Ya know I have to give a big BS to this one .. Its like
this .. Its who you know that counts .. Do you find it strange
that certain brokers have been acquiring WW II, Korean and Vietnam
era aircraft from out of the US sources ?? Yet your given this
BS line when you (Joe citizen) make the inquiry as to how you
can do it ??
I mean I'm not trying to screw things up for anyone, dealer
or joe citizen but I do believe its time to raise a fuss with
your elected congress critters as to why we can't NOT do this ..
and the privileged few can .. And for that matter I thought one
of us on this list already fought this battle and got it OKed ??
Bob B
>From: "Dean L. Kellogg, Jr" <kelloggd@uthscsa.edu>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: [MV] Re-importation of US MV's-BATF response
>Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 11:16:28 -0500
>
>Hi Listees,
>
>Over the last year and then some, I have been in SLOW corespondence with
>the Department of State and the BATF regarding the re-importation of US
>origin military vehicles. I have posted the corespondence to the list as it
>has come in. I wrote to the BATF on SEPTEMBER 4, 2000. I asked the
>following specific question in reference to Form 6 permits:
>
>"Is it the policy of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to issue
>such permits to private citizens? "
>
>I received the following letter yesterday...JULY 2, 2001 from the BATF.
>(scanned and converted to text for this post). I obviously need to write
>another letter to BATF.
>
>
>DEPARTMENT OF THETREASURY BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
>WASHINGTON, DC 2022.6
>JUN 2 7
>
>Dear Mr. Kellogg:
>
> This is in response to your letter dated September 14, 2000,
>regarding the importation of significant military equipment, in particular
>United States-origin tanks and armored vehicles. You ask what the policy of
>the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is regarding the
>importation of these vehicles. We apologize for the delay in our response.
>
> As you may know, under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) , 22
>U.S.C. ~ 2778(a) (1) , the President controls the importation of defense
>articles "in furtherance of world peace and the security and foreign policy
>of the United States." Defense articles include firearms, ammunition,
>missiles, rockets, military vehicles (tanks) , aircraft, helicopters, naval
>vessels, and certain other military equipment. Component parts for defense
>articles are also subject to regulation. An approved import permit, ATF
>Form 6, is required to import defense articles into the United States.
>
> By Executive Order 11,958, the President has delegated his
>authority regarding the imports of defense articles to the Secretary of the
>Treasury, subject to consultation with the Department of State. Therefore,
>applications to import U.S. origin defense articles are routinely referred
>to the State Department for review. The State Department generally
>recommends denial of such applications, since most of these articles were
>provided to foreign governments at no or reduced cost pursuant to foreign
>assistance programs of the United States. As a condition of receiving these
>U.S.-origin items{ the foreign governments agreed to return the articles to
>the United States or to pay over the proceeds of any sale. Allowing the
>return of these articles to the United States for commercial sale would
>allow the foreign governments to profit from their failure to abide by the
>terms of their agreement. ATF regulations not be approved for importation
>without a written retransfer authorization from the Department of State.
>Questions concerning retransfer authorizations should be directed to the
>Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfer Policy at (202) 647-9750.
>
> Accordingly ATF will not approve the importation of U.S.-origin
>significant military equipment without State Department authorization. We
>trust this has been responsive to your inquiry.
>
>Sincerely yours
>David D. Johansen Firearms and Explosives Imports Branch
>Chief
>
>*****************************************************************************
>Dean L. Kellogg, Jr., MD, PhD
>Department of Medicine
>The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
>7703 Floyd Curl Drive
>San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
>(210) 617-5311 FAX (210) 617-5312 e-mail:kelloggd@uthscsa.edu
>******************************************************************************l
>
>
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