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Cable sobre un transporte de uranio a Irán desde Tanzania y Zambia

Cable en el que un diplomático habla de un transporte de uranio a Irán desde Tanzania y Zambia

19 dic 2010 - 22:33CET

ID:	79813
Date:	2006-09-27 08:38:00
Origin:	06DARESSALAAM1593
Source:	Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Dunno:	06DARESSALAAM1376 06KINSHASA1309 06UNVIE601
Destination:	VZCZCXRO1511 PP RUEHMR RUEHRN DE RUEHDR #1593 2700838 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 270838Z SEP 06 FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4811 INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PRIORITY RUEHSW/AMEMBASSY BERN PRIORITY 0116 RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA PRIORITY 0214 RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001593 SIPDIS SIPDIS AF/E FOR BYODER, AF/RSA FOR MBITTRICK ALSO VCI FOR HHEINTZELMAN AND KWALKIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2016 TAGS: PTER, PINR, IAEA, PGOV, CG, TZ SUBJECT: URANIUM IN DAR COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SHIPPING COMPANIES, PER SWISS DIPLOMAT REF: A. DAR ES SALAAM 01376 B. UNVIE VIENNA 00601 C. KINSHASA 01309 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires D. Purnell Delly for reasons 1.4(b),(d) and (e). 1. (C) According to a senior Swiss diplomat, the shipment of uranium through Dar es Salaam is common knowledge to two Swiss shipping companies. Hans Peter Schoni, Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania, referred to the allegations of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) passing through Zambia and Tanzania en route to Iran, but did not attribute to the shipping companies any opinion of the source or destination of the alleged uranium. Poloff pointed out that the reports were unsubstantiated, but Schoni repeated that transport of uranium is common knowledge to the two companies, though no one at either company would admit it in writing. XXXXXXXXXXXX are both based in Geneva and conduct verification and inspection work in Tanzania. 2. (C) Mission has shared this information with all relevant agencies at post which were unable to substantiate this or any other such reports of uranium shipments. Nevertheless, given the potential significance of such allegations we believe it is important to report nonetheless. DELLY