KUWAIT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER

UNCLAS KUWAIT 004419 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT (PATTY HILL),TREASURY FOR PATRICK HEFFERNAN, RACHEL LOEFFLER AND KRISTEN HECHT, INL/C/CP (STEVEN PETERSON),IO/PSC (JOHN SANDAGE) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN ETTC KU KVPR PREL PTER KTFN SUBJECT: KUWAIT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) REF: SECSTATE 181096 ¶1. (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Kuwait's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: Mr. Matthew Tueller Deputy Chief of Mission Office Phone: (965) 259-1362 Unclass Fax: (965) 538-4251 SIPDIS Cell Phone: (965) 962-0784 Unclass E-mail: tuellermh@state.gov SIPDIS Class E-mail: tuellermh@state.sgov.gov Embassy Kuwait's Deputy TFCO is: Ms. Willeah Cato Economic Officer Office Phone: (965) 259-1287 Unclass Fax: (965) 259-1051 SIPDIS Cell Phone: (965) 786-1723 Unclass E-mail: catowe@state.gov SIPDIS Class E-mail: catowe@state.sgov.gov ¶2. (SBU) Post TFCOs would welcome regional coordination meetings and targeted training opportunities, ideally with partial or full funding from the Department. Scheduling these meetings to coincide with other regional economic events to which State, Treasury, and other Washington-based officials are invited would facilitate strong attendance. ¶3. (SBU) Please be advised that post has thus far been unable to access reftel website with country-specific information on CTF. ******************************************** For more Embassy Kuwait reporting, see: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/index. cfm?cables Or Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ ******************************************** LeBaron