TERRORIST FINANCE:AMMAN:HAMAS NAMES

S E C R E T AMMAN 003587 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EB/ESC/ESP(GGLASS),S/CT(SFOX),NEA, IO/PHO(APEREZ); NSC (GPETERS); TREASURY GENERAL COUNSEL(DAUFHAUSER),OFAC DIRECTOR (RNEWCOMB),TREASURY (JZARATE),AND THE TREASURY TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/16/2018 TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL JO SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE:AMMAN:HAMAS NAMES REF: STATE 163613 Classified By: Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm. Reasons 1.5 (b,d) ¶1. (S) On June 16, Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, requesting that the GOJ keep this material close hold until after the June 19 public announcement designating and freezing the assets of four HAMAS-linked NGOs and the six top HAMAS leaders under E.O. 13224. Al-Ayed offered no substantive comment, but promised to pass the information on to FM Muasher promptly. GNEHM