BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BISHKEK 000468

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

DEPT FOR PM/DTCC BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
DEPT ALSO FOR SCA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL ETTC KOMC KG
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSES 05-810418, 05-916537, AND 05-934438

REF: A. 06 BISHKEK 277

B. 05 STATE 168690

C. E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN POST AND PM/DTCC

SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.


1. (SBU) Post EXBS and SAO staff have completed thorough
inspections of all night vision goggles (NVGs) transferred by
the USG to the Kyrgyz Government, including those transferred
under the licenses listed in Ref B. Post conducted
inspections at the Ministries of Defense (MOD) and Interior
(MVD),Border Guard (BG) and Customs headquarters in Bishkek
and regional sites in the Osh, Chui and Issyk Kul Oblasts.
Post physically examined each device for missing or damaged
parts and assessed operability. These inspections took place
from February 16 to March 19, 2007. The BG was separated
from the MOD in 2001, with a resulting division of troops and
equipment; SAO staff facilitated inspections of NVGs
originally provided to the BG by EXBS but currently located
with the Ministry of Defense. According to EXBS and PM/DTCC
contracts, licenses, and other documentation, the Kyrgyz
Government has received 136 NVGs since 2001; Post's physical
inspection turned up 140 NVGs. There are no/no NVGs in
country under license 05-810418 (60 NVGs); Post has no
documentation that these NVGs were ever received by Post or
turned over to the Kyrgyz government. Post suspects that
license 05-810418 (60 NVGs),was replaced by a different
license for a similar number of devices. However, Post has
no documentation to verify this switch of licenses.


2. (SBU) Inspections included the following licenses (Ref B):

License 05-916537 2004-2005 (9 inspected, 1 missing)

Ten (10) NVGs were provided to the Kyrgyz Border Guards and
Customs under license 05-916537 on July 20, 2004 (4) and
January 27, 2005 (6). Six (6) NVGs, serial numbers
554994-554996 and 555000-555002, were inspected and in good
working order with Customs. One (1) NVG, serial number
554993, was inspected and in good working order with the
Ministry of Defense. Two(2) NVGs, serial numbers 554997 and
554999, were inspected and in good working order with the
Border Guard. The Border Guard failed to locate one (1) NVG,
serial number 554998, and has started an investigation into
its disappearance.

License 05-934438 2005 (63 inspected, 3 missing)

Sixty (60) NVGs were provided to the Kyrgyz Border Guards and
Customs under license 05-934438 on January 27, 2005. Fifty
(50) NVGs, serial numbers 29022-29023, 29025, 29026-29042,
29044-29063, 29065-29067, 29071, 29076-29077, 29079, and
29085-29087, were inspected and in good working order with
the Border Guard. Nine (9) NVGs, serial numbers 29068-29070,
29072-29073, 29078, and 29080-29083, were inspected and in
good working order with Customs. One (1),serial number NVG
29070, was not located, and Customs has started an
investigation into its disappearance. An additional four (4)
NVGs, serial numbers 29064, 29074, 29075, and 29084, are
currently stored on the embassy compound with EXBS. Two (2)
NVGs, serial numbers 29024 and 29043, were not found during
any of the latest inspections, and Post has no documentation
verifying that they were ever received by EXBS or provided to
the Kyrgyz Government by the USG.

Unidentified License (possibly replacing 05-810418) 2001 (68
inspected)

Sixty-eight (68) NVGs were provided to the Kyrgyz Border
Guards, Ministry of Defense, and Ministry of Interior in
April 2001. There is insufficient documentation to verify
exactly how many NVGs were provided to these agencies in

2001. Ten (10) NVGs, serial numbers 7581-7582, 7584-7587,
7590, 512899-512900, 512903, 512905, and 512910, were
inspected and in good working order with the Ministry of
Interior. Forty-three (43) NVGs, serial numbers 2933-2934,
2938, 7501, 7503-7509, 7531-7536, 7552, 7557, 7578-7580,
7583-7585, 7588, 7591-7594, 7596-7600, 512901, 512904,
512906-512909, 512912 and 512913, were inspected and in good
working order with the Border Guard. Eleven (11) NVGs,

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serial numbers 7502, 7577, 7595, 105285-105286, 105304,
105318, 105350, 110095, 110151, and 512898, were inspected
and in good working order with the Ministry of Defense.

Post inspected an additional four (4) NVGs, serial numbers
2371, 7594, and 512902 with the Border Guard and serial
number 2893 with the MOD. Post's earlier inspection report,
Ref A, had listed the following four (4) NVGs as being in
good working order and located with the Border Guards:
serial numbers 3271, 5794, 519202, and 2898. Post believes
that these serial numbers were incorrectly recorded
(transposed) during the previous inspection.


3. (SBU) A total of 140 NVGs were located and verified to be
operational and currently used in accordance with said
licenses. A total of two (2) NVGs (serial numbers 29070 and
554998) were lost or stolen since initial transfers of
equipment in 2001. An additional two (2) NVGs, serial
numbers 29024 and 29043, were not located and also not found
on any documentation at Post. Post believes that these NVGs
were never shipped to Kyrgyzstan.


4. (SBU) In accordance with the limitations and provisos of
said licenses, the Kyrgyz Government is fulfilling its
obligations to perform monthly 100% physical count
inventories and quarterly 100% serial number inventories.
Post also verified that the NVGs currently located with the
various ministries and agencies are secured in a
controlled-access, monitored facility or guarded 24 hours a
day. The Kyrgyz Government did not/not inform Post of the
loss of the two (2) NVGs within 30 days as required. The
Kyrgyz Government is cooperative in permitting Post to
conduct inspections and inventories of serial numbers upon
request.
YOVANOVITCH