BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 036936 SIPDIS SIPDIS SINGAPORE FOR ELIZABETH CROSSON ECON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC SN SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050090811 REF: BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 2006 ¶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 pre-license check on application 050090811 for the export of an emission microscopy camera to Singapore. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future applications involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: unfamiliar end-user. Foreign end-user Semicaps Pte. Ltd. has appeared on only one previous license application, and its bona fides have never been verified by a Blue Lantern check. Post should make appropriate inquiries to verify the bona fides of Semicaps Pte. Ltd. and confirm the legitimacy of the proposed transaction. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --When was the company established and who are its principals? --What is the nature of its business -- what types of items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? --What types of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling these sensitive USML items? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? ¶4. Department requests that post conduct a site visit to the company in order to provide Department with an assessment of its business operations and on-site security. If a site visit is not possible, please inform PM/DTCC case officer. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears to be a reliable recipient of USML items. End action. ¶5. For background, the following details of the license in question are provided: DTC Case: 050090811 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 SU640EMC-1.7LT/CLINK Emission Microscopy Camera License Value: USD 100,000.00 SELLER: Goodrich Corporation Sensors Unlimited 3490 US Rt. 1 Bldg. 12 Princeton, NJ 08540 Company contact: Sheryl Rubin, tel. 609-524-0255, e-mail: sheryl.rubin@goodrich.com FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Semicaps Pte. Ltd. 28 Ayer Rajah Crescent #03-01 139359 Singapore Singapore Tel.: 65 6779 3735 Fax: 65 6779 3746 Website: www. semicaps.com FOREIGN END-USER: Same as foreign consignee PURPOSE: The Emission Microscopy Camera (P/N 8000-0321) is an OEM electronic camera for integration into a semiconductor integrated circuit system manufactured by Semicaps Ltd. The function of the camera is to acquire images of microscopic areas of an integrated circuit device under test utilizing the near-infrared optical emission from the device and the optical microscope which forms a part of the test system into which the camera is integrated. The camera incorporates a "VGA" resolution image sensor (640 x 512 pixels) sensitive to light wavelengths between 0.9 and 1.6 microns. The camera is similar in form, fit, and function to the Hamamatsu C8250 or the IRLabs IREM-II cameras. Additional details can be found in the accompanying end use letter. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Nontransfer and Use Certificate (Form DSP-83),signed by Choon-Meng, Chua, Director, Semicaps Pte. Ltd., dated 02-13-2008 --Cover letter from Semicaps explaining proposed transaction, signed by Choon-Meng Chua, Chief Executive Officer, dated 11 February 2008 --Purchase order no. POR004692 from Semicaps to Goodrich Corporation, signed by (illegible),dated 09/11/2007 --Cover letter from Goodrich explaining proposed transaction, signed by Sheryl Rubin, dated February 25, 2008 --Product brochure and technical drawings and specifications ¶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 Judd Stitziel, PM/DTCC, Phone: 202-663-3455; email: StitzielJD@state.gov; SIPRNET: StitzielJD@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's Electronic Library 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