DEMARCHE TO SYRIANS AND SAUDIS REGARDING ISLAMIC JIHAD STATEMENT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R000200820004-9
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 17, 1985
• Content Type: CABLE

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E. 0. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, PTER, LE, SY. US
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO SYRIANS AND SAUDIS REGARDING
ISLAMIC JIHAD STATEMENT
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1. (S - ENTIRE TEXT.)
2. DAMASCUS AND RIYADH SHOULD APPROACH HOST GOVERNMENTS
AT APPROPRIATELY HIGH LEVELS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
DELIVER DEMARCHES BASED ON THE TALKING POINTS PROVIDED
BELOW. ADDRESSEES WILL NOTE THAT THESE POINTS ARE
IDENTICAL TO SEPTEL TALKING POINTS SENT FOR BEIRUT AND
ALGIERS, EXCEPT FOR THE FINAL TWO ADDITIONAL TALKING
POINTS WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT THE SYRIANS.
THE SAUDIS SHOULD ALSO BE INFORMED, HOWEVER, OF THE
SUBSTANCE OF THESE ADDITIONAL POINTS AND THE FACT THAT
THEY ARE BEING CONVEYED TO THE SYRIANS.
-- THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VIEWS WITH THE UTMOST
GRAVITY AND CONCERN THE JANUARY 14 STATEMENT BY ISLAMIC
JIHAD IN BEIRUT THAT THE FIVE AMERICANS KIDNAPPED IN
LEBANON WILL BE TRIED AS SPIES.
-- IT GOES WITHOUT .5!YING THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
TRUTH TO THE CHARGE THAT THESE CITIZENS HAVE USED
JOURNALISM, EDUCATION AND RELIGION AS A COVER FOR
SPYING. NEVERTHELESS, SOME OF THE KIDNAP VICTIMS HAVE
BEEN IN THE HANDS OF THE TERRORISTS NOW FOR ALMOST A
YEAR. THEIR SUFFERING AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES IS
BEYOND WORDS.
- - WE DO N O T . HOWEVER, W I S H TO ENGAGE I N A DEBATE WITH
TERRORISTS ABOUT THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS. THIS LATEST
THREAT CONTRAVENES ALL CIVILIZED NORMS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
AND COMMON DECENCY, AS WELL AS ISLAMIC INJUNCTIONS
REGARDING HOSPITALITY AND THE TREATMENT OF GUESTS.
-- CLEARLY THE LIVES OF THESE FIVE INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE
NOW IN JEOPARDY. THERE IS NO TIME LEFT FOR PATIENCE. WE
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CALL UPON YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO -
EFFECT THE SAFE RELEASE OF THE AMERICANS. WE HAVE ASKED
FOR YOUR HELP IN THE PAST, BUT WE MAY NOW BE RUNNINGOUT
OF TIME. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE REDOUBLE ALL EFFORTS TO
SECURE THE RELEASE OF THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE TO THEIR
FAMILIES. WE URGE YOU IN THE STRONGEST TERMS TO TAKE
EVERY POSSIBLE MEASURE YOU CAN TO FREE OUR PEOPLE.
-- SHOULD HARM COME TO THESE FIVE AMERICANS, THE UNITED
STATES WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACTIONS WHICH IT DEEMS
APPROPRIATE.
-- WE APPRECIATE THE-EFFORTS YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY
TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE KIDNAPPED AMERICANS. OBVIOUSLY,
HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO PROGRESS. MOREOVER, THE
UNITED STATES CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE CONTINUED,
REPEATED KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS COULD NOT HAVE
TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT THE USE OF TERRITORY INSIDE LEBANON
UNDER YOUR EFFECTIVE-CONTROL. THE LATEST KIDNAPPINGS
HAVE TAKEN PLACE AFTER YOU TOLD US OF YOUR EFFORTS TO GET
THE FIRST THREE AMERICANS RELEASED AND AFTER EXCHANGES -
BETWEEN OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
-- IN THIS REGA^P, I AM AUTHORIZED TO TELL YOU THAT WE
HAVE VERY CLEAR INTELLIGENCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN
MAINTAINS LINKS WITH AND SUPPORTS THOSE HOLDING OUR
CITIZENS THROUGH THE USE OF YOUR TERRITORY AND TERRITORY
UNDER YOUR CONTROL INSIDE LEBANON. THIS IS NOT A FACTOR
THAT CAN BE IGNORED WHEN WE CONSIDER THE GRAVE THREAT TO
OUR CITIZENS.
3. BEIRUT MINIMIZED CONSIDERED. SHULTZ
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