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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (10680)	10/26/2007 1:42:27 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

I say the Isra'Elis sold the technology to the Chinese. ISRAEL SELLS ARMS TO CHINA, U.S. SAYS query.nytimes.com October 13, 1993 Israel has sold advanced military technology to China for more than a decade and is moving to expand its cooperation with Beijing, says R. James Woolsey, the Director of Central Intelligence. The C.I.A. assessment was provided in written responses to questions by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The committee made the assessment public last week as part of a report on recent hearings it conducted on "proliferation threats of the 1990's," a committee aide said on Monday. There have been many news reports about the sale of Israeli military technology to China, which did not establish diplomatic relations with Israel until 1992, and the Rand Corporation has made similar assessments. The C.I.A.'s response to the committee was reported on Monday by NBC News and confirmed by the aide. Jets, Missiles and Tanks The C.I.A. says China has been acquiring advanced military technology from Israel for more than a decade on programs for jet fighters, air-to-air missiles and tanks. The agency said the sale of Israeli military technology to China "may be several billion dollars." Despite the previous reports, the bluntness of the C.I.A. assessment surprised Congressional specialists and appears to reflect a growing concern among American intelligence experts that China is seeking to use Israel to obtain the sort of advanced military technology that the United States and other Western nations have refused to sell to Beijing. China's acquisition of military technology -- and re-export to Pakistan, Iran and other countries -- is a major challenge to Western efforts to stem the spread of dangerous weapons. Explaining its assessment, the agency noted that Beijing and Tel Aviv recently signed an agreement to cooperate in sharing technology in a number of areas, including electronics and space. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel was visiting China today to discuss the broadening of ties. Israelis Open Offices in China In addition, an increasing number of Israeli military companies have opened offices in China to sell their products. The agency's assessment is likely to provoke calls by members of Congress for greater scrutiny of the sale of American military technology to Israel. Ruth Yaron, a spokeswoman at the Israeli Embassy, said today that Israel had not transferred American military technology to China. "Israel adheres to all of its commitments to the United States with regard to its relationship with China," she said. An Israeli diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, noted that the four-paragraph C.I.A. statement to the committee did not say the Israelis had been re-exporting American technology. U.S. warns Israel over sales of military technology to China cnn.com November 12, 1999 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bill Clinton said the U.S. military had "good reason to have questions" about plans by Israel to sell an advanced radar system to China. But the president said he wanted to hear the full facts of the case before deciding what action to take. "Our people have questions, and they had good reason to have questions, but sometimes when you hear these things, it's not always right," he said. Clinton's comments came Thursday -- after it was revealed that Secretary of Defense William Cohen had earlier this year delivered a stern warning to Israel that its "growing defense relationship with China is creating concern" and might jeopardize the granting of future U.S. financial aid. Cohen made his comments to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak during a meeting in late October, according to a U.S. official who asked not to be named. Israel wants to mount an early warning radar system similar to the one carried aboard the U.S. AWACS plane on a Russian-made aircraft and sell it to China Radar system similar to U.S. AWACS Israeli officials said Thursday that the planned sale to China of the $250 million airborne early warning radar system known as the "Phalcon" would go ahead. The system, comparable to the one on the U.S. AWACS plane, will be built into a Russian-made cargo aircraft. The New York Times reported that U.S. officials were deeply concerned that the sale of the system would enhance China's ability to threaten Taiwan. The Pentagon also was questioning whether the sale involved American technology, the report said. There are tight legal restrictions on the resale by trading partners of military technology that originated in the Unites States. "We have raised it with them because whenever any of our friends sell sophisticated equipment that might be American in nature ... then we raise that," said Clinton. An Israeli spokesman said no U.S. technology was involved. Israel: Deal should be no surprise Israeli Embassy spokesman Mark Regev said the radar deal should not have been a surprise to U.S. officials. "The United States was aware of this particular project for a number of months," said Regev. Regev said Israel has an elaborate system of checks and controls on defense-related exports by Israeli corporations and gives "very high consideration" to its special strategic and political relationship with the United States. China building its military capability Israel, noted for its sophisticated technology and its constant updating of military equipment to defend against potential Arab foes, is a major arms merchant. In the last five years, sales of Israeli military technology to China have declined significantly, but the Pentagon is still concerned over the enhancement of China's military power. China is moving to build up its force capability in many areas, including long-range ballistic missiles, amphibious warfare and the acquisition of a "blue-water navy," which is seen as a departure from China's historical emphasis on a primarily coastal navy.