(S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING

S E C R E T BERLIN 003580 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/MTR AND EUR/AGS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/28/2016 TAGS: ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL GM SUBJECT: (S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING SPECIALTY STEELS DELIVERED TO GERMANY REF: SECSTATE 202482 Classified By: Acting Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs Robert S. Hagen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett December ¶27. Schuett thanked us for the information and said she would convey it to appropriate government officials for consultation. She said that the Federal Economic and Export Licensing Agency (BAFA) would be responsible for informing German industry of the sensitivity of exporting specialty steels to Iran. ¶2. (U) Post will report any substantive German response septel. KOENIG