CHINA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS BEIJING 036243 S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12356 N/A TAGS: PTER SUBJECT: CHINA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 338430 ¶1. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED REFTEL FOLLOW: ¶A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OR OF ANY SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING THE PAST YEAR. ¶B. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY EXTRADITIONS OR ATTEMPTED EXTRADITIONS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS BY THE PRC DURING THE PAST YEAR. ¶C. THE U.S. DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH THE PRC. CHINA HAS IN THE PAST TRANSFERRED CRIMINALS TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH IT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY. ¶D. RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: THE CHINESE OFFICIAL POSITION IS THAT THE PRC GOVERNMENT IS OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM AND DOES NOT SUPPORT OR HARBOR TERRORISTS. ¶E. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF PRC PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS. ¶F. THE PRC PUBLICLY OPPOSES TERRORISM. THE EMBASSY HAS NO RECORD OF PRC SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THERE IS A PLO MISSION IN BEIJING. ¶G. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHINESE STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE. ¶H. THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PRC'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR. ¶I. THE PRC IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANDATORY SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION BY ALL MEMBER STATES IN THE LIBYAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE. ROY