26 UG z 22 00854 53 Department of State SECRET I TELEGRAM NOD421 OF 15 COPIES COPY 7 ORIGIN NOOS•00 ·s OCT•00 INFO AOS•00 000 R DRAFTED BY OES NEP1JSALMONIJW APPROVED BY OES LSROWN 0ES N LVNOSEN20 EUR CE JBINOENAGEL s s o JEBECKER N 0 ••✓ OUTGOING D I S1 --·---------------058924 P 2621462 AUG 80 ZFF6 FM SECSTATE WASHOC TO AMEMBASSY BERN P IORITY INFO WHITE HOUSE P IORITY 000 SECRET STATE 227353 NOOIS E O 120 51 ROS• 8 26 0 LES BROWN OEsf TAGS I ENRG TE CH MNUC PA 1 S2 SUBJ CT PAPER ON ACTIVITIES BY SWISS FIRMS 19 N 0 D II 2622442 61 S ENTIRE TEXT 2 THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE NON•PAPER ON THE ACTIVITIES OF SWISS FIRMS WHICH ARE SUPPORTING PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMS • BEGIN TEXTS THE PAKISTAN EFFORT TO ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE CAPABILITY ANO ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL ANO INTER• NATIONAL SECURITY ARE OF GREAT CONCERN AT THE MIG EST SECRET s - ' ' f I NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY i t• I • I IJITT - J------------- DECLA5SIF IED Au1hori1Y • Department of State OUTGOING TELEGRAM SECRET STATE 227353 LEVELS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PAKISTANIS EFFORTS TO BUILO UNSAFEGUAROEO ENRICHMENT ANO REPROCESSING FACILITIES ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS THE UNITED ST4TES GOVERNMENT HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THESE UNSAFEGUAROEO ACTIVITIES ARE DESTINED TO PROVIDE FISSILE MATERIAL FOR PAKI TAN'S NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE PROGRAM THE UNITED STATES GOVE NMENT'S PRESENT ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTANIS NUCLEAR PROGRAMS HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SWISS GOVERNMENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERN ENT KNOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND SHARES THE CONCERN OVER THIS SERIOUS THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY IN T IS REGARD THE UNITED STATES IS ALSO DEEPLY CON• CERNEO ABOUT PAKISTANtS ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO OBTAIN EXPORTS WHICH CONTRI UTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO ITS UNSAFEGUAROED ENRICHMENT ANO REPROCESSING P OGRAMS THE UNITEO STATES HAS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT OP SWITZERLAND WITH INFORMATION ON ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY SWISS FIRMS TO PAKISTAN'S SENSITIVE NUCLEAR PROGRAMS MORE RECENT INFORMATION INDICATES PAKISTAN 1 S UNSAFEGUAROEO NUCLEAR PROGRAHS ARE STILL RECEIVING A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER Of SIGNIFICANT EXPORTS FROM SijISS FIRMS AT LEAST THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF RECAPITULATION OF INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SWISS GOVERNMENT CONCERN• ING SWISS FIRMSI SALES OF EQUIPMENT MATERIALS ANO TECHNOLOGY TO PAKISTAN FOR USE IN ITS SENSITIVE NUCLEAR FACILITIES ALONG WITH AOOITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING CONTtNUEO SUPPLY SY S ISS FIRMS OF MATERIAL EQUIPMENT ANO OTME SALES TO PAKISTAN SECRET I NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY • DECLASSIFIED Authority t hJ1 p S'I l DepartJent of State OUTGOING TELEGRAM SECRET PAGE 03 STATE 227353 IN APRIL A O SEPTEMBER 1979 THE UNITED STATES GOVERN• MENT PROVIOEO THE GOVERNMENT OF SwITZERLANO WITH INFORMA• TIDN CONCERNING SULZER BROTHERS' INVOLV MENT IN A REPRO• CESSING LABORATORY AT THE PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ANO TECHNOLOGY IN AUGUST 1979 THE UNITED ST-TES GOVERN ENT ALSO PROVIOEO THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND WITH SPECIFIC I FORMATION CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF A FIRM LUWA A G WHICH WE MAO REASON TO BELIEVE WAS P O• VIDING ENGINEERING ASSISTANCE EQUIPMENT ANO START•UP COMMISSIONING SERVICES FOR AN IRRADIATED WASTE SYSTEM FOR PAKISTAN'S REPROCESSING FACILITY CONCERNING PAKISTANfS UNSAFEGUAROEO REPROCESSING PROGRAM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SULZF-R BROTHERS LTD ANO LUWA A G ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AS ISTANCE TO A PAKISTANI REPROCESSING FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT PlNSTECH THE UNITED STATES GOVERN ENT BELIEVES THAT THIS -FACILITY NAMED THE NE LABS WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PLUTONIUM ANNUALLY N 0 ·o I s THE UNITEO STATES GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IN PARTICULAR THAT SULZER IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE VENTILATION AND GLOVE• BOX SYSTEMS ANO THAT FOR O E ANO HALF YEARS UNTIL APRIL 1ge0 SULZER MAINTAINED AT LEAST ONE HESIOENT ENGINEER AT THIS FACILITY SULZER ALSO SENT A NUMB R OF ENGINEERS TO THIS FACILITYAND AS OF JUNE 1980 WAS TO SUPPLYVALVES GLOVE•BOX PARTS ANO SPECIAL VENTILATION SYSTEM PARTS TO COMPLETE THIS FACILITY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SULZER MAY ALSO BE HELPING PAKISTAN COMPLETE ITS LARGER REPROCESSING PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT CHASMAw DURING THE LAST YEAR ANO A HALF THE UNITED STATES GOVE NMENT HAS PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND WITH SECRET 1 ··- - NOT TO 8E REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY • DECLA5S1FIED Authority • t-l JU¼lS11- - Department of State PAGE 04 STATE OUTGOING TELEGRAM 227353 INFORMATION THAT SWISS COMPANIES ESPECIALLY VAT ANO CORA HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTA CE TO PAK1STAN 1 S UNSAFEGUAROEO ENRICHMENT FACILITY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRE• VIOUSLY INFORMED THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND THAT CORA ENGINEERING HAS OELIVEREn A COMPLETE INSTALLATION FOR FEEDING URANIUM EXAFLUORIOE INTO THE PAKISTANI URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT IN AUGUST 1979 THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLANO WAS PROVIOEO WITH OTHER SPECIFIC INFOR ATION CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF CORA ENGINEERING THE INFORMATION STATED THAT CORA IS WORKING AS THE PRI ARY CONTRACTOR ANO CONSULTANT FOR PAKISTAN'S ENRIC MENT PRO• GRAM ANO PROVIDING EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED ANO PREPARED FOR PAKISTAN 1 S fNRICH ENT FACILITY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INDICATED AT THAT TIHE THAT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS ANO EQUIPMENT WERE CONSIDERED SENSITIVE ANO SUBJECT TO THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE CONTROL CI E SECURITY CLASSIFICATION BY GOVERNMENTS WITH NATIONAL CENTRIFUGE PROGRAMS L N 0 D I THE UNITED STATES GOVERN ENT ELIEVES THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY IS CONTINUING WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT CORA HAO ASSIGNED A RESIOENT ENGINEER TO PAKISTANIS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR SOHE TIME HE DEPARTED BY EARLY NOVEMBER 1979 AND THAT CORA HAS SENT ADDITIONAL EXPERTS TO PAKISTAN IN NOVEMBER ANO DECEMBER 1979 1 ANO IN JANUAttY MARCH ANO JUNE 1980 THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS REASON TO B LIEVE THAT A SWISS COMPANY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PROVIDING PAKISTAN WITH 500 ROTORS IN THE SPRING OF 1980 ANO THAT THESE ITEMS MAY HAVE BEEN FOR USE IN GAS CENTRIFUGES FOR NUCLEAR ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT CONSTRUCTION CF SUCH ROTORS WOULD REQUIRE THE USE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS CLASSIFIED BY SECRET s -•J ' NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY --- I DECLASSIFIED Authority t l® u i l _ I ---- ---------- Department of State OUTGOING TELEGRAM SECRET STATE 227353 COUNTRIES WITH CENTRIFUGE PROGRAMS HILE TME UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FIRM THIS EQUIPMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT lNO WARRANTS FDLLOW•UP BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZ RLANO N 0 '0 I s N 0 D I s THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS REASON TO ELIEVE THAT SWISS FIRMS INCLUDING SCHWEIZERISCHE ALU INUM AG ARE PROVIDING EQUIPMENT FOR THE PAKISTAN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM THROUGH INT RMEOIARIES IN KUWAIT IT IS POSSIBLE HOWEVER THAT SCHWEIZERISCHE ALUMINUM AG lS UNAWARE OF A PAKISTANI CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR ENTITY BEING THE NO USER T E UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS REASON TD BELIEVE THAT THE FOLLOWING S ISS FIRMS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE AKISTANI ENRICHMENT PRUG AM AOVANCEO TECHNICAL SERVICES GM8HJ VAT PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RELATING TO VALVES IT HAS SUPPLIEO I CORA ENGINEERING CHUR AG VALVES ANO COOLING SYSTEM EOUIPMENT J ANO STARRFRASMAS CHINEN AG IN OCTOBER THE UNITED STAT S GOVERNMENT WAS INFORMED BY SWISS GOVERN ENT OFFICIALS THAT THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AS TAKING STEPS TO PRDkIBIT ANY SWISS FIRMS FROM PARTICIPATING IN OR MAKING SALES TO PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMS THE UNITEO STATES GOVERNMENT ALSO UNOERSTOOO FROM GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND EXPERTS TMAT IN LATE OCTOBER VAT HAO STATED THAT ITS LAST DELIVERY OF SPECIALLY MACE VALVES HAO BEEN MAOE IN SEPTEMBER ANO THAT NO FURTHER ORDERS WOULD BE ACCEPTEO OR OELIVERIES MADE THE UNITEO STATES GOVERNMENT STlLL HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT LATE AS MAY 1960 CORA ENGINEERING ANO POSSIBLY VAT OR IHOIVIOUALS ASSOCIATEO tTH THE TWO FIRMS HAVE SUPPLIED PAKISTAN'S ENRIC ENT PROGRAM WITH V•LVES ANO ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS WORTH SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT STRONGLY URGES THAT THE SECRET J C NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ' DECLASSIFIED Authority t-l J I ---- • r 1 - -- Department of State -I D I SI · OUTGOING TELEGRAM SECRET PAGE 06 STATE 227353 GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLANO TAKE ACTIONS TO ENSURE CONTROL OF EXPORTS ANu OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMS ENO TEXT MUSKIE JN 0 D I S SECRET N 0 D I k NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY -