NHK INTERVIEWS AL-QADHDHAFI ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01559R000400400029-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: June 3, 1985
• Content Type: CABLE

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FYI: NHK INTERVIEWS AL-QADHDHAFI ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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TOKYO NHK TELEVISION NETWORK IN JAPANESE AT 1218 GMT ON 3 JUNE
CARRIES A 6-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH LIBYAN CHIEF OF STATE MU'AMMAR
AL-QADHDHAFI, CONDUCTED "AN HOUR EARLIER" BY NHK NEWSCASTER
TARO KIMURA VIA SATELLITE RELAY.
IN THE INTERVIEW, CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH WITH JAPANESE TRANSLATION
SHOWN IN SUBTITLES, AL-QADHDHAFI REPLIES TO KIMURA'S QUESTIONS ON
WHY LIBYA ACCEPTED KOZO OKAMOTO, A JAPANESE RED ARMY TERRORIST
RELEASED BY THE ISRAELIS, WHAT LIBYA WILL DO TO COUNTER ISRAEL'S
ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; AND WHICH SIDE LIBYA SUPPORTS IN THE
IRAN-IRAQ WAR.
ASKED IF HE WOULD OBTAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF THEY ARE OBTAINABLE,
AL-QADHDHAFI SAYS: "IT IS DIFFICULT FOR LIBYA TO OBTAIN NUCLEAR
WEAPONS. AND IT IS NOT OUR POLICY TO DO SO. WE ARE AGAINST
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE WORLD, AND WE CALL TO DESTROY ALL THE
NUCLEAR BOMBS IN THE WORLD. BUT TO USE THIS NUCLEAR ((WORDS
INDISTINCT))." ACCORDING TO JAPANESE SUBTITLES, THE INDISTINCT
PORTION READS: "BUT TO USE THEM AGAINST ISRAEL MAY BE A DIFFERENT
STORY."
RECEPTION IS GOOD, BUT AL-QADHDHAFI'S ENGLISH IS VERY POOR.
BUREAU TEXTING FOR PRIORITY FILING IN ONE TAKE BY 1600 GMT
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