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Cablegate: Extrancheck: Post-Shipment Verification: Oasis Hong Kong

Published: Thu 8 May 2008 01:06 AM
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USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LHINES/ADYSON
USDOC FOR 3132 FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR WILLIAM ZARIT
BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
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E.O. 12958: N/A
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SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OASIS HONG KONG
AIRLINES
REF: A) USDOC 01879 B) HK 04608 (December 1, 2006)
1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act.
2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of
Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS), Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO) was
requested to conduct a post-shipment verification (PSV) at Oasis
Hong Kong Airlines Limited, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Wing, 80
South Perimeter Road, Hong Kong (Oasis). The item in question is a
data management unit exported to Oasis on or about September 1, 2007
and valued at approximately USD 41,000. The item is classified
under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 7A994. This ECCN
is controlled for Anti-Terrorism (AT) reasons. The exporter was
Honeywell International Inc. of Redmond, Washington.
3. A review of Hong Kong Companies Registry reveals that Oasis was
registered in 2005 and has a registered capital of the Hong Kong
equivalent of USD 15 million. Its directors are U.S. national Lee,
Cho Min Raymond and Hong Kong residents Lee, Hwang Priscilla,
Miller, Stephen Henry and Yung, Tse Kowng Steven.
4. Oasis is a newer budget airline in Hong Kong. It also recently
declared bankruptcy and is no longer operational. At the request of
OEA, ECO is therefore closing out this PSV without further action.
ECO notes that in Reftel B, ECO visited Oasis's maintenance
contractor that likely received the item in question in connection
with another export to Oasis. In that case, ECO made a favorable
recommendation.
Cunningham
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