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

UNCLAS STATE 134873 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 050120650 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 post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on application 050120650 for the export of infrared viewer component parts to Japan. Post 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: Unfamiliar foreign end-user, Laser Measurement Corporation. The company has appeared on previous licenses but the bona fides of the company have not been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION TOKYO: Embassy is requested to make appropriate inquiries to verify the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign end-user, Laser Measurement Corporation. PM/DTCC also requests that post conducts a site visit to the company in order to provide Department with an assessment of its business operations and on-site security. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears to be a reliable recipient of USML items. If a site visit is not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC officer. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --Does the company have supporting documentation for this proposed transaction? --Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? --Will Laser Measurement Corporation retain positive control over the infrared component parts at all times? --When was the company established and who are its principals? --What is the nature of its business -- what type of items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? END ACTION ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050120650 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 GFP1400s Grey Field Polariscope License Value: USD 23,500.00 SELLER: Stress Photonics, Inc. 3002 Progress Rd. Madison, WI 53716 POC is Bradley R. Boyce, Tel. 608-224-1230 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Laser Measurement Corporation Neo Ogikubo Bldg 1F 5-22-1 Ogikubo, Suginami Tokyo Japan POC is Managing Director, Hiroo Sugihara, Tel. 81-3-5347-1471 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Narita Airport Branch 154-4 Furrugome, Aza Komae Narita Chiba Japan No POC provided FOREIGN END-USER: Laser Measurement Corporation Neo Ogikubo Bldg 1F 5-22-1 Ogikubo, Suginami Tokyo Japan POC is Managing Director, Hiroo Sugihara, Tel. 81-3-5347-1471 PURPOSE: Sales promotion/demonstration equipment for quality inspection of silicon wafers and silicon solar cells. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate submitted by Laser Measurement Corporation, signed by Managing Director, Hiroo Sugihara on 22 April 2008. --Purchase Order (no designation) submitted by Laser Measurement Corporation, signed by Managing Director, Hiroo Sugihara on 8 April 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