EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 012712 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) BURNS