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! REFS: .{A} ·S:TATE 011958; '{8} 87 STATE 330486; ·{C} . fF'.~'. ••. . • ··---.. - ·- • ! HAMIL TON' 7208 . . . ·.. .. r~:':~··· ..:.,_ ti~ ...... •1 1- . SE~T- ENTIRE TEXT~ -r·~= :~~~-~ _ ·2. . BEGIN SUMMARY.. THE SECOND US-UK · DISCU.SSIONS · ON i;.i LB to·UNTER-TERRORISM C()NTINGE.NCY . PLANN.;i:NG FOR· " BERMi.J.i>A AND ·... ~;_~ ··-- ~--- THE ·
PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL suePoRT •. BERMUDA, .. WHERE WE. HAVE A "LEASED NAVAL BA.S.E, IS A SPECIAL CA-SE RE'1UI'RING ·.FLIRT.HER' ... CLARIF_ICAT:toN ~ · . . . . . , l''·~.,,. ' t· ...... ~f;-,.~.: ·... _:· .-.;- _J. ~ I.r ... tiiA·s ... AGREti>"-rHAT "A"- s:rATEMENT. oi= .· ,;~iN·cr:P.LEs. sHoULJ>. aE .. -: . ·.;;-->;·· .: ·: ... . . -~:.'DRAWN ·UP' TO ·.ESTABL°I:SH ·PARAMETE.'Rs-=-'-0F.· COOP.ER·AT°I'<>N· ·uND"ER. '..'. ;·_. ... :. . ·. :· .. t. VARI°ou"s, TrRR'O"R!"ST-··sCENARIOS AND· AN. OUTLINE· hjAS.PREP.A'RED.~.. "' ... · •.·. ' .THE BRITISH PROMISED TO P_'RoVIDE US: W!i'"H. A .DRAF.T BEF o'R.E . - .
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.. C.91:JNTER-TE.RRORISM .ASSISTANCE. PROGRA"MS .IN THE C.AR.IBBEAN ••"7-: ~-· . ,. A.ND PAKISTAN·. END SUMMARY" · " .·· . · .· · - · · ·.. ,:.~~~ 3.. . "ri-it MEETINGS .WITH THE UK CONSISTED, OF.' Two: DISTINCT . : y : . ... SE.G·ME'N"TS·= . {A} PLAN-NING ·f OR A TERRORIST "INCIDENT· IN .THE . L UK;..CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES· {PARAS·.· S-9}: AND . . . COUNTER-TERRORISM ASSISrANCE IN PAKISTAN AND THE CARIBBEAN {PARAS· 10-19}.
5. THE US SIDE OPENED.WITH~, BRIEFING ON -OVERALL USG .STRUCTURE FOR MA~AGING THE RESP-ONSE TO TERRORIST .. . INCI.i>tNTS ~ TH°E BRI:E·F!"NG·· INCLUDED. ·DtSCUSSION ·of lHE NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING GROUP, POLICY REVIEW GROUP, INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION AND EMERGENCY SUPPORT TEAM . {EST} '·AND. JSOC. THIS hlAS f OLLOtitED ·BY A GENERAL · - i>Iscusst¢N o·f· THE ·QUESTIONS· THE US. HAD p(>:sED· ·TO UK THE ....~.·~·~,~\ WEEK BEFORE. {SEE REF-TEL Al . . . .
6. THE UK REPRESENTATIVES REITERATED HMG'S POSITION THAT THE BRITISH TERRITORIES IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE AS MUCH A PART Of THE UK AS WALES AND SCOTLAND. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY ARE SIMPLY A LONG DISTANCE AWAY, THERE IS A LIMITED CIVILIAN LAW AND -ORDER INFRASTRUCTURE, A~D IN MOST Of THEM THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO MILITARY AND LITTLE-. POLICE CAPABILITY. HMG RECOGNIZED THAT GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY WOULD ALLOW US COUNTER-TERRORISM FORCES TO ARRIVE ON SITE 6-12 HOURS BEFORE THE BRITISH, AND THAT, THEREFORE, THE US MAY BE ASKED TO PERFORM A "HOLDING OPERATION" UNTIL UK FORCES ARRIVE. WHILE T~E RESPONSIBILITY IN THE EVENT Of A TERRORIST INCIDENT LIES
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•! 7. IN ';' lHE. DIS{USS!°O'NS: 'LAST YEAR : {RE'f TEL~ · B}, THE f co t REPRESENT.ATIVES .HAD INTER.PRETED LANGUAGE . IN· TH°E . 1'352 ~ : HER MU DA'. :.BASE ·: AGREEMENi": AS GRANT:I-NG. FULL JURISDICTION ·T<> ·. ~ . . ·-~ "TH(. Us- ' lfr~tL ""OF , B£RtiU D~A -' . Sl'I OtttD '-- ~ -n::RR'.trRTS.T · IN-c.r-irE"Ni-- .· .. . · ·'- · :.:. p::; ·::- •' : AR!'~E:, WI·TH r ·HE . UNDERSTANDING ·rHAT· THE US tlJOULJ> . NOT IF V . ; .;c-::~~ · .: .·.. HtfG IN· A"DVAN'CE ·.of· 'f AKI.NG ~ :cr1:·o : N ~ ... +ro.tdEVER'-r :rN ·tHEs't .. : ·. ' ·: ·:· ' ·.. · SEC'OND DISCUS-Sto'Ns.; .THE . i.JK .SAI-D THAT .. THE Ar°RP.oiu. ·tdAS ,ON .. :.1 .. <·: . . LAND LEAS'ED· ·ro THE US _;· THE AIR T.ERMI.NAL .. HAD" BE:EN LEASED .. ; '··' BACK TO THE UK, AND ·tHE: US 'NAVY-IS ONLY RE.SPO'NSIBLE FO'R .t , .. . BASE S.ECU·R.ITY, : AN INFORMAL UNDERSTANDING ·: EXISTS WITH 'THE US BASE COMMANDER !N W~ICH HE AGRE:ts TO TURN ANY INCIDENT OVER TO BERMUDA AUTHORITIES {THIS PARALLELS REFTEL C}.
8. THE.RE WAS A DISCUS.SIO.N OF CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION, ISSUES Of COMMAND AND CONTROL AND RESPECTIVE ROLES AND RESPONSE TI~ES WHICH LEFT SOME.UNCERTAINTIES WHICH BOTH . ~~~~~A~~~~E:FN~~:~:s;~=~~~~ ~~A~~~~~~~~;N~rp~~~~~~~L~~-A .BOTH SIDES AGRE~D THAT ANY SUCH AGREEMENT MUST aE.BROAD • _;· . . ·. ;'ENOUGH-" ·TO .. COVER M:osr f.£R~ORI. ST SCENARIO.S '- AND ' THAT THE: . . . . . PRIMA.RY ARtA 'IN : WHICH THE ·us WOULD BE: AS'KEi> f"O'R HELP . . .· W·OULD BE. L-0GISTICA._L . AS·.SI~-TANCE. ·...... ·.' . '· 9 • .. HMG SAID : IT WOULD LI.KE TO w·oRK' ·wITl-L THE · US o·N· A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR STATEMENT Of PRINCIPLES TO · ESTABLISH PARAMETERS Of COOPERATION UNDER VARIOUS TERROR·IST ·sctN'ARIOS· . A sus:...GROUP COMP'OSED Of MitITARY ·.. ,. AND ' CJ:V.:J:L:IAN . ~~p:RESE'.N.TA°TIVF;;~: : f~ .OM SOT,H' SIDE . ~ :D_R(l{ ._UP .: A TWO-PAGE OUTLINE~ HMG PROMISED TO PR~VIDE THE US WITH A DRAFT BASED UPON THIS OUTLINE BEFORE THE NEXT FULL BILATERAL MEETING IN MAY.
10. THERE WAS A REVIEW OF UK AND us EFFORTS ro PROVIDE ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND IN THE UK
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11.PAKISTAN: Of Mib BRIEFED ON THE TRAINING 1 ' PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED IN PAKISTAN BY THE BRITISH. HE SAID THAT THE UK OFFERED SUCH AID IN RESPONSE TO A ~ L - -- REQUEST 'MADE BY PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER JUNEJO DURING HIS . UK TRIP IN APRIL, 1987. FOLLOWING THAT TRIP, •••
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1~. DA.VE EPSTEIN· OF. STATE BRIEFED ON ATA TRAINING AND " Ii s· CURRENT PRACTICAL PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY. WITH THE ·BOMB DOG · 'C~URSE. HE SUMMARIZED A NtW COURSE IN . INTER-DEPARTMENTAL POl,;I'CE COORDINATION BEING DEVELOPtD .. . ~ .' . F;~ R.. :THE .. G·OP ~ - . . . "·. . . . "' " .. . ." . ; : ....
. . . . . - ~ 15 .• ..· THE ·DISCUSSION TH~.N :TURN£D · T.O TH~ ISSUE OF IMPROVING .. " .. THE QUALITY Of ANTI-TERRORISM ASSIS.TANCE . PROVIDED TO THE: .... . ·G·~p • . A°LL PARTICIPANTS ·,(GR'EED "TH.AT THE ·MAJOR PRo·atEMS I-N . PAKiSTAN INVOLVE THE INTERNAL {DIS}ORGANIZATI~N OF THE G~P FOR COUNTER-TERROR+SM AND THE DIFFICULTY IN . I)ENTIFV~~J_'G · . · TH~ 'RIGHT· OFFICIAL.S _f OR TRAININ-G• .: . . . . N:O.. T-.E .D T!IA! ' T..H.E, :UK,_ HAS ..!i~ . O. ~ - ~Q.'NTAC'rs . AT THE FEDERAl.- LEVEL.,· ·. . BUT NOT AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVELS. . ..,... CM4SENSUS EMrRG'ED . . THAT MORE EFFECTIVE TRAINING IN PAKISTAN REQUIRES THAT THE FOCUS OF ASSISTANCE DEVOLVE TO THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL. Ir WAS AGREED THAT THE US AND UK AMBASSADORS IN ISLAMABAD WOULD MAKE A DEMARCHE "AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVEL" TQ THE GOP EXPRESSING THE JOINT US/UK BELIE~ 'THAT EFFORTS HAVE TO BE TAKEN T~ iMPROVE THE GOP'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT. DEMARCHE {SUBJECT Of SEPTELS} WILL BE DRAFTED . BY US. IT WILL COUPLE OFFERS OF ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM US AND THE UK WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT THE GOP NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS INTERNAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER-TERRORISM AND HELP IDENTIFY TRAINING CANDIDATES AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL FOR OUR ASSISTANCE TO BE EFFECTIVE.
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. . r 16 • . CARIBBEAN= THE MEETING .THEN i'IJ°RNED T.O .k DISCUS.SION :· OF SIMILAR ASSISTANCE to THE CARIBBEAN~ NEITHER · · .. j,._·GOVE·RNMtNT OFFERS EX:T£NSIVE . ASSISTANCE .r):tAT.:· R-EGION,,. . . ·~· ~: · I~f ; ~ ·" . . ·· .:·:•... .·r. AL tH(itfGH ···a.o.TH ·RE<:OGtfi.Zt/ TH.(T': THE · cA-R ' IBBE·~·N · 0ff¢.R:S· : A~ · ::· ;:.. ... °.;- ,_·. ,··;. ': ; .•.. . . .· ... i P<>SSIBL,E··"T:ARGET ; OF: · OPPORTUNITY" TO ·. T-ER"f{.~RISTS .·ti!H"O ·WISH° " ·•· ; TO ' LAUNCH A·N ()PERA·T-ION TARGETED. _AT ·US AND· UK ·I _ NTE,:Rt.ST · S~ .
. . ·. ' 17 •· HMG PROVIDES LIMITED POLICE -TRAINING TO COMMONWEAL TH : .' . '_;_ __ . __· - ·. J NA TloN·s·· AND . DEPEND.ENT T£RRITORIES .... us . ASSI~TANCE . . . .:· . . ... · · --: .-..- INV-0LVE s·Pol.IfE -AND -l1A' RITIM~ - ~~£cuRi·~Assis'fANtt ::mR"OiJbll'. -0 .- ·,;~J'; , ...... -. . :···i,.THE ·-ATA PROGRAM, . AS WELL ·As.·~rH~.R.·T~AIN~_NG.P~.OVlD_ED· B.Y .... r•" (· . ·· . ~: FAA, DEA AND ·THE COAST · GUA'RD. · . · · ,. · ·. ·· " "' . . ·:' 1a. · AFTE.R ·. so.tfE i>Iscuss-IoN . oF THE -.f.A·cr THAT THERE ARE· . - .. ·: LARGE NUMBERS OF ~·ANADIAN· · TOUR!ST..S VISIT I-NG THE . CARIBBEAN." ANNUALLY AND THAT . CANADA HAS AN .AIRPORT S°ECURITY PRoG·RAM ·: t;; IN THE CARIBBEAN, IT WAS AGREED T.HAT TRILATERAL TALK's SHOULD BE HELD WITH THE CANADIANS~ THE TALKS . WOULD -· FQU -OJ1l OR .PRE - , CH£l>.ULED -SJ..il111IT-7 EXP.ERIS 'M'EE:TIN·Gd ()"N TEff' R' 19. IT" WAS ALSO AGREED THAT THE us ANJ. HMG . . REPRESENTATIVES WOULD MEET .IN OTTAWA AT .THAT TIME TO . . ·~ -: ..· _'.- :t>lSCUSS ~ COUN .. f°£R·,.;r'ER~ORtSM A.SSISTANCE-.- Ef'FOR.'fS BY· THt TWO ~ ...... GOVERNMENTS IN AFRICA · wHERf THE : .UK H.AS ASSISTANtE . · . . .·· PROGRAMS FOR COMMONWEALTH . COUNTRIES• THE ·· us· AND :UK· . ~ ...... :· ... · ,,. . . A.GREED TO . ESTABLISH FORMAL POINT·S OF . <:ONTACT . FO.R · · ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE· · THE POINTS of'· CONT·ACT ARE· . . UK} AND TERRY LAMBA~HER ts/CT}. ·.. ·20. · .. PRELIMINARY Disc : u~sioN : s_. WERE HELD REGARDlNG THE us · PRoP¢SAL t -o J.onu.t v ADDRE.ss c.ou.N:TER-TERRORI:Sn ·R.EStARtH · · AND DEVELOPMENT {R&D} fSSUES . IN THE AREAS O~ E~PLOSIVt ORDINANCE DISPOSAL AND TERRORIST USE OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS· THE UK SIDE AGREED TO BRIEF HIS SUPERIORS ON RESULTS Of THE DISCUSSION WITH A VIEW TOWARD RECOMMENDING CONCURRENCE WITH THE US PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT CONFERENCE OF OUR RESPECTIVE TECHNICAL REPRESENTA.TIVES IN THE M~D TO LATE MARCH TIMEFRAME. UK SIDE IS PARTiCULARLY INTERESTED IN R&D EFFORTS IN THE CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL . AREA· FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE BRITISH SIDE HOWEVER ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY AREAS WITHIN THE EOD FIELD IN WHICH THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE DATA WITH THE us. yyy co SUGGESTED, IN LIGHT OF THE PROB LEM WITH T I DENT 4. I AGREED THAT WE WOULD DRAFT SUCH A DEMARCHE AND SEND I T OUT TO LONDON AND ISLAMABAD FOR COM~ENTS . WHILE I HAO HOPED TO D -- D tHE 1 THIS HAS PROVEN IMPOSSIBLE . FOLLOWING IS THE PROPOSED TEXT OF THE DEMARCHE WHI C YOU ANO THE BRITISH A"BASSADOR IN ISLAMABAD WILL BE UESTED TO DELIVER "AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVEL. • I L • . YO COMPIENTS AND SU§,if? -- HMG AND THE UNITED s ATes 6ovfWAMtA1 !AXN@ UffH THe GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ITS DEEP CONCERN OVER THE TERRORIST CAMPAIGN BEING DIRECTED AT PAKISTAN BY THE KA9UL REGIME AND1 BY EXTENSION, ITS SOVIET BACKERS . THIS CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE PAKISTAN ' S PRINCIPLED SUPPORT Of AFGHAN SELF - DETERMINATION AND ITS LONGSTANDING ATTITUDE OF TOLERANCE AND HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO THREE MILLION AFGHAN REFUGEES DEMANDS AN EfFECTIVE RESPONSE FROM All CONCERNED GOVERN"ENTS . BOTH GOVERNMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ' S RESOLVE TO CONFRONT THIS TERROR CAMPAIGN . YET, THE TERROR . CAMPAIGN CONTINUES AND HAS INCREASED IN I NTENSITY IN RECENT MONTHS . BOTH HMG AND THE UNITED STATES GOV~RNMENT ARE PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO A3S!ST THE GOVEPN~~NT OF PAKISTA~ I~ D~ALING WIT~ THIS TER?OQ CAMPAIGN. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN EXPANDING OUR TPAINI~G AND ASSISTANCE PPOGRAM TO ENHA~CE TH~ CADA1ILITIES OF THE GOP'S INTELLIG~NCE A~D POLICE TO DEAL WITH THIS T~REAT. -- AT THE SA~E T!~E, HOWEVER, 30TH Of OUR GOVE~NMENTS WANT TO ENSU?~ MA~IMUM EFF~CTIVE~~ss OF ASSISTANC~ ALREADY PROVID~D TO TH~ SOP THPOUGH OUQ ?!LATERAL PROGRAMS. WE ~ELIEVE THAT fOq OUQ ASSISTANCE TO R~ACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL WILL REOUIRE THE SUPPO?T AND ATTENTION OF SENIOR 0F~IC!ALS JF THE GOP. FURTHERMORE, W~ HAVE TWO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WISH TO MAK~ WHICH AR~ BASED ON OUR EXP~RIENC~ IN COJ~DINATINS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFfOqTS IN OTHER COUNTRI~S, INCLUDING OUQ OWN. A. WE E~CJUPAGE THE GOP TO CONSIDFR ESTA3LISHI~G ~T T~E FEDERAL L~VEL AN OFFICE ?ESPONSI?LE FOR COORDINATING COUNT~QTERPO~ISM EFFORTS. TH!S OFFICE WOULD 3E RESPONSI3LE FOR COORDINATING, AND If NECESSARY DIRECTING, THE VARIOUS INTELLIG~NCE, POLICE AND MILITARY UNITS INVOLVED IN COUNTE~TERRORISM TO WORK TOGETHER. IT COULD ALSO TAKE THE LEAD IN ENSUqING THAT TH E R~ IS AN EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION 'MONG THE PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES AND BETW~EN THOSE OFFICIALS AND TH~ FEDEDAL GOVERN~ENT. SUCH AN EXCHANGE WOULD ALSC E~SURE TH•T INFQOMATION rs SENT TO pqoVINC!Al OFFICIALS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 30TH GOVERNMENTS SELIEV~ THAT SUCH AN ORGANIZED EXCHANGE OF INFORM~TION IS ESSENTIAL IF THIS TERRORIST THREAT IS TO BF DEALT WITH EFFECTIVELY. R. A SECOND R~COM~ENDATION IS THAT THE FEDERAL AUTHCRITTES WO?K WITH OU? GOVERNM~NTS AND WITH PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL COUNTERPARTS TO IDENTIFY SUITARLE CANDIDATES FOR COUNTERTERPCRISM TRAINING. AS YOU MAY KNOW, SOME Of OUR TRAINI~G EFFORTS HAV~ FXPE~IENCED PROBL~MS IN THE APPROPRIATENESS OF CANDIDATES SELECTFD FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE. SINCE MUCH OF T~E RfSPONSISIL!TY FOR THWA~TING THIS TE~ROR CAMPAIGN RESTS WITH CIVILIAN LAW E~fODCEM~NT PERSONNEL AT THE LOCAL LEV~L, WE WOULO LIKE TO WOP~ MORE CLOSELY AT THAT LEVEL IN IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE CANDIDATES FOP SUCH TRAINING. WE RECOGNIZr THAT SETTING UP THIS SYSTEM FOR ALL PROVINCES WILL dE DIFFICULT, ANE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS PROPOSAL qe TESTED ON A TRIAL BASIS IN THE NWFP. W~ WOULD ASK THAT THE GOP APPOINT A LIAISON OFFICIAL IN PESHAWAR WHO CAN WORK WITH OU~ E~8ASS!ES !N IDENTIFYI~G OFFICIALS WHO WOULD 8EN~FIT MOST FPO~ OUR ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PA?TICULARLY I~TERESTED IN IDENTIF!NG ~UCH CANDIDATES FROM THOSE AREAS WHICH AQE MOST AT RISK FROM THIS T~R~O~ CAMPAIGN. ON OU~ PART, WE WILL END€AVOR TO ENSURE TH~T THESE CANDIDATES R~CE!VE PROMPT A~D APP~O?RIATE T?AIN!~G FROM PROGRAMS OFFEPED 3Y f!TH~R OF OUP GOVERNMENTS. 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Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. THE N 0 G1 F H • .f BIANNUAL CT TALKS WI LL BE EARLY IN THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 5-9. BREMER ASKED TH'AT // WE USE THE OCCASION AS A DEADLINE FOR OUTSTANDING ISSUES, ESPECIALLY BILATERAL MOU'S ON R AND ' D EXCHANGES AND THE CARIBBEAN. BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN PROBABLY WI.LL NOT D6CR£~SE, H r TtiE GOP NEEDS ~Q BE PUSRED AGAIN ON THE NEED TO INCREASE ITS CT CAPABILITIES. THEY \( AG~EED TO CONSIDER A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR JOINT APPROACH TO ( THE PAKISTANIS. BREMER OUTLINED OUR CON - .5 OU~ , NC.LUD G ! TS CON TINtl.fil2. SUFFOR~ FOR TERRORI SM UISlTlON OF A CA PA !LITY TO RGDUCE. CW_, D ITS SUCC S-SES IN f;NDING ITS DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION. THE UK OFFICIALS SAID THAT THEY HAVE ARGUED ABOUT THE LIBYAN THREAT AMONG EUROPEANS. THE UK SIDE SAID THAT HMG HAS NOT CHANGED ITS POLICY OF NO CONCESSIONS FOR THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, THAT THERE (' I ARE NO NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS CONCERNING THE.· U.K CITIZEN HOSTAGES IN LEBANON, AND THAT HMG DOES NOT EXPECT ANY EA~LY ~ A E 0 E HOS AGES. Tl:l£, UK OFF!ClALB. AGREE D. WE SHOULD MA - E .CER .HA, UN R 1 HE FRENC C RMA S IP OF THE SUMMIT SEVEN , THERE \l -, CO , UE T BE REGU , AR EE G OF T EXP ~TS . L-- S/CT STAFF SHOULD NOTE THESE ACTIONS ITEMS: THERE ARE CALENDAR ISSUES FOR DECISION IN PARAS 7 (UK HOME OFFICE OFFICIAL IN WASHINGTON OCTOBER 24 ) AND 11 (EARLY DECEMBER DATES FOR U.S./UK CT BILATERAL TALKS). PARA 13 REFERS TO A PROPOSAL TO SEND DEPARTMENT LAWYERS TO LONDON TO CONFER WITH UK COUNTERPARTS ON THE CARIBBEAN CT MOU. END SUMMARY. -END SUMMARY- 3. S/CT AMBASSADOR L. PAUL BREMER MET IN LONDON ON SEPTEMBER 8 WITH FCO DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY JOHN BOYD AND FCO SECURITY COORDINATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR IVOR ROBERTS. ROSS RODGERS OF EMBASSY LONDON ACCOMPANIED AND TOOK NOTES. HOME SECRETARY DOUGLAS HURD ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 19 A BAN ON RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS WITH MEMBERS OF SF, REPUBLICAN SINN FEIN, PIRA, IRISH NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY, ULSTER VOLUNTEER FORCE, ULSTER FREEDOM FIGHTERS, AND ULSTER DEFENCE ASSOCIATION. STATEMENTS BY ANY PERSON SUPPORTING OR . INVITING SUPPOR FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALSO BANNED FROM BROADCAST. HMG THUS HOPES TO OFF "THE OXYGEN OF PUBLICITY FOR TERRORISM. ' THE GOVE~NMENT ACTION, TAKEN UNDER THE TERKS OF TH BBC LICENSE AND THE BROADCASTING ACT, BECOMES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THE BAN WILL BAR SF'S 56 ELECTED COUNCILLORS AND ONE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM SPEAKING ON RADIO AND TELEVISION. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN BRITAIN THAT INTERVIEWS WITH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN BANNED. THE BAN, HOWEVER, WILL HAVE ONLY LIMITED OPERATION DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. WHILE MEMBERS OF THE ABOVE GROUPS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON TV OR RADIO, BROADCASTERS WILL BE ABLE TO QUOTE FROM THEIR STATEMENTS. THE BAN RUNS CONTRARY TO THE ADVICE OF THE STANDING ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OF LORD COLVILLE, WHO RECOMMENDED IN THE 1987 REVIEW OF THE PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT THAT POWERS TO CURB BROADCASTS BE ABOLISHED. 4. CHURCH OF IRELAND SUPPORTS BAN CHURCH OF IRELAND PRIMATE ROBIN EAMES, CLAIMING TERRORISTS USED THE AIRWAVES AS A PROPAGANDA MACHINE, RECENTLY CALLED FOR SUCH A BAN ON INTERVIEWS WITH TERRORISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS. 5. UNIONISTS: BAN SHOULD BE JUST FIRST STEP WHILE SUPPORTING THE BAN, DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY (DUP) LEADER IAN PAISLEY CALLED THE PROPOSAL A "FUDGE" AND SAID SF ITSELF SHOULD BE BANNED COMPLETELY. DUP DEPUTY LEADER PETER ROBINSON CALLED THE GOVERNMENT MOVE MORALLY RIGHT "REGARDLESS OF WHAT DEGREE OF ASSISTANCE IT WILL BE TO THE AUTHORITIES IN DEFEATING THE (P)IRA." HE ADDED, "IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP GERRY ADAMS SHOOTING OFF HIS MOUTH. WE WANT TO STOP THEM SHOOTING." OFFICIAL UNIONIST PARTY (CUP) MP KEN MAGINNIS SAID THE BAN WILL PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BEING INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF GERRY ADAMS ON TELEVISION. UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 BELFAST 349 6. ALLIANCE CONCERNED OVER BAN ALLIANCE PARTY LEADER JOHN ALDERDICE FEARED THE BAN "COULD END UP WITH THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE SEEN INTERNATIONALLY AS HAVING EMBARKED ON DRACONIAN AND REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION, BUT SF WILL STILL BE FREE TO USE THE NEWSPAPERS TO MAKE PROPAGANDA." ALDERDICE SAID "SF SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM ALL BROADCASTING AND PRINTED MEDIA BY A VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT." 7. LABOR AND DEMOCRAT OPPOSITION LABOR SHADOW HOME SECRETARY ROY HATTERSLEY TERMED THE BAN TRIVIAL AND COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE IN THE REAL FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM, AND HE CLAIMED IT WAS DESIGNATED TO CREATE AN ILLUSION OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY AGAINST TERRORISM. HE WARNED THE BAN WILL BE USED PARTICULARLY IN THE U.S. TO PORTRAY THE GOVERNMENT AS THE ENEMY OF FREE EXPRESSION. LABOR PARTY SPOKESMAN FOR NORTHERN IRELAND KEVIN MCNAMARA AND DEMOCRAT LEADER PADDY ASHDOWN AGREED THE BAN WOULD GIVE SF A PROPAGANDA BOOST. 8. CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCHER CRITICAL OF BAN CONSERVATIVE MP HUGH DYKES CALLED THE BAN A "VERY GREAT MISTAKE." HE ADDED, "IT WOULD LOOK AS IF THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE (P)IRA CAN PERSUADE PEOPLE OF THEIR SICK CAUSE. IN REALITY THE MORE THEY APPEAR THE MORE THEY ALIENATE THE DECENT MODERATE MAJORITY." HE CHARGED THAT "AUTHORITARIAN TRENDS IN BRTIAIN TODAY ARE DISTURBING MPS IN ALL PARTS OF THE HOUSE." 9. SDLP OPPOSITION SDLP MP EDDIE MCGRADY SAID HIS PARTY OPPOSED THE BAN AND SF "SHOULD BE KEPT FULLY IN THE PUBLIC EYE WHERE THEIR HYPOCRISY CAN BE EXPOSED IN THE FULL GLARE OF THE SPOTLIGHT." DR. JOE HENDRON BELIEVED THE MOVE COULD PROVE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE BY MAKING SOME PEOPLE MORE SYMPATHETIC TO SF. SDLP DEPUTY LEADER SEAMUS MALLON SAID THE BAN GAVE SF AN ISSUE FOR NEXT YEAR'S EURO-PARLIAMENT AND DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS. 10. BROADCASTERS PROTEST THE BBC SAID THE BAN SET A DAMAGING PRECEDENT AND COMPLAINED IT WOULD RENDER REPORTING IN NORTHERN IRELAND INCOMPLETE. THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS CHARGED THE MOVE UNDERMINED BRITAIN'S CLAIM TO HAVE A FREE DEMOCRATIC MEDIA. 11. SINN FEIN REACTION SF SPOKESMAN DANNY MORRISON SAID THE BAN UNDERLINES "THE DOUBLE STANDARDS AND HYPOCRISY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS DOMESTIC CRITICISM." SF PRESIDENT GERRY ADAMS CALLED THE BAN PART OF THE "HIDDEN AGENDA" OF THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT AIMED AT SMASHING SINN FEIN AND PROMOTING SDLP. HE VOWED SF WOULD "DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF INFORMATION." IT IS BELIEVED SF WILL SET UP PIRATE RADIO STATIONS BROADCASTING FROM MOBILE VANS ON FREQUENCIES CLOSE TO EXISTING WAVEBANDS. 12. SIMILJR BAN IN REPUBLIC THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND HAS BANNED MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH SINN FEIN AND PIRA SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S. SUPPORTERS OF A BAN IN NORTHERN IRELAND POINT TO SINN FEIN'S WEAK SHOWING IN THE REPUBLIC'S ELECTIONS AS PROOF THE BAN IS EFFECTIVE. UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 BELFAST 349 13. OTHER ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURES UNDER CONSIDERATION THE PRESS REPORTED HMG IS CONSIDERING OTHER ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURES SUCH AS: -- REMOVAL OF TERRORIST SUSPECTS' RIGHT OF SILENCE; -- CONVICTION ON A CHARGE OF PIRA MEMBERSHIP ON THE EVIDENCE OF A SINGLE POLICEMAN; -- EXCLUSION OF ELECTION CANDIDATES WHO REFUSE TO TAKE, OR ABIDE BY, AN ANTI-VIOLENCE OATH; AND, -- POWERS TO TRACE AND CONFISCATE FUNDS AND MONEY "LAUNDERED" BY TERROR ORGANIZATIONS. UNLIKE THE BAN, NEW LEGISLATION WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED TO ENACT THE ABOVE MEASURES. SINCE THIS SUMMER'S INCREASE IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE TO "DO SOMETHING" ABOUT TERRORISM. THE MEDIA BAN STEMS FROM A SECURITY REVIEW ORDERED AFTER THAT UPSURGE, AND MORE MEASURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MYERS