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FROM: M V Stone
DATE:
14 August 1990
HENRY KESWICK: FREEZING OF KUWAITI ASSETS
Please see the attached draft subsmission on this
prepared by Mr Furness, with which I agree. I have a number
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of comments:
(a) in the draft Secretary of State letter I have Not put in the opening paragraph that Keswick claimed the Iraqi Government had been able to sell Kuwaiti assets. This
point is made in your submission of 6 August but not in our telno 1499. Clearly we must be careful about such "accusations" and since you spoke with Keswick I leave you to decide the appropriate wording.
(b) I recommend we clear the draft letter with Hong Kong and attach a draft telegram. I am still to be convinced
that the FS has no powers to control the sale and disposal of financial assets in Hong Kong: I think we
need to put the question bluntly.
(c) I recommend we get Mr Fifoot's advice on the letter
and submission.
(d) the last paragraph of the letter would be nice to include. We need to frame it in a neutral but pointed
This is what I have tried to achieve.
way.
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