LITHUANIA: NO CHANGES TO INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND

UNCLAS VILNIUS 000533 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/NB, EB/IFD/OIA (JROSELI),AND L/CID (EDAUGHTRY) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EINV KIDE LH SUBJECT: LITHUANIA: NO CHANGES TO INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS LANGUAGE REF: STATE 60294 ¶1. We are aware of no reportable instances of expropriation or nationalization of the assets or property of U.S. persons in Lithuania. We recommend that the Lithuania section of the 2006 Report of US Citizen Expropriation Claims adopt the same language as the 2005 report: -- The United States Government is generally aware that United States persons of Lithuanian descent who were not United States citizens at the time their claims arose have outstanding claims against the Government of Lithuania. As noted in the introduction, the Act does not require a report on their claims. The Department of State, however, does provide appropriate assistance to all United States persons with claims against Lithuania. ¶2. Our POC for this report is Economic Officer Scott Woodard (woodards@state.gov, tel: +370-5-266-5542). His backup on this issue is Traver Gudie (gudiet@state.gov, tel: +370-5-266-5547). MULL