Identifier
Created
Classification
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09AITTAIPEI834
2009-07-09 10:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Cable title:
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
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UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000834
STATE FOR EAP/TC, PM/DTCC AND ISN/MTR
STATE PASS TO AIT/W
PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR RACHAEL-THERESE JOUBERT-LIN
SIPDIS
FROM AIT KAOHSIUNG BRANCH OFFICE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE NO.050096839
REF: STATE 054489
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000834
STATE FOR EAP/TC, PM/DTCC AND ISN/MTR
STATE PASS TO AIT/W
PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR RACHAEL-THERESE JOUBERT-LIN
SIPDIS
FROM AIT KAOHSIUNG BRANCH OFFICE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE NO.050096839
REF: STATE 054489
1. (SBU) Per reftel request, the AIT Kaohsiung branch office
(AIT/K) Deputy Principal Officer and Economic Section Assistant
visited Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Co. Ltd in Pingtung City,
Taiwan and interviewed the company's Manager, Jason Lee. AIT/K also
conducted telephone interviews with Commander Tang Chen-gung, the
officer in charge of procurement for the First Air Logistics Center
of the Taiwan Air Force.
2. (SBU) Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Manager Jason Lee told
AIT/K that, on August 24, 2007, Taiwan Ministry of National Defense
Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)selected his
company as contractor to order two Cathode Ray Tubes. He found an
American supplier, Thomas Electronics, from his research on the
internet. He received his order from Thomas Electronics on May 26,
2008.
3. (SBU) Lee told us that his main customer for the past seven
years has been the Taiwan military. He claimed he does not do
business outside of Taiwan, nor does he operate offices overseas.
Lee said he signed an agreement not to transfer this equipment to a
third party and claimed he was familiar with U.S. restrictions on
the procurement of USML items.
4. (SBU) Gon Cheng's office is on the bottom floor of a three-floor
building; the two floors above his office are used as residential
space. The office appears to be secure and is equipped with a
security alarm.
5. (SBU) AIT/K also did a phone interview with the end user,
Commander Tang Chen-gung of the First Air Logistics Center of the
Taiwan Air Force. Tang confirmed that his institute procured the
two Cathode Ray Tubes, and that and Gon Cheng installed the tubes in
an OS208/UPM-137 oscilloscope used for radar testing. Tang also
confirmed that Gon Cheng is a reliable supplier and contractor for
Taiwan's Air Force.
Wang
STATE FOR EAP/TC, PM/DTCC AND ISN/MTR
STATE PASS TO AIT/W
PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR RACHAEL-THERESE JOUBERT-LIN
SIPDIS
FROM AIT KAOHSIUNG BRANCH OFFICE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE NO.050096839
REF: STATE 054489
1. (SBU) Per reftel request, the AIT Kaohsiung branch office
(AIT/K) Deputy Principal Officer and Economic Section Assistant
visited Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Co. Ltd in Pingtung City,
Taiwan and interviewed the company's Manager, Jason Lee. AIT/K also
conducted telephone interviews with Commander Tang Chen-gung, the
officer in charge of procurement for the First Air Logistics Center
of the Taiwan Air Force.
2. (SBU) Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Manager Jason Lee told
AIT/K that, on August 24, 2007, Taiwan Ministry of National Defense
Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)selected his
company as contractor to order two Cathode Ray Tubes. He found an
American supplier, Thomas Electronics, from his research on the
internet. He received his order from Thomas Electronics on May 26,
2008.
3. (SBU) Lee told us that his main customer for the past seven
years has been the Taiwan military. He claimed he does not do
business outside of Taiwan, nor does he operate offices overseas.
Lee said he signed an agreement not to transfer this equipment to a
third party and claimed he was familiar with U.S. restrictions on
the procurement of USML items.
4. (SBU) Gon Cheng's office is on the bottom floor of a three-floor
building; the two floors above his office are used as residential
space. The office appears to be secure and is equipped with a
security alarm.
5. (SBU) AIT/K also did a phone interview with the end user,
Commander Tang Chen-gung of the First Air Logistics Center of the
Taiwan Air Force. Tang confirmed that his institute procured the
two Cathode Ray Tubes, and that and Gon Cheng installed the tubes in
an OS208/UPM-137 oscilloscope used for radar testing. Tang also
confirmed that Gon Cheng is a reliable supplier and contractor for
Taiwan's Air Force.
Wang