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UNCLAS STATE 128516 
 
SIPDIS 
GABORONE FOR SCOTT HAMILTON 
LONDON FOR PAULA WIKLE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC BC UK
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 050205274 
 
¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4 - 5. 
 
¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting 
a pre-license check on license 050205274 for the export of 
ammunition and explosives to Botswana.  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 licenses involving parties to this license. 
 
¶3. Reason for Request:  The items on this license request are 
particularly sensitive due to their vulnerability to 
diversion and their lethality.  In addition to the items 
listed below, the purchase order from Clover Industrial 
Supplies and the End User Certificate from the Botswana 
Police Service includes detonators, fuses, and detonator 
chords.  This check is to establish the bona fides of the 
transaction and the parties involved. 
 
¶4. Action Gaborone: Post is requested to establish the bona 
fides of this transaction and the parties involved by making 
inquiries to representatives of Clover Industrial Supplies 
and appropriate authorities of the Government of Botswana. 
The following points are included for guidance: 
 
(To Clover Industrial Supplies) 
 
--When was your company established and who are its 
principals? 
 
--What other companies are part of the Clover Group?  Who are 
the principals of the Clover Group? 
 
--What products and services does your company provide? 
Please explain why your company email address is 
"cloverchemicals@mega.bw" and describe the elements of your 
business that involve the use and/or sale of chemicals. 
 
--Who are your regular customers and where do they reside? 
 
--What are your annual sales of U.S.-origin defense articles? 
 
 
--Do you sell defense articles to customers that reside 
outside Botswana?  If so, who are these customers and where 
do they reside? 
 
--What role is your company playing in this transaction? 
What role does Qurtermaster's Ltd. of the United Kingdom play 
in this transaction? 
 
--The import permit issued by the Central Arms Registry of 
the Botswana Police Service grants permission to "Stores 
Officer Quarter of Master Stores P.O. Box 10037 Gaborone." 
What role is Clover Industrial Supplies playing in this 
transaction? 
 
--Will you ever have physical possession of the defense 
articles listed below? If so, please describe the security 
measures and procedures your company has in place. 
 
--Are you familiar with the regulations governing U.S.-origin 
defense articles, including restrictions on 
unauthorized re-transfer or re-export? 
 
(To Botswana Police Service) 
 
--Can you confirm that your agency placed this order?  Please 
verify the exact commodities and quantities you require. 
 
--For what will these items be used? 
 
--The import permit issued by the Central Arms Registry (Form 
No. 4) is titled as an "Acquisition Permit" but "Acquisition" 
is crossed out and "Import" is handwritten.  Is this a valid 
import permit? 
 
--The import permit grants permission to "Stores Officer 
Quarter of Master Stores P.O. Box 10037 Gaborone."  What role 
is Clover Industrial Supplies playing in this transaction? 
Does Clover Industrial Supplies require import authorization 
from the Government of Botswana? 
 
--Will any company ever have physical possession of these 
items? 
 
In its reply, Post may also comment on any other information 
pertinent to these transactions such as security of 
facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities 
involved. 
 
¶5. Action London: Post is requested to establish the bona 
fides of this transaction and Quartermaster's Ltd. by making 
inquiries to representatives of the company.  The following 
points are included for guidance: 
 
(To Quartermaster's Ltd.) 
 
--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 is your company playing in this transaction? 
Were your products and services sought by ALS Technologies of 
the United States of by Clover Industrial Supplies of 
Botswana? 
 
--What role is Clover Industrial Supplies playing in this 
transaction?  What is your relationship to Clover Industrial 
Supplies and/or the Clover Group? 
 
--Will you ever have physical possession of the defense 
articles listed below? If so, please describe the security 
measures and procedures your company has in place. 
 
¶6. Details of license applications: 
 
DTC Case: 050205274 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
170,000 Round of Ammunition, 7.62 x 39mm Ball 
 
2 C4 RDX Plastic Explosives 
 
1,000 ALSG972 Smoke Grenades 
 
License Value: USD $49,170 
 
SELLER: 
 
ALS Technologies Inc 
1103 Central Blvd 
Bull Shoals, AR 72619 
 
FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: 
 
Quartermaster's Ltd. 
Trinity House, Heather Park Drive 
Wembley, Middlesex, HAO ISU 
United Kingdom 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
Clover Industrial Supplies PTY LTD 
Plot No. 1277 Old Labatse Road 
Gaborone 
Botswana 
Tel: 3953035 
Email: cloverchemicals@mega.bw 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Botswana Police Service 
Metsimotlhabe Road 
Village, Gaborone 
Botswana 
Tel: 267 3956390 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For use by the Botswana Police Service only. 
 
¶7. Submitted in support of the license application were the 
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts 
upon request): 
 
DSP-83 signed by Paola Gutierrez (ALS Technologies) dated 
09/01/2009; Illegible (Quarter Mater Stores, Botswana Police 
Service) dated 07/23/2009; Raphael Motsamai (Botswana Police 
Service) dated 07/23/2009; and Kalum Mandana (Clover 
Industrial Supplies) dated 07/23/2009 
 
End User Certificate Ref No OC.24/13 I (40) issued by Quarter 
Master Stores, Botswana Police Services signed by David Baale 
dated 07/24/2009 
 
Form No. 4 Import Permit No. 23204 issued by the Central Arms 
Registry of the Botswana Police Service signed by Illegible 
dated 09/07/2009 
 
Purchase Order No. 0052 from Clover Industrial Supplies 
signed by Kalum Nandana dated 07/23/2009 
 
¶8. 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 
 
¶9. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON