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FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9015
INFO RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 7074
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

S E C R E T ABU DHABI 000873 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR T, ISN, AND NEA/ARP 
TREASURY FOR A/S O'BRIEN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/24/2017 
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC NK AE
SUBJECT: FOLLOW-UP TO THE MARCH 1 COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK 
FORCE MEETING 
 
REF: A. ABU DHABI 803 
     ¶B. STATE 64579 
     ¶C. STATE 43363 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.4 (b & d). 
 
¶1. (U) This is an action request.  Please see para 5. 
 
¶2. (C) On May 23, econchief met with Yacoub Al-Hosani, MFA 
Director for International Organizations (and a member of the 
UAE's Counterproliferation Task Force --CTF) to thank him for 
information the MFA provided Embassy on May 22 responding to 
follow-up requests from the March 1 CTF Meeting.  (Note: Post 
has passed the Arabic-language MFA document back to NEA/ARP 
with a request for urgent translation by May 31. End Note.) 
 
¶3. (C) According to Al-Hosani, the information provided is 
more detailed than the information that the UAE is providing 
to the UNSC on its implementation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. 
He added that his team would be prepared to respond to 
questions for clarification during the meeting. 
 
¶4. (S/Rel UAE) As part of the response, the UAE provided the 
following information on Tanchon Commercial Bank (previously 
Changgwang Credit Bank).  According to the records of the UAE 
correspondent banks (holding the "Vostro Accounts:" (NFI)), 
Tanchon officials are: 
 
-- Mr. Kye Chang Ho - President of the Bank 
-- Mr. Kim Ryong Chan - Vice President of the Bank 
-- Mr. Song DO II - Director International Division 
-- Mr. Kim Song Chol - Manager Correspondent Banking 
Department 
 
UAE Banks note that this information could be dated as the 
accounts have been frozen "for a long time. 
 
¶5. (S/Rel UAE) The UAE Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious 
Cases Unit provided the following additional 
comment/clarification. 
 
--"The above bank is not a license financial institution in 
the UAE.  As per a request for assistance received from the 
U.S. authorities, and based on a seizure order issued by the 
competent judicial authority in the UAE, the Central Bank of 
the UAE has frozen the accounts of Tanchon Commercial Bank of 
North Korea in the UAE, on 14 March 2004" 
 
--"The above bank is allegedly associated with Dr. Abdul 
Qadeer Khan's case.  Tanchon Commercial Bank holds accounts 
at two local banks and one foreign bank operating in the UAE, 
these accounts are frozen at present." 
 
¶6. (C) Al-Hosani tentatively confirmed June 11 for the next 
round of CTF working group meetings and expressed a 
preference for a one day meeting.  He added that several of 
the task force members would not be available on June 12. 
Al-Hosani also asked that the USG provide a proposed agenda 
NLT the week of May 28.  He suggested that the meeting take 
place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The MFA would then host a lunch 
for the delegates. 
 
¶7. (C) Action request:  Post has forwarded the UAEG's Arabic 
language CTF response to NEA/ARP and ISN.  Please have this 
response translated as quickly as possible.  Please note, the 
UAE considers the response "secret."  Please provide a draft 
agenda that we can share with the UAE.  End Action Request. 
SISON