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

UNCLAS STATE 062732 SIPDIS ABU DHABI FOR SUSANNAH COOPER AND MUSCAT FOR NICOLE MARTIN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC TC MU SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050124895 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 Embassies' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050124895 for the export of M-60 tank machine gun component parts to Oman. Embassies are requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: verify receipt and end-use by the Omani MoD. Foreign consignee, Westfield International submitted a purchase order for said commodities but does not appear on the license. The company has not appeared on previous authorization requests nor have the company's bona fides been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION ABU DHABI: Post is requested to make inquiries with appropriate host government officials to establish the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign consignee, Westfield International. PM/DTCC also requests that post conducts a site visit to Westfield International in order to provide Department with an assessment of its business operations and on-site security. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears to be a reliable recipient of USML items. If a site visit is not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC officer. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --Does the company have supporting documentation for this proposed transaction? --Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? --What is the exact end-use for this USML item? --What is the nature of the company and when was it established? Who are its principals? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfer and re-export? END ACTION ¶5. ACTION MUSCAT: Post is requested to make inquiries with appropriate officials to determine if the Ministry of Defense Royal Army of Oman Od Shafa'a ordered the M-60 tank machine gun component parts from Westfield International and if so, verify the amount, and that the items will only be used for the purpose stated on the license. END ACTION ¶6. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050124895 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 10 Block Bolt NSN: 1005-00-857-0022 P/N: 7791383 used on M-60 tank, M-85 gun License Value: USD 32,250.00 SELLER: Aeros, Inc. 13220 Pleasant Glen Ct. Herndon, VA 20171 POC is Govind Jawalkar, Tel. 703-860-9575 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Ministry of Defense Royal Army of Oman Od Shafa'a P.O. Box 113 Muscat Oman POC is Director of Purchasing Ministry of Defense, Abid Arafah Khamis Al-Astanbuli, No Tel. provided Westfield International (NOT CITED ON THE LICENSE) P.O. Box 8767, SAIF Zone Sharjah U.A.E. POC signature is illegible, Tel. 971 6 557 2581 FOREIGN END-USER: Ministry of Defense Royal Army of Oman Od Shafa'a P.O. Box 113 Muscat Oman POC is Director of Purchasing Ministry of Defense, Abid Arafah Khamis Al-Astanbuli, No Tel. provided PURPOSE: Supply of spares for the M-60 tank machine gun M-85 ¶7. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. A3011VA4155 submitted by Westfield International, illegible signature, on 29 June 2008. --Non-Transfer Certificate No. 112/2008 submitted by the Omani MoD, signed by Director of Purchasing Ministry of Defense, Abid Arafah Khamis Al-Astanbuli on 16 July 2008. ¶8. 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 Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file on the DOS Intranet Intellipedia: http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Department of State%27s Blue Latern End-Use Monitoring Program or on SIPRNET: http://www.intelink. sgov.gov/wiki/Department of State%27s Blue Latern End-Use Monitoring Program ¶9. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON