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Created
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09STATE67100
2009-06-29 16:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
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UNCLAS STATE 067100
SIPDIS
ASUNCION FOR LUIS HERNANDEZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC PA
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE 050127979
UNCLAS STATE 067100
SIPDIS
ASUNCION FOR LUIS HERNANDEZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC PA
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE 050127979
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 check on license 050127979 for the export of
rifles to Paraguay. Post is 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: To establish the bona fides of this
end-user and confirm that the defense articles were sold to
customers in Paraguay.
4. Action Request: Post is requested to verify that the
firearms and components listed below were received by the
Camping 44 S.A. and were sold to customers in Paraguay only
(NOTE: This export license expired before the company could
export all the items listed on the license, so only 280
firearms and 40 minor components should have been exported).
Post is also requested to establish the bona fides of Camping
44 S.A. by making inquiries to representatives of the company
and appropriate local authorities. The following points are
included for guidance:
(To Camping 44 S.A.)
--When was your company established and who are its
principals?
--What products and services does your company provide? Who
are your regular customers and where do they reside?
--What are your annual sales of U.S.-origin firearms?
--How many of the firearms and components listed on this
license did you receive? What have you sold and what have
you retained? For what are these particular firearms
generally used in Paraguay? Please provide documentation
regarding the customers to whom these firearms were sold.
--Are you familiar with the regulations governing the import
of U.S.-origin defense articles, including restrictions on
re-transfer or re-export?
(To Local Authorities)
--Is Camping 44 S.A. properly authorized to import and sell
defense articles in Paraguay?
--Do you have any information on Camping 44 S.A. that would
question their reliability as a recipient of U.S. defense
articles?
In its reply, Post is encouraged to comment on any
information pertinent to this transaction such as security of
facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities involved.
5. Details of license applications:
DTC Case: 050127979
QUANTITY/COMMODITY:
285 P Series Pistols, Models P and KP, Calibers: 9mm, .40,
.45 (NOTE: Only 230 actually exported)
50 SR9 Series Pistols, Model SR, Caliber: 9mm
50 Minor Components for Pistols (NOTE: Only 40 actually
exported)
License Value: USD $100,590 (NOTE: Actual exports are valued
at approx. $78,766)
SELLER:
Sturm, Ruger & Company
Lacey Place
Southport, CT 06890
FOREIGN END-USER:
Camping 44 S.A.
Avda. Artigas No. 2061
Asuncion
Paraguay
Tel: 297-240 /1-299-191/4
Email: eduardokemper@camping44.com.py
PURPOSE:
For commercial resale in Paraguay
6. Submitted in support of the license application were the
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts
upon request):
Signed DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate signed by
Kimberly Pritula (Sturm Ruger) dated 17 Oct 2008 and Eduardo
Kemper (Camping 44) dated 2 Oct 2008
Import Authorization No. 038/2008 issued by Comando de las
Fuerzas Militares signed by Oscar Javier Gomez Coronel and
Francisco E. Caballero Moran dated 27 Mar 2008
Purchase Order No. 2008-10-A issued by Camping 44 S.A. signed
by Eduardo Kemper dated 2 Oct 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 Kyle M. Ballard, Phone:
202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; SIPRNET:
BallardKM@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref)
is available as a PDF file on Intellipedia:
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/
Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program
8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this
matter.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
ASUNCION FOR LUIS HERNANDEZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC PA
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE 050127979
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 check on license 050127979 for the export of
rifles to Paraguay. Post is 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: To establish the bona fides of this
end-user and confirm that the defense articles were sold to
customers in Paraguay.
4. Action Request: Post is requested to verify that the
firearms and components listed below were received by the
Camping 44 S.A. and were sold to customers in Paraguay only
(NOTE: This export license expired before the company could
export all the items listed on the license, so only 280
firearms and 40 minor components should have been exported).
Post is also requested to establish the bona fides of Camping
44 S.A. by making inquiries to representatives of the company
and appropriate local authorities. The following points are
included for guidance:
(To Camping 44 S.A.)
--When was your company established and who are its
principals?
--What products and services does your company provide? Who
are your regular customers and where do they reside?
--What are your annual sales of U.S.-origin firearms?
--How many of the firearms and components listed on this
license did you receive? What have you sold and what have
you retained? For what are these particular firearms
generally used in Paraguay? Please provide documentation
regarding the customers to whom these firearms were sold.
--Are you familiar with the regulations governing the import
of U.S.-origin defense articles, including restrictions on
re-transfer or re-export?
(To Local Authorities)
--Is Camping 44 S.A. properly authorized to import and sell
defense articles in Paraguay?
--Do you have any information on Camping 44 S.A. that would
question their reliability as a recipient of U.S. defense
articles?
In its reply, Post is encouraged to comment on any
information pertinent to this transaction such as security of
facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities involved.
5. Details of license applications:
DTC Case: 050127979
QUANTITY/COMMODITY:
285 P Series Pistols, Models P and KP, Calibers: 9mm, .40,
.45 (NOTE: Only 230 actually exported)
50 SR9 Series Pistols, Model SR, Caliber: 9mm
50 Minor Components for Pistols (NOTE: Only 40 actually
exported)
License Value: USD $100,590 (NOTE: Actual exports are valued
at approx. $78,766)
SELLER:
Sturm, Ruger & Company
Lacey Place
Southport, CT 06890
FOREIGN END-USER:
Camping 44 S.A.
Avda. Artigas No. 2061
Asuncion
Paraguay
Tel: 297-240 /1-299-191/4
Email: eduardokemper@camping44.com.py
PURPOSE:
For commercial resale in Paraguay
6. Submitted in support of the license application were the
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts
upon request):
Signed DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate signed by
Kimberly Pritula (Sturm Ruger) dated 17 Oct 2008 and Eduardo
Kemper (Camping 44) dated 2 Oct 2008
Import Authorization No. 038/2008 issued by Comando de las
Fuerzas Militares signed by Oscar Javier Gomez Coronel and
Francisco E. Caballero Moran dated 27 Mar 2008
Purchase Order No. 2008-10-A issued by Camping 44 S.A. signed
by Eduardo Kemper dated 2 Oct 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 Kyle M. Ballard, Phone:
202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; SIPRNET:
BallardKM@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref)
is available as a PDF file on Intellipedia:
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/
Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program
8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this
matter.
CLINTON