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