APPENDIX 9
Memorandum submitted by Argent Steel Limited
Thank you for your letter dated 2nd February
2000, regarding our unsuccessful appeal to export *** sheets to
Pakistan.
We were certainly disappointed in this refusal
as we specifically asked before submitting documentation. In the
first instance, we advised the relevant department what material
we were intending to supply. We also advised the material would
be used by a Technical College in Pakistan. When we learned of
the actual College, we stated this on our application.
At this point we were advised that we could
not have a licence as the material could be used for weapons of
mass destruction. We could have supplied the material to a Technical
College, and this was verbally approved. We failed to see where
the difference lay, as any material can be transferred within
any Country without our knowledge.
As a result of this, we now have material we
find difficult to dispose of, at a cost we didn't need.
When an application is made for an export licence,
we suggest a clear decision is made, ie NO material which may
be used in weapons of mass destruction, can be supplied, regardless
of which school, college or university has ordered it.
10 February 2000
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