[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13834]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2206]
Office of Defense Trade Controls; Rescission of Suspended Exports
Regarding Teledyne Wah Chang Albany
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Public Notice 1871, effective July
26, 1993, suspending all existing licenses and other approvals, granted
by the Department of State pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export
Control Act (``AECA''), that authorized the export or transfer of
defense articles or defense services by, for or to, Teledyne Wah Chang
Albany is rescinded.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip S. Rhoads, Chief Compliance and
Enforcement Branch, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs, Department of State (703-875-6650).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 26, 1993, the Office of Defense
Trade Controls, Department of State, suspended and denied all existing
licenses and other approvals, granted pursuant to section 38 of the
AECA, that authorized the export or transfer by, for or to, Teledyne
Wah Chang Albany, and any other subsidiaries or associated companies,
of defense articles or defense services. That suspension action was
taken pursuant to section 38 and 40 of the AECA (22 U.S.C. 2778 and
2780) and Secs. 126.7(a)(2) and 126.7(a)(3) of the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations (``ITAR'') (22 CFR 126.7(a)(2) & (3)).
An indictment was returned, on May 26, 1993, in the U.S. District
Court, Southern District of Florida charging Teledyne Wah Chang Albany,
with one count of conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371) to violate section 38 of
the Arms Export Control Act (AECA, 22 U.S.C. 2778) and the ITAR (22 CFR
Parts 120-130), and three substantive counts of violating the AECA and
the ITAR. The indictment charged that the defendants conspired to
conceal a scheme to illegally export United States origin ordnance-
grade zirconium to Chile, for use in cluster bombs and other munitions
for Iraq, without having first obtained the U.S. Department of State
requisite authorization. On July 13, 1994, an indictment was returned
in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging
Teledyne Industries, Inc., d/b/a Teledyne Wah Chang Albany with one
count of conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371) to violate section 38 of the AECA
and the ITAR, and one substantive count of violating the AECA and the
ITAR. The indictment charged that the defendants conspired to conceal a
scheme to sell and export zirconium compacts to Greece, for reexport to
Jordan, without having first obtained the U.S. Department of State
requisite authorization.
On January 26, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Florida, Teledyne Industries, Inc., d/b/a Teledyne Wah
Chang Albany entered a guilty plea to conspiring to violate and
violating the AECA. On January 27, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia, they entered a guilty plea of violating the
AECA. Pursuant to a Consent Agreement, between Teledyne Industries,
Inc., d/b/a Teledyne Wah Chang Albany and the Department of State, and
an Order signed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-
Military Affairs, the Department of State's suspension relating to
Teledyne Industries, Inc., d/b/a Teledyne Wah Chang Albany imposed on
July 26, 1993 (noticed in the September 23, 1993 Federal Register) and
a second suspension imposed on July 24, 1994, is rescinded, effective
January 27, 1995.
Dated: April 27, 1995.
William J. Lowell,
Director, Office of Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 95-13834 Filed 6-6-95; 8:45 am]
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