U.S. Team Nuclear Visit, August 9, 1978 - archives.gov · roc government officials. fnd summary...
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f '- ,: -· ' OUTGOING TELEGRAM= COPY Y OF 15 COPIES INFO OCT•01 IS0•00 /001 R DRAFTED BY USDOE:IA:GFHELFRICH:RAE APPROVED BY EA/ROC:HJFELOHAN EA/ROC:OGBROWN S/S P 092028Z AUG 78 ZFFS FM SECSTATE WASnDC TO AMEMdASSY TAIPEI PRIORITY INFO WHITE HOUSE PRIORITY 0527 8 g C R E T STATE DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL, E.0.13526, SECTION 5.3(b)(3) E.O. 11652: Gl)S ISCAP APPEAL NO. 2003-0036, document no. 9 DECLASSIFICATION DATE: September 29,2014 TAGS: Tioi SUBJECT: US NUCLEAR TEAM VISIT REF: TAIPEI 05013 SUMMARY: IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DEPARTING TAIPEI, US TEAM LEADER HELFRICH LENGTrlY CONVERSATION WITH OR, SEC GEN CAEC, RE OF TEAM, SAME POINTS MADE wiTH OR, CHENG AS HAO EARLIER BEEN USt::D IN ' MEETING wiTH MOFA VICE MINISTER CHIEN WNI..Y IN SOMEWrlAT MORE DETAIL AND IN MORE PERSONAL VEIN. fOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON, HfLFRICH MET L.K. CHAIRMAN, TAIPOWER AND MADE SAME POINTS hiM. aOTH TO BRING OUR CONCERNS TO ATTENTION OF APPROPRIATE ROC GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. fND SUMMARY SECRET
Transcript of U.S. Team Nuclear Visit, August 9, 1978 - archives.gov · roc government officials. fnd summary...
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DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL E013526 SECTION 53(b)(3)
EO 11652 Gl)S ISCAP APPEAL NO 2003-0036 document no 9 DECLASSIFICATION DATE September 292014
TAGS P~UC Tioi
SUBJECT US NUCLEAR TEAM VISIT
REF TAIPEI 05013
SUMMARY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DEPARTING TAIPEI US NUCLE~R TEAM LEADER G~F HELFRICH ~AD LENGTrlY CONVERSATION WITH OR CHENGCHENbullHU~ SEC GEN CAEC RE IMPRESSION~ OF TEAM SAME POINTS ~ERE MADE wiTH OR CHENG AS HAO EARLIER BEEN UStD IN MEETING wiTH MOFA VICE MINISTER CHIEN WNIY IN SOMEWrlAT MORE DETAIL AND IN MORE PERSONAL VEIN fOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON HfLFRICH MET ~ITH LK CH~N CHAIRMAN TAIPOWER AND MADE SAME POINTS ~ITH hiM aOTH A~REED TO BRING OUR CONCERNS TO ATTENTION OF APPROPRIATE ROC GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS fND SUMMARY
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OUTGOINGDepartment of State TELEGRAMshy
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STATE 2~137~
1 PRIOR TO OEPARTING TAIPEI ON SUNDAY JULY 3~ US NUCLEAR TEAM LEADER GF HELFRICH HAD A TwO HOUR SESSION WITH OR CHENGCHEN~H~A SECRETAHY GeNERAL OF CAEC TO REVIE w PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF TEAM ALL OF POINTS RAISED IN MEETING WITH MOFA VICE MINISTER ChiEN WERE EXPLAINED oUT IN GREATER OETAI~AGAIN SPECI~ EM PH AS I S wA S P LACED 0 N C 0 NCC RN AB 0 U T I A) ER Acmiddotr I 1 I TI i 5 ) A T crsT I DR I CHeNG uNDERSTOOD AN~tEil o ro ACCmiddot~ Th- C 0 N CERN S ltJ F TH E TEAM RE C I S T b S E R ACT I V IT I t~ 0 R bull ~ Ht NG
ASKED WHAT MORE THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT HELFRICH STATED iTHAT CONTROL OF THE INSTITUTE AND ITS ~ERSO~NEL WAS AN ROC PROBLEM bullbull THE US SIOE COULD ONLY APPRAISE T~EM OF ITS I FINuiNGS 11E ADDED THAT ~-1 AS PERSOALL~ONVINCED THAT DR MA HA_O 8EEN CONDUCTING L~SER ACTIVITIES AT CST WHICH FOR SOME REASO~ IS T MANA G ~-~EN T WAS Uflll ILL NG T0 OESCR IcE j I
middot 0 _THE USTEAM~ESUM~~y BECAUSE ThEf COUJu emiddotE lNTERPR ETbull
- ~~ i~-~ ~- ~~D-6~~ T~A~ middot -middot ~- ~- ~~Amiddot~G~~ e~6~6n~~~sci~middot~cMG~~M~~Wmiddot T~E middot COUNTRY THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE TEAM TO 6E CERTAIN THAT SIMILAR OR FO~LOWbullON WORK WAS NOT UNDtR~AY ELSEWHERE -Gts s HOwEVER IT ~AS IMPERATIVE THAT THE ROC GOVERNMENT MAKE _~yen shyIT UNEQUIVOCALLf CJEAR TO ALL PER~ONNEL T~ IF THERE WAS ANY ~ORK UNUERWAY ANYWHERE REJATED TOJkASCR ISOTOPIC ~ ENRICHMEN01IT MUST 6e TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY OR CHtN~ STATE 0 THAi HE 01 0 U ~ 0 6 E MEET I N G W I T H DR bull CHIEN C H A l R MAN OF CAEC THAT EVENING AND HE WOULD RELATE OU~ CONCERNS TO HIM FURTHER ChENG SAID HE HAD A PRIVATE MEETING SCHEDULED wiTH THE PREMIER AT HIS HOME THENEXT MORNING TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE TEAM VISIT wiTH HIM CHENG 010 NOT EXPLAIN HOW HE PLANNED TO DESCRIBE VISIT TO PREMIER ANu AS HELFRICH LEFT TAIPEI BEFORE MEETING
_SEGRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OUTGOINGDepartment of State TELEGRAMshy
SECRET
STATE 2~1370
WAS TO OCCUR HE IS NOT INFORMED ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIREO
2_ ON THURSDAY 3 AUGUST MR L K CHEN CHAIRMAN OF TAIPOWER VISITED MR riE~FRICH IN HIS OFFCE IN WASHINGTON middot PURPOSE OF yenISIT WAS TO DISCUSS POSSIB~E PURCHAS~ OF ENRICHED URANIUM FROM US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SIMI~AR TO ARRANGEMENT REPORTED~Y bEING wORKED OUT WITH JAPANESE HELFRICH REVIEWED STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPANESE AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOU~D Bt cEST- TO ~AIT AND SEE IF ANY SA~E TO JAP~NESE ACTUA~LY UEVELOPED ANU NATURE OF THAT SALE BEFORE DISCUSSING POSSibi~ITY OF SIMI~AR OE At ~ITH ROC HELFRICH THEN MOVED TO DISCUSSION 1 ~ OF US NUCLEAR TEAM VISIT ~HI~E MAKING ~AME POINTSAS ~- WITH qThERS HE PUT SPECIA~ ErIPHASIS ONfLl_SER ACTIVITIE~J AT CIST CHEN COMMENTED THAT IT ~AS HI UNDERSTANDING-shyTHAT GENERAL T~NG WOU~D BE RETIRING SHORTLY HE wENT ON TO STATE THAT NOTHING COULD BE A~LD~ED TO INTERFER ~ITH CONTINUED USbullROC NUCLEA~ POWER COOPERATION AND THAT U~ON HIS ~ETURN TO TAIPEI HE WOULD CONSULT Wl~H OR CH~NG ANO TEN 8RNG OUR CONCERNS TO THE ATTENTION Of APPROPRIATE ROC OFFCIA~S CHRISTOPHER
SECRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OUTGOINGDepartment of State TELEGRAMshy
SECRET
STATE 2~137~
1 PRIOR TO OEPARTING TAIPEI ON SUNDAY JULY 3~ US NUCLEAR TEAM LEADER GF HELFRICH HAD A TwO HOUR SESSION WITH OR CHENGCHEN~H~A SECRETAHY GeNERAL OF CAEC TO REVIE w PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF TEAM ALL OF POINTS RAISED IN MEETING WITH MOFA VICE MINISTER ChiEN WERE EXPLAINED oUT IN GREATER OETAI~AGAIN SPECI~ EM PH AS I S wA S P LACED 0 N C 0 NCC RN AB 0 U T I A) ER Acmiddotr I 1 I TI i 5 ) A T crsT I DR I CHeNG uNDERSTOOD AN~tEil o ro ACCmiddot~ Th- C 0 N CERN S ltJ F TH E TEAM RE C I S T b S E R ACT I V IT I t~ 0 R bull ~ Ht NG
ASKED WHAT MORE THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT HELFRICH STATED iTHAT CONTROL OF THE INSTITUTE AND ITS ~ERSO~NEL WAS AN ROC PROBLEM bullbull THE US SIOE COULD ONLY APPRAISE T~EM OF ITS I FINuiNGS 11E ADDED THAT ~-1 AS PERSOALL~ONVINCED THAT DR MA HA_O 8EEN CONDUCTING L~SER ACTIVITIES AT CST WHICH FOR SOME REASO~ IS T MANA G ~-~EN T WAS Uflll ILL NG T0 OESCR IcE j I
middot 0 _THE USTEAM~ESUM~~y BECAUSE ThEf COUJu emiddotE lNTERPR ETbull
- ~~ i~-~ ~- ~~D-6~~ T~A~ middot -middot ~- ~- ~~Amiddot~G~~ e~6~6n~~~sci~middot~cMG~~M~~Wmiddot T~E middot COUNTRY THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE TEAM TO 6E CERTAIN THAT SIMILAR OR FO~LOWbullON WORK WAS NOT UNDtR~AY ELSEWHERE -Gts s HOwEVER IT ~AS IMPERATIVE THAT THE ROC GOVERNMENT MAKE _~yen shyIT UNEQUIVOCALLf CJEAR TO ALL PER~ONNEL T~ IF THERE WAS ANY ~ORK UNUERWAY ANYWHERE REJATED TOJkASCR ISOTOPIC ~ ENRICHMEN01IT MUST 6e TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY OR CHtN~ STATE 0 THAi HE 01 0 U ~ 0 6 E MEET I N G W I T H DR bull CHIEN C H A l R MAN OF CAEC THAT EVENING AND HE WOULD RELATE OU~ CONCERNS TO HIM FURTHER ChENG SAID HE HAD A PRIVATE MEETING SCHEDULED wiTH THE PREMIER AT HIS HOME THENEXT MORNING TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE TEAM VISIT wiTH HIM CHENG 010 NOT EXPLAIN HOW HE PLANNED TO DESCRIBE VISIT TO PREMIER ANu AS HELFRICH LEFT TAIPEI BEFORE MEETING
_SEGRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OUTGOINGDepartment of State TELEGRAMshy
SECRET
STATE 2~1370
WAS TO OCCUR HE IS NOT INFORMED ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIREO
2_ ON THURSDAY 3 AUGUST MR L K CHEN CHAIRMAN OF TAIPOWER VISITED MR riE~FRICH IN HIS OFFCE IN WASHINGTON middot PURPOSE OF yenISIT WAS TO DISCUSS POSSIB~E PURCHAS~ OF ENRICHED URANIUM FROM US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SIMI~AR TO ARRANGEMENT REPORTED~Y bEING wORKED OUT WITH JAPANESE HELFRICH REVIEWED STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPANESE AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOU~D Bt cEST- TO ~AIT AND SEE IF ANY SA~E TO JAP~NESE ACTUA~LY UEVELOPED ANU NATURE OF THAT SALE BEFORE DISCUSSING POSSibi~ITY OF SIMI~AR OE At ~ITH ROC HELFRICH THEN MOVED TO DISCUSSION 1 ~ OF US NUCLEAR TEAM VISIT ~HI~E MAKING ~AME POINTSAS ~- WITH qThERS HE PUT SPECIA~ ErIPHASIS ONfLl_SER ACTIVITIE~J AT CIST CHEN COMMENTED THAT IT ~AS HI UNDERSTANDING-shyTHAT GENERAL T~NG WOU~D BE RETIRING SHORTLY HE wENT ON TO STATE THAT NOTHING COULD BE A~LD~ED TO INTERFER ~ITH CONTINUED USbullROC NUCLEA~ POWER COOPERATION AND THAT U~ON HIS ~ETURN TO TAIPEI HE WOULD CONSULT Wl~H OR CH~NG ANO TEN 8RNG OUR CONCERNS TO THE ATTENTION Of APPROPRIATE ROC OFFCIA~S CHRISTOPHER
SECRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OUTGOINGDepartment of State TELEGRAMshy
SECRET
STATE 2~1370
WAS TO OCCUR HE IS NOT INFORMED ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIREO
2_ ON THURSDAY 3 AUGUST MR L K CHEN CHAIRMAN OF TAIPOWER VISITED MR riE~FRICH IN HIS OFFCE IN WASHINGTON middot PURPOSE OF yenISIT WAS TO DISCUSS POSSIB~E PURCHAS~ OF ENRICHED URANIUM FROM US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SIMI~AR TO ARRANGEMENT REPORTED~Y bEING wORKED OUT WITH JAPANESE HELFRICH REVIEWED STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPANESE AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOU~D Bt cEST- TO ~AIT AND SEE IF ANY SA~E TO JAP~NESE ACTUA~LY UEVELOPED ANU NATURE OF THAT SALE BEFORE DISCUSSING POSSibi~ITY OF SIMI~AR OE At ~ITH ROC HELFRICH THEN MOVED TO DISCUSSION 1 ~ OF US NUCLEAR TEAM VISIT ~HI~E MAKING ~AME POINTSAS ~- WITH qThERS HE PUT SPECIA~ ErIPHASIS ONfLl_SER ACTIVITIE~J AT CIST CHEN COMMENTED THAT IT ~AS HI UNDERSTANDING-shyTHAT GENERAL T~NG WOU~D BE RETIRING SHORTLY HE wENT ON TO STATE THAT NOTHING COULD BE A~LD~ED TO INTERFER ~ITH CONTINUED USbullROC NUCLEA~ POWER COOPERATION AND THAT U~ON HIS ~ETURN TO TAIPEI HE WOULD CONSULT Wl~H OR CH~NG ANO TEN 8RNG OUR CONCERNS TO THE ATTENTION Of APPROPRIATE ROC OFFCIA~S CHRISTOPHER
SECRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
