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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93ACCRA10316 |
GHANA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HAS ALWAYS TAKEN A STRONG STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM. THE GOG HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN SHARING INFORMATION AND IN OTHER EFFORTS TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. HOWEVER, GHANA'S PRIENDSHIP WITH IRAN AND LIBYA HAS SOMETIMES LED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] |
1993-11-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GH |
| 93ADANA470 |
KURDS, AND PKK, CONTINUE TO SPREAD WEST [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. RECENT REPORTING FROM ADANA AND OTHER POSTS IN TURKEY HAS FOCUSSED ON THE MASS MIGRATION OF KURDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE LARGE CITIES OF THE WEST. AN ITEM IN THURSDAY'S ADANA PRESS SUMMARY SHOWS HOW KURDISH MIGRATION IS ALSO PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON TURKIS [...] |
1993-09-10 11:05:00 | Consulate Adana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER TU |
| 93ALEXANDRIA190 |
UPTURN IN FUNDAMENTALIST [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY/COMMENT: COMMENT: ALEXANDRIA AND THE DELTA HAVE, SO FAR, TRAILED UPPER EGYPT AND CAIRO IN TERMS OF VIOLENT FUNDAMENTALIST ACTIVITY. WE DO NOT BELIEVE NORTHERN EGYPT IS IMMUNE TO THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY AND ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN RELIGIOSITY AND [...] |
1993-03-18 11:24:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 93ALEXANDRIA24 |
EGYPT-LIBYA: LIBYA REOPENS THE BORDER [...] OFFICIALS OF THE MERSA MATROUH GOVERNORATE HAVE CONFIRMED LOCAL PRESS REPORTS THAT THE SALLOUM BORDER CROSSING WAS REOPENED BY LIBYAN AUTHORITIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12. LIBYA HAD CLOSED ITS LAND BORDERS FOR A THREE-DAY PERIOD TO PROTEST THE U.N.-IMPOSED SANCTIONS (COMMENT: THERE [...] |
1993-01-13 13:50:00 | Consulate Alexandria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD UNSC LY EG |
| 93ALEXANDRIA373 |
ALEXANDRIA: IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IS UNDERTAKING A MAJOR PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND GENERAL LIVING CONDITIONS IN MANY OF ITS POORER NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE PROGRAM ELEMENT, INVOLVING THE RELOCATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, IS IN PART INTENDED TO ROOT OUT AND ISOLATE EXTREMISTS AND THEIR FU [...] |
1993-05-17 07:22:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 93BEIJING13058 |
TIBET: POLITBURO MEMBER HU JINTAO RETAINS TIBET TIES [...] A PUBLISHED DELEGATE LIST FOR THE RECENT NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS LISTED POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER HU JINTAO AS A DELEGATE REPRESENTING THE TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION. HU WAS REPLACED AS TAR PARTY SECRETARY ON DECEMBER 1, 1992 AND HAS NOT RESIDED IN TIBET FOR AT LEAST 18 MONTHS. WI [...] |
1993-04-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CH |
| 93BEIJING45951 |
CHINA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED PARA 5 REFTEL FOLLOW: A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THERE WERE PRESS REPORTS OF AT LEAST TWO BOMBINGS IN XINJIANG PROVINCE IN THE CITIES OF KASHGAR AND URUMQI, RESPECTIVELY, DURING MID-SUMMER [...] |
1993-12-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 93BEIRUT2694 |
LEBANON AND THE PKK [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. ON JUNE 23 (PRIOR TO THE SERIES OF PKK ATTACKS ON TURKISH INTERESTS IN EUROPE), THE AMBASSADOR RAISED WITH INTERIOR MINISTER BISHARA MIRHIJ THE JUNE 8 OCALAN PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE BIQA' IN WHICH HE EFFECTIVELY DECLARED WAR ON TURKEY, INCLUDING TOURIST FACIL [...] |
1993-06-26 13:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU LE |
| 93BERN5779 |
NOVEMBER 4 PKK ATTACKS IN SWITZERLAND [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE GOS HAS NOT TAKEN SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST KURDISH GROUPS AS A RESULT OF THE NOVEMBER 4 ATTACKS ON TURKISH ESTABLISHMENTS IN SWITZERLAND. THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS REITERATED ITS REQUEST THAT THE PKK BE BANNED IN SWITZERLAND, BUT THE GOS SAYS [...] |
1993-11-10 16:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TU SZ |
| 93DUSHANBE1266 |
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: THE AFGHANISTAN CONNECTION [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: WE KNOW LITTLE OF INDIGENOUS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF NON-AFGHAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZATIONS ("IKHWAN") OPERATING IN AFGHANISTAN USUALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE [...] |
1993-10-05 09:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PINR PTER AF |
| 93HAVANA6938 |
CUBA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN CUBA FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE HAS IMPOSED LIMITS ON CUBAN CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT TERRORISM ON ANYTHING LIKE PAST LEVELS. POST IS NOT AWARE OF NEW EVIDENCE IN 1993 OF CUBAN MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR ARMED INSURGENCIES. NEVERTHELE [...] |
1993-11-23 22:02:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CU |
| 93JAKARTA8764 |
SAM HUNTINGTON'S "CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS:" APOCALYPSE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: SAM HUNTINGTON'S THESIS ABOUT THE "COMING CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS" HAS CAUGHT ON IN ASIA LIKE WILDFIRE. DEALING WITH THE ISSUE IS AS GREAT A CHALLENGE FOR POLICY AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AS ANY IN THE POST COLD WAR ERA. WE NEED TO MOUNT A MAJOR EFFORT T [...] |
1993-08-16 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID MY |
| 93JEDDAH1305 |
THE KINGDOM'S LEADING "RELIGIOUS REFORMERS" [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE AWAKENING, OR "AS-SAHWAH" AS IT IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS TREND WHICH GAINED STRENGTH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOLLOWING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT HAS REMAINED A LOOSELY STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHOUT FORMAL [...] |
1993-06-27 07:26:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR SA |
| 93KINSHASA6586 |
ZAIRE: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] KINSHASA HAS NO RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE 1993 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM REPORT. 2. IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL PARA 4 (G), WE NOTE THAT WHILE THE GOZ HAS ITSELF MADE NO PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY IT HAS, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ALLOWED STATE-RUN MEDIA TO CARR [...] |
1993-11-16 15:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CG |
| 93LIMA56 |
THE CCD, POVERTY AND THE SENDERO [...] (U) SUMMARY: IN AN INITIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DEPA... id: 594 date: 1/4/1993 22:51 refid: 93LIMA56 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 042251Z JAN 93 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4660 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AME [...] |
1993-01-04 22:51:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM OAS PE |
| 93LONDON22928 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 4 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG CONTINUES ACTIVELY TO P [...] |
1993-12-29 15:43:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 93PHNOMPENH577 |
HOR NAMHONG VIEWS THE FUTURE [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. SOC FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TOOK ME ASIDE DURING UNTAC'S DONORS REVIEW MEETING ON REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEBRUARY 25. AFTER ASKING ABOUT THE CORE GROUP MEETING ON CAMBODIA, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO SPEAK FRANKLY ABOUT THE SITUA [...] |
1993-02-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM UNTAC CB |
| 93PRETORIA5586 |
FIGHTING PERCEPTIONS AND SUBSTANCE: THABO MBEKI [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AMBASSADOR CALLED ON ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR AND SENIOR NEGOTIATOR THABO MBEKI APRIL 23 TO OBTAIN A READOUT ON THE STATE OF PLAY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. MBEKI WAS CONFIDENT THAT AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON A DATE CERTAIN [...] |
1993-04-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
| 93RANGOON1836 |
BURMA'S GENERALS PROMOTE THEMSELVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BURMA'S RULING STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL (SLORC) PROMOTED MORE THAN A DOZEN TOP GENERALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 27 ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION. A MODEST RESTRUCTURING OF THE MILITARY HIERARCHY IS ALSO IN THE WORKS, WITH EASTERN REGIONAL COMMANDER MAUNG AYE S [...] |
1993-03-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MARR BM |
| 93RIYADH593 |
MY BROTHER'S A MUJAHID, CONFESSES A SAUDI BANKER [...] No summary [...] |
1993-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SOCI PGOV SA |
| 93ROME18848 |
POSSIBLE RELEASE OF U.S. HOSTAGE HELD BY PKK [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE PKK HAS TOLD A ROME-BASED VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION, THE SANT'EGIDIO SOCIETY, THAT IT IS WILLING TO RELEASE A U.S. HOSTAGE TO A SANT'EGIDIO REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPANIED BY A U.S. OFFICIAL. SANT'EGIDIO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING REL [...] |
1993-10-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VAT TU NZ US |
| 93SEOUL2885 |
DPRK ANNOUNCES END OF "SEMI-WAR" STATE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON MARCH 24, DPRK SUPREME COMMANDER KIM JONG IL ISSUED AN ORDER LIFTING THE "SEMI-WAR STATE" (REF A) THAT HAD BEEN INSTITUTED MARCH 9 IN RESPONSE TO THE BEGINNING OF TEAM SPIRIT. ACCORDING TO THE MOFA INTER-KOREA POLICY DIVISION, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE DPRK HAS OF [...] |
1993-03-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KS KN |
| 93STATE176000 |
POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA [...] THIS CABLE TRANSMITS AN INR MEMO OF JUNE 1 ON "POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA." THE MEMO IS A SUMMARY OF VIEWS EXPRESSED BY ACADEMICS AT A MAY 7 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY INR AND, AS SUCH' DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. BEGIN SUMMARY [...] |
1993-06-10 16:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR XA KISL |
| 93STATE220237 |
PKK SUPPORT FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES [...] CONFIDENTIAL- ENTIRE TEXT 2. DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN REPORTS OF PRIVATE ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PKK. 3. THIS IS CAUSE OF CONCERN TO THE DEPARTMENT. AS THE PKK IS A KNOWN TERRORIST GROUP, ANY TYPE OF ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PKK WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT INTERNATIONAL OPINION OF ARMENIA AN [...] |
1993-07-20 21:51:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL TU AM |
| 93STATE374527 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AS POSTS ARE AWARE, NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA CAME INTO FORCE AT 00:01 EST ON 1 DECEMBER 1993. THESE MEASURES ARE DESIGNED TO BRING TO JUSTICE THE PERPETRATORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST PAN AM 103 AND UTA 772. UNSC RESOLUTION 883 FREEZES CERTAIN LIBYAN [...] |
1993-12-14 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSC PREL ETRD LY |
| 93STATE377793 |
WHITE PAPER ON LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WARFARE PROGRAM [...] (S) PRESENTED BELOW IN PARA 2 IS AN INTERAGENCY COORDINATED "WHITE PAPER" ON LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) PROGRAM. THIS PAPER IS UNCLASSIFIED AND IS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS USE. THE PAPER CAN BE USED BY THE THAIS IN HELPING TO PREPARE THE CASES AGAINST THE THRE [...] |
1993-12-16 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC TH LY |
| 93TOKYO9361 |
CHOSEN SOREN ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN FOLLOWING [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: NORTH KOREA HAS INSTRUCTED KOREANS WHO RESIDE IN JAPAN BUT ARE VISITING NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO JAPAN AND MAY NOT LET THEM VISIT NORTH KOREA UNTIL THE END OF JULY. KOREANS LIVING ABROAD HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF IDEOLOGICAL [...] |
1993-06-21 03:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PROP MNUC KN KS JA |
| 93ULAANBAATAR3188 |
MONGOLIA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1993-11-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MG |
| 93VIENNA31 |
INDEPENDENT SLOVAKIA ENTERS THE WORLD STAGE [...] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: WITH THE FANFARE OF FIREWORKS, THE ROAR OF THOUSANDS OF ROCKETS, THE UNCORKING OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE, SLOVAKS CELEBRATED NOT ONLY THE COMING OF THE NEW YEAR JANUARY 1 BUT ALSO THE MILENNIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF AN INDEP [...] |
1993-01-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV LO |
| 93VIENNA6520 |
THE KURDISH PKK IN AUSTRIA [...] SUMMARY: FOR SEVERAL YEARS MEMBERS OF THE KURDISH COMMUNITY IN VIENNA HAVE REGULARLY HELD EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR CAUSE TO THE MEDIA. RADICAL GROUPS SUCH AS THE PKK, THE TURKISH COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY LEFT OPERATE CLUBS IN VIENNA. INTERIOR MINISTRY SOURCES SAY AUSTRIAN AUT [...] |
1993-07-01 17:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TU AU |
| 93YEREVAN2697 |
PKK "SUPPORT" FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES [...] No summary [...] |
1993-07-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER AM TU |