pecrassiet _ 7 wuboriy muneeRc T_ secxe mors 5 tts Unico Srates Anis Contro ano Disarmament Acener #2 nuguse 24 1979 51 mevomnoon — t ro 2 0 Me Salmon 1 ACOMP Me Van Doren acon up — be Roch1in i Ges — Me Notenco i ors — me cunin s ors — me Meltrich i PM WPP — Mie Humphreys 8 ¢ — Me Gallucci 8 m8 — ite Locke ROR — Me Ramon — wen mo Casey rrow Acba ue tt Richard L Wiiianson Hb sussecr nuctear Deveropment s The attached Chronotogy of events covers diplomatic traffic through the SECRE® and EXDIS level it does not include code word or NODIS trattic on developments in iraq and surnarizes actions the US government has taken to date Iraq‘s cooperation with France and Italy poses a potentially dangerous situation and needs to be closely watched for any future developnents I hope the attached paper will prove useful in that regard ° cos D P — Dr Corden acon iP lX Titatson zmp 8 2477 ssormysors ¢ fron oon s sion 13 oon o dionks sige oe elan o — eee mummmmmms __ I pechaItED _ Autery nuDCGST T_ secrer chronology of Prench reattan tragt Cooperation in the Nuclear Field 1 Movember 18 1975 — Cooperation agreement for peaceful use of nuclear energy was signed between I France and traq _ The final signature date is often i cited as August 1976 January 11 1977 — 0 5 sends Aide Nemoire to Italian Government regarding its potential cooperation with Trag June 12 1977 — French Government announces the sate of a70 HR E research reactor similar to the ostRtS using uranium enriched 93% _ U8 subsequently approached GoP to encourage use of 20 a Pebruary 15 1978 — anbassador Snith in Paris discussed trags situation with Jaconet and Louet He was informed that the Prench intended to keep a team at the reactor site until they could use low enrichment fuel cores Caramel design® May 1978 — traqis apparently dissatisfied with French cooperation approach Italian Swiss and German firms approached concerning turkey désign and conttruc tion of first power plant 500—60010 october 1978 — Italians announce a contract with Iraq for the sale of 4 research laboratories signed in Pebruary One 1ab will manufacture radioisotopes for x—ray and industrial uses the other three will perforn research on fuel fabrication and nuclear component material testing Pizst contract resulting in construction of first facility signed in 1976 Second contract vas signed in Pebruary 1978 i November 1978 — Roliow—up reporting clarifies sale of Ttalian equipment which includes a radiochenistry lab capable of wet chenistry mpril 1979 — Components for the 7o t ostratc reactor which France is constructing for Iraq were damaged ‘in an explosion at the plant there vere rumors that the fsraelis might have been involved in this sabotage incident though subsequent reports said no evidence has been found of teracii involvenent The damage will cause a delay of 6 months to to years to rebuild and retest the danaged equipnent a 2 e _ f e as olen o 9 h opmeee nts s ol c No coarse ceci ae pemcioniens — 9 ensisrecia cenas Corie antenne oo o nummmmane I SeRa TU Autony nudCe@RCL7 _ secs 2p J April 1979 — Poliow up with Embassy Rone indicated that new president of CEN Colombo was concerned about non—proliferation implications of the Italian sale and demonstrated a willingness to brief U8 officials vith more complete information A suggestion was made to Ronclude talking points on this lesue for becretary Vance to raise with Foreign Minister in his proposed visit _ May 1979 — Department instructs mnbassy rone to discuss several points with Cz President colome including US concerns about the radiochenistry lab __ These concerns included potential for spent fuel f reprocessing and training of Iraqi scientists in this a context for potential use in larger facilities Rnbassy called on Colombo on May 24 and he expressed willingness to evaluate the lab using technical information supplied ind by the us C ° June 2979 — Information vas forwarded to GOT on the design characteristics of hot cell facilitates that would facilitate the reprocessing of xescarch reactor fuels June 1979 Prime Minister Andreotti in response to discussions with Secretary Vance asked for a group of representatives fron tailan industry to nest with Us non—proiiferation experts June 1979 — Italian official confirms ‘vet chenistry® capabilities of radiochenistry lab and that 35 Iraqi stidents were expected for training in itaiy in damary July 1979 — State ACDA DOE team meets with Italian coveriiedt StRiptals asd industey representatives to discuss non—proliferation concerns Team is deeply concerned at level of Italian assistance to Iraq ACDN NP MIX I¥atson rnp 8 21 79 i Loan P4 —rpmmmmermmmigmm « — immer oprpome— remempm o mmemamemreemme —— io oo inmrinad annsent mae opr ime AB ete ae de fae oi coin a rire ea ook raton nema mmmmennemee cccc n