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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90ABUDHABI1208 |
HARDLINERS CONTINUE ATTACK ON RAFSANJANI ON [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: MOHTASHEMI IS CONTINUING HIS DIRECT ATTACK ON RAFSANJANI THROUGH THE FIVE-YEAR ECONOMIC PLAN. HE STRESSES THE NEED TO RELY ON FAITH AND MARTYRDOM AND TO REJECT TECHNOLOGY AND DIPLOMACY AS WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE WEST. HE COUPLES THIS TO DEMANDS THAT [...] |
1990-02-28 13:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL ECON IR US |
| 90ABUDHABI536 |
SULTAN: BULLISH ON RAFSANJANI AND BEARISH [...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: SHEIKH SULTAN OF SHARJAH WAS, AS USUAL, BULLISH ABOUT RAFSANJANI'S MODERATIONS AND CONTROL OF EVENTS IN TEHRAN AND CLAIMED THAT THE REAL WILD CARD WHICH RAFSANJANI FEARED WAS THE BAZARRIS, NOT THE RADICAL CLERGY. SULTAN SAID THAT AT UK REQUEST HE HAD BEEN [...] |
1990-01-28 04:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV US IR TC |
| 90ACCRA7474 |
GHANA:1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] 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 [...] |
1990-11-23 16:37:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GH |
| 90ADDISABABA5620 |
ETHIOPIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1990-11-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER |
| 90ALEXANDRIA448 |
ALEXANDRIA: THE MOOD OF RAMADAN [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY ----------- LIKE THE REST OF T... [...] |
1990-04-15 12:50:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | PINT |
| 90BAGHDAD1068 |
RIOTS IN TEHRAN [...] No summary [...] |
1990-02-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS IR |
| 90BAGHDAD2098 |
SADDAM EXPLAINS AND DEFENDS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S ... [...] |
1990-04-09 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US EG IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD3296 |
INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, THE HEADLINE NEWS HAS BEEN SADDAM'S MEETINGS WITH A "GROUP" WHICH IS MAKING THE FINAL CHANGES IN THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION PRIOR TO DISCUSSION BY THE RCC AND THE PARTY'S REGIONAL COMMAND. 3. WE THINK DEPARTMENT'S BIOGRAPHIC FILES SHO [...] |
1990-06-07 11:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD3306 |
IRAN-IRAQ [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE IRAQI MEDIA JUNE 7 HAS NOT REACTED TO RAFSANJANI'S JUNE 6 INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE COMMENTS INTER ALIA ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A MEETING WITH SADDAM (TEHRAN RADIO VERSION IN REF B). IN SUMMARY, RAFSANJANI SAID THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A MEETING WILL DEPEND O [...] |
1990-06-07 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD3340 |
COUP RUMORS: IRAQI EXILES AND IRAN FABRICATE [...] (U) A NUMBER OF RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING IN THE REGION... [...] |
1990-06-11 10:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD3788 |
PUBLIC IRAQI GESTURE TOWARD THE USG [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE BAGHDAD MORNING NEWSPAPERS ON JULY 2, THE FIRST DAY OF 'ID AL-ADHA, BROUGHT A VIRTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF SADDAM'S DESIRE FOR BETTER RELATIONS WITH THE USG. ALL FOUR ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILIES FEATURE ONE RPT ONE 'ID MESSAGE TO SADDAM, AND THAT MESSAGE IN ALL [...] |
1990-07-03 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD3856 |
SADDAM AND THE WESTERN MEDIA--CONTINUED [...] No summary [...] |
1990-07-09 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD4237 |
SADDAM'S MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SADDAM TOLD THE AMBASSADOR JULY 25 THAT MUBARAK HAS ARRANGED FOR KUWAITI AND IRAQI DELEGATIONS TO MEET IN RIYADH, AND THEN ON JULY 28, 29 OR 30, THE KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE WILL COME TO BAGHDAD FOR SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS. "NOTHING WILL HAPPEN" BEFORE THEN, SADDAM HAD [...] |
1990-07-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL US KU IZ |
| 90BAGHDAD4397 |
IRAQI INCURSION ACROSS KUWAITI BORDER [...] (S-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. WE HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY SINCE 0630 LOCAL TO REACH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, INCLUDING FOREIGN MINISTER AZIZ. UNDERSECRETARY HAMDUN IS APPARENTLY NOT AT HOME SINCE NOBODY ANSWERS HIS HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY DUTY OFFICER IS AWARE OF OUR INTEREST IN TALKING TO THE [...] |
1990-08-02 04:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ KU AS |
| 90BAGHDAD4436 |
TFK102:GOI OFFICIAL POSITION ON KUWAITI INVASION [...] No summary [...] |
1990-08-02 20:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ KU |
| 90BANDARSERIBEGAWAN834 |
ADMIRAL HARDISTY'S MEETING WITH SULTAN OF BRUNEI [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: USCINCPAC ADMIRAL HARDISTY MET WITH SULTAN OF BRUNEI 21 NOV TO DISCUSS PROSPECTS FOR MODEST EXPANSION OF U.S.-BRUNEI MILITARY RELATIONS. OTHER TOPICS COVERED WERE PHILIPPINE BASE NEGOTIATIONS, U.S.-SINGAPORE AGREEMENT, SULTAN'S VISIT TO U.S. AIRCRAF [...] |
1990-11-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL BX |
| 90BOGOTA18530 |
COLOMBIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] COLOMBIA'S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IS CONFRONTED BY THREE LEFTIST GUERRILLA ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS VIOLENT, WELL-FINANCED NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS. BOTH THE INSURGENTS AND THE TRAFFICKERS USE TERRORISM, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY AGAINST DOMESTIC TARGETS. GUERRILLA VIOLENCE CAN ONLY BE C [...] |
1990-11-20 23:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CO |
| 90CAPETOWN623 |
AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A SPEECH WHICH THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TO THE "PERSPECTIVES FORUM" IN DURBAN ON MARCH 14, 1990: QUOTE: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE MOMENT TO DISCUSS UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH AFRICA AS EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE MOVING SWIFTLY. PARTICIPANTS AND [...] |
1990-03-16 13:49:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC SF |
| 90CAPETOWN97 |
ESSA MOOSA TALKS ABOUT MANDELA AND OTHER TOPICS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. ATTORNEY ESSA MOOSA WHO SPOKE WITH HIM LAST WEEK, SAYS MANDELA FULLY EXPECTS THAT ON FEBRUARY 2 DE KLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE UNBANNING OF THE ANC, PAC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE LIFTING OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE RETURN OF PO [...] |
1990-01-17 15:12:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SF |
| 90COLOMBO7592 |
1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: SRI LANKA AND [...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT. - 2. FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL: - SRI LANKA - A) IN 1990 THE GSL PROSECUTED TWO SIGNIFICANT CASES INVOLVING ACTS OF TERRORISM -- ONE INVOLVING THREE INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED IN THE MAY 1986 BOMBING OF AN AIR LANKA TRISTAR AIRCR [...] |
1990-11-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE MV |
| 90DAMASCUS2993 |
PKK TERRORISM - SYRIAN CONNECTION [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ROLF GAUFFIN, SWEDEN'S AMBASSADOR IN DAMASCUS, TOLD DCM RECENTLY THAT AN ARAB NATIVE WITH A CLAIM TO SWEDISH PERMANENT RESIDENCY HAD WALKED INTO THE SWEDISH EMBASSY IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO SEEK REPATRI- ATION. THE PERSON SAID HE HAD BEEN IN TRAINING AT THE [...] |
1990-05-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SW SY |
| 90DAMASCUS4736 |
SYRIA AND THE IQLIM AL TUFFAH FIGHTING [...] (C) DAMASCUS HAS ADOPTED A LOW PUBLIC PROFILE ON THE AMAL-HIZBALLAH FIGHTING IN THE IQLIM AL TUFFAH, DESPITE ITS INTENSITY AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES. SYRIAN MEDIA HAS GIVEN LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE BATTLES AND THE SARG APPEARS TO BE TAKING FEW, IF ANY, STEPS TO TRY TO END IT. THE FLURRY OF [...] |
1990-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE IR |
| 90DAMASCUS7323 |
SYRIAN-IRANIAN MEETINGS IN DAMASCUS LEAD TO [...] (U) AN IRANIAN DELEGATION LED BY IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT DR. HASAN HABIBI MET SYRIAN COUNTERPARTS IN DAMASCUS NOVEMBER 3-5 WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SUPREME SYRIAN-IRANIAN COUNCIL TO DISCUSS A FULL RANGE OF BILATERAL AND REGIONAL SUBJECTS. ACCOMPANYING HABIBI WERE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] |
1990-11-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE IR |
| 90FREETOWN872 |
SPYING CHARGES AGAINST USSR [...] REFTELS REFER TO SOVIET DENIALS OF ALLEGED U.S. CHARGES OF THEIR SPYING ON U.S. INSTALLATIONS FROM FACILITIES IN SIERRA LEONE. FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION THAT IN FACT WE NEVER MADE SUCH ALLEGATIONS, DCM TRIED TO CALL HIS COUNTERPART AT SOVIET EMBASSY. THE COUNTERPART NEVER RETURNED PHONE CALLS AN [...] |
1990-03-01 11:46:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOVIET UNION PINR SL |
| 90HAVANA257 |
CASTRO'S CREED "SOCIALISM OR DEATH" [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WITH THE FALL OF EACH EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST LEADER CASTRO'S DEFENSE OF SOCIALISM HAS SEEMED TO BECOME MORE RIGID. SHORTLY BEFORE EACH COMMUNIST HEAD LEFT OFFICE, CASTRO MADE AN OFFICIAL GESTURE INDICATING SOME MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS REGIME. IN R [...] |
1990-01-16 16:48:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU |
| 90HAVANA6415 |
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO THE QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. DESCRIBE ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THE ONLY OSTENSIBLE PROSECUTION OF TERRORIST ACTS IN 1990 WAS THE JULY 16 TRIAL OF 11 MEMBERS OF A GROUP [...] |
1990-10-25 21:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
| 90ISLAMABAD22570 |
PAKISTAN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] REFTEL REQUESTED INPUT FOR DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS IN PARA FIVE OF REFTEL. 2. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS: THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT COURT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORIST CASES THIS YEAR. TEN OF THE ELEVEN [...] |
1990-11-16 05:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PK |
| 90JAKARTA16523 |
INDONESIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THERE HAVE BEEN NO TERRORIST ACTS OR COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIONS IN INDONESIA DURING 1990. 2. REFERRING TO REFTEL PARA 5(F), THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION OPENED A MISSION IN JAKARTA DURING OCTOBER 1989. MONJO [...] |
1990-11-19 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 90JEDDAH2807 |
KUWAITI SAUDI RELATIONS - A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY - ------- GIVEN THE VAST DIMENSIONS OF THE GULF CRISIS AND THE INTENSE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT AT THE PRESENT TIME, FRICTION OR DISAGREEMENTS ARE AMAZINGLY FEW AND GENERALLY OF A MARGINAL NATURE - AT LEAST FROM THE KUWAITI PERS [...] |
1990-11-22 19:56:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PREL KU SA |
| 90JERUSALEM3430 |
FATAH AND HAMAS CLAIM RECONCILIATION [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS OF CLASHES AND ACCUSATORY LEAFLETS, HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING THEIR RECONCILIATION. THE LEAFLET, WHICH CLAIMS TO SPEAK ALSO FOR THE UNLU, CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO SOLVE DIFFERENCES, RESPECT F [...] |
1990-09-25 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KISL PINS IS |
| 90JOHANNESBURG264 |
THOUSANDS IN JOHANNESBURG PEACEFULLY [...] TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HAPPY REVELERS HAVE FILLED THE STREETS OF JOHANNESBURG AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE WAS MADE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. CROWDS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED GATHERED IN SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS IN THE CITY CENTER ON SATURDAY AND SUNDA [...] |
1990-02-13 09:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SF |
| 90KHARTOUM10657 |
GOS COUNCIL REPUTEDLY SUPPORTS DISMANTLING [...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...] |
1990-10-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS MARR EAID PHUM PREL EG IZ SU |
| 90KHARTOUM11067 |
QADHAFI VISITS SUDAN; CALLS FOR SUDAN, LIBYAN, [...] SUMMARY: LIBYA'S QADHAFI VISITED KHARTOUM OCTOBER 20-23 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE OCTOBER 1964 REVOLUTION. WHILE HERE, HE ADDRESSED THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM (NDCPS). QADHAFI CALLED FOR ARAB UNITY, PARTICULARLY UNION BETW [...] |
1990-10-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SU LY EG |
| 90KHARTOUM11358 |
SUDAN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE 1990 TERRORISM REPORT FOR SUDAN IS AS FOLLOWS. 2. THE ACROPOLE TERRORIST BOMBING CASE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF POSTPONEMENTS, WITH THE NEXT HEARING NOW SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 22, 1991 (REF C). MANY OF THE POSTPONEMENTS, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT ONE, INVOLVED CONSULATIONS AND NEGOTIATION [...] |
1990-10-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SU |
| 90KHARTOUM12303 |
DEMARCHE TO GOS REGARDING INTELLIGENCE [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PRESENTED REF A DEMARCHE TO FOREIGN MINISTER SAHLOUL MORNING NOVEMBER 26. FOREIGN MINISTER GRAVELY ACKNOWLEDGED SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR GOS AVOWED POSITION OF NEUTRALITY IN GULF CONFLICT AND ITS RELATIONS WITH USG AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF ANY S [...] |
1990-11-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PINR MOPS MARR SU IZ SA US |
| 90KHARTOUM13366 |
SUDANESE HEAD OF STATE ENDORSES SHARIA LAW [...] ACCORDING TO SUDAN'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE WEEKLY "NEW HORIZON," SUDAN'S HEAD OF STATE, GENERAL OMAR AL BASHIR, HAS PUBLICLY ENDORSED THE 1983 SEPTEMBER LAWS. PROVIDING FOR CORPORAL PUNISHMENT KNOWN AS "HUDUD," THE SEPTEMBER LAWS ARE ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS OF SUDANESE SOCIETY AND J [...] |
1990-12-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS SU |
| 90KHARTOUM3292 |
LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SUDAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT THIS TIME, LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SUDAN IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE PRECISELY, BUT OVERT LIBYAN OPERATIONS APPEAR LIMITED. LIBYAN ARAB AIRLINES (LAA) FLIES TO KHARTOUM FROM TRIPOLI ONCE A WEEK AND MAINTAINS A SMALL KHARTOUM STAFF. THE LIBYAN ARAB FOREIGN INVES [...] |
1990-03-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR OFDP PREL LY SU |
| 90KHARTOUM3477 |
SUDAN AND THE ARABS: POSSIBLY STEP-SISTERS; [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SUDAN'S ARAB RELATIONSHIPS HAVE UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS SINCE THE MILITARY COUP OF JUNE 1989. MOST ARAB STATES REACTED WARMLY TO THE OUSTER OF SADIQ AL- MAHDI. SINCE THEN, THIS WARMTH HAS DISSIPATED AS AN UNENLIGHTENED GOS HAS DRIFTED TOWARD LI [...] |
1990-04-01 07:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS KPRP SU |
| 90KHARTOUM5759 |
SUDAN'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT: MORE IN CHECK [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 30, 1989, WHEN ELEMENTS OF SUDAN'S ARMORED AND AIRBORNE FORCES SEIZED POWER FROM PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI, IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT THE LONG-AWAITED TAKEOVER BY THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT HAD FINALLY TAKEN PLACE. [...] |
1990-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | MARR MCAP PGOV PINR KPRP SU |
| 90KHARTOUM7632 |
DIPLOMATS AGREE--BASHIR IS HERE TO STAY, IF NOT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE JULY 24 SIX SENIOR DIPLOMATS ASSIGNED TO KHARTOUM EXPRESSED THEIR CONVICTION THAT THE BASHIR GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN IN POWER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE--AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY A YEAR. UNLIKE EARLIER MEETINGS WHICH WITNESSED [...] |
1990-07-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SU EG NL GE IT UR MO |
| 90KINSHASA16691 |
1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE PROVIDED FOR ZAIRE, AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL. THEY ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH 5, ITEMS A - H. 2. (U) PARAGRAPH 5, ITEM A: THERE HAVE BEEN NO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC T [...] |
1990-11-07 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER |
| 90KUWAIT4144 |
SADDAM'S THREAT HELPS PULL KUWAITIS TOGETHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. IRAQI THREATS HAVE HAD THE EFFECT OF UNIFYING SOME KUWAITI LEFTISTS AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS BEHIND THE GOK. THE LEFTIST KUWAIT TRADE UNION FEDERATION (KTUF), IN A JULY 20 STATEMENT, DENOUNCED IRAQI ALLEGATIONS AS TANTAMOUNT TO A DIRECT MILITARY ACTION AGAINST KUWAI [...] |
1990-07-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KU IZ |
| 90KUWAIT4267 |
KUWAITIS CALM, CONFIDENT, AND UNIFIED (FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING MUBARAK'S MEDIATION BLITZ THROUGH BAGHDAD, KUWAIT, AND JEDDAH JULY 24, THE KUWAITI PUBLIC IS CALM AND CONFIDENT THAT TENSION BETWEEN KUWAIT AND IRAQ WILL EASE OFF. SOURCES INDICATE THAT KUWAITIS, WHILE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ARMED CONFLICT, HAVE TAKEN SAD [...] |
1990-07-26 10:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
| 90KUWAIT4364 |
KUWAITI CABINET REJECTS "ARM-TWISTING" AS [...] (U) SUMMARY. KUWAIT'S CABINET JULY 29 WELCOMED TALKS WITH IRAQ -- NOW SET TO BEGIN IN JEDDAH JULY 31, CALLED FOR A "FAIR AND CONCLUSIVE SETTLEMENT," AND REJECTED "ALL FORMS OF ARM-TWISTING, INTIMIDATION, AND THE USE OF FORCE." THE CABINET ALSO VOICED ITS APPROVAL OF DECISIONS TAKEN BY OPEC [...] |
1990-07-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU IZ |
| 90KUWAIT4425 |
IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. BRAVO PARA 6 REFTEL RE ASSETS. IT HAD JUST OCCURRED TO US. MOST EFFECTIVE FURTHER MEASURE I CAN SUGGEST TO EFFECT WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT CONDITION IS TO PREVAIL UPON SAUDI ARABIA AND TURKEY TO SHUT DOWN PIPELINES CARRYING IRAQI OIL UNTIL COMPLETE PULL-BACK. 3. C [...] |
1990-08-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS PINS KU IZ |
| 90KUWAIT4520 |
TFKU01: SIDEBAR TO HISTORY OF THE INVASION - AN [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. FRENCH CHARGE' D'AFFAIRES TOLD DCM AUGUST 9 THAT TARIQ REZOUQI, KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE AND MEMBER OF THE KUWAITI DELEGATION TO THE JEDDAH SUMMIT HAS CONFIRMED TO THEM THAT THE IRAQIS WENT TO JEDDAH INTENT ON THE SUMMIT'S FAILURE. ACCORDING TO REZOUQI, THE KU [...] |
1990-08-09 18:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
| 90KUWAIT4818 |
TFKUO1: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
1990-08-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | CASC IZ KU MOPS PINS PREL SHUM SREF UNSC |
| 90KUWAIT4869 |
TFKU01: WAR OF THE EMBASSIES SITREP: TURKS THROW IN THE [...] TURKISH AMBASSADOR INFORMED US THIS MORNING, AUGUST 28, THAT HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE HIS EMBASSY. HE AND A REMAINING STAFF OF 11 WILL CLOSE THE DOORS TODAY AND DRIVE TO BAGHDAD, AND HOPEFULLY ON TO ANKARA. AMBASSADOR RECEIVED CLOSURE ORDERS FROM ANKARA AT 0100 LKT. DECISION TO CLOSE IS [...] |
1990-08-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU |
| 90KUWAIT4871 |
TFKU01: CONTACT WITH KUWAITI RESISTANCE [...] EMBASSY RECEIVED A FAX THIS MORNING, AUGUST 28, FROM "A KUWAITI CITIZEN" PROPORTING TO REPRESENT THE KUWAITI RESISTANCE. THE FAX WAS ON LETTERHEAD FOR "TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR COMPUTER CONSULTING AND SERVICES". PAGE TWO OF FAX WAS ON LETTERHEAD OF "UNIVERSAL BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC CONSULTANT". NEI [...] |
1990-08-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
| 90KUWAIT4875 |
TFKU01: CHEESEBURGERS AS SYMBOLS OF RESISTANCE; WATER AS A [...] CANADIAN EMBASSY LAST NIGHT, AUGUST 27, LEARNED IN A MOST TANGIBLE WAY OF THE STRENGTH OF THE KUWAIT RESISTANCE, AND THE IMPACT EMBASSIES' DEFIANCE OF IRAQI ORDERS TO CLOSE HAS HAD ON THE LOCAL KUWAITI POPULATION. 2. IN THE LATE EVENING, THE SMALL BAND OF CANADIAN DIPLOMATS SEALED INTO TH [...] |
1990-08-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU |
| 90KUWAIT858 |
KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. MFA UNDER SECRETARY SULAIMAN MAJED AL-SHAHEEN FEBRUARY 4 TOLD STATE/CENTCOM BRIEFING TEAM IRAN NO LONGER SHOWED OPEN INTEREST IN SHIA ON THE ARAB SIDE OF THE GULF, BUT MAINTAINED ITS CONTACTS THROUGH "OTHER ORGANIZATIONS". KUWAIT HAS ACCEPTED AN IRANIAN [...] |
1990-02-08 09:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IR KU |
| 90LONDON3111 |
1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR THE UK [...] THROUGHOUT 1989, AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TERRORIST THREAT TO THE UK AND UK INTERESTS WERE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OUTLAWED PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (PIRA) AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, THE ACTIVITIES OF OUTLAWED PROTESTANT TERRORIST GROUPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THE CONFLI [...] |
1990-02-13 17:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 90MADRAS1249 |
KARUNANIDHI: IS THE TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: CHIEF MINISTER KARUNANIDHI'S OBVIOUS TILT TOWARDS THE LTTE IS GENERATING WIDESPREAD CONTROVERSY AND DISMAY IN TAMIL NADU, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE DMK LEADER'S STRAINED RELATIONS WITH THE TIGERS IN THE PAST. SINCE DECEMBER, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO M [...] |
1990-04-17 07:53:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IN CE |
| 90MADRID12668 |
SPAIN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR SPAIN FOR 1990. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS IN REFTEL. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. THE TWO MAJOR TERRORIST GROUPS IN SPAIN ARE THE EXTREM [...] |
1990-10-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP PGOV KPRP |
| 90MANAMA4053 |
TFKU01: IRAQI BEHAVIOR IN KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: PEOPLE FLEEING FROM KUWAIT WERE INTERVIEWED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL PRESS, BOTH IN BAHRAIN AND AT SAUDI-KUWAITI BORDERS. THOSE INTERVIEWED TALKED OF INHUMAN BEHAVIOR BY IRAQI TROOPS INCLUDING RAPES, THEFT AND TORTURE. THESE INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS WIRE REPORTS, ON THE SAME SUB [...] |
1990-08-21 13:32:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL US IZ |
| 90MOGADISHU10239 |
NEW OPPOSITION GROUP APPEARS [...] CONDFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A NOMALI OPPOSITION GROUP, THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT, HAS BEEN FORMED. ACCORDING TO USC LEADERS, THE SDM GREW OUT OF THE SO-CALLED "MESOPOTAMIAN MANIFESTO," WHICH WAS DRAFTED BY RAHANWEYNE FARMERS TO PROTEST GSDR POLICIES, AND ESPECIALLY THE [...] |
1990-11-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV EAGR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10380 |
MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...] |
1990-11-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA |
| 90MOGADISHU10384 |
LEADER OF SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT EXPLAINS [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE ELDERLY RAHENWEYNE LEADER WHO HEADS THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENY (SDM) SAID HE HAD BROKEN A PROMISE WITH SIAD BARRE AND ENTERED THE POLITICAL FRAY BECAUSE THE CURRENT REGIME IS EXPIRING AND HE DID NOT WANT HIS TRIBE TO MISS OUT IN THE COMPETI [...] |
1990-11-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10556 |
SECURITY DECREE CALLS PARTS OF CONSTITUTION INTO QUESTION [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 5, RADIO MOGADISHU MADE THE FOLLOWING BROADCAST: 2. (U) TEXT FROM UNOFFICIAL USIS TRANSLATION. BEGIN TEXT: THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, HUSSEIN SHIEKH ABDIRAHMAN MATTAN, GAVE DETAILS ON A NEW ANTI-BANDITRY LAW SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL [...] |
1990-12-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10663 |
MORE ON MASSACRE AT ANIMAL MARKET [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. WE NOW HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE, IN PART BASED ON EYE-WITNESS REPORTS, OF THE KILLINGS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ANIMAL MARKET IN NORTHEAST MOGADISHU ON DECEMBER 6 (REFTEL). A MAN WHO WAS SITTING AT A COFFEE HOUSE NEAR THE MARKET DURING THE INCIDENT SAYS THA [...] |
1990-12-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10701 |
DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL MOHAMED ALI SAMANTAR [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10969 |
CONSTITUTION DRAFTER DISILLUSIONED [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, POLOFF SPOKE WITH ABDULAHI MOALLIM, A HAWIYE LAWYER SPECIALIZING IN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. MOALLIM WAS ONE OF THE SIX DRAFTERS OF THE NEW SOMALI CONSTITUTION. - 3. MOALLIM SAID HE WAS DISILLUSIONED BY THE GSDR'S LACK OF RESPECT FOR TH [...] |
1990-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11003 |
DISCUSSION WITH MANIFESTO SIGNERS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, DCM HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR SEVERAL SIGNERS OF THE MAY MANIFESTO. THEY ARE: GENERAL ABDULAHI MOHAMED HASSAN, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE SOMALI POLICE AND A MAJERTAIN (BIO DETAILS FOLLOW SEPTEL); MOHAMOUD SALAH NOOR, ADOLBAHANTE AND FORMER LAB [...] |
1990-12-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11138 |
NORTHERN MINISTER DEPLORES CURRENT SITUATION [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11232 |
DECEMBER 22, 1990 MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-24 09:54:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11295 |
DECEMBER 27, 1990 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIAD BARRE [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU1773 |
SOMALIS UNDULY GLOOMY OVER NEW CABINET [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: SEVERAL SOMALI FRIENDS CONFIDED DISAPPOINT- MENT TO US OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF PRESIDENT SIAD'S NEW GOVERNMENT. THEY GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE LINEUP POLITICALLY WEAK (THOUGH TECHNICALLY STRONGER) AND OF LITTLE VALUE TO THE POLITICA [...] |
1990-02-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU2527 |
PEACE BREAKING OUT IN THE NORTH? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: EXHAUSTED BY FRATRICIDE AND WEAKENED BY HUNGER,FEUDING TRIBES IN NORTHWEST SOMALIA MAY AT LAST BE READY TO MAKE PEACE AMONG THEMSELVES, WITH SNM, AND WITH GSDR. SOMALI ARMY "WARLORDS" IN THE NORTH HAVE ALREADY WITHDRAWN FROM THE FRAY TO DEVOTE TH [...] |
1990-03-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 90MOGADISHU9903 |
NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
1990-11-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID SO |
| 90MOGADISHU9970 |
BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING: ABDIRAHMAN ABDULLE OSMAN [...] No summary [...] |
1990-11-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV SO |
| 90MOSCOW4161 |
U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: THE SOVIET PERSPECTIVE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE'S TOP JAPAN EXPERT, CONSTANTIN SARKISOV, THINKS UNCERTAINTY IN THE U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP WILL CONTINUE AND WILL EVENTUALLY FORCE A STRUCTURAL 'REMODELLING" OF THE RELATIONSHIP. THE U.S. WILL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE INEVITABI [...] |
1990-02-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UR JA US |
| 90MOSCOW4215 |
IMPRESSIONS OF POLITICAL SITUATION IN ROMANIA [...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. DURING MY SHORT ST... [...] |
1990-02-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL US RO |
| 90MOSCOW4292 |
RADICAL POLITICAL REFORM ON TAP AT CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE ASSUME ADDRESSEES HAVE SEEN THE FBIS TEXT OF GORBACHEV'S MEETING WITH MINERS AT THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 2. THE TEXT WAS CARRIED IN THE CENTRAL PRESS FEBRUARY 5. EMBASSY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS FOLLOWS. 2. A SEEMINGLY CONFIDENT GORBACHEV TOLD TH [...] |
1990-02-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR UR |
| 90MOSCOW5204 |
MUTED SOVIET REACTION TO MANDELA'S RELEASE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOR ALL THE ATTENTION THE SOVIET MEDIA HAVE PAID TO NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE FEBRUARY 12, HE MIGHT AS WELL STILL BE IN PRISON. "SEVEN DAYS", THE USSR'S MAJOR SUNDAY EVENING NEWS AND WEEK-IN-REVIEW PROGRAM, DEVOTED ALL OF THIRTY SECONDS TO THE EVENT, AN [...] |
1990-02-13 16:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UR SF |
| 90MOSCOW5966 |
SOVIET AMBASSADOR IN KABUL REPORTEDLY ALLEGES U.S. AND PAKISTANI ROLE IN FOMENTING REBELLION IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA [...] No summary [...] |
1990-02-21 09:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL UR US |
| 90PRETORIA17357 |
THABO MBEKI ON THE STATE OF PLAY [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH DCM MCCALLIE, ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR THABO MBEKI OUTLINED DEVELOPMENTS IN ANC-INKATHA PEACE TALKS, CONTINUING SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY BY SECURITY FORCE ELEMENTS, AND THE STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS WI [...] |
1990-10-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SF |
| 90PRETORIA20502 |
THE SAG-ANC RELATIONSHIP: A YEAR END PERSPECTIVE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------------ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. A NEW MOOD OF UNCERTAINTY HAS SETTLED OVER SOUTH AFRICA FOLLOWING A YEAR OF UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL CHANGE. AFTER A PROMISING START, NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ANC HAVE BOGG [...] |
1990-12-17 17:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SF |
| 90PRETORIA2455 |
THE BEAT GOES ON: MASS PROTEST ACTIONS PROLIFERATE [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE LEVEL OF PROTEST ACTION CONTINUES TO RISE IN THE WAKE OF PRESIDENT DE KLERK'S FEBRUARY 2 PARLIAMENTARY SPEECH. A GROWING NUMBER OF BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE ORGANIZED RALLIES AROUND LOCAL ISSUES, WHILE THE REBEL CRICKET TOUR AND THE UNBA [...] |
1990-02-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SF |
| 90PRETORIA7087 |
MANDELA REPORTED "FURIOUS" AT TOP ADVISER FOR [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT 2. NELSON MANDELA IS "FURIOUS" WITH TOP ADVISER ZWELAKHE SISULU FOR PERSUADING THE ANC LEADERSHIP TO VETO HIS PLANS TO MEET MARGARET THATCHER IN LONDON IN MID-APRIL, ACCORDING TO A CLOSE SISULU ASSOCIATE. GABU TUGWANA (PROTECT), SISULU'S DEPUTY AT THE "NEW NATION" NEWSP [...] |
1990-05-03 10:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
| 90RIYADH10007 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN COMPONENT OF THE 1990 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) DESCRIBE ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - THERE WERE NO GOVERN [...] |
1990-11-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP SA |
| 90RIYADH5215 |
BACKGROUND ON SAUDI VISITOR TARIQ BIN LADEN AND [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. POST THANKS MOSCOW FOR ITS INTERESTING REPORT (REFTEL). TO PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR THE "IZVESTIYA" INTERVIEW WITH TARIQ BIN LADEN AND ITS IMPACT ON SAUDI SOVIET TIES, POST PROVIDES FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON TARIQ AND THE BIN LADEN BUSINESS COMPANIES IN GENERA [...] |
1990-06-28 08:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UR SA ECON |
| 90RIYADH6017 |
IRAQ/KUWAIT MEETING IN JEDDAH [...] SUMMARY. LOCAL PRESS REPORT THE BEGINNING OF TALKS BETWEEN IRAQ AND KUWAIT IN JEDDAH ON JULY 31. AS ANTICIPATED, CROWN PRINCE ABDALLAH RECEIVED IRAQI VICE CHAIRMAN IBRAHIM AND THE KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE. KING FAHD RECEIVED THE TWO DELEGATION HEADS AND GAVE A DINNER IN HONOR OF THE TWO DELEGA [...] |
1990-08-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ KU SA |
| 90RIYADH6309 |
TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S. [...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. WHILE AMBASSADOR WAS IN THE AIR BETWEEN JEDDAH TO RIYADH, A VERY TIRED AND ANGRILY IMPATIENT FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TELEPHONED DCM DUNFORD TO ASK WHERE THE WASHINGTON RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST FOR AN URGENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S. F [...] |
1990-08-09 11:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL SA US |
| 90RIYADH6329 |
FAHD OUT OF THE CLOSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NATIONWIDE SPEECH AT 1400 LOCAL TIME TODAY (1100 GMT, AUGUST 9) KING FAHD PUT SAUDI ARABIA FOUR SQUARE ON THE SIDE OF THOSE COUNTRIES CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION AND CALLING FOR IRAQ TO WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY. FAHD ALSO PUBLICLY THANKED THE "U [...] |
1990-08-09 18:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SA US |
| 90SHANGHAI2272 |
BLOOD AND BITTERNESS: A SOLDIER'S TALE OF TIANANMEN [...] No summary [...] |
1990-03-26 04:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP CH |
| 90STATE163440 |
IRAN A YEAR AFTER KHOMEINI - LIVING WITH THE LEGACY [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: A YEAR AFTER KHOMEINI'S DEATH, IRAN'S LEADERS ARE DIVIDED OVER THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE POLITICAL DIRECTION. THEIR DISAGREEMENTS, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES EXPRESSED IN OBSCURE THEOLOGICAL TERMS, ARE ON DISPLAY IN VIGOROUS DEBATES IN THE MEDIA, PARLIAMENT, [...] |
1990-05-21 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON IR |
| 90STATE175914 |
BAGHDAD SUMMIT: THE MORNING AFTER [...] No summary [...] |
1990-05-31 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AL IZ PREL XF |
| 90STATE182269 |
REPORT THAT ABU NIDAL IS IN IRAQ [...] (S) FOLLOWING FOR POSTS' INFORMATION IS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT ABU NIDAL IS PRESENTLY IN BAGHDAD AND OTHER INFORMATION ON THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO) PROVIDED BY A FRENCH COUNTER-TERRORISM EXPERT. THE INFORMATION THAT ABU NIDAL IS CURRENTLY IN BAGHDAD IS AT SHARP VARIANCE WITH INFOR [...] |
1990-06-06 14:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER IR LI UK SU IZ |
| 90STATE244793 |
IRAQ IS NOT BLINKING [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IT IS IRAQI "RIGHTS," INCLUDING TO RUMAYLA OIL, WHICH PUSHES VISITING MEDIA FOR VISITING MUBARAK INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE JULY 24 HEADLINES. KUWAITI LEADERS ARE URGED TO OUST THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER FOR PRO-U.S. POLICIES AND THE UAE IS OFFICIALLY [...] |
1990-07-26 10:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KU US IZ |
| 90STATE244856 |
IRAQ BLINKS -- PROVISIONALLY [...] No summary [...] |
1990-07-26 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU PREL |
| 90STATE253649 |
TF2: A/S KELLY MEETING WITH IRAQI AMBASSADOR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. A/S KELLY CONVOKED IRAQI AMBASSADOR AL-MASHAT AT 2330 EDT 7/8/90. 3. A/S KELLY INFORMED AL-MASHAT THAT IRAQI FORCES HAD INVADED KUWAIT AND WERE IN THE CAPITAL. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE UNITED STATES COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASONS FOR THE INVASION, WHIC [...] |
1990-08-02 05:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE254152 |
TF1GEN: BLOCKING IRAQI ASSETS AND PROTECTION [...] (C) ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE INVASION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQ MAY IN PART BE AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE KUWAITI GOVERNMENT ASSETS. TO PREVENT THAT, ADDRESSEE POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IMMEDIATELY WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE IN THE HOST GOVERNMENT. 3. THE PRESIDENT HAS DECID [...] |
1990-08-02 09:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM |
| 90STATE254153 |
TFKI02: SITREP NO. 1 : IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE [...] No summary [...] |
1990-08-02 10:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE255195TOSEC140301 |
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 3: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE: [...] SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. EMBASSY KUWAIT CONTINUES TO ADVISE AMERICANS TO STAND FAST; THE EMBASSY IS WORKING ON A DRAWDOWN PLAN, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE A THREE STAGE EVACUATION. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS INSTITUTED A CURFEW AND HAS BANNED ALL TRAVEL. THERE CONTINUES TO BE NO REPORTS OF A [...] |
1990-08-03 00:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE255291TOSEC140303 |
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 4: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE: [...] (U) EMBASSY KUWAIT REPORTS THE EMBASSY IS SECURE AND THE STREETS GENERALLY QUIET. WE ARE MAINTAINING AN OPEN TELEPHONE LINE TO EMBASSY KUWAIT. THERE ARE STILL NO REPORTS OF INJURY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT HAS ANNOUNCED CLOSURE OF THE COUNTRY'S BORDERS. ( [...] |
1990-08-03 01:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE255577TOSEC140323 |
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 5: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE: [...] (S) KUWAIT CITY IS QUIET, EXCEPT FOR A SERIES OF LOUD EXPLOSIONS, REPORTEDLY AN ARTILLERY VOLLEY, WHICH COMMENCED AT 0400 LOCAL. EMBASSY BELIEVES THIS WAS AN IRAQI SCARE TACTIC. EMBASSY KUWAIT HAS OUTLINED A PLAN FOR ORDERED PERSONNEL DRAWDOWN WHEN FEASIBLE. (KUWAIT 4430, 4431) 2. (S [...] |
1990-08-03 04:57:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE255723TOSEC140328 |
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 6: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE: [...] (CONFIDENTIAL) EMBASSIES KUWAIT AND ABU DHABI HAVE REPORTS THAT IRAQI FORCES ON THE STREETS ARE SELECTING AMERICAN, BRITISH, AND OTHER EUROPEANS AND TAKING THEM OUT OF TOWN ON BUSES, POSSIBLY TO BAGHDAD. EMBASSY BAGHDAD IS TAKING UP THE MATTER AT THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY. DESPITE CNN REPO [...] |
1990-08-03 11:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE257623 |
KELLY DEMARCHE TO IRAQI AMBASSADOR [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: A/S KELLY CONVOKED IRAQI AMBASSADOR AL-MASHAT FOR A MEETING AT 1430 EDT, 8/3/90, PRIMARILY TO PUT IRAQ ON NOTICE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY OF AMERICANS. KELLY ALSO CALLED AGAIN FOR IRAQI WITHDRAWAL AND RESTORATION OF LEGITIMATE KUWAITI [...] |
1990-08-04 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KU IZ US |
| 90STATE259150 |
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 18, IRAQ-KUWAIT TASK FORCE [...] (S) EMBASSY KUWAIT REPORTS AS OF 1900 LOCAL TIME (1300 EDT) IT IS CALM AND QUIET AROUND THE COMPOUND, THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH BY IRAQI MILITARY UNITS, AND KUWAITI CIVIL SERVANTS HAVE BEEN SKED TO RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW. ACCORDING TO SOME SOURCES, KUWAITI CIVIL SERVANTS WILL REFU [...] |
1990-08-07 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE260064 |
TKFU01: SITREP NO. 20 IRAQ-KUWAIT TASK FORCE, [...] (S) CHARGE WILSON MET WITH IRAQI MFA IN BAGHDAD AND WAS TOLD IRAQIS WOULD ALLOW DEPARTURE OF OFFICIAL AMCIT PERSONNEL ON THURSDAY MORNING AUG. 9. CHARGE REQUESTED THAT BORDER BE OPENED TO ALLOW DEPARTURE OF NON-OFFICIAL AMCITS AND WAS TOLD BY UNDERSEC HAMDUN THAT BORDERS WOULD REMAIN CLOSED [...] |
1990-08-07 19:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 90STATE284025 |
WHITE PAPER ON LIBYAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM [...] THE DEPARTMENT WILL RELEASE A WHITE PAPER TITLED "LIBYAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM THREATENS THE MIDDLE EAST" ON MONDAY, AUGUST 27. THE TEXT OF THE WHITE PAPER, AND GUIDANCE FOR ANSWERING PRESS/HOST GOVERNMENT INQUIRIES, FOLLOWS. A HARD COPY OF THE REPORT WILL BE POUCHED TO POSTS. 2.BEGIN TE [...] |
1990-08-24 00:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER OPRC LY IS |
| 90STATE32618 |
THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YAR PRESIDENT [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, SECRETARY BAKER HOSTED PRESIDENT SALEH AND HIS DELEGATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR A ONE AND A HALF HOUR EXCHANGE INCLUDING A WORKING LUNCHEON. THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED THE MIX OF U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FY 90 TOTALLING 47.5 MILLION DOLLA [...] |
1990-02-01 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID YE |
| 90STATE48186 |
AFRICA IN THE U.S. PRESS - FEBRUARY 13, 1990 [...] No summary [...] |
1990-02-14 00:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC XA |
| 90TOKYO3841 |
FOREIGN MINISTER NAKAYAMA'S MARCH 2 FOREIGN [...] (LOU) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER NAKAYAMA'S MARCH 2 SPEECH TO THE DIET ON JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE COMING YEAR CONTAINED NO SURPRISES BUT SEVERAL INTERESTING SHIFTS OF NUANCE. NAKAYAMA STRESSED THE CENTRALITY OF JAPAN-U.S. ECONOMIC AND SECURITY RELATIONS TO JAPAN'S OVERALL FOREIGN POLIC [...] |
1990-03-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JA |
| 90ULAANBAATAR760 |
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1990-11-04 04:30:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MG |
| 90USUNNEWYORK2143 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 14-0-0 WITH ONE MEMBER, YEMEN, NOT PARTICIPATING, A RESOLUTION (SC RES 660) CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE ALL-NIGHT SC SESSION, CALLED BY THE U.S. AND KUWAIT, HEARD THE KUWAITI PERMREP EXPRESS SHOCK AND "BITTERNESS" OVER [...] |
1990-08-02 17:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ UNSC PINS |