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P 281259Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6289
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000201 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: 
TVERREGIONGAS, TVER, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D387745 
 
REFTEL: USDOC 10444 
 
 
¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided 
below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export 
Administration Act. 
 
¶2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine 
the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, 
Tverregiongas, Tver, Russia. The company is listed on 
BIS license application D387745 as the ultimate 
consignee of an infrared camera, thermal eye 3620AS. 
This item is controlled for national security and 
 
nuclear non-proliferation reasons under ECCN 6A003. 
The licensee is L3 Communications Infrared Products, 
13532 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75243. 
 
¶3. On January 22, Export Control Attache Peter Liston 
and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested 
pre-license check at the offices of Tverregiongas, , 
40/29, Krylova st., Tver, Russia. The export control 
team met with Alexander Kuznetsov, Deputy Director and 
Sergey Korotkov, Chief Economic Security Specialist. 
 
¶4.  Tverregiongas is a Limited Liability Company, 
established in 1997.  Tverregiongas offices are in an 
industrial complex with ample security.  Prior to 
1997, and long into Soviet times it existed as a 
government owned enterprise, existing mainly for the 
establishment of gas filling stations throughout the 
Tver region.  Tverregiongas is a sister company to 
Gazprom and has approximately 300 employees. 
 
¶5.  ECO Liston discussed the license end-user 
restrictions with Alexander Kuznetsov, Deputy Director 
and Sergey Korotkov, Chief Economic Security 
Specialist.  Kuznetsov and Korotkov will be trained on 
the use and applications of the Thermal Eye 3620AS 
Inferred Camera by JSC Spectum, the Foreign Purchaser 
in reftel.  Alexander Kuznetsov, Deputy Director and 
Sergey Korotkov, Chief Economic Security Specialist 
stated that when not in use in the field the camera 
will be stored in a locked safe within the main office 
complex in Tver.  The Thermal Eye 3620AS Inferred 
Camera will be used by Tverregiongas for technical 
diagnostics and evaluation of gas supply lines 
operated and maintained by Tverregiongas. 
 
¶6. Recommendations: Post recommends Tverregiongas, 
Tver, Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive 
U.S. origin commodities. It is requested that post be 
notified of final disposition of the application, and 
of any shipments for this organization in order to 
conduct appropriate FCS follow-up and statistical 
reporting. 
(FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/PLISTON) 
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