US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA2903

S E C R E T OTTAWA 002903 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2015 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, KNNP, CA, Arms Control 
SUBJECT: CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE WITH NORTH 
KOREA 
 
REF: SECSTATE 173768 
 
Classified By: POL M/C BRIAN FLORA.  REASON 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1. (S) Polmincouns and polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs DG 
for International Security Paul Chapin and DG for North Asia 
and Pacific Ted Lipman on September 22 to discuss cutting off 
North Korean hard currency earnings from arms sales.  Emboffs 
left key points as a nonpaper, and a duplicate copy of 
earlier points on EO 13382 authorizing freezing of 
proliferators' assets. 
 
2. (S) Responding to demarche points, Chapin and Lipman 
affirmed that Canada maintains longstanding prohibitions on 
military exports to North Korea.  Korea desk officer Timothy 
Edwards added that even dual-use exports are prohibited, 
citing by way of example how transfer of a "much used" 
Chrysler minivan for humanitarian purposes was prevented 
because of the potential dual-use applications of some of the 
vehicle's computerized systems. 
 
3. (S) Chapin said he was willing to explore the possibility 
of approaching some of the countries that either are clients 
of the DPRK or may be seeking to develop an arms 
relationship, particularly those governments that might be "a 
little wary" of the United States.  Emboffs expressed 
appreciation for the offer and said they would relay it to 
Washington for consideration. 
 
4. (U) TRIPOLI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. 
 
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WILKINS