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

UNCLAS STATE 094882 SIPDIS NEW DELHI FOR JONATHAN FISCHER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC IN SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05120964 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 050120964 for the export of radiation hardened power converters and associated technical data to India. 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: Lack of documentation from foreign end-user Research Centre Inmarat and unfamiliar foreign consignee JD Technologies. JD Technologies has not appeared on any previous license applications, nor have the bona fides of the company been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION: Department requests that Embassy make appropriate inquiries to verify the bona fides of foreign consignee JD Technologies, and to confirm the legitimacy of this proposed transaction. PM/DTCC also requests that post conducts a site visit to the company in order to provide Department with an assessment of its business operations and on-site security. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears to be a reliable recipient of USML items. If a site visit is not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC officer. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --Does the company have supporting documentation for this proposed transaction? --What role will JD Technologies and Intraco Technology Pte Ltd play in the proposed transaction? Will JD Technologies and Intraco Technology be handling or storing the items listed on the application? If so, do they have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling these sensitive USML items? --What is the exact end-use for this USML item? Will JD Technologies retain positive control over the radiation hardened power converters and associated technical data at all times? --When was the company established and who are its principals? --What is the nature of its business -- what type of items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? END ACTION ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050120964 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 40 Hybrid-High Reliability DC/DC Converter Custom P/N 10217*B 1 Associated Technical Data License Value: USD 36,500.00 SELLER: International Rectifier Corporation 233 Kansas Street El Segundo, CA 90245 POC is Alex Garcia, Tel. 310-252-7995 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: JD Technologies No. 3-1-74/37/A Ramshankar Nagar Ramanthapur Hyderbad-500013, Andhra Pradesh India POC is Director N.N. Rao, Tel. 91 40 2703 0300 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE Intraco Technology Pte Ltd 750E Chai Chee Road #05-01 Technopark@Chai Chee Singapore 469005 Singapore POC is Wilson sng, Tel. 65 6446 0012 FOREIGN END-USER: Research Centre Inmarat Vignayanakancha PO Hyderabad-500069 Andhra Pradesh India PURPOSE: The radiation hardened power converters and associated technical data will be incorporated into the power supply of vehicle positioning sensors installed on heavy earth moving machinery (military tank). ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. POIR-00003708 submitted by Intraco Technology Pte Ltd Limited on 15 August 2008, signed by Wilson sng. --End Use Statement submitted by JD Technologies on 21 May 2008, signed by Director N.N. Rao. --ITAR Parts Control and Accountability Plan submitted by JD Technologies on 13 August 2008, signed by Director N.N. Rao. ¶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 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 ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. RICE