ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PASSED TO CHINA ON

S E C R E T BEIJING 004609 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP/CM, ISN/MTR E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/19/2018 TAGS: PARM PREL MTCR ETTC IR CH SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PASSED TO CHINA ON PROCUREMENT OF CHINESE-ORIGIN ALUMINUM PLATES FOR IRANIAN ENTITY REF: A. STATE 130673 ¶B. STATE 029703 ¶C. BEIJING 001109 ¶D. BEIJING 001209 ¶E. BEIJING 002648 Classified By: Acting Political Section Chief Ben Moeling. Reasons 1.4 (B/D). ¶1. (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, EAP/CM Director shared ref A points providing additional information to China to use in investigating the supply of aluminum plates to an entity associated with Iran's cruise missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department Counselor Cong Peiwu on December 19. Cong said he would pass the information to colleagues in the Arms Control and Disarmament Department. (Note: MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials continue to be "unavailable" to meet with PolOffs since the October 3 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, which prevented detailed discussion of this issue.) Randt