95-26175. Claims Against Albania; Notice of Extension of Deadline for Filing of Claims

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54387-54388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26175]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission


Claims Against Albania; Notice of Extension of Deadline for 
Filing of Claims

AGENCY: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States; 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission announces the 
extension of the deadline for the filing of claims against the 
Government of Albania for the nationalization, expropriation, 
confiscation, or other taking of property of United States nationals by 
the former Albanian 

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Communist regime. The original notice was published in the Federal 
Register on June 27, 1995. 60 FR 33234. In addition, potential 
claimants are advised to submit their claims to the Commission for 
consideration even if they do not meet the U.S. residency requirement 
or otherwise have doubt as to whether their claims are compensable.

DATES: The new deadline for filing of claims against the Government of 
Albania with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall be December 
29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David E. Bradley, Chief Counsel, 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, U.S. 
Department of Justice, 600 E Street NW., Room 6002, Washington, DC 
20579, Tel. [phone], FAX [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to sec. 4(b) of Title I of the 
International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
1623(b)), the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission hereby gives notice 
that the period for the filing of claims against the Government of 
Albania for the nationalization, expropriation, confiscation, or other 
taking of property of United States nationals by the former Albanian 
Communist regime has been extended. The new filing deadline shall be 
December 29, 1995.
    Potential claimants are advised that, even if they have doubt as to 
whether their claims are compensable, they should nevertheless submit 
them. Specifically, the Commission has not yet decided how to apply the 
U.S. residency requirement stated in Paragraph 1 of the Agreed Minute 
to the U.S.-Albania Settlement Agreement. Potential claimants are 
therefore encouraged to submit their claims to the Commission for 
consideration, even if they do not meet the U.S. residency requirement.
    Failure to submit a claim by December 29, 1995, will foreclose any 
opportunity to pursue a claim through the United States Government in 
the future.
    Claims forms and other information concerning the Albanian Claims 
Program may be obtained by mail from the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission, Washington, DC 20579. Claims forms also may be requested by 
telephone [phone]) or by fax [phone]).
Delissa A. Ridgway,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 95-26175 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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