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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08STATE19686	2008-02-27 16:09	2011-08-24 01:00	UNCLASSIFIED	Secretary of State

VZCZCXYZ0010
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHC #9686 0581612
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 271609Z FEB 08
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 0000
RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 0000
INFO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHINGTON DC 0000
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUEPINS/HQ BICE INTEL WASHINGTON DC 0000

UNCLAS STATE 019686 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
PRETORIA FOR BAIMBA YILLA 
SINGAPORE FOR ELIZABETH CROSSEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC SF SN KOMC
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 05-050031210 
 
REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 
 
¶1. This is an Action Request.  See paragraphs 2-4. 
 
¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting 
a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050031210 
for the export of defense hardware to Singapore.  Posts are 
requested to complete this Blue Lantern inquiry within 45 
days.  Lack of response to a Blue Lantern inquiry will affect 
pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. 
 
¶3. Reason for request:  Unfamiliar foreign intermediate 
consignee and foreign consignee. 
 
¶4. Action Pretoria and Singapore:  Department requests that 
Posts make inquiries to establish the bona fides of South 
African-based foreign consignee Poynting Antennas and 
Singapore-based foreign intermediate consignee Stelop, 
respectively.  Conduct site visits to assess the companies' 
reliability as recipients of United States Munitions List 
(USML) articles as well as their operations and on-site 
security.  If site visits are not possible, please inform 
PM/DTCC case officer.  Remind the companies that the 
unauthorized re-export or retransfer of USML items is 
strictly prohibited. 
 
The following questions provide suggested guidance: 
 
 (To Stelop and Poynting Antennas) 
 
 - Please confirm that an order was shipped under license 
05-050031210. 
 
 - How long has your company been in the business of 
importing and selling defense articles? In what other name(s) 
has your company done 
business, if any? 
 
 - Are you familiar with the restrictions against the 
unauthorized re-export or retransfer of U.S.-origin defense 
articles? 
 
 - What other products are sold by your company? 
 
 - Who are your regular customers and where are they located? 
 
 
(Singapore: Ministry of Home Affairs) 
 
 - Please confirm that you received the items listed on 
license 
05-050031210 and that they are being used for the stated 
purpose. 
 
 - How long has the Ministry of Home Affairs done business 
with Stelop? 
 
 - What were the specific roles of Stelop and Poynting in the 
transaction described in No. 5, below? 
 
End Action Request. 
 
¶5.  Details of license application: 
 
DTC Case: 05-050031210 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
2 Rotron Fans P/N 022610, PX3BM 115AC N 763ZH 
 
 
License Value: USD $2,294. 
 
SELLER: 
 
Ametek Inc. DBA Ametek Rotron 
55 Hasbrouck Lane 
Woodstock, NY  12498 
 
FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: 
 
STELOP (ST Electronics) 
24 Ang Mo Kio Street 
65 Blk D, 5th Floor 
Singapore 569061 
Singapore 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
Poynting Antennas (Pty) Ltd. 
33 Thora Crescent 
Wynberg, 2090 
South Africa 
Tel: (02) 9878 0977 
Fax: (02) 9878 3615 
Email:ispl@ intspec.com 
(A.C.N./A.B.N. 092 893 644) 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Ministry of Home Affairs 
Police Coast Guard 
Singapore 
SN 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
The fans will be part of an air conditioning system for a 
Radome that will house an antenna system.  This system is 
forwarded to STELOP which manufactures the EO Payload System 
for the Police Coast Guard in Singapore. 
 
 
¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the 
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts 
upon request): 
 
   - Nontransfer and Use Certificate dated 12/19/05 
   - End User Statement from Integrated Spectronics dated 
09/26/05 
   - Purchase Order No. 00005709 from Integrated Spectronics 
Pty Ltd dated 02/15/05 
 
¶7. 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 Rachael-Therese S. Joubert-Lin, 
Phone: 202-663-2950; Email: JoubertLinRS@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
JoubertLinRS@state.sgov.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://buncheelectroniclibrary.state.gov/eboo ks/ 
BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf 
 
¶8. Department is grateful for Posts' assistance in this 
matter. 
RICE

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