UNCLASSIFIED
FM AMMAN
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 792
OF 200909Z NOVEMBER 90
UNCLASSIFIED
HKB 020/26
ж
HK. JRAR/
FROZEN BANK ACCOUNTS OF FORMER IRAQ/KUWAIT RESIDENTS
189
111117
MDLIAN 8426
KAWAIT
G.
M
1.
THE LOCAL PRESS ON 19 NOVEMBER REPORTED A DECISION BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON ACCOUNTS HELD BY NON KUWAITI CITIZENS FORMERLY RESIDENT IN KUWAIT HELD IN BRITISH BANKS. THE NEWS WAS REPORTEDLY CONTAINED IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF JORDAN (CBJ), WHO WERE SAID TO HAVE RECEIVED A CABLE TO THIS EFFECT FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
2"
THE CBJ STATEMENT ALSO REFERRED TO THE NEED FOR JORDANIANS WITH ACCOUNTS IN BRITISH BANKS TO SUPPLY EVIDENCE THAT THEY WILL NOT RESIDE IN KUWAIT OR IRAQ AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF THE GULF CRISIS: THEY SHOULD WRITE TO THEIR UK BANK TO THAT EFFECT.
3.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO US WHETHER THIS REPORT SIMPLY REFLECTS THE EARLIER DECISION BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND CONVEYED IN YOUR TELNO 525 OR WHETHER THERE IS SOME NEW DECISION FURTHER TO EASE RESTRICTIONS. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR VIEW SINCE THIS IS A SUBJECT ON WHICH WE ARE REGULARLY TACKLED BY JORDANIANS.
REEVE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
IRAQ/KUWAIT
LIMITED
229
ADDITIONAL
by hy
DISTRIBUTION
273
}
MED
IRAQ/KUWAIT
(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT) NNNN
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