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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 052694 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CH EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST TO SECURE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR UN 
1267 TERRORIST LISTING OVER PAKISTANI OBJECTIONS 
 
REF: A. STATE 004359 
     ¶B. ISLAMABAD 1678 
     ¶C. STATE 36712 
     ¶D. ISLAMABAD 1739 
     ¶E. STATE 052473 
 
 ¶1. (U) This is an action request.  Please see paragraph 5. 
 
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BACKGROUND 
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¶2. (SBU) On May 16, 2008, USUN will submit a request to add 
the names of four operatives of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to 
the Committee's list of individuals and entities associated 
with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida, which are 
subject to UN Security Council mandated sanctions, including 
asset freezing, a travel ban and an arms embargo.  We 
prenotified Pakistan and other relevant member states of our 
intent to submit this listing request on January 30, but held 
off for several months in an effort to secure Pakistani 
support for this submission.  Despite several months of 
working with the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to gain support 
for this listing request, we anticipate the GOP will likely 
ask China to place a hold on the request. 
 
¶3. (SBU) China placed a hold, at Pakistan's behest, on a 
January 2008 German listing request (for 3 Islamic Jihad 
Union terrorists) that the GOP did not support.  Although the 
GOP did not dispute the validity of the facts of the German 
listing request, the Pakistani Mission to the UN told USUN 
that the GOP was angry that the Germans did not give Pakistan 
advanced warning that they were planning to submit the 
listing request.  The Pakistanis said they were further 
disgruntled over the fact that the Statement of Case (SOC) 
provided by the Germans in support of their listing request 
did not acknowledge the positive role the GOP played behind 
the scenes in helping German law enforcement apprehend these 
terrorists and instead focused on the IJU terrorists' links 
to Pakistan.  However, in the course of talks over the past 
few months over the German IJU submission and our planned 
LeT-4 submission, it is clear that Pakistan's unwillingness 
to support these listing requests has less to do with the 
GOP's perceived slight from the lack of pre-notification or 
precise wording of SOCs and more to do with the fact that the 
GOP does not support 1267 listings involving terrorist 
individuals/entities linked to or operating in Pakistan. 
 
¶4. (SBU) When USUN officials spoke with an official from the 
Chinese mission to the UN about China's hold on the German 
submission, the Chinese official claimed that China was 
concerned about the stability of its neighbor in the run-up 
to the Beijing Olympics this summer and therefore China does 
not want to do anything that could potentially add to 
Pakistan's domestic political problems.  The Chinese mission 
to the UN, upon learning of our planned LeT-4 listing 
request, expressed some discomfort over the possibility that 
the GOP would again ask China to place a hold on another 
well-substantiated submission.  The Chinese Mission to the UN 
also confirmed that Beijing does not have a substantive 
objection to our submission. 
 
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTION REQUEST 
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¶5. (U) Department requests Embassy Beijing and USUN, at the 
highest possible level and prior to the expiration of the No 
Objection Deadline (NOD) of May 23 for our LeT-4 submission, 
approach the Chinese interlocutors to solicit Chinese support 
for our LeT-4 listing request.  USUN and Embassy Beijing 
officials should explain that we worked for months to secure 
Pakistani support to no avail and do not believe the 
Pakistanis have any legitimate substantive objections to our 
listing request.  USUN and Embassy Beijing may wish to draw 
from the following points: 
 
- In the spirit of our counterterrorism cooperation, we ask 
China to support our LeT-4 listing request. 
 
- Despite our best efforts over the past several months to 
gain GOP support for our LeT-4 listing request, we were 
unable to secure Pakistani support for our submission. 
 
STATE 00052694  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
- GOP reluctance to support our submission is based not on 
facts but on Pakistan's opposition to the 1267 sanctions 
regime.  Likewise, Pakistan's opposition to the January 2008 
German IJU listing request (which China placed on hold) was 
based not on substantive objections but on the GOP's stated 
reluctance to support 1267 listing requests for 
individuals/entities based in or linked to Pakistan. 
 
- Al-Qaida and Taliban linked individuals and entities in 
Pakistan, such as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, pose a grave threat to 
Pakistan and the international community. 
 
- We are gravely concerned about the deterioration of 
internal security in Pakistan and the growing threat posed by 
al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists who are operating in 
Pakistan, particularly in the region near the 
Pakistan-Afghanistan border.  1267 sanctions provide Member 
States the needed tools to help combat the terrorist threat 
facing Pakistan and the international community. 
 
- One of the main objectives of our LeT-4 submission is to 
help provide Pakistan and the international community with 
the needed tools to impede, in particular, travel and 
fundraising by these dangerous operatives. 
 
- The 1267 Committee should base listing decisions on facts. 
It is important to maintain up-to-date entries on the 1267 
Consolidated List so that al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions 
accurately reflect realities on the ground.  Support by 
Pakistan for 1267 listings is vital to committee efforts to 
preserve the overall vitality and efficacy of the 
al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime. 
 
Additional points for use at Posts' discretion: 
 
- In the spirit of our counterterrorism cooperation, we 
request that China not entertain Pakistan's requests to place 
holds on well-justified 1267 listings. 
 
- We request that China talk to GOP officials to stress the 
importance of Pakistan's acceptance of and compliance with 
1267 sanctions, and explain that China will not place holds 
on well-justified submissions. 
 
- We would appreciate China's reconsideration of its current 
hold on the January 2008 German listing request for 3 IJU 
operatives. 
 
 
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Reporting Deadline and Point of Contact 
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¶6. (U) USUN and Embassy Beijing should reports results of 
this demarche no later than May 22, 2008.  Questions may be 
directed to IO/PSC (Erin Crowe: 202-736-7847; 
croweex@state.sgov.gov). 
 
¶7. Tripoli minimize considered. 
 
¶8. Department appreciates Missions' efforts. 
RICE