SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE

S E C R E T MADRID 001016 SIPDIS FOR DEPARTMENT'S ISN, T, NEA, EAP/CM AND EUR E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2033 TAGS: ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK SUBJECT: SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE PROLIFERATION REF: SECSTATE 98975 Classified By: DCM Arnold A. Chacon for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS official had advance knowledge of the specifics of the non-paper and could only give an initial reaction to its contents. While Torres agreed that the matter was serious, Salazar opined that if Iran were reselling Chinese arms to anti-Coalition militia forces in Iraq, Tehran would bear more responsibility than would Beijing. ¶2. (SBU) Separately, Embassy Madrid EconOff has reached out to deliver the non-paper to contacts at the Bank of Spain. Aguirre