UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 RELEASE IN PART 25X6 SECRET STATE 199117 PAGE 01 ORIGIN NODS-00 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 001 R DRAFTED BY AF 1 LRMACFARLANE SAH APPROVED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY AF WEDMONDSON S S-O TGMARTIN EA ROAKLEY SUBS SIAS PFARLEY INFO T D JNYE INFO ----127937 2206032 17 0 2205482 AUG 77 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE INFO AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE SECRET STATE 199117 NODIS E O 11652 XGDS-1 2 TAGS PARM US ST JA SUBJECT SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ISSUE FYI BACKGROUND FOR AMBASSADOR ONLY 1 ASSUME EMBASSY IS AWARE OF RECENT TASS REPORTS ALLEGING COMPLICITY OF U S ISRAEL AND NATO COUNTRIES IN ASSISTING REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY PRIOR TO TASS REPORT SOVIETS MADE ORAL DEMARCHE TO U S _STATING THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS COMPLETING WORK ON CREATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THAT UNDERGROUND TESTING FACILITY HAS BEEN BUilTIN KALAHARI DESERT FOR A WEAPONS SECRET SECRET PAGE02 STATE 199117 TEST SIMILAR DEMARCHES WERE MADE TO UK FRANCE AND FRG 2 SOVIETS EXPRESSED TO U S STRONG CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN TEST WE HAVE TOLD SOVIETS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING SERIOUS ATTENTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES THAT WE FULLY SHARE THEIR CONCERN IN PREVENTING A POSSIBLE NUCLEAR TEST AND THAT WE HAVE MADE OUR DEEP CONCERNS KNOWN TO SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT SAG REVIEW AUTHORITY Stephen Worrel Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 25X6 PRIOR EVIDENCE OF AN UNSAFEGUARDED ENRICHMENT PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AND EVIDENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS-RELATED RAND D IT NOW APPEARS LIKELY THAT SOUTH AFRICANS ARE ENGAGED IN NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES PROGRAM AND ARE FURTHER ALONG THAN WE PREVIOUSLY REALIZED OUR INFORMATION DOES NOT SUGGEST HOWEVER THAT AN ACTUAL TEST OF ANY DEVICE IS IMMINENT 4 SINCE SOVIET DEMARCHE USG HAS UNDERTAKEN SERIES OF CONSULTATIONS WITH BRITISH FRENCH WEST GERMANS AND ISRAELIS IN ORDER TO ENSURE COORDINATED APPROACH TO SAG ON ISSUE AND FULLEST POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG GOVERNMENTS NAMED IN TASS DISPATCHES DEPARTMENT BELIEVES GOJ SHOULD BE AWARE OF SITUATION SINCE JAPANESE WHILE NOT ACCUSED OF TRANSFER OF WEAPONS-RELATED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH AFRICA HAVE WELL ESTABLISHED TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH SOUTH AFRICA AND MAY BE PRIVY TO INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SECRET SECRET PAGE03 STATE 199117 US IN OUR CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUE 5 US HAS RAISED ISSUE URGENTLY WITH SAG REITERATING OUR LONG-STANDING CONCERN THAT SOUTH AFRICA HAS NOT RATIFIED NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY NOR PERMITTED ITS PILOT URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT TO BE SUBJECTED TO INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS ON SPECIFIC ISSUE OF POSSIBLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE ASKED SAG FOR SPECIFIC ASSURANCES THAT 1 SA DOES NOT HAVE OR INTEND TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES FOR ANY PURPOSE PEACEFUL OR OTHERWISE 2 THAT KALAHARI FACILITY IS NOT TESTING FACILITY FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES AND 3 THAT THERE WILL BE NO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE TESTING OF ANY KIND IN SOUTH AFRICA INTERIM PARTIAL ASSURANCES HAVE BEEN'RECEIVED AND WEARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE MATIER WITH SAG 6 APART FROM OBVIOUS LONGER-TERM GRAVITY OF ISSUE EARLY SATISFACTORY AND FULL SAG RESPONSE CRITICAL IN VIEW OF LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE WHICH BEGINS AUGUST 22 DEPARTMENT'S VIEW IS THAT WHILE SAG WILL IN ANY EVENT COME IN FOR SEVERE CONDEMNATION FAILURE OF SAG TO DEFUSE NUCLEAR ISSUE BY PROVIDING FULL AND PUBLIC ASSURANCES WILL GREATLY INTENSIFY PRESSURES FOR ANTI-SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIONS AND MEASURES OF MOST EXTREME SORT LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO FORESTALL OR MODERATE EXPECTED DEMANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION END FYI UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 7 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS YOU SEEK APPOINTMENT WITH APPROPRIATELY SENIOR GOJ OFFICIAL AUGUST 22 AND BRIEF ON ISSUE DRAWING ON FOLLOWING TALKING POINTS --AS GOJ PRESUMABLY AWARE FROM PRESS ACCOUNTS SOVIETS HAVE ALLEGED THAT SAG IS PURSUING NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN AIDED IN THIS EFFORT BY U S AND OTHER NATO MEMBERS AND BY ISRAEL SOVIETS HAVE ALSO MADE ORAL DEMARCHES ON THIS SUBJECT TO U S UK FRANCE SECRET SECRET PAGE 04 STATE 199117 ANDFRG --PREVENTING SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS ONE OF PRESIDENT CARTER'S TOP PRIORITIES AND WE WOULD VIEW WITH THE UTMOST SERIOUSNESS SOUTH AFRICA'S ACQUISITION OF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY --DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A CAPABILITY WOULD BE A SERIOUS BLOW TO OUR GENERAL NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS AND WOULD ALSO HAVE PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES FOR PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT --SINCE SOUTH AFRICA HAS NOT SIGNED THE NPT AND HAS FOR SOME TIME HAD AN UNSAFEGUARDED PILOT URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE SAG COULD BE IN A POSITION TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY --ACCORDINGLY WE HAVE TAKEN THE MATTER UP URGENTLY WITH THE SAG TO OBTAIN ACCEPTABLE ASSURANCES THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT DEVELOPING AND WILL NOT DEVELOP OR TEST NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES --WE HAVE ALSO INTENSIFIED OUR EFFORTS TO GET SAG TO PLACE ALL ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES UNDER FULL INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND TO DECLARE PUBLICLY ITS INTENTION TO ADHERE TO THE NPT WITHOUT DELAY --WE HAVE HAD AN ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM THE SAG ON THE QUESTION OF ASSURANCES AND ARE HOPING FOR A FULL AND DEFINITIVE RESPONSE WHICH CAN BE MADE PUBLIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE ARE PARTICULARLY HOPEFUL FOR SUCH A RESPONSE IN VIEW OF THE LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE WHICH BEGINS ON AUGUST 22 SECRET SECRET PAGE05 STATE 199117 --IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSULTATIONS WHICH THE U S HAS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 BEGUN WITH THE UK FRANCE THE FRG AND ISRAEL WE BELIEVE IT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACTS WITH MAJOR ALLIES AND POTENTIAL NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS AS JOINT EFFORTS ON THIS SERIOUS MATTER GO FORWARD WE WISH TO MAKE GOJ AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND OUR PERCEPTIONS OF IT AND WILL BE CONSULTING FURTHER AS EVENTS DEVELOP WE HOPE THAT THE GOJ WILL SHARE WITH US ITS VIEWS AND ANY INFORMATION THAT IT MAY ACQUIRE ON THE SUBJECT AS CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT CHRISTOPHER SECRET NNN SECRET STATE 199117 PAGE 01 ORIGIN NODS-00 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 001 R 66011 DRAFTED BY S S-O TGMARTIN APPROVED BY S S-O TGMARTIN ----128931 2208212 15 0 2208002 AUG 77 ZFF4 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE SECRET STATE 199117 NODIS EYES ONLY FOR BRZEZINSKI FOLLOWING REPEAT STATE 199117 ACTION TOKYO INFO CANBERRA AUGUST 22 QUOTES EC RE T STATE 199117 NODIS E O 11652 XGDS-1 2 TAGS PARM US ST JA SUBJECT SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ISSUE FYI BACKGROUND FOR AMBASSADOR ONLY 1 ASSUME EMBASSY IS AWARE OF RECENT TASS REPORTS ALLEGING COMPLICITY OF U S ISRAEL AND NATO COUNTRIES IN ASSISTING REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPA- UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 BILITY PRIOR TO TASS REPORT SOVIETS MADE ORAL DEMARCHE TO U S STATING THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS COMPLETING WORK ON CREATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THAT UNDERGROUND TESTING SECRET SECRET PAGE02 STATE 199117 FACILITY HAS BEEN BUilT IN KALAHARI DESERT FOR A WEAPONS TEST SIMILAR DEMARCHES WERE MADE TO UK FRANCE AND FRG 2 SOVIETS EXPRESSED TO U S STRONG CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN TEST WE HAVE TOLD SOVIETS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING SERIOUS ATTENTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES THAT WE FULLY SHARE THEIR CONCERN IN PREVENTING A POSSIBLE NUCLEAR TEST AND THAT WE HAVE MADE OUR DEEP CONCERNS KNOWN TO SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT SAG 25X6 PRIOR EVIDENCE OF AN UNSAFEGUARDED ENRICHMENT PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AND EVIDENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS-RELATED RAND D IT NOW APPEARS LIKELY THAT SOUTH AFRICANS ARE ENGAGED IN NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES PROGRAM AND ARE FURTHER ALONG THAN WE PREVIOUSLY REALIZED OUR INFORMATION DOES NOT SUGGEST HOWEVER THAT AN ACTUAL TEST OF ANY DEVICE IS IMMINENT 4 SINCE SOVIET DEMARCHE USG HAS UNDERTAKEN SERIES OF CONSULTATIONS WITH BRITISH FRENCH WEST GERMANS AND ISRAELIS IN ORDER TO ENSURE COORDINATED APPROACH TO SAG ON ISSUE AND FULLEST POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG GOVERNMENTS NAMED IN TASS DISPATCHES DEPARTMENT BELIEVES GOJ SHOULD BE AWARE OF SITUATION SINCE JAPANESE WHILE NOT ACCUSED OF TRANSFER OF WEAPONS-RELATED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH AFRICA HAVE WELL ESTABLISHED TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH SOUTH AFRICA AND SECRET SECRET PAGE03 STATE 199117 MAY BE PRIVY TO INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN OUR CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUE 5 US HAS RAISED ISSUE URGENTLY WITH SAG REITERATING OUR LONG-STANDING CONCERN THAT SOUTH AFRICA HAS NOT RATIFIED NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY NOR PERMITTED ITS PILOT URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT TO BE SUBJECTED TO INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS ON SPECIFIC ISSUE OF POSSIBLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE ASKED SAG FOR SPECIFIC ASSURANCES THAT 1 SA DOES NOT HAVE OR INTEND TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES FOR ANY PURPOSE PEACEFUL OR OTHERWISE 2 THAT KALAHARI FACILITY IS NOT TESTING FACILITY FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES AND 3 THAT THERE WILL BE NO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE TESTING OF ANY KIND IN SOUTH AFRICA INTERIM PARTIAL ASSURANCES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND WEARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE MATIER WITH SAG 6 APART FROM OBVIOUS LONGER-TERM GRAVITY OF ISSUE EARLY SATISFACTORY AND FULL SAG RESPONSE CRITICAL IN VIEW OF LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE WHICH BEGINS AUGUST 22 DEPARTMENT'S VIEW IS THAT WHILE SAG WILL IN ANY EVENT COME IN FOR SEVERE CONDEMNATION FAILURE OF SAG TO DEFUSE NUCLEAR ISSUE BY PROVIDING FULL AND PUBLIC ASSURANCES WILL GREATLY INTENSIFY PRESSURES FOR ANTI-SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIONS AND MEASURES OF MOST EXTREME SORT LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO FORESTALL OR MODERATE EXPECTED DEMANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION END FYI 7 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS YOU SEEK APPOINTMENT WITH APPROPRIATELY SENIOR GOJ OFFICIAL AUGUST 22 AND BRIEF ON ISSUE DRAWING ON FOLLOWING TALKING POINTS --AS GOJ PRESUMABLY AWARE FROM PRESS ACCOUNTS SOVIETS HAVE ALLEGED THAT SAG IS PURSUING NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN AIDED IN THIS EFFORT BY U S AND OTHER NATO MEMBERS AND BY ISRAEL SOVIETS HAVE ALSO SECRET SECRET PAGE04 STATE 199117 MADE ORAL DEMARCHES ON THIS SUBJECT TO U S UK FRANCE ANDFRG --PREVENTING SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS ONE OF PRESIDENT CARTER'S TOP PRIORITIES AND WE WOULD VIEW WITH THE UTMOST SERIOUSNESS SOUTH AFRICA'S ACQUISITION OF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY --DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A CAPABILITY WOULD BE A SERIOUS BLOW TO OUR GENERAL NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS AND WOULD ALSO HAVE PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES FOR PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT --SINCE SOUTH AFRICA HAS NOT SIGNED THE NPT AND HAS FOR SOME TIME HAD AN UNSAFEGUARDED PILOT URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE SAG COULD BE IN A POSITION TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY --ACCORDINGLY WE HAVE TAKEN THE MATIER UP URGENTLY WITH THE SAG TO OBTAIN ACCEPTABLE ASSURANCES THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT DEVELOPING AND WILL NOT DEVELOP OR TEST NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 -WE HAVE ALSO INTENSIFIED OUR EFFORTS TO GET SAG TO PLACE ALL ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES UNDER FULL INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND TO DECLARE PUBLICLY ITS INTENTION TO ADHERE TO THE NPT WITHOUT DELAY --WE HAVE HAD AN ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM THE SAG ON THE QUESTION OF ASSURANCES AND ARE HOPING FOR A FULL AND DEFINITIVE RESPONSE WHICH CAN BE MADE PUBLIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE ARE PARTICULARLY HOPEFUL FOR SUCH A RESPONSE IN VIEW OF THE LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE WHICH BEGINS SECRET SECRET PAGE05 STATE 199117 ON AUGUST 22 --IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSULTATIONS WHICH THE U S HAS BEGUN WITH THE UK FRANCE THE FRG AND ISRAEL WE BELIEVE IT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACTS WITH MAJOR ALLIES AND POTENTIAL NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS AS JOINT EFFORTS ON THIS SERIOUS MATTER GO FORWARD WE WISH TO MAKE GOJ AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND OUR PERCEPTIONS OF IT AND WILL BE CONSULTING FURTHER AS EVENTS DEVELOP WE HOPE THAT THE GOJ WILL SHARE WITH US ITS VIEWS AND ANY INFORMATION THAT IT MAY ACQUIRE ON THE SUBJECT AS CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT CHRISTOPHER UNQUOTE CHRISTOPHER SECRET NNN SECRET STATE 199117 PAGE 01 ORIGIN NODS-DO INFO OCT-01 ISO-DO 001 R 66011 DRAFTED BY S S DANDERSON JLH APPROVED BY S S MR ANDERSON -----u06849 2221102 61 0 222050Z AUG 77 ZFF4 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE SECRET STATE 199117 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 NODIS USUN FOR AMB LEONARD FOL RPT STATE 199117 ACTION WHITE HOUSE22AUG 77 QUOTE SECRET STATE 199117 NODIS EYES ONLY FOR BRZEZINSKI FOLLOWING REPEAT STATE 199117 ACTION TOKYO INFO CANBERRA AUGUST 22 QUOTES EC RE T STATE 199117 NODIS E O 11652 XGDS-1 2 TAGS PARM US ST JA SUBJECT SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ISSUE FYI BACKGROUND FOR AMBASSADOR ONLY SECRET SECRET PAGE02 STATE 199117 1 ASSUME EMBASSY IS AWARE OF RECENT TASS REPORTS ALLEGING COMPLICITY OF U S ISRAEL AND NATO COUNTRIES IN ASSISTING REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY PRIOR TO TASS REPORT SOVIETS MADE ORAL DEMARCHE TO U S STATING THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS COMPLETING WORK ON CREATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THAT UNDERGROUND TESTING FACILITY HAS BEEN BUilT IN KALAHARI DESERT FOR A WEAPONS TEST SIMILAR DEMARCHES WERE MADE TO UK FRANCE AND FRG 2 SOVIETS EXPRESSED TO U S STRONG CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN TEST WE HAVE TOLD SOVIETS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING SERIOUS ATTENTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES THAT WE FULLY SHARE THEIR CONCERN IN PREVENTING A POSSIBLE NUCLEAR TEST AND THAT WE HAVE MADE OUR DEEP CONCERNS KNOWN TO SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT SAG 25X6 PRIOR EVIDENCE OF AN UNSAFEGUARDED ENRICHMENT PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AND EVIDENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS-RELATED RAND D IT NOW APPEARS LIKELY THAT SOUTH AFRICANS ARE ENGAGED IN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES PROGRAM AND ARE FURTHER ALONG THAN WE PREVIOUSLY REALIZED OUR INFORMATION DOES NOT SUGGEST HOWEVER THAT AN ACTUAL TEST OF ANY DEVICE IS IMMINENT 4 SINCE SOVIET DEMARCHE USG HAS UNDERTAKEN SERIES OF CONSULTATIONS WITH BRITISH FRENCH WEST GERMANS AND SECRET SECRET PAGE03 STATE 199117 ISRAELIS IN ORDER TO ENSURE COORDINATED APPROACH TO SAG ON ISSUE AND FULLEST POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG GOVERNMENTS NAMED IN TASS DISPATCHES DEPARTMENT BELIEVES GOJ SHOULD BE AWARE OF SITUATION SINCE JAPANESE WHILE NOT ACCUSED OF TRANSFER OF WEAPONS-RELATED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH AFRICA HAVE WELL ESTABLISHED TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH SOUTH AFRICA AND MAY BE PRIVY TO INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN OUR CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUE 5 US HAS RAISED ISSUE URGENTLY WITH SAG REITERATING OUR LONG-STANDING CONCERN THAT SOUTH AFRICA HAS NOT RATIFIED NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY NOR PERMITTED ITS PILOT URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT TO BE SUBJECTED TO INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS ON SPECIFIC ISSUE OF POSSIBLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE ASKED SAG FOR SPECIFIC ASSURANCES THAT 1 SA DOES NOT HAVE OR INTEND TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES FOR ANY PURPOSE PEACEFUL OR OTHERWISE 2 THAT KALAHARI FACILITY IS NOT TESTING FACILITY FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES AND 3 THAT THERE WILL BE NO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE TESTING OF ANY KIND IN SOUTH AFRICA INTERIM PARTIAL ASSURANCES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE MATTER WITH SAG 6 APART FROM OBVIOUS LONGER-TERM GRAVITY OF ISSUE EARLY SATISFACTORY AND FULL SAG RESPONSE CRITICAL IN VIEW OF LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE WHICH BEGINS AUGUST 22 DEPARTMENT'S VIEW IS THAT WHILE SAG WILL IN ANY EVENT COME IN FOR SEVERE CONDEMNATION FAILURE OF SAG TO DEFUSE NUCLEAR ISSUE BY PROVIDING FULL AND PUBLIC ASSURANCES WILL GREATLY INTENSIFY PRESSURES FOR ANTI-SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIONS AND MEASURES OF MOST EXTREME SORT LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO FORESTALL OR MODERATE EXPECTED DEMANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION END FYI 7 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS YOU SEEK APPOINTMENT WITH APPROSECRET SECRET PAGE04 STATE 199117 PRIATELY SENIOR GOJ OFFICIAL AUGUST 22 AND BRIEF ON ISSUE DRAWING ON FOLLOWING TALKING POINTS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 --AS GOJ PRESUMABLY AWARE FROM PRESS ACCOUNTS SOVIETS HAVE ALLEGED THAT SAG IS PURSUING NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN AIDED IN THIS EFFORT BY U S AND OTHER NATO MEMBERS AND BY ISRAEL SOVIETS HAVE ALSO MADE ORAL DEMARCHES ON THIS SUBJECT TO U S UK FRANCE ANDFRG --PREVENTING SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS ONE OF PRESIDENT CARTER'S TOP PRIORITIES AND WE WOULD VIEW WITH THE UTMOST SERIOUSNESS SOUTH AFRICA'S ACQUISITION OF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY -DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A CAPABILITY WOULD BE A SERIOUS BLOW TO OUR GENERAL NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS AND WOULD ALSO HAVE PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES FOR PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT --SINCE SOUTH AFRICA HAS NOT SIGNED THE NPT AND HAS FOR SOME TIME HAD AN UNSAFEGUARDED PILOT URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE SAG COULD BE IN A POSITION TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY --ACCORDINGLY WE HAVE TAKEN THE MATTER UP URGENTLY WITH THE SAG TO OBTAIN ACCEPTABLE ASSURANCES THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT DEVELOPING AND WILL NOT DEVELOP OR TEST NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES --WE HAVE ALSO INTENSIFIED OUR EFFORTS TO GET SAG TO PLACE ALL ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES UNDER FULL INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND TO DECLARE PUBLICLY ITS INTENTION TO ADHERE SECRET SECRET PAGE05 STATE 199117 TO THE NPT WITHOUT DELAY --WE HAVE HAD AN ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM THE SAG ON THE QUESTION OF ASSURANCES AND ARE HOPING FOR A FULL AND DEFINITIVE RESPONSE WHICH CAN BE MADE PUBLIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE ARE PARTICULARLY HOPEFUL FOR SUCH A RESPONSE IN VIEW OF THE LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE WHICH BEGINS ON AUGUST 22 --IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSULTATIONS WHICH THE U S HAS BEGUN WITH THE UK FRANCE THE FRG AND ISRAEL WE BELIEVE IT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACTS WITH MAJOR ALLIES AND POTENTIAL NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS AS JOINT EFFORTS ON THIS SERIOUS MATTER GO FORWARD WE WISH TO MAKE GOJ AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND OUR PERCEPTIONS OF IT AND WILL BE CONSULTING FURTHER AS EVENTS DEVELOP WE HOPE THAT THE GOJ WILL SHARE WITH US ITS VIEWS AND ANY INFORMATION THAT IT MAY ACQUIRE ON THE SUBJECT AS CIRCUMSTANCES UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018 WARRANT CHRISTOPHER U UNQUOTE CHRISTOPHER SECRET NNN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2014-05321 Doc No C06520038 Date 08 13 2018