ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT -- INTERNATIONAL FUND PRESS REACTION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01390R000700910015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: February 19, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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TAGS: PREL, US, EI, UK
SUBJECT: ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT -- INTERNATIONAL FUND
- PRESS REACTION
1. THERE FOLLOW EXCERPTS FROM FEBRUARY 15, 1986 "IRISH
TIMES" ARTICLE, "TREATY HOLDS UP U.S. AID TO NORTH," BY
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT SEAN CRONIN.
2. BEGIN TEXT EXCERPTS: MR. RICHARD LUGAR, REPUBLICAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC FOREIGN REACTIONS COMMITTEE,
SAYS THE US EXTRADITION TREATY WITH BRITAIN MUST BE
APPROVED BEFORE THE SENATE CAN AC7 ON US AID FOR NORTHERN
IRELAND.
IN HIS BLUNTEST WARNING YET, MR. LUGAR TOLD CONGRESSMAN
MARIO BIAGGI, DEMOCRAT -- NEW YORK, "I SUSPECT THAT THE
TREATY WILL BE MOVED ALONG BY THE AID QUESTION. I KNOW
THAT MANY MEMBERS ARE ANXIOUS TO CONSIDER THIS ISSUE.
BEFORE OUR COMMITTEE COULD ACT ON THAT, OF COURSE, WE
WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE TREATY APPROVED."
SOME MEMBERS ARE READY TO APPROVE IT (THE TREATY) NOW
WHILE OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT AT ANOTHER HEARING,"
MR. LUGAR WROTE. "PAUL TRIBLE AND I WILL WORK WITH THE
COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT IT I5 HANDLED WITH CARE."
OPPOSITION TO THE TREATY IS NOT CONFINED TO IRISH-
AMERICAN SENATORS. SENATOR JESSE HELMS, CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN OF NORTH CAROLINA, HAS "GRAVE RESERVATIONS
ABOUT THE MANY CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS WHICH THIS TREATY
RAISES ABOUT OUR TRADITIONAL RIGHTS OF POLITICAL
SANCTUARY."
HE FEARS THAT ANTI-COMMUNIST "FREEDGM FIGHTERS" MAY ALSO
BE EXTRADITED UNDER ITS PROVISIONS, BUT HE THINKS THE
TREATY WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AS THE FRIENDS OF IRELAND SENATORS SHOW NO SIGN OF
DROPPING THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE TREATY BY LINKING IT
WITH US AID, MR. LUGAR MAY BE PURSUING AN ADMINISTRATIVE
TACTIC WITH THE HOPE THAT THE IRISH GOVERNMENT WILL ADVISE
SENATOR BIDEN, DODD KERRY AND OTHERS WHO AGREE WITH THEM
THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH ACCORD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
RIGHT OF POLITICAL SANCTUARY FOR IRA FUGITIVES.
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SENATOR CLAIRBORNE PELL, OF RHODE ISLAND, RANKING
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, WOULD PREFER TO SEE
CONGRESS HANDLE THE EXTRADITION ISSUE. "I HAVE NO SENSE
YET TO HOW THE TREATY IN ITS PRESENT FORM WOULD FARE IN
THE SENATE AS A WHOLE," HE TOLD MR. BIAGGI, "BUT I DO
KNOW THAT IT IS IN TROUBLE IN OUR COMMITTEE."
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TAGS: PREL, JM, HA, OADR
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE ROLE FOR CARIBBEAN DEMOCRAT UNION
- (CDU) IN HAITI
1. WHEN SENATOR TRIBLE VISITED HERE LAST WEEK, HE
SUGGESTED THAT PRIME MINISTER SEAGA AND THE CDU COULD
HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE TO PLAY IN FOSTERING DEMOCRATIC
DEVELOPMENT IN HAITI. SINCE SEAGA CURRENTLY HEADS THE
CDU, THE SENATOR ASKED IF I WOULD SOUND HIM OUT ABOUT THIS
POSSIBILITY. 1 TOLD HIM I WOULD DO S0.
2. I WILL BE TALKING TO THE PRIME MINISTER LATER TODAY
AND INTEND TO RAISE THIS SUBJECT WITH HIM INDIRECTLY BY
ASKING IF HE SEES A ROLE FOR CDU IN ASSISTING HAITI'S
STEPS TOWARD DEMOCRACY. I DO NOT PLAN TO PUSH THE SENA-
TOR'S IDEA AT THIS POINT, BUT SIMPLY GET THE BENEFIT OF
THE PM'S THINKING ON THE MATTER. I WILL LET YOU KNOW
SEAGA'S REACTION.
3. AS YOU ARE AWARE, CARL GERSHMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED) WILL BE ARRIVING
IN KINGSTON TONIGHT FOR A ONE-DAY WORKING VISIT ENROUTE
TO PORT-AU-PRINCE. SENATOR TRIBLE'S OFFICE WILL PRO-
BABLY HAVE CONTACTED HIM ABOUT THE SENATOR'S IDEA BEFORE
HE LEAVES WASHINGTON. I BELIEVE THE THOUGHT IS THAT NED
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FUND SOME CDU-SPONSORED REGIONAL THINK-
ING ABOUT THE DIRECTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN
HAITI. I DO NOT INTEND TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF
NED INTEREST IN A CDU-HAITI LINK TO SEAGA AT THIS
JUNCTURE.
SOTIRHOS
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TAGS: PREL, US, LY, JU
SUBJECT: CONCERN THAT U.S. ACTIONS AGAINST QADHAFI
2. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT LATELY FROM A
VARIETY OF JORDANIANS, WHO AS A GROUP ARE SECOND
TO NONE IN THEIR LOATHING OF QADHAFI, ABOUT U.S.
ACTIONS DIRECTED AT LIBYA. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR
OF THESE COMMENTS IS A CONCERN THAT U.S. EFFORTS
TO ISOLATE AND WEAKEN pADHAFI HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE
EFFECT, STRENGTHENING HIM AT HOME AND IN THE REGION.
3. THE SUBJECT WAS RAISED BY VIRTUALLY ALL OF
THE JORDANIAN OFFICIALS WITH WHOM SENATOR MATHIAS
MET. PRIME MINISTER RIFAI, FOR EXAMPLE, SAID THAT
BEFORE THE U.S. PUBLICLY TARGETED QADHAFI HE WAS
ISOLATED IN THE REGION AND VERY WEAK AT HOME BECAUSE
OF A FAILING ECONOMY AND PLOTS AGAINST HIM IN THE
MILITARY. NOW THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA HAD RALLIED TO
HIM AS HAD THE ARAB WORLD, DESPITE THE GENERALLY
LOW REGARD THE OTHER ARABS HAVE FOR QADHAFI. FOREIGN
MINISTER MASRI ECHOED THIS THEME, SAYING HE HAD
BEEN AT AN ISLAMIC CONFERENCE MEETING WHEN THE
U.S. CAMPAIGN AGAINST QADHAFI HAD BEEN LAUNCHED
AND HAD BEEN DISMAYED TO SEE HOW THE ISLAMIC STATES
RALLIED TO LIBYA IN RESPONSE.
4. WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMMENTS
FROM PRIVATE JORDANIANS AS WELL. AN EAST BANK
BUSINESSMAN, FOR EXAMPLE, SAID IT WAS CLEAR EARLY
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ON THAT OADHAFI WELCOMED THE ATTENTION THE U.S.
EFFORTS AGAINST HIM HAD PRODUCED. UNFORTUNATELY,
HE ADDED, THE ARAB POPULACE TENDS TO RALLY AROUND
ANY ARAB WHO IS ATTACKED BY AN OUTSIDER, REGARDLESS
OF HOW ODIOUS HE MIGHT BE. THIS HAD NOW HAPPENED
IN QADHAFI'S CASE, TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE LARGE NUMBER
OF ARAB CITIZENS AND LEADERS WHO LOOK FORWARD TO
QADHAFI'S DEPARTURE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST SCENE.
5. COMMENT: WHEN JORDANIANS, EITHER OFFICIALS
OR CITIZENS, RAISE THIS SUBJECT THEY TEND TO DO SO
IN TONES OF SORROW. QAOHAFI'S SUPPORT FOR, INTER
ALIA, TERRORISM AND IRAN HAVE MADE HIM AN ANATHEMA
FOR MOST JORDANIANS. THUS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE HIM AS WEAK AND ISOLATED AS POSSIBLE, AND REGRET
ANYTHING THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF HELPING HIM.
BOEKER
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