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