US embassy cable - 05ROME117

S E C R E T ROME 000117 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT PASS TO MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME 
 
NOFORN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/12/2015 
TAGS: ETTC, IT, PARM, PREL, CH, MTCRE 
SUBJECT: MTAG:ITALIAN FIRMS COOPERATING WITH CHINESE 
MISSILE AND SPACE-RELATED ENTITIES (S) 
 
REF: SECSTATE 275541 
 
Classified By: ECONOMIC MINISTER COUNSELOR SCOTT KILNER 
FOR REASONS 1.4(B), (D) AND (H). 
 
1.(S) Economic Counselor called on Carlo Tripepi, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs Nonproliferation Coordinator, to express USG 
concern over possible Chinese collaboration with Italian 
firms on joint aviation and avionics technology development 
(reftel). Tripepi, who chairs the interministerial committee 
that approves, inter alia, all licenses for Missile 
Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-controlled goods, was 
surprised at the news.  He said that as of yesterday (when 
the latest interministerial meeting was held), no Italian 
firm had applied for permission to export goods of this sort. 
He characterized the Chinese as engaging in "wishful 
thinking" because the GOI interministerial committee strictly 
monitored all export of such sensitive technology.  He also 
promised to pass along to us information on any Italian 
firms' applications for export licenses to China of 
MTCR-controlled goods in the aviation and avionics 
development technology. 
 
 
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2005ROME00117 - Classification: SECRET