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S E C R E T BEIRUT 000264
NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/YERGER, TREASURY FOR U/S LEVEY
SUBJECT: LEBANON: HARIRI PROVIDES ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ON MAKLOUF, SHAWKAT FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS
1. (S/NF) In the course of a February 11 meeting with the Charge (Ref A), majority leader Saad Hariri and
advisor Ghattas Khoury provided anecdotal information regarding alleged financial transactions of Rami
Maklouf and Syrian Directory of Military Intelligence Asef Shawket. They alleged that Maklouf had assisted
Syrian President Bashar Asad in moving funds out of Syria to Dubai. Most of the money was funneled
through the Damascus airport he said. Maklouf also allegedly owns a hotel in Romania and other real estate
in Dubai. Shawket reportedly facilitated the transfer of $50 million from Qatar in Free Patriotic Movement
leader General Michel Aoun's OTV, in the names of Aoun's daughters.(S/NF) As they have before, Hariri and
Khoury urged that the USG designate Maklouf and Shawket as a means of punishing Syria for it's
interference in Lebanon and because their activities promote corruption.
http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileak-20-hariri-ghattas-k-urged-us.html
NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/YERGER, TREASURY FOR U/S LEVEY
SUBJECT: LEBANON: HARIRI PROVIDES ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ON MAKLOUF, SHAWKAT FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS
1. (S/NF) In the course of a February 11 meeting with the Charge (Ref A), majority leader Saad Hariri and
advisor Ghattas Khoury provided anecdotal information regarding alleged financial transactions of Rami
Maklouf and Syrian Directory of Military Intelligence Asef Shawket. They alleged that Maklouf had assisted
Syrian President Bashar Asad in moving funds out of Syria to Dubai. Most of the money was funneled
through the Damascus airport he said. Maklouf also allegedly owns a hotel in Romania and other real estate
in Dubai. Shawket reportedly facilitated the transfer of $50 million from Qatar in Free Patriotic Movement
leader General Michel Aoun's OTV, in the names of Aoun's daughters.(S/NF) As they have before, Hariri and
Khoury urged that the USG designate Maklouf and Shawket as a means of punishing Syria for it's
interference in Lebanon and because their activities promote corruption.
http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileak-20-hariri-ghattas-k-urged-us.html
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