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90ACCRA7474
1990-11-23 16:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Accra
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GHANA:1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

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R 231637Z NOV 90
FM AMEMBASSY ACCRA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3562
UNCLAS ACCRA 07474 


DEPT FOR S/CT FOR BREELAND

DECL: 12356 N/A
TAGS: PTER GH
SUBJECT: GHANA:1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: STATE 355397

UNCLAS ACCRA 07474


DEPT FOR S/CT FOR BREELAND

DECL: 12356 N/A
TAGS: PTER GH
SUBJECT: GHANA:1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: STATE 355397


1. MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT TERRORISM ARE NOT
PERTINENT TO THE GHANAIAN SITUATION. HOWEVER, GHANA
HAS HAD CLOSE RELATIONS WITH LIBYA; GOOD RELATIONS
WITH IRAN, CUBA, AND NORTH KOREA; AND RECOGNIZES THE
"GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE." GHANA IS NOT KNOWN TO
HAVE BEEN A SPRINGBOARD FOR AN ATTACK BY A TERRORIST
GROUP, AND THE GOG IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE ALLOWED
TERRORISTS TO OPERATE WITHIN THE COUNTRY.

-- LIBYA: THE DIPLOMTIC LIST SHOWS EIGHT PEOPLE
ACCREDITED TO THE PEOPLES' BUREAU IN ACCRA; THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF LIBYANS IN-COUNTRY IS ESTIMATED AT 50.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
WITH LIBYAN REPRESENTATIVES SUCH AS THE GHANA LIBYAN
ARAB HOLDING COMPANY, GHANA LIBYAN ARAB MINING
COMPANY, LIBYA ARAB AGRICULTURAL HOLDING COMPANY,
VARIOUS GREEN BOOK STUDY CLUBS, AND THE
LIBYAN-SPONSORED ISLAMIC CALL SOCIETY WHLCH IS ACTIVE
ON THE RELIGIOUS FRONT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT GHANA IS
ALSO A TRANSIT POINT FOR PEOPLE FROM OTHER PARTS OF
WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA TRAVELLING TO LIBYA.

-- PLO: GHANA HOSTS A TWO-PERSON EMBASSY OF THE
"STATE OF PALESTINE" IN ACCRA. PLO RECEIVES
FAVORABLE AND SYMPATHETIC PRESS COVERAGE (E.G.,
ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE "STATE OF
PALESTINE" AND ARAFAT COMMENTS ON RECENT ISRAELI
SHOOTINGS IN JERUSALEM); PLO ENVOYS ARE RECEIVED BY
CHAIRMAN RAWLINGS; AND THE PLO CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL
COMPUTER CAMP ("COMPUCAMP") ATTENDED BY YOUNG PEOPLE
FROM SEVERAL WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES. GHANA GENERALLY
SUPPORTS PLO POSITIONS ON THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
IN INTERNATIONAL FORA (BUT ABSTAINS ON THE "ISRAELI
CREDENTIALS" ISSUE).

-- IRAN HAS A SMALL BUT ACTIVE EMBASSY IN GHANA. A
RECENT DELEGATION INITIATED AN IRAN-GHANA JOINT
COMMISSION. IRAN PROVIDES MODEST ASSISTANCE TO THE
AGRICULTURAL AND HEALTH SECTORS, AND SPONSORS
SEMINARS FOR ISLAMIC GROUPS.

-- GHANA-CUBA RELATIONS ARE GOOD. SEVERAL HUNDRED
GHANAIAN YOUTHS ARE STUDYING IN CUBA; GHANA HAS
ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE THE CUBAN COMMITTEES FOR
DEFENCE OF THE REVOLUTION; AND GHANAIAN LEADERS
RESPECT CASTRO'S REVOLUTIONARY STANCE. THE CUBANS
HAVE PROVIDED SEVERAL TECHNICAL TEAMS--TEACHERS,
DOCTORS, AGRICULTURALISTS, ETC.--TO WORK IN RURAL
GHANA.

-- NORTH KOREA HAS A SMALL EMBASSY IN ACCRA. THERE
IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF NORTH KOREAN ASSISTANCE TO GHANA
AND DELEGATIONS HAVE EXCHANGED VISITS DURING THIS
PAST YEAR (ONE GHANAIAN DELEGATION WAS LED BY PNDC
MEMBER JUSTICE DANIEL K. ANNAN). GHANA AND THE DPRK
HAVE A JOINT COMMISSION WHICH MEETS INFREQUENTLY.
OCCASIONALLY, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT-OWNED PRESS
CARRIES FEATURE STORIES COMMENTING FAVORABLY ON
ASPECTS OF THE NORTH KOREAN POLITICAL-ECONOMIC
SYSTEM.

-- IRAQ - GHANA HAS NO SUBSTANTIVE RELATIONS WITH
IRAQ AND CONDEMNED THE IRAQ INVASION OF KUWAIT.


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