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[FR Doc No: 94-8334]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of Defense Trade Controls
[Public Notice 1981]

 

Munitions Exports Involving Rexon Technology Corp., et al.

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that all existing licenses and other 
approvals, granted pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, that authorize the export or transfer by, for or to, Rexon 
Technology Corporation, Gary D. Kauf, Jerome S. Shafir, James A. 
Bittel, Ronald L. Laib, Ordnance Technologies, Ltd., John Paul Grecian, 
and Bryan Mason, and any of their subsidiaries, associated companies, 
or successor entities, of defense articles or defense services are 
suspended. In addition, it shall be the policy of the Department of 
State to deny all export license applications and other requests for 
approval involving, directly or indirectly, the above cited entities. 
This action also precludes the use in connection with such entities of 
any exemptions from license or other approval included in the 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 CFR parts 120-130) 
(ITAR).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 1994.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clyde G. Bryant, Jr., Chief, Compliance and Enforcement Branch, Office 
of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Department of State (703-875-6650).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two indictments were returned on December 
13, 1993, in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. The 
first, a five (5) count indictment, charging Rexon Technology 
Corporation, Gary D. Kauf, Jerome S. Shafir, James A. Bittel, and 
Ronald L. Laib, with conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371) to violate and 
violating section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) 
(AECA) and its implementing regulations, the ITAR. Second, a four (4) 
count indictment, charging Ordnance Technologies, Ltd., John Paul 
Grecian, and Bryan Mason with conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371) to violate and 
violating section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) 
(AECA) and its implementing regulations, the ITAR. The indictment 
charges that the defendants conspired to export illegally 300,000 sets 
of United States-origin fuze components to Iraq, while stating that the 
fuzes in question were for use by the Jordanian Armed Forces, without 
having first obtained the U.S. Department of State requisite 
authorization. Also, the defendant was charged with causing a false 
statement to be made in applications to the Department of State for 
licenses to export those defense articles to Iraq by supplying a cover 
story that stated the fuzes were going to be assembled in Jordan and 
used by the Jordanian Armed Forces. (United States v. Rexon Technology 
Corporation, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, Criminal 
Docket No. CR-93-610).
    On February 24, 1994, the Department of State suspended all 
licenses and other written approvals (including all activities under 
manufacturing license and technical assistance agreements) concerning 
exports of defense articles and provision of defense services by, for 
or to Rexon Technology Corporation, Gary D. Kauf, Jerome S. Shafir, 
James A. Bittel, Ronald L. Laib, Ordnance Technologies, Ltd., John Paul 
Grecian, and Bryan Mason and any of their subsidiaries, associated 
companies or successor entities. Furthermore, the Department of State 
precluded the use, in connection with the named persons, of any 
exemptions from licenses or other approvals included in the ITAR.
    This action has been taken pursuant to sections 38 and 42 of the 
AECA (22 U.S.C. 2778 & 2791) and 22 CFR 126.7(a)(2) and 126.7(a)(3) of 
the ITAR. It will remain in force until rescinded.
    Exceptions may be made to this policy on a case-by-case basis at 
the discretion of the Office of Defense Trade Controls. However, such 
an exception would be granted only after a full review of all 
circumstances, paying particular attention to the following factors: 
Whether an exception is warranted by overriding U.S. foreign policy or 
national security interests; whether an exception would further law 
enforcement concerns; and, whether other compelling circumstances exist 
which are consistent with the foreign policy or national security 
interests of the United States, and which do not conflict with law 
enforcement concerns.
    A person named in an indictment for an AECA-related violation may 
submit a written request for reconsideration of the suspension/denial 
decision to the Office of Defense Trade Controls. Such request for 
reconsideration should be supported by evidence of remedial measures 
taken to prevent future violations of the AECA and/or the ITAR and 
other pertinent documented information showing that the person would 
not be a risk for future violations of the AECA and/or the ITAR. The 
Office of Defense Trade Controls will evaluate the submission in 
consultation with, inter alia, the Departments of Treasury, Justice, 
and other necessary agencies. After a decision on the request for 
reconsideration has been rendered by the Assistant Secretary for 
Political-Military Affairs, the requester will be notified whether the 
exception has been granted.

    Dated: February 24, 1994.
Robert L. Gallucci,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 94-8334 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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