POST RAISES ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION MATTER

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. Randt