13 August 1993
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UN Sanchors
Yugoslavia
Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
London SWIA 2AH
Telephone: 071-270-3639
Ms Annette Lee
Government Secretariat Lower Albert Road Hong Kong
HKA 122/1
2- AUG 1993
Dear Amette,
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SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Please refer to your letter of 13 August to Annadele Bouch and Daniel Sin's letter of 23 July to me. I am now in a position to reply.
You are correct to assume that you do not necessarily need a higher degree of proof to proceed with forfeiture in the case of the impounded C Blanco. However, we in the UK would tread carefully about taking such action without other reason to do so. We believe non-payment of debts associated with impounded vessels would be a much cleaner method of forfeiture.
With regard to the crew on the C Blanco, there is obviously no objection to you paying to repatriate the crew from whence they came and charging the bill to the ship owners (whose legal responsibility the crew remain).
Yours sincerely,
Kevin
K J Orchard
United Nations Department
cc: Miss A Bouch, HKD, FCO
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