BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE

UNCLAS BERLIN 001667 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR (SABATINI) STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER STATE FOR EUR/PRA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: DA ETTC KOMC LE GM SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE 05-050057708 REF: A. STATE 117106 ¶B. PETERSEN-BALLARD E-MAIL 11/26/2008 ¶1. (SBU) After multiple attempts to determine Logi-Sped's role in Blue Lantern (BL) end-use check 05-050057708, EconOff did not receive a satisfactory response addressing the questions in reftel. Logi-Sped,s broker told us that he has no record of a transaction involving AES Shipping Number ¶105437. ¶2. (SBU) On November 20, EconOff contacted Logi-Sped, but was transferred to the company,s broker, Mr. Reinhard Hornung (who runs his own company, Reinhard Hornung Agency for Transport and Insurance). (COMMENT: Hornung said his company was founded in 2004 and is an independent forwarding agent for Logi-Sped. END COMMENT) Although Hornung provided EconOff with a 22-page fax of miscellaneous documentation regarding ammunition shipments from the Olin Corporation to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, none of it directly addressed the commodities involved in BL-LICENSE 05-050057708. After a second attempt to obtain the correct documentation, Hornung responded that his company was not and could not have been involved in any shipment beyond what he already provided. ¶3. (SBU) Hornung said that his company has, since 2004, handled all Logi-Sped shipments concerning weapons or ammunition and that he personally handled all of these transactions. Hornung maintains that his company has no record of involvement with AES Shipping Number 105437. Hornung added that no shipments beyond what he included in his provided documentation would have been possible due to a lack of "linear services available" for ammunition shipments between Germany and Lebanon for the reftel listed time frame. (COMMENT: Hornung was generally very helpful and responsive to all Embassy inquiries. END COMMENT) Koenig