KHADAFY CANCELS N.Y. TRIP 'FEARS FOR LIFE'

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250058-3
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: October 4, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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KHADAFY CANCELS N.Y. TRIP
I 'EARS FOR LIFE
? By PAUL THARP Nasser of E t.
LIBYAN dictator is the second time
Moammar Khadafy in three years that
'has canceled a visit to Khadafy has backed
New York out of fear out of visiting New
he's not safe here. York.
Khadafy, who once In 1982 at least three
sent hit squads to kill luxury hotels - the.
President Reagan, was Helmsley Palace. the
afraid to set foot In the Waldorf and the Inter-
U.S. for a UN visit. continental - let it be
"His security would known that Khadafy
not be assured," could not stay in their
Libya's foreign minis- suites.
ter said yesterday at Khadafy has been'at
the UN. the center of the fi-
Khadafy said UN nancing and training
headquarters "should of worldwide terror-
be moved elsewhere" Ism. He has lost diplo- -
so he can safely en- matic relations with
gage in politicking at most Western nations.
the world body. In London last year
The strongman's his "diplomats" fired
visit for the 40th anni- machineguns out of
versary session of the their embassy win-
General Assembly dows into a crowd
would have been his_ protesters - prompt-
first trip to the U.S. ing a week-long siege
But he claimed the and their nation's ex-
CIA was out to get him. pulsion from England.
"There is areas' burned down the U.S.
ment of our personnel,
a propaganda cam- Embassy five years inagToripaonld
paign against Libya.
military threats and threw all Americans
threats of assassins- out of Libya.
tion, said Foreign But his 60.member
Minister All Treiki. diplomatic corps re-
'Thi is n thin n w mained in New York
The an threat- and Washington -
NEW YORK POST
4 October 1985
Third World leaders "
hsaid. nam n t e
late atr ce umumba
of the Con Fid11
Castro o a and the
late Abdel _,_ aural.
until it was exposed as
a nest for assassins
plotting to murder
Reagan and other
Khadafy enemies in
the U.S.
The envoys were ex-
pelled, but a handful of
Libyan diplomats and
employes have re-
mained at the UN. -
Their movements
have been restricted,
however.
Khadafy said he was
particularly annoyed
that his representa-
tives could not live in a
25-room mansion he
owns in Englewood,
COL. KHADAFY
"Move the UN."
N.J.
"This is harass-
ment," he said, "and
U.S. restrictions on
movement of other UN
diplomats and staff
are-harassment.
"So are also Ameri-
can threats to cut con-
tributions to the UN
budget."
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