MFA RESPONDS TO U.S. INFORMATION ON ONGOING

S E C R E T BEIJING 007174 DEPT FOR ISN, T AND EAP E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/20/2027 TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH SUBJECT: MFA RESPONDS TO U.S. INFORMATION ON ONGOING PROLIFERATION MATTER REF: A. BEIJING 7086 ¶B. BEIJING 7063 ¶C. STATE 152317 Classified By: Deputy Political Section Chief Ben Moeling. Reasons 1.4 (b/d). ¶1. (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue responded on November 20 to the U.S. message (Ref C) concerning the ongoing transshipment via Beijing of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran. ¶2. (S) Wang told Poloff he was instructed to make four points: 1) China always seriously implements UN Security Council resolutions and values its export control and nonproliferation cooperation with the United States; 2) Beijing attaches great importance to information it receives from the United States and is prepared to keep in close contact; 3) China hopes the United States will discuss the shipment of jet vanes with all of the countries concerned in this matter; and 4) China stresses that accurate and credible information from the United States will help China to "reach and make the right judgment." ¶3. (S) Poloff promised to report Wang's message and asked whether China is inspecting regular commercial flights from North Korea. Wang said China has in place a "system for enforcing UN Security Council resolutions on a continuous basis." Poloff stressed that this "system" should include frequent inspections of Air Koryo flights and urged China to share with us the results of its investigations. RANDT