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INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, GIBRALTAR, GRAND CAYMAN

INFO IMMEDIATE GRAND TURK, HAMILTON, PLYMOUTH, TORTOLA

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YOUR TELNO 2475: IRAQ/KUWAIT (UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS) ORDER

1990

1.

UNSCR 661 EXEMPTS SUPPLIES INTENDED STRICTLY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, AND, IN HUMANITARIAN CIRCUMSTANCES, FOODSTUFFS. WE DO NOT CONSIDER THAT HUMANITARIAN CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE YET ARISEN. IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS IN THE UN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AIMED AT DEFINING EXEMPTIONS MORE CLOSELY. WE SHALL

KEEP YOU INFORMED OF OUR THINKING.

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(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)

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