(S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO

S E C R E T BERLIN 000522 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER STATE FOR ISN/MTR JOHN PAUL HERRMANN STATE FOR EUR/PRA AND EAP/MTS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2034 TAGS: ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL PK GM SUBJECT: (S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PROCURE GERMAN ORIGIN CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT REF: A. 08 BERLIN 1679 ¶B. 08 STATE 131705 Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S) On April 24, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the Ref B non-paper addressing Pakistani attempts to procure German-origin calibration equipment in support of their ballistic missile program. Wacker did not have any further information to add. ¶2. (S) Begin text of informal Embassy translation of German-language non-paper: With reference to the non-paper from December 17, 2008 regarding a procurement attempt by the Pakistani company K.M. Enterprises for calibration equipment from the German company Feinmess-Suhl, allow us to bring the following information to the attention of U.S. authorities: -- We thank you for the background information in connection with the procurement attempt by the company K.M. Enterprises. -- The information was already known by German export control authorities through application procedures/activities and evidence/information from customs authorities. -- Based on the application for the issuance of zero-notices for the export of a measurement tape calibrator and a fully automated dial gauge calibrator (MFT 100.0 BV) to the company K.M. Enterprises, the company Feinmes-Suhl was sensitized in writing by German export control authorities in July 2007. These communications to Feinmess-Suhl informed them that the applications in reference to the company K.M. Enterprises were being canceled. (Comment: Zero-notices are issued by German export control authorities to certify that no export license is required for a particular shipment. End Comment) We look forward to continuing our excellent cooperation in the field of export controls. End text of informal Embassy translation. Koenig