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

UNCLAS STATE 070691 SIPDIS DHAKA FOR JOHN DUNHAM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC BG SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050127443 ¶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 050127443 for the export of firearms and barrels to Bangladesh. 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: The Bangladesh Police Inspector General has ordered two pistols and a threaded barrel. The threaded barrel is designed to be mated with a sound suppresser. The proviso to this license states that the threaded barrel must not/not be transferred to the Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion Organization. The U.S. applicant was required to inform the end-user of this proviso. This check is to determine why the Inspector General requires a threaded barrel, what the threaded barrel will be used for, and to verify that all the items listed in para 5 remain in the possession of the listed end-user. This request is also to establish the bona fides of unfamiliar company, New Victor Limited. ¶4. Action Request: Post is requested to verify that the pistols and barrel listed below were received by the Bangladesh Police Inspector General. Post is also requested determine what use the Inspector General has for a threaded barrel and to verify that the barrel was not/not transferred to the Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion Organization. Finally, Post is requested to establish the bona fides of foreign intermediate consignee New Victor Limited by making inquiries to representatives of the company and appropriate local authorities. The following points are included for guidance: (To Bangladesh Police Inspector General) --Did you received the pistols (serial numbers MRF5674 and MRH3635) and threaded barrel listed below? Did you receive any other defense articles in this transaction? --Do you intend to mate the threaded barrel with a sound suppresser? For what does the Inspector General use a sound suppresser? --Were you informed in writing by the U.S. vendor that the threaded barrel must remain in the Inspector General's custody and cannot be transferred to the Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion Organization? Will the Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion Organization ever have custody of the threaded barrel? --Are you familiar with the regulations governing the import of U.S.-origin defense articles, including restrictions on re-transfer or re-export? (To New Victor Limited) --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 was your role in this transaction? Did you ever have possession of the defense articles listed below? --Are you familiar with the regulations governing the import of U.S.-origin defense articles, including restrictions on re-transfer or re-export? (To BangladeshExport/Import Authorities) --Is New Victor Limited properly authorized to import defense articles in Bangladesh? --Do you have any information on New Victor Limited 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: 050127443 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 2 Model M&P Pistols, 9mm (Serial numbers MRF5674 and MRH3635) 1 Threaded Barrel for Model M&P Pistols, 9mm License Value: USD $1,140 SELLER: Smith and Wesson Holding Corporation 2100 Roosevelt Avenue Springfield, MA 01104 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: New Victor Limited 61, Motijheel C/A Red Crescent Building Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh Tel: 9550925, 9552493, 9550467, 7169325 Email: roufnvl@hotmail.com FOREIGN END-USER: Bangladesh Police Inspector General Bangladesh Police Headquarters Dhaka Bangladesh Asst. Inspector General Md. Sibgat Ullah Tel: 880 2 9564779 Email: aige t@police.gov.bd PURPOSE: Supplied as samples for the Bangladesh Police for test and evaluation. They are retained by the Bangladesh Police on a permanent basis. ¶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 Cheryle Maron (Smith and Wesson) dated 3 Oct 2008 and Sibgat Ullah (Inspector General) dated 8 Sept 2008 Request and End Use Certificate issued by the Assistant Inspector General of Police Memo No. E&T/Arms/23-2003/2883 signed by Sibgat Ullah dated 8 Sept 2008 Purchase Order No. NVL/08/POL-3 issued by New Victor Limited signed by Tauheed Rouf dated 8 Sept 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