QADDAFI DENIES A MURDER PLOT; U.S. DISAGREES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250094-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 94
• Publication Date: December 7, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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