Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE77222
2009-07-23 22:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
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UNCLAS STATE 077222
SIPDIS
CANBERRA FOR JOHN WARNER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC AS
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE 050112139
REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK
UNCLAS STATE 077222
SIPDIS
CANBERRA FOR JOHN WARNER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC AS
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
ON LICENSE 050112139
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 050112139 for the
export of night vision devices (NVDs) to
Australia. 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: Unfamiliar foreign consignee and
end-user, Roto-Lift Helicopters.
The company has appeared on previous licenses but the
company's bona fides have not been
verified by a Blue Lantern check. Moreover, due to the
sensitivity of the
equipment and the potential for their diversion or misuse,
the Department of State and the Department of Defense have
policies of carefully scrutinizing NVD export licenses and
taking steps to ensure proper end-use. Provisos attached
to these licenses obligate the end-user to secure the NVDs
from loss, theft, or unauthorized access, and to perform
routine inventory checks by serial number. These records
are to be made available for review upon US Government
request.
¶4. Action Request: Post is requested to make appropriate
inquiries
to confirm continued possession by Roto-Lift Helicopters of
the NVDs, to determine the serial numbers of the NVDs, and
to verify that all NVDs are secure and being used only for
the purpose stated on the license. Department requests
that post conduct a site visit, if possible, in order to
gather and verify this information and establish the bona
fides of
unfamiliar foreign end-user, Roto-Lift Helicopters. If a
site visit is
not possible, please obtain official written confirmation
of receipt and possession and inform PM/DTCC case officer.
The following questions are provided as suggested guidance:
--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?
--When was the company established and who are its
principals?
--What is the nature of its business -- what type of items
does it handle?
--What type of organizations are among its typical customers