TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG,

S E C R E T KUWAIT 003762

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/ESP (EGOFF)
STATE FOR S/CT (FOX)
REGIONAL BUREAUS
STATE FOR IO/PHO (PEREZ)
NSC (PETERS)
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/RA
TREASURY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL AUFHAUSER
TREASURY FOR OFAC DIRECTOR NEWCOMB
TREASURY FOR DASS FOR TERRORISM AND VIOLENT CRIMES (ZARATE)
TREASURY TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2003
TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU YE
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG,
ET AL

REF: A. STATE 238111


B. STATE 230255

Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC BASED UPON REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D)


1. (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points
and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold,
confidential basis, the names of the individual and the

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entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under
Executive Order 13224.


2. (U) Econ Chief conveyed to GOK MFA on 9 August talking
points and background paper regarding Ref B's notice that USG
had on 8 August requested the addition of a stipulated
individual's name to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee's
consolidated asset-freeze list.


3. (U) Americas Department Director Amb Khaled Al-Babtain
assured CDA on 17 August that the GOK would take immediate
action to discover and freeze assets of the designatees. Amb
Al-Babtain reiterated Kuwait's support for actions of the UN
1267 Sanctions Committee and volunteered to follow up on
Post's standing request for a review of GOK's actions to date
under relevant UNSCRs.
URBANCIC