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

UNCLAS STATE 063350 SIPDIS SINGAPORE FOR ELIZABETH CROSSON AND ABU DHABI FOR OLIVER B. JOHN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC SN AE SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050072150 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 Embassies, assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050072150 for the export of CH-47D helicopter spare component parts to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Embassies 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: unfamiliar foreign intermediate consignee, AJ Aero Support Pte., Ltd. (in Singapore). ¶4. ACTION Singapore: Department requests that Embassy conduct a site visit to AJ Aero Support Pte., Ltd. (AJ Aero) in order to verify its bona fides. Embassy should assess AJ Aero,s reliability as a recipient of USML articles, and assess its operations and on-site security. Emphasize that the unauthorized re-export and retransfer of USML items is strictly prohibited. Post should ask AJ Aero to provide documentation establishing its order for the items in question and to show that the UAE MOD is the final end user. END ACTION SINGAPORE. ACTION Abu Dhabi: Embassy is requested to make inquiries with appropriate host government officials to determine if the UAE Armed Forces Logistics Staff has received the CH-47D helicopter spare component parts from The Parragon Group and that the articles are being used for the purpose stated on the license. Export data indicates that items worth $2,954 shipped from the United States on December 8, 2007 and the remainder of the license balance ($23,834) shipped from the U.S. on March 14, 2008. Post is requested to contact the UAE MOD to verify receipt of this order. UAE POC is Staff Colonel (Deputy Director, General Purchasing) Yahya Yousuf Abdulla Al Baloushi, Tel. No. 971-2-4414999, Purchase Order No. DP3/5/27/1/2007/92/F/A and DP3/5/27/1/2007/92/F/B signed on September 7, 2008. END ACTION ABU DHABI ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050072150 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 2 P/N 114S6003-21 Extension Cargo Ramp 2 P/N 114E5119-2 CH47-D Sling License Value: USD 26,788 SELLER: The Parragon Group 6780 East Bay Blvd. Navarre, FL 32566 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: M/S Griffin Establishment Mina Zayed Free Zone, Plot No. 155 Abu Dhabi AE FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE AJ Aero Support Pte., Ltd. 489A Tampines Street 45 #08-153 Singapore SN FOREIGN END-USER: United Arab Emirates Logistics Staff G.H.Q. Armed Forces DTE, General Purchasing Abu Dhabi AE PURPOSE: The Ramp Extension will be used to facilitate loading of vehicles and cargo onto the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Sling, Aircraft Maintenance will be used to remove and reinstall heavy components on the helicopter. ¶6. 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 ¶7. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. RICE