(S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST

S E C R E T BERLIN 000195

SIPDIS

SIPDIS, ISN, NEA, EUR

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
SUBJECT: (S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST
CHAMBER TO IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM

REF: A. STATE 15220

B. HERRMANN-PETERSEN TELCON - 2/15/2008

C. 07 STATE 75839

Classified By: Acting Global Affairs Unit Chief Craig M. Conway
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4.


2. (S) On February 15, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A
demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer
Wiebke Wacker. Per ref B, Global Affairs officer requested
that Wacker not pass the nonpaper to the German interagency
export control working group until February 22. Wacker
agreed to accommodate the request.


3. (S) Wacker expressed frustration that the ICS Schneider
Messtechnik personnel identified in ref A have persisted in
efforts to export an environmental test chamber to Iran. She
also indicated there is confusion within the German
interagency export control working group as to which Iranian
company is the actual end user. She referenced Ref C
nonpaper, in which Iranian companies Rakin Ltd, Saba
Machinery Supply Company, Pooya Commercial and Engineering,
and Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG) are all mentioned
as entities in the procurement process. Wacker asked if it
would be possible to provide clarification on this point.
Wacker noted that the German Government had been able to
prevent exports of Schneider environmental chambers to Iran
since 2005 because U.S. information has provided ample
warning of the impending procurement.


4. (SBU) Action Request: Post requests additional
information to respond to the query in para 3.
TIMKEN JR