women-A17 ARCHIVES DECLASRFNO - I is Sy_ f IN ING TELEGRAM Department of State 5 21 F5 3 33 CONFIDENTIAL FHE847LA 974 I RR RUEHC EDUEPXG RUALOT RUASTP j3 I EUR DE RUFHOL 673 1651625 _ hb ZNY - ISISOOZ APR - FM AMEMUASSY GENE TO - 1 FE INFO BRUSSELS uSEcuTszs - I 10 PARIS IISS APR 5 pm lio INR TAIPEI SIX 1966 CIA TOKYO 55 k - GERMANTO Ltd NSA STATE GRNC '23 E AGDA BT PS SCI CONFIDEN I 4y REF EMBTEL 5 547 ICES BRUSSELS FCBUS 898 WHB I - FOLLOWING IS AN ACCUNT OF FRG-GRC NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS AS GIVEN RED EHINA - - SUBJ GERMAN NUCLEAR REACTOR EOR TAINAN I TO THE EMBASSY BY A GERMAN OFFICIAL GRC REPRESENTATIVES APPROACHED SIEMENS REQUESTING-A REACTOR STUDY INDICATING APURCHASE FOLLON IF THE STUDY RESULTS NERF SATISFACTORY SIEMENS ASKED THE ORINION OF THE FONOFF ON POSSIBLE REACTOR EXPORT RESTRICTIONS THE FONOFF ATTITUDE UAS NEGATIVE A VIEW OF POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON FRG HEUATIONSHIPS WITH THE USSR- SIEMENS-THEN APPROACHED THE SCIENCE MINISTRY UHICH FAHORS THE SALE AS FIRST MAJOR NUCLEAR EXPORT HONEUER THE MINISTRY ONLY PROJECT IF THE GRO PLACES THE RFACTOO SAFEGUARDS THE GRC IS APPARENTLY THE SCIENCE MINISTRY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PROCEDURE FOR IAEA SAFEGUARDS CAN CONSIST SIMPLY OF A BILATERAL AGREEMENT RETUEEN IAEA AND GRC NITHOUT A DIRECT FRG-GRC SAFEGUARCS RELATIONSHIP OF ANY KIND THE SCIENCE MINISTRY THUS NISHFS TO PR SS THE FONOFF TO INFORM THE GRC THAT EXPORT APPROUAL GIVEN AFTER SIGNING OF A GRC-IAEA FEGUARDS AGREEMENT COVERING HE NEXT STEPS NOULD RE bi COMPLETION DESIGN STUDY BY l THE CONTRACT SETUEEN GRC AND I SIEMENS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE S REACTOR ONSTRUCTION I 4 SUECONTRACTING OF FUEL ELEMENT CONSTRUCTION DY MENS PERHAPS TO NUHEM AND 5 OPERATION BY THE GRC CONFIDENTIAL 4 mm 14- - II - mtnua n-ouu-N- m- DECLASSIFIED Amway imog I ' 1r - CONFIDENTIAL I- -2- 3292 APRIL 15 FROM BONN 5- - In THE REACTOR IN QUESTION IS NATURAL URANIUM OXIDE-FUELED ANO THE CRC OR NUKEM WOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO DEALING NITH 0F ENRICHEO URANIUM FOR FUEL IF THE US OBJECTIONS NOT OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE To SUCH A SALE THE SCIENCE MINISTRY NOT PRESS FOR A FAUORABLE DECISION BY THE FONOFF EMBASSY HAS NOT COMMUNICATEO CONTENTS OF REFTELS TO MINISTRY BUT IS AMAITINC DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE MILLENRRANOThis document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu