Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MOSCOW586
2008-03-01 06:40:00
SECRET
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN KVADRAT UPGRADES DELIVERED
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S E C R E T MOSCOW 000586
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/28/2018
TAGS: EETC IR PARM PREL PTER RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN KVADRAT UPGRADES DELIVERED
REF: STATE 17205
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
On February 29 we delivered reftel demarche to MFA DVBR First
Secretary Andrey Odnoral, emphasizing our concerns that
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was the intended
end-user of the upgraded SA-6 air defense missile systems.
Reiterating the GOR's legalistic position, Odnoral noted only
that the SA-6 is a defensive weapon.
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