CSMS Message: 94-000478

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : WILLIAM ZZ-WAGNER

SUBJECT : HAITIAN SANCTIONS

DATE : 05/13/94

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MAY 11, 1994

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TO : ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS (COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS),
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS

FROM : DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

SUBJECT: HAITIAN IMPORT AND EXPORT SANCTIONS

PASS TO: ALL REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS, NATIONAL IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, FP F OFFICERS, OAS,
NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR ENTRY SUMMARY SELECTIVITY,
ENTRY OFFICERS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SUCH AS IMPORTER TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND BROKER
ASSOCIATIONS

PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER 12914, DATED MAY 7,
1994, THE PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL TAKE
ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF THE
DE FACTO REGIME IN HAITI AND THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DESCRIBED AND
DECLARED IN THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER 12775. THE NEW
PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER, VOL. 59, NO. 89, PAGES 24339-24340, DATED MAY 10, 1994.

ACTIONS:

1. CERTAIN BLOCKED ASSETS

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, ORDER,
DIRECTIVES OR LICENSES, WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE ISSUED
PURSUANT TO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND NOTWITHSTANDING
THE EXISTENCE OF ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS CONFERRED OR
IMPOSED BY ANY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT OR ANY CONTRACT
ENTERED INTO OR ANY LICENSE OR PERMIT GRANTED BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, ALL FUNDS AND FINANCIAL
RESOURCES OF THE FOLLOWING ARE BLOCKED:

(A) ALL OFFICERS OF THE HAITIAN MILITARY, INCLUDING THE
POLICE AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES;
(B) THE MAJOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE COUP D'ETAT IN HAITI
OF 1991 AND IN THE ILLEGAL GOVERNMENTS SINCE THE
COUP D'ETAT AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES; AND
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(C) THOSE EMPLOYED BY OR ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE
HAITIAN MILITARY AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES THAT
ARE OR HEREAFTER COME WITHIN THE POSSESSION OR
CONTROL OF U.S. PERSONS INCLUDING THEIR INCLUDING
THEIR OVERSEAS BRANCHES.

2. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS

THE FOLLOWING ARE PROHIBITED, NOTWITHSTANDING THE
EXISTENCE OF ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS CONFERRED OR
IMPOSED BY ANY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT OR ANY CONTRACT
ENTERED INTO OR ANY LICENSE OR PERMIT GRANTED BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, ORDER, DIRECTIVES,
AUTHORIZATIONS OR LICENSES THAT MAY HEREAFTER BE ISSUED
PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER:

(A) THE GRANTING OF PERMISSION TO ANY AIRCRAFT TO TAKE
OFF FROM, LAND IN, OR OVERFLY THE TERRITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES IF THE AIRCRAFT, AS PART OF THE SAME
FLIGHT OR AS A CONTINUATION OF THAT FLIGHT, IS
DESTINED TO LAND IN OR HAS TAKEN OFF FROM THE
TERRITORY OF HAITI WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGULARLY
SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FLIGHT;
(B) ANY TRANSACTION BY ANY U.S. PERSON THAT EVADES OR
AVOIDS, OR HAS PURPOSE OF EVADING OR AVOIDING, OR
ATTEMPTS TO VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROHIBITIONS SET
FORTH IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE OF NEW HAITIAN SANCTIONS

THESE NEW HAITIAN SANCTIONS TAKE EFFECT AT 11:59 P.M.,
EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, ON MAY 8, 1994.

4. QUESTIONS ABOUT HAITIAN TRADE EMBARGO

- QUESTIONS BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS CONCERNING HAITIAN
IMPORTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS,
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS, OTHER AGENCY PROGRAM, AT
(202) 927-0771 OR OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND CONTROL
AT (202) 927-1550.

- INQUIRIES BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS CONCERNING EXPORTS TO
HAITI SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE EXODUS COMMAND
CENTER AT (202) 927-1550.

- INQUIRIES ON SEIZURES PROCEDURES SHOULD BE DIRECTED
TO THE LOCAL FP F OFFICER.

- IMPORTER/BROKER/PUBLIC INQUIRIES, WHERE APPROPRIATE,
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO: -2-

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220

OR

BY TELEPHONE OR FAX TO:

JOHN T. ROTH
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
(PHONE: (202) 622-2500; FAX: (202) 622-1657.

PHILIP METZGER

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