Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BERLIN1000
2008-07-23 16:17:00
SECRET
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS
VZCZCXRO4348 PP RUEHDE DE RUEHRL #1000 2051617 ZNY SSSSS ZZH P 231617Z JUL 08 FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1746 INFO RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI 0153 RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 0106
S E C R E T BERLIN 001000
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/MTR (HERRMANN),EUR/AGS (O'KEEFFE),AND
EUR/PRA (HARDIMAN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/23/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AEC GM
SUBJECT: (S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS
SCHNEIDER / IRAN SBIG TEST CHAMBER CASE
REF: STATE 77660
Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
S E C R E T BERLIN 001000
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/MTR (HERRMANN),EUR/AGS (O'KEEFFE),AND
EUR/PRA (HARDIMAN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/23/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AEC GM
SUBJECT: (S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS
SCHNEIDER / IRAN SBIG TEST CHAMBER CASE
REF: STATE 77660
Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (S) On July 21, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel
nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer
Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the reftel
information and said German authorities have since halted
their legal proceedings against Andreas Schneider, of ICS
Schneider Messtechnik GmbH. She explained that they had done
so due to a lack of evidence linking him directly to Iran's
primary solid fuel missile developer - the Shahid Bakeri
Industrial Group (SBIG).
2. (S) Wacker stated that in early 2008, ICS Schneider's
business activities with suspected SBIG intermediaries ceased
around the same time that Mr. Abdolmajid Naji, a
representative of the Iranian company Rakin Ltd., was
interviewed by U.S. authorities at the U.S. Consulate General
in Dubai. (Comment: It is possible that after the interview,
Naji informed Schneider that U.S. authorities are suspicious
of the ICS Schneider Messtechnik business activities in
connection with Iranian procurement agents. End Comment).
Wacker agreed to pass the reftel nonpaper to the appropriate
German export control authorities for further review. Post
will report any substantive German response septel.
KOENIG
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/MTR (HERRMANN),EUR/AGS (O'KEEFFE),AND
EUR/PRA (HARDIMAN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/23/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AEC GM
SUBJECT: (S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS
SCHNEIDER / IRAN SBIG TEST CHAMBER CASE
REF: STATE 77660
Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (S) On July 21, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel
nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer
Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the reftel
information and said German authorities have since halted
their legal proceedings against Andreas Schneider, of ICS
Schneider Messtechnik GmbH. She explained that they had done
so due to a lack of evidence linking him directly to Iran's
primary solid fuel missile developer - the Shahid Bakeri
Industrial Group (SBIG).
2. (S) Wacker stated that in early 2008, ICS Schneider's
business activities with suspected SBIG intermediaries ceased
around the same time that Mr. Abdolmajid Naji, a
representative of the Iranian company Rakin Ltd., was
interviewed by U.S. authorities at the U.S. Consulate General
in Dubai. (Comment: It is possible that after the interview,
Naji informed Schneider that U.S. authorities are suspicious
of the ICS Schneider Messtechnik business activities in
connection with Iranian procurement agents. End Comment).
Wacker agreed to pass the reftel nonpaper to the appropriate
German export control authorities for further review. Post
will report any substantive German response septel.
KOENIG