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MY TELNO 285: IRAQI FINANCIAL AND TRADE LINKS WITH BRAZIL AND SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
THE US EMBASSY HAVE GIVEN US A COPY OF THEIR OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ON THEIR INTERVENTIONS WITH THE BRAZILIAN
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AUTHORITIES. THOSE INSTRUCTIONS NOTE THAT THE TERMS OF RESOLUTION 561 ARE BROAD ENOUGH TO REQUIRE STATES TO HOLD IRAQI VESSELS THAT COME WITHIN THEIR TERRITORY, AND COULD BE USED FOR THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GOODS PROSCRIBED BY RESOLUTION 661. ACCORDING TO THE US INSTRUCTIONS, AN IRAQI VESSEL IS A RESOURCE WHICH STATES ARE NOT OBLIGED TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO IRAQ. THE US EMBASSY HAVE MADE THREE DEMARCHES, SO FAR WITHOUT RESPONSE, TO ITAMARATY ASKING THAT THE BAGHDAD SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE BRAZIL.
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THE KUWAITI AMBASSADOR IS MAKING SIMILAR REPRESENTATIONS, ALSO SO FAR WITHOUT ANSWER, TO THE BRAZILIANS. UP TO NOW THE US EMBASSY HAVE NOT (NOT) ASKED US TO MAKE SIMILAR APPROACHES TO ITAMARATY. WE ARE CONFINING OURSELVES TO GIVING THE US EMBASSY EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION WHICH MAY COME OUR WAY ABOUT IRAQI SHIPS, OR VESSELS WHICH MIGHT BE DESTINED FOR IRAQ, IN BRAZILIAN PORTS.
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THE BAGHDAD IS NOW CLOSE INSHORE IN SANTOS HARBOUR AND A BRAZILIAN NAVAL GUARD HAS BEEN PLACED ABOARD. ON BOARD ARE 41 CREW MEMBERS WITH 8 DEPENDENTS INCLUDING 5 SMALL CHILDREN AND A WOMAN 8 MONTHS PREGNANT. THE PORT DOCTOR (AN ISRAELI) HAS BEEN ON BOARD TO ATTEND THEM. THE VESSEL IS HIGH OUT OF THE WATER AND IS CARRYING NO CARGO. SHE HAS 12 TONS OF WATER, 235 TONS FUEL OIL, ENOUGH TO ALLOW HER TO SAIL TO MAURITANIA WHICH WAS
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