US embassy cable - 05VIENNA3464

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MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO

Identifier: 05VIENNA3464
Wikileaks: View 05VIENNA3464 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Vienna
Created: 2005-10-27 12:42:00
Classification: SECRET
Tags: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU 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 VIENNA 003464 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR ISN/MTR, EUR/AGS, AND EUR/PRA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2015 
 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, ETTC, AU, MTCRE 
SUBJECT: MTAG 5-96:  FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO 
 
SELL GRAPHITE TO IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM (S) 
 
REF: A) VIENNA 3325 B) STATE 185786 
 
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for 
 
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) 
 
1.  (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up 
 
recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of 
 
Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit 
 
Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division, 
 
to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare 
 
Parts company's offer to sell graphite cylinders to an 
 
Iranian missile organization subordinate to Iran's Aerospace 
 
Industries Organization.  Krehlik said that Austrian 
 
authorities had stopped the shipment at the Graz Airport. 
 
Customs officials were now investigating this shipment, as 
 
well as various other shipments over the last two years, to 
 
ascertain whether or not DFE Industrial Spare Parts needed 
 
licenses for the shipments.  Krehlik noted that some of the 
 
items, which authorities had seized in the recent action were 
 
of U.S. origin.  Krehlik thanked the USG for ref B 
 
information, adding that collaborative and extremely detailed 
 
information from HMG and Israeli officials had also 
 
contributed to the GoA's success in stopping the Graz 
 
shipment. 
 
van Voorst 

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