Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BERLIN1536
2007-08-10 14:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001536
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STATE FOR ISN/RA, NEA/IR, AND EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/09/2017
TAGS: KNNP PARM ETTC IR GM
SUBJECT: GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE
IRAN-RELATED NUCLEAR-RELATED EXPORT DENIAL INFORMATION
REF: A. STATE 110813
B. BERLIN 1083
C. STATE 69315
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001536
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STATE FOR ISN/RA, NEA/IR, AND EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/09/2017
TAGS: KNNP PARM ETTC IR GM
SUBJECT: GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE
IRAN-RELATED NUCLEAR-RELATED EXPORT DENIAL INFORMATION
REF: A. STATE 110813
B. BERLIN 1083
C. STATE 69315
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Global affairs officer delivered ref A demarche and
draft letters August 10 to MFA NSG Desk Officer Joerg
Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the information
but noted Germany had not changed its position on sharing
nuclear-related export denial information with the IAEA
Secretariat and the UNSC Sanctions Committee. When pressed,
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Polster explained officials in the German Economics Ministry
had expressed concerns that sensitive information might fall
into the wrong hands. Polster stated Germany shares
information about export denials within the NSG, but is not
willing to disseminate such information more broadly. Global
Affairs officer noted that information to be shared is
limited to items, end users, and procurement agents and
pointed to draft letter text stating that the final list
would not be exhaustive in its depiction of nuclear exports
that have been denied to Iran. Polster said he would relay
this information to the German interagency export control
working group and keep us informed of any developments.
2. (C) Polster suggested closer consultations between U.S.
and German export control specialists might help to build
German confidence on this and other issues. He specifically
referenced ongoing P5 1 discussions focused on identifying
Iranian entities for inclusion in a third UNSC sanctions
resolution. Polster said key German Economics Ministry
officials remain concerned about the sources of information
used by the U.S. to justify listing certain entities and
insist that any information used to support an entity's
inclusion in a sanctions resolution must be suitable for use
in a court of law.
Timken Jr
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA, NEA/IR, AND EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/09/2017
TAGS: KNNP PARM ETTC IR GM
SUBJECT: GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE
IRAN-RELATED NUCLEAR-RELATED EXPORT DENIAL INFORMATION
REF: A. STATE 110813
B. BERLIN 1083
C. STATE 69315
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Global affairs officer delivered ref A demarche and
draft letters August 10 to MFA NSG Desk Officer Joerg
Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the information
but noted Germany had not changed its position on sharing
nuclear-related export denial information with the IAEA
Secretariat and the UNSC Sanctions Committee. When pressed,
SIPDIS
Polster explained officials in the German Economics Ministry
had expressed concerns that sensitive information might fall
into the wrong hands. Polster stated Germany shares
information about export denials within the NSG, but is not
willing to disseminate such information more broadly. Global
Affairs officer noted that information to be shared is
limited to items, end users, and procurement agents and
pointed to draft letter text stating that the final list
would not be exhaustive in its depiction of nuclear exports
that have been denied to Iran. Polster said he would relay
this information to the German interagency export control
working group and keep us informed of any developments.
2. (C) Polster suggested closer consultations between U.S.
and German export control specialists might help to build
German confidence on this and other issues. He specifically
referenced ongoing P5 1 discussions focused on identifying
Iranian entities for inclusion in a third UNSC sanctions
resolution. Polster said key German Economics Ministry
officials remain concerned about the sources of information
used by the U.S. to justify listing certain entities and
insist that any information used to support an entity's
inclusion in a sanctions resolution must be suitable for use
in a court of law.
Timken Jr