US embassy cable - 05ANKARA2816

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PSI: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY

Identifier: 05ANKARA2816
Wikileaks: View 05ANKARA2816 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2005-05-17 15:12:00
Classification: SECRET
Tags: ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

S E C R E T ANKARA 002816 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM, EUR/SE, EUR/PRA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2015 
TAGS: ETTC, IR, PARM, PREL, TU, MTCRE 
SUBJECT: PSI: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA 
TURKEY 
 
REF: STATE 90899 
 
INFO FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME 
 
Classified By: Classified By: Ambassador Eric S. Edelman, reason 1.4 b/ 
d. 
 
1. (S) EXBS Adviser delivered reftel talking points/non-paper 
to MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament 
Osman Yavuzalp the morning of May 17, 2005.  Yavuzalp thanked 
us for the information and informed us that he would 
immediately pass the information to appropriate government 
officials. The Ambassador subsequently spoke with MFA Deputy 
Under Secretary Nabi Sensoy who had not yet heard about EXBS 
Advisor's demarche.  Sensoy said he understood the urgency of 
the matter and that Ankara would "do what it could."  Even if 
this were not going to Iran, Sensoy continued, Turkey takes 
nonproliferation seriously and would want to do the right 
thing. 
 
2.  (S) We understand that UK Ambassador is making a parallel 
demarche in the afternoon of May 17. 
 
EDELMAN 

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