BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001191 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FRO PM/DTCC (TWATKINS) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KOMC ETTC TH BLUE LANTERN SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-951264 REF: SECSTATE 21858 ¶1. (U) Political FSN contacted the Royal Thai Navy's Personnel Data Center, the Royal Thai Supreme Command's Directorate of Joint Personnel, the Ministry of Defense's Office of Personnel and the Naval Air Division at Sattahip Royal Thai Naval Base. None of these offices have a record of a "Direk Promwichal" who signed the end user document outlined in reftel. Captain Kritsada of the Royal Thai Navy's Air Division's Logistics arm notified FSN that "Direk Promwichal" is no longer a member of the Royal Thai Navy and should not have been authorized to sign an end user certificate. He indicated that Direk Promwichal is now an administrator for a company doing business as "Aero Hitech Company." A check of the Thai Ministry of Commerce's Department of Business Development's webpage does not/not show a listing for "Aero Hitech." BOYCE