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UNCLAS STATE 020184 
 
SIPDIS 
ANKARA FOR ROB LEE 
POL-MIL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TU
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON  LICENSE 050111816 
 
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 Post's assistance in conducting a 
post-shipment 
end use check on License 050111816 for the export of defense 
hardware 
to Turkey.  Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern 
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:  To confirm bona fides of this 
transaction. 
 
¶4. Action Request:  Department requests that Post make 
inquiries to 
verify the bona fides of foreign consignee Empa Electronics 
San.Ve 
Ticaret A.S. and confirm that the Government of Turkey, 
Ministry of 
Defense received the listed United States Munitions List 
(USML) items 
for the purpose stated on the license. 
 
The following questions provide suggested guidance: 
 
-- Does Empa Electronics have proper supporting 
documentation, 
including a purchase order from the Ministry of Defense for 
the 
transaction? 
 
-- Does the company have secure facilities and proper 
accounting and 
security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? 
 
-- When was the company established and who are its 
principals? 
 
-- What is the nature of its business -- what types of items 
does it 
handle; does it serve as a broker? 
 
-- What types of organizations are among its typical 
customers 
and where are the customers located? 
 
-- Does the company understand the restrictions on USML items, 
especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers 
and re-exports? 
 
End Action Request. 
 
¶5. Details of license application: 
 
DTC Case: 050111816 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
20 Military Electrical Connectors 
 
License Value: USD $13,450 
 
SELLER: 
 
Amphenol Corporation 
Attn: Edward Ziobro 
358 Hall Aveune 
Wallingford, CT 06492 
(607)563-5768 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEES: 
 
Mikes (Microwave Electronics Systems, Inc.) 
Cankiri Yolu 5.KM, Akyurt 
Ankara 
Turkey 
 
Empa Electronics San. Ve Ticaret A.S 
Serbest Bolge Subesi, Ablok No:73 
Bakirkoy 
Istanbul 
Turkey 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Turkish Ministry of Defense 
Turkish Air Force 
Hava Kuvvetleri Komuntanligi Kararg 
Bakaliklar 
Ankara 
Turkey 
 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For assembly into the AN/ALQ-178(V)3 systems for use in the 
AN/ALQ-178(V)5 
radar and jamming system for the F-16 Aircraft for end use by 
the Turkish MOD, 
Turkish Air Force. 
 
¶6. Submitted in support of the license application was the 
following document 
   (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): 
 
    -- Empa Electronics Letter of Intent dated 7 February 
¶2008. 
 
¶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 
/ebooks/BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf 
 
¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON