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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
06PRAGUE746	2006-07-01 09:59	2011-08-30 01:44	SECRET//NOFORN	Embassy Prague

VZCZCXRO7970
PP RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV
DE RUEHPG #0746/01 1820959
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 010959Z JUL 06 ZFR
FM AMEMBASSY PRAGUE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7583
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 PRAGUE 000746 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NOFORN 
 
//ZFR ZFR ZFR// 
 
EUR/NCE FOR FICHTE, PM/RSAT FOR DOWLEY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/29/2016 
TAGS: PREL ETTC MNUC IAEA EZ IR
SUBJECT: CZECH POLICY ON IRAN: PROLIFERATION ISSUES AND 
TRAVEL POLICY FOR SCIENTISTS 
 
PRAGUE 00000746  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
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very strictest that they employ anywhere in the world (REF 
A), some substantial weaknesses do exist. While Czech 
interview procedures and visa adjudication methodologies are 
extremely similar to ours, Czech consular officers and chiefs 
of mission have substantial discretion in their visa-issuing 
procedures and policies. The Czechs have no system analogous 
to CLASS and do not have biometric capabilities to verify the 
identity of the applicant. Although visa applicants are 
screened by security services against a database of names 
maintained by the Interior Ministry, the vetting system is 
essentially reactive and dependent upon an accurate 
self-identification by the applicant. According to MFA 
Consular Director Ivo Svoboda, moreover, there are no 
"suspect classes" of applicants whose occupation, specialty, 
or other background information would trigger a more detailed 
investigation or adjudication process (i.e. there is nothing 
comparable to the USG's SAO system). 
 
¶8. (S/NF) In April 2006 an Iranian scientist specializing in 
nuclear medicine traveled to the Czech Republic to 
participate in a nuclear conference in the spa town of 
Marianske Lazne. According to media reports however, two of 
his colleagues were denied visas. Czech MFA officials, 
despite their stated policy of refusing to discuss particular 
visa cases, confirmed the substance of this report to Poloff 
and indicated that the MOI screening process had triggered 
the denial of the other two applications. Czech MFA officials 
also indicated that various security and intelligence 
services have in the past supported particular visa 
applications for the services, own operational purposes. In 
the aftermath of this controversial visit, the Czechs passed 
an informal request to the IAEA that they neither sponsor nor 
refer any Iranian nuclear scientists to the Czech Republic 
for seminars or training. According to Klucky (please 
protect), since Iran is not officially an IAEA-sanctioned 
state, these additional Czech measures are technically 
contrary to the letter of the NPT. 
CABANISS

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