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OCC 2004-26 
OCC BULLETIN 
Subject:   Certain Foreign Accounts   
Description: Interagency Advisory:
Guidance on Accepting Accounts from Foreign
Governments, Foreign Embassies and Foreign
Political Figures
Date: June 16, 2004


TO: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks,
Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel

The attached Interagency Advisory, issued on June 16, 2004,
provides guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of
Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration
to institutions under their supervision concerning the acceptance
of accounts from foreign governments, foreign embassies and
foreign political figures.

In conjunction with this Interagency Advisory, the Department of
the Treasury has issued the attached Statement of Policy on
Accepting Accounts From Foreign Governments, Foreign Embassies
and Foreign Political Figures.

For further information, please contact your examiner-in-charge
or OCC Supervisory Office, or the OCC Compliance Division at
(202) 874-4428.



_______________________________
Emory W. Rushton
Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief National Bank Examiner

Attachments:   Interagency Advisory
         [http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/bulletin/2004-26a.pdf]

          Policy Statement on Embassy Banking
         [http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/bulletin/2004-26b.pdf]