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TELNO 965
OF 04182OZ OCTOBER 90
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INFO ROUTINE PARIS, ROME, WASHINGTON, BONN, UKMIS NEW YORK
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YOUR TELNO 801 (NOT TO ALL) AND OUR TELNO 583: IRAQI SEIZURE OF PROPERTY OF KUWAITI GOVERNMENT
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THE IRAQI EMBASSY IN LONDON SENT US A NOTE DATED 17 SEPTEMBER (COPY BY BAG) STATING THAT THE RCC HAD DECIDED ON THE SEIZURE QUOTE OF ALL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE HELD IN IRAQ AND OVERSEAS UNQUOTE BELONGING TO MEMBERS OF THE AL SABAH FAMILY AND EX-KUWAITI CABINET MEMBERS. THE NOTE REFERS TO MEMORANDUM NO 7/7/4166493, ISSUED BY THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT ON 16 AUGUST. THE NOTE APPEARS TO BE A FOLLOW-UP TO THE ONE SENT TO YOU ON 14 AUGUST (YOUR TELNO 801), BUT LISTS 64 KUWAITIS TO WHOM THE SEIZURE NOTICE APPLIES.
2. WE HAVE REPLIED TO THE NOTE AS FOLLOWS:
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SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN USUAL OPENING SQUARE BRACKETS END AND HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE EMBASSY'S NOTE OF 17 SEPTEMBER 1990 CONCERNING
THE SEIZURE OF CERTAIN REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTIONS 662 AND 670 OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSIDER AS NULL AND VOID THE ANNEXATION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQ AND ALL ACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL OR TO ARTICLES 25 OR 48 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PURPORTED DECISION BY THE IRAQI REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL TO SEIZE THE REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE REFERRED TO IN THE EMBASSY'S NOTE OF 17 SEPTEMBER 1990 IS NULL AND VOID AND IS REJECTED CATEGORICALLY BY HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. PARTICULAR, THE LEGAL POSITION OF ANY SUCH REAL OR PERSONAL ESTATE SITUATED WITHIN BRITISH TERRITORY, AND OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN RELATION THERETO, IS UNAFFECTED.
HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT DO NOT ACCEPT THAT THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT HEADED BY THE AMIR OF KUWAIT HAS CEASED TO
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