PAKISTAN NUCLEAR FACILITY: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 001486 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR DICARLO, EUR/SCE HOH, SAINZ, BALIAN DEPT FOR T/ISN, T/VCI E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2016 TAGS: PARM ETTC PREL PK HR ARMS CONTROL SUBJECT: PAKISTAN NUCLEAR FACILITY: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON SERVICES EXPORT LICENSE Classified By: Political Officer Tom Selinger for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d) . ¶1. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. ¶2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff December 15 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian nuclear scientists to offer technical training in "Symptom-Oriented Emergency Procedures" to the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant in Kundian, Pakistan. Juraga stressed that the license request does not involve the transfer of any technology or materials but only training on saftey-related technology already available in the Chashma complex. Post understands the scientists hope to travel to Pakistan early in the new year. ¶3. (C) In considering the application, Juraga obtained information from the publication "Risk Report" that the Chashma facility was under USG sanctions from November 1998 to October 2001 for being "involved in nuclear or missile activities" and remains on the U.S. "Entity List" of end users that present an unacceptable proliferation risk. According to Juraga, the GoC has no suspicions about the intentions of the Croatian scientists and the services appear to be entirely related to safety at this heavy-water reactor, but they remain uncertain whether these services could be misused for WMD purposes. ¶4. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests guidance by 29 December in responding to the GoC's inquiry regarding current USG views on the Chashma nuclear facility and the advisability of approving an export license for Croatian scientists to provide Chashma with training in "Symptom-Oriented Emergency Procedures". BRADTKE