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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
09STATE90920	2009-09-01 13:10	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Secretary of State

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TO RUEHAST/USOFFICE ALMATY 2927
INFO RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 2522
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
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RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 090920 
 
SIPDIS 
ALMATY FOR JOHN P. COONEY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC KZ SP
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 050095697 
 
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 check on license 050095697 for the export of 
International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered 
amplifiers (HPA) and traveling wave tubes (TWT) to 
Kazakhstan.  Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern 
inquiry 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: Sensitivity of the commodity; multiple 
consignees, both outside of Kazakhstan, no documentation from 
foreign end user Ministry of Defence of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan. 
 
¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post confirm that MOD 
Kazakhstan received the HPAs and TWTs listed below (as 
integrated into the CIDACA-R ESM/ECM system) and that the 
articles are being used for the purpose stated on the 
license. 
 
END ACTION. 
 
¶5. Details of license application: 
 
DTC CASE:  050095697 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
3 - High Powered Amplifier Model No. 600SC-M. 
1 - Spare Traveling Wave Tube Teledyne Part No. MEC5500 
3 - High Powered Amplifier with TWT Model No. 500IJ-XM 
1 - Spare Traveling Wave Tube Teledyne Part No. MEC5415 
 
License Value: $670,270 USD 
 
SELLER: 
 
ETM Electromatic, Inc. 
35451 Dumbarton Court 
Newark, CA 94560 
Tel: 510-797-1100 ext. 102 
POC: Michelle Childs 
 
FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: 
 
Alava Ingenieros, S.A. 
C/Albasanz, 16 
Madrid 28037 
Spain 
Tel:  34-91-567-9720 
POC: Maxi Herrera 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
Indra Sistemas S.A. 
Ctra. de Loeches 9 
Torrejon de Ardoz 
Madrid 28850 
Spain 
Tel:  34-91-626-8309 
POC: Gonzalo Pesquero 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
5-A Auezova Street 
Astana 010000 
Kazakhstan 
Tel:  7-3172-72-18-80 
POC: K.B. Mujambetov 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
The ETM transmitters will be integrated into the CIDACA-R 
ESM/ECM system to be used as a land-based radar 
countermeasures application on a Kazakhstan Army vehicle. 
 
STATE 00090920  002 OF 002 
 
 
They will be used to produce a wide bandwidth of radar 
jamming capabilities on a vehicle platform to protect mission 
personnel, equipment, and locations from electronic 
surveillance. 
 
Alava Ingenieros will integrate the transmitters with an 
antenna system and conduct initial RF (radio frequency) 
testing prior to shipping the transmitters and antenna to 
Indra Sistemas.  Indra will conduct final system integration 
with other system electronics into a mechanical structure 
within a radome and ship the final system (the CIDACA-R 
ESM/ECM) to the MOD Kazakhstan. 
 
¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the 
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post 
upon request): 
 
--Letter of Intent, submitted by ETM, signed by Michael 
Scott, dated 3 December 2007. 
 
--Supplementary Explanation of Transaction, submitted by ETM, 
signed by Michelle Childs, dated 21 February 2008. 
 
--End-User Certificate, submitted by Alava Ingenieros, signed 
by Maxi Herrera and Gonzalo Pesquero, dated 4 December 2007. 
 
--ETM price quotation submitted to Alava Ingenieros, dated 18 
October 2007. 
 
--Technical data regarding the commodity. 
 
--Department of State License for Permanent Export of 
Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified 
Technical Data, signed 25 March 2008, approved 22 May 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 Meredith Sundlof. Phone: 
202-663-3455; Email: SundlofME@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
SundlofME@state.sgov.gov.  The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) 
is available as a PDF file at 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Blue Lantern End-Use 
Monitoring Program. 
 
¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON

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