Identifier
Created
Classification
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05ALGIERS2147
2005-10-22 13:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Algiers
Cable title:  

POLISARIO REMOVES OCTOBER 12 PRESS RELEASE AND

Tags:  PREL PTER AG MO WI 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ALGIERS 002147 

SIPDIS

NSC FOR ABRAMS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/22/2015
TAGS: PREL PTER AG MO WI
SUBJECT: POLISARIO REMOVES OCTOBER 12 PRESS RELEASE AND
ISSUES NEW STATEMENT

REF: A. ALGIERS 2138

B. STATE 192163

C. RABAT 2144

Classified By: Ambassador Richard W. Erdman,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L ALGIERS 002147

SIPDIS

NSC FOR ABRAMS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/22/2015
TAGS: PREL PTER AG MO WI
SUBJECT: POLISARIO REMOVES OCTOBER 12 PRESS RELEASE AND
ISSUES NEW STATEMENT

REF: A. ALGIERS 2138

B. STATE 192163

C. RABAT 2144

Classified By: Ambassador Richard W. Erdman,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) DCM followed up the evening of October 19 with
Polisario "Ambassador" Mohammed Beissat on Beissat's
assertion (ref A) that the Polisario's press service, SPS,
had not officially released the threatening statement of
October 12. DCM noted that the statement continued to appear
on the SPS web site, and an embarrassed Beissat said it would
be removed immediately. DCM also pressed again for an
additional official statement denying any Polisario threat to
American citizens or interests and, at Beissat's request,
suggested language for the statement. Following the local
weekend, post checked the web site October 22 and found that
the October 12 statement had been removed and that a new
October 20 statement had been posted.


2. (U) The English-language text of the October 20 statement
(with minor Embassy grammatical edits) states in full:

"The Government of SADR and Polisario Front, who call for the
respect of international legality, reiterate that they do not
have the intention to threaten either American citizens or
American interests and reaffirm their condemnation of
terrorism in all its forms. The struggle Saharawi people is
waging, for more than 30 years, is a clean national
liberation struggle that conforms to international legality
and to UN's resolutions which recommend the exercise by the
Saharawi people of its right to self-determination and
independence."

ERDMAN