Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERLIN854
2009-07-15 13:03:00
SECRET
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON SYRIAN EFFORT TO PROCURE A
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S E C R E T BERLIN 000854
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER
STATE FOR ISN/MTR MIKE KENNEDY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2034
TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SY GM
SUBJECT: (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON SYRIAN EFFORT TO PROCURE A
GERMAN HIGH-SPEED CAMERA FOR THEIR MISSILE PROGRAM
REF: STATE 72753
Classified By: Global Affairs Acting Unit Chief David L. Fisher
for reason 1.4 (c).
(S) On July 15, EconOff delivered ref non-paper to German MFA
Export Control Division Desk Officer Iris Wilczoch regarding
Syrian interest in obtaining German origin high-speed camera
technology in support of their missile development efforts.
Wilczoch said she would deliver the non-paper to the
appropriate export control authorities at the German Federal
Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) and report back
any findings. Post will report any substantive German
response septel.
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