AMBASSADOR URGES CONTINUED NONPROLIFERATION

S E C R E T BEIJING 004064 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP/CM AND ISN/MTR E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2033 TAGS: PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KSCA CH PK SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR URGES CONTINUED NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE AND PASSES UNDELIVERED NONPAPERS REF: A. STATE 111597 ¶B. STATE 113769 Classified By: Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Reasons 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). ¶1. (S) In an October 27 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on a range of topics (septel),the Ambassador stressed the importance of nonproliferation and of continuing the U.S.-China nonproliferation dialogue. Noting the unwillingness of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials to meet with EmbOffs since the October 3 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the Ambassador passed to VFM He ref A and ref B nonpapers (1) urging Chinese cooperation in following up on PRC company LIMMT's continuing nonproliferation activity; and (2) asking whether China licensed the transfer of a trisonic wind tunnel to Pakistan. VFM He offered no substantive response. RANDT