Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
92STATE109428
1992-04-08 00:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Secretary of State
Cable title:
WHITE PAPERS ON LIBYA POUCHED TO POST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 109428
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PTER PROP OPRC LY EI
SUBJECT: WHITE PAPERS ON LIBYA POUCHED TO POST
REF: DUBLIN 1811
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 109428
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PTER PROP OPRC LY EI
SUBJECT: WHITE PAPERS ON LIBYA POUCHED TO POST
REF: DUBLIN 1811
1. CONFIDENTIAL, ENTIRE TEXT.
2. DEPARTMENT POUCHED TO POST APRIL 7 COPIES OF TWO
UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT WHITE PAPERS WHICH OFFER FURTHER
INFORMATION ON LIBYAN COMPLICITY IN 1985 ROME AND VIENNA
AIRPORT ATTACKS AND 1986 LABELLE BOMBING.
3. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IMPLICATING LIBYA IN THE LABELLE
BOMBING HAS EMERGED IN THE CONTEXT OF INVESTIGATIONS
INTO STASI FILES IN FORMER EAST GERMANY. THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE BOMBING IS AN ONGOING LEGAL
CASE. NO SUSPECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY. ONE
INDIVIDUAL, THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE ROME AIRPORT
ATTACK, IS CURRENTLY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE IN ITALY.
THE TWO SURVIVORS OF THE VIENNA AIRPORT ATTACK ARE
SERVING LIFE SENTENCES IN AUSTRIA. INFO ADDRESSEES MAY
WISH TO ADD VIEWS OF LOCAL INTERIOR OR JUSTICE MINISTRY
OFFICIALS.
4. WE AGREE WITH EMBASSY THAT IRISH TIMES STATEMENTS
ARE DAMAGING AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNCHALLENGED. WE
SUGGEST POST ADVISE PAPER IN WHATEVER MANNER POST DEEMS
MOST APPROPRIATE THAT LIBYA WAS INDEED DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1986 LABELLE DISCO BOMBING IN
BERLIN. FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT HAS BECOME AVAILABLE IN
THE FILES OF THE FORMER GDR'S SECURITY SERVICES FULLY
CORROBORATES THE ORIGINAL ACCUSATION. THE ABU NIDAL
ORGANIZATION CARRIED OUT THE 1985 ROME AND VIENNA
AIRPORT ATTACKS WITH VITAL MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FROM
LIBYA. IN NO WAY IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT LIBYA HAS
BEEN EXONERATED, BY GERMAN AND ITALIAN POLICE OR BY ANY
COMPETENT AUTHORITY. DEPARTMENT SUGGESTS POST QUERY
THE NEWSPAPER ON SOURCES FOR THE ASSERTIONS DESCRIBED IN
REFTEL. BECAUSE LIBYAN COMPLICITY IN THESE ATTACKS IS
CONSIDERED A GIVEN BY TREVI GROUP INTELLIGENCE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS GENERALLY, INCLUDING IRISH
MEMBERS, WE SUSPECT LIBYA WILL PROVE THE SOURCE OF THE
DISINFORMATION.
BAKER
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PTER PROP OPRC LY EI
SUBJECT: WHITE PAPERS ON LIBYA POUCHED TO POST
REF: DUBLIN 1811
1. CONFIDENTIAL, ENTIRE TEXT.
2. DEPARTMENT POUCHED TO POST APRIL 7 COPIES OF TWO
UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT WHITE PAPERS WHICH OFFER FURTHER
INFORMATION ON LIBYAN COMPLICITY IN 1985 ROME AND VIENNA
AIRPORT ATTACKS AND 1986 LABELLE BOMBING.
3. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IMPLICATING LIBYA IN THE LABELLE
BOMBING HAS EMERGED IN THE CONTEXT OF INVESTIGATIONS
INTO STASI FILES IN FORMER EAST GERMANY. THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE BOMBING IS AN ONGOING LEGAL
CASE. NO SUSPECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY. ONE
INDIVIDUAL, THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE ROME AIRPORT
ATTACK, IS CURRENTLY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE IN ITALY.
THE TWO SURVIVORS OF THE VIENNA AIRPORT ATTACK ARE
SERVING LIFE SENTENCES IN AUSTRIA. INFO ADDRESSEES MAY
WISH TO ADD VIEWS OF LOCAL INTERIOR OR JUSTICE MINISTRY
OFFICIALS.
4. WE AGREE WITH EMBASSY THAT IRISH TIMES STATEMENTS
ARE DAMAGING AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNCHALLENGED. WE
SUGGEST POST ADVISE PAPER IN WHATEVER MANNER POST DEEMS
MOST APPROPRIATE THAT LIBYA WAS INDEED DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1986 LABELLE DISCO BOMBING IN
BERLIN. FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT HAS BECOME AVAILABLE IN
THE FILES OF THE FORMER GDR'S SECURITY SERVICES FULLY
CORROBORATES THE ORIGINAL ACCUSATION. THE ABU NIDAL
ORGANIZATION CARRIED OUT THE 1985 ROME AND VIENNA
AIRPORT ATTACKS WITH VITAL MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FROM
LIBYA. IN NO WAY IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT LIBYA HAS
BEEN EXONERATED, BY GERMAN AND ITALIAN POLICE OR BY ANY
COMPETENT AUTHORITY. DEPARTMENT SUGGESTS POST QUERY
THE NEWSPAPER ON SOURCES FOR THE ASSERTIONS DESCRIBED IN
REFTEL. BECAUSE LIBYAN COMPLICITY IN THESE ATTACKS IS
CONSIDERED A GIVEN BY TREVI GROUP INTELLIGENCE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS GENERALLY, INCLUDING IRISH
MEMBERS, WE SUSPECT LIBYA WILL PROVE THE SOURCE OF THE
DISINFORMATION.
BAKER