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

UNCLAS STATE 005426 SIPDIS ABU DHABI FOR SUSANNAH E. COOPER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC AE SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050209929 REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 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 application 050209929 for the export of United States Munitions List (USML)-controlled dual-log and linear biconical antennae and associated equipment to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 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: To establish the bona fides of unfamiliar Foreign Consignee Tek Signals and End-User Etisalat in the proposed transaction. ¶4. Action: Department requests that Post make inquiries with the Government of the UAE to confirm the bona fides of Tek Signals and Etisalat in the proposed transaction. If possible, conduct site visits to the companies to assess their reliability as recipients of USML items as well as their operations and on-site security. Emphasize that the unauthorized re-export or retransfer of USML items is strictly prohibited. Confirm with Etisalat that it placed the order through Tek Signals for the items listed below for the purpose stated on the application. Determine whether any other UAE-based firms are involved in the procurement of the items. The following questions are provided as guidance: (To Tek Signals) - Can your company provide additional documentation (e.g. purchase order, contract, or letter of intent) from Etisalat firmly establishing it as the end user of the USML items? - What is Tek Signals' core business and what is its exact role in this transaction? - Has Tek Signals previously imported or acted as a consignee involving U.S. defense articles requiring a USML license? - Does your company regularly or otherwise procure defense articles for this end-user? Other end-users? - Does Tek Signals serve as a broker of USML articles (i.e. do they facilitate transactions between parties for the sale/transfer of USML)? If so, with what other countries besides UAE? - Does your company have offices abroad? If so, where are they located? - Has this company ever used any other names? 
- What other products are sold by your company? - Are you familiar with the restrictions against the unauthorized re-export or retransfer of U.S.-origin defense articles? (To Etisalat) - Please confirm an order for the listed items on license application 050209929. - Has Etisalat previously imported U.S. defense articles requiring a USML license? - Does your company have offices abroad? If so, where are they located? - Has this company ever used any other names? - Is Etisalat involved in business operations with the Government of UAE or does it have a direct connection to the Government of UAE (i.e. part or full ownership)? - Does Etisalat understand the restrictions against the unauthorized re-export or retransfer of U.S.-origin defense articles? End Action Request. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 0501209929 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 Periodic Antenna, Frequency Range: 1.0-26.5 GHz P/N 824579-001 Type 201302X 1 Linear Biconical Antenna, Type N; Connector Frequency Range: 0.5-18.0 GHz P/N 825771-001 - Type 201564-3 1 Test Data - Voltage Standing Wave Radio (VSWR) for Type 201302X Antenna 1 Test Data - VSWR for Type 201564-3 Antenna License Value: USD $35,152. SELLER: Smiths Interconnect Inc. Attn: Robert Overberger 20501 Seneca Meadows Parkway Germantown, MD 20876 Tel: 240-686-2361 MANUFACTURER: Steve Marshall Tecom Industries, Inc. 375 Conejo Ridge Avenue Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 Tel: 805-267-0100 Fax: 805-267-0181 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Sohail Mirza Tek Signals P.O.Box 47520 Khalifa Street Gibca Building, 7th Floor Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Tel: 971 2 627 2701 Fax: 971 2 627 2702 Email:tsignals@emirates.net.ae END-USER: Abdul Rahim Al Nooryani Executive Vice President - Contracts & Admin. Emirates Telecommunications Corporation - Etisalat P.O. Box 3838 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Tel: 971 2 628 3333; 02 618 44229 Fax: 971 2 631 7000 Website: www.etisalat.ae PURPOSE: Antennae will be used by Etisalat in their telecommunication operations for radio interference calculation and troubleshooting. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): -- Tek Signals Purchase Order No. 00000181 dated 01 October 2009 ref. no. 09TS2957; -- Etisalat End User Statement and Certification Against Purchase Order No. 1027138 dated 12 October 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 Rachael-Therese S. Joubert-Lin, Phone: 202-663-2950; Email: JoubertLinRS@state.gov; SIPRNET: JoubertLinRS@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