TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE

S E C R E T ANKARA 001313 SIPDIS ISN/MTR, EUR/PRA E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/23/2018 TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK SUBJECT: TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO PAKISTAN REF: STATE 75612 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Christopher Rich, Reasons 1.4 ( b,d) ¶1. (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machines to Pakistan. According to Ulgen, the company's representatives told Turkish officials they were not aware of the export restrictions concerning Pakistan. Ulgen said the representatives claimed they had to go ahead with the application knowing full well it would be rejected because they would be financially liable for failure to fulfill the contract if they decided on their own not to attempt to deliver the machines. The company claimed that if the machines could not be delivered because of a GOT decision not to issue an export license, then it would no longer be bound by the contract. ¶2. (S) Ulgen confirmed that Tet Makina's export license application has been reviewed by an interagency panel and has been rejected. As a result, Ulgen concluded, the company will not be able to export the machines in question. She said the GOT will continue to monitor the company, but there are no plans to pursue any legal action against it at this time. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey WILSON