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Memorandum on Vesting of Blocked Funds of the Government of Cuba

April 29, 2005

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury

Subject: Vesting of Blocked Funds of the Government of Cuba

Pursuant to section 2002 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Public Law 106-386, as amended by section 201 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-297, I hereby determine that the blocked funds of the Government of Cuba held at JP Morgan Chase in the account titled "Taxes Owed by CATT to the Government of Cuba," shall be vested and distributed to Ana Margarita Martinez. The funds amount to approximately $198,000.

I therefore direct you to vest these funds and distribute them to Ana Margarita Martinez.

GEORGE W. BUSH

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.

George W. Bush, Memorandum on Vesting of Blocked Funds of the Government of Cuba Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/216892

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