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UNCLAS CAIRO 002250 
 
C O R R E C T E D  C O P Y - SENSITIVE CAPTION ADDED 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL ETTC MASS EG
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER 
HAMDY EL-SEROURY - CASE NO. K-2437 
 
REF: STATE 99499 
 
 ¶1.  (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with 
registered broker Hamdy el-Seroury at the offices of Best 
Engineering.  El-Seroury confirmed that he was authorized by 
the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering 
activities in Egypt.  The firm provides consulting services 
only for sensitive items, so the firm does not physically 
handle or store any items on the United States Munitions List 
(USML) on behalf of its clients.  The company was established 
11 years ago.  El-Seroury is the only principal officer, but 
he employs four other retired military officers.  The firm's 
only customer is the Egyptian military.  El-Seroury confirmed 
that he was familiar with restrictions on USML items, 
including the unauthorized re-transfer and re-export of 
items. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) El-Seroury's firm focuses on providing constancy 
services with the Egyptian military on a variety of 
electronic equipment, command and control systems, radios, 
navigation systems, and electronic warfare.  Some of his 
projects included consultant services for the Egyptian Army's 
Beechraft aircraft upgrade program, radar systems for Air 
Defense with Lockheed Martin, and F-16 simulator for the Air 
Force, and communication suites and electronic warfare 
systems for the Navy. 
Tueller