Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06OSLO559
2006-05-04 14:29:00
SECRET
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
NORWEGIAN FAST BOATS TO IRAN
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S E C R E T OSLO 000559
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC IR NO
SUBJECT: NORWEGIAN FAST BOATS TO IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 69680
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
(S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS for Export
Control Jan Grevstad on May 4. Grevstad said that he had
spoken earlier in the week with the Norwegian Police Security
Service (PST) about the sale by the Norwegian firm Batservice
A/S of fast boats to Iran. According to Grevstad, PST runs a
program to try and inform civilian Norwegian companies about
their possible unwitting contribution to weapons
proliferation. According to Grevstad, PST has spoken with
Batservice in the past and will contact them again within the
next three to four weeks, to learn more about Batservice's
planned cooperation with Iran and explain the proliferation
concerns about the proposed construction of a facility to
produce fast boats in Iran. Grevstad listened carefully to
our policy concerns regarding Iran's errant behavior, but
made no substantive comment, other than to note the legal
limitations that Norway has in trying to stop a Norwegian
company from exporting a non-controlled commercial good to a
civilian entity abroad. However, Grevstad promised to let us
know the outcome of PST's forthcoming visit to Batservice.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WHITNEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC IR NO
SUBJECT: NORWEGIAN FAST BOATS TO IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 69680
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
(S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS for Export
Control Jan Grevstad on May 4. Grevstad said that he had
spoken earlier in the week with the Norwegian Police Security
Service (PST) about the sale by the Norwegian firm Batservice
A/S of fast boats to Iran. According to Grevstad, PST runs a
program to try and inform civilian Norwegian companies about
their possible unwitting contribution to weapons
proliferation. According to Grevstad, PST has spoken with
Batservice in the past and will contact them again within the
next three to four weeks, to learn more about Batservice's
planned cooperation with Iran and explain the proliferation
concerns about the proposed construction of a facility to
produce fast boats in Iran. Grevstad listened carefully to
our policy concerns regarding Iran's errant behavior, but
made no substantive comment, other than to note the legal
limitations that Norway has in trying to stop a Norwegian
company from exporting a non-controlled commercial good to a
civilian entity abroad. However, Grevstad promised to let us
know the outcome of PST's forthcoming visit to Batservice.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WHITNEY