EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: STATE DESIGNING

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000307 AMEMBASSY KYIV FOR FCS SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/D.MUSLU/L.HINES USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: STATE DESIGNING TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CIVIL AVIATION, KIEV, UKRAINE, LICENSE NO. NLR REFTEL: USDOC 06973 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, State Design Technological and Scientific Research Institute of Civil Aviation, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of twenty (20) monolithic dual variable, amplitude transceivers. ECCN 7A994. Controlled for anti-terrorism reasons. The exporter is Milky Way Technologies, 105H Windy Falls Way, Cockeysville, MD 21030. ¶3. On January 29, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Yuriy Prikhodko conducted the first of two interviews for requested post-shipment verification with State Design Technological and Scientific Research institute of Civil Aviation in the offices of the Foreign Commercial Service in Kiev, Ukraine. The export control team met with Yuriy Filippov, Assistant Director. ¶4. Yuriy Filippov, Assistant Director, advised the export control team that the State Design Technological and Scientific Research Institute of Civil Aviation (SDTSRICA) is a government of Ukraine owned airport design company. Filippov stated that they are part of the Ministry of Transportation and that most, if not all airport design work in Ukraine is done by their company. Filippov stated that they are licensed under the Ministry of Civil Construction to do design work in any of the former Soviet Union States. Filippov stated that they have 84 employees on the payroll and sometimes employ up to 100 depending on contract work. Filippov indicated that they have a laboratory that conducts geological soil surveys and ground density testing for airport development and construction. ¶5. In reference to the commodity in reftel, Filippov indicated that SDTSRICA has not received nor ever placed an order for twenty (20) monolithic dual variable, amplitude transceivers. Filippov stated that his company has no need nor does it use any such transceivers. Filippov stated that he has never heard of the exporter Milky Way Technologies, and jokingly made reference to the candy bar. Filippov also stated that he contacted Ukrainian customs and the State Security Services and asked if such a company imported the subject commodity into Ukraine during the time period in question and was told no company imported anything under that name. Filippov also stated that SDTSRICA has never done any contract work with National Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev, Ukraine, the stated end-user in reftel. ¶6. The export control team asked Filippov if SDTSRICA had done any consultations with or airport design work for the government of Iran to which Filippov answered no. ¶7. On January 30, 2009, the export control team met with Viktor Boiko, Director of SDTSRICA, at the SAS Radisson Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine. Boiko advised the export control team that SDTSRICA has not purchased transceivers from Milky Way Technology on Maryland, USA. Boiko stated that he does not know, and has never heard the name Hamid Heidari, a/k/a David Haidari, the POC for Milky Way Technology. Boika was shown a copy of the HOLT I.C., Inc, Customer Certification of End Use and Export Compliance form, dated February 20, 2008, which contains the printed name of Victor Boyko (different spelling) in the signature block, as the end user of the reftel commodity. Boiko advised the export control team that he never saw the document and that it is not his signature. Boiko indicated that spelling of his last name on the document is the same as that on his passport. ¶8. Boiko also advised the export control team that SDTSRICA has no use for the reftel commodity, has never done any work with the University in reftel and has never done any work with the government of Iran. ¶9. Boiko could not explain to the export control team how his name, his company name, and contact information was obtained by Hamid Heidari, dba Milky Way Technologies. Nor could Boiko explain how Heidari would have the spelling of his last name as indicated only on his passport. ¶10. Recommendations: Post does not/not recommend State Design Technological and Scientific Research Institute of Civil Aviation, Kiev, Ukraine as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE