Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SKOPJE616
2007-07-26 16:12:00
SECRET
Embassy Skopje
Cable title:
MACEDONIA: MTAG: MIKROSAM EXPORTS OF FILAMENT
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S E C R E T SKOPJE 000616
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/SCE (PFEUFFER),EUR/PRA, AND ISN/MTR (HERMANN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2017
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL CH MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: MTAG: MIKROSAM EXPORTS OF FILAMENT
WINDING MACHINES
REF: A. STATE 101341
B. SKOPJE 521
C. STATE 87419
D. SKOPJE 389
E. STATE 57462
Classified By: P/E CHIEF SHUBLER, REASONS 1.4(B) & (D).
S E C R E T SKOPJE 000616
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/SCE (PFEUFFER),EUR/PRA, AND ISN/MTR (HERMANN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2017
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL CH MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: MTAG: MIKROSAM EXPORTS OF FILAMENT
WINDING MACHINES
REF: A. STATE 101341
B. SKOPJE 521
C. STATE 87419
D. SKOPJE 389
E. STATE 57462
Classified By: P/E CHIEF SHUBLER, REASONS 1.4(B) & (D).
1. (U) This message contains an action request in para 4.
2. (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Mikrosam's
export of filament winding machines to MinEcon State
Counselor for Trade Krum Efremov on July 25. Efremov was
pleased to hear that the USG had no objections to the GOM
issuing licenses for Mikrosam to export MTCR-controlled
filament winding machines to the Beijing China Tank Industry
Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Tianhai Dekun Composite Cylinder Co.,
Ltd.; and to Trakidis Vasilios, S.A. He agreed that the GOM
would ensure that the licenses issued included language
specifying that "no resale, transfer, or re-export of the
items listed on this license is authorized without prior
authorization by the government of Macedonia." He also
agreed that the GOM would consult with the USG prior to
providing any authorization to resell, re-export, or transfer
the items from China and/or Greece, back to Macedonia or to a
third country.
3. (S) Efremov said he understood our concerns regarding the
possible sale by Mikrosam of an MTCR-controlled filament
winding machine to SAAE Shanghai Composite Hi-Tech
Development Co., Ltd., given that entity's affiliation with
China's space launch program. However, he said, he had
received end user certifications from the Chinese government
regarding all three Chinese end users; under Macedonia's new
Export Control Law he was now obliged to ask for expert
opinions from the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Defense, and
Ministry of Interior regarding this particular export request
before recommending to his minister whether or not to
disapprove it. He added that he might need to ask us for
more information on the links between SAAE Shanghai and the
Chinese space program, including information he could share
with his colleagues in other ministries that would explain
why the export would violate the MTCR regime.
4. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post would appreciate any additional
information Department can provide, and which we could share
with GOM officials, to address Efremov's query regarding the
SAAE Shanghai connection to the Chinese space program, and
further details on how a sale to that entity would violate
MTCR guidelines. END ACTION REQUEST.
MILOVANOVIC
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/SCE (PFEUFFER),EUR/PRA, AND ISN/MTR (HERMANN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2017
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL CH MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: MTAG: MIKROSAM EXPORTS OF FILAMENT
WINDING MACHINES
REF: A. STATE 101341
B. SKOPJE 521
C. STATE 87419
D. SKOPJE 389
E. STATE 57462
Classified By: P/E CHIEF SHUBLER, REASONS 1.4(B) & (D).
1. (U) This message contains an action request in para 4.
2. (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Mikrosam's
export of filament winding machines to MinEcon State
Counselor for Trade Krum Efremov on July 25. Efremov was
pleased to hear that the USG had no objections to the GOM
issuing licenses for Mikrosam to export MTCR-controlled
filament winding machines to the Beijing China Tank Industry
Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Tianhai Dekun Composite Cylinder Co.,
Ltd.; and to Trakidis Vasilios, S.A. He agreed that the GOM
would ensure that the licenses issued included language
specifying that "no resale, transfer, or re-export of the
items listed on this license is authorized without prior
authorization by the government of Macedonia." He also
agreed that the GOM would consult with the USG prior to
providing any authorization to resell, re-export, or transfer
the items from China and/or Greece, back to Macedonia or to a
third country.
3. (S) Efremov said he understood our concerns regarding the
possible sale by Mikrosam of an MTCR-controlled filament
winding machine to SAAE Shanghai Composite Hi-Tech
Development Co., Ltd., given that entity's affiliation with
China's space launch program. However, he said, he had
received end user certifications from the Chinese government
regarding all three Chinese end users; under Macedonia's new
Export Control Law he was now obliged to ask for expert
opinions from the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Defense, and
Ministry of Interior regarding this particular export request
before recommending to his minister whether or not to
disapprove it. He added that he might need to ask us for
more information on the links between SAAE Shanghai and the
Chinese space program, including information he could share
with his colleagues in other ministries that would explain
why the export would violate the MTCR regime.
4. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post would appreciate any additional
information Department can provide, and which we could share
with GOM officials, to address Efremov's query regarding the
SAAE Shanghai connection to the Chinese space program, and
further details on how a sale to that entity would violate
MTCR guidelines. END ACTION REQUEST.
MILOVANOVIC