Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05TAIPEI4335
2005-10-26 01:45:00
SECRET
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Cable title:
TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
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S E C R E T TAIPEI 004335
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/TC, EAP/EP, ISN/MTR MHARDIMAN
DEPT PASS AIT/W
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2015
TAGS: ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
SUBJECT: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
REF: A. STATE 145151
B. STATE 195747
C. STATE 196367
Classified By: AIT Acting Director David Keegan, Reason 1.4 b/d
S E C R E T TAIPEI 004335
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/TC, EAP/EP, ISN/MTR MHARDIMAN
DEPT PASS AIT/W
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2015
TAGS: ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
SUBJECT: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
REF: A. STATE 145151
B. STATE 195747
C. STATE 196367
Classified By: AIT Acting Director David Keegan, Reason 1.4 b/d
1. (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness
of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control
event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo
Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in
Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length
the importance of the Hawaii event to the goal of keeping
security issues on the agenda in APEC and noted that there
would still be opportunities for Taiwan delegates to speak
during the question and answer periods. It was unclear
whether the AIT remarks, in the absence of an agenda,
convinced Kuo of the value of attending. Action request:
Please provide the latest agenda for the APEC export control
event.
2. (S) AIT also delivered ref A non-paper, ref B answers to
Taiwan questions, and ref C comment on export license
application 94-000412 to BOFT officials. There was no
immediate response from the Taiwan side, except to note that
the timeframe for comments on export licenses and the list of
sensitive items would probably both need additional
"bilateral" discussions. BOFT Chief Secretary Peter Ho said
that his traveling to Washington after Hawaii would need to
be cleared by his supervisor and by the Minister of Economic
Affairs. He said he recalled from the August talks that
NP/CBM Director Van Diepen said he would return to Taiwan for
another round of talks after 120 days, early December.
3. (S) BOFT presented a two-page paper "Taiwan's Progress in
Strengthening Export Control Measures" and a list of 89
commodity codes that will be added to the lists of
"sensitive" commodities that will require a license whenever
they are exported or re-exported from, or transit/transship
Taiwan. AIT's initial assessment of the list is that there
are three main types of commodities added: 1) almost all
machine tools are now considered sensitive; 2) many types of
machinery related to IC production have been added; and 3)
several additional chemicals have been added. AIT has faxed
the two BOFT papers to EAP/TC.
KEEGAN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/TC, EAP/EP, ISN/MTR MHARDIMAN
DEPT PASS AIT/W
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2015
TAGS: ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
SUBJECT: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
REF: A. STATE 145151
B. STATE 195747
C. STATE 196367
Classified By: AIT Acting Director David Keegan, Reason 1.4 b/d
1. (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness
of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control
event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo
Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in
Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length
the importance of the Hawaii event to the goal of keeping
security issues on the agenda in APEC and noted that there
would still be opportunities for Taiwan delegates to speak
during the question and answer periods. It was unclear
whether the AIT remarks, in the absence of an agenda,
convinced Kuo of the value of attending. Action request:
Please provide the latest agenda for the APEC export control
event.
2. (S) AIT also delivered ref A non-paper, ref B answers to
Taiwan questions, and ref C comment on export license
application 94-000412 to BOFT officials. There was no
immediate response from the Taiwan side, except to note that
the timeframe for comments on export licenses and the list of
sensitive items would probably both need additional
"bilateral" discussions. BOFT Chief Secretary Peter Ho said
that his traveling to Washington after Hawaii would need to
be cleared by his supervisor and by the Minister of Economic
Affairs. He said he recalled from the August talks that
NP/CBM Director Van Diepen said he would return to Taiwan for
another round of talks after 120 days, early December.
3. (S) BOFT presented a two-page paper "Taiwan's Progress in
Strengthening Export Control Measures" and a list of 89
commodity codes that will be added to the lists of
"sensitive" commodities that will require a license whenever
they are exported or re-exported from, or transit/transship
Taiwan. AIT's initial assessment of the list is that there
are three main types of commodities added: 1) almost all
machine tools are now considered sensitive; 2) many types of
machinery related to IC production have been added; and 3)
several additional chemicals have been added. AIT has faxed
the two BOFT papers to EAP/TC.
KEEGAN