Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08SAOPAULO687
2008-12-29 16:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000687
FOR PM/DTCC-BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC BR
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON
LICENSE 050045617
REF: STATE 97643 and Stitziel-Story e-mails
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000687
FOR PM/DTCC-BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC BR
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON
LICENSE 050045617
REF: STATE 97643 and Stitziel-Story e-mails
1. (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit,
and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews
with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss
import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as
well as the answers to the resulting questions that the company
received the items, the items used were consistent with the license
request, and that the company has control over the items and their
disposal.
2. (U) According to Alexandre Vigano of the import department of
CBC, the company is the end user of the 0.50 caliber test barrels.
These barrels are used in the testing of ammunition, are kept in a
secure facility, and are destroyed at the end of their useful life.
The company Magtech is the US representative of CBC. Vigano stated
that the following countries are the recipients of this ammunition
over the last three years: the United States, Germany, Argentina,
Canada, Chile, Estonia, the Philippines, Holland, England, Italy,
Latvia, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania,
Singapore, Sweden, and Uruguay.
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FOR PM/DTCC-BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC BR
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON
LICENSE 050045617
REF: STATE 97643 and Stitziel-Story e-mails
1. (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit,
and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews
with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss
import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as
well as the answers to the resulting questions that the company
received the items, the items used were consistent with the license
request, and that the company has control over the items and their
disposal.
2. (U) According to Alexandre Vigano of the import department of
CBC, the company is the end user of the 0.50 caliber test barrels.
These barrels are used in the testing of ammunition, are kept in a
secure facility, and are destroyed at the end of their useful life.
The company Magtech is the US representative of CBC. Vigano stated
that the following countries are the recipients of this ammunition
over the last three years: the United States, Germany, Argentina,
Canada, Chile, Estonia, the Philippines, Holland, England, Italy,
Latvia, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania,
Singapore, Sweden, and Uruguay.
White