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INFO ROUTINE GIBRALTAR, GRAND CAYMAN, HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, OTTAWA
037104 MDLOAN 9204
YOUR TELNO 14: NORTH ATLANTIC ICE PATROL (NAIP)
1.
WE HAVE ASKED OUR EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO APPROACH THE US AUTHORITIES FOR AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN WE ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 1990 ICE PATROL SEASON. BUT IT IS UNLIKELY TO BE IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT HAS AGREED WE WOULD NOT EXPECT YOU TO MAKE PROVISION FOR PAYMENT OF BOTH THE 1990 AND 1991 ASSESSMENTS IN THE 1993/94 FINANCIAL YEAR. IF THE ASSESSMENTS DO NOT ARRIVE BY THE END OF MARCH ALL FUTURE PAYMENTS CAN BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR.
2.
THE US AUTHORITIES HAVE REGULAR DIFFICULTIES IN ISSUING THE ICE PATROL ASSESSMENTS ON A TIMELY BASIS. WE AND DOT PRESSED HARD FOR THE 1989 ASSESSMENTS TO BE ISSUED BY MARCH 1991. WE DID NOT RECEIVE THEM UNTIL AUGUST 1991. THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE 1990 SEASON SHOULD HAVE ARRIVED BY THE END OF MARCH 1992. THE LATEST DELAY IS IN PART ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF LIBERIA AND THE RECENT US REVIEW OF THE
THE AGREEMENT.
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