US embassy cable - 05PARIS5861

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 005861 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NP/CBM, MADRID FOR POLECON KFORDER, LONDON FOR POL 
PTREMONT 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/31/2015 
TAGS: KSCA, PREL, PARM, MNUC, ETTC, TSPA, FR 
SUBJECT: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):  U.S. 
PAPER ON HIGH PERFORMANCE STEELS FOR MISSILE APPLICATIONS - 
FRENCH POC RESPONSE (C) 
 
REF: SECSTATE 158474 
 
Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY, REASONS 1.4 B, C, & D 
 
1.  (C)  On August 30, ESTH/NP Counselor provided French MTCR 
Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti subject paper on high 
performance steels for missile applications for the September 
Madrid MTCR Plenary Information Exchange session.  Bertolotti 
said that while he would distribute it, he considered it 
unlikely to reach MTCR capitals in time to be read for the 
upcoming Madrid Plenary.  The problem is that the 
'old-fashioned' distribution system whereby Paris-based MTCR 
country representatives (Points-of-Contact) pick up the 
classified MTCR documents at the MFA and often pouch them to 
respective foreign offices takes upwards of a week. 
Accordingly, Bertolotti suggested that the USG request the 
MTCR Secretariat in Madrid to prepare the subject document 
for dissemination at the Plenary itself.  Likewise, he urged 
that any additional USG documents for the Plenary Information 
Exchange be henceforth directed to the Madrid Secretariat. 
 
2.  (C) ESTH/NP Counselor received from the MFA a number of 
documents for the Plenary meetings which Embassy will secure 
fax to NP/CBM forthwith.  The package contains French 
government submissions which Bertolotti asked be highlighted 
as of interest to the USG. 
STAPLETON