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UNCLAS MANAMA 000418 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PASS TO EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR VNICHOLS, 
NEA/ARPI, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD 
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA BILAT ECTRD CTR
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF PLENARY IN CAIRO 
 
REF: STATE 37310 
 
¶1. Emboffs March 15 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain 
Monetary Agency (BMA) Head of Compliance Unit Khalid Al-Jaber 
and provided him with a copy of the MENA-FATF charities white 
paper (Reftel).  Al-Jaber said he was unfamiliar with the 
document and that the GoB was still working to finalize its 
position and statement to be presented at the upcoming 
MENA-FATF Plenary.  He pledged to review the white paper. 
 
¶2. Bahrain's delegation will be headed by Ministry of Finance 
Director of Government Shareholdings Shaikh Mohammed bin 
Khalifa Al-Khalifa and will also include: Ministry of Finance 
Legal Advisor Stuart Horler, BMA Head of Compliance Unit 
Khalid Al-Jaber, and Anti-Money Laundering Unit Officer Cpt. 
Bassam Al-Maraj. 
 
 
MONROE