Identifier
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07BEIJING7063
2007-11-09 10:15:00
SECRET
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:  

POST RAISES ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION MATTER

Tags:  PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH 
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O 091015Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3387
S E C R E T BEIJING 007063 


E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2027
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
SUBJECT: POST RAISES ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION MATTER
WITH MFA

REF: A. BEIJING 6957

B. STATE 152317

C. BEIJING 6848

D. STATE 148514

Classified By: Minister CoEselor for Political Affairs Aubrey Carlson.
Reasons 1.4 (b/d).

S E C R E T BEIJING 007063


E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2027
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
SUBJECT: POST RAISES ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION MATTER
WITH MFA

REF: A. BEIJING 6957

B. STATE 152317

C. BEIJING 6848

D. STATE 148514

Classified By: Minister CoEselor for Political Affairs Aubrey Carlson.
Reasons 1.4 (b/d).


1. (S) Poloff delivered Part II of ref B message, concerning
an ongoing transshipment via Beijing of ballistic missile
parts from North Korea to Iran, to MFA Arms Control and
Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang
Daxue on November 9. (Note: According to the MFA, Director
General Zhang Yan was unable to receive the Charge, nor was a
DDG available. In the int{OQCFjecific
request from President Hu to President Bush at APEC. Our
past information has been detailed and specific and has even
included airway bill numbers and flight details. We are not
asking China to search every aircraft arriving at Beijing
airport but, at a minimum, to consider inspecting the
three-times-a-week Air Koryo flight. Poloff told Wang that
jet vanes are controlled under MTCR Item 10.A.2 and
proscribed by UNSCR 1718.


4. (S) Referring to the "good cooperation" between the United
States and China on nonproliferation, Wang said that Chinese
policy is clear: Beijing will never allow its territory to
be used as a transit point for items restricted under Chinese
law. When pressed for an update on China's actions to
prevent a shipment of jet vanes scheduled to depart Beijing
on November 4, Wang would only say that China's investigation
is ongoing and he has no information to share at this time.
Poloff again stressed the urgency of this matter and urged
China to take immediate action to prevent these transfers.


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