TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC READY TO PROCEED

S E C R E T OTTAWA 001057 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (MBRUNO),S/CT (TKUSHNER),IO/PHO (BFITZGERALD),AND WHA/CAN TREASURY (JZARATE),AND OFAC (RWERNER) NSC (KEMERSON) E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2015 TAGS: EFIN PREL PTER CVIS KVPR KTFN CA SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC READY TO PROCEED WITH LET NOTIFICATION REF: A. STATE 62489 ¶B. STATE 61447 (REPLACING 59614) ¶C. STATE 49537 Classified By: Wendy Moore, Economics Counselor, Ottawa. Reason: 1.4( e). ¶1. (U) This is an action request: see para 3. ¶2. (S) The GOC confirmed late on April 7 that, having reviewed the supplementary information in Ref A, they are prepared to proceed with designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and all aliases provided in Ref B. They could proceed as early as Monday, April 11. On an administrative note, the GOC proposes that the notifications for next week be sent to the UN 1267 committee on the same day, to reduce the burden on financial institutions instituting the freeze. Note: in addition to LeT, we have proposed designating Ibrahim Buisir on April 11 and Bilal al-Hiyari on April 13. GOC views on those designations will follow septel. End note.) ¶3. (S) Action request: On LET, they request clarification of the last paragraph in para 4 of Ref A (text below). Which government banned LeT in 1992? They stress that this query is for their records only, should the desgination be challenged in Canada, and has no impact on their decision to support the notification to the UN 1267 Committee as soon as possible. Text for Clarification: (S//REL to CAN,GBR) The U.S. embassy in India was informed by a very reliable source in 1992 that LeT terrorists in Skardu were advised by their mentors to carry out their activities under the name of a new outfit "Pasban-e- Kashmir" as part of an attempt to conceal the identitiy of LeT which had been banned. End text for clarification. Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa DICKSON