BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED

UNCLAS BERLIN 001668 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR PM/DTCC AND EUR/AGS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KOMC ETTC NL CACM TU GM NO SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED IN GERMANY FOR APPLICATION 05-050048064 REF: STATE 87824 ¶1. (SBU) Global Affairs officer contacted Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann (KMW) Procurement Sales Manager Harald Marke July 19 concerning KMV's role as an intermediate consignee in license application 05-050048064. Marke sent the requested information to Global Affairs officer August 31. ¶2. (SBU) For this particular order, Marke said KMW has a contract with the Dutch Defense Material Organization (DMO) for the delivery of 18 FENNEK Stinger Weapon Platforms. Marke said that KMW will install the 18 MI-J20-IY DC-DC converters that it ordered into the FENNEK platforms that it will deliver to the DMO for use by the Dutch Army for the Future Ground Based Air Defense System (FGBADS). The DMO ordered 34 FGBADS systems from other firms, accounting for the total order of 52 converters from the U.S. exporter, according to Marke. Marke added that KMW has received requests to complete DSP-83 Forms for the components and will do so. ¶3. (SBU) Marke said KMW manufactures armored vehicles, such as the Leopard tank and the Grizzly armored personnel carrier, and associated electronics systems, mostly for the German Army. KMW has been manufacturing armored vehicles since 1964, according to Marke. He listed other customers as the armies of the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and Australia. For exporting KMW vehicles and equipment outside of Germany, KMW applies to the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Controls (BAFA) for export licenses. When asked whether he was familiar with U.S. regulations on the re-export or retransfer of U.S. Munitions List items, Marke said KMW knows that it needs to inform the USG about its plans to export vehicles or systems that contain U.S. controlled components. TIMKEN JR