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SIBRALTAR

IMMEDIATE FCD

NO 250

061100Z AUBUST 1990

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R TELNOS 1458 AND 1473 TO HONG KONG) FREEZING OF KUWAITI ESTS IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

BY A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE BIBRALTAR GAZETTE PUBLISHED TODAY, ARE ISSUING AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXCHANGE CONTROL (GENERAL MPTION) ORDER WHICH WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF PREVENTING THE RYING OUT OF ANY ORDER GIVEN BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, THE GOVERNMENT ANY CITIZEN OF, OR ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN, KUWAIT OR IRAQ, COFAR AS THE ORDER REQUIRES THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS GIVEN TO

E ANY PAYMENT OR TO PART WITH ANY GOLD OR SECURITIES, OR QUIRES ANY CHANGE TO BE MADE IN THE PERSONS TO WHOSE CREDIT

SUM IS TO STAND, OR WHOSE ORDER ANY GOLD OR SECURITIES IS TO BE .D. THIS AMENDMENT WILL COME INTO FORCE IMMEDIATELY ON

LICATION: WE ARE ARRANGING FOR ADVANCE COPIES TO BE (CULATED TO ALL BANKS IN GIBRALTAR.

YOU WILL NOTE TAHT WE HAVE INCLUDED IRAQ AS WELL AS KUWAIT THE ORDER, SINCE I ASSUME FROM PARAGRAPH 1 AT THIS IS WHAT MINISTERS REQUIRE US TO DO.

OF YOUR SECOND TUR IT IS NOT CLEAR TO

WHETHER THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL REFERRED TO IN SECOND TUR WILL 60 EXTEND TO SIBRALTAR. IF THEY DO, THEREBY RENDERING THE ACTION

HAVE TAKEN HERE UNNECESSARY, WE CAN OF COURSE REPEAL OUR

DER.

WE HAVE NOT SO FAR IDENTIFIED ANY SIGNIFICANT KUWAITI OR IRAGI BESTS IN GIBRALTAR, OTHER THAN THE IRAQI VESSEL REFERRED TO

MY TELNO 247.

FFELL.

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