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S E C R E T STATE 047099 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2034 
TAGS: ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER SW
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO LICENSING AUTHORITY OF SWEDEN ABOUT 
US  WASSENAAR DENIAL NOTIFICATION 
 
Classified By: ISN/CATR Acting Director William Malzahn for 
 
reasons 1.4(b) and 1.4(d) 
 
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Action Request 
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¶1.  (U) This is an action message.  The Department requests 
that 
 
the Embassy at the earliest opportunity approach the 
appropriate 
 
official in Sweden's Inspectorate of Strategic Products, as 
per 
 
paragraph 4 below, to relate our response regarding Wassenaar 
 
Arrangement notification US2008-0DT2WR002.  This cable 
contains 
 
SECRET information; please protect accordingly. 
 
 
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Background 
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¶2.  (SBU) In an email dated February 12, 2009, Mr. Magnus 
 
Danielsson, an official from Sweden's export 
control/licensing 
 
authority, the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP), 
contacted 
 
the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and 
Security 
 
(USDOC/BIS) requesting more information about a Wassenaar 
 
Arrangement (WA) license denial notification previously 
issued by 
 
the United States - US2008-0DT2WR002. 
 
The rejected Department of Commerce license in question, 
D392886, 
 
sought to export of one DRS Technologies Ultra 8 High Speed 
Camera 
 
System, classified under ECCN 6A003A.4, for use by Nanjing 
 
University of Science and Technology for scientific research 
of 
 
laser technology in a variety of applications. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) WA notifications involve export controls on certain 
dual- 
 
use items.  Accordingly, WA Participating States have agreed 
to 
 
report on transfers and denials of specified controlled items 
to 
 
destinations outside of the Arrangement.  Magnus Danielsson 
requested 
 
further details of the US denial presented in notification 
 
US2008-0DT2WR002.  The response to this request is provided 
in the 
 
approved language below. 
 
¶4.  (U) Please make contact and relay the following approved 
language 
 to: 
 
Magnus Danielsson 
Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products Director Dual Use 
Controls 
Klarabergsviadukten 90 P.O. Box 70250 
SE-107 22 Stockholm 
Sweden 
 
Tel:  46 8 4063104 
 
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BEGIN APPROVED LANGUAGE  SECRET//REL SWEDEN 
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-- We appreciate your desire to consult with the United 
States as part 
 
of your review of a license application for Nanjing 
University of 
 
Science and Technology ("NUST"). 
 
-- We offer the following information that served as the 
basis of the 
 
US Wassenaar-notified denial (US2008-0DT2WR002) in 2008 and 
encourage 
 
you to take similar action. 
 
-- NUST, as of 2004, continued to research image processing 
with 
 
potential applications in military imaging and weapons 
products, 
 
including night vision, surveillance, infrared, and 
electro-optical 
 
systems.  In 2000, for example, NUST researched and developed 
an 
 
Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) system that 
recognizes 
 
images at long range in all weather conditions, and is 
specifically 
 
suited for Chinese military systems. 
 
-- We have information that NUST, in 2002, bought a software 
 
simulation package for advanced multi-physics.  The simulation 
 
package, which was purchased from a western supplier, has 
commercial 
 
applications, but has been used as a modeling tool in nuclear 
weapons 
 
design. 
 
-- Researchers at NUST investigated polymer and ammonium 
nitrate 
 
composite propellants for use in rocket motors. 
 
-- Dependable information from 2000 indicates that NUST 
purchased 
 
hypervelocity launcher technology from Russia.  Credible 
information 
 
from 1998 indicates that NUST's ballistic research laboratory 
was 
 
working on regenerative liquid propellant gun technology, and 
was 
 
interested in Russian technology and components for a 
hypervelocity 
 
electrothermal gun. 
 
-- In addition, Chinese press reporting indicates that a 
missile 
 
brigade of the Nanjing Military Region invited experts and 
 
professors from NUST to analyze achievements in 
missile-technology 
 
reform, and to formulate future high-tech military training. 
 
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END APPROVED LANGUAGE 
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¶5. Department of State's POC is Margaret Mitchell, 
 
mitchellMT2@state.gov, in the Bureau of International 
Security and 
 
Nonproliferation (ISN), and the Department of Commerce's POC 
is 
 
Patricia Muldonian, PMULDONI@bis.doc.gov, in the Bureau of 
Industry 
 
and Security (BIS).  Please report response and slug all 
replies to 
 
ISN.  The Department sincerely thanks Post for its assistance 
in 
 
this matter. 
CLINTON