherkat. Please respond to us with a verification result so we can meet the deadline for processing export control applications in Taiwan's Trade Law. End informal translation. KEEGAN |