PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK TO THE GOJ ON

S E C R E T STATE 052206 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2034 TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR CH SUBJECT: PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK TO THE GOJ ON SERVO-ACTUATOR CASE (S) REF: A. TOKYO 1033 ¶B. STATE 44624 ¶C. ROME 472 ¶D. STATE 34798 ¶E. TOKYO 800 ¶F. STATE 32269 ¶G. STATE 6399 ¶H. 08 STATE 109147 ¶I. 08 TOKYO 2554 ¶J. 08 STATE 97993 ¶K. 07 STATE 113257 ¶L. 07 TOKYO 3805 ¶M. 07 TOKYO 4687 Classified By: ISN/MTR ACTING DIRECTOR RALPH PALMIERO FOR REASON 1.4 (C). ¶1. (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. ¶2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuators manufactured by the Japanese firm Tonegawa-Seiko (Refs). These efforts have included approaches to Tonegawa-Seiko by the Taiwan-based intermediary Prime Kit Enterprises, as well as by numerous Malaysia-based intermediaries including Microset Systems, Evertop Services, and an individual named Hamed Ghazvinian. Most recently, we shared with Japanese officials information indicating that in February 2009, the Iranian parent firm of Evertop - the Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company (FEDCO) - sought Tonegawa-Seiko servo-actuators via the Italian firm Alpi Aviation (Refs C & D). ¶3. (S) The GOJ has conscientiously followed up on the information we have been sharing related to Iran's efforts to procure the Tonegawa-Seiko servo-actuators, and has engaged company officials in order to sensitize them to these efforts. Pursuant to this dialogue, Tonegawa-Seiko recently advised Japanese officials of interest by a Taiwanese intermediary, Surmont International Inc., in brokering the sale of an SSPS105 servo actuator on behalf of China F.R.P. Inc., a mainland Chinese end-user. Tonegawa-Seiko has placed a hold on delivery of the goods pending further information on Surmont and China F.R.P. Japanese officials, who have characterized Tonegawa-Seiko as "cooperative," have requested that the USG provide any information "of concern" on the two firms by May 22 (Ref A). ¶4. (S//REL JAPAN) Action request: Department requests that post approach appropriate GOJ officials and advise that we are currently not aware of any proliferation concerns with either Surmont International Inc. or China F.R.P. Inc. Post should also express Washington's appreciation to Japanese officials for their continued vigilance on this issue. ¶5. (U) Please contact ISN/MTR's John Paul Herrmann with any questions or follow-up issues related to this case (202-647-1430 - herrmannjp@state.sgov.gov) and slug any reporting on this issue for ISN/MTR and EAP/J. CLINTON