US embassy cable - 05ANKARA2838

S E C R E T ANKARA 002838 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM, EUR/SE, EUR/PRA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/18/2015 
TAGS: ETTC, IR, PARM, PREL, TU, MTCRE 
SUBJECT: PSI: MORE ON IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO 
IRAN VIA TURKEY 
 
REF: A. STATE 90899 
     B. ANKARA 2816 
 
Classified By: Classified By: Ambassador Eric S. Edelman, reason 1.4 b/ 
d. 
 
1. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 
 
2. (S) MFA Under Secretary Ali Tuygan informed the Ambassador 
on May 18 that the shipment to Iran that he had raised the 
day before with Deputy U/S Nabi Sensoy had been stopped by 
Turkish authorities. 
 
3. (S) Tuygan said that the British demarche had differed 
from ours.  One point the British made was that in similar 
cases elsewhere, HMG had successfully convinced China to 
withdraw such shipments.  Sensoy had called in the British 
Ambassador on May 18 to request that London and Washington 
work together to convince Beijing to withdraw this shipment. 
Tuygan relayed the same request to the Ambassador. 
 
4. (S) Action request:  We understand that an approach to the 
Chinese may already be under consideration in Washington.  We 
request authorization to inform Tuygan of our decision to 
approach the Chinese once it is made and, assuming we move 
forward, of Beijing's response. 
EDELMAN