US embassy cable - 02KUWAIT5587

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TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT - STATUS OF GRF FREEZE

Identifier: 02KUWAIT5587
Wikileaks: View 02KUWAIT5587 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2002-12-30 09:56:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 005587 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/ESP (GLASS), S/CT, AND NEA 
TREASURY FOR OGC (AUFHAUSER), JUAN ZARATE, TASK FORCE ON 
TERRORIST FINANCING, AND OFAC (NEWCOMB) 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/29/2012 
TAGS: ETTC, EFIN, PTER, PREL, KU 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT - STATUS OF GRF FREEZE 
 
REF: A. KUWAIT 5172 
     B. STATE 216024 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: Charge' d'Affaires a.i. Frank C. Urbancic for reasons 1. 
5 (B) and (D) 
 
(C) On 29 December EconChief spoke with Ayham Al-Omar, Deputy 
Director for Americas Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs, and requested an update on the status of the GRF 
freeze order.  Al-Omar reported that he had been informed by 
the Central Bank of Kuwait that it had ordered all 
institutions under its supervision to search for and freeze 
any GRF assets, and that all institutions reported back that 
they had found no such assets.  Al-Omar told EconChief that 
he was still waiting for written confirmation of this from 
the Central Bank, and that when he received it, he would pass 
it to the Embassy. 
URBANCIC 

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