Identifier
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09MOSCOW837
2009-04-02 09:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:  

EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,

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DE RUEHMO #0837 0920928
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 020928Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2681
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS MOSCOW 000837 

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER
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: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
LICENSE NO. D411583

REFTEL: USDOC 0602

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000837

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER
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: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
LICENSE NO. D411583

REFTEL: USDOC 0602


1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act.


2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy
and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of
Applied Mechanics named after Academician V.I. Kuznetsov),Moscow,
Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application D411583 as
the ultimate consignee of forty (40) radiation hardened MOSFETs.
These items are controlled for national security and anti-terrorism
reasons under ECCN 9A004. The licensee is International Rectifier
Corp., 233 Kansas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245.


3. On March 18, 2009, LES Natalya Shipitsina spoke with Gennady
Afonin, Head of Purchasing and the NII PM point of contact for the
reftel commodity. LES Shipitsina advised Afonin that the Moscow
export control team would like to conduct a pre-license check with
NII PM regarding its intended purchase of forty (40) radiation
hardened MOSFETs from the U.S. company International Rectifier
Corporation. Afonin stated that he would need to talk with the
Director of NII PM before scheduling the meeting.


4. On March 25, 2009 the Moscow export control team received a
facsimile from Mr. Krekhtupov, First Deputy General Director of NII
PM, stating that NII PM would not meet with the Moscow export
control team and that NII PM no longer wishes to purchase the reftel
commodity. The facsimile also directed the export control team to
the NII PM web site if more information is needed about NII PM.


5. NII PM was the subject of a previous unfavorable PLC on December
12, 2008. See Moscow 3588.


6. Recommendations: Post does not/not recommend NII PM, Moscow,
Russia, as reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities.

(FCS MOSCOW/ JMARKS/PLISTON)
BEYRLE