ALGERIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT:

UNCLAS ALGIERS 01474

S/CT FOR WHARTON

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER KPAL AG
SUBJECT: ALGERIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT:
UNCLASSIFIED SECTION

REF: STATE 42378


1. ALGERIA.


2. RELATIONS WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION
ORGANIZATION (PLO).

THERE HAS BEEN A PLO OFFICE IN ALGIERS SINCE THAT
ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964. THE ALGERIAN
DIPLOMATIC LIST SHOWS EIGHT EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING
A REPRESENTATIVE, TWO DEPUTY REPRESENTATIVES, A
MILITARY ATTACHE, AND FOUR FIRST SECRETARIES.
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE FULL DIPLOMATIC STATUS.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER,
ALGERIA PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PLO
OFFICE HERE AND PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR CONFERENCES
SUCH AS THE PALESTINE NATIONAL CONGRESS (LAST HELD
IN APRIL 1987) AND THE CONFERENCE OF PALESTINIAN
WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS (LAST HELD IN FEB 1987).
WHEN MAJOR PALESTINIAN FIGURES ARE IN ALGERIA,
THEY ARE REPORTEDLY GUESTS OF THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT.

ALGERIA CONDUCTS MOST OF HER RELATIONS WITH THE PLO
ON A PARTY-TO-PARTY BASIS, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH
THE COMMITTEE FOR FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY AMONG
PEOPLES, OF THE RULING NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT.


3. THERE IS FURTHER REPORTING ON OTHER FORMS OF
SUPPORT VIA SEPARATE (CLASSIFIED) MESSAGE.


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