SPAIN - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF

S E C R E T MADRID 004052 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS - LLAMBERT S/CT - TKUSHNER IO/PSC - BFITZGERALD EUR/WE - GCLEMENTS AND MHALL NSC FOR THINNEN TREASURY FOR PO'BRIEN AND OFAC - RWERNER E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/21/2015 TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SP SUBJECT: SPAIN - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF ASG LEADERS REF: SECSTATE 210832 Classified By: ECONOMIC COUNSELOR WHITNEY BAIRD FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d). (S) On November 22, EconOffs shared reftel talking points and background paper to Technical Advisor for UN Affairs Carmen Bujan Freire and Area Director for International Terrorism Issues Miguel Garcia Herraiz at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EconOff also delivered reftel content to Secretary of State for the Economy David Vegara. Bujan said that the GOS would not object to the designation since the Abu Sayyaf Group is already included on the UN 1267 Committee's list. Bujan promised to forward the information in a confidential manner to the appropriate GOS authorities. AGUIRRE