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05PRAGUE1498
2005-10-19 09:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Prague
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VERA-E - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE

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C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 001498 

SIPDIS

PM/DTCC - FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR, EUR/NCE FOR FICHTE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2015
TAGS: KOMC ETTC EZ
SUBJECT: VERA-E - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
CHECK ON LICENSE 05-967713

REF: A. STATE 175680

B. PRAGUE 1363

C. 04 PRAGUE 1235

D. 04 STATE 212634

E. 04 PRAGUE 1870

F. PRAGUE 106

G. PRAGUE 313

H. PRAGUE 892

I. PRAGUE 1104

J. PRAGUE 1146

K. PRAGUE 1252

L. 04 PRAGUE 523

M. 04 PRAGUE 1355

N. 04 PRAGUE 1357

O. 04 PRAGUE 1358

Classified By: Political-Military Officer Brian Greaney
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 001498

SIPDIS

PM/DTCC - FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR, EUR/NCE FOR FICHTE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2015
TAGS: KOMC ETTC EZ
SUBJECT: VERA-E - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
CHECK ON LICENSE 05-967713

REF: A. STATE 175680

B. PRAGUE 1363

C. 04 PRAGUE 1235

D. 04 STATE 212634

E. 04 PRAGUE 1870

F. PRAGUE 106

G. PRAGUE 313

H. PRAGUE 892

I. PRAGUE 1104

J. PRAGUE 1146

K. PRAGUE 1252

L. 04 PRAGUE 523

M. 04 PRAGUE 1355

N. 04 PRAGUE 1357

O. 04 PRAGUE 1358

Classified By: Political-Military Officer Brian Greaney
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Foreign consignee, ERA A.S. (ERA) is familiar to the
United States Government. A sample of some of the USG
reporting on the company's systems can be found in Refs B-L.


2. (C) Embassy Prague closely follows ERA,s license
applications to the GOCR for export of the VERA-E system.
During his Sep 2004 visit to Prague, then Deputy Secretary
Armitage discussed exports of the VERA-E system with then
Prime Minister Stanislav Gross Gross (Ref M),Defense
Minister Karel Kuehnl (Ref N),and Foreign Minister Cyril
Svoboda (Ref O). Defense Minister Kuehnl specifically asked
the Deputy Secretary for assistance in marketing the system
to the Baltics (Ref N). Deputy Secretary Armitage thanked
Svoboda for the GOCR,s positive response to Secretary
Powell,s letter requesting forbearance on VERA-E sales to
China and said that the U.S. will be looking for ways to be
helpful on other, non-problematic sales (Ref O).
CABANISS