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

UNCLAS STATE 020184 SIPDIS ANKARA FOR ROB LEE POL-MIL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC TU SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050111816 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 Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end use check on License 050111816 for the export of defense hardware to Turkey. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern 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: To confirm bona fides of this transaction. ¶4. Action Request: Department requests that Post make inquiries to verify the bona fides of foreign consignee Empa Electronics San.Ve Ticaret A.S. and confirm that the Government of Turkey, Ministry of Defense received the listed United States Munitions List (USML) items for the purpose stated on the license. The following questions provide suggested guidance: -- Does Empa Electronics have proper supporting documentation, including a purchase order from the Ministry of Defense 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? End Action Request. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050111816 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 20 Military Electrical Connectors License Value: USD $13,450 SELLER: Amphenol Corporation Attn: Edward Ziobro 358 Hall Aveune Wallingford, CT 06492 (607)563-5768 FOREIGN CONSIGNEES: Mikes (Microwave Electronics Systems, Inc.) Cankiri Yolu 5.KM, Akyurt Ankara Turkey Empa Electronics San. Ve Ticaret A.S Serbest Bolge Subesi, Ablok No:73 Bakirkoy Istanbul Turkey FOREIGN END-USER: Turkish Ministry of Defense Turkish Air Force Hava Kuvvetleri Komuntanligi Kararg Bakaliklar Ankara Turkey PURPOSE: For assembly into the AN/ALQ-178(V)3 systems for use in the AN/ALQ-178(V)5 radar and jamming system for the F-16 Aircraft for end use by the Turkish MOD, Turkish Air Force. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application was the following document (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): -- Empa Electronics Letter of Intent dated 7 February ¶2008. ¶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 /ebooks/BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON