Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LISBON31
2009-01-15 15:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Lisbon
Cable title:
PORTUGAL NOTIFIED OF US NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS
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UNCLAS LISBON 000031
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: GM KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL NOTIFIED OF US NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS
AGAINST A.Q. KHAN AND ASSOCIATES
REF: STATE 2508
Per reftel Pol-Econ officer notified Portuguese MFA Deputy
Director for Disarmament and Security Affairs Pedro Fins do
Lago of the US decision to issue sanctions against A.Q. Khan
and Associates. Per reftel, we shared the news after the
official January 12 announcement. Lago offered no substantive
reply.
STEPHENSON