EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 012646

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/DMUSLU/MHAMES
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
FEDERALNAYA SLUZHBA OHRANY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE
NO: D348852

REFTEL: USDOC 04152


1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided
below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export
Administration Act.


2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to
determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-
user, Federalnaya Sluzhba Ohrany, Moscow, Russia. The
company was listed on BIS license number: D348852 as
the ultimate consignee of one Thermovision system,
model Security HD, ECCN: 6A003.B.4. These commodities
are controlled for national security and regional
stability reasons. The exporter is Indigo Systems
Corporation, 70 Castilian Dr., Goleta, CA 93117.


3. On November 22, 2006, Export Control Attache Donald
Pearce and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the
requested post-shipment verification with Federalnaya
Sluzhba Ohrany (Russian abbreviation FSO) at the
offices of Pergam Engineering,3A, pr. Olminskogo.,
office 830, Moscow, Russia. The export control team
met with Pavel Ushakov, FSO Chief Inspector, Sergey
Ivanov, FSO Chief Engineer and Dmitry Korneyev from
Pergam Engeneering.


4. FSO is an agency of the Government of Russia (GOR)
tasked with the protection of the President of the
Russian Federation and other state officials. The
agency is also responsible for the security of certain
state property, such as the Kremlin.


5. The camera in reftel will be used to upgrade the
surveillance system of a facility under the
jurisdiction of the FSO. The camera has not yet been
installed; the upgrades to other systems are being
completed first. Until it is installed, the camera
system is being stored in a high-value area of the
Pergam warehouse. Access to the warehouse is limited
to authorized personnel and a security officer guards
the high-value area at all times. Once installed, no
more than ten people will have direct access to the
system. Pergam has trained the FSO staff on the use
of the camera.


6. The team was shown a Flir Systems ThemoVision
camera, 427-00087100, S/N 2062 SHP23 CAGE code 064Y2.
The camera and accessories were in a hard-sided case
as shipped from the factory. FSO was notified in
writing of the license conditions by the exporter, and
signed an end-user agreement which restated the
license conditions.


7. Recommendations: Post recommends Federalnaya
Sluzhba Ohrany, Moscow, Russia, as reliable recipients
of sensitive U.S. origin commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/DPEARCE)
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