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FM GIBRALTAR

HKB 020126

RECEIVED IN RECISTRY

20 AUG 1995

TO IMMEDIATE FCO .

DESK OF

TELNO 261

INDEX

MA

OF 151445Z AUGUST 90

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4

YOUR TELNO 1523 TO HONG KONG: IRAQ/KUWAIT SANCTIONS: LIST OF IRAQI OWNED COMPANIES

1. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST IN TUR. THE GIBRALTAR REGISTER OF COMPANIES IS NOT COMPUTERISED. TO DRAW UP A LIST OF COMPANIES IN WHICH IRAQIS MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST WOULD THEREFORE BE A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING INVOLVING THE INDIVIDUAL SCRUTINY OF OVER 30,000 FILES. WE DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO UNDERTAKE SUCH A TASK. THE REGISTRAR HAS HOWEVER GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS THAT ALL NEW COMPANY REGISTRATIONS FROM NOW ON SHOULD BE SCRUTINISED FOR IRAQI LINKS.

REFFELL

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ΜΑΙΝ

IRAQ/KUWAIT

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280

ADDITIONAL

43

IRAQ/KUWAIT

(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)

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DISTRIBUTION

323

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