VZCZCXYZ0007
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHVB #0762 2261508
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 141508Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8025
INFO RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0206

S E C R E T ZAGREB 000762 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE, ISN/MTR 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/13/2017 
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR
NONPROLIFERATION 
SUBJECT: CROATIA TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPT TO BROKER TEST 
CHAMBER SALE TO IRAN 
 
REF: A. STATE 111065 
     ¶B. BERLIN 01521 
     ¶C. 06 ZAGREB 1485 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: Political Officer Tom Selinger for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d) 
. 
 
¶1. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST.  See para 4. 
 
¶2. (S) PolOff delivered ref A points to head of MFA Section 
for Arms Control and Disarmament Mirko Capjak on August 10 
and to Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic on August 13. 
Capjak, who serves as MFA's rep on the GoC's 
inter-ministerial export control committee, assured PolOff 
that Belmet 97 would not receive the necessary import or 
export licenses to broker sale of a thermal shock chamber to 
Iran.  He agreed to work with other members of the committee 
to scrutinize any license applications from Belmet 97 and 
examine previous applications to check for any patterns of 
proliferation activity. 
 
¶3. (S) In anticipation that Belmet 97 may try to entirely 
circumvent the Croatian export licensing process, Post 
approached Bajic who agreed to immediately initiate an 
investigation in cooperation with the Croatian intelligence 
service.  This combination of actors has proven effective in 
at least one previous case, resulting in the conviction of a 
Croatian attempting to sell missile fire control software to 
Iran (ref C).  The Belmet case may serve to renew 
Post-supported push within GoC for improved export control 
legislation to introduce harsher penalties for proliferators. 
 
¶4. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Both Capjak and Bajic requested 
release of the name of the German producer of the thermal 
shock chamber to assist them in monitoring Belmet 97 
activities.  Post requests guidance on providing this name to 
Croatian authorities. 
BRADTKE