BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK FOR CASE 050107693

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000277 SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR AND EAP/ANP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC NZ SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK FOR CASE 050107693 REF: 09 STATE 77369; 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. In response to reftel, PolOff conducted a Blue Lantern post shipment check of Garden City helicopters on September 14, 2009. This helicopter rescue company is a legitimate business operating under contract with the New Zealand government's Accident Compensation Corporation, and it has land and sea rescue responsibility for the northern half of New Zealand's south island. PolOff witnessed a signed contract and a current business license. ¶2. Garden City Helicopters is home-based in Christchurch, NZ and has been in business for 25 years. John Currie is its sole proprietor, and in addition to his Christchurch headquarters, he has flight operations in Greymouth on the west coast and Nelson in the northern part of the island. This company uses night vision devices (nvd) primarily for night rescue and medical evacuation operations over land. Management understands the restrictions on United States Munitions List items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfer and re-export. ¶3. All nvds are kept in a safe within a locked facility when not in use, and only pilots and paramedics who are trained to use them have access to the safe. PolOff inspected the Christchurch facility and verified that four ITT Model F4949F, Gen III ANVIS 9 Aviator Night Vision Goggles (serial numbers: 11921, 11923, 25326, and 25327) plus associated hardware were present. Garden City Operations Manager, Stuart Farquhar shared digital photographs of the Greymouth and Nelson facilities' security systems, and PolOff was convinced that security is substantially equivalent at all three sites. Two ITT nvds reside at Greymouth (serial numbers 21616 and 21617),and Garden City's final four nvds (serial numbers 21618, 21619, 25328, and 25329) are kept at the Nelson facility. CLARKE