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P 091004Z JUL 09
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1929
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UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000834 
 
STATE FOR EAP/TC, PM/DTCC AND ISN/MTR 
 
STATE PASS TO AIT/W 
 
PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR RACHAEL-THERESE JOUBERT-LIN 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FROM AIT KAOHSIUNG BRANCH OFFICE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE NO.050096839 
 
REF: STATE 054489 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Per reftel request, the AIT Kaohsiung branch office 
(AIT/K) Deputy Principal Officer and Economic Section Assistant 
visited Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Co. Ltd in Pingtung City, 
Taiwan and interviewed the company's Manager, Jason Lee.  AIT/K also 
conducted telephone interviews with Commander Tang Chen-gung, the 
officer in charge of procurement for the First Air Logistics Center 
of the Taiwan Air Force. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Manager Jason Lee told 
AIT/K that, on August 24, 2007, Taiwan Ministry of National Defense 
Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)selected his 
company as contractor to order two Cathode Ray Tubes. He found an 
American supplier, Thomas Electronics, from his research on the 
internet.  He received his order from Thomas Electronics on May 26, 
¶2008. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Lee told us that his main customer for the past seven 
years has been the Taiwan military.  He claimed he does not do 
business outside of Taiwan, nor does he operate offices overseas. 
Lee said he signed an agreement not to transfer this equipment to a 
third party and claimed he was familiar with U.S. restrictions on 
the procurement of USML items. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) Gon Cheng's office is on the bottom floor of a three-floor 
building; the two floors above his office are used as residential 
space.  The office appears to be secure and is equipped with a 
security alarm. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) AIT/K also did a phone interview with the end user, 
Commander Tang Chen-gung of the First Air Logistics Center of the 
Taiwan Air Force.  Tang confirmed that his institute procured the 
two Cathode Ray Tubes, and that and Gon Cheng installed the tubes in 
an OS208/UPM-137 oscilloscope used for radar testing.  Tang also 
confirmed that Gon Cheng is a reliable supplier and contractor for 
Taiwan's Air Force. 
 
Wang