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Viewing cable 07STATE158200, BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07STATE158200 2007-11-19 21:38 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Secretary of State
VZCZCXYZ0024
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHC #8200 3232149
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 192138Z NOV 07
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 0000
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 0000
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC 0000
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHINGTON DC 0000
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC 0000
RUEPINS/HQ BICE INTEL WASHINGTON DC 0000
UNCLAS STATE 158200 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
BANGKOK FOR THOMAS HINES 
POL-MIL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TH
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK 
ON APPLICATION 610001321 
 
REF: A. 01 BANGKOK 1861 
 
     B. 00 BANGKOK 7745 
     C. 99 BANGKOK 10552 
     D. 97 BANGKOK 1331 
     E. BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 2006 
 
1. (U) This is an Action Request.  Please see paragraphs 3-6. 
 
2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting 
a pre-license check on application 610001321 for the 
temporary import (form DSP-61) to the U.S. of M113 armored 
personnel carrier components from Thailand.  Post is 
requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. 
 Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending 
and future applications involving parties to this license. 
 
3. (SBU) Reason for request:  possible unauthorized 
possession and/or distribution of United States Munitions 
List (USML) items by a private foreign consignee/end-user. 
In recent years, Chaiseri Metal & Rubber Co. has been the 
subject of several Blue Lantern checks (refs A-D).  While 
confirming the company's bona fides as a recognized supplier 
of the Thai MOD, these checks also have identified 
irregularities in the firm's importation, distribution, and 
possible unauthorized re-transfer of USML armored vehicle 
components, including the types listed on this application. 
 
4. (SBU) The proposed temporary import in question appears to 
indicate a larger pattern of potential violations of the 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by Chaiseri. 
 During the last several years, Chaiseri has received 
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of M113 parts as a 
foreign consignee on behalf of the Thai MOD.  This DSP-61 
application (610001321) suggests that Chaiseri may be 
stockpiling USML defense articles and/or have improper 
procurement, accountability, and re-transfer procedures. 
(COMMENT:  In order to stock USML items, a company must be 
party to an authorized warehousing and distribution 
agreement.  According to PM/DTCC's records, Chaiseri is not a 
party to either a warehousing and distribution agreement or a 
manufacturing licensing agreement.  END COMMENT.) 
 
5. (SBU) Post should make appropriate inquiries to verify the 
bona fides of Chaiseri; to determine how the firm acquired 
the USML items listed on this application; to assess the 
firm's procurement, inventory, and re-transfer procedures; 
and finally, to assess the firm's understanding of the ITAR 
and restrictions placed on USML items.  The following 
questions are provided as suggested guidance: 
 
--How did the company acquire the items listed on this 
application? 
 
--How did this proposed transaction come about? 
 
--Were the items in fact manufactured by Chaiseri, as stated 
on the license application?  If so, under what authorization 
is Chaiseri manufacturing these USML defense articles? 
 
--If the items are of U.S. origin, under what 
authorization(s) were the items exported from the U.S. and 
who were the authorized foreign consignee(s), end-user(s), 
and end-use(s)? 
 
--Chaiseri has been listed as the foreign consignee or 
foreign intermediate consignee on several export 
authorizations involving M113 parts and other USML items. 
Are the company's record-keeping procedures adequate to track 
all these transactions and keep them separate? 
 
--Does Chaiseri maintain stocks of M113 parts and/or other 
USML items?  How does Chaiseri acquire these items?  To whom 
does it sell the items?  What authorization(s) does it 
receive in order to acquire, store, and/or re-transfer such 
items? 
 
--What is the nature of Chaiseri's business -- what types of 
items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? 
 
--What types of organizations are among Chaiseri's typical 
customers and where are the customers located?  Does the 
company have an established customer base? 
 
--Does the company understand the restrictions on USML items, 
especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers 
and re-exports? 
 
6. (U) Department requests that post conduct a site visit to 
the company in order to provide Department with an assessment 
of its business operations and on-site security.  If a site 
visit is not possible, please inform PM/DTCC case officer. 
Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears 
to be a reliable recipient of USML items.  End action. 
 
7. (SBU) Background:  U.S. applicant International Parts 
Supply Corporation (IPS) submitted to the Department this 
Form DSP-61 to request the temporary import to the U.S. of 
M113 armored vehicle components from Chaiseri.  IPS then 
intends to permanently export the components from the U.S. -- 
without modifying them in any way -- to private company IMCOA 
Importadora y Comercializadora in Colombia, where they will 
be used in the maintenance of M113A2 vehicles for the 
Colombian Army.  These two transactions normally would 
require two separate authorizations:  one for a permanent 
(vice temporary) import to the U.S., which would be subject 
to U.S. import tariffs, and another authorization for a 
permanent export to Colombia (Form DSP-5).  (COMMENT: 
Re-transfer requests are normally submitted and authorized 
via a general correspondence (GC), not via a Form DSP-61. 
END COMMENT.)  Furthermore, according to PM/DDTC's records, 
IPS has submitted dozens of improper requests via DSP-61s to 
re-transfer USML items from Chaiseri and other private 
companies to third countries.  Although PM/DDTC mistakenly 
authorized many of these re-transfers, we hope this Blue 
Lantern check will be help identify and correct this improper 
practice. 
 
8. (SBU) For additional background, the following details of 
the application in question are provided: 
 
DTC Case: 610001321 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
3,097 Track Shoe Assy P/N 1167798-6 NSN 2530-00-078-2908 
Components used on M113A2 armored personnel carriers 
469   Road Wheel (aluminum) P/N 11678270 NSN 2530-00-334-5877 
Components used on M113 armored personnel carriers 
 
License Value: USD 187,947.00 
 
SELLER: 
 
International Parts Supply Corp. 
7220 Ohms Lane 
Minneapolis, MN 55439 
POC: Dan Everson, tel.: 952-832-0707 
 
FOREIGN OWNER/END-USER IN COUNTRY FROM WHICH SHIPPED: 
 
Chaiseri Metal & Rubber Co. 
59 Moo 6 Pathum-Banglen Road 
Kubangluang, Ladlumkaen 
Pathumtanee 12140 
Thailand 
 
MANUFACTURER OF COMMODITY: 
 
Same as foreign owner/end-user in country from which shipped 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNOR IN COUNTRY FROM WHICH SHIPPED: 
 
Same as foreign owner/end-user in country from which shipped 
 
U.S. INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: 
 
International Parts Supply Corp. 
7220 Ohms Lane 
Minneapolis, MN 55439 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE IN COUNTRY OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION: 
 
IMCOA - Importadora y Comercializadora Ltda 
Avenida Sexta No. 29-05 
Bogota 
Colombia 
 
END USER IN FOREIGN COUNTRY OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION: 
 
Army of the Republic of Colombia 
Bogota 
Colombia 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For transshipment to Colombia for end-use by the Colombian 
Army.  Material is used for maintenance of M113A2 armored 
tracked vehicles. 
 
9. (U) Submitted in support of the license application were 
the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to 
post upon request): 
 
--Purchase order # 004-2007 from IMCOA to International Parts 
Supply Corp., signed by Carlos Arturo Rojas Beltran, General 
Manager, dated October 9, 2007 
 
10. (U) 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 Judd Stitziel, PM/DTCC, 
Phone: 202-663-3455; email: StitzielJD@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
StitzielJD@state.sgov.gov.  The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) 
is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's Electronic 
Library collection on the DOS Intranet: 
http://virtuallibrary.state.gov/ 
BlueLanternGuidebook2006%2520 final .pdf 
 
11. (U) Department is grateful for post's assistance in this 
matter. 
RICE