>>And for that matter I thought one
>> of us on this list already fought this battle and got it OKed ??
>>
>I believe that is correct, however, this is for non-US SME. As far as I can
>deduce from the original fracas when your F6 permits were withheld is that
>two distinct and separate issues exist.
>
>1. SME and other vehicles of non-US manufacture was temporarily denied a F6
>clearance which has now been lifted.
>
>2. ALL US manufactured and exported MV's fall under the auspices of some
>lend-lease legislation/controls for war time and post war vehicles as
>defined by Ike himself back in the 50's I believe, in that they could never
>be re-imported into the US.
>
>I believe your are battering yourselves on the latter stumbling block which,
>owing to is longevity in force, seems an impossible nut to crack, however,
>go at it and I wish you success.
>
>Richard
>Southampton - England
Listees,
Richard is EXACTLY CORRECT. This issue was solved in regards to non-US
origin SME (siginficant military equipment), but not for US-origin
SME.......SO T-55's can be imported into the USA with Form 6's but to
return an M8 Greyhound to the US requires State Department Clearance AND
the Form 6. I have been unable to get a clear answer to the question of
whether the ATF would consider issuing an F6 to a PRIVATE CITIZEN even if
the citizen had the State Dept approval. ATF has given approvals for
groups (i.e., musemus and veterans groups) to bring gear back (remember
ther LST that came back to the USA recently....actually required an ACT OF
CONGRESS!), but I know of no apprlvals issued to private citizens for
re-importing US-origin SME (armor, armour, amphibians, etc).
Can anyone correct my ignorance?
dean
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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
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