UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 RELEASE IN FULL SECRET PAGE 01 PARIS 04275 01 OF 02 0717092 ACTION NODS-00 INFO OCT-01 150-00 001 W ----092332 0717212 42 0 0716202 FEB 79 FM AMEMBASSY PARIS TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4598 INFO AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE 5 E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 04275 STADISl fl 1 l lllllll fll EXDIS HANDLE AS NODIS 'oECAPTIONED NEW DELHI FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY P ICKERING E O 12065 RDS-1 2 6 2009 OES NET NEP - MICHAEL GUHIN OR-S TAGS TECH MNUC ENRG PK FR SUBJECT 5 US-FRENCH BILATERAL ON PAKISTAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM REF STATE 27834 NOTAL 1 S - ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY GUHIN REVIEWED US CONCERNS ABOUT PAKISTANI NUCLEAR PROGRAM INCLUDING SHOPPING EFFORT FOR CENTRIFUGE PROGRAM US EXPORT CONTROLS INFORMAT ON ON FRENCH COMPANY AND DESIRABILITY OF INFORMATION SHARING AND CONTROLLING SUPPLY FOR PAKISTANI PROGRAM HE TOLD JACOMET OF AMBASSADOR HUMMEL'S DEMARCHE AND ZIA'S DENIAL AND INDICATED THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF FURTHER STEPS AND WOULD KEEP JACOMET APPRISED AS MATTERS DEVELOP SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 PARIS 04275 01 OF 02 0717092 JACOMET AGREED TO LOOK INTO FRENCH COMPANY NAMED BY US AND SUPPORTED CONTINUED INFORMATION SHARING IN THIS AREA FRENCH SIDE ALSO DESCRIBED CURRENT FRENCH EFFORTS TO DEVELOP LIST OF IMPORTANT NUCLEAR ITEMS WHICH COULD HELP ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS GUHIN STRESSED SENSITIVITY OF INFORMATION PARTICULARLY THAT PERTAINING TO US DEMARCHE IN ISLAMABAD END SUMMARY 3 FOLLOWING DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR DCM ANO POL COUNSELOR GUHIN POWERS AND GALLUCC I ACCOMPANIED REVIEW AUTHORITY Geoffrey Chapman Senior Reviewer I UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 BY SCIENCE COUNSELOR FRIEDMAN MET WITH JACOMET AND M LEYGONIE CHIEF ENGINEER ARMAMENTS MOD ASSIGNED TO JACOMET GUHIN INTRODUCED SUBJECT AND PURPOSE AS IN THE HAGUE ADDING POINT ON HUMMEL DEMARCHE AS IN SUMMARY POWERS DESCRIBED US CONCLUSIONS REGARDING CHARACTERISTICS OF PAK CENTRIFUGE PROGRAM BASED ON PAK SHOPPING EFFORT AND PAK LEVEL OF TECHNICAL SOPHISTICATION POWERS ALSO LISTED ITEMS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO PAK CENTRIFUGE PROGRAM AND WHICH COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR PAKS TO FABRICATE INDIGENOUSLY LEYGONIE TOOK DETAILED NOTES AND ASKED IF US COULD PROVIDE LIST IN WRITING OF ITEMS TO GUIDE FRENCH EFFORTS AT CONTROLLING TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY HE THEN DESCRIBED FRENCH PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY ITEMS IMPORTANT TO BOTH ENRICHMENT DIFFUSION AND CENTRIFUGE AND HEAVY WATER PRODUCTION NOTING THAT THEY HAD ALREADY DONE A LIST FOR REPROCESSING AREA LEYGONIE NOTED THAT THEY EXPECTED LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN PREPARING LIST FOR DIFFUSION AREA BUT WOULD APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE WITH THE CENTRIFUGE LIST IN RESPONSE TO FRENCH REQUEST US SIDE SAID THAT IT WOULD TRY TO PROVIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A LIST OF ITEMS TO LOOK SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 PARIS 04275 01 OF 02 0717092 FOR IN CONTROL OF SUPPLY EFFORT 4 IN RESPONSE TO US INFORMATION ON THE FRENCH COMPANY CALORSTAT NEITHER JACOMET NOR LEYGONIE INDICATED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ITS ACTIVITY BUT PROMISED TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND REPORT ON RESULTS JACOMET ASKED ABOUT THE SOURCE OF US INFORMATION AND SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THE US INFORMATION CAME FROM PAKISTAN GALL UCCI RESPONDED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS BASED ON SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE 5 GUHIN DESCRIBED RECENT US DEMARCHE IN PAKISTAN NOTING THAT WE INFORMED ZIA THAT WE WERE AWARE OF PAK EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF ENRICHMENT AND RESEARCH INTO SECRET NNN SECRET PAGE 01 PARIS 04275 02 OF 02 0716492 ACTION NODS-00 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 001 W ----092176 0717242 42 0 0716202 FEB 79 FM AMEMBASSY PARIS TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4599 INFO AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE S E C R ET SECTION 02 OF 02 PARIS 04275 STADIS 1 EXDIS HANDLE NODIS NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES AND THAT ZIA HAD DENIED THAT PAKISTAN WAS UNDERTAKING SUCH ACTIVITIES GUHIN INDICATED THAT US WAS LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF FURTHER STEPS AND WOULD KEEP JACOMET APPRISED AS MATTERS DEVELOPED 6 JACOMET ASKED IF US THOUGHT THAT PAK ENRICHMENT EFFORT INDICATED THAT PAKS WERE LESS INTERESTED IN REPROCESSING ROUTE GUHIN REPLIED THAT WE VIEWED THESE AS PARALLEL EFFORTS COMPLEMENTING PAK NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE PROGRAM WHILE NOTING THE WAYS IN WHICH ENRICHMENT COULD APPEAR MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PAKS GUHIN ALSO NOTED THAT WHILE INFORMATION BEING RELAYED CONCERNED ENRICHMENT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CONTROL SUPPLY WHICH COULD HELP EITHER PAK ENRICHMENT OR REPROCESSING EFFORT JACOMET THEN ASKED IF US THOUGHT PAKS COULD CARRY ENRICHMENT EFFORT TO COMPLETION GUHIN RESPONDED THAT THIS WOULD DEPEND AMONG OTHER THINGS ON WHAT PAKS COULD GET IN SHOPPING EFFORT BUT THAT INDICATIONS WERE PAKS HAD KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITY 7 COMMENT WE SHOULD TRY TO FOLLOW UP QUICKLY ON LIST SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 PARIS 04275 02 OF 02 0716492 AS NOTED PARA 3 ABOVE AND IN EXCHANGE SEEK TO OBTAIN FRENCH REPROCESSING LIST AS WELL AS RESULTS OF FURTHER EFFORTS IN THIS AREA AS NOTED GUHIN UNDERLINED IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED COOPERATION AND INFORMATION SHARING IN EFFORT TO STOP SUPPLY TO PAK SENSITIVE PROGRAMS JACOMET APPRECIATED CONSULTATIONS WAS SYMPATHETIC TO EFFORTS TO CONTROL SUPPLY AND NOTED DESIRABILITY OF CONTINUING EXCHANGE AND CONSULTATIONS ON THESE MATTERS HARTMAN SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017 NNN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-05042 Doc No C06170448 Date 07 10 2017