DTC CASE 980274: TAIWAN ASSURANCES

C O N F I D E N T I A L AIT TAIPEI 002463

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DEPT FOR ISN/MTR, PM/DTC AND EAP/TC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/21/2016
TAGS: ETTC KOMC MNUC MTCRE PARM TW
SUBJECT: DTC CASE 980274: TAIWAN ASSURANCES


REF: A. STATE 97364

B. TAIPEI 2167

Classified By: AIT Acting Economic Section Chief Timothy D. Neely, Reas
ons 1.4 d/e


1. (C) On July 21, 2006, AIT Taipei received written
assurances from TECRO for DTC 980274 as requested ref A.
The text of TECRO's assurances follows:


2. (C) Begin text.

Coordination Council for North American Affairs
Headquarters for
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the
U.S. (TECRO)
133 Bo Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

CONFIDENTIAL (Taiwan Classification)

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Ref No: TECRO 09558024600
July 19, 2006

Mr. Daniel K. Moore
Chief
Economic Section
American Institute in Taipei
Taipei Office
7, Lane 134, Hsin Yi Road, Sec. 3
Taipei, Taiwan

Dear Mr. Moore:

This is in reference to AIT's letter (B-365) dated June 21,
2006, requesting a written confirmation of assurances for
Defense Trade Controls CASE #980274 from Chun Shan
Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST).

In reply, I wish to inform you that CSIST has agreed to
comply with the terms of requested assurances which
include:

A) The items will not be used in the design, development,
manufacture, launch, or operation of any delivery system
for weapons of mass destruction or in the conversion of any
other delivery system for weapons of mass destruction;

B) The items will be used only for the purpose stated and
such use will not be modified nor the items themselves
modified or replicated without prior consent of the
American Institute in Taiwan.

C) Neither the items, nor replicas, nor derivatives
thereof, will be retransferred without the consent of the
American Institute in Taiwan; and,

D) For the purpose of these assurances, a delivery system
for weapons of destruction is agreed to include any
complete rocket system (including ballistic missiles, space
launch vehicles, and sounding rockets) or unmanned air
vehicle system (including cruise missile systems, target
drones and reconnaissance drones) that are:

--1) intended to deliver nuclear, chemical, or biological
weapons; or

--2) capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a
range of at least 300 km.

Enclosed please find a copy of the written confirmation of
assurances provided by CSIST. I would appreciate it if you
could forward the above-mentioned information to the
authorities concerned for the issuance of export permit.

Thank you for your attention in the matter.

Sincerely yours,

Terry Ting
Deputy Secretary General

Enclosure: as stated.

Cc: 1. Chun Shan Institute of Science and Technology
--2. Department of North American Affairs, MOFA

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3. (C) Note: The letter from TECRO did not include any
enclosures. End note.
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