BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 017025 SIPDIS DAKAR FOR WALLACE BAIN ECON TEL AVIV FOR MICHAEL D. PEARLSTEIN POL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC IS SG SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 994633 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 Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment inquiry on License 994633 for the export of defense hardware to Senegal. Posts are requested to complete this Blue Lantern inquiry within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern inquiry will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Unfamiliar Foreign Intermediate Consignee; confirm bona fides of the transaction. ¶4. Action Tel Aviv: Department requests that Post make appropriate inquiries to establish the bona fides of Foreign Intermediate Consignee A.D. Consultants, Ltd. as a reliable recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. Conduct a site visit to the company in order to assess its business operations and on-site security. If a site visit is not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC case officer. The following questions provide suggested guidance: -- Does A.D. Consultants have proper supporting documentation, including a purchase order from Armee de l'Air du Senegal for the transaction? -- Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? -- When was the company established and who are its principals? -- What is the nature of its business -- what types of items does it handle; does it serve as a broker? -- What types of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? -- Does the company understand the restrictions on USML items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? Action Dakar: Department requests that Post make appropriate inquiries to verify that Armee de l'Air du Senegal received the USML items listed on the license for the stated purpose. End Action Request. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 994633 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 3 AN/ARC-182(V) Radio sets One each of the following: RT-1250A/ARC Receiver Transmitter MT-4935/ARC Mounting Base C-12109/ARC Remote Control (NVIS Green) Sensor Systems S65-8282-34 Antenna (New) Set of Electrical Connectors (New) License Value: USD $112,500.00. SELLER: Paul Keys, President Columbia Electronics International, Inc. 3720 Groves Place P.O. Box 960 Somis, CA 93066 Tel: (805)386-2312 Fax: (805)385-2314 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: Max Abitbul, Manager Aviation Department A.D. Consultants, Ltd. 7 Golda Meir Street Science Park 53 Harusim Migdal Hakanioter Nes-Ziona 74036 Israel Tel: 972 8 931 3600 Fax: 972 8 940 4317 Email: adcon@adcon.co.il FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Armee de l'Air du Senegal B.P. 8014 Dakar Senegal END-USER: Becaya Diop Republic du Senegal Ministere des Forces Armee A L'Adjudant Chef Moussa Fall Armee de l'Air du Senegal B.P. 8014 Dakar Senegal PURPOSE: To be installed in two MI-17 helicopters. One radio set per aircraft will be used as a spare. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts upon request): -- Nontransfer and Use Certificate (DSP-83) dated 21 February 2006 -- Purchase Order No. 02/06 from A.D. Consultants dated 20 February 2006 -- Proforma Invoice No. 9451 from Columbia Electronics International, Inc. 13 February 2006 ¶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 Rachael-Therese S. Joubert-Lin, Phone: 202-663-2950; Email: JoubertLinRS@state.gov; SIPRNET: JoubertLinRS@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 Posts' assistance in this matter. CLINTON