(S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING

S E C R E T STATE 040662 SIPDIS FOLLOWING ANKARA 000722 DATED 17 APRIL 2008,SENT ACTION SECSTATE INFO ISLAMABAD BEING REPEATED FOR YOUR INFO QUOTE S E C R E T ANKARA 000722 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT PASS TO MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME COLLECTIVE E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/17/2033 TAGS: ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE PK TU SUBJECT: (S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING MACHINE CASE REF: A. STATE 39672 ¶B. ANKARA 0614 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Carl Siebentritt for reasons 1.4 (b),(d),and (h). ¶1. (S) We followed up on this case April 17 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General (DAS-equivalent) Ahmet Muhtar Gun and Department Head Elif Ulgen, emphasizing our strong belief that Tet Makina Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret is seeking ways to evade export controls to sell filament winding machines to a Pakistani customer. We urged the MFA officials to be doubly vigilant and to pass the word to relevant enforcement agencies. ¶2. (S) Gun assured us that Tet Makina remains under close scrutiny and has been warned explicitly and on several occasions, including by the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, not to seek to export the machines to Pakistan. Gun also reported that Turkish officials have contacted business persons associated with Tet Makina (NFI) and suggested they reinforce these warnings to Tet Makina. He added the Turkish government was also on the lookout for Pakistani business persons seeking to visit Tet Makina. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey DEBLAUWUNQUOTE RICE