BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON

UNCLAS ANKARA 001671 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EG ETTC KOMC TU SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050042160 REF: SECSTATE 57064 ¶1. Per reftel request, we met with Guvenli Yasam (Full name: Guvenli Yasam Is Guvenligi San. Tic. Ltd. Sti.) Founder/Owner Hasan Deliduman in late May regarding license number 05-050042160. Deliduman confirmed all details of the contract, including the order for 250 Camelbaks (Model: Camelbak ChemBio Reservoir 4.0) and the end user, the Egyptian military. ¶2. Guvenli Yasam is a small business run out of an apartment building in a neighborhood with several small defense contractors. Deliduman, who stated that he founded Guvenli Yasam in 1985, has one employee at the main office address in the Mebusevleri section of Ankara. This company specializes in producing police and anti-riot equipment, and has a production facility in the Ostem neighborhood, an industrial area west of Ankara. Deliduman said that he began his business in the 1980's with the production of helmets and associate parts, but that in the 1990's his firm began more advanced production of protective equipment, particularly for police forces, in the domestic and global market. He remarked that his company has been doing business with Egyptian police and military forces for almost a decade now, and received an award from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD) for its products, which he showed us. He claimed that his company has sold over 30,000 helmets and 20,000 batons to Egypt. Deliduman said that Guvenli Yasam has also sold equipment to police forces in the U.S., U.K., Israel, Belgium, and several African countries. When asked about his future corporate plans, Deliduman said future projects could include non-police equipment such as field kitchens. Deliduman provided a company brochure, his business card, and contact information. ¶3. Deliduman claimed that this current agreement (license number 05-050042160) is behind schedule due to delays on the part of the American firm (Tradeways Ltd. in Annapolis, Maryland). Tradeways, said Deliduman, in turn claims that Defense Department delays are holding up the export of the Camelbaks to Guvenli Yasam. He requested post's assistance to determine the cause of the delay. According to Deliduman, none of the 250 Camelbaks has arrived in Turkey yet. ¶4. Based on the meeting with Deliduman, who answered all of our questions, we believe that Guvenli Yasam is a legitimate company and that the end user of the Camelbaks is the Egyptian military. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ WILSON