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SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PM/DTTC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TH
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 05050091433 
 
REF: STATE 21872 
 
¶1. (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Yip In 
Tsoi & Jacks Co., Ltd. was registered as follows: 
 
SIPDIS 
 
Registration: 0105510002718 
Registered Date: June 27, 1967 
Status: Company Limited 
Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht 
Executives: Thienchai Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Aphichai 
Anukun-amphal, Phayom Chiraphutthirak, Suwit Chienprasoetkun, 
Sit Achalakun, Sukri Kaewcharoen, Yupphathat Yip In Tsoi, 
Suphak Lailoet, and Sutharat Phoemsap. 
Authorized executive members for legal commitments: Thienchai 
Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Phayom Chiraphutthirak, Mr. 
Yupphathat Yip In Tsoi, Suphak Lailoet, and Sutharat 
Phoemsap. 
Company Location: 523 Maha Phruttharam Rd., Maha Phruttharam 
Sub-District, Bang Rak, Bangkok. 
The company has submitted annual financial reports for 
1999-2007. 
Purpose of Company: To produce fertilizer. 
 
¶2. (U) The company's phone number 02-353-8600 was registered 
under the name of its parent company, Yip In Tsoi Co., Ltd. 
The company's fax number 02-353-8686 was working, but there 
is no subscriber information for that number. 
 
¶3. (U) POL FSN March 25 met with Thawatchal Akaradechdecha, 
Assistant Vice President for Marketing, Engineering Division. 
 Thawatchal provided End-Use/End-User Statement No. 603851 
and YIT & J Indent No. 603851-2007.  The company was located 
on the compound of the Yip In Tsoi Co., Ltd. as it was a 
sub-company of the YIT Group of Companies.  The YIT compound 
consisted of two to three story buildings in a busy business 
area of Bangkok.  Security was provided by unarmed guards, 
closed-circuit television (CCTV), and a fire prevention 
detection system.  YIT & J had over two hundred employees 
with thirty in the Engineering Division.  The company's 
warehouse where the equipment would be stored was located on 
the ground floor of one the buildings.  It appeared 
well-protected with CCTV, a fire prevention system, and 
multiple doors with locks. 
 
¶4. (U) Thawatchal confirmed that the purchase of the reftel 
equipment would be used to test the communication systems of 
the airplanes. 
 
Question: How long has your company been in the business of 
importing and selling defense articles? 
 
Response: The company was established in 1967 but its parent 
company has been in Thailand for 80 years.  YIT has been in 
business of importing and selling defense articles for over 
20 years. 
 
Question: What other products are sold by your company? 
 
Response: Communications, electronics, electronic software, 
gauges and relays, CCTV, avionic equipment, and other 
equipment from United Kingdom, German, France, and the U.S. 
 
Question: Are you familiar with the restrictions against the 
unauthorized re-export or retransfer of US-origin defense 
articles? 
 
Response: Yes.  Thawatchal committed to repeating this 
restriction at the company's next executive meeting. 
 
Question: Who are your regular customers and where are they 
located? 
 
Response: The Royal Thai Armed Forces - particularly the 
Communication Corps, private companies, the Airports 
Authority of Thailand, and the Aeronautical Radio of 
Thailand.  Customers are located nationwide, primarily in 
Bangkok. 
 
¶5. (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, 
Aerotechnic Aviation Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was 
registered as follows: 
 
Registration: 0105546034245 
Registered Date: March 18, 2003 
Status: Company Limited 
Capital Registration: 20,000,000 baht 
Executives: Kajohnsak Watanangura and Manfred Maximilian 
Gerhard Karge, a German national.  Either executive can make 
legal commitments with the company's seal. 
 
Company Location: 174/60-61, Moo 9, Viphawadi Rangsit Rd., 
Sikan Sub-District, Don Muang, Bangkok. 
The company has submitted annual financial reports for 
1999-2006. 
Purpose of Company: To rent all types of airplanes. 
 
¶6. (U) The company was listed in the telephone directory 
under the location of Tambon Bung, Amphoe Siracha, Chonburi. 
The phone numbers are: 038-484-062 and 038-482-913.  The 
phone number 02-996-7060 was listed as a confidential number. 
 The company's fax number 02-996-7327 worked. 
 
¶7. (U) POL FSN met March 25 with Kajohnsak Watanangura, 
Managing-Director, Aerotechnic Aviation Services (Thailand) 
Co., Ltd.  The company was located in a four-story shop house 
along a main highway.  There was no security guard or CCTV. 
The building was accessed via a key card and combination lock 
system.  It shared space with its sister company, AVIA Satcom 
Co., Ltd.  Another sister company, APAC Solutions Co., Ltd., 
was located nearby.  The company had approximately ten 
employees, two of which are German engineers. 
 
¶8. (U) Kajohnsak provided reftel End-Use/End-User Statement 
No. 603851 and YIT & J Indent No. 603851-2007.  Kajohnsak 
also provided the Aerotechnic's Purchase Order to Yip In Tsoi 
& Jacks, No. A-2007-043, dated December 4, 2007, and a 
receipt from YIT & J to his company, No. 1N08-005694, dated 
January 1, 2008, on 30 percent of down payment for this 
equipment. 
All equipment would be stored at the company's field 
office/air hangar at the Sahaphat Industrial Park, Tambon 
Bung, Amphoe Siracha, Chonburi. 
 
¶9. (U) (U) Kajohnsak confirmed the purchase of reftel 
equipment that would be used at the company's field office in 
Chonburi for aero communication system's testing and 
inspection 
 
Question: How long has your company been in the business of 
importing and selling defense articles? 
 
Response: Approximately three years, after the company was 
contracted to repair or install the communication and avionic 
system of airplanes using U.S. equipment.  The company had 
received operational privileges from Thailand's Board of 
Investment since December 2003 and has had a DCA Repair 
Station Certificate from the Department of Civil Aviation, 
Thailand's Ministry of Transportation, since December 2003, 
renewable every three years.  Beside products from the US, 
the company also purchases equipment from European countries. 
 
Question: Are you familiar with the restrictions against the 
unauthorized re-export or retransfer of US-origin defense 
articles? 
 
Response: Yes. 
 
Question: How long has your company done business with Yip In 
Tsoi & Jacks Ltd.? In what capacity? 
 
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Response: For approximately three years after the company 
started to purchase U.S. products.  YIT & J was one of the 
U.S. product representatives that the company utilizes. 
 
Question: What business relationship, if any, does your 
company have with the Royal Thai Government? 
 
Response: The company has done business with the RTG as a 
bidder on government or armed forces aero maintenance or 
installation projects.  State customers include the Royal 
Thai Navy, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, the 
Bureau of Royal Rain-Making, and the Agricultural Aviation 
Division. 
JOHN