Wikileaks - XXXVIII

Friday, 02 September, Year 3 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu
    "50934","1/27/2006 15:49","06BUCHAREST153","Embassy Bucharest","SECRET","06SECSTATE10911|06SECSTATE6236|06SECSTATE9468","VZCZCXYZ0034 RR RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHBM #0153 0271549 ZNY SSSSS ZZH R 271549Z JAN 06
    FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3534
    ","S E C R E T BUCHAREST 000153

    SIPDIS

    EUR/NCE FOR WILLIAM SILKWORTH AND FOR
    ISN/CB

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/27/2016
    TAGS: PARM, PREL, ETTC, CBW, KNNP, IR, RO
    SUBJECT: S59-05 AND S23B-04: ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ALERT
    REGARDING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ENTITY SAMAMICRO AND IRANIAN
    SEEKING DUAL USE RESEARCH ASSISTANCE (S)

    REF: A. A) SECSTATE 10911 B. B) SECSTATE 9468 C. C) SECSTATE 6236

    Classified By: Political Section Chief Robert Gilchrist for Reasons 1.4 (B,D,H)

(S) Further to Refs A and B, PolMilOff discussed the Australia Group (AG) alert regarding Iranian procurement entity Samamicro, which has procured items for Iran\'s chemical warfare and missile programs, and efforts by Iranian scientists to obtain dual-use research assistance in AG countries on AG-controlled toxins with Dan Neculaescu, the Director of the MFA\'s Office of Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism, on January 26. Neculaescu expressed appreciation for our nonpapers on these topics and promised to share them widely with appropriate GOR interlocutors. Referring generally to Iran\'s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability (Ref C), Neculaescu emphasized that Romania follows the issue closely and will continue to \"support U.S. and EU efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons.\"
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