Wikileaks - MCXIII

Monday, 05 September, Year 3 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu

163560 7/25/2008 11:00 08PRETORIA1625 Embassy Pretoria SECRET 08PRETORIA1618|08STATE67405|08STATE77744 VZCZCXRO6111 RR RUEHDU DE RUEHSA #1625 2071100 ZNY SSSSS ZZH R 251100Z JUL 08 FM AMEMBASSY PRETORIA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5194 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0825 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0632 RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 0582 RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST 0065 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0697 RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0616 RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV 0122 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0828 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0500 RUEHNM/AMEMBASSY NIAMEY 0158 RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 0666 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1403 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 0055 RUEHNT/AMEMBASSY TASHKENT 0019 RUEHWD/AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK 4917 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1562 RUEHTN/AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN 5846 RUEHDU/AMCONSUL DURBAN 0019 RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 0301 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0561 S E C R E T PRETORIA 001625

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/24/2018 TAGS: PARM, EMIN, ENRG, KNNP, IR, SF SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA "WELL AWARE" OF IRAN URANIUM RISKS

REF: A. STATE 77744 B. PRETORIA 01618 (NOTAL) C. STATE 67405 (NOTAL)

Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond L. Brown. Reason s 1.4(b) and (d).

1. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said the South African Government (SAG) is "well aware" of its obligations regarding Iranian attempts to procure new stocks of uranium. Speaking frankly, Combrink told PolOff on July 24 that the SAG finds "these types of demarches unhelpful and condescending." The SAG takes its multilateral obligations "very seriously." It knows Iran will target South Africa for possible uranium procurement (NFI).

2. (S) The SAG welcomes specific, actionable information from the USG about possible illicit trade with Iran, as we provided in the past (for example, in refs B and C). Combrink reiterated that the SAG will fully cooperate in those cases. BOST

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