DECLAt5SIFIED • • -· __________________________ ___ _ Authority N o I -l ' I 14 nuGsoz •3 46 004216UTGOING Department of State TELEGRAM SECRET PAGE 01 STATE 214371 ORIGIN NOOS a0 INFO ocr-00 AOS•00 000 R N00960 COPY OF 15 COPIES DRAFTED BY OES NECIRRDELABARRE7 ACOA NPtL ATSON SJB APPROVED av OES TR PICKERING T • R SCRIBNER NSC • G OPLINGER INFO NEA AR • H W ZNITZER ACDA NP • R WILLIAMSON SUBS INR PMA • J SIEGE PM NPP • G SUCHAN EUR RPE • W BARMON $ S•O • S STAPLETON 5 AS ALOCl E OES lll•LVNOSENZO DOE IA•FMCGOLDRICK SUBS OES NECwGFHELFRIC ACDA•GBRAY EUR 1'1E•EBEIGEL •-•-••••••••••-•••096896 140301Z o2 0 140217 AUG 80 ZFF6 FM SECSiATE WASHOC TO AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE INFO WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE 0000 SEC q ET STATE 214371 NODIS E a 12065 RQS•3 8 13 80 CPTCKERING THOMAS R OES TAGS MNUC PARM ENRG IT IZ SUBJECTZ CU ITA Y•IRAQ NUCLEAR TRANSFER SECRET NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY I Department of State OUTGOING TELEGRAM r--------------------------------------- 1 -- s J 0 Noc 0 D I Su SECRET STATE 214371 REF A ROME 189741 B STATE 175197 1 SECRET CENT RE TEXT 2 AS EMBASSY S AWARE WE ELCOME ASSURANCES REF B PROVIOEO RESIDENT BY PRIME MINISTER C•SSIGA REGARDING ITALIAN GOVERNMENT INTENTION TO CONFORM TO NPT ANO SUP•· PLIER GUIDELINE CO MITMENTS ANO TO ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO TRANSFER OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAQ ANO THESE HAVE PROVED HELPFUL IN HILL CONSULTATIONS ON ITALIAN•IRAQ NUCLEAR COOPERATION ANO THE FRIGATES MATTER 3 WE ARE MOWEVER BECO ING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED AT THE DELAY N THE ITALIAN REPORT OF THE OUTCOME OF THE CNEN INVESTIGATION ANO EVASIVENESS OF THE ITALIAN CNEN IN RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTIONS ON DETAILS OF THE ITALIAN• IR Q PROGRAM AS REPORTED REF A EMBASSY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE PRESSWRE FROM THE HILL ON THIS ISSUE WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT EXTENT OF TRANSFERS 4a ACCORDINGLY EMBASSY SHOULD SEEK EARLIEST OPPORTUN• ITY TO SEPARATELY APPROACH FOREIGN MINISTER COLUMBO ANO PROF UMBERTO COLUMBO OF CNEN TO RAISE THE FOLLOWING POINTS A• wITH FOREIGN MINISTER COLOMBO •• W APPRECIATE THE PRIME MINISTER $ RECENT STATEMENT ON ITALIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH IRAQ IN WHICH HE ASSURED US THAT THERE OULD 8E NC TRANSFER OF SENSITIVE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO IRAQ SECRET NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY I N· 0 D I s - Department of State OUTGOING TELEGRAM PAGE 03 SECRET STATE 214371 • THIS ASSURANCE HAS PROVED HELPFUL ON OUR CONGRES SIONAL CONSULTATIONS REGAROING THE FRIGATE MATTER ALTHOUGH TMAT ISSUE IS NOT FINALLY RESOLVED ••ASA RESULT OF RECENT PUBLICITY REGARDING T E OVER• ALL I AQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM COUPLED WITH ISRAELI STATE• MENTS ABOUT THE IRAQI NUCLEAR INTENTIONS WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN ABOUT YOUR NUCLEAR COOPER ATION WITH IRAQ AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ULTI ATE IMPACT OF THIS ON CONGRESSIONAL ATTITUDES ON THE FRIGATE MATTER AS WELL AS ON OUR NUCLEAR COOPERATION •• wE ARE SEPARATELY APPROACHIN PROF UMBERTO COLOMBO WITH SOME SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE NATURE OF THAT COOPERATION IN OROER TO 8ETTER UNDER• STANO ITS SCOP AND OBJECTIVES -- EARLY RECEIPT OF THIS INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL ro ABATE GROWING CONCERNS ANO TO RESOLVE CONTiNUING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE SCOPE OF ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ WHICH HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CONGRESSIONAL ATTITUDES ANO COULD HINDER u s -ITALV NUCLEAR COOPERATION IN THE ONGER TERM B ITH PROFESSOR COLOMBO OF CNEN •• WE APPRECIATE YOUR EARLIER OFFERS TO LOOK INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE ITALIAN NUCLEAR COMMITMENTS TO IRAQ ANO WE LOO FORWARD TO EARLY CONSULTATIONS ON THE OUT• COME OF THAT REVIEW •• IN TH MEANTIME AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT PUBLICITY REGARDING THE QVERA L IRAQI NUC EAR PROGRAM THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS IN THE US ABOUT THE NATURE OF YOUR COOPER ATION WITH IRAQ WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIA SECRET NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY I N 0 D I s _ PAGE 04 Department of State SECRET STATE 214371 OUTGOING TELEGRAM IMPACT Or TH ESE CONCERNS ON US• iALIAN NUCLEAR COOPERA• TION •• IN OROER TO ALLAY TMESE CONCERNS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE FgLLOWING POINTS •• TVPES OF EQUIPMENT BEING INSTALLED IN THE RADIO• ISOTOPE PRODUCTION LAB ANO THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TEST FACILITY IN PARTICULAR WE wOULD BE INTERESTED IN NOW NG IF ANY OF TH FOLLOWING TYPES OF EOU PMENT ARE BEING PROVIOEO S EARS OR OTHER DEVICES wHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE REMOTE OISASSEMBLY OF IRRAOIATEO FUEL OISSOLVE S MIXER•SEiTLERS PULSE COLUMNS OR ION EX• CHANGE COLUMNS EVAPORATORS CAPABLE CF CONOENS NG RADIO• ACTtVE ACIOIC SOLUTIONS ANO CRITICALITY SAF€ CONTROL iAN S IN AODITION ANY INFORMATION RELATIVE TC UP• GRADING OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF THESE OR OTMER FACILITlES WOULD BE USEFUL ••• CNEN OFFICIALS HAO EARLIER INDICATED TMAT PROCESS EQUIPMENT WAS OT BEING PROvIDED FOR THE RADIOISOTOPE LAB AS PART 0 i e ORIGINAL CONTRACT BUT iHAT DIS• CUSSIONS weRE UNDERWAY WMICH COULO RESULT IN FUTURE PROVISION OF SUCH EQUIPMENT WE OULO APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ON ANY SIGNIFICANT PROCESS EQUIPMENT WHICH YOU MAY NOW BE PROVIDING FOR THIS FACILITY INCLUDING ANY ITEMS TO BE I STALLEO IN THE C0•60 CELLS ••• ALSO CNEN OFFICIALS HAO EARLIER iOLO US iHAT THE THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TEST FACILITY IN IRAQ WAS TO BE USEO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ANO TESTING OF LARGER SCALE PROCESS EQUIPMENT WE NOW UNDERSTAND T AT SOME SECRET NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY I DECLA ' J Authority t l -lt p p I _ --- -·-- N - 0 D I s-· N 0 D I s ·· ·· Department of State SECRET STATE 214371 OUTGOING TELEGRAM OF THE EQUIPMENT BEING PROVIDED MAV BE DIRECTLY USEFUL FOR REPROCESSING WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT A FUEL ELEMENT DISASSEMBLY ANO CHOPPING MACHINE MAY HAVE SEEN CONSTRUCTED IN ITALV FOR THE IRAQI ATOMIC ENERGV COMMISSION ANO Ii IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS MACHINE HAS ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED TO IRAQ ANO THAT IT MAY BE IN TENDEO FOR INSTALLATION N THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TEST FACILITY WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS ON THIS POINr AS WELL AS A LIST OF TME MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIP• MENT THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR THIS FACILITY A DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM ANO ITS INTENDED RESEARCH PURPOSE •• THE NATURE OF THE TRAINING BEING PROVIOEO TO IRAQIS IN ITALIAN FACILITIES ESPECIALLY IN THOSE FACILITIES IN• VOLVING REPROCESSING•RELATED ACTIVITIES •• IT OULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF THIS FORMATION COULD 8E PROVIDED BY AUGUST 2 CHRISTOPMER SECRET NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY I