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

UNCLAS STATE 089198 SIPDIS ZAGREB FOR CHRIS RHOTON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC HR SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050156644 REF: BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraph 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 050156644 for the export of firearms and ammunition to Croatia. 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 firearms listed below are of military quality and have a full automatic capability. Foreign consignee Detonex D.O.O. has never appeared on a license before. This request is to confirm the bona fides of the foreign consignee and confirm that the firearms were received by the Ministry of Defense of Croatia. ¶4. Action Request: Post is requested to verify that the firearms listed below were received by the Ministry of Defense of Croatia. Post is also requested to establish the bona fides of Detonex D.O.O. by making inquiries to representatives of the company and appropriate authorities of the Government of Croatia. The following points are included for guidance: (To Ministry of Defense) --Can you confirm the order and receipt of all the defense articles listed on this license? --What was Detonex D.O.O.'s role in this transaction? Did you pay the company any brokering fees? --Are these rifles samples for a larger potential order? (To Detonex D.O.O.) --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 role did your company play in this transaction? --Did you pay and/or receive any fees or commissions for your services during the course of this transaction? If so, please provide details on these fees or commissions. --Did your company ever have physical possession of these defense articles? Please provide documentation that demonstrates the transfer of custody to the Ministry of Defense of all these defense articles? (To Appropriate Import/Export and/or Law Enforcement Authorities) --Is Detonex D.O.O. properly authorized to import and sell defense articles in Croatia? --Do you have any information on Detonex D.O.O. 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: 050156644 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 4 Sig Model 556 Rifles with Full Auto 20 Magazines 1,000 Rounds of Ammunition, 5.56mm License Value: USD $5,590 SELLER: Sig Sauer Inc. 18 Industrial Drive Exeter, NH 03833 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Detonex D.O.O. ¶J. Martinovica 11 10000, Zagreb Croatia Tel: 00385 (0) 1 3647-147 / 00385 (0) 1 3647-148 / 00385 (0) 98 782-839 Email: detonex@zg.htnet.hr FOREIGN END-USER: Croatian Ministry of Defense Kralja Petra Kresimira IV 1 Square HR-10000 Yagreb Croatia PURPOSE: For the sole and exclusive use by the Croatian Ministry of Defense ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts upon request): End-Use Certificate No. M3-040203-09-010 issued by the "Ministarstvo Obrane" signed by Milan Knezevic (MOD) dated 03/16/2009 and Nevenko Galic (Detonex) dated 03/20/2009 Signed DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate signed by Melanie Fox (Sig Sauer) dated 04/07/2009, Darko Polanec (Materials Resources Directorate, MOD) dated 03/19/2009, BrigGen Milan Knezevic (Development, Equipping and Modernization, MOD) dated 03/16/2009, and Nevenko Galic (Detonex) dated 03/20/2009 Purchase Order issued by Detonex D.O.O. dated 04/28/2009 ¶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