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

UNCLAS STATE 084504 SIPDIS TOKYO FOR CHARLIE CROUCH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC JA SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050113111 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 050113111 for the export of a pressure switch for the P-X patrol aircraft to Japan. 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 licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Questions about whether platform in question, P-X patrol aircraft, is presently active in the inventory of the Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMOD). Also, unfamiliar foreign consignee, Global Gate, Inc. ¶4. ACTION: Embassy is requested to make appropriate inquiries to confirm that the JMOD ordered the pressure switch listed below and to determine whether the P-X patrol aircraft is now in active service and beyond the development stage. Moreover, open sources indicate that Kawasaki is the developer of the P-X aircraft. Will Kawasaki play any role in this proposed transaction? Department also requests that Embassy contact Global Gate in order to provide assessment of its business operations, on-site security, and general reliability as a recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. Can Global Gate provide documentation establishing the JMOD as the end user of the defense articles in question? POC at Global Gate may be reached at TEL: 81-3-5574-0911, reference Purchase Order # 0345 dated July 11, 2008. END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050113111 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 1203P0182 Pressure Switch 530K06112-801 License Value: USD 3,416.00 SELLER: Global Gate US Inc 19001 Harborgate Way, #104 Torrance, CA 90501 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 10 Oye-Cho, Minato-Ku, Nagoya-Shi Aichi, Japan FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: Global Gate, Inc Entsuji Gadelius Bldg 2-39 Akasaka, 5-chome Minato-ku Tokyo, Japani FOREIGN END-USER: Ministry of Defense Japan 5-1, Ichigayahonmuracho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, Japan PURPOSE: To be installed and used for pressure line of the hydraulic system of P-X patrol aircraft ¶6. 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 Tim Watkins, Phone: 202-663-2814; Email: WatkinsTR@state.gov; SIPRNET: WatkinsTR@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