Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BERLIN3374
2006-11-28 15:16:00
SECRET
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
(S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE
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S E C R E T BERLIN 003374
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, EAP, AND EUR/AGS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL CBW ETTC GM CH
SUBJECT: (S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE
SENDING PATHOGENS TO CHINA
REF: A. BERLIN 976
B. STATE 52743
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski, for reason
s 1.4 (b),(d),and (h).
S E C R E T BERLIN 003374
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, EAP, AND EUR/AGS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL CBW ETTC GM CH
SUBJECT: (S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE
SENDING PATHOGENS TO CHINA
REF: A. BERLIN 976
B. STATE 52743
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski, for reason
s 1.4 (b),(d),and (h).
1. (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation
issues with German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer
Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke provided a German-language
nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning contacts
between the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CCDC) and two
German biological research institutes, the Marburg Institute
of Virology and the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical
Diseases. Kauke said that neither German institute
transferred any virus-related material or any Australia
Group-listed items to the CCDC. He also said that both
institutes were alerted to the requirement of applying for a
license with the German Federal Economic and Export Licensing
Agency (BAFA) before exporting such items.
2. (S) Begin text of unofficial embassy translation of the
German-language nonpaper:
Regarding the nonpaper from April 10, 2006, (Australia Group)
concerning contacts between the Chinese Center for Disease
Control (CCDC) and the Marburg Institute of Virology
(University Hospital Giessen and Marburg) and also the
Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Diseases in Hamburg,
allow us to bring the following information to the attention
of the U.S. authorities:
-- We thank you for the information concerning the
cooperation that the CCDC intended with the previously named
German institutes in the area of detecting Ebola, Marburg,
and Lassa Fever viruses. Also, according to local findings,
the goods (virus material) named in the referent nonpaper
should be subject to approval, since they are included in
Australia Group lists.
-- Inquiries by the responsible authorities have established
that the Marburg Institute of Virology had received no such
inquiries from the CCDC. The Bernhard-Nocht Institute for
Tropical Diseases had twice in December 2005 received such
inquiries, although it had neither initiated any cooperation
nor sent any material. Both institutes will notify BAFA if
they possibly receive such future inquiries.
-- We have no relevant proliferation-related knowledge
concerning the CCDC. According to local information, the
CCDC is in charge of the organizational and scientific
measures for controlling infectious diseases, such as SARS,
tuberculosis, etc., in Chinese provinces.
We are pleased with the continuing outstanding cooperation in
the area of export controls.
End text of German-language nonpaper.
TIMKEN JR
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, EAP, AND EUR/AGS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL CBW ETTC GM CH
SUBJECT: (S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE
SENDING PATHOGENS TO CHINA
REF: A. BERLIN 976
B. STATE 52743
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski, for reason
s 1.4 (b),(d),and (h).
1. (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation
issues with German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer
Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke provided a German-language
nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning contacts
between the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CCDC) and two
German biological research institutes, the Marburg Institute
of Virology and the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical
Diseases. Kauke said that neither German institute
transferred any virus-related material or any Australia
Group-listed items to the CCDC. He also said that both
institutes were alerted to the requirement of applying for a
license with the German Federal Economic and Export Licensing
Agency (BAFA) before exporting such items.
2. (S) Begin text of unofficial embassy translation of the
German-language nonpaper:
Regarding the nonpaper from April 10, 2006, (Australia Group)
concerning contacts between the Chinese Center for Disease
Control (CCDC) and the Marburg Institute of Virology
(University Hospital Giessen and Marburg) and also the
Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Diseases in Hamburg,
allow us to bring the following information to the attention
of the U.S. authorities:
-- We thank you for the information concerning the
cooperation that the CCDC intended with the previously named
German institutes in the area of detecting Ebola, Marburg,
and Lassa Fever viruses. Also, according to local findings,
the goods (virus material) named in the referent nonpaper
should be subject to approval, since they are included in
Australia Group lists.
-- Inquiries by the responsible authorities have established
that the Marburg Institute of Virology had received no such
inquiries from the CCDC. The Bernhard-Nocht Institute for
Tropical Diseases had twice in December 2005 received such
inquiries, although it had neither initiated any cooperation
nor sent any material. Both institutes will notify BAFA if
they possibly receive such future inquiries.
-- We have no relevant proliferation-related knowledge
concerning the CCDC. According to local information, the
CCDC is in charge of the organizational and scientific
measures for controlling infectious diseases, such as SARS,
tuberculosis, etc., in Chinese provinces.
We are pleased with the continuing outstanding cooperation in
the area of export controls.
End text of German-language nonpaper.
TIMKEN JR