Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable: (c) Missile Technology Control Regime (mtcr):

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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001673

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STATE FOR ISN/MTR AND EUR/AGS
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/05/2032
TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM FR UK AU JA
SUBJECT: (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
PREVIEW OF U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE PROPOSAL PASSED TO
GERMANY

REF: STATE 120579

Classified By: Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs Robert A. Pollar
d, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

1. (C) Global Affairs officers passed ref U.S. talking points
to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck
August 31. Reck said she would forward the proposal to
modernize the MTCR by rebalancing controls on unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles to the technical experts
in the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Controls
(BAFA) for evaluation. Reck said she would try to forward
the German response by the requested date of September 5.

2. (C) In a subsequent conversation September 4, Reck
reported that the German Government had no suggestions for
modifying the language of the U.S. proposal.
TIMKEN JR