BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 090555 SIPDIS TOKYO FOR EDWARD P. LUCHESSI ECON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC JA SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050185582 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 pre-license check on license 050185582 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled electromechanical arming units to Japan. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern inquiry within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern inquiry will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Unfamiliar foreign consignee, Mitsuhiro Corporation, Ltd; sensitivity of commodity; no documentation from foreign end-user, Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMOD). ¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post confirm that the foreign end-user, JMOD, ordered the items listed for the purpose stated on the license application. In addition, the Department requests that Post make inquiries with appropriate officials to establish the bona fides of Mitsuhiro in the transaction. Conduct a site visit to assess the company's reliability as a recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) articles as well as an assessment of the company's on-site security and operations. If a site visit is not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC case officer. The following points are included for guidance: --Can Mitsuhiro provide documentation that verifies the end-use of the aircraft arming units, such as a contract or purchase order? --When was Mitsuhiro established and who are its principals? --What is the nature of the company's businesses -- what type of items does it handle? Does the company serve as a broker? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are they located? --Does Mitsuhiro understand the restrictions on USML items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfer and re-export? END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC CASE: 050185582 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 353 - Arming Unit, Electromechanical Part No. 7631354-10 License Value: $49,420 SELLER: Trans-Aero International, Inc. 18195 E. McDurmott Suite I Irvine, CA 92614 Tel: (949) 838-0195 POC:Haruko Kashimoto FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Mitsuhiro Corporation, Ltd. 33-8, 5-Chome, Shinbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004 Japan Tel: 03-5473-7288 Fax: 03-5473-1655 POC: Kenzaburo Nagao, President FOREIGN END-USER: Ministry of Defense of Japan 5-1, Honmura-Cho, Ichigaya Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8801 Japan PURPOSE: Arming unit, electromechanical for F-15 aircraft. ¶6. Submitted in support of license application 050185582 were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): --Purchase Order No. MT-0005, Reference No. H09-SA0007, submitted by Mitsuhiro to Trans-Aero, dated 13 August 2009, signed my Kenzaburo Nagao, President. --Department of State License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified Technical Data, signed 19 August 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 Meredith Sundlof. Phone: 202-663-3455; Email: SundlofME@state.gov; SIPRNET: SundlofME@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