BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST LICENCE END USE

UNCLAS ROME 001964 SIPDIS FOR PM/DTC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST LICENCE END USE CHECKS ON LICENSES 05-843909 AND 05-843912 REF: (A) STATE 72510, (B) STATE 28695 ¶1. THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO POST-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS NO. 05-843909 AND 05-843912 FOR EXPORT OF GOODS TO THE ITALIAN ARMED FORCES VALUED AT $250,000.00 AND $81,875.00, RESPECTIVELY. ¶2. EMBOFF VISITED SELENIA 2000 AND SPOKE WITH UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01964 220554Z DR. PIETRO ROCCO, OWNER AND COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRM. ROCCO CONFIRMED THAT THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN DTC CASE NUMBERS 05-843909 AND 05-843912 HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY THE ITALIAN ARMED FORCE FOR USE IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. ¶3. ROCCO ALSO STATED THAT THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION HAS NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE FIRST ORDER WOULD LEAVE THE U.S. BY APRIL 22 AND ARRIVE IN ROME THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF MAY. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE SECOND WOULD LEAVE SOON AFTERWARD. THE CARGO WILL BE PICKED UP BY HIS FIRM IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ARRIVAL AND WILL BE ESCORTED TO ITS FINAL DESTINATION IN ITALY. ¶4. ROCCO STATED THAT HIS FIRM HAS WORKED IN THE DEFENSE SECTOR SINCE 1992 AND DOES BUSINESS ONLY WITH THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT AND NOT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SELENIA 2000 IS A MEMBER OF URNI (THE ITALIAN NATIONAL REGISTRY OF ARMAMENTS) AND USES PRODUCTS FROM PRIMARILY THE FOLLOWING THREE U.S. FIRMS: INSIDE TECHNOLOGY, SUREFIRE, AND BUSHMASTER. ¶5. EMBASSY WILL CONFIRM RECEIPT OF EQUIPMENT BY END- USER, ONCE THIS TAKES PLACE. SEMBLER UNCLASSIFIED > 2002ROME01964 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED