US embassy cable - 05ALMATY2099

UNCLAS ALMATY 002099 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MARY CORSEY/ORESTES THEOCHARIDES 
USDOC FOR 3133/FCS/OIO/EUR/MCOSTA 
USDOC FOR: 4231/ITA/MAC/OEERIS/RISD/DSTARKS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: BEXP, ETRD, ETTC, KZ 
SUBJECT: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ 
LTD. EXPORT LICENCES NUMBERS D318838 & D302823 
 
REFTELS: USDOC 2165, USDOC 2166 
 
1. PLEASE NOTE THAT KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD. MADE PURCHASES 
OF THIS TECHNOLOGY FROM ONE US SUPPLIER, LEUPOLD AND 
STEVENS, INC, WHICH RECEIVED TWO EXPORT LICENCES, NUMBERS 
D318838 & D302823.  YOUR CABLES (REF ABOVE) REQUESTED TWO 
DIFFERENT PSV'S ON THE SAME END-USER, FOR THE SAME PRODUCT 
FROM THIS ONE US COMPANY, LEUPOLD AND STEVENS, INC. 
THEREFORE, ONE PSV WAS CARRIED OUT IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTING 
CABLES USDOC 2165 AND 2166. 
 
2. CS ALMATY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER MITCHEL AUERBACH AND 
INDUSTRY SPECIALIST OKSANA CHUKREYEVA CONDUCTED A PSV AT THE 
KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD, FACILITY ON MAY 31, 2005, AS 
REQUESTED IN REFTELS USDOC 2165 AND 2166. THIS PSV WAS 
CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF RIFLESCOPES, 
ASSESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS USED BY HUNTERS. SHIPMENT OF 
THESE PRODUCTS WAS MADE UNDER EXPORT LICENSE NUMBERS D318838 
& D302823, RECEIVED BY LEUPOLD AND STEVENS, INC., 14400 NW 
GREENBRIER OARKWAY, BEAVERTON, OR 97006. 
 
3. TO CONDUCT THIS POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK, THE SCO 
AND INDUSTRY SPECIALIST VISITED THE FACILITIES OF 
KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD, IN ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, AND MET WITH 
MR. VLADISLAV E. BEME, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY. 
 
4. POST WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE VISIT WITHOUT DELAY FROM 
THIS COMPANY, AND THE SCO AND MS. CHUKREYEVA EXPERIENCED NO 
RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF MR. BEME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 
CONCERNING THIS PSV CHECK. THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED ON 
KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD PREMISES. THE RIFLESCOPES, 
ASSESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS IN SIGHT AND VIEWED BY THE PSV 
TEAM, AND THEY VERIFIED THE NAME AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE 
ITEM BY THE DESCRIPTION LISTED ON THE LICENSE. DURING THEIR 
VISIT, THE PSV CHECK TEAM EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE OF 
COMPLYING WITH ALL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LICENSES AS WELL 
AS THE RIDERS AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE LICENSE. 
 
5. RECOMMENDATION: ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THIS TECHNOLGY 
HAS BEEN USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE EXPORT 
LICENSE AND THAT THE KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD. COMPANY CAN BE 
CONSIDERED A RELIABLE RECIPIENT OF SENSITIVE U.S. 
TECHNOLOGY. 
 
ASQUINO 
 
 
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