Cablegate: Rsvp: Extrancheck: Post-Shipment Verification;

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STATE FOR LB/ESP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC
SUBJECT: RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION;
CYPRUS POLICE AIRWING

REF: USDOC 7937

1. On 25 September 2007, Poloff Barbara DeLeo carried out a
Post Shipment Verification at the Cyprus Police Airwing,
located at the airport in Larnaca, Cyprus.

2. Post met for approximately two hours with George Frangos,
a sergeant with the Cyprus Police Airwing. Frangos explained
the radar apparatus was a weather radar used in search and
rescue operations. The Cyprus Police Airwing logistics
officer brought Post and Frangos to the helicopter where he
believed the radar was installed. After a few checks, it was
determined an avionics team was necessary for further
inspection. The correct radar was not found on the
helicopter. The avionics team then searched a small plane,
which also did not house the radar. Upon return to the
Cyprus Police Airwing office, the logistics officer found a
radar on the shelf, which was never installed in an aircraft.
Post ensured this was the correct radar apparatus, part
number 4000831-105 with serial number T2020. The Cyprus
Police Airwing did not have immediate plans to install the
radar apparatus on their aircraft.

3. Recommendation: All indications were that the Cyprus
Police Airwing will remain in possession of the radar
apparatus and will install the device on their aircraft. No
adverse information was available regarding the suitability
of the consignee as a recipient of US-origined technical
data. The Cyprus Police Airwing can be considered a reliable
recipient of this equipment.
SCHLICHER

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