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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87ALEXANDRIA290 |
ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - ALEXANDRIA'S RADICAL PAST... ---------------------------- 2. PERHAPS IN KEEPING WITH ITS REPUTATION AS A CENTER OF DISSENT, IN THE 1970'S, ISLAMIC RIGHT ACTIVITIES IN ALEXANDRIA WERE FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL: THE RADICAL "SHIBAB MUHAMMAD" ORGANIZATION, [...] |
1987-02-25 15:18:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG |
| 87ALEXANDRIA291 |
ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART II: LEADERS AND [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS PART II OF OUR REPORT ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA AND IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL SPIRITUAL AND (POTENTIALLY) POLITICAL LEADERS IN THIS CITY AND THE MAIN "RADICAL" MOSQUES. WHILE THERE ARE DOU [...] |
1987-02-25 15:25:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG |
| 87ALEXANDRIA292 |
ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART III: COMMERCIAL AND [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA. WHILE THE SPIRITUAL FORCE OF RIGHTIST ISLAM IS GROWING, ITS POLITICAL POTENTIAL IS STILL RELATIVELY UNFORMED AND DIFFICULT [...] |
1987-02-25 16:04:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG |
| 87ALGIERS2184 |
ALGERIA AND THE PLO [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ALGERIA HAS LONG BEEN AN ACTIVE-- IF DISTANT--PARTICIPANT IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY. ENGAGEMENT ARISES FROM ALGERIA'S SELF-PERCEPTION AS ROLE MODEL FOR ALL NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES AND FROM STRONG EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARAB/ISLAMIC CAUS [...] |
1987-04-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL KPRP PLO AG |
| 87AMMAN7695 |
SYRIAN RELATIONS WITH ABU NIDAL AND THE PLO [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. WE SPOKE ON JUNE 30 WITH JORDAN TIMES REPORTER LAMIS ANDONI (STRICTLY PROTECT), AUTHOR OF AN ARTICLE PRINTED ON JUNE 4 IN THE JORDAN TIMES THAT BROKE THE NEWS OF SYRIA'S CLOSURE OF THE DAMASCUS OFFICES OF THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION. ANDONI IS ONE OF THE TOP ARAB RE [...] |
1987-07-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL PLO JO SY |
| 87BAGHDAD5528 |
RAFSANJANI STICKS TO NAMING AGGRESSOR BEFORE [...] (C) DURING RECENT MEETING, MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTOR AL-QAYSI PROVIDED DCM WITH MFA ARABIC TRANSLATION OF OCTOBER 25 TEHRAN RADIO INTERVIEW WITH RAFSANJANI IN WHICH RAFSANJANI SAID THAT NAMING THE AGGRESSOR MUST PRECEDE A CEASEFIRE AND THAO ONLY NAMING THE AGGRESSOR OR DEFEATING [...] |
1987-10-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL USUN IZ IR |
| 87BANDARSERIBEGAWAN1188 |
THE SULTAN'S FIRST YEAR ON HIS OWN - A SOLID PERFORMANCE [...] No summary [...] |
1987-11-27 05:10:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BX |
| 87BOGOTA7890 |
THE GUERRILLA SITUATION: PREPARING FOR WAR? [...] (C) SUMMARY. COLOMBIA'S GUERRILLA WAR HAS BEEN QUIESCENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THOUGH ARMED CONTACTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GUERRILLA GROUPS AND THE MILITARY CONTINUE, THE PACE OF MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS HAS SLACKENED. THE MAIN ARENA OF CONFRONTATION HAS BEEN THE MEDIA, WHERE THE UNION PATRIOTICA ( [...] |
1987-06-09 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KPRP PINS MILI PTER CO |
| 87BOGOTA9309 |
FARC PUBLICLY REJECTS DISARMAMENT [...] U) SUMMARY: THE FARC GUERRILLA HIGH COMMAND ON JULY 7 PUBLICLY REJECTED "DEMOBILIZATION OR DISARMAMENT" FOR ITS FORCES, CLAIMING FURTHER THAT IT HAD NEVER PROMISED SUCH ACTION. END SUMMARY 2. (U) FARC-UP IN ARMS: IN A RADIO PRESS CONFERENCE JULY 7, TOP LEADERS OF THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION [...] |
1987-07-09 20:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS CO |
| 87COLOMBO1041 |
INSIDE THE LTTE: A LOOK AT THE TIGERS' [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRABHAKARAN HAS DIVIDED HIS LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM INTO FIVE POLITICO-MILITARY REGIONS, EACH COMMANDED BY A REGIONAL LEADER RESPONSIBLE TO PRABHAKARAN. IN TURN THESE REGIONAL COMMANDERS HAVE SUBORDINATE AREA COMMANDERS UNDER THEIR CONTROL [...] |
1987-02-12 06:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR CE |
| 87COLOMBO4526 |
THE LTTE FACES PROBLEMS [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE HAVE HEARD FROM A VARIETY OF RELIABLE SOURCES THAT THE LTTE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED BY OPERATION LIBERATION BEGUN IN LATE MAY AND THAT IT HAD YET TO RECOUP ITS LOSSES. PERHAPS THE MOST DETAILED AND CREDIBLE REPORT CAME FROM LOUIS PAUL, A SENIOR E [...] |
1987-07-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL CE IN PHUM |
| 87DAMASCUS1746 |
CHANGES IN ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST (STRICTLY PROTECT) WITH WELL- ESTABLISHED CONTACTS IN AMMAN AND DAMASCUS WITH DFLP AND PFLP PERSONALITIES HAS BEEN TOLD BY HIS PALESTINIAN SOURCES THAT THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION HAS OFFERED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN ITS ACTIVITIES. TH [...] |
1987-03-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER |
| 87DAMASCUS3020 |
SYRIAN CLOSURE OF ABU NIDAL OFFICES [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME -- BUT NOT YET CONCLUSIVE -- CONFIRMATION THAT THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO END THE "OFFICIAL" ABU NIDAL PRESENCE IN SYRIA. THE THREE OFFICES IN DAMASCUS APPEAR CLOSED. WHILE THE SYRIAN JUSTIFICATION FOR TH [...] |
1987-06-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER SY |
| 87DAMASCUS3087 |
SYRIAN EXPULSION OF THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: EVERY SOURCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH CONCERNING ABU NIDAL'S EXPULSION FROM SYRIA HAS CONFIRMED THE STORY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. NO ONE, HOWEVER, CAN SAY AUTHORITATIVELY THAT THE SYRIAN BAN ON THE ANO HAS EXTENDED TO THE CAMPS IN THE BIQA' VA [...] |
1987-06-10 13:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREL SY US LE |
| 87DAMASCUS3703 |
SYRIA AND NEWS OF A "NEW AND GRAVE MOVE BY [...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: REFTEL IS DEAD RIGHT TO SEEK ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN GET ON A PKK ATTACK ON U.S. FACILITIES IN TURKEY. IF WE FIND SYRIA IS INVOLVED, WE SHOULD PROTEST HERE STRONGLY -- BARRING TURKISH OBJECTIONS TO SUCH A U.S. MOVE. BUT WE SEE SYRIA AS LARGELY -- IF NO [...] |
1987-07-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER TU SY |
| 87DHAKA2354 |
BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). -- 2. SUMMARY: BANGLADESH HOPES THAT RAJIV GANDHI WOULD BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN IMPROVING BILATERAL RELATIONS HAVE FADED OVER THE PAST YEAR. BANGLADESH AND INDIA HAVE MADE LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS ON LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS UNDER RAJIV; MANY AGAIN APPEAR [...] |
1987-04-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPRP IN BG |
| 87HAVANA746 |
CASTRO ON ARTISTIC FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] |
1987-03-06 21:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PHUM UNHRC |
| 87ISTANBUL2686 |
CONVERSATION WITH FEMALE UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...] |
1987-06-08 08:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IR TU |
| 87IZMIR1213 |
EXPLOSION AT IZMIR SUMERBANK [...] AT 9:30 PM LOCAL TIME DECEMBER 29, A BOMB EXPLODED AT A SUMERBANK RETAIL STORE IN THE KAPILAR SECTION OF DOWNTOWN IZMIR. THE STORE WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT POLICE ESTIMATE THE BOMB WAS OF "CONSIDERABLE" STRENGTH AS NINE OR TEN SHOPS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY ALSO SUF [...] |
1987-12-30 14:07:00 | Consulate Izmir | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINS TU |
| 87KAMPALA184 |
MEETING WITH MUSEVENI. [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIED BY PAO MET WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AT STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE JANUARY 15. THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING CONCENTRATED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND NRA USE OF "3-PIECE TIE". AMBASSADOR [...] |
1987-01-21 13:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM US |
| 87LONDON20480 |
AFGHANS SELL US STINGERS TO KHOMEINI [...] THE SUNDAY TIMES CARRIED A STORY ON SEPTEMBER 20 ALLEGING THAT THE U.S. HAS CUT OFF SUPPLIES OF STINGER MISSILES TO THE AFGHAN MUJAHEDEEN BECAUSE SOME OF THE REBEL COMMANDERS HAD SOLD STINGERS TO THE IRANIANS FOR MONEY AND POLITICAL FAVOR. 2. BEGIN TEXT. AFGHANS SELL US STINGERS TO KHO [...] |
1987-09-21 16:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IR |
| 87MADRAS3111 |
LTTE: MADRAS VIEWS AND MISCELLANEY [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: CANADIANS FIND LTTE HAS LITTLE SYMPATHY HERE AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN IN TAMIL NADU. POLICE COMMISSIONER BELIEVES THERE ARE STILL 3,000 LTTE MEN IN TAMIL NADU, MOST WITH WEAPONS OF SOME KIND. ACCORDING TO S. RAMACHANDRAN, CHIEF MINISTER MGR [...] |
1987-10-29 06:41:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE |
| 87MADRAS3155 |
N. RAM: LTTE CRUSHED, MAHATHAYA DEAD? [...] (C) ENTIRE TEXT. 2. "THE HINDU" ASSOCIATE EDITOR N. RAM JUST RETURNED FROM A VISIT TO COLOMBO, WHERE HE INTERVIEWED JAYAWARDENE AND SPOKE TO MEMBERS OF IPKF, JOURANLISTS AND OTHERS. HE OFFERED THESE THOUGHTS TO CG AND POLECON OFF AT LUNCH NOVEMBER 2.: 3. ACCORDING TO JAYAWARDENE AND I [...] |
1987-11-02 11:35:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE INF |
| 87NEWDELHI19406 |
INCREASE IN SIKH TERRORISM LIKELY: NO [...] SUMMARY: ELEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN PUNJAB STATE ON AUGUST 6 IN CONTINUING SECTARIAN STRIFE. DELHI POLICE ARE GEARING UP TO MEET THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY BEFORE THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS ON AUGUST 15. ACTING JATHEDAR DARSHAN SINGH RAGI'S CONVENTION, HELD AUGUST [...] |
1987-08-07 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV IN |
| 87NEWDELHI23722 |
INDIAN FRICTION WITH LTTE GROWS [...] No summary [...] |
1987-09-25 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN CE PINS |
| 87PRETORIA17012 |
MBEKI'S RELEASE -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. I BELIEVE THAT THE RELEASE OF GOVAN MBEKI SHOULD BE SEEN AS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO LOOSEN UPTHE POLITICAL GRIDLOCK IN THE COUNTRY ON THE KEY ISSUE OF BLACK/WHITE DIALOGUE. I SUSPECT, HOWEVER, THAT THE GESTURE AND [...] |
1987-11-06 10:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | SF PGOV |
| 87RIYADH10227 |
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS AN OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY SENT TO THE EMBASSY FROM CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S OFFICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST IN PLANNING FOR ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON. WHILE THE BIOGRAPHY CONTAINS NOTHING SURPRISING, IT IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON [...] |
1987-10-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SA |
| 87RIYADH8409 |
WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN RIYADH AND TEHRAN [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND RIYADH CONTINUES AT A HIGH PITCH. FOR THE IRANIANS, THE SAUDIS ARE SERVANTS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR "WORLD ARROGANCE" OR THE "GREAT SATAN" (I.E. THE U.S.) WHO HAVE PERPETRATED A "DIRTY, UGLY, ODIOUS AND MONSTROUS ACT" IN MEC [...] |
1987-08-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA IR |
| 87STATE121525 |
LATEST RAFSANJANI STATEMENTS [...] WE ARE NOW AWARE OF AT LEAST TWO RAFSANJANI STATEMENTS, ASSERTING LINKAGE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN LEBANON AND THE DISPOSITION OF IRANIAN ASSETS, THAT HAVE APPEARED IN THE PRESS SINCE THE APRIL 3 U.S. LETTER TO BOCKSTIEGEL: THE INTERVIEW BY A CORRESPONDENT FROM KEVAN HAVA'I; AND THE [...] |
1987-04-23 04:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IR US NL PREL |
| 87STATE154739 |
U.S. PLANS ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS [...] TEXT OF MAY 16 WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE "U.S. PLANS ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS, WHITE HOUSE TO NOTIFY CONGRESS OF $500 MILLION DEAL" BY BARRY SCHWEID OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOLLOWS. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 3. IN A MOVE CERTAIN TO TOUCH OFF HEATED DEBATE, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL NOTIFY CONGRESS NEXT WEE [...] |
1987-05-21 05:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SA US |
| 87STATE208025 |
PKK PLANS AND AMERIN CASE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. REF A SUMMARIZED PRESS REPORTING THAT CODED DOCUMENTS SEIZED FROM TWO CAPTURED TERRORISTS REVEALED PKK (KURDISH LABOR PARTY) PLANS TO ATTACK, INTER ALIA, THE TURKISH/AMERICAN COMMON DEFENSE BASE IN PIRINCLIK. AS EMBASSY WILL REALIZE, PKK TARGETING OF A JOINT [...] |
1987-07-07 19:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TU |
| 87STATE336019 |
AIDS TESTING OF VISITING U.S. MILITARY [...] PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS OF HOST NATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN OCCASIONAL REQUESTS THAT VISITING MILITARY UNITS DEMONSTRATE THAT UNIT PERSONNEL ARE FREE OF AIDS VIRUS. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR RESPONDING TO EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN, OFFICIAL ACTION, OR OTHER EFFORTS BY HOST NATIONS TO CONDIT [...] |
1987-10-28 22:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL US |
| 87STATE393879 |
PRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE [...] ON DECEMBER 11 THE TUNISIAN EMBASSY TRANSMITTED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BEN ALI TO PRESIDENT REAGAN: . BEGIN TEXT: THE WASHINGTON SIGNING OF THE TREATY FOR THE DISMANTLING OF THE INTERMEDIATE MISSILES PROVIDES ME AN OCCASION TO SEND YO [...] |
1987-12-19 20:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC TS |
| 87TUNIS11327 |
REACTION TO AND BACKGROUND ON TUNISIA'S NEW [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ----------------------- ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI ----------------------- 2. LOCAL AND FOREIGN REACTION TO ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI'S APPOINTMENT AS PRIME MINISTER IS GENERALLY POSITIVE. AT HOME, HE IS RESPECTED AS A COMPETENT HARD-WORKER SOMEWHAT ALOOF FROM T [...] |
1987-10-07 08:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR |
| 87TUNIS11489 |
BEN ALI AS PRIME MINISTER: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. BOURGUIBA'S ABRUPT DISMISSAL OF SFAR AND ELEVATION OF INTERIOR MINISTER BEN ALI AGAIN DEMONSTRATES PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA'S PERSONAL CONTROL OF POWER IN TUNISIA. BEN ALI'S APPOINTMENT PUTS A STRONG MAN IN THE PRIME MINISTRY AND A HEARTBE [...] |
1987-10-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV PREL TS |