ALGERIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT:

C O N F I D E N T I A L ALGIERS 01498 S/CT FOR WHARTON E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR TAGS: PTER KPAL AG SUBJECT: ALGERIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: CLASSIFIED SECTION REFS: (A) STATE 42378; (B) ALGIERS 1474 ¶1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ¶2. IN ADDITION TO THE DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT NOTED REF B, ALGERIA ALSO HOSTS ABOUT 600 PALESTINIAN COMBATANTS. THEY ARE LOCATED WITH THE ALGERIAN MILITARY AT EL-BAYADH, A REMOTE SITE ABOUT 600 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF ALGIERS. THESE COMBATANTS MOVED TO EL-BAYADH IN LATE 1986 FROM A CAMP AT TEBESSA, NEAR THE TUNISIAN FRONTIER. ¶3. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PLO-ALGERIAN RELATIONSHIP, WE REFER READERS TO 87 ALGIERS 2184, "ALGERIA AND THE PLO." JOHNSTONE