TNAG-2028-FCO40-2890-Hong-Kong-freezing-of-Kuwaiti-and-Iraqi-assets-1990 — Page 90

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FM SOFIA

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 512

OF 17083OZ AUGUST 90

UNCLASSIFIED

HKB 020/26

RECE ED IN

20 AUG 1995

SK

074037 MDLIAN 3832 (81

INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK UKREP BRUSSELS, UKDEL NATO,

INFO ROUTINE OTHER EAST EUROPEAN POSTS, WASHINGTON, PARIS, ATHENS INFO ROUTINE ACTOR, ANKARA, MODUK

INFO SAVING BAGHDAD, KUWAIT

POSTSCRIPT TO OUR TELNO 508: IRAQ/KUWAIT: BULGARIA IMPLEMENTATION

OF SCR 661

SUMMARY

1. BULGARIANS PARTIALLY FREEZE IRAQI ASSETS IN SOFIA.

DETAIL

2.

BULGARIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ANNOUNCED IRAQI EMBASSY HAS ATTEMPTED TO DRAW OUT ITS ASSETS FROM THE BULGARIAN FOREIGN TRADE BANK. THEY TOTAL USD 1.6 MILLION. A DECISION WAS ADOPTED

TO RESTRICT AMOUNTS WITHDRAWN TO THE USUAL EXPENDITURE OF THE

EMBASSY AND ALLOWANCES FOR IRAQI STUDENTS IN BULGARIA.

FROST

FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING

YYYY

ΜΑΙΝ

280

IRAQ/KUWAIT

LIMITED

ADDITIONAL 43

IRAQ/KUWAIT

(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)

SAVING

BAGHDAD KUWAIT

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2

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