Identifier
Created
Classification
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05VIENNA3464
2005-10-27 12:42:00
SECRET
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO
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S E C R E T VIENNA 003464
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/MTR, EUR/AGS, AND EUR/PRA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2015
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
SUBJECT: MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO
SELL GRAPHITE TO IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM (S)
REF: A) VIENNA 3325 B) STATE 185786
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T VIENNA 003464
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/MTR, EUR/AGS, AND EUR/PRA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2015
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
SUBJECT: MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO
SELL GRAPHITE TO IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM (S)
REF: A) VIENNA 3325 B) STATE 185786
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d)
1. (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up
recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of
Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit
Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division,
to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare
Parts company's offer to sell graphite cylinders to an
Iranian missile organization subordinate to Iran's Aerospace
Industries Organization. Krehlik said that Austrian
authorities had stopped the shipment at the Graz Airport.
Customs officials were now investigating this shipment, as
well as various other shipments over the last two years, to
ascertain whether or not DFE Industrial Spare Parts needed
licenses for the shipments. Krehlik noted that some of the
items, which authorities had seized in the recent action were
of U.S. origin. Krehlik thanked the USG for ref B
information, adding that collaborative and extremely detailed
information from HMG and Israeli officials had also
contributed to the GoA's success in stopping the Graz
shipment.
van Voorst
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/MTR, EUR/AGS, AND EUR/PRA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2015
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
SUBJECT: MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO
SELL GRAPHITE TO IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM (S)
REF: A) VIENNA 3325 B) STATE 185786
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d)
1. (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up
recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of
Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit
Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division,
to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare
Parts company's offer to sell graphite cylinders to an
Iranian missile organization subordinate to Iran's Aerospace
Industries Organization. Krehlik said that Austrian
authorities had stopped the shipment at the Graz Airport.
Customs officials were now investigating this shipment, as
well as various other shipments over the last two years, to
ascertain whether or not DFE Industrial Spare Parts needed
licenses for the shipments. Krehlik noted that some of the
items, which authorities had seized in the recent action were
of U.S. origin. Krehlik thanked the USG for ref B
information, adding that collaborative and extremely detailed
information from HMG and Israeli officials had also
contributed to the GoA's success in stopping the Graz
shipment.
van Voorst