TURKEY PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE IMMINENT SHIPMENT OF

S E C R E T ANKARA 000467 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT PASS TO MISSLE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME COLLECTIVE EUR/PRA: HARDIMAN, SILKWORTH; EUR/SE: MALIK E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2033 TAGS: ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV TU PK SUBJECT: TURKEY PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE IMMINENT SHIPMENT OF CONTROLLED MACHINERY TO PAKISTAN REF: STATE 24222 Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Carl Siebentritt, Reasons 1.4 (B),(D) , and (H) ¶1. (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ¶2. (S) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun on March 10. Gun pledged to investigate the matter on an urgent basis, and immediately inform all relevant agencies, including the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. He asked us to provide additional information on the specifications of the machinery, including, if possible, its country of origin. He noted it will require interagency coordination to take the action that we are requesting, and that the more information we can provide to his office showing that the items are clearly subject to controls under the various export control regimes, the stronger his hand will be in demanding other agencies take appropriate action. Gun also asked us to confirm that the machines in question contain four or more axes. We stressed that we stand by the reftel information and asked him to take action on the basis of that information, but agreed to check whether additional details regarding the machinery's specifications are available and releasable to the GOT. ¶3. (S) Request Department provide by March 11 any additional releasable information that would be helpful to GOT efforts to halt the shipment of reftel equipment. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey WILSON