Identifier
Created
Classification
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05NEWDELHI2189
2005-03-22 13:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 002189
SIPDIS
EB/ESC/TFS FOR DNELSON
S/CT FOR TKUSHNER
IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD
NSC FOR KEMERSON
TREASURY FOR JZARATE
OFAC FOR RWERNER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2015
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
REF: A. STATE 49537
B. 04 NEW DELHI 5486
Classified By: PolCouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 002189
SIPDIS
EB/ESC/TFS FOR DNELSON
S/CT FOR TKUSHNER
IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD
NSC FOR KEMERSON
TREASURY FOR JZARATE
OFAC FOR RWERNER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2015
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
REF: A. STATE 49537
B. 04 NEW DELHI 5486
Classified By: PolCouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
1. (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated with al-Qaida and the Taliban as ""an important step"" and agreed to hold the information in confidence until after Washington and Ottawa formally submit LeT to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee on March 28. PolCouns reminded Sinha that adding LeT to the UN counterterrorism list was subsequent to a discussion between then S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Cofer Black and MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar during the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (Ref B) and expressed the hope that this step would help to create a climate for further progress on the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue.
2. (C) On the related issue of terrorist infiltration from Pakistani Kashmir into J&K, Sinha observed that the heavy snowfall this year would delay the opening of the passes used for infiltration, and that the GOI would have to wait until May-June to assess if the stated drop in infiltration was due to weather or to changed policies in Islamabad. Sinha's predecessor, Arun K. Singh, noted that LeT had well documented connections to the Pakistan Army, and expressed the hope that our step would encourage Islamabad to sever these ties.
3. (C) Separately, Poloff and Canadian PolCouns delivered the same Ref A talking points and non-paper -- as well as a nearly identical Canadian version of the non-paper -- to MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall on March 22. Pall was as positive as Sinha in receiving the prenotification, and agreed on the importance of keeping the information tightly held. She recalled the Black-Shankar conversation, appreciated Washington and Ottawa taking this action against LeT, and indicated that she would forward the prenotification to MEA's senior leadership.
4. (C) ECON will deliver the same information to its contacts at the Finance Ministry.
MULFORD "
SIPDIS
EB/ESC/TFS FOR DNELSON
S/CT FOR TKUSHNER
IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD
NSC FOR KEMERSON
TREASURY FOR JZARATE
OFAC FOR RWERNER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2015
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
REF: A. STATE 49537
B. 04 NEW DELHI 5486
Classified By: PolCouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
1. (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated with al-Qaida and the Taliban as ""an important step"" and agreed to hold the information in confidence until after Washington and Ottawa formally submit LeT to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee on March 28. PolCouns reminded Sinha that adding LeT to the UN counterterrorism list was subsequent to a discussion between then S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Cofer Black and MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar during the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (Ref B) and expressed the hope that this step would help to create a climate for further progress on the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue.
2. (C) On the related issue of terrorist infiltration from Pakistani Kashmir into J&K, Sinha observed that the heavy snowfall this year would delay the opening of the passes used for infiltration, and that the GOI would have to wait until May-June to assess if the stated drop in infiltration was due to weather or to changed policies in Islamabad. Sinha's predecessor, Arun K. Singh, noted that LeT had well documented connections to the Pakistan Army, and expressed the hope that our step would encourage Islamabad to sever these ties.
3. (C) Separately, Poloff and Canadian PolCouns delivered the same Ref A talking points and non-paper -- as well as a nearly identical Canadian version of the non-paper -- to MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall on March 22. Pall was as positive as Sinha in receiving the prenotification, and agreed on the importance of keeping the information tightly held. She recalled the Black-Shankar conversation, appreciated Washington and Ottawa taking this action against LeT, and indicated that she would forward the prenotification to MEA's senior leadership.
4. (C) ECON will deliver the same information to its contacts at the Finance Ministry.
MULFORD "