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

UNCLAS STATE 081085 SIPDIS BOGOTA FOR ARI NATHAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC CO SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050034620 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 license 050034620 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Colombia. 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: Due to the sensitivity of the equipment and the potential for their diversion or misuse, the Department of State and the Department of Defense have policies of carefully scrutinizing NVD export licenses and taking steps to ensure proper end-use. Provisos attached to these licenses obligate the end-user to secure the NVDs from loss, theft, or unauthorized access, and to perform routine inventory checks by serial number. These records are to be made available for review upon US Government request. Post is requested to make appropriate inquiries to confirm continued possession by the Colombian Air Force of the NVDs, to determine the serial numbers of the NVDs, and to verify that all NVDs are secure and being used only for the purpose stated on the license. Department requests that post conduct a site visit, if possible, in order to gather and verify this information. If a site visit is not possible, please obtain official written confirmation of receipt and possession and inform PM/DTCC case officer. ¶4. For background, the following details of the license in question are provided: DTC Case: 050034620 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 29 M914A Night Vision Monocular, Gen III AN/PVS 14A with standard accessories, FOM not to exceed 1250 License Value: USD 124,120.00 COMMENT: According to U.S. Customs data, all 29 NVDs were exported to Colombia on 13 July 2007. END COMMENT SELLER: Nightline, Inc. 10705 SW 104 St Miami, FL 33176 Company contact: Cris Bartolomeo, tel.: 423-727-5900 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Deposito Habilitado Fuerza Aerea Dicex Bogota, DC Colombia FOREIGN END-USER: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional Fuerza Aerea Colombiana Bogota Colombia PURPOSE: Will be used exclusively by the Colombian Air Force for counter narcotics operations, border patrol and anti-terrorist operations. ¶5. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Contract No. 057 PA-ACOFA-2006 between the Colombian Air Force and Nightline, Inc., signed by Coronel Juan Guillermo Garcia Serna, Purchasing Agency Director, C.A.F., dated 29 December 2006 --End User Certification Form from the Colombian Air Force, contract/purchase order No. 057 PA-ACOFA-2006, signed by General Fernando Soler Torres, Segundo Comandante y Jefe de Estado Mayor, FAC Colombia, undated --Nontransfer and Use Certificate (Form DSP-83),signed by General Fernando Soler Torres, Segundo Comandante y Jefe de Estado Mayor, FAC Colombia, dated 2 December 2007; and by Brigadier General Gustavo Adolfo Ocampo Nahar, Jefe de Seguridad y Defensa de Bases Areas FAC, dated 2 December 2007 -- Product brochure, including technical drawings and Specifications ¶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