(S) ADDITIONAL INFO ON AK MAKINA'S DEALINGS IN

S E C R E T ANKARA 000452 DEPARTMENT FOR ISN, EUR, T E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2034 TAGS: PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU SUBJECT: (S) ADDITIONAL INFO ON AK MAKINA'S DEALINGS IN IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: A. STATE 27957 ¶B. ANKARA 95 ¶C. STATE 3403 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Anthony Godfrey, 1.4 (b,d) ¶1. (S) We provided the additional information regarding Turkish firm Ak Makina's dealings with Iran (ref a) to MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Gun on March 25. Gun expressed appreciation for the information and pledged to share and review the information with appropriate officials in the GOT interagency export control taskforce that was scheduled to meet later that same day. ¶2. (S) Gun reiterated GOT's efforts in closely monitoring Ak Makina (ref b). He intimated that Ak Makina, together with Spinner Takim (ref c),were "headaches": 80 percent of problematic export control cases come from these two companies. He said he has received similar information from other governments and also GOT sources and said he intended to raise his general concerns about these companies' activities with FM Babacan. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey Jeffrey NNNN End Cable Text