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UNCLAS STATE 084081 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
PORT OF SPAIN FOR EBONY CUSTIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TD
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSES 050183924, 050146400, AND 050136382 
 
REF: EMAIL BALLARD-CUSTIS 
 
¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 
 
¶2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting 
a pre-license check on licenses 050183924, 050146400, and 
050136382 for the export of firearms to Trinidad and Tobago. 
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. (SBU) Reason for Request: This request is for Post to 
verify that end-user Specialist Shooter Training Center has 
not/not re-exported any of the firearms on export licenses 
050146400 and 050136382 to customers outside Trinidad & 
Tobago.  Post is also requested to verify the bona fides of 
the transaction on export license 050183924.  (NOTE: Licenses 
50146400 and 050136382 have already been issued and shipments 
have been made to the end-user.  License 050183924 has 
not/not yet been approved. END NOTE) Finally, Post is 
requested to consult with appropriate host government 
officials to establish the bona fides of Specialist Shooter 
Training Center.  More information is provided via REFTEL. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Action Request: Post is requested to determine if 
any firearms previously exported under licenses 050146400 and 
050136382 have been re-exported to customers outside Trinidad 
& Tobago.  Post is also requested to verify the bona fides of 
the transaction on export license 050183924 between 
Specialist Shooter Training Center and the Trinidad and 
Tobago Defence Force by making inquiries to appropriate 
authorities of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force.  In 
addition, Post is requested to refer to REFTEL and provide 
any information available about the bona fides of Specialist 
Shooter Training Center.  The following points are included 
for guidance: 
 
(To Specialist Shooter Training Center) 
 
--What products and services does your company provide?  Who 
are your regular customers and where do they reside? 
 
--What are your annual sales of U.S.-origin firearms? 
 
--Please provide sales records for firearms received via U.S. 
export licenses 050146400 and 050136382.  Were any of these 
firearms re-exported to end-users outside Trinidad & Tobago? 
Have you ever re-exported U.S.-origin defense articles to 
end-users outside Trinidad & Tobago? 
 
(To Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force) 
 
--Can you confirm the order of the pistols listed on U.S. 
export license number 050183924? 
 
(To Import/Export Authorities and/or Appropriate Law 
Enforcement Officials) 
 
--Is Specialist Shooter Training Center properly authorized 
to import and sell defense articles in Trinidad & Tobago? 
 
-- Do you have any records of Specialist Shooter Training 
Center exporting U.S.-origin defense articles to end-users 
outside Trinidad & Tobago? 
 
--Do you have any information on Specialist Shooter Training 
Center that would question their reliability as a recipient 
of U.S. defense articles? 
 
In its reply, Post is requested to comment on any other 
information pertinent to these transactions such as security 
of facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities 
involved. 
 
¶5. (U) Details of license applications: 
 
¶A. 
 
DTC Case: 050183924 (NOTE:  This license has not/not yet been 
approved) 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
60 Sig Sauer Model P226 Pistols, 9mm Caliber 
 
License Value: USD $31,059 
 
SELLER: 
 
Sig Sauer Inc. 
18 Industrial Drive 
Exeter, NH 03833 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
Specialist Shooters Training Center 
No. 1 Western Main Road 
St. James 
Trinidad and Tobago 
(NOTE: Purchase Order lists PO Box 347, Trinidad & Tobago) 
Tel: (868) 627-7975 
Email: sstc@tstt.net.tt 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 
Defence Force Headquarters, #1 Airways Road 
Chaguaramas, Trinidad, West Indies 
Trinidad and Tobago 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For use by the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 
 
¶B. 
 
DTC Case: 050146400 (NOTE:  This license has been approved 
and all shipments have been made) 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
35 Sig Sauer Model P250 Pistols w/ Night Sights, 9mm Caliber 
 
License Value: USD $15,715 
 
SELLER: 
 
Sig Sauer Inc. 
18 Industrial Drive 
Exeter, NH 03833 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Specialist Shooters Training Center 
No. 1 Western Main Road 
St. James 
Trinidad and Tobago 
(NOTE: Purchase Order lists PO Box 347, Trinidad & Tobago) 
Tel: (868) 627-7975 
Email: sstc@tstt.net.tt 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For commercial resale 
 
¶C. 
 
DTC Case: 050136382 (NOTE:  This license has been approved 
and all shipments have been made) 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
6 Sig Sauer Model P250 Pistols w/ Night Sights, 9mm Caliber 
 
6 Sig Sauer Model P229 Pistols w/ Night Sights, 9mm Caliber 
 
License Value: USD $6,348 
 
SELLER: 
 
Sig Sauer Inc. 
18 Industrial Drive 
Exeter, NH 03833 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Specialist Shooters Training Center 
No. 1 Western Main Road 
St. James 
Trinidad and Tobago 
(NOTE: Purchase Order lists PO Box 347, Trinidad & Tobago) 
Tel: (868) 627-7975 
Email: sstc@tstt.net.tt 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For commercial resale 
 
¶6. (U) Submitted in support of the license application were 
the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to 
Posts upon request): 
 
¶A. 
 
DSP-83 signed by Melanie Fox (Sig Sauer) dated 08/03/2009; 
Brig. Gen. Edmund Dillon (Defence Force) dated 07/15/2009; 
illegable (Specialist Shooters Training Center) dated 
07/27/2009 
 
Import Permit No. 135/2009 issued by the Police 
Commissioner's Office signed by illegiable (Commissioner of 
Police) dated 06/03/2009 
 
Purchase Order No. 202154 from Specialist Shooters Training 
Center signed by Brent Thomas dated 07/23/2009 
 
End-Use Certificate issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Defence 
Force signed by E.E. Dillon dated 07/20/2009 
 
¶B. 
 
DSP-83 signed by Melanie Fox (Sig Sauer) dated 08/03/2009 and 
Brent Thomas (Specialist Shooters Training Center) dated 
02/09/2009 
 
Import Permit No. 259/2008 issued by the Police 
Commissioner's Office signed by illegiable (Commissioner of 
Police) dated 02/05/2009 
 
Purchase Order No. 202113 from Specialist Shooters Training 
Center signed by Brent Thomas dated 01/09/2009 
 
End-Use Certificate issued by Specialist Shooters Training 
Center signed by illegiable dated 02/09/2009 
 
¶C. 
 
DSP-83 signed by Melanie Fox (Sig Sauer) dated 11/21/2008 and 
Brent Thomas (Specialist Shooters Training Center) dated 
11/09/2008 
 
Import Permit No. 183/2008 issued by the Police 
Commissioner's Office signed by illegiable (Commissioner of 
Police) dated 10/23/2008 
 
Purchase Order No. 1010113 from Specialist Shooters Training 
Center signed by Brent Thomas dated 11/25/2008 
 
End-Use Certificate issued by Specialist Shooters Training 
Center signed by illegiable dated 11/07/2008 
 
¶7. (U) 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 on Intellipedia: 
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/ 
Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program 
 
¶8. (U) Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON