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UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001295 
 
SENSITIVE 
C O R R E C T E D COPY CAPTION 
STATE FOR EAP/TC, PM/DTCC AND ISN/MTR 
 
STATE PASS TO AIT/W 
 
 
PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR TIM MAZZARELI 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FROM AIT KAOHSIUNG BRANCH OFFICE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK FOR DTC CASE 
050112953 
 
REF: STATE 00085802 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT Kaohsiung visited the Air Force 
Institute of Technology to meet with Colonel Yang Hsing-bang and 
other officers who are responsible for the procurement and use of 
the United States Munitions List (USML) item in question.  AIT/K 
also visited the local consignee, Sense Tek, and interviewed the 
company's owner, Mr. Lin Ke-Long.  Both interviewed parties 
confirmed that the Constant Speed Drive (CSD) would be procured only 
to be used as a student training aid at the Institute.  Both 
organizations noted that the CSD they are purchasing is used and 
out-of-date.  They only want to use the CSD as a learning tool. 
Sense Tek will cut the CSD into cross sections and put it on display 
as a model for students to view.  Both organizations supplied 
contracts that were used to purchase the CSD and both seem like 
reliable recipients of the CSD. 
 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Below are the answers to questions listed in the reftel. 
 
--Does the company have supporting documentation, including purchase 
orders, for this proposed transaction? 
 
Yes, the company provided contracts and purchase orders. 
 
--What role will Sense Tek play in the proposed transaction?  Will 
Sense Tek be handling or storing the items listed on the 
application?  If so, does it have secure facilities and proper 
accounting and security procedures for handling these sensitive USML 
items? 
 
Sense Tek is the consignee and will also be the one to cut the CSD 
into cross sections and turn it into a display model for the Air 
Force Institute.  The item will be stored in a locked warehouse 
while the CSD is at their facility.  Locking the warehouse is the 
extent of their security procedure. 
 
--What is the exact end-use for this USML item?  How exactly will 
the component be used as a "student training aid"? 
 
The CSD will be used a as learning tool in a classroom setting for 
junior Air Force mechanics.  A cross section of the CSD will be cut 
out and be used as a display model to help students understand the 
inside components of a CSD.  The CSD will not be used in any other 
way. 
 
--When was the company established and who are its principals? 
 
Sense Tek was established in 1988 and Mr. Lin Ke-Long is the owner. 
 
--What is the nature of its business -- what type of items does it 
handle, does it serve as a broker? 
 
Sense Tek makes orders machines that will be used as display models 
for mechanical systems that schools to use as learning aids for 
future mechanics or engineers. 
 
--What type of organizations are among its typical customers and 
where are the customers located? 
 
Sense Tek's typical customers are universities and technical schools 
located in Taiwan. 
 
--Does the company understand the restrictions on the United States 
Munitions List items, especially the prohibition against 
unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports. 
 
Yes, both the Air Force officers and Mr. Lin claimed familiarity 
with the restrictions on the re-transfer and re-export of USML 
items. 
 
Castro 
 
Wang