TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON

UNCLAS COLOMBO 000507 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EB/ESC/ESP (GLASS),S/CT, SA/INS TREASURY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL (AUFHAUSER),IO/PHO (PEREZ), OFAC (NEWCOMB) AND TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN ECON ETTC PTER CE LTTE SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON FROZEN ASSETS - SRI LANKA Ref: (A) State 71056, (B) 02 Colombo 1112 ¶1. As reported in Ref B, as of April 2002 Sri Lanka's Central Bank had frozen the assets of a single account suspected of financing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 2, 2001. ¶2. The Controller of Exchange of Sri Lanka's Central Bank confirmed on March 24, 2003 that the account in question is no longer frozen. The Controller said the account was unfrozen because the Central Bank found no evidence to indicate the account was linked to terrorism. WILLS