The first order of business is to knock down a false rumor that surfaced on the floor of the convention that the US Treasury Department has issued a new list of banned individuals in Zimbabwe with whom Americans cannot do business. Yes, the Treasury Department did issue a new "Alphabetical Master List of Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons" on January 18, and it did contain the names of scores of individuals around the world with whom Americans may not do business. But this new list does not contain any new names of individuals in Zimbabwe. I have that directly from the State Department official in charge of maintaining the list of banned individuals in Zimbabwe.
The upshot is, the November 25, 2005 list that appears on our web site, www.huntingreport.com, is still the official list of individuals with whom Americans may not do business. There are no new restrictions on travel to Zimbabwe or on Americans' activities there. If you follow the due-diligence procedures we have outlined in previous issues, and you deal with a registered PH in that country, you should have no problems with the US Treasury Department. Enjoy your 2006 safari to Zimbabwe....
........(continued)
