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CONFIDENTIAL
HKD 020126
113632 MDHIAN 4745
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2589
OF 231028Z AUGUST 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE GIBRALTAR, GRAND CAYMAN, GRAND TURK, TORTOLA AND TO IMMEDIATE PLYMOUTH, HAMILTON, WASHINGTON
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FOR HKD AND LONDON ESC
YOUR TELNO 1523: IRAQ/KUWAIT SANCTION: LIST OF IRAQ OWNED COMPANIES
1. WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES IN IDENTIFYING THOSE COMPANIES IN HONG KONG IN WHICH IRAQIS HAVE AN INTEREST, SIMILAR TO THOSE AS DESCRIBED IN PLYMOUTH TELNO 135.
2.
ALL COMPANIES (LOCAL AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES) IN HONG KONG ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE. FROM OUR RECORDS, THERE IS NO OVERSEAS COMPANY INCORPORATED IN IRAQ WHICH IS REGISTERED IN HONG KONG. AS FOR THE OTHER 260,000 ODD LOCAL COMPANIES, WE HAVE NO READY INFORMATION ON WHETHER THERE IS ANYONE WITH IRAQI INTERESTS. IT IS NOT PRACTICABLE FOR US TO SEARCH THROUGH THE RECORD OF EACH AND EVERY LOCAL COMPANY AS SUCH RECORDS ARE NOT COMPUTERISED AND ANY CHECKING HAS TO BE DONE MANUALLY. EVEN IF WE DO, IT WOULD STILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH OF THESE COMPANIES MAY HAVE CONNECTION WITH IRAQ BECAUSE THE SHAREHOLDINGS OF SOME OF THE COMPANIES ARE HELD BY NOMINEES AND BENEFICIARIES WHICH ARE NOT INDICATED IN THE DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED FOR
REGISTRATION.
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