TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND

S E C R E T BUENOS AIRES 002568 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2016 TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND INCITERS TRANCHE I PRENOTIFICATION DEMARCHE ARGENTINE RESPONSE REF: STATE 186953 Classified By: Ambassador E.A. Wayne for E.O. 12958 Reasons 1.4 (b and d) ¶1. (s) Econoff conveyed reftel demarche and background information November 16 to Gustavo Urutia, Deputy Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Urutia said the normal procedure for handling U.S. prenotifications is for the MFA to hold the information until the day before the U.S. delivers the request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee. The MFA then distributes it to the appropriate officials at the Central Bank, SEC, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),Intelligence Secretariat, and Internal Security Secretaiat. The Central Bank subsequently distributes the names of the designated individuals to financial institutions operating in Argentina, and reports any hits back to the MFA. To date, Urutia has not heard of any case of a designated individual or organization with a connection to the Argentine financial system. ¶2. (s) Following this procedure, Mr. Urutia will distribute reftel names on November 29 to the aforementioned government offices and will inform Post of any substantive action the GoA takes concerning this matter. Post will advise Department of any subsequent substantive reaction or GoA actions. WAYNE