From: <a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article3988454.ece">Aftenposten</a><br>
Date: 20.3.2009
<p>
<pre>

S E C R E T BEIJING 000724 
SIPDIS 
DEPT FOR EAP/CM AND ISN/MTR: JOHN PAUL HERRMANN 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2034
TAGS: PARM, MTCRE, PREL, PGOV, ETTC, CH, IR
SUBJECT: CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMTS CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO
IRANS MISSILE PROGRAM 
REF: STATE 25689 AND PREVIOUS (NOTAL) 
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Aubrey Carlson.
Reasons 1.4 (b), (d) and (h). 

1. (S) Stressing the long history and continuing nature of PRC
company LIMMTs Iran missile-related proliferation activities,
PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging the Chinese government
to investigate and prevent LIMMTs proliferation behavior to MFA
Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional
Weapons Division Deputy Director Sun Lei on March 20.

2. (S) Sun asked if the items sold by LIMMT to Shahid Bakeri
Industrial Group were specifically controlled by relevant
nonproliferation regimes. PolOff replied affirmatively and
highlighted the potential supply of the 3GFF-700 cold flow
forming machine controlled by the MTCR, NSG and Wassenaar
arrangement, and also stressed that UN Security Council
Resolution 1737 required States to prevent the transfer of any
item that would contribute to the development of a nuclear
weapon delivery system. Sun said China would "take necessary
measures concerning the information."

3. (C) In response to PolOffs mention of current sanctions on
LIMMT, Sun said that while China looks forward to future
cooperation with the United States on nonproliferation,
sanctions were not conducive to the whole atmosphere and were
"not the proper way to solve these issues." Sun repeated past
requests for more details and specifics on cases of
proliferation concern in order to help China investigate.

4. (SBU) Sun mentioned to PolOff that the MFA Arms Control and
Disarmament Department would be going through a
"restructuring" in the coming two months. Responsibility for
individual cases of nonproliferation concern would be
transferred from the Missile and Conventional Weapons (Third)
Division "to a newly reorganized Second Division." Sun said
further details "would be shared soon."

PICCUTA
</pre>