Effective December 26, 2003, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License Number 1, which authorizes a 90-day period for people living in the United States to make donations of funds to nongovernmental organizations for the direct support of humanitarian relief and reconstruction activities being undertaken as a result of the earthquake in Bam, Iran. A copy of the General License is attached.

OFAC information also may be found on the Internet at http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/.

Please distribute this information to the appropriate personnel in your institution. For more information about Executive Orders or control regulations, please call OFAC's Compliance Programs Division at 1-800-540-6322.

For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC's website at www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2004/index.html . To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Financial Institution Letters through e-mail, please visit http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcements/index.html .

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Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (1-877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200).