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

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001003 SIPDIS SIPDIS PM/DTTC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC TH SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05050091433 REF: STATE 21872 ¶1. (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Yip In Tsoi & Jacks Co., Ltd. was registered as follows: SIPDIS Registration: 0105510002718 Registered Date: June 27, 1967 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht Executives: Thienchai Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Aphichai Anukun-amphal, Phayom Chiraphutthirak, Suwit Chienprasoetkun, Sit Achalakun, Sukri Kaewcharoen, Yupphathat Yip In Tsoi, Suphak Lailoet, and Sutharat Phoemsap. Authorized executive members for legal commitments: Thienchai Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Phayom Chiraphutthirak, Mr. Yupphathat Yip In Tsoi, Suphak Lailoet, and Sutharat Phoemsap. Company Location: 523 Maha Phruttharam Rd., Maha Phruttharam Sub-District, Bang Rak, Bangkok. The company has submitted annual financial reports for 1999-2007. Purpose of Company: To produce fertilizer. ¶2. (U) The company's phone number 02-353-8600 was registered under the name of its parent company, Yip In Tsoi Co., Ltd. The company's fax number 02-353-8686 was working, but there is no subscriber information for that number. ¶3. (U) POL FSN March 25 met with Thawatchal Akaradechdecha, Assistant Vice President for Marketing, Engineering Division. Thawatchal provided End-Use/End-User Statement No. 603851 and YIT & J Indent No. 603851-2007. The company was located on the compound of the Yip In Tsoi Co., Ltd. as it was a sub-company of the YIT Group of Companies. The YIT compound consisted of two to three story buildings in a busy business area of Bangkok. Security was provided by unarmed guards, closed-circuit television (CCTV),and a fire prevention detection system. YIT & J had over two hundred employees with thirty in the Engineering Division. The company's warehouse where the equipment would be stored was located on the ground floor of one the buildings. It appeared well-protected with CCTV, a fire prevention system, and multiple doors with locks. ¶4. (U) Thawatchal confirmed that the purchase of the reftel equipment would be used to test the communication systems of the airplanes. Question: How long has your company been in the business of importing and selling defense articles? Response: The company was established in 1967 but its parent company has been in Thailand for 80 years. YIT has been in business of importing and selling defense articles for over 20 years. Question: What other products are sold by your company? Response: Communications, electronics, electronic software, gauges and relays, CCTV, avionic equipment, and other equipment from United Kingdom, German, France, and the U.S. Question: Are you familiar with the restrictions against the unauthorized re-export or retransfer of US-origin defense articles? Response: Yes. Thawatchal committed to repeating this restriction at the company's next executive meeting. Question: Who are your regular customers and where are they located? Response: The Royal Thai Armed Forces - particularly the Communication Corps, private companies, the Airports Authority of Thailand, and the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand. Customers are located nationwide, primarily in Bangkok. ¶5. (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Aerotechnic Aviation Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was registered as follows: Registration: 0105546034245 Registered Date: March 18, 2003 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 20,000,000 baht Executives: Kajohnsak Watanangura and Manfred Maximilian Gerhard Karge, a German national. Either executive can make legal commitments with the company's seal. Company Location: 174/60-61, Moo 9, Viphawadi Rangsit Rd., Sikan Sub-District, Don Muang, Bangkok. The company has submitted annual financial reports for 1999-2006. Purpose of Company: To rent all types of airplanes. ¶6. (U) The company was listed in the telephone directory under the location of Tambon Bung, Amphoe Siracha, Chonburi. The phone numbers are: 038-484-062 and 038-482-913. The phone number 02-996-7060 was listed as a confidential number. The company's fax number 02-996-7327 worked. ¶7. (U) POL FSN met March 25 with Kajohnsak Watanangura, Managing-Director, Aerotechnic Aviation Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The company was located in a four-story shop house along a main highway. There was no security guard or CCTV. The building was accessed via a key card and combination lock system. It shared space with its sister company, AVIA Satcom Co., Ltd. Another sister company, APAC Solutions Co., Ltd., was located nearby. The company had approximately ten employees, two of which are German engineers. ¶8. (U) Kajohnsak provided reftel End-Use/End-User Statement No. 603851 and YIT & J Indent No. 603851-2007. Kajohnsak also provided the Aerotechnic's Purchase Order to Yip In Tsoi & Jacks, No. A-2007-043, dated December 4, 2007, and a receipt from YIT & J to his company, No. 1N08-005694, dated January 1, 2008, on 30 percent of down payment for this equipment. All equipment would be stored at the company's field office/air hangar at the Sahaphat Industrial Park, Tambon Bung, Amphoe Siracha, Chonburi. ¶9. (U) (U) Kajohnsak confirmed the purchase of reftel equipment that would be used at the company's field office in Chonburi for aero communication system's testing and inspection Question: How long has your company been in the business of importing and selling defense articles? Response: Approximately three years, after the company was contracted to repair or install the communication and avionic system of airplanes using U.S. equipment. The company had received operational privileges from Thailand's Board of Investment since December 2003 and has had a DCA Repair Station Certificate from the Department of Civil Aviation, Thailand's Ministry of Transportation, since December 2003, renewable every three years. Beside products from the US, the company also purchases equipment from European countries. Question: Are you familiar with the restrictions against the unauthorized re-export or retransfer of US-origin defense articles? Response: Yes. Question: How long has your company done business with Yip In Tsoi & Jacks Ltd.? In what capacity? SIPDIS Response: For approximately three years after the company started to purchase U.S. products. YIT & J was one of the U.S. product representatives that the company utilizes. Question: What business relationship, if any, does your company have with the Royal Thai Government? Response: The company has done business with the RTG as a bidder on government or armed forces aero maintenance or installation projects. State customers include the Royal Thai Navy, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, the Bureau of Royal Rain-Making, and the Agricultural Aviation Division. JOHN