Cablegate: Usg Funds Transferred to International Commission

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 1:33 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 05MADRID3176

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS MADRID 003176

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR OES/OMC, OES/EX/FMD, AND EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ABUD EFIS SP ICCAT
SUBJECT: USG FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT)

REF: STATE 161835

Per reftel request, the order payment for the USD 70,000
voluntary contribution to ICCAT's Data Fund was sent to
Charleston September 6 for processing. Per Embassy Financial
Management team, the funds should enter the ICCAT account
listed in reftel sometime around September 13.
AGUIRRE

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