Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BEIJING3047
2008-08-07 06:01:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:  

PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF

Tags:  PARM PREL MTCR MNUC BG BM IN IR KN CH 
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O 070601Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9031
INFO AMEMBASSY DHAKA
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
CIA WASHINGTON DC
NSC WASHDC
JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
S E C R E T BEIJING 003047 


NOFORN

DEPT FOR EAP, T, ISN, SCA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL MTCR MNUC BG BM IN IR KN CH

SUBJECT: PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF
PROLIFERATION CONCERN

REF: STATE 84151

Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Aubrey Carlson. Reasons
S E C R E T BEIJING 003047


NOFORN

DEPT FOR EAP, T, ISN, SCA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL MTCR MNUC BG BM IN IR KN CH

SUBJECT: PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF
PROLIFERATION CONCERN

REF: STATE 84151

Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Aubrey Carlson. Reasons 1.
4 (b),(c) and (d).


1. (S/NF) PolOff conveyed reftel flight information regarding
an August 7 Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Iran
to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile
Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 6 and delivered
non-paper the morning of August 7. Noting the suspicious
routing of the flight, PolOff informed Deputy Director Wang
we suspect the aircraft is transporting DPRK personnel
involved in ballistic missile cooperation with Iran in
violation of UNSC Resolution 1718 and other resolutions, and
urged that overflight permission be conditioned on requiring
the aircraft to land for inspection. Deputy Director Wang
said he would pass on the information, but suggested that
Chinese experts might conclude that the evidence provided
linking the flight to Iran's missile program is "not solid
enough" to warrant a "disruption of regular commercial
activity."
RANDT


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