ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

S E C R E T RABAT 12023 TERREP EXCLUSIVE E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS: PTER MO SUBJECT: ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION REFS: (A) RABAT 11933, (B) STATE 371962, (C) STATE 371963 ¶1. (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) ¶2. I TOOK THE OCCASION OF A DECEMBER 17 MEETING ON OTHER SUBJECTS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR DRISS BASRI TO EMPHASIZE USG CONCERN OVER ACTIVITIES OF THE ABU NIDAL TERRORIST GROUP AND TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A COPY OF THE EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF THE ABU NIDAL GROUP AND CHRONOLOGY (REF C). I EMPHASIZED OUR DESIRE TO COOPERATE WITH THE GOM AND WORK TOWARD A COMMON INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO COMBAT TERRORISM. BASRI, AS IN EARLIER CONVERSATIONS, RESPONDED THAT HE WAS EAGER TO COOPERATE WITH THE USG. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE HIS STAFF PREPARE AN ANALYSIS OF ABU NIDAL ACTIVITIES TO SHARE WITH US. NASSIF