(S) EFFORTS BY A MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN FIRM TO

S E C R E T SINGAPORE 001288 STATE FOR ISN/MTR AND EAP/MTS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2018 TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC ECON AEC MY SN SUBJECT: (S) EFFORTS BY A MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN FIRM TO PROCURE UAV-RELATED EQUIPMENT IN SINGAPORE REF: A. STATE 113680 ¶B. SINGAPORE 1172 Classified By: Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold for reasons 1.4 (b)(d) (S) Singapore Customs officials conducted a "check" of Moog Singapore PTE Ltd. but found no information suggesting that the company has conducted any suspect transactions with Malaysian firm Elite Advanced Solutions (ref A),Melissa Ong, MFA Desk Officer for the Counter Proliferation and International Security Branch, told Econoff on December 10. Ong requested the meeting with Econoff to convey what Singapore authorities had learned about Moog since post delivered ref A demarche on November 3 (ref B). Ong could not elaborate on what a Customs check would entail, but she said it found that Moog is a registered business that appears to be compliant with applicable licensing requirements. It has not exported items to Iran and it has only completed four transactions with Malaysian companies since 2007. There was no indication it had sold or plans to sell militarized servo actuators, but Customs will continue to monitor Moog's activities, Ong said. Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm HERBOLD NNNN End Cable Text