US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI4624

S E C R E T ABU DHABI 004624 
 
SIPDIS 
 
INFO MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME PRIORITY 
AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM, NEA/ARP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2014 
TAGS: PARM, MTCRE, ETTC, PREL, MNUC, IR, TC 
SUBJECT: MTAG: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER BY A UAE 
FIRM TO IRAN (C) 
 
REF: A. DECEMBER 18 E-MAIL THORNE-ALBRIGHT 
     B. STATE 267982 
     C. ABU DHABI 3642 
 
 
(U) Classified by CDA Richard Albright for reasons 1.4 (b), 
(d), and (h). 
 
1. (S) Charge delivered reftel points on a missile related 
transfer to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on December 18. 
 Charge stressed the concern that this equipment would be 
used to support Iran's ballistic missile program.  He 
explained that the Embassy had already passed on the relevant 
information to the Dubai State Security Organization, which 
would be inspecting the container on December 18. Charge 
added that, if our suspicions about the item proved accurate, 
we would work with the government of the country of origin to 
determine whether the export violated its export control law. 
 If so, we would expect that government to request return of 
the item from the UAEG. 
 
2. (S) Al-Noaimi thanked Charge for the information, saying 
the UAEG was comfortable proceeding on this basis, as it had 
on another case involving China.  He asked whether the 
Western Continent General Trading was on the list of 
companies that the UAE had passed on as part of its "watch 
list."  (ref C)  Charge replied that it was not, but noted 
that the managing director of this company had a history of 
diversion.  (Note: Western Continent is not on the UAE's list 
of companies, however, another company with the same managing 
director, "Noor Al-Fath General Trading Company" is on the 
list.  Noor Al-Fath is under Department of Commerce 
investigation for diversion of licensed police items to 
Iran.) 
 
3. (S) Al-Noaimi said that he would check to see whether 
Dubai Customs would require additional authorization to hold 
the shipment for longer than "a normal transshipment time." 
He explained that the UAEG could hold the item for a while to 
investigate the shipment based on this demarche, but would 
eventually need "an official request" from the country of 
origin requesting the UAEG to continue to hold or to return 
the item. 
ALBRIGHT