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07TAIPEI270
2007-02-02 07:32:00
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American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
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MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON UPDATE

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STATE FOR EAP/TC AND ISN/MTR

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/02/2027
TAGS: ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW SN
SUBJECT: MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON UPDATE

REF: A. STATE 12361


B. STATE 11222

C. SINGAPORE 227

Classified By: AIT Econ Chief Daniel K. Moore, 1.4 B/C

S E C R E T TAIPEI 000270

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STATE FOR EAP/TC AND ISN/MTR

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/02/2027
TAGS: ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW SN
SUBJECT: MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON UPDATE

REF: A. STATE 12361


B. STATE 11222

C. SINGAPORE 227

Classified By: AIT Econ Chief Daniel K. Moore, 1.4 B/C


1. (S) Summary: AIT Econ delivered Ref A demarche and Ref B
recommendations to Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) export
control task force head Wally Su (Shi-hwa) on January 31 and
February 1. Su's preliminary investigation into Ref A
revealed that Roundtop has not made any exports to either
Iran or the UAE so far this year. Su provided additional
documentation on the Ref B end-users which AIT has forwarded
to EAP/TC and ISN/MTR. Action request para 5. End summary.


2. (S) In response to Ref A demarche on an imminent shipment
of machine tools from Taiwan to Iran via the UAE, BOFT
immediately contacted the company manager at Roundtop to
request that any such shipment be stopped. However,
according to the manager, Roundtop has not made any export to
either the UAE or Iran in 2007 and had no such exports
pending or planned. BOFT said it would continue to
investigate this case and monitor the company.


3. (S) Su questioned the ref B recommendation that the two
export license applications (WA061222105558002 and
WA061226131151002) be return to applicants without action
"because there is no evidence of the existence of the
end-user." Su immediately confirmed with the exporters that
the name and street address of the end-users as given on the
application was correct. He wondered why Washington agencies
would question their existence, and what evidence would be
required to prove their existence. He thought the best
solution might be to provide telephone and email contact
information for the two companies so that Washington agencies
could contact them directly.


4. (S) On February 2, Su provided scanned copies of various
documents and photos related to the two Iranian companies.
These include the business license, inter-company
correspondence, narrative business history, passport
datapages of company officials, schematic drawings and photos
of factories, and fax, telephone, and email contact
information. AIT has forwarded these documents via unclass
email to EAP/TC and ISN/MTR.


5. (S) Action request: Please advise on whether the emailed
documents are deemed sufficient proof that the Iranian
end-users exist and the export licenses can be approved, or,
alternatively, what evidence is required to prove the
existence of these companies.
WANG