BLUE LANTERN: RESULT OF VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED

UNCLAS JAKARTA 001884 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP/IET, PM/DTCC/BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR - RACHAEL-THERESE ¶S. JOUBERT-LIN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KOMC ETTC ECON ID SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN: RESULT OF VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER RIZWAN HALIM - CASE NO K-0588 REF: A. 09 STATE 99624 ¶B. SECTION 38(B) (1) (A) (II) OF THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ¶C. ACT (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2778) ¶1. Summary: We visited PT Transavia Utama - an Indonesian entity in the aerospace, telecommunications, engineering and office system supplying business - on November 6, 2009 and met with President Director Rizwan Halim to verify the bona fides of the company requested in reftel. We found the company to be legitimate and noted that Mr. Halim is aware of the restrictions on United States Munition List (USML) items, particularly the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports. End summary. Background and Fact Finding -------------- ¶2. On the morning of Friday 06 November 2009, Econoff visited the offices of PT Transavia Utama (Transavia) located at Jalan Denpasar Raya Block D2, Kuningan, Jakarta 12940. Transavia was located in a large modern office building and their presence there was clearly marked. Transavia had a comprehensive and fully functioning website, www.transavia.co.id. In setting up the appointment, Econoff was easily able to contact Transavia and speak with an individual who clearly identified themselves as a representative of the company. Setting up a meeting date to visit the Transavia offices was transparent and easy. ¶3. Econoff spoke for approximately 30 minutes with the open and friendly Rizwan Halim, President Director of Transavia. Mr. Halim spoke excellent English and advised that he had graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara. During discussions with Mr. Halim Econoff learned that Transavia represented several US aerospace, telecommunications, engineering and office system companies in Indonesia. These companies included Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, ITT Defense Electronics Services, and L-3 Communications. Within Indonesia, Transavia's primary clients were the Indonesian Air Force, Navy, Police, and the Department of Transportation. Mr. Halim stated that he is also interested in promoting his business internationally and already has the Abu Dhabi Police Air Wing, Royal Brunei Air Force, and Brunei Shell Aviation as clients. Mr. Halim verified that he does not have any other international customers. ¶4. Transvia was established in 1977 and now has over 1,000 employees. Econoff confirmed that Transavia does not/not store USML items on behalf of its clients. In addition to Transavia, Mr. Rizwan acts as director for two other business entities that share Transavia's office space; Tranvira Air which primarily leases business jets to the petroleum companies within Indonesia, as well as Cakrawala Automotif Rabhasa, which is an Authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer in Jakarta. ¶5. Econoff is unaware of any derogatory background information on Transavia. Econoff highlighted to Mr. Hamlin the important position that he occupied as a named and authorized representative of USML products and urged him to always comply with regulations which regulated businesses such as his, and primarily with regards to end user documentation. Mr. Halim stated that he understood the importance of this issue and that he was never to re-transfer or re-export and piece of equipment not strictly authorized for this purpose. OSIUS