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SEP2003 by CunninFX gt lreview_history review_markings Margaret P Grafeld Not releasable under either Executive Order or other law or regulation US Dep artme nt of State EO Systematic Review 05 JUL2000 rev iew_marking s review media id review media id review- refe rrals n a lreview referra Is review re Ie ase_ date n a review _rele ase _dat e review release event n a lreview release event review-transfer- date review transfer date review withd rawn _fields lrev 18W_withdrawn_fie Id s se cure OPEN secure statu s NATIVE statu s subjed NUCLEAR EXPORT POLICY BILATERALSWITH FRANCE subject tags PARM TECH MNUC US FR tags to STATE lto typ e TE Aype dbfield s markings Margaret P Grafeld Not releasable under either Executive Order or other law or regulation US Department of State EO Systematic Review 05 JUL 2006 markings msgtext SEeNEI PAGE 01 LONDON 09295 01 OF 02 181104Z 12 ACTION SS-25 INFO OCT-D1 ISO-OO SSO-OO NSCE-OO 1026 W ------------------ 080714 o P 181D45Z JUN 75 FM AMEMBASSY LONDON TO SECSTATEWASHDC IMMEDIATE 2D72 INFO AMEMBASSY OTIAWAPRIORITY AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BONN PRIORITY AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TEHRAN PRIORITY USMISSION IAEA Y1ENNA PRIORITY SEC RET SECTION 01 OF 02 LONDON 09295 EXDIS E O 11652 XGDS-1 TAGS PARM TECH MNUC CN SUBJECT NUCLEAR EXPORT POLICY BILATER AlSWITH FRANCE 1 U S iFRENCH VESTIDE NAZELLE GOLDSCHMIDT BILATERALS ON NUCLEAR EXPORT POLICY TOOK PLACE TUESDAY JUNE 17 AND COVERED MULTILATERAL EXPORT POLICY DISCUSSION PAPER quot AND SPECIFIC NUCLEAR EXPORT CASES OF BILATERAL CONCERN 2 WITH REGARD TO MULTILATERAL DISCUSSION PAPER FRENCH REITERATED PREFERENCE FOR PAPER SETTING FORTH GENERAL PRINCIPLES WITH BRACKETED LANGUAGE RATHER THAN MORE DEl AJLED APPROACH OF U S PAPER 3 FRENCH ENVISAGE DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPLES WHICH WILL IDENTIFY ITEMS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT ITEMS WOULD THEN BE REFERRED BACK TO GOVERNMENTS WITH INDICATIONS OF WHICH COUNTRIES SUPPORT AND WHICH DO NOT SUPPORT THE VARIOUS ITEMS A THIRD MULTILATERAL MEETING SEGItLI PAGE 02 LONDON 09295 01 OF 02 1811D4Z WOULD THEN BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER AT WHICH TIME AN AGREEMENT ON PRINCIPLES WOULD BE REACHED AND PUT INTO EFFECT WITH A WORKING GROUP COMMISSIONED TO WORK OUT DEl AJLS 4 ON SUBSTANCE FRENCH OBJECTED TO EXCEPTI ONS CLAUSE RELATED TO APPLICATION OF IAEA SAFEGUARDS SAYIN G THAT U S FORMULATION REQUIRING BILATERAL SAFEGUARDS FOR EXCEPTIONS WAS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN FRENCH PROPOSAL THEY WISHED TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY NOT TO APPLY ANY SAFEGUARDS IN SOME CASES IF APPROPRIATE BUT THEY EMPHASIZED THAT THESE WOULD BE EXTREMELY LIMITED EXCEPTIONS OF ADE MINIMIS NATURE SUCH AS SUPPLY OF MATER IALS TO OVERC OME A TEMPORAR Y SHORTAGE TO A COU NTR Y WHICH ALRE ADY HAS LARGE CAPACITY FOR PRODUCING SUCH MATERIALS 5 FRENCH OBJECTED TO OBLIGATORY NATURE OF MULTINATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ENRICHMENT AND REPRO CESSING THEY ALSO QUESTIONED 1 INCLUSION OF HEAVY WATER TECHNOLOGY FOR SAFEGUARDS ON REPLICATED FACILITIES 2 CONSTR AJNT ON ENRICHMENT FACILITIES TO LESS THAN 20 PERCENT ENRICHMENT AND 3 SUPPLIER AGREEMENT TO PHYSICAL SECURITY STANDARDS FRENCH DID NOT HOWEVER OBJECT SPECIFICALLY TO PROVISION REQUIRING SUPPLIER CONSENT ON REPROCESSING OR OTHER ALTERATION OF SUPPLIED MATERI AlS PARAGRAPH A-5 OF DISCUSSION PAPER IN GENERAL FRENCH SHOWED SOME WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER US ARGUMENTS ON THE ABOVE ITEMS AND AGREED THAT A DISTINCTION COULD BE MADE BETWEEN ENRICHMENT AND REPROCESSING o 6 MAIN SPECIFIC EXPORT CASE DISCUSSED WAS REPROCESSING sEORS NNN CPRET PAGE01 LONDON 0929502 OF02 181102Z 10 ACTION SS-25 INFO OCT-01 ISO-OO SSO-OO NSCE-OO 1026 W ------------------ 080719 o P 181045Z JUN 75 FM AMEMBASSY LONDON TO SECST ATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2073 INFO AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BONN PRIORITY AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TEHRAN PRIORITY USMISSION IAEA VIENNA PRIORITY SEC RET SECTION 02 OF 02 LONDON 09295 EXDIS FOR KOREA VEST INDICATED THAT U S HAD REMINDED ROK THAT U S HAS RIGHT OF APPROVAL ON REPROCESSING OF U S FUEL VEST ALSO OESCRIBED SERIOUS U S CONCERNS CONCERNING ROKINTEREST IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY AND THAT U S WAS CONSIDERING APPROACH TO ROKTO TRY TO DISSUADE ROKACQUISITION OF NATIONAL REPROCESSING 7 GOLDSCHMIDT AND DE NAZELLE INDICATED ROKV IILLING TO SIGN ANYTHING THE FRENCH HAVE ASKED FOR GOLDSCHMIDT AT FI RST ASKED U S TO SEEK ROK ACC EPTANC E 0 F FREN CH PARTICIPATION WHEN U S DEL MAOE IT CLEAR THAT U S WOULD PROBABLY URGE ROK NOTTO ACQUIRE ANY IN-COUNTRY REPROCESSING CAPABILITY GOLDSCHMIDT RESPONDED THAT THERE WASN'T MUCH MONEY IN REPROCESSING SALES AND THAT FRANCE WOULD NOT OBJECT TO KOREAN CANCELLATION OF THE DEAL IF SAINT GOBAIN WAS REIMBURSED FOR TERMINATION COSTS 8 ON PAKISTAN GOLDSCHMIDT SAID THAT PAKISTAN HAD NOT SLOIlE Sd liT PAGE 02 LO ND ON 09295 D2 OF 02 181102Z YET ACCEPTED S AfEGUARDS ON TECHNOLOGY AND THAT FURTHER FRENCH PAKISTANI DISCUSSIONS VIiOULD TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK IN COURSE OF DISCUSSION U S DEL MENTIONED IRMIIAN INTEREST IN CONCEPT OF REGIONAL MULTINATIONAL REPR OC ESSIN G RICHARDSON 75 RR NNN msgtext sasdoc This 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