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

UNCLAS STATE 068254 SIPDIS TOKYO FOR EDWARD P. LUCHESSI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC JA UK SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138 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 check on license 050104138 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled harness cable assembly to Japan. Post is 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: No documentation from End-User Japan Defense Agency; PM/DTCC has reason to believe that watchlisted entity Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) may have been involved in the upgrade on the US-1 aircraft without USG authorization. ¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post make inquiries with the Japan Defense Agency and Shintoa Corporation to confirm that the United States Munitions List (USML) items listed below have been received in full and that they are being used for the purpose stated on the license. Inquire specifically about KAI's possible role in the transaction, and determine if other entities not listed on the license were party to the transaction. END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050104138 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 4 (Dowty Propellers) P/N 697087206, Brush Block Power Harness License Value: $6,976.00 USD SELLER: LaBarge, Inc. Attn: Clara Wassom 1505 Maiden Lane Joplin, MO 64801 Tel: 417-627-7653 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Dowty Propellers G.E. Aviation Systems Ltd. Anson Business Park Cheltenham Road East Gloucester GL2 9QN United Kingdom Tel: 44 (0) 1452 716000 Fax: 44 (0) 1452 716001 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: Shintoa Corporation New Tokyo Building, 5th Floor 3-1 Marunouchi 3-Chrome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8383 Japan FOREIGN END-USER: Japan Defense Agency 9-7-45 Akaska Minato-ku Tokyo Japan PURPOSE: This harness cable assembly will be installed on Dowty Propeller System for the Shinmaywa US-1A Search & Rescue Aircraft. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): -- Dowty Propellers Purchase Order No. PO44871 to LaBarge Inc. dated 29 January 2008; -- Department of State License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified Technical Data signed 03 June 2008; -- End-User Declaration from Dowty Propellers dated 16 May ¶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 at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program. ¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON