VZCZCXYZ0023
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHMO #2712 3341409
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 301409Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5555
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS MOSCOW 012712 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/DMUSLU/MHAMES 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA 
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 
FEDERALNAYA SLUZHBA OHRANY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE 
NO: D348852 
 
REFTEL: USDOC 04152 
 
¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided 
below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export 
Administration Act. 
 
¶2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to 
determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- 
user, Federalnaya Sluzhba Ohrany, Moscow, Russia. The 
company was listed on BIS license number: D348852 as 
the ultimate consignee of one Thermovision system, 
model Security HD, ECCN: 6A003.B.4. These commodities 
are controlled for national security and regional 
stability reasons. The exporter is Indigo Systems 
Corporation, 70 Castilian Dr., Goleta, CA 93117. 
 
¶3. On November 22, 2006, Export Control Attache Donald 
Pearce and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the 
requested post-shipment verification with Federalnaya 
Sluzhba Ohrany (Russian abbreviation FSO) at the 
offices of Pergam Engineering,3A, pr. Olminskogo., 
office 830, Moscow, Russia. The export control team 
met with Pavel Ushakov, FSO Chief Inspector, Sergey 
Ivanov, FSO Chief Engineer and Dmitry Korneyev from 
Pergam Engeneering. 
 
¶4. FSO is an agency of the Government of Russia (GOR) 
tasked with the protection of the President of the 
Russian Federation and other state officials.  The 
agency is also responsible for the security of certain 
state property, such as the Kremlin. 
 
¶5. The camera in reftel will be used to upgrade the 
surveillance system of a facility under the 
jurisdiction of the FSO. The camera has not yet been 
installed; the upgrades to other systems are being 
completed first.  Until it is installed, the camera 
system is being stored in a high-value area of the 
Pergam warehouse.  Access to the warehouse is limited 
to authorized personnel and a security officer guards 
the high-value area at all times. Once installed, no 
more than ten people will have direct access to the 
system.  Pergam has trained the FSO staff on the use 
of the camera. 
 
¶6. The team was shown a Flir Systems ThemoVision 
camera, 427-00087100, S/N 2062 SHP23 CAGE code 064Y2. 
The camera and accessories were in a hard-sided case 
as shipped from the factory.  FSO was notified in 
writing of the license conditions by the exporter, and 
signed an end-user agreement which restated the 
license conditions. 
 
¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends Federalnaya 
Sluzhba Ohrany, Moscow, Russia, as reliable recipients 
of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. 
(FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/DPEARCE) 
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