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S E C R E T PARIS 001169 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ISN/MTR 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10 YEARS 
TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL FR MTCR
SUBJECT: MTAG:  FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER FOR MTCR 
PARTNERS REGARDING IRANIAN UAV/CRUISE MISSILE ENTITY GHOODS 
AVIATION INDUSTRIES' PROCUREMENT EFFORTS (S) 
 
REF: STATE 019038 
 
Classified By: ESTH Counselor Robert W. Dry for Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) 
. 
 
¶1.  (S)  SUMMARY:  On 15 February 2006, ESTH/NP Officer met 
with French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of 
Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of 
Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, and provided him 
reftel nonpaper.  Although not named in the nonpaper, 
Bertolotti recognized immediately that the country alluded to 
as engaged in offering to sell prohibited equipment to Iran 
was South Africa.  Bertolotti noted, privately and 
confidentially, that the French services had, separately, 
 
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obtained related information and had demarched the South 
Africans against engaging in activities similar to those 
mentioned in the report.  He said that he greatly appreciated 
the U.S. sharing information contained in Reftel, and that it 
would be well-received by the French government agencies 
involved, and which, when added to the information the French 
already possessed, would assist in French investigations into 
Ghoods aviation industries' procurement efforts.  Bertolotti 
promised to distribute nonpaper to MTCR partners without 
delay. 
 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
 
Hofmann