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UNCLAS STATE 146505 
 
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ANKARA FOR ROB LEE 
POLMIL OTTAWA FOR ROBERT MERRIGAN 
 
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TAGS: CA ETTC KOMC TU
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 05-1003329 
 
REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 
 
¶1. (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 
 
¶2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting 
a post-shipment check on license 05-1003329 for the export of 
sonar equipment to Turkey. Post is requested to complete this 
Blue Lantern check within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue 
Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses 
involving parties to this license. 
 
¶3. (U) Reason for Request: Purchase of United States 
Munitions List (USML)-controlled military electronics by 
Turkish civilian end-user, Institute of Marine Sciences at 
the Middle East Technical University. Institute has never 
been subject to a Blue Lantern before as this is its first 
license. 
 
¶4. (U) Action Request: Post should make appropriate inquiries 
to determine if the end-user, Institute of Marine Sciences at 
the Middle East Technical University, received the 
USML-controlled articles listed below and that the items are 
being used for the purpose stated in the approved license. In 
its reply, Post may also comment on any other information 
pertinent to this transaction such as security of the 
facility, concerns about the Institute, and the end-user,s 
understanding of restrictions on re-export or retransfer of 
USML items. 
 
¶5. (U) Details of license application: 
 
DTC Case: 05-1003329 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
4 TR-1075A Sub-Bottom Profile Transducers (Serial numbers 
2557, 2558, 2559, 2560) 
 
4 C1M2 Underwater Connectors (Male) and 5 Feet (1.5 Meters) 
of Cable 
 
4 Retainers (Female) corresponding to C1M2 Connectors 
 
License Value: USD $7,200 
 
SELLER: 
 
Massa Products Corporation 
280 Lincoln Street 
Hingham, MA 02043 
 
FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: 
 
Knudsen Engineering Ltd. 
10 Industrial Road 
Perth, Ontario 
Canada K7H 3P2 
c/o FedEx Trade Networks 
Ogdensburg, NY 13669 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Institute of Marine Sciences 
Middle East Technical University 
PO Box 28, 33731, Erdemli-Mersin 
Turkey 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
Four (4) Sub-Bottom Profile Transducers (sonar equipment) and 
corresponding electrical components for oceanographic 
research. 
 
¶6. (U) Submitted in support of the license application were 
the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to 
Posts upon request): 
 
Invoice from Massa Products Corporation dated 09/12/06 
 
Bill of lading from Massa Products Corporation dated 09/12/06 
 
¶7. (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 Kyle M. Ballard, Phone: 
202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; The Blue Lantern 
Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche 
Library's E-Book Collection on the DOS Intranet: 
http://virtuallibrary.state.gov/ 
BlueLanternGuidebook2006%2520 final .pdf 
 
¶8. (U) Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
RICE