US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE3202

S E C R E T THE HAGUE 003202 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AC, NP, SA AND NEA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/07/2014 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, IR, CWC 
SUBJECT: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IRANIAN RECEIPT 
OF TRIMETHYL PHOSPHITE 
 
REF: NOV. 29 MIKULAK-ITO E-MAIL 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Eric M. Javits, Permanent Representative to t 
he OPCW.  Reason: 1.4 (H) 
 
This is CWC-146-04. 
 
1.  (S)  On December 7, a senior official of the 
Verifications Division of the Technical Secretariat of the 
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 
confirmed that transfer of the Schedule 3 chemical trimethyl 
phosphite in 2003 was declared by both India and Iran in 
their 2003 Aggregate National Data declarations.  The Indian 
declaration reports export to Iran of 112 metric tons of 
trimethyl phosphite, while the corresponding Iranian import 
declaration reports receipt of 120 metric tons of trimethyl 
phosphite from India.  No other State Party declared exports 
of trimethyl phosphite to Iran in 2003.  The senior official 
speculated that the Iranian declaration may have been 
inaccurately transcribed and suggested that 112 metric tons 
is the correct figure. 
 
2.  (U) Javits sends. 
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