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

UNCLAS STATE 120156 SIPDIS TOKYO FOR CHARLOTTE CROUCH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC JA SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050110498 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 Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050110498 for the export of accelerometers to Japan. Embassy is 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: Sensitive Commodity ¶4. ACTION: Embassy is requested to make inquiries with appropriate host government officials to determine if the Japan MOD has received the accelerometers and that the articles are being used for the purpose stated on the license. Export data indicates that items worth $29,400 shipped from the United States on August 4, 2008. Post is requested to exercise its contacts within the Japan MOD to verify this order. END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050110498 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 20 Model QA-700 Accelerometer Honeywell Part No. 979-0704-001 IAI Part No. 1321.1080.00.00 License Value: USD 29,400.00 SELLER: Honeywell International, Inc. 15001 NE 36th St. Redmond, WA 98052 POC is L. Kolodziejczyk, Ref. 08DS0305, Tel. 763-954-2921 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. - Tamam MBT/TMM Systems Industrial Zone Yehud Israel POC is Dalia Nizri, Tel. 972-3-5315259 Hitachi Ltd. 6-6 Marunouchi 1-Chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan POC is General Manager Purchasing Dept., Makoto Ishihara, No Tel. provided Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 16-5 Konan 2-Chome Minato-ku Tokyo Japan No POC cited on the authorization request Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works 1200, Higashi-Tanaka Komaki, Aichi Prefecture Japan POC is Domestic Materials Purchasing Manager, Hisatoshi Ogawa, No Tel. provided FOREIGN END-USER: Ministry of Defense Japan 5-1 Motomura-Cho Ichigaya, Shinjiku-ku and all subordinate locations Tokyo Japan POC is Chief of Contract Section, Procurement Division 4th Depot, JASDF, Yoshiyuki Uesugi, No Tel. provided PURPOSE: Parts will be used in the North Finding System (NFS) for the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) upgrade program in Japan. Patriot has a range of 15km, weight of 312kg and a hit-to-kill warhead with lethality enhancer of 73kg high-explosive blast/fragmentation with proximity fuse. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. F00037643 submitted by Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd., signed by Yosef Lintzer on 05 February 2008. --DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate submitted by Chief of Contract Section, Procurement Division 4th Depot, JASDF, Yoshiyuki Uesugi signed on 26 March 2008; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Domestic Materials Purchasing Manager, Hisatoshi Ogawa signed on 11 March 2008; Hitachi, Ltd., General Manager Purchasing Dept., Makoto Ishihara signed on 10 March 2008; and Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd., Director - Procurement and Logistics signed on 16 January ¶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. PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request. POC is Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@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://buncheelectroniclibrary.state.gov/eboo ks/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. RICE