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94HARARE13525
1994-11-21 09:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Harare
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ZIMBABWE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

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P 210921Z NOV 94
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4333
UNCLAS HARARE 013525 


FOR S/CT FOR REAP

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER ZI
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: A) STATE 286744 B) STATE 298865

UNCLAS HARARE 013525


FOR S/CT FOR REAP

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER ZI
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: A) STATE 286744 B) STATE 298865


1. FORMAT PER REFTEL:

(A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM:

THERE WERE NO TERRORIST INCIDENTS OR TERRORIST
RELATED PROSECUTIONS IN ZIMBABWE IN 1994.

(B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS:

THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADITION OF
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN ZIMBABWE IN 1994.

(C) IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION OR EXTRADITION OF
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS:

THE CURRENT ABSENCE OF EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH
THE US IS THE ONLY IDENTIFIABLE IMPEDIMENT TO
PROSECUTION OR EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS.
HOWEVER, FUNCTIONING (THOUGH UNRATIFIED) BORDER
REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS AND
OUR RELATIVELY SMOOTH BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WHICH
SHOULD RESULT IN A SIGNED EXTRADITION TREATY BY MAY
1995, INDICATE ZIMBABWE WOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY IN A
CASE INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.


D. HOST COUNTRY RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION:

ZIMBABWE OFFERED NO OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND TOOK NO
SPECIFIC ACTION IN RESPONSE TO TERRORISM IN 1994.


E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS IN 1994:

ZIMBABWE UNDERTOOK NO MAJOR COUNTERTERRORIST
EFFORTS THIS YEAR.


F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:

THOUGH ZIMBABWE MAINTAINS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
THE SEVEN COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED AS SPONSORING
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, IRAN
AND SUDAN MAINTAIN MISSIONS IN HARARE),THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS OR
CONDONES TERRORIST ACTS PERPETRATED BY THESE
COUNTRIES.


G. PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF TERRORISM:

THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ISSUED NO STATEMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN 1994.


H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS
TERRORISM SINCE 1993:

IN RECENT YEARS THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS BEEN
GENERALLY COOPERATIVE IN ITS APPROACH TO MATTERS OF
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM -- PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE
IS A PERCEIVED NATIONAL INTEREST. THERE IS NO
REASON TO BELIEVE ZIMBABWEAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS
TERRORISM HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR.


2. PER REFTEL B. THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AND LIAISON:

VIRGINIA PALMER - POLITICAL OFFICER
STEVEN CHALUPSKY - REGIONAL SECURITY OFFICER

BOTH OFFICERS CAN BE REACHED AT 794-521 OR 794-523
AFTER HOURS.


LANPHER