Identifier
Created
Classification
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88ACCRA8991
1988-11-29 15:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Accra
how-toR 291522Z NOV 88 FM AMEMBASSY ACCRA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3224
UNCLAS ACCRA 08991
S/CT FOR WHARTON
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER GH
SUBJECT: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: GHANA
REF: STATE 357278
GHANA FALLS OUTSIDE THE LIST OF COUNTRIES FOR WHICH AN
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT IS REQUIRED. FOLLOWING RESPONDS
TO QUESTIONS POSED PARA 5, REFTEL:
A) THERE WERE NO COURT PROSECUTIONS IN GHANA IN 1988
INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, NOR WERE THERE ANY
SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
B) ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT (JANUARY 1988) OFFICIAL
GOG DIP LIST, WHICH REPLACED ONE ISSUED IN 1984, THE PLO
IS NOW OFFICIALLY LISTED AS AN EMBASSY. ITS CHIEF OF
MISSION, IBRAHIM KHALIL OMAR, IS LISTED AS AEP IN THE
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE, WHICH STATES HE PRESENTED CREDENTIALS
ON JULY 17, 1986.
C) GHANA HAS MADE NO OFFICIAL PUBLIC STATEMENT IN 1988
IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A
TERRORISM ISSUE.
LYNE