QADDAFI DENIES A MURDER PLOT; U.S. DISAGREES

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December 7, 1981
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/18: CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250094-3 ARTICLE APPEARM ON PAGE -- tainly hope that Qaddafi's denial means! world, and divide the world into enemi that he will abandon the use of terrorism or slaves to America," Colonel Qaddafi and asssasssination as a part of his for. asserted. He said that "Zionist propa- _,~__,?__ Qanda iR h hirwt the r %._ a.,...,... ~:..~~ the world," Colonel Qaddadl said. After he spoke in an interview televised from his Tripoli office, the State Department issued a statement in Washington that said, "We have strong evidence that Qaddafi has been planning. the murder of American officials both here and overseas." The statement went on.'* "We cer- ? any person. On the other side, we are S D ! ready to fight against America in the', Mediterranean Sea, in cur borders, be. cause America is attacking us." By PETER 115 ; He charged that the United States had tried "to assassinate me, to poison my Libya's ruler, Col. Muammar el-Qad? food, and they tried many things to do daft, denied yesterday that he had plot-. this- ted to assassinate President Reagan or: He challenged the United States to anyone else. However, the State Depart-j make an investigation to "let the Ameri- meet said that it had evidence of such can people and the Libyan people and plans. the Congress of America to know they ?! We are sure we haven't seat any peo. truth, oho is liar: Reagan or Libya." pie to kill Reagan or any-other people in Colmel Qaddafi contended that the NEVI YORK TITS 7 DECE4BER 1931 Qaddafi:Denaas Al~~u~sr~'dv~; lead America as a superpower." Agents?of. the-Federal Bureau ofIn- vestigatia t and the Secret Service are reported to have been put on the alert after reports that five terrorists trained in Libya had come to the the United States with plans to murder high-rank. Ing officials.... - On Friday, President Reagan said he was ."concerned", about such inte gence information and was taking th reports seriously. But today's statement by the State Department was the first official report from a Government agency saying it had strong evidence of a murder plot. - Following Colonel Qaddafi on theABC News program, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, acting chairman of the Sen- ate IntelIigenos. Committee, declared that "that man was lying to us." The New York Democrat.said the United States had firm evidence that Colonel Qaddafi had been planning terrorist ac- tiom for years. Colonel Qaddafi said President Rea- gan was "silly, and he is not qualified to ?. cuu "15Q"VuZ "251==[ us m Amerces, When he has stopped, we will Imow but he insisted, "We are ready to estab. IV! }. I lisp normal relations with America like A Depart wtt: spokesman, Sue Pitt-, othercomtries in the world. " The Libyan lead must get rid of this Administration, and fell it down, as they did with NLion, and elect another respectful President to get respect for America." He went on: "We refuse to asa.ssinate of Reagan Administration to get out."I He asserted that Mr. Reagan's policy! was "going to destroy the interests of the other American companies." "Of course we need them, but if they go, we have to do without. them," he added., "America wants to dominate all the In an interview published yesterday with the Italian daily Corriere dell Sera In Milan, Colonel Qaddafi asserted that Libya had never helped terrorists, such as the Red Brigades in Italy or the Red Army Faction in Germany. ? . "Our support goes only to movements that struggle for a just cause, like the P.L.O.,"he said, referring to. the Pales. tineLiberation Organization.- - The Senate minority leader: Robert C. be and Howard Baker, the Republican; leader, who is from Tennessee, had both ! been briefed by the Secret Service on the situation. On the CBS News program "Face the Nation," Senator Byrd said the "this is the kind of perceived threat coming from a source, meaning the Libyan Gov. ernment perhaps," that made it necee. sary to take precautions. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/18: CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250094-3