Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PARIS476
2007-02-07 15:38:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S)
how-tonull Lucia A Keegan 02/08/2007 06:49:32 PM From DB/Inbox: Lucia A Keegan Cable Text: S E C R E T NOFORN PARIS 00476 SIPDIS cxparis: ACTION: ECON INFO: ENGO SCIO TRDO ESCI FCS LABO DCM ECNO UNESCO ECSO SCI POL ORA AMB AGR DISSEMINATION: ECONOUT /1 CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: EMIN:TJWHITE DRAFTED: ESTH:SMITHHC CLEARED: ESTH: RWDRY, ICE: RJOLLES VZCZCFRI752 OO RUEHC RUEHBJ RUEAIAO RHMFISS RUCPDOC DE RUEHFR #0476 0381538 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 071538Z FEB 07 FM AMEMBASSY PARIS TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4744 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE 1403 RUEAIAO/HQ ICE IAO WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RHMFISS/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUCPDOC/DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T PARIS 000476
SIPDIS
NOFORN
STATE FOR ISN, ISN/CPI (ATTN: RENEE PAN),ISN/MTR, AND
EUR/WE
ICE/IAO PASS TO MICHAEL SHEA AND LISA WAINWRIGHT
COMMERCE FOR BIS/OEE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/07/2027
TAGS: KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR
SUBJECT: PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S)
REF: PARIS 00907 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, THOMAS J. WHITE
, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D),AND (H)
S E C R E T PARIS 000476
SIPDIS
NOFORN
STATE FOR ISN, ISN/CPI (ATTN: RENEE PAN),ISN/MTR, AND
EUR/WE
ICE/IAO PASS TO MICHAEL SHEA AND LISA WAINWRIGHT
COMMERCE FOR BIS/OEE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/07/2027
TAGS: KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR
SUBJECT: PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S)
REF: PARIS 00907 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, THOMAS J. WHITE
, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D),AND (H)
1. (U) This is an action request.
2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the
French authorities on the pending export to China from France
of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly
manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled
for export by the French company Actidyn Systemes. Our
nonproliferation contacts at the MFA have repeatedly assured
us (most recently on February 6, 2007) that the item remains
in France, and that in the event the French authorities
decide to proceed with exporting the item, we would receive
prior notification.
3. (S/NF) In early February, however, U.S. Department of
Commerce (DOC) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
authorities investigating the U.S. seller of one of the
critical components of the vibrafuge, received information
from a sensitive source alleging that the item was currently
being installed in China (NFI). Embassy therefore requests
immediate instructions for delivery to the MFA requesting 1)
a formal update on the status of the vibrafuge; 2) that
Embassy officers be authorized to inspect the equipment. We
would also like to provide information generated by the
ICE/DOC source to the French authorities and we request that
that information be provided in points for the MFA. Finally,
we think points would serve as a good opportunity in which to
reiterate U.S. concerns that, if this equipment has not been
exported, it should be treated as a non-exportable item
pursuant to MTCR "catch all" provisions, and/or
non-exportable under any other provision of law or agreement.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
NOFORN
STATE FOR ISN, ISN/CPI (ATTN: RENEE PAN),ISN/MTR, AND
EUR/WE
ICE/IAO PASS TO MICHAEL SHEA AND LISA WAINWRIGHT
COMMERCE FOR BIS/OEE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/07/2027
TAGS: KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR
SUBJECT: PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S)
REF: PARIS 00907 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: MINISTER COUNSELOR FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, THOMAS J. WHITE
, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D),AND (H)
1. (U) This is an action request.
2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the
French authorities on the pending export to China from France
of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly
manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled
for export by the French company Actidyn Systemes. Our
nonproliferation contacts at the MFA have repeatedly assured
us (most recently on February 6, 2007) that the item remains
in France, and that in the event the French authorities
decide to proceed with exporting the item, we would receive
prior notification.
3. (S/NF) In early February, however, U.S. Department of
Commerce (DOC) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
authorities investigating the U.S. seller of one of the
critical components of the vibrafuge, received information
from a sensitive source alleging that the item was currently
being installed in China (NFI). Embassy therefore requests
immediate instructions for delivery to the MFA requesting 1)
a formal update on the status of the vibrafuge; 2) that
Embassy officers be authorized to inspect the equipment. We
would also like to provide information generated by the
ICE/DOC source to the French authorities and we request that
that information be provided in points for the MFA. Finally,
we think points would serve as a good opportunity in which to
reiterate U.S. concerns that, if this equipment has not been
exported, it should be treated as a non-exportable item
pursuant to MTCR "catch all" provisions, and/or
non-exportable under any other provision of law or agreement.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON