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UNCLAS STATE 024296 
 
SIPDIS 
ABU DHABI FOR SUSANNAH COOPER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TC
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSES 05-950130 AND 050025433 
 
¶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 check on licenses 05-950130 and 050025433 for 
the export of sound and flash suppressors to the United Arab 
Emirates. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern 
check within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern 
check will affect pending and future licenses involving 
parties to these licenses. 
 
¶3. Reason for Request: These licenses are for a significant 
quantity of sound and flash suppressors. Post is requested to 
verify that the suppressors were received and are being used 
by the UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command only. 
 
¶4. Action Request: Post is requested to make appropriate 
inquiries to representatives of the UAE Armed Forces Special 
Operations Command to verify that all the suppressors listed 
below were received and are being used by that agency only. 
The following points are included for guidance: 
 
(To the UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command) 
 
--Can you confirm the order and receipt of all the sound and 
flash suppressors listed on these license applications? 
 
--Can you confirm that all the sound and flash suppressors 
listed below are in the possession of and being used by the 
UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command only? 
 
In its reply, Post may also comment on any other information 
pertinent to these transactions such as security of 
facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities involved. 
 
¶5. Details of license applications: 
 
(NOTE: The licenses listed below represent one contract 
between Colt Defense and the UAE Armed Forces Special 
Operations Command. PM/DDTC limited license 05-950130 to 30 
sound suppressors, though Colt Defense's request was for 150. 
The applicant appealed and PM/DDTC subsequently approved the 
remaining 120 sound suppressors in license 050025433. END 
NOTE) 
 
¶A. 
 
DTC Case: 05-950130 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
30 Knight's Armament Quick-Detach Sound Suppressors 
 
150 Knight's Armament Quick-Detach Flash Suppressors 
 
License Value: USD $67,620 
 
SELLER: 
 
Colt Defense LLC 
545 New Park Avenue 
West Hartford, CT 06110 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command 
PO Box 2501 SAS Al Nakhl 
Refinery Island, Abu Dhabi 
UAE 
Tel: 971 2 5584999 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For use by the UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command 
for national security purposes 
 
¶B. 
 
DTC Case: 050025433 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
120 Knight's Armament Quick-Detach Sound Suppressors 
 
License Value: USD $219,480 
 
SELLER: 
 
SELLER: 
 
Colt Defense LLC 
545 New Park Avenue 
West Hartford, CT 06110 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command 
PO Box 2501 SAS Al Nakhl 
Refinery Island, Abu Dhabi 
UAE 
Tel: 971 2 5584999 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For use by the UAE Armed Forces Special Operations Command 
for national security purposes 
 
¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the 
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts 
upon request): 
 
Contract No 3/2/27/2002/58 signed by (illegible) dated 
11/02/2004 
 
DSP-83 signed by Philip Olander (Colt Defense) not dated and 
Saeed Mohammad Saeed Mansouri (Staff Colonel, Special 
Operations Command) dated 04/21/2004 
 
Letter Certifying no/no import license is required signed by 
Saeed Mohammad Saeed Mansouri (Staff Colonel, Special 
Operations Command) dated 04/21/2004 
 
¶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 Kyle M. Ballard, Phone: 
202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
BallardKM@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://virtuallibrary.state.gov/ 
BlueLanternGuidebook2006%2520 final .pdf 
 
¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON