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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Executive Secretariat, NSC: Cable File: Records, 1982-1985 Folder Title: Terrorist File 01/21/1985-01/23/1985 Box: 190 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE Withdrawer SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 FOIA F03-012/3 Box Number 190 SKINNER 19009 ID Doc Type Document Description No of Doc Date Restrictions Pages 205469 CABLE BERN 00336 SECTIONS 2-5 10 1/21/1985 B1 205470 CABLE AMMAN 00651 2 1/21/1985 B1 205471 CABLE BEIRUT 00422 2 1/22/1985 B1 205472 CABLE ROME 01815 3 1/22/1985 B1 205473 CABLE 221722Z JAN 85 3 1/22/1985 B1 D 7/13/2017 NLR-767-190-9-6-5 205474 CABLE ROME 01902 8 1/23/1985 B1 205475 CABLE VALLETTA 00152 3 1/23/1985 B1 P 7/13/2017 NLR-767-190-9-8-3 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE Withdrawer SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 FOIA F03-012/3 Box Number 190 SKINNER 19009 ID Doc Type Document Description No of Doc Date Restrictions Pages 205476 CABLE BRUSSELS 01172 1 1/23/1985 B1 P 7/13/2017 NLR-767-190-9-9-2 205477 CABLE ROME 01999 8 1/23/1985 B1 D 7/13/2017 NLR-767-190-9-10-0 205478 CABLE VALLETTA 00160 5 1/23/1985 B1 P 7/13/2017 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 205479 CABLE 232000Z JAN 85 4 1/23/1985 B1 Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - - 765 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: MESSAGE: HCE160 UTS6672 00 RUEHC DE RUFHCM #0473/02 0211126 ZNY CCCCC ZZH 0 211111z JAN 85 FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8787 INFO RUMJDK/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 3316 RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 3817 RUMJHT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 4071 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 3081 RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0413 RUEHLD/AMEMBASSY LONDON 2821 RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 4496 RUEHMR/AMCONSUL MADRAS 3222 RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI BT CONEIDENTIAL SW 7/13/17 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 02 OF 02 COLOMBO 00473 DEPT ALSO FOR NEA/INS AND INR/NESA/SOA CINCPAC FOR POLAD E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: P60V, PINS, PTER, CE SUBJECT: (U) TERRORIST ATTACK ON TRAIN LEAVES AT AS "BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THREE ELEPHANTS. EVEN ONCE THE DEBRIS IS CLEARED AND THE TRACK REPAIRED, GSL AUTHORITIES MAY BE RELUCTANT TO RUN TRAINS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO THE JAFFNA PENINSULA, SINCE MINING THIS SOLE RAIL LINK TO THE NORTH HAS BECOME A FAVORITE TERRORIST TACTIC IN RECENT MONTHS. A GSL STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE "YAL DEVI" SAID THAT HENCEFORTH IT WILL BE "VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE GOVERN- MENT TO SEND ESSENTIAL FOOD AND FUEL TO JAFFNA." (WE RECALL THAT WHEN TERRORISTS ATTACKED AND BURNED THE COACHES OF THE "YAL DEVI" IN EARLY JULY 1983, GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES SUSPENDED RAIL SERVICE TO JAFFNA FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, CAUSING SEVERE FOOD AND FUEL SHORTAGES.) SENSITIVE SENSITIVE 2 PAGE 1 - 766 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: 6. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TRAIN OVER THE WEEKEND, COLOMBO APPEARS TO BE OUTWARDLY "NORMAL." HOWEVER, WE ARE GETTING INDICATIONS THAT TENSIONS ARE RISING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HIGHEST LOSS OF LIFE SUSTAINED BY ARMY PERSONNEL IN A SINGLE INCIDENT SINCE THE JULY 23, 1983 AMBUSH OF AN ARMY PATROL OUTSIDE JAFFNA IN WHICH 13 SOLDIERS DIED--THE INCIDENT WHICH TOUCHED OFF SRI LANKA'S WORST SPASM OF COMMUNAL VIOLENCE. 7. COMMENT: WHICHEVER GROUP MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LANDMINE ATTACK ON THE TRAIN, THE NORTHERN TERRORISTS HAVE ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED THEIR ABILITY TO STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING AT SECURITY FORCES-- WITH DEADLY EFFECT (WHENEVER AND WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE). THEY ARE ABLE TO DO SO EVEN IN AREAS AT SOME REMOVE FROM THEIR MAIN BASE OF STRENGTH ON THE JAFFNA PENINSULA, AS IN THIS INSTANCE. AN ATTACK OF THIS KIND SEEMED ALMOST OVERDUE, PARTICU- LARLY IN THE WAKE OF THE MAJOR SUCCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT WHEN ITS SECURITY FORCES OVERRAN A MAJOR LTTE BASE OUTSIDE OF JAFFNA ON JANUARY 9. IN THAT INCIDENT THE GSL CLAIMED TO HAVE KILLED ELEVEN "HARDCORE" TERRORISTS AND TO HAVE RECOVERED A MASSIVE ARSENAL OF WEAPONS. (SOME OF THESE WEAPONS, INCLUDING M-16 RIFLES AND ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES, WERE DISPLAYED TO NEWSMEN AT THE DEFENSE MINISTRY LAST FRIDAY.) TYPICALLY, THE TERRORISTS, FOLLOWING A SETBACK, LAUNCH A MAJOR RIPOSTE AGAINST SECURITY FORCES. INDEED, THE JULY 1983 AMBUSH OF THE ARMY PATROL WAS WIDELY SEEN HERE AT THE TIME AS BEING IN RETALIATION FOR THE KILLING BY TROOPS OF "TIGER" LEADER "SEELAN" JUST FIVE DAYS EARLIER. WHETHER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "YAL DEVI" JANUARY 19 WILL PRODUCE A BLOODY UNFOLDING OF EVENTS SIMILAR TO JULY 1983 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT MANY HERE ARE UNDOUBTEDLY KEEPING THEIR FINGERS CROSSED. . 8. THE "YAL DEVI" INCIDENT ALSO UNDERMINES THE CREDI- BILITY OF GSL CLAIMS OF LATE THAT IT IS TURNING THE TIDE AGAINST NORTHERN TERRORISM. WE DOUBT THAT THE SHOCK EFFECT IN THIS INSTANCE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVOKE A MAJOR REASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT POLICY WHICH AIMS AT ELIMINATING TERRORISM BEFORE RESUMPTION OF EFFORTS AIMED AT A POLITICAL SETTLE- MENT OF COMMUNAL DIFFERENCES. HOWEVER, IF EVIDENCE SENSITIVE 3 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - - 767 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: WAS NEEDED THAT A MILITARY SOLUTION IS NOT FEASIBLE, THIS INCIDENT PROVIDES IT. REED BT #0473 NNNN SENSITIVE WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205469 CABLE 10 1/21/1985 B1 BERN 00336 SECTIONS 2-5 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205470 CABLE 2 1/21/1985 B1 AMMAN 00651 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. 16 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 754 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: MESSAGE: CRI699 PP RUEADWW DE RUEKJCS #0121 0211441 ZNR UUUUU P 211441Z JAN 85 FM JCS WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADWW/NSC WASHINGTON DC RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUERAAA/ANMCC FT RITCHIE MD RUEADWD/PTC WASH DC RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE RUEBARE/DIRNAVINVSERV WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC RUEAMCC/CMC CC WASHINGTON DC RUEOFAA/COMJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J2/1 RUCJAAA/USCINCRED MACDILL AFB FL RUCIFBA/MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//INW/INZ// RUEABOL/HQ AFOSI BOLLING AFB DC RUDHAAB/CDRUSAITAC ARLINGTON HALL STATION VA RUEALGX/SAFE P R 211420Z JAN 85 FM AMCONSUL HAMBURG TO RUFHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN PRIORITY 8291 INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0448 RUEHIA/USIA WASHDC 0348 RUFHJA/USMISSION USBERLIN 2262 RUFHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 5442 RUFHMU/AMCONSUL MUNICH 2283 RUFHSG/AMCONSUL STUTTGART 1903 RUFHDU/AMCONSUL DUESSELDORF 1674 BT UNCLAS HAMBURG 0121 E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: ASEC SUBJECT: DEMONSTRATION IN HAMBURG BY RAF SUPPORTERS REF: HAMBURG 0109 1. A DEMONSTRATION BY RAF SUPPORTERS TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 19. BECAUSE OF STRICT POLICE CONTROLS BY SOME 400 POLICEMEN, THE DEMONSTRATORS BECAME DISCOURAGED AND DIS- SENSITIVE 17 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 755 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: PERSED WHEN THEY REACHED THE DOWNTOWN AREA. MANY HAD THEIR FACES COVERED. 2. A MINOR SCUFFLE BROKE OUT AS A FEW OF THE DEMONSTRATORS REACHED THE DAMMTOR STATION AREA, RESULTING IN TWO POLICEMEN BEING SLIGHTLY ROUGHED UP, BUT NO ARRESTS (CONTRARY TO PRESS RE- PORTS) WERE MADE. 3. THERE WERE DOGS AND HANDLERS STATIONED AT THE CONSULATE, AMERIKA HAUS AND THE RESIDENCE AND NO INCIDENTS OCCURRED AT ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS. MOUSER BT #0121 NNNN SENSITIVE WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205471 CABLE 2 1/22/1985 B1 BEIRUT 00422 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205472 CABLE 3 1/22/1985 B1 ROME 01815 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205473 CABLE 3 1/22/1985 B1 221722Z JAN 85 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205474 CABLE 8 1/23/1985 B1 ROME 01902 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-8-3 205475 34 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 740 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: MESSAGE: HCE904 UTS0299 00 RUEHC DE RUFHLA #0152 0231140 ZNY SSSSS ZZH 0 2311372 JAN 85 FM AMEMBASSY VALLETTA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6091 INFO RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO IMMEDIATE 0361 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE 5184 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV IMMEDIATE 0254 RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS IMMEDIATE 0743 BT SECRET VALLETTA 00152 ROME FOR RSO E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR TAGS : ASEC, MT SUBJECT : SECURITY THREAT ALERT: POSSIBLE TERRORIST THREAT TO EMBASSY REF: (A) VALLETTA 00126, (B) ROME 1601 1. SECRET- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS TELEGRAM IS JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY VALLETTA AND ARSO HUSH, CURRENTLY PRESENT IN VALLETTA. 3. SUMMARY: POST IS PROCEEDING TO INVESTIGATE THREAT INFORMATION RE- PORTED IN REFTEL. SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, THIRD PARTY REPORTING TO POST OFFICIALS INHIBITS TIMELY RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND 60M POLICE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND ADDITIONAL POLICE PROTECTION REQUESTED. TO DATE, ACM AND COM RESI- DENCES HAVE POLICE STATIONED OUTSIDE DURING NIGHT TIME HOURS ONLY. ENHANCED 60M POLICE COVERAGE AT EMBASSY VALLETTA HAS TAKEN THE FORM OF INCREASED ROVING PATROLS. 4. SINCE TRANSMITTAL OF REF A, FOLLOWING ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO POSSIBLE SHITE THREAT: A. 1/18 -- CHARGE CONFERRED WITH EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR AHMED SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-8-3 DECLASSIFIED IN PART NLRR CRST BY SSW NARA DATE 7/13/17 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-8-3 35 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 741 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: ALI AMR. AMB STATED HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A POSSIBLE SHI- ITE THREAT, BUT WOULD CHECK INTO THE MATTER AND GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. (NO REPLY TO DATE.) B. 1/18 -- DCM SPOKE WITH ISRAELI CHARGE ESTHER MILLO AND HER SECURITY CHIEF. LATTER SUGGESTED THAT TUNISIAN SECURI- TY SERVICES WERE POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR RUDANT INFORMA- TION AND THAT THREAT SHOULD BE "TAKEN SERIOUSLY". C. 1/18 -- CHARGE CONFERRED WITH TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR NOUREDDINE FENNICHE, WHO PROFESSED TO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATTER, BUT WHO DID MENTION "RUMORS" OF "EARLY JANUARY" ARRIVAL OF "SOME LIBYANS" IN MALTA. ACCORDING TO FENNICHE, LIBYANSCOULD BE CHECKING INTO ACTIVITIES OF LIBYAN RESI- DENTS IN MALTA. HOWEVER, CHARGE HAD DISTINCT IMPRESSION THAT TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR WAS NOT BEING COMPLETELY CANDID. 25X1 E. 1/18 -- CHARGE MET WITH AMBASSADOR EVARIST SALIBA AT FOREIGN MINISTRY, OUTLINED THREAT IN GENERAL TERMS, AND ASKED FOR POLICE PROTECTION FOR CHANCERY AND RESIDENCE. SALIBA SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO MATTER. F. 1/19 -- CHARGE MET WITH POLICE (INSPECTOR STUBBINGS) WHO SAID POLICE PATROLS IN VICINITY OF CHANCERY WERE BEING INCREASED WHILE POLICE GUARDS WERE BEING PLACED AT AMBASSADOR AND DCM RESIDENCES AT NIGHT FOR THE "NEXT FEW DAYS". 6. 1/21 -- ISRAELI CHARGE MILLO INFORMED DCM THAT TEL AVIV HAD NO INFORMATION ON SHITE GROUP IN MALTA. H. 1/21 -- ARSO HUSH MET WITH RUDANT WHO REITERATED IN- FORMATION CONTAINED IN REFTEL. RUDANT READ THE INFORMA- TION TO ARSO HUSH FROM A XEROX COPY OF NARRATIVE WRITTEN IN FRENCH. 25X6 AND RESTATED THE ABOVE SOURCE DESCRIPTION, STATING THAT HE COULD NOT DIVULGE IDENTITY. AT THIS MEETING, RUDANT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE THREAT, SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-8-3 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-8-3 36 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 742 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP, CURRENT LOCATION IN MALTA, ETC. RUDANT AGREED TO RECONTACT HIS SOURCE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 1. 1/22 -- RUDANT TELEPHONED ARSO HUSH AND ADVISED THAT HIS SOURCE HAD JUST RETURNED TO MALTA THIS DATE AND THAT THE SOURCE HAD A SUB-SOURCE WHO HAD ACCESS TO MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. RUDANT ADVISED HUSH THAT HIS SOURCE WOULD RECONTACT THE SUB-SOURCE DURING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 23- 24 IN ORDER TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HANSEN BT #0152 NNNN SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-8-3 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/21 NLR-767-190-9-9-2 205476 37 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - - 731 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: MESSAGE: HCE993 STU5392 00 RUEHC DE RUEHBS #1172 0231715 ZNY SSSSS ZZH 0 2317142 JAN 85 FM AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9460 BT SECRET BRUSSELS 01172 TERREP E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS: ASEC, PTER SUBJ: POSSIBLE TERRORIST THREAT TO EMBASSY - SITREP 3 REF: A) BRUSSELS 00965 B) BRUSSELS 00966 1. SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. RSO MET JANUARY 22 WITH GENDARMERIE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF EMBASSY PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS MOUNTED AS A RESULT OF THREAT REPORTED REFTELS. THE OFFICER ADVISED THAT EMBASSY PROTECTION WOULD BE REDUCED TO FORTY MINUTES PER HOUR UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING 24 JANUARY WHEN GENDARME- RIE WOULD REVERT BACK TO FULL HOUR COVERAGE AT STATIC POSTS UNTIL THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 3. THE OFFICER COMMENTED THAT AS A RESULT OF FULL 60B ANALYSIS OF THREAT THERE WAS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THE THREAT WAS A FABRICATION. 25X1 4. POST WILL MAINTAIN ALERT WHICH INCLUDES EARGH FILLED DUMPSTER BARRICADES AND RENTAL TRUCKS IN PROTECTIVE POSI- TIONS UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26Y. SWAEBE BT #1172 NNNN State Dept. review completed SENSITIVE DECLASSIFIED IN PART NLRR CRST BY SSW NARA DATE 7/13/17 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/21 NLR-767-190-9-9-2 WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205477 CABLE 8 1/23/1985 B1 ROME 01999 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 205478 46 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 714 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: MESSAGE: HCE093 STU5904 00 RUEHC DE RUFHLA #0160/01 0231831 ZNY SSSSS ZZH 0 2318272 JAN 84 FM AMEMBASSY VALLETTA TO RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE 5185 INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6093 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE 0888 RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0362 RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 2135 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 0255 RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 0744 BT SECRETS SECTION 01 OF 02 VALLETTA 00160 TERREP DECLASSIFIED IN PART ROME FOR RSO BLYSTONE NLRR CRST BRUSSELS FOR RSO BY SSW NARA DATE 7/13/17 E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS : ASEC, PTER, MT SUBJECT : SECURITY THREAT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO POSSIBLE TERRORIST THREAT TO EMBASSY VALLETTA REF: (A) VALLETTA 052, (B) VALLETTA 0126 1. SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ARSO HUSH MET WITH JACQUES RUDANT, FRENCH EMBASSY COMMERCIAL ATTACHE, THIS AFTERNOON AT 1500 HRS. RUDANT RELATED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THREAT TO EMBASSY VALLETTA: - A. HE IDENTIFIED THE SUB-SOURCE REFERRED TO IN REF B AS A MEMBER OF THE PLO DELEGATION IN MALTA. - B. HE REITERATED THAT THE COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP WAS UNCERTAIN, HOWEVER, STATED THAT THEY WERE SHIITE AFFILIATED AND POSSIBLY LEBANESE NATIONALS. HE STATED THAT HIS SOURCE ADVISED THAT THIS GROUP HAD ENTERED MALTA AND SOME MEMBERS SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-11-9 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 47 SENSEVIVE PAGE 1 - 715 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: OF THIS GROUP HAD GONE ON TO EUROPE, POSSIBLY BELGIUM FROM MALTA. - C. THIS GROUP REPORTEDLY SURVEILLED THE EMBASSY DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS TIME PERIOD TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF CAR BOMB ATTACK. RUDANT STATED THAT HIS SOURCE ADVISED THAT THE ARCHED/COVERED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY IN FRONT OF DEVELOPMENT HOUSE (BUILDING IN WHICH THE EMBASSY IS LOCATED) WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIMARY POINT OF ATTACK. (THIS WALKWAY IS UNDER EMBASSY EXECUTIVE OFFICES.) - D. THE RUDANT SOURCE ARTICULATED THAT THE RATIONALE FOR THE POSSIBLE ATTACK WAS IN RETALIATION FOR THE RE- CENT KILLINGS OF THE TWO PRO-QUADHAFI LIBYAN NATIONALS IN ROME. THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP REGARDED THESE KILLINGS AS HAVING BEEN ORCHESTRATED BY THE UNITED STATES. - E. RUDANT STATED THAT HIS SOURCE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION SUCH AS NUMBERS, IDENTITIES, PASSPORT INFORMATION, ETC. AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO PRESS HIS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS THREAT. 3. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS MEETING CHARGE HANSEN AND ARSO HUSH MET WITH AMB. EVAREST SALIBA OF 60M FOREIGN MINISTRY AND VINCENT CARMILLERI OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S OFFICE. THESE OFFICIALS WERE PROVIDED SANITIZED VERSION OF UP - DATED THREAT INFORMATION AND CHARGE HANSEN REITERATED REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IN ENHANCING EMBASSY SECURITY VIS-A-VIS VEHICULAR BARRIERS AND POLICE SUPPORT. AMB. SALIBA ADVISED THAT FOREIGN MINISTER SCEBERRAS TRI- 60NA HAD TELEPHONED THE POLICE COMMISSIONER CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF INCREASED POLICE SUPPORT IN LIGHT OF THIS THREAT INFORMATION. THE MEETING ENDED WITH AMB. SALIBA PROMISING FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 4. CHARGE HANSEN AND ARSO HUSH ACCOMPANIED BY MR. CARMILLERI THEN MET WITH 60M POLICE SUPERINTENDENT BONNELLO AND INSPECTOR DAVID STUBBINGS BOTH OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION. UPDATED THREAT INFORMA- TION WAS RELAYED TO THE POLICE. SPECIFICALLY, WE RE- QUESTED THAT THE POLICE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: A. A 24-HOUR POLICE PRESENCE AT THE CHARGE'S RESIDENCE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THAT THE POLICE PROVIDE SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-11-9 48 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 716 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: 24-HOUR POLICE PRESENCE AT THE STREET LEVEL ENTRANCE TO EMBASSY VALLETTA. WE REQUESTED TWO OFFICERS IN THE ARCH/COVERED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AND AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER TO PATROL THE OTHER THREE STREETS AND SIDE OF THE DEVELOP- MENT HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. - B. PROVISION OF TWO PUBLIC WORKS OR OTHER LARGE FRAMED TUCKS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A LARGE QUANTITY OF SAND. THESE TRUCKS WOULD BE PLACED AT EITHER OPEN END OF THE WALKWAY. BT #0150 NNNN SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-11-9 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 49 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 721 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: MESSAGE: HCE045 UTS1242 00 RUEHC DE RUFHLA #0160/02 0231838 ZNY SSSSS ZZH 0 2318277 JAN 84 FM AMEMBASSY VALLETTA TO RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE 5186 INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6094 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE 0889 RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0363 RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 2136 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 0256 RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 0745 BT S E R E T SECTION 02 OF 02 VALLETTA 00160 TERREP ROME FOR RSO BLYSTONE BRUSSELS FOR RSO E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS : ASEC, PTER, MT SUBJECT : SECURITY THREAT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO - C. PERMISSION TO PARK PRIVATE VEHICLES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DEVELOPMENT HOUSE DURING THE EMBASSY OPERATION HOURS. (THIS MEASURE WOULD BLOCK THE REMAINING ARCH OPENING AND RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE EMBASSY ENTRANCE.) D. BLOCK THREE PERIMETER STREETS WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE DEVELOPMENT HOUSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. (THESE STREETS ARE NARROW AND LIGHTLY TRAVELLED AND IN OUR ESTIMATION DO NOT POSE A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR POLICE CONTROL.) SUPERINTENDENT BONNELLO STATED THAT HE WOULD MEET WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER PULLICINO TONIGHT CONCERNING OUR REQUEST AND WOULD CONTACT US TOMORROW MORNING RELATING THEIR DECISION. 25X1 SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 NLR-767-190-9-11-9 50 SENSITIVE PAGE 1 - 722 SITUATION LISTING DATE 04/10/85//100 SITUATION: TERRORIST SUBJECT CATAGORY: FILE MESSAGE / ANNOTATION: AS TO FEASIBILITY. 6. WE WILL WAIT FOR OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM 60M POLICE CONCERNING THE LEVEL OF ENHANCED SECURITY THEY ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE. SHOULD THEIR PROVISION OF POLICE SUPPORT FALL SHORT OF REQUESTED LEVELS, WE PLAN TO SUPPLEMENT WHERE NECESSARY FROM EXISTING RESOURCES TO INCLUDE LEASING SAND TRUCKS AND POSITIONING THEM TO RESTRICT ACCESS BY VEHICLES TO THE WALKWAY. WILL ADVISE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE SECURITY MEASURES WITH RSO ROME. HANSEN BT #0160 NNNN SENSITIVE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/12/12 : NLR-767-190-9-11-9 WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name Withdrawer EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: CABLE FILE SJW 7/13/2017 File Folder FOIA TERRORIST 1/21/85-1/23/85 F03-012/3 SKINNER Box Number 190 19009 ID Document Type No of Doc Date Restric- Document Description pages tions 205479 CABLE 4 1/23/1985 B1 232000Z JAN 85 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.