TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA:PRESIDENTIAL

S E C R E T OTTAWA 002405 SIPDIS NOFORN STATE FOR EB/ESC/ESP (GGLASS),S/CT (FOX),IO/PHO (PEREZ), AND WHA/CAN TREASURY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL (DAUFHAUSER),OFAC DIRECTOR (RNEWCOMB),TREASURY DAS FOR TERRORISM (JZARATE),AND TREASURY TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING NSC FOR JMEYERS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/16/2013 TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA:PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADDITION OF HAMAS NAMES TO E.O. 13224 ASSET FREEZE LIST (LIST 37) REF: STATE 242722 Classified By: Classified by Economics Counselor Wendy Moore. Reason 1 .5 (b and d). ¶1. (SBU/Noforn) Post delivered reftel message to the GOC on August 21 as Canadian government offices re-opened briefly Wednesday morning for the first time since last week's power failure. On August 22 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) confirmed the information had been circulated for interagency consideration, but offices have shut again today and the GOC will not be able to respond until the government is fully operational next week. ¶2. (S) DFAIT noted that some of the designees had not, when considered in the past, met the "reasonable grounds" threshold necessary for designation in Canada, and will let us know if further information on any of the names would be helpful. The European response is likely to weigh into the GOC's decision. KELLY