GREEK RESPONSE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UPCOMING

S E C R E T ATHENS 000803 SIPDIS STATE/EEB/ESC/TFS LYNNE LAMBERT STATE/SCA/RA MANUEL MICALLER STATE/S/CT TARA DROZDENKO TREASURY/OIA DITMAR REDFERN E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/09/2018 TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL ECON GR SUBJECT: GREEK RESPONSE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UPCOMING REQUEST TO 1267 COMMITTEE TO ADD/LIST ALTERNATIVE NAMES (AKAS) BEING USED BY AL RASHID TRUST AND AL-AKHTAR TRUST REF: SECSTATE 59092 Classified By: ECONOMIC COUNSELOR CLARK PRICE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND ( D) (S) On June 9, Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information to appropriate offices within their institutions, and assured us that appropriate actions would be taken. On June 6, Deputy Political Counselor passed the information to the new head of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, Ambassador Merkourios Karafotias. He said he would make sure it got to the appropriate action officials. Post will continue to engage with the GoG on these issues and will report any significant developments. SPECKHARD