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 SIPDIS 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