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DATE=1/13/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244151
TITLE=U-S / RUSSIA / IRAN (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  U-S OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA COULD JEOPARDIZE MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN U-S SATELLITE LAUNCH CONTRACTS IF IT DOES  NOT  HALT 
THE FLOW OF NUCLEAR AND MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN.  V-O-A 
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT KYLE KING REPORTS. 
TEXT:  THE U-S THREAT TO CUT OFF LUCRATIVE RUSSIAN CONTRACTS TO 
BOOST U-S SATELLITES INTO ORBIT, COMES AMID SHARP RUSSIAN DENIALS
THAT ITS SCIENTISTS HAVE HELPED IRAN'S WEAPONS PROGRAM. 
ON TUESDAY, THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCED SANCTIONS AGAINST THREE 
RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS FOR ALLEGEDLY FAILING TO PREVENT 
THE TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR AND MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN. 
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS DENY THE RESEARCH INSTITUTES HAVE ANYTHING TO 
DO WITH SMUGGLING SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN.  RUSSIAN PRIME 
MINISTER YEVGENY PRIMAKOV SAYS ANY ATTEMPT TO SPEAK TO RUSSIA IN 
THE LANGUAGE OF SANCTIONS AND PRESSURE IS ABSOLUTELY 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAYS RUSSIA HAD BEEN 
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO ADDRESS U-S CONCERNS ABOUT 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS. 
                    /// FIRST RUBIN ACT /// 
         THAT MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HAS STOPPED, AND 
         THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY DETERIORATION IN THIS AREA. 
                        /// END ACT /// 
U-S OFFICIALS SAY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WAS GIVEN SEVERAL MONTHS
TO ADDRESS U-S CONCERNS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TO IRAN, AND 
WAS WARNED OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS. 
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN RUBIN SAYS IT IS IN RUSSIA'S INTEREST 
TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED STATES.  AS AN EXAMPLE, HE POINTS TO
CONTRACTS THAT ALLOW RUSSIA TO LAUNCH U-S SATELLITES INTO ORBIT. 
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, HE SAYS RUSSIA WILL HAVE REACHED THE 
FULL QUOTA [-- 16 --] OF U-S SATELLITES IT IS ALLOWED TO LAUNCH. 
                    /// SECOND RUBIN ACT ///
         IF WE DON'T GET PROGRESS ON THE MISSILE PROLIFERATION 
         PROBLEM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 
         INCREASING THAT QUOTA.  THAT IS AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 
         IS ON THE ORDER OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER 
         YEAR IN REVENUE FOR RUSSIA. 
                        /// END ACT /// 
U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY DO  NOT  BELIEVE THERE IS ANY DISAGREEMENT
WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ON THE GOAL OF HALTING WEAPONS-TECHNOLOGY 
TRANSFERS TO IRAN.  THE PROBLEM, THEY SAY, IS GETTING THE 
GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE EXPORT CONTROLS. 
SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE 
SENSITIVE SUBJECT LATER THIS MONTH [BEGINNING JAN. 25] WHEN SHE 
VISITS MOSCOW.   (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/WDC/WTW
13-Jan-99 5:06 PM EST (2206 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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