RSVP:EXTRANCHECK:POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS KUWAIT 004412 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESP U.S. CUSTOMS FOR HQ STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHE USDOC FOR 3131/USFCS/ANESA/BOBB/STAUHIDI 532/OEA/SWADDY/MZAGER TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC KU SUBJECT: RSVP:EXTRANCHECK:POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ¶M. AL-MASHAN GOUP REF: BIS PLC/PSV GUIDE, AND FCS COLLECTIVES: USDOC 18479, DATED 9/17/92, USDOC 19897, DATED 108/92, USDOC 01079, DATED 1/25/93. ¶1. PER THE REQUEST OF BIS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2003, COMMERCIAL OFFICER PHILIP OUZTS AND FSN KAMAL ZAHER CONDUCTED A POST SHIPMENT VERIFICAION VISIT TO ¶M. AL-MASHAN GROUP. MESSRS. OUZTS AND ZAHER MET WITH THE DIRECTOR, MOHAMMAD AL-MASHAN. ¶2. IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT POST SHIP VERFICATIONS OF AL-MASHAN GROUP, WE FOUND THAT THE BUYER HAD RE- EXPORTED THE PALMIR CAMERA 250 S/N 250-000-053 TO A BUYER IN DUBAI, ALI BINSALAM, CELL #971 5041-8034. ¶3. WE REQUESTED THAT MR. AL MASHAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE BUYER IN DUBAI. TO DATE, THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING. MESSES. OUZTS AND ZAHER EMPHASIZED TO MR. AL-MASHAN THAT IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXPORT LICENSE HE DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXPORT TO DUBAI. IN THE EVENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FORCOMING WE WILL PROVIDE YOU SAME. JONES