FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOS ON SPANISH FIRM'S

S E C R E T MADRID 000095

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/MTR (JOHN PAUL HERRMAN),EUR/WE, AND
EUR/PRA; DEPARTMENT PLEASE ALSO PASS TO MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
CONTROL REGIME COLLECTIVE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/12/2017
TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP
SUBJECT: FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOS ON SPANISH FIRM'S
TRANSFER OF CNC MILLING MACHINES TO IRAN (S)

REF: A. STATE 9995

B. 06 MADRID 182

C. 05 MADRID 3754

D. 05 STATE 191240

Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens per 1.4 (B/D)


1. (S) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points January 12 to MFA
Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez,
strongly urging Spain to address U.S. concerns regarding the
sale by the Spanish firm Maquinaria CME, S.A. of computer
numerical controlled (CNC) milling machines to Iran. Sanchez
noted that our earlier contact on this issue had been with
his predecessor, Marcos Rodriguez Cantero. That said, he was
vaguely aware of the issue and thought that the Spanish
answer had already been prepared and delivered. He
speculated that Spain might have slipped up in delivering the
answer or that the answer might have been passed through
intelligence channels. Sanchez said he would investigate and
would raise our concerns at the next meeting of the GOS
inter-ministerial export control working group. This meeting
will take place January 18 or 19. Sanchez said he would be
back in touch with the results of his inquiries within a few
weeks.


2. (S) Subsequent checks at Post ascertained that the
Spanish answer was not/not passed back to Washington through
intelligence channels.
Aguirre