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January 6, 2000
China breaks vow, sends N. Korea missile materials
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
China is continuing to supply materials for North Korea's long-range
missile program despite promises that it would tighten exports of such
technology.
The latest shipment, arranged by China, just two weeks ago, The
Washington Times has learned.
A Pentagon intelligence report sent to Clinton administration
policy-makers in late December stated that the Pentagon's National Security
Agency (NSA) uncovered a deal for the transfer.
The report identified a Hong Kong company that was used to send
Chinese-made missile-related goods to North Korea, said Pentagon officials
who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"This is a deal for a direct shipment of Chinese missile technology,"
said an official who has seen the report.
The missile dealing is more evidence that China is going back on
promises made to the U.S. officials that it will take steps to tighten
exports of missile technology covered by the 29-nation Missile Technology
Control Regime (MTCR).
Officials declined to provide other details about the transfer, citing
concerns about sensitive intelligence involved in the report.
Numerous reports of Chinese weapons technology transfers to North Korea
and other states, including Iran, in recent months contradict promises made
to the United States by Chinese President Jiang Zemin to impose stricter
export controls on weapons-related goods.
The latest reports follow other recent intelligence reports on transfers
of missile know-how and components. They have included:
* In October, U.S. intelligence agencies reported that China had
supplied fiber-optic gyroscopes to North Korea several months earlier.
* A March 8, 1999, NSA report said China sold specialty steel for North
Korean missiles.
* Chinese and North Korean scientific institutes also have cooperated in
sharing space technology that U.S. intelligence agencies believe is being
used to hide missile technology sharing.
* A Defense Intelligence Agency report from June stated that China
supplied accelerometers, gyroscopes and special high-tech machinery to North
Korean missile manufacturers.
* A report from November 1998 that China provided specialty steel used
in missile frames to North Korea. The transfer prompted a diplomatic note of
protest from the State Department that month.
* A special House committee that investigated North Korea's weapons of
mass destruction and missile programs examined suspected cooperation between
China and North Korea on developing small nuclear warheads for use on
missiles.
A House national security aide said the links between China and North
Korea on weapons technology are close and it is likely the Chinese have
allowed the North Koreans to have warhead data. China is known to have
supplied nuclear warhead design information to Pakistan years ago.
* An Oct. 19 Pentagon intelligence report stated that North Korea is
continuing to develop its long-range Taepo Dong missile that was first tested
in August 1998. Spy agencies believe the single test is enough for the North
Koreans to use the missile in a crisis.
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright said in July she was worried
about the Chinese missile transfers to North Korea.
The secretary said in response to a report on the issue that appeared in
The Washington Times that "we are concerned by reports that DPNK [North
Korea] may be seeking from China materials such as specialty steel for its
missile program."
The administration takes the reports "seriously" and investigates the
issue, she said, noting that "we have raised our concerns with China, and we
will continue to do so."
Mrs. Albright sidestepped questions about whether China's
missile-related transfers to North Korea violate U.S. anti-proliferation
laws. She insisted that the administration "will fully and faithfully
implement the requirements of U.S. law."
U.S. law requires the government to impose economic and other sanctions
on foreign governments and businesses that violate anti-proliferation
statutes.
North Korean and Pakistani firms were sanctioned last year for missile
activities. Sanctions were imposed briefly on China in the early 1990s for
missile sales to Pakistan. The sanctions were lifted after some months,
however.
Yu Shuning, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy, denied that China has
sold missile components to North Korea.
"We have always abided by our commitments so far as the MTCR is
concerned," he said.
Mr. Yu said since China agreed several years ago not to violate the
missile export agreement in exchange for the United States lifting sanctions
imposed over the M-11 missile technology sales to Pakistan.
"Since that time, the U.S. government has stated that China has abided
by our commitment," Mr. Yu said.
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