(S) NIAG 7053: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN

S E C R E T BERLIN 000763 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN, T, EUR, AND NEA SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/13/2032 TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM SUBJECT: (S) NIAG 7053: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN POSSIBLY ORDERING GAS CENTRIFUGE-RELATED ITEMS REF: STATE 47981 Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski, for reason s 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke April ¶13. Kauke thanked us for the information and said he will pass it to the German federal inter-agency export control group for investigation. He said the provision of the nuclear proliferation-related items in question and the names of the German exporter, Iranian end user, and Chinese intermediate consignee will assist the German export control authorities in investigating this case. ¶2. (S) Kauke confirmed that the German Government has heightened vigilance over exports to Iran, in keeping with UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 and the EU Common Position on implementing the UNSC sanctions. According to Kauke, the German export control authorities and Customs officials would deem the rotary pumps useful to Iran's nuclear program and prevent their export to Iran. ¶3. (S) Post will report any additional German response septel. TIMKEN JR