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MDHOAN 9513

HKB 020/26

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE AMMAN

TELNO 484

OF 17200OZ OCTOBER 90

AND TO IMMEDIATE ATHENS

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INFO PRIORITY BAGHDAD, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, RIYADH, PARIS INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS

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ATHENS: FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY

YOUR TELNOS 685, 686, 687 AND 691: UN SANCTIONS AND FINANCIAL

ASSISTANCE

1. YOUR TELNO 686 WAS MOST USEFUL IN EXPLAINING THE ACTION THAT JORDAN IS NOW TAKING TO IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS. MINISTERS WILL CONSIDER MATTER TOMORROW.

2. AS YOU SAY, IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT THE JORDANIANS DO NOT HAVE GROUNDS FOR SUSPICION THAT DELAYS IN PRODUCING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. BUT THE UK IS NOT WELL PLACED TO ENCOURAGE EARLY DISBURSEMENTS. WE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE 500 MECU EC BUDGET AID PACKAGE FOR JORDAN, EGYPT AND TURKEY, BUT THIS WILL BE FROM THE 1991 BUDGET AND WILL NOT, THEREFORE, FLOW QUICKLY. WE WILL NOT, BY VIRTUE OF OUR HEAVY INVOLVEMENT IN THE MILITARY EFFORT, CONTRIBUTE TO THE 1,000 MECU THAT THE EC HAVE AGREED TO PROVIDE BILATERALLY. BY VIRTUE OF THEIR MILITARY EFFORT, THE US ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AT ALL.

3. WE HOPE THAT RIPERT'S REPORT (YOUR TELNO 685) WILL PROVIDE A BASIS FOR URGING OTHERS (ESPECIALLY THE FRG AND JAPAN) TO DISBURSE MONEY QUICKLY. BUT REALISTICALLY THE US WILL BE BEST

PLACED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN LOBBYING.

4. AS CONCERNS THE MONITORING OF SANCTIONS, WE WOULD SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLE OF THE JORDANIANS ASKING THE UN TO MONITOR THEIR COMPLIANCE, AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE THIS RAISED IN NEW YORK. WHILE IT OUGHT TO BE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STATE TO APPLY ITS OWN SANCTIONS, IT IS CLEAR THAT IN THE PRESENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN JORDAN, UN COVER WOULD HELP THE GOVERNMENT CARRY OUT ITS OBLIGATIONS. IF DONORS ARE TO INSIST THAT PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN MUST BE CONTINGENT UPON HER ENFORCING THE EMBARGO, IT FOLLOWS THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT AN EFFICIENT MECHANISM FOR ASSESSING WHETHER SHE IS DOING SO. A SANCTIONS MONITORING TEAM UNDER UN AUSPICES MIGHT ALSO OF ITSELF HELP STIFFEN

JORDANIAN RESOLVE.

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