US embassy cable - 05NEWDELHI7555

S E C R E T NEW DELHI 007555 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2015 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, ETTC, KN, IN, Export Control Initiatives, Pol-Mil 
SUBJECT: SHIELD S38-05: INDIA WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF 
CW PRECURSOR TO DPRK 
 
REF: STATE 176911 
 
Classified By: PolCouns Geoffrey Pyatt for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) 
 
1.  (S) PolMilOff raised the points in reftel regarding the 
Grow-On Group's shipment of large amounts of sodium cyanide 
to North Korea in a Sept 27 meeting with MEA Under Secretary, 
Disarmament and International Security, Nutan Kapoor. 
PolMilOff gave Kapoor a non-paper about the case, as well as 
a copy of a directory listing for Grow-On Group from 
www.importers.com, which lists the firm as "one of the 
biggest exporters of Indian perfumes," but gave no contact 
information. 
 
2.  (C) PolMilOff noted that although sodium cyanide does not 
appear to be on the revised SCOMET list, we hope the GOI will 
invoke the "catch-all" clause of the new WMD Bill to initiate 
an investigation. 
 
3.  (C) Kapoor said the GOI would investigate the matter.  As 
in previous cases, Kapoor asked that we provide more 
information about the Indian firm, e.g., address, to 
facilitate the GOI investigation. 
 
4.  (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified 
Website:(http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/sa/newdelhi/) 
Mulford