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

UNCLAS STATE 050430 SIPDIS RABAT FOR STUART SMITH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC MO SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050096158 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 pre-license check on application 05-050096158 for the export of defense hardware and technical data to Morocco. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern inquiry within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern inquiry will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: To verify the bona fides of the transaction. Licensing Officer noted inconsistencies in the Nontransfer and Use Certificates (DSP-83) that were submitted with the application. ¶4. Action Rabat: Post should make appropriate inquiries to verify the bona fides of foreign intermediate consignee Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) in the listed transaction, and confirm that the Moroccan Ministry of Defense, Army Signal Corps ordered the exact type and quantity of United States Munitions List (USML) items listed on the application. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: For the Moroccan Ministry of Defense, Army Signal Corps: --Are you familiar with TCSM? --Did you order from TCSM the exact type and quantity of items listed on this application? -- If Moroccan Ministry of Defense, Army Signal Corps or Direction of Reception and Transit signed and dated a U.S. Department of State Nontransfer and Use Certificate, please provide a copy of that document which verifies the quantity and value of the defense articles ordered. --Is TCSM an official supplier/contractor for the Moroccan Ministry of Defense? Does the Moroccan Ministry of Defense have any other contracts with TCSM? For TCSM: Department requests that Post conduct a site visit to TCSM 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. --Does the company have proper supporting documentation, including purchase orders and End use certificates from the Moroccan MOD, for this proposed transaction? --Will the company be handling or storing the items listed on the application? If so, does it have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling these sensitive USML items? --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 understand the restrictions on USML items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? End Action Request. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 05-050096158 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 12 Advanced Radar Surveillance System (ARSS-1) hardware and associated components consisting of Transmitter Receiver Antenna Unit P/N 366-1020 12 Drive Unit P/N 366-1500 12 Rugged Tripod Assembly P/N 337-1600 12 Signal Cable P/N 373-1023 12 ARSS Portable Interface P/N 337-1500 - consists of 1 Rugged Portable Computer Model CF-74 or GTEC A-790; 1 RS-422 CCA; 1 Radar Interface Box; Operational Software 12 Transport Case P/N 377-1030 12 Operator and Basic Maintenance Manual P/N TM 115909 1 Warranty parts, spares, components and associated items including cables and connector kits, tools License Value: USD $2,415,600. SELLER: Griffon Corp./Telephonics Corp. 815 Broad Hollow Road Farmingdale, NY 11735 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM),SARL 1928 Massira 1 Temara Rabat MO Telephonics Sales Representative FOREIGN CONSIGNEES: Moroccan Ministry of Defense Direction of Reception and Transit National Defense Administration Procurement and Financial Affairs Department Procurement Division Foreign Purchasing Unit BP P.O. Box 16241 Casablanca MO Tel: 022 22 11 50 Fax: (212-22) 22 14 40 END-USER: Kingdom of Morocco Moroccan Ministry of Defense Inspection des Transmissions de Royale Army Forces Army Signal Corps Boulevard Hassan II Rabat MO Fax: (212-37) 76 39 04 PURPOSE: For end use by Moroccan Ministry of Defense Royale Army Forces for border surveillance and desert security against terrorists and illegal aliens. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application was the following document (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): -- Non Transfer and Use Certificate (DSP-83) U.S. Applicant dated 27 March 2008 and 03 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. POC is Rachael-Therese S. Joubert-Lin, Phone: 202-663-2950; Email: JoubertLinRS@state.gov; SIPRNET: JoubertLinRS@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