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13 August 1993

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UN Sanchors

Yugoslavia

Foreign & Commonwealth

Office

London SWIA 2AH

Telephone: 071-270-3639

Ms Annette Lee

Government Secretariat Lower Albert Road Hong Kong

HKA 122/1

2- AUG 1993

Dear Amette,

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SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

Please refer to your letter of 13 August to Annadele Bouch and Daniel Sin's letter of 23 July to me. I am now in a position to reply.

You are correct to assume that you do not necessarily need a higher degree of proof to proceed with forfeiture in the case of the impounded C Blanco. However, we in the UK would tread carefully about taking such action without other reason to do so. We believe non-payment of debts associated with impounded vessels would be a much cleaner method of forfeiture.

With regard to the crew on the C Blanco, there is obviously no objection to you paying to repatriate the crew from whence they came and charging the bill to the ship owners (whose legal responsibility the crew remain).

Yours sincerely,

Kevin

K J Orchard

United Nations Department

cc: Miss A Bouch, HKD, FCO

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