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INFO ROUTINE MODUK, DTI, WASHINGTON, PEKING
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HONG KONG TELNO 2481 AND YOUR TELNO 1688: SUSPECTED DIVERSION OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO IRAN.
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THE AMERICANS AGREED TO OUR PROPOSAL FOR JOINT EXAMINATION OF THE MAGNETRONS AND TO THE CONDITIONS WE IMPOSED WITH A VIEW TO POSSIBLE PROSECUTION OF TWO OF THE THREE COMPANIES INVOLVED.
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ALTHOUGH ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTICAL DETAILS TOOK SOME TIME TO BE RESOLVED, TWO MODUK/JSIS HK TECHNICAL EXPERTS ARE NOW AT THE US NAVAL MISSILE RESEARCH FACILITY AT CHINA LAKE (NEAR LOS ANGELES) ASSISTING IN THE EXAMINATION. THE JSIS HONG KONG OFFICER WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON 6 DECEMBER WITH THE EXAMINATION REPORT AND WE WILL DEBRIEF HIM THE NEXT DAY.
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INITIAL INFORMATION IS THAT THE MAGENTRONS ARE FOR MILITARY USE AND THEIR COMPONENT PARTS APPEAR TO BE ORIGINALS RATHER THAN REVERSE-ENGINEERED. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW MORE NEXT WEEK AFTER WE HAVE STUDIED THE REPORT. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF PROGRESS, INCLUDING DECISIONS ON PROSECUTIONS OF THE TWO COMPANIES, ONE OF WHICH, HAWKER PACIFIC LTD., IS CONNECTED WITH THE UK COMPANY HAWKER SIDDELEY.
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