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UNCLAS STATE 075563 
 
SIPDIS 
MADRID FOR E. STROTHER MURRAY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC SP
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK 
ON APPLICATION 050177626 
 
REF: A. 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 
     ¶B. 2009 MADRID 453 
 
¶1. This is an Action Request.  See paragraphs 2-4. 
 
¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in 
conducting a pre-license check on application 050177626 for 
the export of night vision goggles (NVGs) to Spain.  Post is 
requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. 
 Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending 
and future licenses involving parties to this license. 
 
¶3. Reason for request:  sensitive commodity and potential for 
diversion and misuse. Also, foreign intermediate consignee, 
Elint S.A. has been implicated in the potential diversion of 
NVGs in the past. 
 
¶4. Background:  DTCC requested a Blue Lantern post-shipment 
check on night vision devices (NVDs) (authorization request 
No. 05-971940) for the Spanish Marines.   Embassy Madrid, 
supporting DDTC's Blue lantern inquiry, determined that 
Spanish intermediate consignee, Elint S.A. could not account 
for 112 NVDs, had retransferred dozens of NVDs to 
unauthorized end-users in Spain and within NATO, had stored 
at least 114 NVDs in its own facilities without 
authorization, and committed several other violations and 
irregularities.  Based on Post's findings, the Spanish MoD 
asked the Spanish National Police to investigate, and U.S. 
applicant ITT is pursuing a patent infringement suit against 
Elint S.A. 
 
¶5. ACTION MADRID:  Post is requested to make inquiries with 
appropriate officials to determine if the Spanish Marines 
ordered the NVGs from Elint S.A. and if so, verify the amount 
and dollar value, and that the items will be used for the 
purpose stated on the license. 
 
The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: 
 
--Can the Spanish MoD confirm the existence of a contract or 
purchase order with Elint S.A. for the full quantity and 
dollar value of NVGs? 
 
--Can the Spanish MoD confirm end-use of the NVGs (ostensibly 
in Afghanistan and Lebanon)?  How many NVGs are required for 
Afghanistan and Lebanon respectively? 
END ACTION 
 
¶6. Details of the license application: 
 
DTC Case: 050177626 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
462  PVS-14 Night Vision Monocular kit.  Each kit includes: 
PVS-14 night vision monocular generation 3; sacrificial 
window NSN 5855-01-246-8271; demist shield NSN 
5855-01-444-1230; head mount assembly NSN 5855-01-246-8266; 
head/helmet mount adapter NSN 5965-01-444-1216 
 
400  GT-14 Night Vision Monocular Generation 3 kit.  Each kit 
includes a head mount assembly NSN 5965-01-444-1216 
 
License Value: USD 2,640,940.00 
 
SELLER: 
 
N-Vision Optics LLC 
220 Reservoir Street Suite 26 
Needdham, MA 02494 
POC is Olga Rivkin, Tel. 708-505-8360 ext. 3101 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
A.G.C. S.L. Centro de Carga Aerea de Madrid - Barajas 
Edificio de Servicios Generales 
Oficina No. 304 
Madrid 
Spain 
No POC provided, Tel. ( 34) 91 329 38 50 
 
FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE 
 
Elint S.A. 
Sagitario 1 
madrid 
Spain 
POC is Carlos Dominguez, Tel. 91 307 88 43 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Spanish Marines 
Avda. Pio XII, 86 
madrid 
Spain 
POC is Procurement Manager, Jose Conde, No Tel. provided 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
The equipment will be used by the Spanish Marines in 
anti-terrorist operations in Lebanon and also in support of 
OEF in Afghanistan. 
 
¶7. Submitted in support of the license application were the 
following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post 
upon request): 
 
--DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate submitted by Spanish 
Marines signed by Procurement Managers, Major Jesus Marin and 
Colonel Pascual Junquera on 3 June 2009, and by Elint S.A. 
Product Manager, Carlos Dominguez on 3 June 2009. 
 
--Purchase Order No. 0275/AD/MAR/09 submitted by Elint S.A., 
signed by Purchasing QA Manager, Beatriz Quiros on 5 June 
¶2009. 
 
--End Use Statement submitted by Ministerio de Defensa, 
signed by Procurement Manager, Jose Conde and by Elint S.A. 
Product Manager, Carlos Dominguez on 5 June 2009. 
 
¶8. 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 Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 
202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
MazzarelliTP@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/eboo ks/ 
BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf 
 
¶9. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON