TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000981 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EB/ESC/TFS (DNELSON),S/CT (TKUSHNER),IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) NSC FOR KEMERSON TREASURY FOR JZARATE, AND OFAC (RWERNER) E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2015 TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION REF: STATE 49537 Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). ¶1. (C) On March 24, Econ Unit Chief and Canadian DCM Sheila Coutts jointly met with Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance to discuss the USG and GoC intention to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET). Ertl promised to distribute the information on LET immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financial Market Authority, Austrian National Bank, and Economic Chamber of Commerce (for further distribution to commercial banks). Brown