PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: BRIEFING THE

S E C R E T PARIS 000335 SIPDIS FOR ISN (NP/RA - ATTN: RPAN) E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2016 TAGS: KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH SUBJECT: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: BRIEFING THE FRENCH MFA ON 17 JANUARY U.S. DELEGATION VISIT TO ACTIDYN REF: STATE 060756 Classified By: ESTH Counselor Robert W. Dry for Reasons 1.5 (c),(d),( h). ¶1. (S) As requested by the Government of France (GOF) at the 16 January inter-agency meeting with U.S. delegation, on 18 January ESTH/NP officer briefed French MFA Actidyn PSI matter point-of-contact, Sebastien Jaunet, on the U.S. delegation visit to Actidyn Systemes on 17 January. ESTH/NP officer was circumspect in his comments, informing Jaunet in general terms that the visit had been "useful" and that the U.S. delegation and the directors at Actidyn had engaged in what appeared to be "a frank and transparent exchange." ESTH/NP officer further informed Jaunet that the company had allowed the members of the U.S. delegation to view the vibrafuge. ¶2. (S) ESTH/NP officer also highlighted that Actidyn interlocutors had agreed to send members of the U.S. delegation a copy of the signed contract for the vibrafuge transaction and that the company had promised to pass delegation members any new information obtained from its Chinese and U.S. partners involved in the transaction. ESTH/NP officer further advised that U.S delegation and Actidyn representatives had agreed that all future exchanges of information should go through French MFA channels. Jaunet remarked that the GOF preferred that channel, and looked forward to cooperating with the U.S. on this matter in future. ¶3. (S) ESTH/NP officer expressed USG appreciation to Jaunet for assistance in arranging the U.S. delegation visit to the company, and noted that U.S. officials planned to brief the French Embassy in Washington directly. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm Stapleton