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

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 110204 SIPDIS MOSCOW FOR NICKOLAS KATSAKIS OTTAWA FOR LORI BALBI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CA ETTC KOMC RS SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050097822 REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050097822 for the export of rifles to Canada. Posts are requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for Request: The license application lists Russian company, Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavoid, as a manufacturer of Winchester 'Wildcat' Rifles. However, PM/DDTC does not/not have a manufacturing license agreement (MLA) on record, as required under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR). PM/DDTC records indicate that more than twenty-five (25) export licenses have been approved listing Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavoid as the manufacturer of Winchester rifles. This check is to determine what role Tulsky plays in the manufacturing of Winchester rifles. This check is also to establish the bona fides of Canadian end-user, The Gun Room (Tel: 519-746-8139). ¶4. Action Request: Post Moscow is requested to determine the role Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavoid plays in the manufacturing of Winchester rifles by making appropriate inquiries to representatives of the company. Post Ottawa is requested to establish the bona fides of end-user, The Gun Room (Tel: 519-746-8139),by making appropriate inquiries to representatives of the company. The following points are included for guidance: ACTION POST MOSCOW (To Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavoid) -- What is your company's relationship with Winchester and/or BWA Inc.? What is your relationship to Japanese company, Miroku Firearms MFG? Do you have a contract or agreement to manufacture Winchester rifles? What are the terms of this contract or agreement? -- Are you aware of your obligation as a manufacturer of United States Munitions List items under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)? ACTION POST OTTAWA (To The Gun Room) -- How long has The Gun Room been in the business of importing and selling defense articles? -- What services and products are sold by your company? Who are your regular customers and where do they reside? -- Can you confirm that your company received the defense articles listed below? -- Are you familiar with the restrictions against the unauthorized re-export of US-origin defense articles? In its reply, Posts may also comment on any other information pertinent to these transactions such as security of facilities and concerns about the entities involved. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050097822 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 14 Winchester Wildcat Rifles, .22 Caliber 8 Winchester Centerfire Rifles, Model 70, Various Caliber STATE 00110204 002 OF 002 License Value: USD $8,885 SELLER: BWA Inc One Browning Place Morgan, UT 84050 636-287-6800 MANUFACTURERS OF COMMODITY Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavoid 300002 Tula Sovetskaja, Russia Miroku Firearms MFG 537-1 Shinohara Nangoku City Kochi Pref, Japan FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Browning Canada Sports Ltd 5583 Chemin St Francois St Laurent Quebec, Canada FOREIGN END-USER: The Gun Room 631 Colby Drive Waterloo, Canada Tel: 519-746-8139 PURPOSE: To be shipped directly to Browning Canada and then forwarded to their dealers for commercial resale in Canada. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts upon request): Purchase Order No. 6528531 from The Gun Room dated 01/10/2008 signed by Frank Hiemstra Import Certificate No. US0809850 dated 01/23/2008 DSP-83 signed by Shirley Harvey (BWA Inc) dated 04/03/2008, Frank Hiemstra (The Gun Room) dated 01/10/2008, and C. Lecompte (Browning Canada) dated 01/30/2008 ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in the subject line. POC is Kyle M. Ballard, Phone: 202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; SIPRNET: BallardKM@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's E-Book Collection on the DOS Intranet: http://virtuallibrary.state.gov/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%2520 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this matter. RICE