CUBA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS HAVANA 06766 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER CU SUBJECT: CUBA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 357278 ¶1. CUBA. - ¶2. TERRORISM SUPPORT: THE SIX-MAN PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) REPRESENTATION IS ACCORDED FULL DIP- LOMATIC STATUS AND PRIVILEGES IN HAVANA. ITS SENIOR MEMBER, IMAD JADA'A, WHO HAS BEEN POSTED TO HAVANA SINCE MARCH 1985, IS TREATED AS AN AMBASSADOR. AS REPORTED EARLIER, OTHER PLO OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO VISIT CUBA ON A REGULAR BASIS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1988, HAVANA HOSTED THE CONFERENCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF FRIENDSHIP WITH ARAB NATIONS (FEEAM),WHICH REPRESENTATIVES FROM IRAQ AND IRAN ATTENDED. - ¶3. MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL AID HAS BEEN GIVEN IN THE PAST TO SELECTED GUERRILLA GROUPS IN LATIN AMERICA, INCLUDING THE FMLP AND THE M-19. THERE IS LITTLE INTELLIGENCE ON CURRENT CUBAN MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO THESE TWO GROUPS, BUT TRAINING IN THE FORMER CASE AND LIAISON IN THE LATTER CONTINUE. EARLIER THIS YEAR, A MEMBER OF THE PUERTO RICAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, WHO IS WANTED BY THE FBI, WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL IN MEXICO AND REPORTEDLY HAS TAKEN REFUGE IN CUBA. - ¶4. PER PARA 13 OF 87 STATE 42378, REMAINDER OF THE REPORT IS TO BE COMPLETED IN WASHINGTON. TAYLOR