(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): HMG

C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 001817 NOFORN SIPDIS FOR ISN/MTR E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/08/2019 TAGS: KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA UK RS SUBJECT: (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): HMG AGREES ON IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN INFORMATION EXCHANGE REF: SECSTATE 80072 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C/NF) HMG agrees on the importance of encouraging Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) partners to make presentations at the MTCR Information Exchange (IE) session during the November plenary, Edward Evans, Missile Policy Desk Officer in the WMD Controls Policy Section of the Counterproliferation Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, told Poloff August 6 (Ref). Evans stated that HMG would like to see "more active involvement" in IE sessions by a broader range of states. "We need to get more people involved," he continued, since "the usual suspects" deliver papers and make presentations. He noted that this topic had come up for discussion during a recent HMG "brainstorming session." Evans said that Russia has been "more actively involved of late" within the MTCR. ¶2. (SBU) Evans promised to provide a copy of the points set forth in reftel to IE Co-Chair John Andrews. Visit London's Classified Website: http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Unit ed_Kingdom LeBaron