Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANKARA1599
2009-11-05 16:18:00
SECRET
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:  

(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH TURKEY ON AK MAKINA'S

Tags:  MTCR PARM PREL IR TU 
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DE RUEHAK #1599 3091618
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
R 051618Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1160
INFO RUCNMTC/MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME COLLECTIVE
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 6477
S E C R E T ANKARA 001599

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/MTR JAMES MAYES

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/04/2019
TAGS: MTCR PARM PREL IR TU
SUBJECT: (S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH TURKEY ON AK MAKINA'S
EFFORTS TO SUPPLY MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN

REF: STATE 113752

Classified By: Pol Mil Counselor A.F.Godfrey for reason1.4 (b, c, d)

(S) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered reftel message to MFA Deputy
Director General for International Security Affairs Ahmet Gun
on November 5. Gun appreciated being engaged, and was
particularly grateful for information regarding Ak Makina's
apparent attempts to circumvent export control regimes in
Germany and the Czech Republic. He confirmed that Ak
Makina's activity remained under close scrutiny by the
Turkish inter-agency. He said that he had raised our
concerns about Ak Makina's activity with Prime Minister
Erdogan's senior Foreign Policy adviser Hakan Fidan and that
any application for an export license submitted by this firm
would be subjected to the closest inter-agency inspection.

JEFFREY

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