CLARIFICATION OF ANTI-TERRORISM ALLIANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87T00434R000300270004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 18, 1985
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: CLARIFICATION OF~AIvTI-TERRORISM~ALI.TANCE
PROPOSED BY STATE NINTSTER.NOkLLENANN
REF; A) USUN 03691, E') gOnin 36789
~ 2. SUMMARY; FURTHER IN(3UT~RIES I~n~TO THE PRCPOSED
~ ANT.I-TE_RR[lRI_~N ALLI,A1vC~ SUPROSEDLY SUGGESTED BY FRG STATE
~ MINISTER MOELLEMANn' NAVE InGICATEG THA"I' ~IT__n~ri~, :-,:.
~ SERIOUS POLICY STATEM,ENT_OF THE FRG GOVERNN~ENT. ACCORDING
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ON THE SUBJECT OF TNT'ERtdATICNAL TERRORISM, THE
~ COUNTERTERRORISM pIRECTUR~A~T THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
+~ ~ ADDITIONALLY NOTED THAT MOEILEMANA WAS SPEAKING IN HIS
I ROLE AS A FREE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PERSONALITY LvHEN HE; N~ADE
THE PROPOSAL IN OUES~1`ION, HE ARE A5SUKEU THAT THERE IS NO
~ INTENTION TO SEEK CREATIUN:CF SUCH AN ALLTA:NCE. ENC
i SUMMARY.
~, IN FOLLOW-UP TO REFTEIS REQUESTING CLARIFICATION QF AN
I AN7IwTERRORISN ALLIANCE. PROPOSED f3Y FRG STATE MINISTER
~ MOEILEMANN, ENBOFF SPOKE TO A MR, KOESEL, AN AIDE TO THE
+! I MINISTER ON DECEMBER 18. KCEBEL POItvTED OUT THAT
MOELIEMANN'S PRESS STATEMENT OF DECEMBER 4 (REF B) VAS
INTENDED PRTNARILY A5 A BRU~pD POLITICAL CUNP~ENTARY ON THE
+~ ' SUBJECT OF ~ONBATTING TERRORISM. THE MENTI:QPd OF CREATING
I A. MULTINATIONAL FORCE FOR~R~APID ACTION IN HOSTAGE
SITUATIONS WASH ACCORDING Tt: KOEkiEL~ SUNETi-FING OF ~AN
OFF-1'HE-CUFF IDEA, ENBUFF HAS ASSURED THAT NOELLENANN HAD
~ NO INTENTION TU ACTUALLY SEEK THE CREATION:GF SUCH A.FORCE.
~ y, ENBOFF ALSO SPOKE qN THE SANE DAY WITH GERHARD
I SIEGELE, DIRECTOR FOR THE C+G UNTERTEi2RORISM SECTION OF THE
I INTERIOR MINISTRY. SIEGELE NOTED THAT THE NOELLENANN
I PRESS RELEASE 4dAS A PULITIGAL STATEMENT MADE IN HIS ROLE
I AS AN FDP PARTY MENDER, IT WAS NOTE SIEGELE EMPMASIZEDr
I A STATEMENT REFLECTING THE~FOSITIUN OF THE NINTST'RY OF THE
I INTERIOR. SIEGELE WENT ON TO NOTE THAT THE InHULE IGEA GF
I CRE~A7ING SUCH A MULTINATION+AL FORCE WAS BOTH LEGALLY~AND
( LOGISTICALLY UNFEASIBLE, MCREOVER~ HE NOTED THAT THE
I PREVAILING VIEW IN THE INTERIOR MINIST~i2Y IS TO MAINTAIN
I EXISTING ANTI-TERRORIST TEAKS IN THE VARIOUS WESTER'
I COUNTRIES ANG WORK TOInARDS ENHANCING CUUPER~A.TION AND
~ IINFARNATION SNARING,
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